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Quote:This guy told you to look through the 1000+ posts in the comic con reveals thread to find the post because at the time, I couldnt remember who it was that said it, sorry I didnt do the legwork for you.Originally Posted by Sailboat
That's some guy telling us some other guy asked "someone there" if it was WAI and was told yes.
Or after you perused the comic con thread, you could have pm'd Major_Decoy.Quote:That doesn't even specify the person as an employee of paragon, NC Soft, the con, or a temp booth hire; it doesn't differentiate between "working as intended for this demonstration" and "working as intended for the upcoming live Issue." We don't even have names. That's approximately "urban legend level" of proof.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Golden Girl
It's a secret recipe, passed down from father to daughter to grandaughter.
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Quote:Why? I have no doubt TM will be an awesome set. If it is lackluster, fine. If it IS awesome, then they raise the bar on what our expectations can be for sets we actually pay pp's for. In the end, what do we lose?Originally Posted by TrueMetal
That's ... dissapointing.
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Quote:Its a good thing we are all different.Originally Posted by BeyondReach
And to answer the question, why? Because Walk is the most awesome animation in the game.
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Quote:Positron: It really is a matter of how much time and money we put into the set. Like the ones where we kind of went a little bit overboard on, in terms of animations and effects and tech to make the set work at all, those are going to be the premium sets that everyone is going to need to buy.Originally Posted by TrueMetal
Erh ... Time manipulation IS free for subscribers, but the reasons you are giving are truly horrible reasons for making it free. It sends the message that we only get 'average' and 'vanilla' stuff for free and if we want to see something actually worth while we have to fork out.
Also they're not true, since all the effects for time manipulation are completely new (and quite lavish from what I've seen) and it uses a unique mechanic too (combinations of different buffs/debuffs give extra effects.)
But things like Time Manipulation that we had the tech for, and we didnt need new tech, and the effects werent crazy, the animations werent crazy, but the end result is awesome. Youll be able to manipulate time on your enemies and friends so those are going to be for VIP players, but a free player can purchase those as well.
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Quote:Not all my toons are tanks. The mobs don't just magically waltz over to my scrappers because I have a rooting animation running.Originally Posted by BeyondReach
2) I don't mind if I can't move while using my powers while in Walk.
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Quote:Originally Posted by BeyondReach
Any Powersets. I am already upset that we have to pay for Time Manipulation. But I suppose that may be somewhat mitigated by the fact that we receive 400PP per month. If we have to pay for Beam Gun and Street Justice as well I will be displeased.
Also, basically any game content. Yeah, I'd be upset if I had to pay for anything that wasn't optional extras like enhancement slots or inspirations.
Your info is wrong. Time manipulation is free with issue 21. reason being, it took minimal resources to put it together. The reason why street justice and beam gun are extra is because they are using new animations, and totally new game mechanics. considering that they are coming out so soon after demons, kinetic melee, and time manipulation, I think it is understandable to pay a bit extra for it, even if using the free paragon points we are given with our sub. Otherwise, I dont see it as being unreasonable to wait another year for the sets. -
The idea of sashaying to the next mob interests me not at all. The idea of chasing after a knocked back mob while walking is slightly humorous, for about a second.
And yea, the limitation if I remember correctly was an animation thing. For three different body types. -
Quote:Thanks. That made me laugh pancaking hard.Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
I'm a mushroom cloud laying Maple Pancake, Maple Pancake!
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Quote:Actually, I have seen them. I dont think they are game breaking, and not more powerfull than anything currently in the game that you can get for free. I dont see how these are more powerfull than purples and I dont see how this is pay to win. This Pay to win **** is starting to sound like the y2k bug. The sky is not falling.Originally Posted by Giant2005
Have you seen them? From your response I am going to assume you haven't.
Take a look: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...t=underwhelmed
Look at the Brute set. Significant defense and recharge set bonuses within one set = pure gold. You can already do a weaker version with Taunt IOs but to be able to do so without gimping an attack? That is supremely powerful. Not to mention it includes a health bonus which is always nice to have and the largest smashing/lethal resistance IO boost in the game which to Brute's near the resistance cap will offer a very significant amount of mitigation in a way that isn't readily available in the game currently.
There are two ways to improve your character in this game, you can increase their offense which is done primarily through +recharge and you can increase their defense. A set that does both is literally perfect.
I'm not going to do a write up on all of the sets but they do seem balanced in much the same way as the Brute set, they take every set bonus a character might need and combine them into one perfect package. They have removed the opportunity cost we all must deal with to those who have a large bank balance.
I'm not saying this alone is game breaking - each character can only have one set so the advantage is limited. This however doesn't bode well for the game, when this "limited" pay to win set up rolls off the shelf and is a huge success, it will become less and less limited. -
Quote:Please explain to me how these sets are more powerfull than purples.Originally Posted by Giant2005
The class specific paid for IOs they have already released the details of are already significantly more powerful than what is currently available.
OP: Not much. Maybe instant 50's or archetype respecs. Both highly unlikely. However, considering the dev's idea of balance seems to have evolved recently, anything I would say won't happen seems to happen within two issues. -
Pancake you, pancake you, pancake you, you're cool, and pancake you, I'm out!
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Quote:Where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe. They're so perky, I love that...Originally Posted by Schismatrix
What's a BMT?
Bacon, mutton, and tomato?
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Quote:90% means they are taking 10 points of damage for every 100 points tossed at them. To be hit with 600 points of damage, the intitial attack would have to be 6000 points. There isnt much in the game that tosses that out at you.Originally Posted by Reppu
What would be the point in 90% Resistances to the pets, in a game where avoiding damage is key? Going by their horrible health pools, wouldn't being hit at 90% HP still result in instagibbing? Not to mention all the little sources of constant damage.
Pair it with any other type of mitigation be it heals, or defence and you have a very tough pet.
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You just can't go wrong with traps, rad, dark, traps, cold or traps.
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Am getting this puppy myelf. Currently have a Asus G60. Couldnt be happier with the brand. Alienware is a Dell. Dell and I do not get along well.
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Quote:I agree people should be able to dress however they want, but they have to be aware of the reaction they will elicit. Just because you should be able to dress with your face/arms/legs showing doesn't mean it is a good idea to do so in Tehran. It doesn't matter if it is right or wrong, it's reality, and it wont change overnight. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try though.Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan
In my opinion, people (anyone) should be able to dress pretty much how they want without fear of prejudice directed at them. The poster earlier for example who dressed like a 'scary biker', shpuld be treated the same as a 'city gent'.
In my opinion, people shouldn't allow themselves to be blamed for the reactions they elicit. If me wearing shorts above the knee offends someone, that is their issue, and they should mind their own ******* business. -
Quote:In my experience, the most grammatically correct english speakers rarely state english as their first language.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
It's even more funny to me since English isn't actually my first language, but I still get to show up Americans and Brits at their own game. Eloquence and good spelling - to me at least - are a sign that people care about they present themselves. Putting in a few extra seconds to start a sentence with a capital letter, end a question with a question mark, type out "thanks" instead of "tnx" and suchforth just strikes me as someone who respects himself or herself. And in turn, this is a person I can respect.
Generally if I don't have time to write out a few extra letters to make it a proper word, I don't have time to write anything. The straw that broke the camels back for me was Y2K. Seriously, it is less work to hit a 2 and three 0's.
I would never say I am the most grammatically correct speaker/writer, but at least I make the effort. -
Quote:8 seconds of interupt time kills it for me. Seeing as I very rarely need to pull out trip mine these days, waiting 8 seconds to drop it, and then a further 15 second for it to detonate is ridiculous. The spawn is usually dead in that time already. Course, I am not a set and pull kind of trapper.Originally Posted by _Ail_
See the other million threads on this but...
Time bomb's problem is that trip mine is too good and time bomb's recharge is too long. If trip mine were not in the set or time bomb had an "up every spawn" recharge, there might be a point to time bomb.
As it is, just lay another trip mine and be happy that you did not waste a power choice.
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You won't be disapointed by fire/rad.
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Quote:...****.Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
You know, I saw a villain with "Sinister" in their name yesterday and this is really unacceptable. As we all know, Sinister is derived from the Latin Sinistra meaning 'left'. As a left handed person I feel that allowing players to make "sinister" characters is really insulting and that Sinister should be added to the in-game profanity filter.
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Quote:The trick is to be setting up inside the spawn before the rest of the team gets there.Originally Posted by Grae Knight
The idea of set up never appealed to me because of fast moving teams.
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Quote:Exactly. Maybe I can just hope the new discriminations would be interesting, this male/female, black/white crap is boring. Can't we just dislike people because they are dislikable?Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
If you get rid of all the things we can discriminate against now, you'll still be left with gender. And if by some miracle that gets abolished, it will be something like left-handed people or something equally silly.
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Quote:You know, sometimes, for just a second, I think if everyone got together and ****** each other to get rid of the race argument, and amalgamated all the relegions into alahgishubudagodism, the world would be just fine. Then I realize these are just excuses to make us feel better about ourselves, and we will always find some other way to oppress a poulation.Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
You know what I've always found funny as hell, extremely ironic, and more than a little sad?
When people decide to fight discrimination and inequality.......by forming groups and organizations that only certain people are allowed to join.
Now, what would be the reaction of the female playerbase if they were told that there was to be a server they would not be allowed to play on because they are a woman?
I would bet real money there would be a ****storm the likes of which this game has never seen. And it would probably be followed up by a lawsuit citing discrimination.
If women were NOT allowed to play on particular server, oh, that's discrimination and shouldn't be allowed. But it would be okay to make a server that ONLY women can play on, and that ISN'T discrimination?
So, I guess if you are adversely affected by something it's discrimination, but if it has a positive effect for you it isn't? Is that what I'm to understand here?
How silly of me to not see how it makes perfect sense to fight discrimination against women by discriminating against men. -
The best thing it does is free up a power selection for something else.