SinisterDirge

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tyger42 View Post
    I don't. The point was that a "forum regular" doesn't necessarily mean the person reads the announcement folder.

    See, what baffles me about this is the fact that the announcement was made while I was on a break from the games, not reading the forums, and I was STILL aware of it...

    Does the thought of recieving emails updating the whole playerbase on sales and such offend you in some way? Does someone you know personally work in the marketing department and you get upset at even the thought of someone accusing them of ******** the bed?

    Really, what is it to you if people are asking for better ways of informing the playebase of such things? Its well known that only a small percentage of the playerbase even frequents the forums, so already, it is a poor medium of communication to the players. Does it hurt you in any way at all? I can't fathom how. Is it good for the game to make more sales? Definately.

    So what is your issue with the idea? If it was your problem to solve, Your customers asking for better communication how would you do it better? Or if you were in charge of marketing, would you say, **** em, we mentioned it in 4 places, thats good enough.

    Obviously, it wasnt.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by doyler_ View Post
    And yea, reactive interface glitch isn't something that's going to make me go towards a character because at least for now I can only assume they're gonna fix it
    Its not a glitch. According to TheNet on the 13 hour marathon broadcast, it is working as intended.

    That is, until it isnt.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by doyler_ View Post
    I keep hearing fire/cold and mine is 12 so far but I don't see how it can bring that much dam + survivability solo.
    I have a fire cold build sitting at sm/l softcap. Lead off with sleet and then rof. Everything Luit and under will be serverly hurt before you have reactive interface. After, they will will be dead. Vrs single hard targets infrigidate and benumb will be able to bring the target down to 20% damage. Unslotted tough will get you to 82.4% resistance to anything that target is throwing at you. Please note that actually pushes past the hardcap of 75% for corrs.

    Lets review. Softcap to SM/L for alpha. Two rains to destroy the spawn leaving a couple of hard targets. Psudo resistance of 80% without tough vrs a single target. Unlimited endurance with heat loss just shy of perma. 3 excellent single target blasts to take the hard targets out. Oh, and fire ball in your pocket, just in case you need to up your aoe dps a bit.

    I think it fits the bill just fine.

    I still recommend Fire/traps over it, just for versitality.

    Oh, and try not to think of Bloods toon as a defender. It really does **** a spawn up bad.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tyger42 View Post
    clearly posted announcements.
    I dont think that means what you think it means.
  5. SinisterDirge

    Auto Power!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper View Post
    Also, a change in your global recharge tends to reset lag bugs in your power's recharge appearance. If Hasten is on auto, it'll fire when it can. When it does fire, all your other powers will be (temporarily) back to where the server thinks they are in their recharge cycle.

    This is one of the main reasons I've been using Frenzy and Force of Nature on my Mastermind in BAFs, simply to reset the appearance of my recharge indicators. (Though it is quite annoying that Frenzy animates regardless of whether it's recharging or not...)
    TIL... Thanks man.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja View Post
    All the best names are not taken.
    This is confirmed. CaptainMcBlastyPants is still available on Guardian.
  7. SinisterDirge

    Auto Powers?

    It has never happened to me, but I run in windowed mode.

    That said, about 5% of the time, when I switch from one window to another, usually after zoning, one of my toons is doing thier own rendition of the Curly Shuffle. Spinning round and round, or run has auto'd. I just need to switch windows back and forth again to clear the issue.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tyger42 View Post
    And I'm saying you're wrong. They announced it through no fewer than FOUR CHANNELS that are available to EVERYONE. The forums in particular. The fact that people choose not to use any of those channels is NOT their fault. What, do you want them to hand deliver a telegram to your door?
    You are being pretty hostile to a guy who is at the core asking marketing to improve the way they announce things like this. Its all well and good that you got the message, but berrating someone who didnt does not help the marketing department sell anything. Considering the forums and the updater were not even working properly when this was announced makes it a less than ideal platform to reach all your customers. Never mind the percentage of the playerbase that even use the forums. No one is blaming marketing because they dont use facebook, or twitter, they are saying, "Hey marketing! Here are a few ideas on how to sell to me in the future!" A hand delivered message is probably unnessesary. How about a ******* email?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
    If they are going to do hand deliveries could they have mine delivered by Karen Gillan or Summer Glau?
    If the email was composed by whoever it is you speak of, would that suffice?
  9. I pull inspiration from everywhere. Puns amuse me, like Radiation Leek my plant/rad troller. Word play can be fun as well, like Ohmie The Clown, my elec shield scrapper (Ohmie don't play dat!)

    For the first three years, almost all my toons were exclusively lizards of some description(Sally Mander for instance) I really found it easier to come up with a name if I could stick with a theme. For example, I am working on the three fates at the moment that are designed with full incarnate in mind, because as they say, even the Gods heed the fates.

    It often seems as though the names write themselves. Hell, I've been thinking about names inspired by my favorite songs lately, and there are just too many options...
  10. SinisterDirge

    Auto Power!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sardan View Post
    I think what he was getting at is that it's frustrating to repeatedly hit a power that visually looks like it's recharged and ready to go but it actually isn't. If that power was auto'd, then you don't have to mess with it. It just fires off whenever it can.
    I understand that, my point is that in those situations, often just looking at hasten not firing is distracting enough as it is, add in the fact that while you are firing off a steady stream of powers interupts any auto powers going off. It may not be as noticable with hasten not firing off all the time, but when you have 3 or 4 powers that are not firing off it will be very noticable, especially when you find yourself needing to physically activate powers that are on auto.

    Either way, its the OP's biznatch. He can do what he wants to do.
  11. SinisterDirge

    Auto Power!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zercon View Post
    it would help in lag heavy times. Seeing as i think there charged because they show charged only to be fooled and have to wait and guess when there truly back.
    Autoing these powers will not help in the situation you describe. Just watch hasten in those periods.
  12. SinisterDirge

    Auto Power!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zercon View Post
    Thanks for all the replies so quickly i was afraid that I would not be able to do it...stupid afk farmers. I agree Sailboat but my Boost Range and Build up come back fast enough to where im never without it. Thats the only reason I asked because stopping to hit those 2 powers just takes away from my attack chain.
    Can I ask how you managed to get them down to a 10 second recharge?
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SinisterDirge View Post
    Considering that quite a few players have complained that they have had limited access, if any access at all to the forums, or even the html news feed on the launcher for the last month putting the blame on the players for not knowing is ignorant.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tyger42 View Post
    The forums are their primary method of relaying news. Not their fault if someone is too busy to follow it closely or chooses not to follow it at all.
    You may have missed it, and although it may not have been Airhammers specific situation, the situation existed.
  14. Fire/Traps Corr is possibly the most ridiculously powerfull combination I have in my arsenal. Can reach iTrial softcap without sacrificing damage potential. Can run +2/8's with ease. +4's if played smart. Has an excellent balance of AOE and ST attacks.

    Just remember when playing traps, if you are waiting to set up, you are doing yourself a disservice.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Timegod View Post
    Well, for the record, I hear about IOs and the like all the time, but I literally just returned to game, the only thing I have done with IOs is the tutorial "how to make an IO", thinks like "frankenslot" are greek to me. I know I will get the hang of it, my future toons will no doubt be easier once I get a handle on everything I need to know.

    As for the 6 misses. The sheer rage I felt at the time has robbed me of the mob type, it was a mission I got in the zone I came out in. Talos I think it is called. I am using lvl 20++ DOs for my ACC. When I first entered the mission, the first group made me lose my mind, so I left, went and bought some DOs to up the lvl of my enhancements for ACC and came back. I was just doing std stuff +0/x1 I think it is called. That particular mob was a +1, but still....

    Anyway, it was just a rant, thanks for the math on IOs, I'll put that away fro future reference. I simply have no resources, I scraped everything I had together to get those DOs, so now I am working on getting 3k AE tickets together for when I hit lvl 22. That should buy me 40 SOs.

    I will get past this lvl with my sanity intact. Logging in now to get through this. Wish me luck.
    What is your global? DO's are painfull. Will toss a bit of infl. your way to get you started.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by _gohan661_ View Post
    It's not entertaining chatting (not that i can since i am banned) I simply only want to play the game. I should be able to do this. I simply do not want this merger i do not need this merger there is simply nothing in it for me only the inability to play the game i pay for.

    I would also like to know which rules my previous post broke to warrant another deletion or are you doing it just to annoy me?
    Its alot less dramatic taking your ball and going home if you dont have a ball aint it mate?

    I can't imagine how this negatively affects you besides not being able to play a couple hours. That others will get even more enjoyment out of this game should probably not be a consideration for you.

    I guess since you pay, you have a right to tell everyone what to do. Since I have two accounts, I'll vote with both and say you should be ignored. Let me know if you have two accounts, I've been thinking about a third.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by CoolhandLocke View Post
    Hello all, new to the forums and City of Heroes. I've been dying to play this game for quite some time, but just recently got a PC that could run it well. After buying my new system, I immediately went to the site and set up an account. Well, two days later and I still can't download the game...

    I've got the installer and when I try to run it I get nothing. I was getting the permissions question (running Windows 7), but turned everything off to make sure there wasn't any interference. Still nothing...except I don't get the questions anymore. I've tried 3 different installers, from different locations, didn't work either.

    Just for kicks I tried to install WOW, and Champions online, and both of those installed flawlessly. It's getting frustrating as I want to play City of Heroes, and not those games lol. I signed up for the trail, and now I think I just have 4 days left, and haven't even been able to download the game.

    Any help would be appreciated, I'm itching to sink my teeth into this game, but just can't get it going from my end. Still waiting to hear something from support as well, just thought the forums might be a bit quicker.
    Did you right click it and try to run it as admin? Long shot, but has worked for me more than once.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by White Hot Flash View Post
    It was handled poorly because a few people didn't see it? Sorry, just not buying that.

    This isn't something important that everyone had to know. If it was, you'd have seen the kind of announcements you've blamed Marketing for not using.

    Enough people saw it and made use of it that the company made a profit. That's all Marketing is around for.
    A marketing department that chooses to ignore even a small portion of what its client base is telling them will make it easier to sell to them are incompetent at best.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by OutaControl View Post
    I already HATE BAF & LAMB.
    I hate the BAF cut scene at the beginning.
    I hate spending 30min to get a team for either.
    I hate that as a controller being killed because a tank can't have more that 15-17 agro limit, just try to follow a tank around LAM warehouse and watch everything attack you instead of the tank, I get one shot vaporised and the tank doesn't even get looked at.
    Hate is a strong word. I love the BAF and LAMB. Being 53 rocks my socks. The rewards justifies the repetitivenes, but than again, I am no stranger to repetitive content.

    The cut scene is mildly annoying

    I cant wait 30 mins, so I do other stuff.

    Super speed and a stealth IO go a long way to avoiding mobs that you want to avoid.

    Quote:
    It's my theory that nobody is using the LFG system as designed. I think the devs wanted us to just randomly jump into the queue and it would put us in a team once enough were there instead of forming a team fist and joining that way. In any case, the way BAF and LAM groups are formed takes way too long. It can be longer than forming most TFs.
    Its not a theory. I can't count the times the devs have released something that the playerbase hasnt used as designed. This cant be a shock to anyone.

    It would help if it would pull you out of an instance if desired. That way I could run mish's or update base, whatever while waiting. Waiting is not fun.
  20. Considering that quite a few players have complained that they have had limited access, if any access at all to the forums, or even the html news feed on the launcher for the last month putting the blame on the players for not knowing is ignorant.

    Glad its posted on facebook, or I can read some twits, however, I have no interest in signing up for either. I have no interest in reading: @positron PAX east hotel room, 3 am. Taking huge dump. All that **** is brown to me. Roflcopter!

    Am I expected to sign up for third party sites to get news from ncsoft? That makes sense.

    Please understand, I am not butthurt that I didnt transfer any toons during the very short window, as that means I have a few extra bucks in my wallet. Its the games profit loss, not mine. Just try to understand, not everyone was lucky enough to learn from the forums or the launcher no matter how many times they hit refresh.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Skaith View Post
    is ele/stone brute still good for aoe tanking?
    If you have experience with the set pairing, then really nothing much has changed.

    If you don't, and plan on spending the majority of your time in granite, the -recharge hit will not pair well with the long *** recharging powers in elec, and even seemingly longer animation times. Of course, YMMV.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cinkidd View Post
    Do you really have a level 53 character outside of the Trials? The answer is no, you have a level 51. The Devs are doing us a disservice of giving us content where you really are not gaining anything substantial. Where outside of a trial does you newly minted 53 come into play? Nowhere.
    Where outside of a trial do you actually need your toon to be 50+3?
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    In this case, we're damned if we do and damned if we don't.
    This case? You folks are always damned if you do, damned if you dont.
  24. Swords and Traps together at last?

    I cant tell you what difference the extra debuff from a defender makes. I can tell you I have never missed those few percentage points on my Corr.
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    I look at the incarnate stuff kind of like training for something. If my friend learns martial arts and I sit around playing video games, I don't get to suddenly become a black belt when he decides he doesn't want to be a martial artist anymore. If I want to be a black belt, I need to earn it myself. Incarnate abilities are the same way, if this character didn't do it, then this character doesn't get the benefit from someone else doing it either.

    I solved that problem by not trying to Incarnate characters I'm not particularly attached to. I don't want to go to all that effort for a character I consider expendable. I have, currently, 2 characters that have made any appreciable progress on Incarnate abilities, and I'm trying to decide who's next.
    I agree with this...

    My only issue is now it seems that there is trial burnout where not nearly as many trials are being run as when it first released (understandable, and not a complaint at all).

    Unfortunately, as I have limited playtime, and that is rarely at peak times, that could easily mean a half hour wait in Pocket D trying to get on a trial. Considering often that is about half of the playtime I can dedicate to a day, waiting around is not fun.

    I really wish the LfL system could pull you out of instances. I understand if you are on a TF, or Ouro, Or in AE that it shouldnt be an option probably souldnt work in pvp zones either, but why cant you get a popup asking you while you are in a mish that a league is about ready, do you want to join it like you requested, or skip it because you are now focused on something else. It may even get people to actually use the turnstile system.

    I dont know if anyone else has noted, but murphy's law states that as soon as you step 10 feet in a mish, a league will advertise.*


    *In before someone suggests I should enter a mish as soon as I login.