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Issue 10 was released July 24 2007.

Issue 12 was released May 20 2008.

That's 3 issues in 11 months.

So, since Issue 11 was released 28 Nov 2007, that gives them until Nov 27 2008 to release Issue 13 to still meet 3 issues per year.

They're acheiving so far.

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You don't work in a government press office, do you?

While a I13 release this November-ish would technically give them 3 releases in a suitably chosen 12 month slot, that's not really 3 issues/year as most people would interpret it. For that, you'd need an average of 4 months between issues, in reality they're doing one every 5-6 months.

Not that I'm personally bothered - good issues whenever they can suits me fine, whether that works out to 2.0, 2.1 or 3.0 issues/year in practice.

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Yes it is a FORM of world PvP. you cant integrate the two communities and not expect some form of conflict (conflict between two playable character by definition = PvP).

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Thing is, the PvE majority outnumber the PvP minority. Another reason why I can't see such a thing happening. Not enough people PvP for the Devs to make this game World PvPish.

Oh, and when people do actually make threats that they'll quit the game, they're usually empty threats.

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Mine isn't. If this game were changed so that a player villain could attack me in King's Row then I'd quit right there.

That's not the game I pay for or enjoy.

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Sign me up for that one too - it's not a threat, simply a statement of fact; make PvP too difficult to ignore, and I'm out of here.

Details of what's needed here.

The easiest way of getting access in Ouroboros if you didn't have it before is probably to get the Chrononaut exploration badge.

If you're in a reasonably kitted out SG you can get yourself access by running a single flashback mission from the base's Pillar of Ice and Flame.

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Because in a nut shell it is dull zone, as dull as dish water. Let me see Space Stations vs the Canary Islands.

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It is a fine task Force – one of the best, all of which could have been accessed through either the Midnight Club or why not even Ouroboros ?

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IIRC the devs have plans to put lots more content in Cimorea, but at the time I12 content was being finalised they knew they'd only have the zone itself, the TF and those trivial repeating missions ready.

So rather than keep the entire thing under wraps until I13 or beyond, they decided to release what they could. Which does seem reasonable, given that I12 was only trailed as being a small Issue.

Happy Cakeday, JD!

Ms Liberty, Statesman's granddaughter, routinely cycles through the "standing" emotes in Atlas.

So we already have a moving heir.

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Yeah, ok, the social part of the forums is up and running, and no, you don't see 1-2 posts a day in the class forums (most days none), which leads to questions never being answered.

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<Checks main index page>

Out of 12 class forums, 8 have had posts today.

<Checks front page of each class forum, with 20 posts per page view>

Out of 240 threads across the 12 forums, there are a total of 18 posts that had zero replies. A few of those weren't really questions in the first place, so didn't warrant replies ("FYI here's my build", "Fix to XXX on training server", and the Dominator forum was a bit of an outlier with 5 unanswered questions all to itself.

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Btw, I am kind of doubting that claim of 200 posts. Seems to me you got those 200 if those posts fished from the french and german part of the forums as well.

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By all means doubt, but having spent a bit of time following up your earlier points, I think I'll let you spend your time checking that one.

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You might get better chances for a reply if you post over the forums of your class, but since the forums in general are dead, I'll see what I can answer.

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Dooooooooom! Merge the forums quick, while there's still time!

(Checks "number of posts in last 24 hours clicky", and finds the search hits the cap of 200)

No, wait...

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4....so 3 defensive auras plus tough....so what's the issue takin dark aura then? that's what i mean

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I think you'll have to explain a bit more clearly what you mean; you're the one that said there were issues in the first place.

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been more specific will be of help, doin this short messages with no esplication, only to grow ur posts number doesnt help really

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Turning that around, a few extra details from you - like what your primary set is, never mind pools and their toggles! - might help people give more specific advice.

Expanding on what Chatarsis said, in your OP you mentioned "fear and stealthy auras". If you look at the powers' details, the fear aura's far and away the most expensive toggle and may not give that much actual benefit if you have Death Shroud up too (as this will break the Fear effect).

While Cloak of Darkness is cheaper to run, the only in-combat benefit it'll give you is a base +3.75% DEF bonus, which isn't very significant in a set that's mainly RES-based.

Try leaving these toggles off, and see how it affects your playability and survivability.

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well if u post a build, i can see what "kind" of scrapper u play

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Assuming that one was for me, no detailed build to hand but it's a fairly typical Dark/Dark scrapper. Dark Consumption from the melee set's handy for keeping end topped up, although I'm not sure I'd call it essential.

On the armour side, I went for Oppressive Gloom rather than Cloak of Fear although as a scrapper I didn't have the aggro/Fury issues your brute will need to take into account. Cloak of Darkness I skipped altogether.

Damn! Got my DA scrapper to 50 without realising the set was unplayable!

Sorry, my bad.

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The XP from CoT Portals was not removed. It still gives huge XP when you destroy it.

You're thinking of Rikti Communication Officer portals.

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I think the OP meant he knows why the xp was removed from the spawns, rather from than the portals themselves (which, as you say, it wasn't).

In any event the +2 bosses spawning on Villainous does sound way off; my 40s MM did that map over the weekend, soloing on the middle difficulty level, and I was surprised when around half the spawns had a single +1 boss in with the group. Even that was tougher than expected (albeit manageable), but at the time I put it down to an intention change on portal spawns and/or that particular map.

Given your experience, it may just be buggy.

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Rockjaw? Unless GhostRaptor comes up with the goods, I'll eat all the cookies that Pixie and I were going to bring to Memorabilia for you guys to eat...

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Edited in line with most likely outcome.

Gratz on another 50 KQ - I can see you overtaking me soon!

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Ok, but I was just ruling out some of the stuff we could have in it, I thaught it was good, you didnt, problem solved, bad idea

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Hey, I am intelligent, devastatingly handsome and supremely witty[1], but even so I'm not (yet!) the ultimate of arbiter of whether an idea's good or bad.

You suggestion wasn't one I'd have gone for, but in the end the only ones that decide whether an idea's good are the devs, if they actually implement it.

So, keep them coming.


[1] But, despite all that, wonderfully modest too.

/marginally signed

Using a shopping cart to, um, shop isn't exactly a revolutionary concept, but on the other hand it would be a bit handier so have a slight signage on that account.


On the other hand, a suggestion that on first inspection's just to bring in a shopping cart but then slips in major game-related issues (Powerset Respec, XP transfer) as minor side issues is missing the point of threads.

/unsigned on all the extras - if you want, start new threads so I can unsign them properly there.

Would they really want to limit access to that sort of creator, though?

Once they'd put the effort into developing it I'd have thought they'd want to get as many people as possible using it, without making them jump through arbitrary hoops first.

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Then again, another quote goes 'Not everything is a Nemesis plot'

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True. But that quote itself is a Nemesis plot.

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He says: Specced to nova form.

And I know that you get the dwarf later on, but I think his suggestion is to stay in Nova form. The turn into Dwarf form is not a solution then.

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And that makes the suggestion more sensible how? the point is the forms are trade offs, more damage for being fragile, tougher but less damage, can't have it both ways. just makes stuff over powered.

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The second suggestion in the OP was:

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Make the forms Nova/dwarf as a special toggling power, wich does not turn off when you gets stunned Ect.

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Which wouldn't change the powers or capabilities of Nova form in any significant way; it would just stop you having to manually switch back to the form from human each time you got mezzed.

Not over powered at all, IMHO.

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Seems my work's filter is smarter than I am, it won't let me near the Sun's website!!

"430 - Forbidden

You don't have permission to access http://www.thesun.co.uk on this server"



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Danish HO's FTW!

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Finnish, actually!

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Ah - I stand corrected - my knowledge of Scandinavian HOs is sadly limited.

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Seems my work's filter is smarter than I am, it won't let me near the Sun's website!!

"430 - Forbidden

You don't have permission to access http://www.thesun.co.uk on this server"



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Danish HO's FTW!

The question's harder than one might expect for Sun readers - requires a memory at least as long as a goldfish's...

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Did 300 re-use the baddies army from Blazing Saddles?

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Part that, part Lord of the Rings. IIRC the chief baddie was a Goa'uld.

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I too have concerns regarding I13... I got the feeling with I12 there was a distinct move away from the classic superhero comicbook game with Cimerora, clearly trying to cash in on Frank Miller's 300 and the subsequent movie.

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Uh? What similarities do you see between Cimerora and 300? I'm hard pressed to find any.

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The fact that they both involve Romans *Shock! Horror!*

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Well, that and there's the "Defeat 300 traitors" bit...