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I gave up on Trials completely ages back, simply because I didn't find them fun. Sure, regular content can be frustrating at times (Looking at you, LGTF Hami and your two-shot homing KOs) but at least it's for the most part fun, unless you're having a really bad day and all the numbers are against you.
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Quote:How the hell does 'Wanting less 'sexified' stuff and more baron jackets, chaps and cool 'actiony' things for female models' transform magically into 'wanting to dress modest, boring and like real life'?Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
*bzzzt!* WRONG AGAIN!
What I meant by that is that I don't want to wear clothes that I wear every day, here in the game.
Mnay here seem to want to dress in CoX, just like they do in real life, all modest and proper-like. Different strokes and all that.... but I don't want to. This game is an escape for me, I'd rather dress like Desdemona than I do in real life - however there seems to be a movement afoot to get the developers to stop making all those naughty, woman-exploiting bits like the Gunslinger stuff, and make it all boring and gender-neutral. This is what worries me. I hate the idea of that.
Except when it suits your point, of course. -
Is she missing her robot arm there? O_o
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Quote:Agreed. Perhaps that's the point of 'Word on the Street' having the Arachnos emblem by it. Ironically fitting...Originally Posted by Smersh
I was more bothered by the player testimonials which appear to come from the City of Heroes Facebook page - which they admit that they screen/edit the comments from.
If you go out of your way to remove negative comments, you don't get to use the remaining positive comments for promotional purposes. -
They need to update the Rikti rifle piece, though. It's still using the clunky, horrible old thing the Lost still use, rather than the actual update Rikti rifle/pistol from Invasion.
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Sounds good.
Oh, and its Back Alley Brawler
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Quote:Me...take the edge off statements....socially acceptable...?Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
There's no hidden meaning at all, the concept is very simple: people often use the pretext of a joke to say what they really think, in a socially-acceptable construct. Its a way to take the edge off of harsh or otherwise unacceptable statements.
Uh...you've not read much Me, have you?
When I post silly stuff like 'Silence I kill you!' it's often just being daft/fail humour.
It's when I'm dead serious you'd better start running >_> -
Quote:I dunno, there seem to be a few posters in that one whose argument could be narrowed down to 'BEWBS!' Imo...Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think it's a good sign for the CoH community that this thread isn't getting nearly the amount of traffic as the one asking for more equality
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Quote:Yeah, that too.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
That sounds very unfair since not everyone puts hidden meanings in their jokes. I, personally, try to find clever ways to make stupid things appear believable enough to be taken seriously, and then rely on logical dissonance to make people laugh.
Things that are stupid yet still make sense in their stupidity are the most amusing.
It requires effort to put subtle meanings behind stuff. Effort I don't have in spare right now >_> -
Quote:I'm mildly eccentric. I leave it up to individuals to make up their own minds on such stuff.Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
...Are you literally insane? Sometimes I wonder.
I am of the school of thought that holds jokes are the socially-acceptable method of saying what one REALLY thinks. I evaluate all such statements as yours carefully, just sayin'.
And I'm no comedian anyway
Although, at present? I'm re-lining over 170+ frames of animation work, and dear smeg if I don't FEEL like I'm going insane right now... < _ > -
Quote:Which is also pretty much the point of the thread David started, or at least the point people are getting across to him.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Given both the source material and much of the fan base, I'm not sure how successful subverting the cheesecake is even possible, considering that for every parody you make, someone has made the exact same character with a straight face. For instance, looking at your Atilla character, I don't see a parody. I see something a lot like what I've done in all seriousness and something people I know have done unironically.
Going back to Moo's original post, though, he was saying he likes the sexy and likes has no problem with revealing and provocative clothes and other costume options. Thing is, neither do I. I like and have used many of those options, including the Steampunk corset, including the Witch gauntlets and so forth. However, that's not the extent of what I find sexy, nor the extent of what I like in a character, hence why my priority is variety over pure sex appeal.
A whole bunch of people are acting like someone rolled out the Puritan brigade or something and started banning bikinis. *eyeroll* -
Gods yes, please. Posi revamp was a step in the right direction, but now it all seems to have ground to a halt.
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That's not a 'Glass Cannon' set, that's a 'I'm commiting suicide every mob' set.
There was a REASON old defiance got changed; it was ****. Terrible. It encouraged sucking.
You're basically asking for a set that half-neuters a Blaster and...
Yeah. Sorry, but no. The Balance on this just seems non-existent. And that's not even from a number point of view. -
Make it so. /Signed
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Quote:That was *A* way to get it. I'm pretty sure that wasn't the intended way to get it since it was a Veteran Reward (and if it was then someone in the team or Marketing needs kneecapping for being that evil a money-grabbing *******)Originally Posted by Jophiel
I disagree there, at least on technicalities. The Celestial stuff was added expressly to get people to buy up "reward" tokens. If anything, it was probably expected to generate more revenue as a VIP set bought with multiple $15 tokens than as a basic "booster" style costume or else it would have been sold as a booster. The whole F2P conversion was to generate extra money after all.
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Agreed on the CG front. Too often CG pieces fa- no, run, skip and throw themselves headfirst into uncanny valley. You REALLY notice it when you're an animation student >_<
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Quote:*Sigh*Originally Posted by Daimyo_Shi
To Techbot Alpha, you don't get to exclude things just because they don't match your point are they out fits or not? Yes they are, then they have to be considered.
This has nothing to do with 'matching my point'.
The initial thread and the thread that spawned from it were started over Paid. For. Booster. Packs.
Yes, the CoT pack was a paid for booster, so it is partway relevant.
No, the Celestial stuff was NOT a Paid. For. Booster. So no, it is NOT relevant.
And, frankly, I'm done with people throwing strawmen around and shoving **** down my vox that I never said. -
Quote:Silence!Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
This forum's insistance on *only* mundane statements is pretty funny. One must be as sober as a judge [moodwise, not speaking of imbibing] at all times, and puctuation must be perfect. But regardless.... that's a pretty low blow. I'd say I'm much less hostile and dogmatic, but I am sure opinions differ.
As for those who want to dress their toons in utter, completely-clothed seriousness since they're mothers now [which is what I took away from someone else's post], go for it. Your toons belong to you, not me.
Just understand that not all of us want to do that. I wear scrubs every day.... don't want to do it in CoX.
I kill your fleshy *** dead! Meatsack!
I still fail to see why people seem to be insisting on the extremes, when, in the other thread, people are trying to edge it more towards 'A bit of both'. -
Quote:Do I have to?Originally Posted by Jophiel
Thank heavens that for every time the issues DOES come up, there's a vigilant Junior Mod guardian ready to throw a princess-hissy over the topic being raised.
God salute you, Good Sir.
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You know what I'd love to see?
Comrade teaming up with Heavy Weapons Guy.
You know you want to see that
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Quote:Well I'm willing to tell those who are wailing 'sexist' (on both sides, because it's been happening reverse) to just sit down and stop bringing sociopolitical issues into pretendy fun-time games. It's stupid.Originally Posted by Oedipus_Tex
What a costume pack is supposed to represent is something we want to buy. I liked the parts in the packs with the frilly woman's clothes. We've only gotten 4 of them total in the history of the game, and while many of them were lumped close together time-wise, we also had to wait YEARS to get our first ones. I think named theme packs are kind of lame and I never try to recreate a "gunslinger" or "barbarian" with them or whatever. I especially never consider the default costume from the Costume Sets drop down as anything but a starting point. That's just my take on it.
I understand why you don't like the parts, but you also need to understand why some of us have something to say when the future of character design is being retooled because of complaints. And, in particular, why some of us who like these parts feel bludgeoned into accepting changes because some people--not you, but no less willing to piggyback on your initial thread--have taken up the issue and reframed it as a moralistic battle in the war against sexism, when the rest of thought we were talking about a miniskirt.
And I'm pretty sure the Devs aren't going to completely do away with ANYTHING girly-girly. But they might organise it a bit better so that what BOTH types are offered is equal, not two entirely different offerings masquerading as the same thing. -
Quote:Except that that costume contains a grand total of ONE piece from the Barbarian pack. At that point, we might as well not have the Barbarian pack for the sake of the argument.Originally Posted by Jophiel
The beauty being that you're allowed to mix and match parts between sets.
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That's not perfect (and it can't be due to CC limitations such as asymmetrical parts, skirt lengths or hair with helmets) but that took me all of two minutes to whip out. Going back to my earlier remarks, people act as though each costume set exists in a bubble or that they HAVE to use Eden tops under their corsets or something. I'm not against women models getting more armor bits and stuff but I don't feel that the complete argument is an honest one.
A themed costume pack is, surprise surprise, supposed to represent a THEME. If that theme is not conveyed properly or fittingly, then we have a problem. All your picture does is prove that argument, not refute it.
And, yes, I am fully aware you can mix and match as much as you like. The POINT is the merit of the pack and items it contains. A pack should be able to stand up on its own, not get by with 'Oh, it's ok if you have X, Y and Z.' That's not a decent excuse. In fact that's not an excuse at all. -
Quote:If I was being dishonest, I wouldn't be stupid enough to tell people of the edits.Originally Posted by Daimyo_Shi
So you going to exclude and selectively edit to make your point, that kind of dishonest.
The Celestial costumes were not a paid for booster pack. They were Vet awards. ERGO, for the sake of an argument about paid for booster packs and their content, they do not count.
Likewise, the CoT 'theme' was never going to be a surprise (except for the surprising lack of certain pieces /tangent) unlike the 'theme' boosters like Steampunk, Science, Mutant and Gunslinger. We knew the exact style of things we were getting, because they were already in game. Therefore what was in it was never really up for questioning.
Do I get to break out the Monty Python gags on Spaniards yet?
It doesn't undermine my point in the slightest.Quote:Originally Posted by Daimyo_Shi
That is Complete falsehood! Further the Barbarian is cheesecake for both genders at the same time! Yes that makes a difference, it how the theme goes. You can't just ignore it because it undermines your point.
Men got chest belts, barbarian fur-thing, metal plate glove things, stompy boots and that kind of thing.
What did women get?
And that was being CONSERVATIVE with the costume options, rather than just settling for the leather thong and bra with chain-loops on it.
The men got the tough and possibly beefcake option. Women got more high heels instead of;
Sexy parts? Check.
Still looks like she could tear your face off? Check and check.
So, please, stop misinterpreting my argument. Thanks. -
Quote:Hmn...Originally Posted by The_Overlord
I'd totally love to see more drawn ones, though. Like I said, it's more of a personal preference thing.
When Uni is over (and my brain doesn't feel like its having animation frames hammered through it at the speed of sound); Challenge Accepted
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Yeah, ditto for me. I'm now 'TechbotALPHA' in game, and lost my wonderful limey green name colour to some horrible construction vomit yellow colour =/ Unamused I was