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Quote:1) Possibly, but far less likely than if they didn't. I see no really good reasons to ignore the games plot, as it were. EXCEPT;Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Let's see if I can't refine the question a tad:
If you completely ignored the game's plot, would your characters and their actions still make sense in the game's existing setting?
If a piece of story required your character to feel a certain way or perform a certain action that goes against their concept, what would you do about it?
2) Bad writing, like the Origins of Power and the Puddle of Annoyance, get summararily ignored for being dross. Source of the CoH-verse powers through time and space? Ok, it's a Mcguffin that is easy enough to not have to mention, no worries.
It is the only thing that ALLOWS me to have more power, and I have to bow and scrape to get that? I think bloody NOT!
So, yeah, thems me views
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You come over here, boy, and I'll give you asparagus...
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Quote:Seconded. Love that avi. PUNCH JUGGLE!Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Off-topic, but:
Vanden, I like your Avatar a lot better than the custom animations we got for Super Strength way back when
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Quote:Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I have. And what I saw was very, very, VERY bad.You both seem to have missed 'Focus Chi'. Which is Build Up. It's just what Martial Arts calls it.Quote:Originally Posted by Vanden
Yeah, it's one of the reasons people hate Devices.
Unless you think Martial Arts doesn't have Build Up as a Scrapper Primary
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Can we have a GOOD reason?
No.
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I need to watch the Ustream proper when I get back home to decent internet.
Because ARGHOMGOMG THE WINGS, THE WINGS AND THE ARMOUR!! GIMME NOW!!!! -
THAT is what should be the official ones, frankly. Not the 'meh' they've decided is fitting for Freedom. Nicely done.
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And drop a random component on completion once a day, IMO
I like it. I did last time it came up too.
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Quote:It's a public forum. frankly; deal with it. You will and always will get people disagreeing. And I will still disagree (and /unsign, which is effectively a /sign AGAINST an idea, FYI)Originally Posted by Kirsten
I keep saying, This was meant to be Feudal Japan, but it was a lot easier to call it Ancient than try to explain the Feudal period. I still have to say, like Azure, that although I would like to also see the old dulls get polished than see new shinies, but I also just suggested this because I thought it was an interesting idea. I wish people didn't like to argue over every little point. And an "/unsigned" is just kind of pointless unless it was "/signed" by the poster to begin with.
Pretty much anything I say will get some sort of shouting down so, meh. 'Feudal Japan' just seems such a random, unlinked choice of place. 'Cool factor' is irrelevant if it has naff all ties to existing canon.
That, and if we HAVE to have a damn new shiny, instead of revamps, I'd rather see something more out of the box and un-obvious. Thinks like 'medieval anything' have been done to death a million and one times. -
Oh just get a room, the both of ya's! >_<
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A number of my characters (SABRE Team) are very much a part of the ongoing Rikti plot.
I think, overall, pretty much every one of my characters cares very much about what happens in the world. The game canon (barring stuff I choose to flat out ignore as dross bad writing [Origin of Power, Puddle of Annoyance]) is pretty much the game world. How can my characters exist there and NOT care about it? It just...doesn't make sense to me.
I get the feeling Americans may find that mind set easier. After all, many of them believe their country is the entire world...
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Quote:Originally Posted by g_masque
You see splash screens with similar frequency in CO.
Take your pedantry somewhere constructive Sam, christ. We get it, nothing suits your standards.Quote:Originally Posted by That_Ninja
You're wrong.
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Quote:For future reference, I'm a sarcastic [Censored]Originally Posted by DMystic
I'm not sure if there's sarcasm in the mobs running up to comment or not as I've been playing Melee mostly.
If there is sarcasm there, and the mobs do run up to you while your mezzed, the immobilize effect isn't useful as a defensive measure while under a mez, though this might be a fair trade for the better damage output.
If there is no sarcasm then I guess it isn't really a problem as the mobs are staying at range which is generally where you want them to be while you're mezzed.
As for Hide looking over the set again it can kinda make sense (Blinding Powder and Dragon's Tail positioning) it still seems off for this set though.
Mobs very often run into melee while you are mezzed, meaning a higher damage tier 1 secondary, even if it does have immobilise, would likely be as useful as the current tier 1s by dint of damage being the ultimate debuff; they can't hurt you if they're dead
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None. Killing off actual Sigs for no good reason is a sign of poor writing and desperately grabbing for 'Look at this! Isn't this shocking?!' points. I would hope our writers, who have recently put out some fantastic stuff, wouldn't sully themselves and stoop that low.
Mind you, given the whole background to the Puddle of Annoyance... -
Quote:Because mobs don't have a horrible habit of running up and punching you when you're mezzed.Originally Posted by DMystic
That wouldn't exactly work if you get hit with any kind of mez and have to rely on Defiance to defend yourself.
Also I don't see the point of having Hide in the set. Blasters wouldn't be getting Stealth Strikes and the set itself doesn't have anything that would get an advantage from stealth. In Devices it makes sense as that lets you set up Trip Mine, Caltrops and Time Bomb without alerting mobs.
Also, the set has plenty of aggro-negation alongside the Hide, making it a more hit and run secondary from my observation. -
Blaster ranged immobs do no or low damage. I'd happily swap getting into melee for a better punch to my...uh...kick.
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Quote:Why can I not do Blaster level damage, with Tank level shields and Controller level mez?! WHY IS THIS SO UNFAIR, GAWDEH!!Originally Posted by Lothic
Well I thought it was a pretty stupid 'balance point' for the Devs to ruin my Fire Controller's ability to have around dozen even-level Imps out at the same time too. Every player's going to have some opinions that fly in the face of the game's need to be balanced. Sadly the Devs' "opinion" on things will always trump ours.
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Quote:Who the hell are you and how did you get camera's into my room?Originally Posted by Mallerick
New splash screen? No!
Now who will hold Miss Liberty's left , uh, endowment?
What? Well, what did you do during the loading time with your Big Blue Hand?
I mean...uh...
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Glad to see the bustier's get fixed.
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Quote:'Budding' suggests there is room for growth, development and correction.Originally Posted by Crazy_Dragon
Not that "budding" necessarily means "promising". Or "good".
Not "Sorry sanity, this is as good as it gets. The cupboard is free if you need somewhere to go and sob while the inner-writer screams obscenity at the tripe you just had to read".
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I'd rather see a standalone GM that fitted in somewhere than a 'chance' for one (see Jack during Halloween and how well he goes down) being shoe-horned in elsewhere.
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I'd rather see a standalone GM that fitted in somewhere than a 'chance' for one (see Jack during Halloween and how well he goes down) being shoe-horned in elsewhere.
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Quote:That's not evidence. I see no quoted source or links. Something you were calling for only a page or so ago.Originally Posted by StratoNexus
In order to demonstrate how wrong the above assertion is I offer you the following statement.
The devs are working on creating a freeform system. We will likely see it released late 2012.
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Fine by me. YMMV. It still won't dissuade me from my opinion that, were it an actual 'balance point' rather than an oversight that has, like many things, been on the uber-massive To Do list for years, then it's a pretty stupid one. Again, in my opinion.
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Quote:So, we swap one railroad for another? At least you could kick Recluse's faceplate in by yourself, and have his past self congratulate you on it, while saying "Right, not messing with you now."Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
To be honest, I was one of the people shouting "Enough with Recluse! Enough with Arachnos! We want something else!" Having Recluse step down from the picture doesn't really come as a surprise to me, and I can't say I'm TOO disappointed. If you stop to think about it, Tech, I'm sure you'll agree at least somewhat that the suffocating, restricting Arachnos railroad had to go, and taking Recluse off the splash screen is one step towards doing that. It does have the unfortunate implication that "the devs hate villains," but I still feel that we can live villains and still dislike Arachnos at the same time.
I honestly prefer Recluse and Arachnos to Tyrant and Praetoria. Or maybe that's me getting sick of the Puddle of Annoyance and it's god-moding and railroading, along with the utterly Hax Praetorian mobs...
Edit: That, and Praetoria is paid for content only. Freedom should focus on the base game, the Heroes and the Villains, and THAT includes Recluse and Arachnos.