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Quote:Because they're pansies?Originally Posted by Kidou
Honestly, I think AVs, EBs, and Bosses SHOULD NOT RUN at all.
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Quote:I wonder what they rated that tornado? I would probably estimate an F1 possibly an F2. But then, I haven't seen the damage and it's not my area of expertise.Originally Posted by SilverAgeFan
About four blocks from me, 7 roofs torn off of brownstones--5 in a row, skipped two roofs and a gap--then got 2 more. Dumped em on some poor saps truck a block and a half away.
4 FDNY trucks outside checking the structural integrity of all 7 buildings and getting them ready for tarps. All evacuated for the night from the chatter on the street.
Eager to see helicopter images tomorrow to see if there is a clear discernible path.
If I ever catch the rogue storm 'troller that did this... /fistpalm
I have seen the leftovers from an F3 on a few occasions. Spend a year in Tornado Alley and you'll get an eyeful...of mud if you keep them open during a storm.
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Quote:Agreed. Mister Emmert's People skills left a lot to be desired. However, I recall many people complaining that the game was unplayable afterwards. Which, I found to not be true. Considering, I played through those changes on various ATs, and managed quite well. But then (you knew it was coming), I never expected to survive spawns for 8 players while solo either.Originally Posted by Hejtmane
The biggest issue with ED and global reduction was Jack's handling of the issues and his disingenuous approach on the subject.In fact I think Jack's PR side hurt the COV launch the numbers where no where near what the hype that was coming out around initially and it had to do with ED. The word of month PR hurt the game and his bad bedside manner and pandering oh we want you to use more variety of enhancement but this is not a nerf was a terrible PR disaster.
Yes the nerfs where needed it was way out of whack and no we are not even close to the stupid stuff people did back then.
Parts of his "vision" weren't bad. His approach to executing them, and the parts that weren't so not bad, left a lot to be desired. I firmly believe that he should have his mouth Duct tapped shut and let his second in command do the talking.Quote:Originally Posted by Steel_Shaman
Amen to that. I'll never forget his "Vision" post and all the flames that monstrosity caused. -
Quote:I was playing through that time as well. The Global Defense Adjustment and Enhancement Diversification were both badly needed for the game to be anywhere near balanced. A single hero, no matter what AT they are, should not be able to aggro an entire map at once and survive.Originally Posted by Steel_Shaman
What?!
Excuse me, but I was playing around that time too, and I don't think we're talking about the same game at all. Or are you one of the people that actually thought it was perfectly fine for a Tanker to round up literally entire maps and aoe them all down with Burn with absolutely no team support at all?
Also, to my knowledge the Devs have never stated that IO's were the reason behind the GDN or ED. I do recall them stating they felt the game was out of whack and needed adjusting at the time though.
Then again, I'm that odd-ball freak blah blah blah.
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Quote:Considering, when I make a level 1 character, and (on a few occasions) do not go through the tutorial, I still don't have to use rest until I reach level 5 at the earliest. Normally, I don't start using rest until I get into the mid teens.Originally Posted by Aedon
I'm kinda surprised so many people are commenting that they enjoy Stamina-less builds. <snip>
That being said, I got used to (IMHO) having to take Stamina a long time ago... but the extra 3 power choices could prove handy for some of my characters. Though, as has been mentioned, slotting could get tricky (unless you take other powers that don't require lots of slotting).
But then, I'm also one of those odd-ball freaks that isn't worried about how fast I defeat things either. I have an AR/Dev blaster w/o Stamina that maybe rests once every 2 or 3 missions. And she's level 25.
When I team with others, I don't hold them up because I'm out of Endurance. Because I rarely am. I use things called inspirations to refill if needed. I also don't run unneeded toggles.
But, don't listen to me. I'm one of those odd-ball freaks that isn't concerned with the speed of mission completion. Neither are the people I routinely team with. Funny that. -
Quote:Good thing there's a power pool for that.Originally Posted by Noyjitat
No real point to play a defense based character where defense is your only mititgation if you get hit as much as the guy that has defense and a self heal.
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Quote:nto too long after Villains came out, I chased a Deathsurge all over Cap Au Diable. I only had 4 bots at the time, and wasn't using any of my Traps. Never had a chance. Except for Web Grenade. The stupid thing wouldn't stand still. That was back in Issue 7.Originally Posted by Steel_Shaman
A friend and I were leveling two MM's together a while back. Robot/Storm (me) and Robot/Pain. We made Scrapyard run from us. That's right, a Giant Monster. He ran all over the place only a few seconds after we engaged. We eventually gave up. We didn't have the damage output at level 30 (that's right, 30) to kill him, and he didn't seem to want to stand still and let us try anyway.
I agree with Leandro, there is something seriously wrong with the run away code.
Of course they're nuts. didn't you know that ninja's flip out and kill people?Quote:Originally Posted by Ura Hero
.If you want to see really poor MM pet behavior, make a Ninja MM. Those guys are just freaking nuts.
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Quote:This.Originally Posted by firespray
I believe I'm detecting trace amounts of sarcasm here.
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Quote:Agreed. He would be great for that.Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
OH! NO WAIT WAIT WAIT HOLD THE PHONE!
When I make my "The Most Interesting Man in Praetoria" video, regardless of who does the narration, Leandro has GOT to do the MIMIP's voice.
Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Too bad women don't swoon over my voice.
I don't have enough of a redneck accent.
Although, I could probably work on that some... -
I saw little bunny foo foo on the test server once...
just thought I'd share.
What?
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Quote:The majority of my builds do not have Stamina (nor is it planned for them). Yes, I was dismayed upon hearing that Stamina was going inherent.Originally Posted by AWRocketman
I must say that when I found out about Stamina becoming inherent, rather than being happy about it I was somewhat dismayed. While on some builds it will be very nice for me, I have been working on a number of stamina-less characters and been having fun with it.
My first thought was, "The whiner-babies won".
My personal theory is this;Quote:Originally Posted by AWRocketman
I would much rather see a new inherent that, while not full Stamina, gives +end recovery that makes Stamina less of a required power. I had actually thought very early on in CoH that it would be good to have an inherent power choice you make early on that would give you one of the following auto powers (unenhanceable):
- End recovery (like 20%)
- Regen (like 30%)
- Run speed (little less than sprint ~35%)
- Jump (like 50%)
- Resistance (5-10% maybe?)
- Defense (3%)
- Damage (10%)
- Mez Resistance (not mag resist, but time reduction)
- More?
For some people, there is no such thing as too much +recovery. If there were 4 power pools that had access to various forms of +recovery, they would take all 4 pools. Why? Because their Endurance bar twitches.
Of course, now they would have a problem with damage, both dealing and mitigation, and would complain about that. In addition to needing more +recovery.
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Quote:I have noticed that in some missions, most of the critters seem to be +1 to the mission settings. Chances are fairly good that some, if not most, of the critters were level 20.Originally Posted by Noxilicious
It probably was the -1/x1 difficulty. If you're 20, that means your enemies are 19 and therefore won't drop tips.
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Quote:Maybe you could talk him into doing a voice over for a video of yoursOriginally Posted by Dark_Respite
Bwahahahahahaha...
Yeah, the voiceover really makes it.
Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
I will admit, I would have swooned were I female.
Maybe, Nos was running away because 3 of his AV buddies were defeated and he didn't want to be next.
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Quote:When I played table top RPGs, I played several female characters. It all started with a gender changed male character I had. The very first adventure he was in, pretty close to the beginning, he was changed into a female.Originally Posted by Shazzie
I'm female and all my characters are female. (In every single multiplayer online game, that is- single player games, especially those where the player is given no choice as to gender- I'm ok with.) I've tried to make male MMO characters (in this game, especially) but they never last long. I'm one of the type that sees their character as an extension of themselves, and a male character - despite my interest in playing one - just feels wrong and that feeling gets stronger and stronger the more I play him.
I'm not bothered, and never have been bothered, by other people playing 'cross gender'. Everyone sees their character(s) differently. Decades ago when I was first introduced to tabletop AD&D, some of the guys I played with had female characters. There was no 'if I'm gonna watch a butt for hours it might as well be female' there, heck, there WERE NO real video representations of butts yet back then! So that particular argument has never made much sense to me, but I accept it. You play what you want to play, whatever makes sense for that character, and is fun for you. Everyone has their own reasons.
<Rod Sterling> Imagine, if you will, a 14 year old playing a suddenly female character. </Rod Sterling>
Yes, it bothered me at the time. However, I played him...her. What was interesting was many years later, I dusted her off again and ran an adventure and through the luck of the dice, she was changed back to a male character. It wasn't a planned thing either.
Ever since I got used to playing that first female character, I've never had a problem playing a female in Computer RPGs or PnP RPGs.
As for my ratio of male/female characters here (to keep this on topic) I have a 55%/45% split, favoring the males. Roughly estimated. It all depends on the whim of the moment or concept. Serenity Dark was Female form the start. Cog Caster, on the other hand, was made female shortly after I got to the body type screen. -
Quote:Time is Money, is it not?Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
Apparently it's MoneyWellSpent, too!
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Quote:I see damage, defense, damage resistance, and some unidentifiable ones.Originally Posted by srmalloy
I was in Vons recently doing some shopping, and discovered that Vons/Safeway had a product line of beverages -- originally bottled water, as I discovered on researching it, but recently extended to sodas -- that looks to have been the inspiration for the drink you see advertised all over Praetoria:
In case you can't make out the brand name:
Oh...wrong inspiration...
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Quote:I would have found the doorknob more useful than the Tank on one of the respec trials I was on. The Tank logged after he was defeated once. And that defeat was because he was stupid. My Controller ended up tanking for the team after that. Well, my controller's Phantom Army did.Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
The doorknob can earn respecs the same way the rest of us do. It's more useful than some people I've dragged along on respec trials.
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Am I to understand that this "lame" thread, and several other "lame" threads created by this overly "lame" using OP is all about (lame, er...lol) PvP?
How lame is that?
Since I have only run the Respec trials once or twice because a character I had could have used a respec (more for the badges and rewards), I don't see any problem with the costs of Respec recipes. I will never buy one, regardless of the currency I have available. I will never need one.
As for "farming" the Morality missions. Why? They're fun to play.
If I don't have fun, I don't play.
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Quote:Resistance Warden path.Originally Posted by EvilGeko
There's an old homeless person in the underground which places Praetoria within the former United States of America. You come across him in one of the VERY early missions. I just can't remember which path. I believe that there are other references which strongly imply that Praetoria is in the United States.
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Quote:That would be my first thought as well.Originally Posted by Schismatrix
Based on my own personal experiences and the testimonials in the rest of this thread i humbly submit that the fault may not lie entirely with the new sets.
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Quote:But, my stalker hero doesn't kill. She defeats.Originally Posted by Jade_Dragon
It still amuses me that the most "peaceful" Archetype in the game, which can "avoid gratuitous fighting", is considered a villain. (At least in Paragon City and the Rogue Isles prior to 20)
Then again, as they say, killing one person is murder, killing a thousand is a statistic. Maybe it's the way you sneak past all the others and kill that one single target that makes it "evil".
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Quote:I though it was "intensive porpoises"...Originally Posted by Impish Kat
six a one, half dozen t'other? and I thought it was "intents and porpoises"...
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Quote:Your starting level AT temp power could be used to pull some of them away from the others.Originally Posted by Golden_Avariel
Here's that 8-person spawn I mentioned earlier. It is probably meant to be two spawns but I didn't see a way to separate them and even then it has 5 in the one on the right.
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Quote:That's because they know the Praetorians are coming and are hiding.Originally Posted by UnSub
I'll add that I did manage to see one civilian at a long distance away, but the second I moved they disappeared. This was in PI.
Or are they all at the tailor going rouge?
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I didn't realize you were such a masochist, Steelclaw.
