Tyger42

Except in this case, it's exactly what's happening. The meaning has changed over time. The new one is nearly universally accepted at this point. Except by a rare few wannabe intellectual elitists that like to argue semantics to try to prove how much "smarter" they are than everyone else.

Wow. So you basically punish Paragon Studios for one player's dick move? Nice.

Which, again, is a perfectly acceptable definition of the word. The other is archaic to the point that barely anyone even knows of it anymore.

Hmm, I think I see what the deal here is. There is a sort of combat mode that lasts for a few seconds after activating a power or you hit escape ( This also shuts off combat auras ). The question is, does this trigger if you're being attacked without responding? I know combat auras don't kick in for that... And that might be the stumbling block for the idea of forgoing the timer if not in combat. The timer is so you can't just drop out instantly to avoid a fight or death. With the way combat mode seems to work now, you could just tap escape mid-fight then logout instantly if they allowed instant log out when out of combat.

The idea of "safe zones" for instant logging out certainly has merit and might be much more plausible to pull off without some big recoding. Wentworths/BM, tram stations, inside buildings, and so on.

No, you're right. My words, not yours. However, the point is still valid. I think you're inflating the impact to make it look like a much bigger blow than it actually was.

There are perceived mass exoduses ( exodi? ) over any major change. I'm constantly seeing people screaming about them. If it was as bad as everyone perceived, the game would be a ghost town by now.

Funny thing: People tend to make friends in any setting with other people who have similar sets of interests. Just because a large chunk of your group happened to agree on something doesn't mean it reflects the overall global opinion on it. I don't doubt that some people left over AE. A few probably even stayed gone. But to say it was a "mass exodus" is just plain hyperbole.

I haven't seen any "loss of a great many players". Several folks on your friends list, maybe. But that's not an accurate sampling of overall figures.

No, but it's a safe bet that ceasing to exist would put a serious damper on most anyone's plans.

Funny, I had no problem finding solo advancement opportunities without ever touching SFs, trials, etc in that level range redside. And I'm not even talking about running endless tips/newspapers.

Not really. Isn't the lyric "I have walked 500 miles and I would walk 500 more"? So he hasn't walked 1000, but he would.

And, yet, Virtue is still thriving and AE is used heavily by a lot of RP SGs there.

...and yet you keep ignoring the fact that there were other references to them, including the Atlas plaque, still in place aside from a brief period right after the Council went in. "little refrence" =! "all references were, in fact, missing".

It doesn't have to. One of the things you agree to is all materials submitted to their servers belongs to them. That includes forum posts. So, again, you have no say in how it is used once you submit it.

It wasn't intended as any sort of "sniping" or a threadjack. Just an offhanded comment. If you WANT to turn it into an argument, you might want to read over that TOS again first.

The mobs were gone. Other than a brief period right after the Council appeared, references to them were not. History plaques were changed in error, but switched back fairly quickly. Yes, the plaque under Atlas still talked about the 5th Column by name. There were other references to them here and there. They were not completely erased from memory.

The post is well over a month dead. In all likelihood, the OP isn't around anymore, given the content.

It may not have been within a week of the change, I don't recall exactly, but I do know it was not by any means an "extended period, much more than a few weeks".

Hm. Alright. Didn't know about the dayjobs and never tried the slotting. So I was wrong.

>.>

*Thwaps and steals back my name*

Earth: I should point out that your sig is kinda pointless. Your postings on this forum aren't really your property, so you can't set such rules on them. It'd be NCSoft someone would need to go to for such permissions.

The problem is, there's no mechanic built into CoH to determine "out of combat" vs "in combat". And I'd wager it'd take a LOT of re-writing core code to put one in. Totally not worth it just to save people 30 seconds.

Cliche it may be, but it does fit well. The idea being that villains aren't really too keen on letting someone ELSE have the glory, so they'll try to stop it if another villain is getting too powerful.

Well, yes, but at that level of incarnate stuff, "balance" seems to be more a suggestion than a practice.

Honestly, they're so fragile because they'd be TOO good otherwise. There doesn't seem to be a good line there. As they were originally veteran rewards, the designers had felt that they were better to err on the side of "cool but weak" than let them be overpowered. Even the old vet rewards like Sands of Mu lose a lot of utility as you level up ( though they can be quite powerful early ). The buff pets aren't totally useless, but, you're right, they're generally not worthwhile.

All reference to the 5th Column wasn't expunged. Missions got changed, yes, and a lore plaque ( The one under Atlas ) was changed due to a writer miscommunication, but it was put back quickly. As in, as I recall, a hotfix within days put it back. There were still other references, though.

Well, I don't think they meant a complete removal from the lore. Just no appearances in missions, as a TF contact, or dialog talking about him as if he's still alive. That sort of thing.