Tyrrano

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ashleyg View Post
    Well, she's got long brown hair, a tiara, a red bustier, gold cuffs, blue bottoms, red boots...basically Wonder Woman without the stars. I just really like the costume!
    You could always swap the red and blue parts, too. Same look but gives you more 'space' to argue should it ever come to that...
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill View Post
    ... can I quote that exactly? "Feel pain in Arabic! Be healed in Swahili! Your mind is now clear by the power of Sanskrit!"
    So, what could one do with Esperanto?
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Honbrid View Post
    ... I stay aware of how many non-responses I get so I don't end up with a sudden flurry of acceptances after my team is filled.
    Precisely why I always try to respond to requests with a polite 'no thanks, some other time?' or similar when I'm soloing/WW'ing/etc. Of course some activities like respecs and such mean you can't see your chat window to respond.
  4. While I'm just as tired of these missions as anyone, let me interject something. Think way back to when you were brand new to CoH. These missions did a decent job of sending you everywhere and getting a feel for the place, letting you deal with baddies in the streets that are in your way, learning which ones are where and how tough they are. We've all been into this long enough that we don't need it, but I think truly new players *do* need it.

    But those hunt 50 carnies in PI missions, yeah, those can go.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ad Astra View Post
    The Jewel of Hera - A lowbie (under level 6) mission guaranteed to be in the layer-cake cave.
    Actually I just played that one tonight and it *wasn't* in the layer cake. It was in a really long tunnel map that was pretty interesting - it reminded me of some of the CoT tunnel maps redside where they twist and turn underneath themselves. I find that map interesting.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mirai View Post
    - Hunting missions in hazard zones given by security guards. Each of these missions block access to door missions until I take it. So I take it, talk to the guard, and drop it.
    Yeah, I drop those too. And any 'hunt 40 whatever' - 10 or 20 is usually OK, but 40 just takes forever...
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by GraviticStorm View Post
    Anyone have any ideas what the quickest way to level 30 for villains is that does NOT involve the standard story arcs? I have ground through those levels so many times that I'm sick of it, plus the content is seriously lacking compared to the post 30 stuff.
    Have you done all of the unlockable contacts? I've been working thru them specifically and really enjoying those arcs.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
    His [Honoree.Unstoppable] lasts for 3m20s with a 4m5s recharge, which gives you about 45 seconds to use everything you have on him. Anybody who has holds should use them at the same time during this point and possibly give you more time to kill him before he has a chance to reactivate it.

    It can take some time to get the timing right, but it is possible even without debuffs. I hope you have better luck with it next time.
    I assume there's a visual clue for when Unstoppable is up and running, so you know when to pour it on?
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ocularis View Post
    ... it would have to be only lightly guarded as some solo heroes might have a hard time fighting their way through a cell door.
    Fixed.
    *imagines some poor empath with no attacks left to rot...*
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SinisterDirge View Post
    As a side note, I think it might be a good idea for the devs to encourage more out of mission content like street sweeping. I am noticing alot of new/trial players complaining how dead the servers seem to be. just be nice to see huge groups running around again.
    Perhaps we should just all make a point of spending 15-20 minutes sweeping at the start of a play session, just to help 'improve the environment' as it were.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by StratoNexus View Post
    1) 60 foot attacks are reduced to 24 feet, not 37.5 (that would be a -40% debuff)
    2) 80 foot attacks are reduced to 32 feet, not 50 feet.
    3) 40 foot attacks are reduced to 16 feet, not 25 feet. These include not just cones, but also some of the harder hitting ranged attacks.
    4) Enemies hit by the hurricane tend to get repelled away from you, thus ensuring that they will eventually be at a range where they become more limited in their ability to attack. The debuff is sticky and lasts for a bit after they are out of the hurricane.
    Think of it this way. The -range debuff won't protect the guy with Hurricane running. But if he's in the middle of the fray and the Tsoo near him is trying to target the blaster at the back of the party, that blaster is getting the benefit of the debuff.

    Well, until the Hurricane throws him into the blaster's lap, but nothing is perfect.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood View Post
    That is kinda annoying. I can see the argument for why to do it but having to re-target resurrecting enemies is a bit irritating (especially against Rommy where you have to break LoS while he rezzes). Oh well, it's not the end of the world.
    It's also exceedingly frustrating on Freakshow. When that big tanker gets up you have to wait for him to finish getting up, and he gets to smack you before you can even target him.

    Meanwhile, rezzed PCs get whooped on mercilessly. :P Well, depending upon which rez you're using, of course.

    Don;t get me wrong, I'm all for stomping on exploits. This is just a little unintended side-effect.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Count_Logan View Post
    *CarnEVIL 2.0 erupts out of the ground to villainous fanfare while killing machines and the Roller-Coaster-Of-NO-Return take no prisoners*
    *watches as Dr. Doofenschmirtz's huge wad of evil balloons gets away from him, and the hook at the bottom snags the Roller-Coaster-Of-NO-Return, lifting the entire CarnEVIL into the sky, never to be seen again.*

    Oh, hey Perry.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Primal View Post
    Wait, Gravity Cat? I have Buttered Cat.
    Sounds like a super group in the making! Or perhaps just lunch.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by LiquidX View Post
    Only if you speak in a silly accent, your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries.
    I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I look at my accent as a 'lifestyle choice'.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LiquidX View Post
    Also, I am a red blooded, patriotic american who proudly salutes his flag in the morning, eats his Freedom Fries in the Afternoon, and makes sweet sweet religiously approved love to his many beautiful women on his big pile of money at night. Therefore, it is impossible for me to have mispelled anything. Obviously, the problem is that you live in one of those "heathen" countries, who insist on mispelling things like adding extra "U"'s and other vowels to everything. Unless of course your a fellow Yankie Doodle, at which point I pay $15 dollars a month, which means I'm right anyways.

    So I win.
    As a more-equally-patriotic American and former Texas UIL Spelling Champion, whose blood is indeed red (or at least pinkish, dependent upon alcohol content), who's Great^7-Grandfather signed the Declaration of Independence, and who spends his affection upon his lovely Comanche wife (and not just because she'd scalp me otherwise!), it is far less possible for me to misspell words from this or other countries, heathen or no. If I should choose to utilize the occasional extra 'u' it is only due to my extreme pretentiousness, which also rivals your own.

    And besides, there is no 'u' in 'didgeridoo'. The aboriginals used them all for boomerangs.

    As a lifelong resident of states south of the Mason-Dixon line, I have never been a Yankee, nor attended one of their 'games' as the late great George Carlin would define it. Nor do I 'doodle' - we architects call it 'sketching', especially when designing an abbatoir. And finally, while I pay the same $15 a month as you, I enjoy a much lower cost of living here in America's Heartland. That makes *my* $15 worth more than your $15.

    Nyah.
  15. Tyrrano

    Ninja Run Blues

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    Both wrong.

    City of HEROES COLLECTOR'S EDITION: Prestige Sprint & Cape of the Four Winds.
    City of VILLAINS COLLECTOR'S EDITION: Arachnos Logo for cape and chest.
    Good v. Evil Edition (or Pack): Pocket D VIP Pass; Jump Pack; Justice & Sinister Costume Sets.
    GvE can obviously still be had through the NCSoft store. And the CoV collector's edition has always been fairly easy to find, whether thru Amazon, eBay, etc. But I always had trouble finding the CoH CE set which has that slide sprint - I've been irregularly looking for a couple of years now.
  16. I find the -def in Burst very helpful when soloing, which I tend to do a lot.
  17. So what exactly is his objection to using Trial Mode? I mean granted, it's a bit limiting for someone with no contacts, but if you are playing you can certainly show him around and lte him get a feel for the game mechanics, play with customization, all that stuff. All without spending a dime.

    If he likes it enough, he takes the plunge. If not, well, better to find out free than by paying. Ultra mode and GR, while cool and all, will not be enough to change his mind.

    If he objects to the download, burn a copy of the files onto a DVD or a portable drive and load them on his machine, then let the updater 'fix' them. I think that works, tho checking in with the techheads in the tech issues forum might be wise...
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Novawulfe View Post
    Apparently Cake is even the *other* other white meat
    Fixed.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LiquidX View Post
    ... like some kind of pansy swiss frenchmen, sipping their hot cocoa in their fancy igloos while playing with their didgerie doo's and games of Go.
    OK, now you're just trying to get me riled up. Are you really lumping me in with Swiss and/or French men, simply because I choose to play the didgeridoo? (And yes, you misspelled it. Yet another strike.)
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EU_Damz View Post
    Did you know that this is the only part of that song which is copyrighted?
    Yes, but since the original text doesn't actually include a cascading flood of vowels, I'm fairly certain he can avoid the legal hammer on that count. Note: not to be construed as actual legal advice.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by White Hot Flash View Post
    Since your wife is making cake for people, I'll have some too. I always get a carrot cake for my birthday. If I'm lucky, it's one my mom made. Extra cream cheese frosting, hold the raisins, please.
    If your birthday is reasonably close to mine, or perhaps my Dad's, I can probably accommodate you. And raisins? Please. What do you think the Date Cake is for?
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MattMiracle View Post
    Blueberry, Blackberry, Peach, and Apple Cobblers trump ALL!!!
    I'm mortified that we've left our cobbler-eating brethren out on the cold window ledge for this discussion. Blackberry is especially yummy, so much so that it is worth all those annoying little seeds...
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by broken_lego View Post
    I... Which brings me to the second way, which is to get Crossover. I just got the trial for thirty days and it crosses over window programs to mac. So you install crossover and then when u get something which requires windows u download it thru crossover and it works.
    Be sure and try Mids that way for sure if you haven't already. Mids requires the .Net framework, and I'm not certain Crossover supports that (tho I could be off base since I haven't owned a Mac since my original 128K first edition.)
  20. Tyrrano

    Ninja Run Blues

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
    Yeah. The prestige power slide actually trumps NR for the movement animation. So you get a nice speedy slide.
    Except Slide isn't readily available to the 'have-nots', so thanks *so* much for bringing it up.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Seldom View Post
    IOh...and the MOG/Unstoppable NPC powers? Psy damage kicks their tush.
    Man, wish I'd known that before. I'd have been spamming Taunt (with the Zinger proc) instead of hitting about 1 out of 8 shots with KO Blow...
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    Guys who cry are good - it shows they're not afraid of showing their feelings.
    I cried a bit at the end of 'Gladiator'. Not sure what that says...
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Katie V View Post
    According to the Google study, an operating temperature of 50C corresponds to a 20% chance of drive failure after three years.

    It's their "20% time" policy: Google engineers must spend 20% of their time on something other than their main job, which leads to all sorts of odd things being done -- in this case, a study of the failures of the hard drives in Google's hundreds of thousands of servers.
    I wonder how much that says about hard drive reliability in general, and how much it speaks to the quality of drives that Google uses in their 'hundreds of thousands of servers'?

    Not that I'm not an advocate of keeping computers cool - I'd keep my house at 60 degrees all year long if I could afford it.
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade View Post
    I try to do this but on some of the zones the bank missions keep opening up the exact same contact every time. I'm sick of Radio in Port Oaks, gimme anyone else!
    Don't forget the redside unlockable contacts! It's easy to forget about Veluna Lunata, Tarixus, Crimson Revenant, the Slot Machine, etc. and those are some fun arcs.
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by StephanieB View Post
    It's real and they are Spectacular!
    Awww, man, I can't win nothin'!