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Quote:omg i've been heard! ^_^Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
Not that I know of.
However, at least one forumite is championing Serpent Drummer as a gay character. Personally, so little is know about him that it wouldn't be a bad choice, IMO.
[Edit: Looks like the forumite in question has beat me to this point.
As far as LGBTQIA? I'm gay, and I find that to be entirely too many letters! The L and G are redundant (just for different genders)]
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Quote:Originally Posted by Agent White
Actually, are there any gay characters in CoX? >>
Serpent Drummer is my Boyfriend, and he and Silver Cyclone will live happily ever after.
anyway, I'm hoping for Tim Drake or the new GL. and as someone involved in the gay community, we have to look at it positively because we dont get things like this often. and yeah it is soooo obviously a pub stunt, but it's still better than nothing. DC has a lot of catching up to do in this regard compared to Marvel and it's dozens of LGBTQIA folks. there are a LOT of queer comic followers, and most of them can totally see what it is just as much as any other comic follower. and the difference between marvel and DC's characters is writing.
and folks who say "what does LGBTQIA mean?! i didnt know there were so many letters!"... that's why, even though it's a stunt and just some hooplah, it's still a step forward.
i really loved him, and wish we'd see more of him.Quote:Originally Posted by Samothrake
Nobody seems to remember that Obsidian has been a gay character for years now... -
Quote:me tooOriginally Posted by RevolverMike
I could go for this. Sometimes I have two concepts that share the same exact power sets. So one of them ends up not getting made.
im not sure how something like this would work but it seems like it could get complicated and messy with some folks.
but imagine a whole team of 8 with the same name and all their MM pet thugs have the same name and characters costumes modeled off of the thugs... and you're trying to heal your mate but cant figure out which one is the REAL "Thugalicious"
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yeah i guess...
but even something like the week we got the two firefighter helmets would have been a better week, just cuz it's something NEW new, even if small. i'm sure they are sitting on some cool things like that, that can be one-hit-wonders of the week.
but the cash flow is fine right now and theyre saving some things til they need moneys, and finishing polishing the really cool stuff.
this week is just bleh. but i sure hope that when the three announced powersets are actually announced and then released, that month will be wicked awesome with the market, and complimentary items being up for sale or discounted prices. -
buzzzzbuzzzz... buzzzzbuzzzzz!
bzzz!
translation: i'm stoaked and cant wait! i hope i win! i also hope you folks look at Bios, i know not for judging, but for fun
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I'm really tired of new zones, and dont want to see more unless it's one huge zone with a heck of a lot new features and content, and not meh like the current praetorian stuff.
but updates i'd like to see:
-increased pet customization [my biggest request right now]. shouldnt be too difficult i dont think. between what we have for animate stone and his three models w/diff skin. i propose badged unlocked [or purchased even] alternate models. i would love to have a rosethorn instead of the flytrap, and ANYTHING instead of that dang darkness wolf [why is it so literally a wolf?!?!?!] but heck, imagine something like the lava animate stone but as the fire imps! pet customization please, for Troller/Dom pets, and maybe even for Dark Maisma Fluffy and Electric Blast Zappy. oh, and an alt model for poison's poison trap. even if it was just a bubble on the ground without the little trigger/cradle thing...
-pool customzation, hopefully to be released when the new origin themed pools come out.
-increased alternate animations for newer sets and older sets. it is wierd that darkness control, a new set, had no alt animations - mainly for the fear cone. and it is way overdue for MM-Thugs and DP to port eachother's animations for the three similar attacks.
-Wind/Air Blast powerset [i needs it!] Forcefield Blast and Forcefield Assault [Doms/Blaster Secondary], Munitions Assault [Pistols and Devices] -Dom/Blaster Secondary, Armory Assault [Bladed weapon and Bows] -Dom/Blaster Secondary.
-New Epic Pools, ex: Swords for ranged ATs, Bows, Pistols for meelee ATs.
-something INTERESTING with the four legged rig that isnt canine or feline. also, bears dont need a new rig, just use huge and beast run. lol, maybe a new Giant Monster or three.
-more things to invent besides IO's. so many temp powers from missions or whatever, could be added to the invention system, and it would be great if there were new costume recipes added too.
-costume ports of things that one body type has that the other doesnt... included in a character creator update, and new options, details that can be added to the animal/monstrous heads, holes in costumes filled [bird feather skin and tail, sneakers w/out socks for males, etc.]
-MM pet customization using badge unlocked alternate models of Existing NPC powersets, and a new "Swamp Summoning" powerset with a new default pet, then tuatha and devouring earth, and those rocky critter alt models.
-Cimerora to be added to Ouro somehow. why cant the time-lords get there? O_o
-a midnighter/ouro battle arc that takes you to different points in time for each mission, 20's, cretaceous, far into the future, alternate universe where everyone is a robot... or something...
-idk if it's possible but maybe even a zone merger or two. blueside. maybe even with rikti conflicts settled and warwalls removed. -
GAH! who do i enter!?!?!
the roach, the fly, the spider, the other spider, the bug-trainer [
], the hornet-wasp, or the dragonfly?!?!?!
seen better roaches than mine, and there are too many spiders... i think im going with my dragonfly themed character. or maybe hornet-wasp.
:squee!: now i just hope i can log on at that time [i do work during the first time]! XD
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my usual alt cure comes in one of two forms:
1: finding goals for each character as i make them. some of which are X number of costume slots to fulfill the theme, unlocking a particular weapon, costume piece, badge, or playinc a certain arc, or reaching the level to unlock the "signature power" to finish it's them [often i try to make this an epic pool so i atleast get to mid-forties before i am satisfied with the character].
2: running out of empty character slots.
XD and i have a LOT of slots with a LOT of costumes.
often times, if i feel like rolling a new character... i let myself... but before i enter the game and give a name i go through a series of checklists:
a: do i have the powerset combination on another character
a1: if yes, then i will re-evaluate if my new theme can simply be a costume/bio change for the older character. end new character and update old character.
a2: if no, then do i actually like all of the powers/play style of said new sets from other times i'd played the sets.? are the fx intriguing enough that i will enjoy seeing them often, especially the first tier powers? if yes, make a new character. if no, scrap, but probably save costume.
b: if i dont have the powers combo, and feel like i would enjoy the fx and powers effects, then -- do i REALLY enjoy the idea/theme or is it just "i have to make a vampire cuz i just saw a vampire movie" type of idea?
c: if the powers are new enough or enjoyable enough, and i wont tire of the theme and it's going to last more than ten levels, then can i make a costume that works with my theme enough, that is different from all my other costumes?
d: if the costume is also fresh enough, and all else works, can i find a good name that i am satisfied with?
if all these work out then i'm gonna make a new character, but i TRY MY HARDEST to see if i can fold all new ideas into older characters i've made because... well... i do have quite a few already. and folding in these newer ideas does breathe life into a character that say... i've gotten a little stale on in his mid-thirties, and gives him a good push for ten more levels.
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Quote:huhOriginally Posted by Darkonne
I have a Ninja/Poison MM I play from time to time. I love the character concept, but I the actual gameplay frustrating: I am extremely reliant on my halfwitted flunkies to do anything, and their bumbling gets old rather quickly. It's a bit like trying to cook while wearing boxing gloves, I suspect.
I always unsummon my pets for the warehouse run on Lambda; actually, I usually unsummon them when we start the turret sweep, and I don't resummon them until we're ready to charge Marauder. Which is annoying, since I didn't take any of the attacks (I just use Veteran powers when soloing). Still, being largely useless is much better than being far worse than useless. :-/
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than maybe MM play isnt suited to your style.
i always take the MM attacks. and i usually have most of my secondary set as well. again, depending on which secondary you have, is your versatility as a "useful character"... so do epic pools... i can find plenty to do if the battle is heated and i am unable to re-summon my pets, or if i prefer to not use them for the particular task.
and i usually remain far enough away and do not have a target selected if i don't want them to attack anything just in case the pet AI goes loopy like it sometimes does.
most of the pet sets are ok. zombies are pretty sweet. and again /storm or /dark have plenty of other abilities to use if your pets all die, that can benefit a team, plenty to do. both even have pseudo-pets you can use.
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i hope alternate animatiosn also get another look at too.
the fear cone from dark control and fea/holds that are single target could totally benefit from a hand cast option.
also, i kind of dont want/need patron pools to be customized, those are thematic. Mu... maybe... but mace is pretty specific. i can see some of Leviathan and some of soul being color tintable [water spout/darkness powers] but things like sharks and the fancy ghost widow hold are also specific to the theme...
:/ i am conflicted. but i suppose customization for all is more preferred than just some being customized XD
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Quote:instead of hanging off the bum toward the ground, it hangs off the bum and goes back up and into the character...Originally Posted by Morganite
(... What's a reverse-butt cape anyway?)
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MMs can be an acquired taste, or some just love it, and some just hate it. but i love MMs. i dont play them often because i have altitis and there are a lot of ATs. The ones i do have, i adore and they kick ***. i even have one petless [can of worms! XD].
i dont play all the powersets though, for these reasons:
demons - too big and ugly and noisy. too bad they dont look like any of the other zillion demons in game. anything else would work for me.
bots - im not big into tech themes
beasts- to many damn wolves, lame looking lvl 18 extra power. damn. wolves.
that leaves ninjas, zombs, thugs and mercs... which i all have MM's of at various levels, a couple 50's. as for secondaries: i usually stick with Dark, Storm, Poison, Pain dom or maaaaaaybe Forcefield. I just dont like the other sets. those five i find either wicked fun or wicked useful for the AT, and usually compliment my primary or theme. storm dark and poison are much more interactive sets than some of the more shield based sets. and the epic pools round out my characters survivability and versatility.
it's one of my favorite ATs. I just started a beast/storm to give that powerset another try. we'll see how that ends up. what would make me stick with MM's a lot more would be pet customization, but that's a different topic i suppose.
still... badge unlocked alt pet models of in-game enemy group NPC's please! it only makes sense
and i'm so just not into meelee. :shrug: standing in one place and taunting enemies to you is not for me. i like to blast them across the room, run up to them, and blast them away again. yes, i am also into knockback when it's used in a smart and effective way. keeps my MM face pretty. -
Quote:lolOriginally Posted by Torment And Agony
Ok... first of all when did it become a prerequisite to be creative to play a game? Most of us are here because we like the superheroes we grew up with and want to be just like them. I had Wolverine and Batman in mind when I created my first toon. We pay our $15/month and want to punch stuff. Nuff Said.
As for protecting the game from lawsuits by reporting on your neighbour..... you're only fooling yourself. The lawsuit is settled and NCsoft takes reasonable steps to avoid infringing on registered trademarks. Again, nuff said.
As an aside to naming regulations - yes, I had a name gen'd and got very angry. It had nothing to do with a copywrite violation, it involved someone reporting me because they didn't like my name. I sat an read the user agreement (it's since been updated) and found that pretty much every name in the game can be gen'd because NCsoft has so thoroughly covered their *****. It said specifically amoung other things that you could not use body parts in your name. Obviously they didn't want certain parts used, BUT by the wording, "Eagle Eye" and "Fist of Fury" are forbidden. You going to report those too?
Finally, I think everyone has missed that your global @dark energon, is a reference to power cubes in the Transformer universe.
Go report yourself dude.
Ah, I never answered your original question. No I am not sick and tired of the lack of imagination in others. I like my toons and don't really care about yours. Generally, I find the people that complain about names and costumes, have pretty crappy ones themselves.
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Quote:D:Originally Posted by DarkGob
It's true and has been true for a while. It won't damage enemies or you.
WHAAAT?!?!?!
also, yay i'll use this in bonfire.
but for serious i LOVE kb, and it is very useful, if you know how to use it. it's like reverse-taunt. and it IS a staple of comicbook and superhero fighting. smash 'em and they fly across the room then you charge back in while they are still getting up.
you dont HAVE to stand in one spot for each mob. it IS fun to run around a little bit. or pin them all in a corner and unleash rain/ice storm/blizzard/frost breath/gale/hurricane and watch ginormous mobs melt away. -
you know what's funny?
watching the recorded version of the stream for the gladiator part is what just now convinced me to play a Beast MM. for the Dire Wold pet. it will be my only pet though :P
it's ranged powers look like wind D:
and since we dont have wind blast yet, that's about as close as i'm going to get. [dont tell me about sonic! XD] dear synapse: please make wind blast nao. thanks! check the powers suggestion thread it's in there some pages back. sorry i couldnt make it to the summit!
buuuuuuuuttttttt:
im excited about this though! and cant wait to play through it! the double feature was a GREAT idea. i hope there are some neat badges with this, and the gladiator movie part has some really exciting parts to it. i would love for this event to be around a lot longer than the other holiday themed ones. a whole two/three months [june-august] of having this available would be awesome. -
hmmmmm i'm for a no.
i think the Mods do a good job.
and there is a big difference between strict copyright infringement and homage. and like nethergoat said, it is almost impossible to re-create a copyrighted character exactly.
i have a couple of characters [out of my zillion] inspired by, and potentially named similar to some big name characters, yet all of mine have different costumes, different stories, and play quite differently. I would be turned off from the game entirely if someone reported my character Super Wonder Boy because he was wearing blue briefs and silver cuffs. he is a Paragon City Resident who, inspired by his favorite comicbooks and newfound mutations, decided to protect the city and show off his great body. XD to protect myself i always put in my bio... if i can said character can even remotely be called 'homage'... "X claims to be no one but X, and any resemblance to copyrighted characters is strictly coincidence." and then start my bio. too bad few people read bios anyway, but it's somethin'. i dont want to lose my ice/storm corruptor because his tan skin looks african american and is therefore "OMG A MALE STORM!" no, he's not. he's a latino teacher and looks good in a black c catsuit.
also, i've seen lots of characters who look like they are trying to imitate known copyrighted characters, but when i inquire i've been wrong and it's been purely coincidence.
that's the beauty of our character creation system, you can make almost anything. unfortunately, the several other copyrighted universes have also made just about everything. our game is collectively based off of those universes. it's going to happen intentionally or not.
this rule would suck.
the few folks who make every character an attempt to re-create some other character, have really zero effect on my gameplay. in fact, they give it a variety. this whole game is about escape and fantasy, and the fact that their character is interacting with mine makes for a whole new unique gameplay experience.
i MUCH prefer:
Quote:im less bothered by costumes of other characters [and frankly there are plenty of AWFUL costumes], it's the repeat offenders of 'intentional griefing, offensive hate-mongering, stalking other players and so forth' that i wish was more policed. but thank goodness we do have a great, self-policing community.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Permabanning people is a big step I'd rather reserve for serious offenses such as account hacks of other people or gold spam. That said, I'd have no problem with the CS team handing out temp-bans of the three-day and one-week variety for repeat offenders.
I've also felt that we need a system of "probation." If an account incurs a ban, put it on probation. If the account keeps scoring violations, then after a certain point, go ahead and ban it. And I don't mean just for costume-related violations. Intentional griefing, racist hate-mongering, stalking other players and so forth, have those add up such that they aren't quickly forgotten. -
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i forgot to ask, was there any idea as to when the newly announced powersets might be released?
i dont mean a date because everyone on the forums knows how ridiculous that is.
i mean more like... with i23 [which i doubt], 23.5, 24, or 25 [battalion time]?
im guessing this year [O_O], and maybe with i24? or maybe through the market btwn 23/24, or 23.5, those are my three guesses. but was there anything said about when the still being developed powers might be distributed?
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Quote:It is a nice texture, but Sharks, Frogs, Newts, Toads do not have scales :/Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
There's already a "scales" texture for tops, bottoms, boots and gloves, and it's even actually glossy. Doesn't that work?
Snakes do though and we can do pretty nice snake-y people minus tails and faces :/
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could you please port the fish-head fin detail to the regular heads as a Detail 1 option pretty please?
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Quote:oh i LIKE that.Originally Posted by Leo_G
Lol that's just ridiculous. I like PR Samurai but yeah, that sword is just goofy.
If we're going realistic though, the shark teeth straight sword is a style of sword I wanted to practice with when I studied kung fu but never got around to it.
Link.
And if we're going with shark costume pieces, I will not rest until we have something that looks like this.
And I sorta liked Mako as he was. If he looked like that!?
*swoon*
buuutt they could really start by simply porting the fish-head details [the fins] to the regular head as a Detail 1 option.
amirite? -
oh hey, that guy quoted in the article was my professor in school!
was one of my favorite classes EVAR!
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I've been reading him as an Illusion/Staff Dominator without Domination and a little Kin thrown in for NPC-Awesomeness. Probably because dominators are my favorite set.
and he's a Magician-Sorcerer-Wizard-Witch-Warlock-Casting-Conjurer-Priestly-Enchanter-Druidicious-Diviner-Necromantastic-Thaumaturge...
O_O [Say that five times fast.]
..at least in my book he is. Coolest wielder of the powers and energies that are beyond basic folks. -
i am ready for my staff assault powerset now. basically it will replace one of the meelee single target attacks with the SPEAR THROW FROM CIMERORA and bam, it's an assault set. XD
and illusion control to be ported and have the fear pet and group illusion be replaced with new illusion dmg powers.
readyyyyyyyy...
GO!
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Quote:Originally Posted by Charcoal_EU
Fourth: It seems inevitable that Monstrous will never get all the stuff normal legs have - shorts/skirts, new pieces to match new sets like Biolum, Mecha. Much less custom animations.
So let us approach this from the other side. Port the Monstrous feet to normal legs. The ankle joint is immobile anyway so just make the shin area closer to vertical. For example the insect claws already have both normal and monstrous versions.
Bonus: the new versions, being close to vertical will work with most pants AND will not look unbalanced in out of combat poses.
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Sixth: wings are not cape rigs and should not be mutually exclusive with them. Full body capes would probably clip too much but all waist capes should be allowed.
Seventh: new UI option "disable cape rigs" with settings "off", "all except player", "all". Purpose - allow multiple cape rigs on players without causing unavoidable performance impact when many players are in one place. Would also help people who have performance issues with the current "one cape rig per player" limit.
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- Big tails. The tails we have so far, while nice, are all small.
- Ankle length boots and (more) shoes. Because existing pieces are few and limited, especially on males.
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- Rularuu Staff. So we can go to Shadow Shard and poke the big eyes in the eye with an eye.
YESSSSSS monstrous feet but on normal feet! i would love a human-shape-foot that has the bird claw toes on it.
yes, wings with buttcapes please. and give buttcapes to males too please.
that UI suggestion is gold. also, multi capes please. i'd crash for them.
yes big tales. i will send you an amazeballs example when i get home and can doodle it up
shoes without socks GAAAHHHH!!!
"poke the big eyes in the eye with an eye." -lmao -
oh!
would it be possible toooo:
separate the top and bottom parts of the valentine's toga pieces into unique [or baggy/shirts] tops and skirts so we can mix and match? please? like the cimerorans have gotten to do.