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Originally Posted by Father Xmas

Problem with CPU design is it's a several year process where you don't know if your design decisions were right until the first silicon is produced. If you guess wrong with the designs, you may be stuck with it for years (see Pentium 4).

That said the original Phenom hardware pretty much stunk when it came out, even ignoring the L3 cache problem. However the Phenom II ended up as a pretty good CPU. Perhaps the next version of the Bulldozer will fix some of the design problems and it will end up being decent part.

AMD is already selling the Athlon II X4 631 and 651 which are a GPU disabled (or broken) versions of their A8-xxxx Socket F1 parts.

Originally Posted by Airhammer

Id like to say thank you to everyone who gave me advice, this is just what I was looking for. Special thanks to Hyperstrike because that spec is pretty much what I was looking for. Im going to grab the hardrive first as many people have told me prices are going up because of the shortages. I can start buying pieces next paycheck.

Ill need some help when its time to get the OS installed ( never done that ). I think I can pretty much figure out how to put most of the pieces together myself since I have already replaced Ram, Hard Drives, and Video Cards and I am a pretty intuitive guy. What sucks is that I tossed out an old worktable a few weeks ago that would have been perfect to work on but I can work on my Computer desk.

I have plenty of small screwdrivers. Any other little tools I might need ??

Again Thanks much !!

Originally Posted by Ironblade

Comment on keyboards. I had to replace two previous keyboards because they would not accept multiple keypresses that I normally use in CoH (jumping+forward+turning). Unfortunately, this is not something you can predict. It has to do with the internal wiring of the keyboard. You can avoid it by going with a keyboard specifically designed for gaming or by trial and error (which I did, since basic keyboards are cheap).

I think the linked keyboard is the same model I'm currently typing on. It's dirt cheap but has very nice action. I used it with my previous build and am still using it. I like it so much, I have a spare sitting in the closet for when this one wears out.

Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan

I wS soloing yesterday doing some arcs and I got a tell reading "can i join ur team pls?"

I responded "sorry, I'm soloing right now".
The reply "ur selfish. Let me join u" came back.
I Didn't bother replying to that.

Soloing is selfish now?

Lol

Eco

Originally Posted by Zombie Man

So, what does T for Teen mean anyway?

There's this:



Wowsa. Look at all that leg showing!

But that's nothing compared to the drawn version:



From Paragon Studio's email advertising the Holiday Pack.

So, what's being sold in this pic? Look, just like the Give Gift emote, she's giving a present. Only thing is, she's presenting like a baboon in estrus. And she's offering a box. A box by her crotch. A crotch that seems to imply she's not wearing anything over her crotch. Did I mention a *box* by her *crotch*? You know that looks nothing like the Give Gift emote, right?

I expect such a graphic on the cover of Playboy. I've had a less revealing pic removed from the forums for not being "T for Teen."

There's enjoying the beauty of the human form (even if green) and then there's overt sexual pandering. This is the latter. I'd rather have seen this elf nude in just the gloves and boots frolicking in the snow and throwing a snowball then... *this* pose.

I mean, what was even the thought here: That you would get sales by sexualizing fur-lined clothing? Is there a big market for that fetish? "Oh, yeah, jus' like Mrs. Cluas, baby!"

And when you were selling the Gunslinger Pack, where was the drawing of the shirtless cowboy in what appeared to be assless chaps? Oh, that wouldn't have been appropriate? Hmmm....

Yeah, I know, this thread will be full of those saying, "The comic book industry panders to cheap sex all the time." My response, "Yes, but Paragon Studios doesn't have to also."

Originally Posted by Wing_Leader

Isn't most of this ineptness simply due to a lack of knowledge/understanding of what to do, and why, in a given trial?

Originally Posted by JuliusSeizure

Just to recap what I think some of the best suggestions have been:




1- Move the level shifts to Judgement/Interface tier 1. (Oedipus Tex)

• I would personally suggest combining this with a more linear progression: grant +1 level shift at tier 1 Alpha; grant +1 level shift at tier 2 Judgement or Interface; grant +1 level shift at tier 3 Lore or Destiny. This is a much more linear progression, and achieving a +2 level shift requires a bit of effort but comes in short order.

2- Allow players to see all level shifts, not just Alpha, when forming a League (Mokalus)

• This can be used badly, "We want OLNY level 53s." Or it can be used well, "We have three level 50s, two level 51s, five level 52s and four level 53s, so lets try to concentrate on recruiting 52s and 53s." It gets better with the next suggestion...

3- Allow players to employ the old Lackey and Sidekick system, where a level 50 could have their combat level shifted to level (N)-1 when paired with a more experienced character. A level shifted 53 character paired with another level 50 character would increase their combat level by +2.

• This would allow league and team leaders to increase the combat level of lower tiered players and increase the odds of a successful trial. No one gets excluded, and it allowes veterans and new players to mingle on even the hardest trial.

4- Improve the Team Up Teleporter

• I think this has to happen no matter what...

Nothing I have said denies people the option to run whatever they want whenever fits best. But if you are level 42 and you want the best XP possible, you are going to run a defeat all ITF, not a Katie Hannon TF. What we have right now is the inverse of that, where the best rewards/time are lumped into the lowest tier Incarnate trials which are getting repeatedly spammed.

Originally Posted by JuliusSeizure

There was a proposal on Beta server to lessen the rewards of BAF and LAM at some point in a character's career and force them to move up the Incarnate content food chain so that they could properly progress. Oh how I wish this had happened. The more difficult trials NEED characters that have developed to a certain point of power in the incarnate system to properly contribute, but there is a chasm between the current state of Incarnate content and where it needs to be for a healthy end game. What should be a linear progression towards more difficult trials with the option to return to older content has become an incessant grind fest of the easiest content at the detriment of gaming experience and long term VIP retention.

Is there any way to fix this?

Originally Posted by Meowtch

Mandu, the problem is that I map/crashed several times in one day just zoning in/out of mishes as well as simply taking the tram so unfortunately, it is not just PD and ouro.

On the bright side for me at least, it is now 6pm Eastern and I have been logged in since 12 noon with no map/crashes at all, just as I had none last night. It was almost like this was a 48 hour flu for my CoH considering I had a terrible issue with it for 2 days and now nothing...I've also gone ahead and turned my graphics back up for about 3 hours and no issue at all!

If I do experience additional problems though, I will post it but so far so good and I've played the same SS/Fire brute as well as two redside toons for a bit and no problems.

On the bad side, a friend has now begun to have the issue as well even though he was fine up to this point.

No rhyme, no reason that I can see in this!