Timewaster's Guide Archive
Games => Video Games => Topic started by: Fellfrosch on July 26, 2004, 11:11:58 PM
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I finally broke down and got this game, and it's as cool as I'd hoped. The character creation engine is freaking amazing (though it doesn't do frog heads), and the gameplay itself is the most user-friendly MMOG I've ever seen. Even at first level you feel like you're cool and powerful, and the city and the mission system is really well-done. If I can figure out how to upload pictures onto the site post-"file manager," I'll show you some cool screenshots.
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Screenshots, yeah...that's what I was thinking your article needed.
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New entry on the BLOG: http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=804#entry2
ALso, if you missed the first one, go here instead: http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=804#entry1
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It's really too bad that I didn't specifically reference yesterday's entry (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=804#entry3) to the blog, because to date, it's the most insightful. Sure, it's not directly about the game, but it is about the gaming experience. You'd get the same things in any MMORPG. very curious. I'd never thought of a female character as a method for actually learning about the other gender. of course, a lot of that is because I don't play MMORPGs, but that's what role playing is about: learning about other roles. Pretty cool.
Also, today's entry (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=804#entry4) is up too. YOu criticize that feature, girl! er.. boy! er... Frog!
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Out of interest, what server are you on? My (inactive) characters are on Pinnacle i believe.
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hey, it's now got some pictures. Love it! Touch it!
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As long as we're talking about the character generator specifically, could we get some screens of other Fellfrosch characters? UXB is cool, but she's very, very blue.
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I may be forgetting something, but is this the first article that has had pictures included?
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Never mind -- I just remembered Jeffe's photo essay.
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"Does that it any better?"
That's from the 7th paragraph in the August 10th entry. The one that's enclosed in ()'s. Don't exactly get it.
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Yeah, I noticed that today. I'll fix it. that's what I get for editing my own articles, huh?
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*points fell to his question halfway up the thread*
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Yeah, I was going to address that in teh blog for all the world to see, but I forgot. I play on Triumph, just because it was the least busy when I started to I figured it would be low on lag. It generally has been. If you play, Entropy, look me up sometime; you can start a new guy and I'll sidekick you.
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On the subject of pictures...
http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/32.JPG
My character, SideSwiped Girl.
http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/42.JPG
A character made by a guy I know. His name was Vladimir but we all called him The Incredible Stalin.
Some examples of horrific character design :
http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/33.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/36.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/40.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/41.JPG
Oh, and one of the best looking female characters i spotted ingame :
http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/43.JPG
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So, i was bored. Thus, i used my credit card for the first time ever to re-activate my CoH account. Hooray and jubilations. Fell, i'll create a character on Triumph sometime today, but i demand you return the favour and create a character on Pinnacle at some point :)
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*hurk!*
Entropy, let me teach you about the "resize" tool that appears in EVERY SINGLE GRAPHICS EDITOR ON THE PLANET.
It's not that hard, y'know, and it doesn't choke a camel when smaller pictures are downloaded.
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ok, well, something is weird with zippy, so pictures take a year and a half to download. I have no idea why. Maybe it's just me.
I'm still playing with the formatting on the current blog entry (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=804#entry5) so don't give me any grief for a few hours.
What I think is cool about CoH is that of all the screenshots I've seen (admittedly, I don't scour for them, but I've seen a few) I haven't seen much of a repetition of costumes. They're all unique. THat says a lot for the engine.
OH, and Ms. Meltdown is my new crush.
edit: yeah, I finished formatting. I still don't like all the negative space there, but I'm not prepared to do anymore tweaking today on it. I have a real job too.
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Well, that was awkward.
I was using my female character on Triumph server (a level 9 scrapper with claws and dark armour. Named SideSwiped Girl. I liked the name so much i decided to copy it). And there was this male character. As part of a 7 and 8 person team we had rampaged through Perez Park, but when we met up again after I went offline for an hour, it was wierd. When I was complaining about how bad dark armour looked, he said 'Yeah, but you look so hot underneath it'. Kinda disconcerting. If he had said 'Your character looks...' then yeah, fair enough. I've said the same myself. But by cutting out the character bit, it made for a rather strange reading on my end. (Though on one level, it was pleasing. The character is a work of art and someone has complimented my skill at assembling a good looking visage).
Then, after we took the train, and I was waiting for him while he lagged badly through the loading sequence on the roof of the station (no superhero would be caught dead on the ground, of course), this other guy turned up. And he just walked around my character and copied my emotes (sitting down, reading paper etc). I feel compelled to note that he spent a while hovering at an angle that meant his character was staring right up the skirt of my sitting character. He only responded after I, exasperated, did so. Funny thing was, when the first guy eventually loaded they looked like they were about to have a deathmatch right there. Stared at each other, activated defensive powers, made their weapons appear etc... very amusing. Should have taken a screenshot.
But this second guy... he took care to ask what timezone I was in, and how old I was (even repeating the question when I carefully ignored it the first time). He was a 17 year old guy in america (i assume that from the fact he was 5 hours behind me). And he talked like a chimpanzee on drugs. 'How age are you?' As I was quitting he also asked eagerly whether he would see me tomorrow. Erg... I may need to check up on the options for ignoring people in CoH.
All in all, massively disconcerting. This never happened with my other female characters on the Pinnacle server. Admittedly one of them was a woman in a business suit but still. (It amuses me greatly that all of my characters except Entanaught wear 'normal' clothes, as opposed to the goofy spandex of everyone else. The business suit was the ultimate expression of this. Although in deference to the genre i gave her a mysterious cloth over her mouth blue spots on her brows).
And i'd just like to close with the following thought : The odds of you, a geek playing a pc game, finding a women online who not only was in your geographical area but who was single and interested in you is somewhat less remote than the possibility of intelligent life on mars. That is to say, non-existant. I simply don't understand the people who worship women in IRC chatrooms and ingames. I mean, it's not like you have a chance of going out with them, so why act all giggly and moronic around them? Yet a large number of people online do just that. Nerds. Even if I regard a character as hot, i'm not gonna act like a lovesick puppy around her. Not only is she controlled by a guy most likely, but she is a damn computer game character. Have sense people.
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I can make a guy on Pinnacle (or a girl).
Also, I hadn't realized how dark some of my screenshots were, especially Sergeant Freeze. That's what I get for taking them at night, I suppose.
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Erm.... wow Im glad things are improving for your wife, thats a horrible experience to go through.
When she's better you need to spend some extra personal time with her, she's bound to be a little depressed about the baby.
Freaky...
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(posted that to the wrong thread, Jeffe)
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sorry linked from the thread to discuss the column
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This thread seemes like fine place to discuss it, since this is the thread that links from the article.
She's kind of conflicted about the baby--she's very glad that she doesn't have to be pregnant while recovering from surgery, but on the other hand it's always sad to lose a baby, even this early (our very first pregnancy miscarried at five weeks).
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k, now i get it. Fell told me he was going to be absent, so I didn't even *think* to check that there might have been something on a SATURDAY. So I just read the sixth blog entry (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=804#entry6) today.
I'll shut my yap now.
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there's been some more blogging. (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=804#entry7)
Fell, I need more pictures if you want these blogs illustrated.
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yay! More blogging! (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=804#entry8)
edit: Now with a pretty picture! Spaaace Ghooooooooooooooost!
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Copyediting question: is the caption supposed to be "Who the more beefy?" or "Who's the more beefy?"--i.e., was that on purpose?
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I did it on purpose. Feel free to hate and change it though.
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So, the trade news from Gen-con is out, and for all of you out of the know the sequel to COH, City of Villains has been announced.
One of the writers is Shane Hensley of Pinnacle games... which is way cool.
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I'm very pleased that Hensley's gotten involved. City of Villains looks like it's going to be amazing.
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Maybe Fell's just being artistic, but doesn't it seem like the first paragraph actually ought to be the last paragraph?
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My main beef with SG is the group symbol. Yeah, group colors look cool, but I don't know why we need the same symbol.
You don't see Wonder Woman with a big S on her chest. Sometimes the symbol just doesn't jive with my character and I wish I could shut it off.
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That's because she's in the JLA, not the "Super-somethings"
Of course, she doesn't have a big "J" either. so point taken.
and um.. the paragraph placement would be my fault... somehow. Fixing.
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and there. All fixed. That was weird though. You can never predict how mistyped code will be interpreted by a browser. My understanding is that not declaring a new row in a table, but ending the previous one, would have made the browser ASSUME a new row anyway. Maybe that's just individual cells. Anyway, i pretties up the paragraph alignments too. Enjoy!
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Supergroups are fun, though Sideswiped girl isn't a member of one. Maybe I should think about finding one.
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Welcome to the forum, Dex; glad to see some more CoH fans around.
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Thanks for the welcome :) Long time site reader, 1st time poster :D
Not very fond of the official CoH boards heh.
I'm very close to finally getting flight for my blaster, looking forward to it!
Just got tp with my controller and did the same thing you did with flight. It's definately fun being able to blip around!
Maybe I missed it/don't remember but which server are you on? Of course if you prefer to keep your identity secret, that's cool too.
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I play on Triumph, just because it was the least busy when I started to I figured it would be low on lag. It generally has been.,
But Entropy plays on Pinnacle. No news on whether they've made characters on each others' servers yet.
I want money and a nicer computer so I can play wid you guys. You KNOW superheroes are my thing.
Oh, and the flying blog (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=819#entry10) is what they're talking about here, folks.
OH, and one last thing, Dex. Feel free to introduce yourself. (http://www.timewastersguide.com/boards/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1051196804)
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Well rumor is they have a mac version coming out soon, Id like that, because this looks like a computer game I would buy...
Danger UXB is turning into one cool cat...
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Entropy now has 2 characters on Triumph. One is a level 15 scrapper, the other is a level 7 defender. Me and fell have talked in-game, but have yet to meet up. Maybe this weekend.
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Yeah, the only time we've been online at the same time happened to be during my non-playing flight spree. I was showing Mustard how to fly, and he couldn't steer to save his life. What a maroon. I guess mouselook controls aren't for everyone.
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What a maroon.
Better to be a maroon than a red or a yellow, I guess. Then, I guess Mustard's default state should be a mustard, not a maroon.
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that is SO much less funny than the Looney Tunes reference.
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There's a Looney Tune reference?
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If you want to make allusions to lesser-known carton humor, you can always count on SE to get the joke. Thanks for being there, buddy.
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I got it too, I guess that the auzie's never were weined on Bugs Bunney.
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new speculative blog (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=819#entry11)
anyway, I think I like the idea of a mastermind class, but I don't see why he would need to double someone's combat job. Has the Joker OR the Penguin EVER done anything significant in a fight? Nope? They're pretty pansy guys. So their combat is just the lackeys. That's it. They hang back and order lackeys around.
Perhaps a superpower would be giving bonuses to hit, or something, to OTHER people. They themselves are pretty bad about actually duking it out.
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Lesser known ?!? That's Bugs freakin Bunny!
I've gone ahead an intro'd myself in the appropriate thread :)
Lemme intro my CoH selves which are all on Victory:
Capt Blaze (energy/dev blaster)
Halloween Eve (dark defender)
Ghoulia Darke (claws/regen scrapper)
Mr. Creepsly (ill/rad controller)
seeing a theme develop? lol
I'll prob try to look some of you up in game. I seem to make lots of friends while playing and then never see them again, lol! Maybe it's me?
There's a cool little site called http://www.creyindustries.com/ where you can post profiles/pics of your heroes.
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new blog, about a villain with nigh unpronouncable name (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=819#entry12). I know that I, at least, am not sure how to spell it.
In other news, I like the narrative style. Though I want to know where you met these other people you talk to.
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new blog, not dead yet (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=819#entry14), is up.
I think I've already mocked it enough.
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Tiny typo:
"The second option is to wait for an opponent to wake you up"
I'm sure the villians would find it amusing to rez you then beat you up again though :)
Finally got flight over the weekend. Wooooo!
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y'know, i saw that. I thought "I need to fix that"
and then I did nothing.
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Thanks, SE. I knew I could rely on you and your leet editing skillz.
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This morning I got to experience one of those rare wonderous moments in the game: feeling like the hero you are.
Capt Blaze was cruising around Steel Canyon searching for Vahzilok's minions (with his new flight power!) when his helmet scanners picked up a fierce battle at the entrance to a nearby back alley.
Blaze focused his sensors to find a hero scrapper besiged by a pair of 5th Column Nazis. The fallen Nazis at the hero's feet made it clear this fight had been long and taxing. The hero was holding them off as best he could, giving as much as he was getting. But the lieutenant and his flunky had the scrapper on the ropes.
Capt. Blaze swooped by, switching his jet boots into hover mode for better aim. He let loose with a powerful sniper blast, knocking the Nazi lieutenant down and almost into unconsciousness.
The fatigued hero knocked out the minion and had no trouble cleaning up his superior. Blaze flipped the hero a casual salute before kicking his jet boots back into flight mode and continuing his search of the city.
These events are only a minute or two in the game but it makes the whole playing experience that much better.
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Stuff like that would make the game a lot better, Dex1138. The best games always strive to make you feel like your game avatar, whatever that might be.
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just to wrap up recent discussion, Fell Blogs for us. (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=819)
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New blog, new blog page (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=839).
Fell, you let your wife SEE your female characters?
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I don't call her over and say, "hey! Check this one out!" But I don't hide them from her, either. She really likes some of the new designs I'm tinkering with.
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You wanna see capes?
Here ya go! (http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=16601&TabID=150039&ForumID=75868&TopicID=646706&GuildThreadMsgID=3452684)
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ugh... those are poorly compiled screen shots, and they don't show the cape in action.
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They don't show the capes in action, but it's nice to see the selection. They claim to show the full range of options, but I don't beleive it--for one thing, one of those shots shows "long capes" selected in the character builder, implying the presence of other types of capes, yet all the screenshots show the same style.
It's sad to hear that the capes don't work well with long hair, though--that will put a damper on UXB's plans. It hasn't released yet, though, so who knows?
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yeha, I thought they were waiting to do capes till they could do them right. Y'know, so they worked with long hair n' stuff.
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Get your funk on. (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=839)
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Their main beef with capes was they wanted them to flow correctly. I think it says in the article that there are half-length capes as well that just cover your butt.
I can understand wanting to reserve them as a status of level thing but you can't really design a new character with a cape in mind without seeing how it looks. Then when you do get a cape you'll probably redesign your whole suit around it. Or maybe that's just me :)
Capt. Blaze (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/CB1-blaze.jpg) is still holding out for a jetpack...
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Issue #2 is now L-I-V-E
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Yeah. I was playing 5 minutes after it went live. Those crazy people at the devs triggered an invasion of these... floating eyeball things. That paralyse. So I was in Steel Canyon as portals opened and up to 3 dozen enemies were on the screen at once, with 2 dozen heroes throwing themselves into the fray. Only 2 portals, but boy was it fun while it lasted. Was pretty damn funny seeing a staircase FULL of enemies.
They changed the interface to have 'tabs', put in badges that you earn that give you another subtitle, and put in an Examplar button, that makes someone higher level than you your level. So when I was teamed with a level 21, I did that to him and he became level 16 (my level). He said he got no EXP but he was working off debt. Which seems fair enough.
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I was really close to getting this game, then I remembered how dizzy 1st person games make me. Like whenever I play Unreal, Doom, etc I always feel like I'm going to throw up and have to go lay down.
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It's a 3rd person game. You can zoom right in until its 1st person, but it is 3rd person by default. Camera can be set quite a long way away.
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Does it zoom out like Everquest, so its still 1st person but you can see your character? Cause that is still nauseating with all the spinning around. It used to not to until the last couple years, like sometimes I get sick even with Diablo 2 (especially that level in Act II that's like in outer space). I've always got motion sickness real easy, might have somthing to do with that.
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Try dramamine. No seriously! It should help if you really want to play.
I hate the tabs on the chat window. ick!
And the Tsoo now Tsuck. There are now tatooed minions that can unleash a virtual chain of dizzy/stun/sleep effects on you. Oh yeah and the ninjas now have caltrops! My poor feet.
Something else to be aware of, there are big metal doors in the warehouses now. You know those ones that roll up? They look like a normal wall until you put the cursor on them. So if it seems like you have nowhere to go, check the ends of the corridors!
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new blog. (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=839)
Oh, and I illustrated yesterday's too, though we're still waiting on a good in-game boom box picture.
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You know, I'm a little surprised that although I have absolutely no desire to play this game, I'm really getting into these UXB blogs.
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are you kidding? If I had a computer that'd run it, this would be the first MMORPG I'd ever play.
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I think it's just Dan's writing. He's fun to read, even if you don't really like MMORPGs.
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Oh stop it you guys, you're making me blush.
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That city got WASTED!
Yeah...
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hay más ninjas! (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=839#entry19)
Poor ninjas, not only do they have no cultural identity, they don't even have a protective coating of fur.
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The worst part is that the server came back up 10 minutes later.
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I like how I a) forgot to zip up my zipper and almost went out like that, and b) that angle at which UXB is poised at.
Thank you Fell. =P
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Enjoy it while you can, level 20 is coming soon.
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By the way, I blew up that wall in hopes of collapsing the floor above, where a bad guy was hiding--not just because it was faster.
But Fell mercifully neglected to mention that my grenadier blew himself up a few turns later (tossing bombs in a cramped basement).
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Fell, I still want more screen shots. What does King Princess look like, for instance?
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Yeah - based on the name and the fact that your daughter created him/her, I'm a big King Princess fan.
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I'll get you some shots of King Princess. He (or she) is pretty cool.
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Hah. I saw another member of the Shattered Legion today, but he refused to respond to my Tell. Name of Narathi or something. Also managed to get a screenshot (http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/supergroup_group_shot.jpg) of several members of my supergroup all in uniform, while hunting in Talos Islands. Here (http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/Invisible_Supergroup.jpg) is another one after we got invisibility going.
And here are a couple of the new Club Dance. Hallway (http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/Club_D_hallways.jpg), main floor (http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/Club_D_dance_floor.jpg).
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SE and I have been working on the premise that one screenshot per post was probably enough, but it seems that you want more (and I admit, this last entry was begging for one of Richter 10 and one of Tage's guy). Should I just start doing two or three shots per post?
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Do it. Do It. DO IT. dO iT.
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aaaaand... UXB dies again (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=839#entry20). This time with some new friends.
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Fell, you need to be the leader! You understand!
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/me adds blackerdarkness to friends list
I thought Tage did not concern himself with any game that did not have the words 'Final' and 'Fantasy' in the title?
Plus, you should join my supergroup. Its got 25 members, and the leader is constantly recruiting. Had 3 people join yesterday, 2 the day before. Plus we really start going around 1am my time, which should mean they are still playing when you get on.
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You wanted more pictures? we got that (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=839#entry21).
I apologize if you don't like the single row of pictures. Working that code into a suitable table is MUCH less work than trying to make pictures in three different spots look presnetable.
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Those "locations" you had to visit for the Task Force are those yellow poilce phone things you see everywhere that don't seem to do anything. They will show up as waypoints on your mission map.
Here's some of those pesky Tsoo (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/City%20of%20Heroes/tsoobattle.jpg). The blog mentioned Sorcerer hiding in the background.
Finally had a chance to check out some new stuff this weekend. While patrolling Steel Canyon for flying eyeballs (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/City%20of%20Heroes/aliens.jpg) and their portals (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/City%20of%20Heroes/aliens_portal.jpg) I happend on a large group already engaged by several other heroes. What happened next (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/City%20of%20Heroes/alienattack.jpg) was the stuff good times are made of. A gang of players fighting together and beating the snot out of their foes. Ok so I was 3 lvls above the highest person in their group, but we are all on the same side, right? Once the aliens were defeated and their portal destroyed I gave a hearty well done and a rallying speech on how we all need to band together to stop this invasion. And then, like any good hero, I flew off to my next challenge.
Later I hit 20! :) Did both new costume (easy) and cape (moderate) missions. But what to do? Capt. Blaze is a high-tech hero of the future with a gadget laden battlesuit. Does he need another costume? Well, I'll be darned if I was going to give his current incarnation a cape!
So with visions of Sky Captain still in my head I created an alternate universe pulp style Capt. Blaze. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/City%20of%20Heroes/blaze-alt_newcape1.jpg) And no, he's not jaundiced, that's his natural alien skin color.
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but it IS a smarmy grin. Congrats Dex!
those eyeballs are cool. Do the different color eyes denote different powers? Or are they merely cosmetic?
also, is that an innocent bystander I see in the battle scene?
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The eyeballs have different "ranks" like the other mobs. I think the color denotes minion, etc. My battles with them so far have been heated so I haven't had a chance to notice who was flinging what at me. They have long range (ie: out of your range) beam attacks and fling spikes at closer range. The other aliens are sorta their muscle.
Yeah those crazy citizens just stroll on by unless they're in immediate danger...
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So while talking to Cadamis, Tage's magic controller, I mentioned that if EUOL made a The Grey Knight character I would be forced to break down and cry.
Then he proposed a Sir Carl character from Fellfrosch.
And I cried anyway.
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The really amusing thing about that battle scene is that you can see someone getting mugged in the background.
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Man, how retarded is that?
So I got level 20, and did the two missions to get a new costume and a cape. Got a new costume, with more flesh and less silly colours. Then tried putting a cape on, and it looked great, except for one thing. SSG's long hair goes straight down, through the cape. So yeah, thats retarded. So much for 'waiting to get it right'.
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new blog (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=853)
Can't figure out why my formatting is all FUBAR. Maybe someone can fix it.
Anyway, I like the new costume. The Tron-like circuits are retro-chic. I don't really like the should pads or hair color though.
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I agree about the hair. I really think the hair color, forearm blasters, and heels make UXB recognizable. Personally, I still really like going for a casual look with the new costume. White t-shirt, blue jeans, a backward cap on her head. I guess with a the jeans you could ditch the heels. See, I think since you already have a superhero outfit, you ought to get something that doesn't look so much like a superhero outfit.
On another note, I'm really getting into the game with Cadamis. I first made a tanker because I figured a tanker would be a good match-up for UXB, a blaster. After last night, though, it's obvious that the blaster/controller combo works extremely well. Plus I just like the controller more. Plus I've always had a soft spot for Cadamis. So despite Fell saying that it's hard to stick with your first or second character, I'm getting pretty attached to my second.
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Heh. Fell, you are aware that you can modify your first costume without being level 20? You can modify costumes at any time, it just costs influence. As does the new costume. Level 20 just gives you a new slot. So if you ain't going to use that outfit any more, just modify it permanently. And it is very expensive - it was 12k for my level 20 character (i made level 21 today) for each segment - 12k for the cape, another 12k for the top, another for her trousers and then 4k for the head and hair. Expensive.
On the subject of capes, experimentation has revealed the following information. Long hair, a lot of the medium hair, and the first ponytail are all no-nos. They poke through the cape. Now, this might not be an issue for you since you are a flier, and the cape just says close to your back. But SSG is a superjumper, so the cape goes right above her head on her way earthbound. So long hair was poking right through and being very obvious about it. I ended up using a medium length hairstyle that has no pokey down bits to get around this, but UXB might not have to worry, depending on how the cape moves.
Capes are very cool btw - i found that when doing my swipe attack (where SSG does a baseball throwing move, only with claws) that the cape moves around as it should during that.
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If you're going to have a cape, then the casual jeans etc. look would not be so cool. Personally, I like no-capeness, but if you're gonna have a cape, you've got to design around that.
Now if you're staying capeless, I think a nice pair of designer slacks - black - would look great with heels and your wife wouldn't complain. And some kind of sleeveless collared top (black as well) to cover the torso. Keep the bands on the arms, but make them black. Keep the arm blasters like they are, and the hair like it is (long and blue.) Add a pair of sunglasses.
I guess that would make her kind of matrix-looky, but it would look cool and be a bit more modest for the missus, I think.
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I vote no black. Goth, matrix. bleh.
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He's actually made a casual version of UXB that I like a lot. But he wants a cape. And he's a dope.
Fell -- toss up a screenshot of the casual costume, and then we'll vote.
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The costume I popped up there today was actually the one I like the least--I've got the casual one, a cool armored one, and a neat black one that, in retrospect, looks a lot like Nightwing. I was plannign to put those up tonight, and since you all seem rather interested I'll go ahead and do that. Tage is right--the casual one looks best. I don't know why I'm so attached to a cape, though, I guess I just want one because I can.
I tinkered around with a "little black dress" idea and ended up tossing it, but Kije's ideas sound pretty good so maybe I'll try again. I agree that her hair should stay blue, but I'm kind of sad that no one likes the shoulder pads--those are kind of cool.
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For saint.
http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/Ninja_monkey_attack.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/Ninja_monkey_poses.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/Ninja_jump.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/Ninja_Swiped.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/Ninja_surveys_for_next_victim.jpg
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uhm... is there an http link I can use for that? cuz those aren't loading for me.
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Is there a password that goes along with those?
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it should be http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/ (pic name).
I went a head and made the changes to Entropy's original post.
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Heh. Oops. The nickname and password, incase anybody is wanting to host files, is Entropytwg with password: ponypony. The Ftp address is http://ftp://upload.comcast.net/ It's an account that spriggo gave to me, and all i really use it for is to host pictures and avatars, so feel free to stick anything in there if you want to host something.
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sweet ninja monkeys in the morning!
Nicey. They really need to add animal abilities/costumes to that game. It's a staple of comics.
anyway, the password is PONYPONY? what are you? A girl?
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No, heh. Someone i know who is majorly insane used it as his password for something, and it amused me and my friends so much i'm now using it for all my public stuff like this.
Honest.
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I was reading the blog today when I came to a rather shocking revelation:
I am extremely attracted to UXB. I saw someone today with simnilarly coloured hair, and thought "She has nothing on UXB!"
Then I realised I was talking about a video game character, designed by a man.
Perhaps I should have Dr. SE' comment on this one.
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People like you are the reason I occasionally get creeped out while playing as my female characters.
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I was reading the blog today when I came to a rather shocking revelation:
I am extremely attracted to UXB. I saw someone today with simnilarly coloured hair, and thought "She has nothing on UXB!"
Then I realised I was talking about a video game character, designed by a man.
Perhaps I should have Dr. SE' comment on this one.
Or, perhaps, you're just the stereotypical man. Who designed bras? A man. Who designed high-heeled shoes? Louis XIV. It's these sorts of things that do exactly what it's doing to you: you can't see real women now.
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no, it's just that JP is messed up in the head.
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Well, that I'll agree with. :D
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New blog, with costumes (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=853#entry23)
Ok, Fell, don't like the nightwing one. It just doesn't stand out. And hte armor... no. THe Tron one (sans shoulder pads) is much better. I don't think either would work all that well with a cape though.
The casual outfit is best. You can say she wears somethign underneath, or that the outfit is made out of the same material as her old costume. BUt this one works best.
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Yeah, lets not drag every other guy into this.
Incidentially, while i'm posting in this thread, I'd like to mention that blacker darkness has one of the funniest descriptions of any Superhero.
'We can rebuild him, faster, strong, but not smarter. Ni!'
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men may have designed them, Stacy, but who WEARS them? high-heeled shoes, at least, are not required anywhere but certain... entertianment venues... as work outfits. It's very unfair to blame men for the fashion problems that women willingly collude with.
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http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/Ninja_monkey_reg_card.JPG
Because I like to make sure that nobody else gets the joke.
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dude. You rule. You are getting lots of points in my book.
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men may have designed them, Stacy, but who WEARS them? high-heeled shoes, at least, are not required anywhere but certain... entertianment venues... as work outfits. It's very unfair to blame men for the fashion problems that women willingly collude with.
Oh, forget it. I was feeling snarky.
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btw, Fell, UXB looks even better compared to Scott Kurtz's character. Who, I think, looks... well...dumb.
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I know this is pretty much just rehashing what you put in today's blog, but I really think the street clothes outfit is vastly superior as far as alternate costumes go. Maybe it just balances out her character better because her normal super outfit is too sexy.
By the way, I've already decided what Cadamis' second outfit will be. Full business suit with sunglasses. Rectangular sunglasses, if possible. That's another reason I vote for UXB in street clothes--it would match Cadamis' second outfit well.
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and they could date!
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That would just be sick. Ninja monkey is a far superior choice to Cadamis.
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I've going to vote against Tron. I think it looks too busy. On the other hand, not knowing Nightwing, I really like that one. The colors work well together. I'm not opposed to the jeans look, though.
You know, Fell, if you'd been clever, you would have given her dark hair and named her Dawn. That way, when your wife saw her, you could have just said "But Honey--it's YOU. It's all right for me to look at a pretty girl on the screen as long as it's you, right?"
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I tried a black-haired version and she looked pretty good...not sure if I still have a picture. In light of your ingenius idea, maybe I'll have to go back and revisit that plan.
That Ninja Monkey is pretty dang awesome--I almost fell off the chair when I saw the Battle Cry. Just for that, Entropy, you get a special present in the next blog.
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I have to say that I like UXB with the blue hair. I'm just saying, you know, for future characters. You'd have to name one after your wife for it to really work. It would be amusing, however--especially if you made the costume as skimpy as you could. (Not sure you can get any more skimpy than UXB's current costume, though....)
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It is possible through careful colour choices to make characters appear naked. And you can get very damn skimpy indeed... how about 3 pieces of cloth of about 6 square inches each?
Ninja monkey, it should be noted, is level 4 and waiting for the next time I see you guys to be played. Only TWGers shall be blessed with his presence. I saw Cadamis just now, but i'm knackered and it's late. BTW fell, only Graveborne, Ricter 10 and UXB now show up on the friends list. The others, probably due to inactivity, no longer exist as far as CoH is concerned.
My current character list, incase you want to look for me:
SideSwiped Girl (Level 22 scrapper)
Errant IceDeath (Level 7 tanker)
'Ninja Monkey (Level 4 scrapper)
Judas Ischariot (Level 7 Defender)
The last one never gets played, for he is a Forcefield defender, one of the most boring jobs known to mankind (you cast forcefields at the start of combats, activate the Area of Effect ones, then sit back and have a smoke. That is literally all they do. They are just as effective while AFK with autocast and autofollow on as when their user is present).
It's really only a matter of time before I make The Grey Knight. I'm just trying to work out what powers he should have... Scrapper with Broadsword, or Controller with Illusion?
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and they could date!
No, No they couldn't. No, really, they couldn't. Really..
/me cries.
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and they SHOULD date, because it'll make JP cry some more!
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ok, so there's a new blog up (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=853#entry24)
ANd I made the pictures pretty on my own.
Y'know, I ran into that language thing this weekend too. My father-in-law put in the new video the LDS Church is putting out on the Restoration and his language filter kept bleeping out "Jesus" and "Christ." It was really weird to listen to someone talking about his witness of Jesus when you could hear half the testimony.
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Fell, I hope you realize that Cadamis and Sir Carl have to play together at some point, if for nothing else than the screenshots. If only we could get more AORPers to play...
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if I had a computer that'd run it, you can bet there'd be a long bearded SaintEhlers about. Maybe I'd make someone else's char. Maybe a Shea. Do they even have transformation powers?
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Heh. Hooray for TGK.
http://ftp://entropytwg:[email protected]/Long_Live_AORP.jpg
http://ftp://entropytwg:[email protected]/TGK_running.jpg
http://ftp://entropytwg:[email protected]/TGK_whoami.jpg
I glanced at the pictures in the latest blog, then made the character. After I made him, I looked back and realised that, apart from the head, hair, colour of chest symbol and boots, they are identical. Har.
I made him a scrapper, with the power of broadsword and with Invulnerability. The last one only really seems appropriate in relation to sanity, but never mind. I was tempted to make him an Illusion controller, but decided that with Cadamis a controller, and Sir Carl most likely a blaster (certainly, that music could kill) that a scrapper would make the AORP team more robust.
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I've toyed with making a Shae. There are no transformation powers, which is sad, but her powers would translate well to a mind control/empathy character. That or illusion/empathy. Come to think of it, Cadamis probably should have been mind control/kinetics, what with the way he liked to throw around mind blasts. Ah well.
EDIT: Ha, love the pics! Also, at his heart TGK was a tanker, but scrapper works too. SE and I were the ones that gave him the psionic history. I don't know that EUOL, who created him, ever got into that part of the character very much.
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so we're seeing a new class option, i think. Let's all write to CoH and have them make an expansion class: transfromer. What (s)he transforms into dictates the abilities. You could have multiple forms (or only 1, if that's what balance took). If you turned into an elephant, you'd take on Tanker abilities. If you turned into a tiger, you'd be a scrapper, and so on. so you could potentially have access to a lot of different powers, but you'd only have access to them as the different creatures.
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Interestingly, that's what World of Warcraft is doing with the Druid. I hear from beta testers that it isn't working very well though. With CoH, though, many of the class abilities borrow from other classes, so it may be more feasible there.
Good luck getting the developers to add it.
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So, if any of you are bored, I found this CoH thread VERY amusing. It's a list of people's favorite odd activities within the game.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=1227654&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#1227654
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Ah... playing dress up... (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=853#entry25)
Ok, I have to vote for the circuits, but ditch the mask. That would be perfect. *nod*
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I don't like the purple skin tone. Not that I have anything against people with purple skin, it just doesn't fit UXB very well.
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I think that's just shadow, because it's night.
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I like the first one best myself. Don't like the legs on the third one.
And Fell, you have to pay the costs I mentioned for your new one as well. It's just a modification of your old costume, in a new slot. So expect to pay around 80 - 100 thousand influence for both costumes.
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Yeah, I know. That's why it would be so dang expensive. Does the price vary depending on how much you change?
I'm more inclined to agree with SE at this point than Entropy, because I quite like the legs, though I admit that the first is, in fact, quite cool. SE, you recommend ditching the mask. You want to ditch it altogether? Or replace it with the Nightwing mask? Or replace it with some other mask? Or give her a tiara of some kind to balance the face? There's a lot of ways to go here, and frankly I'm disgusted with myself for caring this much. But I do anyway.
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I'm thinking ditching it altogether. You've had a couple good screen shots without it. I like her without.
Whatever you do, don't use the same mask in that screen shot of the circuits.
Of course, what's really odd, is she looks more innocent, girl-next-doorish with her current mask on. Maybe they're like glasses. Maybe that's what you need. Give her glasses.
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I agree with Ehlers -- cut the mask. Also, can you get some screenshots with lighter backgrounds?
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MMm....UXB with glasses...SE, you said that just to taunt me, didn't you?
Meanwhile, I like the second costume best, though the Hi-tech one looks most excellent too, and probably suits UXB better.
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You know, JP, your opinions would carry a lot more weight if they were accompanied by flowers or chocolate.
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Can they be virtual flowers or chocolate?
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The very thought of this give me chills:
http://www.cityofheroes.com/community/contests_2.html
If I were to dress up as UXB, we'd probably lose whatever fragile license keeps the Internet in business.
On a less disturbing note, here are some pictures of the current two favorites, seen both from the front (which is what all the other players see) and from the back (which is what I end up looking at the whole time). I haven't changed the mask on the tech suit, but I added glasses to the casual one and they look pretty good.
https://home.comcast.net/~fellfrosch/onlinestorage/techsuit_front.jpg
https://home.comcast.net/~fellfrosch/onlinestorage/techsuit_back.jpg
https://home.comcast.net/~fellfrosch/onlinestorage/glasses_front.jpg
https://home.comcast.net/~fellfrosch/onlinestorage/glasses_back.jpg
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I like both of those, but the Jeans seem cooler... just barely though...
Still id ditch the old costume for both of those if I could...
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Dress up as graveborne.
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I think you need to rework UBX's secret identety Fell, the blasters on her arms kind of give her away. Remeber Clark Kent didn't wear his cape with his glasses.
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I'm agreeing with Jeffe here. To be honest, I never really liked UXB's costume.
As for the secret identity, doesn't the blue hair give her away?
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Ah, but taking his glasses off didn't give away Clark Kent, did it? I mean really, there's not much difference between wearing glasses and not wearing them.
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"Lance Hunt IS Captain Amazing?"
"Lance Hunt wears glasses. Captain Amazing doesn't wear glasses"
"He takes off the glasses when he's Captain Amazing."
"Then how would he see?"
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Capt. Blaze has joined a supergroup called [link=www.monkehs.com]The Monkehs[/link]. (no ninjas though)
The nifty thing is they all use Teamspeak in game. If you don't know, it's a program that lets you talk online in realtime. It makes it so much easier when planning tactics! And it's a plus to have a group to hang out with most of the time. I enjoy soloing at times but when I want to group I usually get stuck with people who think a bigger group is better which leads to overconfidence and much dying on their part.
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Yeah Fell -- go with the casual and use the glasses. I think it's funny that that labcoat guy is standing there, taking notes.
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I liked that one too.
But now it's time to spring into action! (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=853#entry26)
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Oh wow, Wild Jack has a mustache. I've never noticed that before. Suddenly my image of him has turned from insane killer Wolverine knock-off to insane killer trucker.
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I think that the "glasses rule" supersedes the giant robot gloves: as long as UXB has glasses on, her secret identity is safe.
I'm getting a pretty common vibe from everyone: you like the casual costume with glasses a little more than the tech suit, and you like both better than the current costume. Since I happen to agree (well, I like the tech suit better than the casual) I think that's a good solution. Once I get my costume quest finished (and enough influence--I'm at 75k now, I'll probably need 80 to 90) I'll switch out my costumes and UXB will be reborn.
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Costume quest takes 5 mins. Kill 30 Tsoo. Since the shop is in the Tsoo neighbourhood, and they are all greys, just use a few AoE's and your golden.
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I would have to say that I love the techsuit. But, the jeans and that are pretty cool too so...
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if someone designs a game where you can just put makeup on people the whole time, they'd have her hooked
Have her check out the image designer profession in Star Wars Galaxies ;) And she could also be a tailor to help with the complete look.
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yeah, i have some pictures for that blog, but only one seems relevant to anything he says, and I'm not entirely sure it fits in. Maybe fell will clarify things for me soon.
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The pictures have nothing to do with the blog, and to be honest no two paragraphs of the blog really have much to do with each other. People like screenies, though, so I found three that I think are cool and tossed them up there. There's a shopping one (in the tailor shop), a #@%&$ werewolf, and a random portrait that has cool lighting. Consider them a fond farewell to the old costume, if nothing else.
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ok, i'll put them in, but expect sarcastic captions.
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Well I've about had it with UXB getting all the attention, so posted a handful of screenshots. Admittedly, about half of them have UXB in them, so I guess I'm defeating my own purpose. *shrug*
http://gallery.rickstranger.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=CoH
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uhm.... is that supposed to be a page of Cadamis screen shots? Because it looks like a description of the badges and awards in CoH.
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Well that was annoying. I pressed CTRL-C, I swear I did! Anyway, fixed.
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nice. Now I can compliment you on your juvenile, sex-crazed antics with statues and good friend "Dan."
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Whoever the crap that is. Does he know you stare at his butt all day?
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You know, I can make a lot of jokes about what you just said, but I just don't think they'd be appropiate.
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UXB finally completed her quest (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=853).
yay for the mighty tech suit!
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Heh. You're going to have to give the gal a haircut Fell.
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new blog, new blog page (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=870)
Fell, come on, you've had new costumes for days. Think maybe we can get some screen shots in the new duds?
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He might be timid after I asked him in-game why his tech costume made UXB look demented.
Also, Fell has failed to show any effort when it comes to badges. I've got 11 exploration, 3 accomplishment and 9 achievement badges. Heh.
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I know, I just haven't taken any new shots. I've been too busy meandering aimlessly.
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Thats all well and good, Molly. But what about Jack?
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Betcha that was Gemm.
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Betcha it, wasn't.
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I am shocked and confused by the naming policy of the demi-human known as Gemm.
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Betcha it was the player who made Jack, a character Fell has talked about before.
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Oh yeah, that. I'm glad someone finally took note. I saw it on a guys t-shirt somewhere, and thought, "yes, I can finally be the egg beater to Entropy's egg." Not exactly how I thought of it at the time, but I don't remember that far back. But it is a word, so pester.
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Well, being all level 20 you finally get to meet and beat some new faces. So I headed over to Talos Island and see what new villians will be trembling in fear of me.
Hey lookee that, Freakshow. And how! I got to battle the blog-famous Roxx0rz (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/City%20of%20Heroes/eve2_roxxorz.jpg). Pwnd!
Next up, infiltrate a Freakshow hideout and recover a prototype "Chameleon Suit" that will let them look like anyone. Ok, I'm up for some Freak butt-kickin! Wait, infiltrate? You mean steathily? How am I going to...What's all this stuff (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/City%20of%20Heroes/blaze2_disguise.jpg) you're putting on me? Oh man, if my hero friends see me I will never live it down. But this 'beauty' of a disguise is so convincing that no enemes will attack me for the next 15 minutes. Unless I get to close and they can see through it. Easiest. Mission. Ever. I waltzed right in under their Freak noses and swiped the suit. But couldn't resist unleashing a little energy blastage before leaving.
And here's a couple more screens just because I like you:
Who's yo daddy? (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/City%20of%20Heroes/pimp.jpg)
Get off the phone and fight! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/City%20of%20Heroes/hellion_cellphone.jpg)
Aerial beatdown (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/City%20of%20Heroes/blaze_aerialspirit.jpg)
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ooo! That pimpin' guy is MY daddy.
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Ahhh!
I saw someone in that stealth suit and went WTF? I mean, if we could take those options in the character generator it would rule.
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Curse you, Dex! That chameleon suit was going to be tonight's blog, but now you've spoiled the surprise. Of course, if I'd been able to write the blog for today like I should have, I would have beat you to it.
And yes, Jacky Boy was Wild Jack. I know this because he's the only person in the world (to my knowledge) who calls me Molly. So really, you see, I'm masquerading as two women.
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Fell, I think we know way way too much about your supposed online life.
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Micah had his PC at work last night and he let me mess around with the character creation stuff. I made a techno/defender hulk character that had robotic arms, egyptian pharo head dress and all sorts of fun stuff.
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Yes yes, Jacky Boy is Wild Jack and Wild Jack is Jacky Boy - now, more about me and my greatness! ::)
I must linger here, unfortunately, as sudden dreary employment has forced me to curb my ... 'Wild' tendencies. Bah, and indeed, humbug!
Oh, and if you think the Chameleon Suit is cool... well, actually its pretty cool, but wait till you see the Monkeys :)
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Jackey Boy, feel free to register. Any friend of UXB is a friend of ours
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Unless they're a *boyfriend* of UXB. Then I get upset and hateful.
Although, hvaing seen pictures of the aformentioned Sideswiped girl, UXB has some competition.
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JP, you reach new heights of creepiness whenever you lust after the online personas of your male friends.
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new blog (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=870) but I don't have the pictures yet. Fell continues to tease us.
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Sorry Fell :) I'm sure you're disguise pix will be entertaining!
Ok true believers, what's your opinion? Is this (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/City%20of%20Heroes/eve_cape.jpg) too much green? Does it make her look too much like a Joker groupie?
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it's not really the green. It's the green with the purple with the goth. Too much, imo. JP will probably disagree.
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Too garish. And that face has a moronic expression.
I've been experimenting with giving SSG horns actually. Some of them go very well with certain hairstyles... but the overall effect tends to look pretty silly.
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Glad you don't know me in real life, if you think that's a new height of creepines for me.
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I was actually going for the teen/goth thing. Her name is Halloween Eve, so....
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try again. Drop the purple and green.
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for your blogging pleasure. (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=870#entry32)
I even added pictures to yesterdays. In a few, I'm putting a link to a picture on the main page. THere was a spare screen shot that didn't fit in anywhere, so you get hte love. YOu can look at it here (http://www.saintehlers.com/misc/images/cohblog/flying.jpg), in fact. UXB in casual clothes. Will you go roller skating with me?
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Hum. None of the pictures from today's show up for me.
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They were up earlier. I think the server must have gone down.
And heh, that picture caption is even more appropriate now, huh?
Oh, and fell - it got very wierd after you left, since we all went to the costume shop and experimented. SSG actually looked pretty good in the bikini thing, but LivingDead Girl didn't. All that pasty white skin, heh.
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my server appears to be broken
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Bah, I'm getting bored with WoW. I can never seam to play these games for more then 3-4 months before I get sick of them. Think I might go buy CoH just so I have something to do besides WoW.
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Look us up on Triumph, Sprig, but I advise you to play a male character--these late night phone calls from Jam are getting old.
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hehe, allready creating my character with Ent.
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on that note CoH dosen't like my PC, odd since I can run FFXI and WoW just fine.
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Ok Forget UXB and SSG...
Who's the Anarchist Goth chick, and will she marry me?
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looks like my COH run was cut short, The idiots who made the game decided not to support many video cards. I can run FFXI and WoW, but CoH? No. Idiots.
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well I got it to where I can see everything but character textures. Better then nothing I guess. Though I have no idea what my character looks like.
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What graphics card do you have? I suspect that installing the latest driver will fix the problem, since I have to do that with almost every new game I buy.
I have an old crappy graphics card and it works pretty well (levels load really slowly, but that's more the processor's fault).
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Nope, they flat out said that my card is not suported and my problem is common with those they didn't want to use. I did update to the latest drivers too.
here are my screens, I upped the gama (wich you cannot see in the SS) so it's not that dark.
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/wow/coh1.jpg
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/wow/coh2.jpg
here are Ent's:
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/wow/coh3.jpg
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/wow/coh4.jpg
Except for the blue gloves I think it's not too bad of a design considering I couldn't see anything when chooseing.
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Well it looks like there are lots of CoH fans that made their own patch for this problem, and the Devs liked it so much they're planning on implementing the changes in the next patch. So hopefuly I won't have this problem much longer.
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yea! I installed the person's patch and it worked! there's no dynamic lighting and stuff but I can see fine!
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Yay :D Colours for everyone! Now, I can't really twink or powerlevel you, due to the way CoH works, but i've got plenty of low level characters. Hell, I'll use Ninja Monkey.
And Jam, the character in question is 'LivingDead Girl', in reference to a Rob Zombie song. The player is a 21 year old chick in Chicago, I believe.
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Fell, here is the golden lollipop (http://ftp://entropytwg:[email protected]/Golden_clockwork_lollipop.jpg) I told you about.
JP, here is a picture of SSG and LDG (http://ftp://entropytwg:[email protected]/Leather_shot.jpg) testing out leather. I didn't take any screenshots of the bikini's and such that we also tried out, though.
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Right. I need to buy a one-way ticket to chicago now.
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k, so here are the guys I've made so far.
First off is another variaton of the mummy (http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/WoW/coh3.jpg) guy I posted yesterday. I decided to go much simpler since it looks better with the spikes that he fights with.
Rahm-Taught
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh1.jpg
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh2.jpg
Next is H4-N37, a robot assassian that's malfunctioned and does good stuff by shooting things. Thought I had more then one picture but I don't. I like the design except for the fin gloves, once I get the change I'll defenatly change those.
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh3.jpg
3rd is a defender (weather and psychic) named kea of Orion 4 (I made one of each body type).
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh4.jpg
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh5.jpg
And my favoire power so far is gale which blows the enemy away from you.
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh6.jpg
And lastly, just because it's a cool shot, my Tanker, Blaze Scorpio, decites to light up the party.
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh7.jpg
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Those last two are nice screenshots. That's one of the best parts about CoH--it can be very cinematic sometimes.
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Sigh.
This will teach me not to check the video game board.
Another MMORPG, Sprig? You're as bad as Micah.
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eh, getting realy bored with WoW. Not planning on buying it at release so I might as well get the game that everyone else is playing.
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so I'm now like one of three people on the board who doesn't have this game right? I'm gonna go cry now.
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I don't have it either. And I'm not really planning on it anyways. Unless I can be some kind of photographer who works for the daily newspaper or something like that.
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I have several complaints about the game, but I think there should have been secret identitys in the game (like Gemm's reporter) that basicly would let you do non-combat things in the game. MMORPG's allwayse have other things to do to pass the time, this would have been a cool way to do that.
Anyway some thing's I don't like or am dissapointed in:
1) Classes. They're too strict, I realy think a better way would allow you to choose one as a main power catagory and another as a sub and make those powers a little weaker (like FFXI). I think it's realy stupid my scraper cannot have some type of ranged attack, even if it is weak. Lots of times mobs just decide to run and you cannot attack them till they stop, I actualy, I kid you not, chased some mob around for about 5 mintues with my scrapper until the game let me attack him. Also I think it's dumb my Tanker cannot use a sword, or carry a shield for that matter.
2) Objects. I found it sad that they have a robust character costume creating mechanism yet let left out things you could hold, or backpacks. My defender can control the weather, I think it would be cool of I could hold an object that is the actualy weather controller. Right now you can pretend, which is fine, that you're useing something like that, but it's not the same as haveing characters holding things. I also don't like that if you do use a weapon you cannot choose what that weapon looks like. Everyone has the same gun, sword, axe, ect. You can't even change the colors. Also they need more sholder options, the ones in game now are lacking.
3) Super heros? I don't feel like a super hero, they're trying to add some type of story lines to the game but they're so minor and non-existant it's sad. Also I wish there were puzzle/problem solveing for the game. Like you get a quest to stop a robery but you don't know where it's going to be. The game gives you serveral random choices and some clues and you have to figure out which building it's going to be at, and if you goto the wrong one you fail the missoin. Maby you could set the difficulty in the options for these type of things. And are there no random quests in the game? I like the contact system but they need to add more, there should be certain events, or villans you kill that start random quest lines.
Cryptic has a long way to go to actauly impress me in anyway, if I was to score the game it would be 4/6 clocks, maybe 4.5/6 if the game gets any better for higher levels (which I doubt). But I find everything to restrictive and rehashed. Just a note, I'd give WoW the same score (leaning more on a 4.5 for that game).
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It gets better as you go up you know. More story arcs. And um, you do get ranged attacks. Try paying attention to my scrapper next time i'm fighting, I thought the whole railgun sound and white line thing was obvious. And the classes work. They make it easy for people to make teams since you know you need a fairly even spread of the classes.
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And I prefer the game without moronic crafting skills in it. My idea of fun does not involve spending hours hitting the 'make item' button. Crafting skills are just timesinks.
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1) I have no sound on my laptop (sc is busted).
2) They don't have to be crafting, actauly crafting would be a dumb idea in for this game since there's no items or equipment. Though something like a casino, no tights allowed, would allow people to have some kinds of cash sink besides costumes.
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Just so you don't think I hate the game, which i don't, I thought I'd list a few thing I like a lot.
1) that the city, well, looks and feels like a city. Not only is it populated with lots of NPC's, but all the cars driveing (though there should be rush hour traffic jams some where), distincetive districts. I allwayse hate games where you are in the city and there are like 20 NPC's, yet the population is supposed to be in the thousands or more.
2) How well the character classes actualy mimic comic book archtypes, you see lots of people in the game and think "Ya, I could see a comic book about that person." (I'm suprised Fell hasn't made an UBX comic useing screenshots).
3) the cheesy dialouge between NPC's and your characters (it the mobs). I like running past a group of gang members and they're instructing the weaker members on how to fight, or chatting about other things.
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k, so here is my next character, you saw him at the rave in the second picture set. So far I think this is my best costume/character design. So here's Blaze Scorpio in all his awsomness.
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh8.jpg
he's a duel fire tanker (ie both power sets are fire)
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh9.jpg
here he is lighting up a bad guy who was trying to steal the wrong car (a super hero's got to have wheels, and what's better then a red Corvette?).
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh10.jpg
And lastly montering the status of his pizza order at his computer, just ignore the Nazi death corp symbol there, you can't expect a super hero to be able to afford nice stuff on their salery (nothing), so Scorp releaved it from some people he pummled.
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh11.jpg
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Ok, first, not sure if this has been covered, but are we ever going to see some screens of the interface? I know they are most likely everywhere, but lets see yours.
Secondly, Spriggan. What in the unholiest of all circumstances are you saying here: "distincetive districts"??? I am baffled.
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Ok, first, not sure if this has been covered, but are we ever going to see some screens of the interface? I know they are most likely everywhere, but lets see yours.
There is no interface Gemm, it's all done by brainwaves.
Secondly, Spriggan. What in the unholiest of all circumstances are you saying here: "distincetive districts"??? I am baffled.
You're a creative guy, I'm sure you can come up with something.
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Yes, so. I certainly understand everything but what about those who don't? What shall you tell them? The hopeless fools who can't help but wonder what is meant?!
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Ok, that corvette is the second sexiest CoH character I've seen yet.
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I have to say I'm enjoying my Tanker, Scorp, a lot, maybe more then I should. I love how I can just run into a group of mobs higher level then me and burn them all into a crisp. Being duel fire speck makes me do lots of damage, though not have as much defence as other tankers, and I've even managed to out damage Scrappers my level on several occasions and I have better defence then them. The thing I don't like about his is there's a seveare lack of stragety/challenge in playing him. It's allwayse the same 3 buttion pressed in the same order.
I enjoy the challenge of my defender a lot, yet have trouble soloing. If I had more energy I could easy tank almost as well as Scorp, yet Kea's powers drain her power too fast and even haveing lots of insperations dosen't help much since I have to go restock after every fight (if there's more then 2-3 people). Sad thing is, besides Ent and Fell sidekicking me, I have yet to get my defender into a group. Yet my Tanker gets spam invites for teams, and he's the one that can solo realy fast. I think I'm going to try and get lots of pool powers with her, I have the 2 psychic ones I want so I can max wind and still have enough to get flight, phaseing, leaderships and some of the low levels of the other catagories.
I like blasters too, yet I haven't come up with a cool design yet. I want to do a robot with a tommygun, yet I don't care much for the robotic costume parts. I like the bare, frame only arms and wish there were legs like that and maybe a more hollow chest.
My scrapper feels like a weaker version of my tank, he's a spike/invulnerbility combo so can take damage, he does about the same damge (he misses more then the tank for some reason, and ya I've got acc enhancements for both, but does more if he hits) and takes more.
Don't think I'm going to try a controller anytime soon since I want to actualy get these guys to 10, though I am looking forward to seeing how the shapeshifting class will work once the next update goes live.
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You might be missing more as a Spines scrapper because Spines is mostly about AOE damage. Its not very good against single targets. But at the higher levels, Spines can be very effective indeed.
For Single target, you want Claws, Katana or Broadsword. Dark Melee is an effective in-between, and is a very situational power-set.
Oh, and a Fire/Fire tanker is one of the best characters in the game, in terms of ease of soloing - fire is the most well-thought out power set at the moment, no matter the class. As a scrapper, let me just say - Get Provoke!
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I have taunt Jack, but it's soo hard to allwayse be switching between targets, so ya I think Provoke would be a better power. I think it's strange that the AOE taunt is a pool power and not availible to Tankers as part of their normal power set
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So Scorp hit 10 today (didn't take long, after grouping with Fell I was about 3/4 the way done), and to celebrate I made a supergroup. Not becasue I exepect anyone to join, nor am I going to recruit, but because I wanted a second costume option.
So here you have it, the League of Extraordinary Time-Wasters! Also there's a shot of the interface for Gemm.
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh13.jpg
and for fun, senseless disctruction with Fell (he's flying behind me in this pic so not in the shot):
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh12.jpg
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I have taunt Jack, but it's soo hard to allwayse be switching between targets, so ya I think Provoke would be a better power. I think it's strange that the AOE taunt is a pool power and not availible to Tankers as part of their normal power set
You and Tankers both, Spriggan. Luckily, the Devs have responded - and are currently contemplating putting a minor 'Provoke' in every Tanker melee attack. Which would be very nice indeed. As the game is now however, every Tanker bar Invincible ones needs Provoke - at least if they have any desire to actually be effective in Hazard Zones, Trials, and Task Forces. If you will never do any of these, then you dont need it.
But why miss out on the best part of the game just to avoid one power?
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Ya I'm going to pick it up at lvl 12. I was wondering if there's any reason to actualy have taunt? Since I get a respec at 24 (from the quest) I was planning on getting rid of taunt then, but I wont if it's useful over provoke in certain situations.
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I think that Taunt is better at actually taunting. That would be the obvious assumption. I've not even got taunt on SSG, waste of a power slot. I've got a level 7 tanker with it though.
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I cant be sure - so dont go by me - but yes, I believe Taunt is more effective, and never misses. I also recall something about it being faster and longer range than Provoke, but Im not sure about that one. The Master Tankers (what few there are) swear by both - Provoke is good for getting lots of mobs on to you, but occasionally - when that one mob is half-way across the room, beating on the controller - its best to use Taunt. Especially if youre Invulnerable and cant move.
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Hey Entropy, when are you going to have time this week to help my Defender with some annoying quests?
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Oh, i've got loads of time, I just need to work out why my credit card got rejected for no reason by Mystic this month.
And I need to drag myself away from Deus Ex 2.
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So I finally got around to adding pictures to the latest blog (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=870#entry34). Don't hate me, my hurts and I can barely see the screen.
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Taunt would be cooler if it actually put up a taunt in a speech bubble: "Die Scum!" and the like.
Also, even though I'm not in that screenshot, my electrical beams of death are pretty easy to spot. Go UXB!
That guy in the lower left, by the way, with his little checkered pants, was a doof to play with. He was usually pretty good, though he'd occasionally get bored or something and teleport into the middle of a huge group of bad guys, getting himself and half the group killed. I died twice in that stupid mission. Spriggan was one of the better players in that 7-person group, I have to say; it takes a lot to know how to play a tanker, especially sidekicked from 8 to 22, but he handled the mobs quite well.
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Holy crap the servers or something are all wacked out right now, I cannot go for more then 30 seconds without getting disconected or lagging horrible (looseing connection). It took me about 10 mintues to get to the top of a building via a fire excape, for every floor I lagged out twice.
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So I reached 10 with Kea tonight and got hover, it's not much fun to fly around with that slow as a turtle spell, but what is fun is being right above someone and useing Gale (which knocks mobs back) and watch them bounce up and down on the cement.
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Hover can be a decent travel power but you have to slot it out. It does give you a defensive boost though so that's something at least :)
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So after teaming with UXB the other night, Blaze decidied he'd like to have a ranged Blaster attack. Since UXB wasn't on last night he borrowed her's.
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh14.jpg
Also I was bored and was messing around with the character generator and came up with a design I liked so much I went ahead and made a Muntant controller with.
http://www.monkeyslothstudio.com/coh/coh15.jpg
Name is The Dead Feild and he's an Earth/radiation controller. I was realy devided between Gravity/radiation or Earth/radiation, but I ended up going with earth becasue I wanted a pet. And, wow, earth is a powerfull, I don't kill things fast, but I can keep whole groups immobolized while I kill them.
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new blog, (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=870#entry35) new obscure movie references.
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You know, I always love reading the blog because its fun to see the reactions to stuff in the game. Before I take U and crew on wild adventures, Ive usually fought a few missions against the foe - so Im aware, and Ive lost my sense of wonder. The blog gives me that back. Plus, its always fun seeing myself mentioned as such a sterling upright citizen, when in fact Im crazy, given to rushing in to bad situations only I can survive, and just generally dangerous to my team. If it werent for Father Duffy, Im sure we would have all died many times more than we should have.
Incidentally, Ive queued up a special mission or two, U - so if on Friday night you have a spare hour or two, Ill get the rest of the posse together and we'll go check out... Oranbega.
Oh, Jacky Boy has become The Jack. I registered at last. Yay!
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I've been there. It's pretty damn cool. Though I must question precisely where the population live. Lots of corridors, few rooms.
Though Blazing Fury looked at the blog and read this thread, and then said when we saw some bookcases that JP would like the pr0n they undoubtedly held. I laughed myself silly. JP's freakiness is becoming widespread knowledge :D
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You'll have to count me out of Friday night, Jack, but save me a spot on Saturday.
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Of course, the good thing about living in Australia (apart from the beaches, women, beer, and mates) is that your night is my day. Hence my Saturday night commitments in no way prevent me from playing a rousing few hours of City of Heroes in the morning. Ha ha!
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The Jack is a fellow Aussie?
Maaattteee! Where abouts do you hail from?
More importantly, want to create a hot female character and meet up sometime afterwards?
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ok, THAT crosses a line. Do not proposition other board members to cross dress for your fantasy.
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ya, we may have to have the forum admin repremend.... Oh wait, you're the forum admin.
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Here is where I point out that in that particular post I was joking.
I do not retract my previous statements abour UXB, SSG or EvilDeadGirl. They are all hot. This does not mean I have Fantasies involving male members of this board.
Besides, I swear the poster of Rikku on my wall was giving me a jealous look.
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no, that would be disdain.
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So... a little birdie told me that a certain Aussie on this board liked my character on COH.
SSG, haven't seen you online in awhile, our paths just don't seem to be crossing lately :(
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/me refuses to accept that JP is getting hit on for his video game-comic character perverse lust.
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LDG: Yeah. My credit card went wonky or something when the monthly subscription was attempted :( I'm trying to get it fixed...
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See, that would be me. Obviously.
Oh, and for the record, LDG beats out both SSG and UXB in BOTH costumes, purely for the anarchy symbol.
And I'm not just saying that because you're here now.
SE: I simply can't think of a funny reply to that. You win.
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Ryu WINS!
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Good Lord, theres another Aussie? I have to leave, there can only be one token Aussie at a time :)
Nah, Im from Perth amigo. You aint one of those dirty easterners, are ya?
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Brisbane, City of. I grew up in New South Wales, but don't hold that against me.
BTW, you're a bit late if you want to be a token Aussie. There's already two of us, and one member has had the opporunity to visit and try out Koala Whacking.
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THere are as many aussie regulars as there are East Coast Americans (never call someone from the US South East a yankee unless you want a war)
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We don't call them "yankees". We call them "Yanks". Which basically translates to "American person" with tones of "Stupid American".
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same thing. And unless you want me to start calling you the crocodile hunter, don't call me that.
I do know what the rule is, btw. in the world, an AMerican is a Yankee. In America, An easterner is a yankee. In the east, a northerner is a yankee. In the north, a New Hampshire resident is a yankee. In New Hampshire, you're only a yankee if you still have an outhouse. Among those who have outhouses, only those who keep ther pr0n in the outhouse are yankees.
Anyway, no, Not a yankee.
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In the midwest, a yankee is just a baseball team in new york.
I've been called a yank, by friends, many times her in Oz.
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yeah, but you're from Nebraska. In the South, we used to shoot at dem durn yankees.
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Nebraska!
How dare, I say, how dare you!
I'm from Illinois. Nebraska is a flat state filled with miles and miles of corn. Illinois is flat state filled with miles and miles of corn and also some wheat and bean.
I won't take this slight to my honor.
I challenge you to a duel!
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/me sells weapons to both sides
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BTW, who called anyone a yank in the first place?
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I coulda sworn you were in Nebraska. oh well, guess I'll have to kill you now.
ANd no one did, JP. I just wanted to pick a fight.
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no, it's Nicadymas, Rican and MoreDew are the nebraska crew (ie my friends).
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*Sigh* No more UXB updates.
So does this mean you'll be switching to WoW once things settle down?
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No more UXB?
/me cries
Also, the forum members joining was only indirectly your fault, and in part due to my all-around pervertedness. So yeah.
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...and in part due to my all-around pervertedness...
Umm...No.
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I thought I'd link to (http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=870#entry36) the last blog now that I've made it all pretty.
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Also, the forum members joining was...in part due to my all-around pervertedness.
Yup.. s'why I joined.. well.. that and so I could haress SSG somewhere new ;)
And ah, Mr_Pleasington, another Illinoisian, I see :D
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so I could haress SSG somewhere new ;)
It ain't harrassing when I enjoy it. Thats rule #5778.
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And ah, Mr_Pleasington, another Illinoisian, I see :D
And another here (in exile at the moment, but from a farm in western IL originally, and lived in Hyde Park in Chi for a while.
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King-Prin-cess! King-Prin-cess! King-Prin-cess!
His/her adoring fans are outside chanting praise to the object of their devotion. They just want to know what s/he looks like.
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Meh, you're all yanks. Who spell wrong and drive on the wrong side of the road. And who don't speak english anymore.
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Says the guy who just made about eight grammatical mistakes in two sentances.
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Says the guy who misspelled sentence. ;)
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Says the girl who uh... corrects the rest of us...
Wow. I guess that's pretty much the last word then
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Says the guy who thinks he got the last word.
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Says the guy who doesn't know what he's talking about.
see, I think Stacer got the last word.
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Says all of us who are crying inside.
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Says Gemm.
Which, really, is a comment unto itself.
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Says I unto whom will all living things be made!
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If you guys really need a CoH fix I can post my adventures here, but I can't promise they'll be nearly as entertaining.
Or if you don't need the fix I'll just keep posting some interesting screenshots so you have something pretty to look at.
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I don't need a fix... 'cause I'm online playing it at least once a day :P but screenshots are fun
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While taking down a 5th Column base the other day, my SG ran into our first warwolf (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/CoH-Monkehs/warwolf.jpg). You can kinda see him in the back. Unfortunately, he was behind me when he changed and by the time I turned around to snap he was on his way to a snout-plant. Go team!
Here's (http://photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/CoH-Monkehs/?action=view¤t=sg_ladies.jpg) some of the "ladies" in our SG.
Too funny (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/CoH-Clones/StayPuft.jpg) not to post.
For you Sat morning vets. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/Dex1138/CoH-Clones/princessariel.jpg) She never made it into the game, just tooling around with the character maker one day :)
Should anyone happen to be on Victory, feel free to give me a shout.
Capt. Blaze
Halloween Eve
Mr. Creepsly
Ghoulia Darke
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the stay puft. Sweet. WIth a cigar no less.
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Your lady link seems to be busted. I love the stay-puft guy, though.
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I'm seriously considering makeing a comic all from ScreenShots. It'll be hard to get some angles and pics of the badguys doing things when the hero isn't around, but I have a few ideas on how to do it.
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Heads up heroes! Those wacky devs at Cryptic have cooked up some Halloween fun for us: Trick or Treating!
I'm not sure if it's all weekend or just Sunday, but I'm sure you'll notice it!
From what I hear you can open building doors to Trick or Treat. You may get a treat (inspiration), a trick (some new [link=http://webhost.bridgew.edu/a1hatch/cohevent/pumpkinhead.jpg]special monsters[/link]) or a rock (temp power you can throw).
There are also new badges for dropping the Halloween meanies. [link=http://webhost.bridgew.edu/a1hatch/cohevent/pumpkinhead.jpg]List here[/link]
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Looks like I picked the wrong day to give up amphetamines.
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Well it was bound to happen, Marvel is sueing Cryptis and NCSoft over copyright violations and demanding that CoH stop allowing people to copy their characters.
http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=173007
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that's absurd.
I dont' know if they'll win, but they shouldn't. After all, CoH didn't make the copies, the players did. And how are they supposed to monitor for that thing? Stupid. Just stupid.
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Actualy the user agreement forbits copying other's intellectual property and if you violate it (it a hulkish guy named the Hulk) the GM's will change it.
I found from reading around that Marvel is going to release their own MMO game probaly next year, so it looks like their either trying to strong arm the competition or bring attention to their product.
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well, when it's THAT obvious it's easy, but they can't monitor every character's appearance for apparent similarity to someone else's product
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That is ridiculous. I've seen plenty of copycat heroes running around from every major label. And I know if the Gaming Gods find out about any copyright violation it's taken care of. There used to be a Supergroup on my server called The Avengers and while none of the members looked like said group, they were forced to change their name.
IMO, the amount of copycat characters is a very small percent of players and rarely have I seen any of them advance beyond level 10 or so.