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Jorden_Yen

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I want answers

Maybe someone with an active account can send these along for me...

3. Why won't they let non-paying members post in their forums? I seriously doubt they'd have that big of a problem with random people posting garbage (no other forum I know has that problem)

2. Why won't they implement a lower cost per month for a limited hours account for casual players like me? I would play more than once a year if they did.

1. Why, after all these issues, haven't they done something about useless powers? There are so many wasted powers that NO ONE ever takes. Why not take the hint and modify or replace them with something useful?

I admit my naivety as in that I've only played for a month (and that was I4 almost 9 months ago!), but I think these complaints are valid. Just my thoughts...

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11/29/05 12:03

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Re: I want answers

I think they want to cater to their client base as opposed to the casuals...but between you and me, the official forums are bunk there is constant name-calling and going off topic there.

Don't know about the fees...I suppose you could go "infinite" with 14 day trials ;)

Agreed on the last part, I think they do clean up and buff powers as needed...for example Hot Feet is considered complete garbage, but with trick arrow and glue arrow, it can be pretty good, hope that helped.

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11/29/05 12:47

Jorden_Yen

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Re: I want answers

I didn't mean get rid of the 14.99 rate, I meant add a second rate plan.

As for powers, I see that's true and adding new power types is good, but have you ever seen anyone take group fly? Conversely, can't they do something about those pool powers that EVERYONE takes (Stamina)? It's kind of a bummer to feel like you're at a huge disadvantage if you don't take the same power as everyone else.

Insert random griping here - (gripe, gripe, gripe...)

11/29/05 12:53

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When I was still a very small hero, I sidekicked to somebody who had group fly. I could not have been happier. It was so cool to have my first flying lesson. I am sure that he respec'ed it out later, but is was very cool he had it at the time. Maybe the taxibots in the hollows might use it.

And stanima is no longer a "must have" in CoV. For masterminds it is not as useful. And I know Sapphire Gypsy runs around with a hero without stanima and hasten, and she is still quite effective.

I think it is great there are "meaningless" powers. It is not always important to have the most optimal build. I like to pick the silly powers just to be different. Otherwise they could have just turned it in a fixed scheme setup. Just level, and you will get powers allocated automatically based on your arch-type.

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11/29/05 13:09

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Re: I want answers

Group fly would be great to take care of the Sky Skiffs badge...

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11/29/05 13:18

WarShadow

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Re: I want answers

Well I know that group teleport is kinda of useless but it is great for geating the whole team out of caltrop or quicksand feilds so that is why I keep it around.

As for the main boards you are better off not going there as a lot of people tend to like to call people names.

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11/29/05 13:25

Jorden_Yen

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Re: I want answers

Well, the only reason I wanted in the main boards was that I don't think the devs spend much time here. I'd like to see that my voice was heard.

As you might have read from my pinned guide at the top of this forum, I have a lot of good (IMHO) opinions that would help the game. Like the aforementioned (in other topic) ability to write a small, one line comment when adding friends so you can remember why you added them later.

I also asked for more random events like monsters running down the streets sometimes (which I guess they got around to doing a little) and hidden items just out in the maps (powers, inspirations, influence) etc. Kind of a treasure hunting theme :)

11/29/05 13:34

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So, you have to create new characters each time you decide to play? Ouch...

Let us know who and where you are at and we can team up.

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11/29/05 13:47

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Well, the only reason I wanted in the main boards was that I don't think the devs spend much time here. I'd like to see that my voice was heard.

Unfortunately, the devs don't spend a whole lot of time on their OWN forums, let alone on any fansite forums. Really the only way to get suggestions to them is to PM some of the customer liasons, like CuppaJo over on the main board forums. But it's best to do it via PM since the devs and liasons don't READ the forums that often. It would be a full time job just keeping up with them.

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11/29/05 13:59

Nakoma

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Re: I want answers

Most of your questions should be sent to support, but this one...

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1. Why, after all these issues, haven't they done something about useless powers? There are so many wasted powers that NO ONE ever takes. Why not take the hint and modify or replace them with something useful?

...kinda makes me twitch. Mostly because it is a matter of perspective. First off, the powers that I find to be useless in a set give me room to get into the power pools. On the characters that I have taken everything with, I don't get the chance.

Secondly, what is useless to you might not be to others. Example: Tornado from the Storm set. Almost everyone will tell you that this is a worthless and uncontrollable power. Not the people who have teamed with me, though. As with most "useless" powers, it is all about how you put them to use. I have found ways to maximize the potential of Tornado, and I would be heartbroken if they took it away from me. I have even convinced other stormies to take it, after they see what can be done with it.

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11/29/05 14:00

Jorden_Yen

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So, you have to create new characters each time you decide to play? Ouch...

I don't think so... Last time I played (which was more than a full year since the first time), I reactivated my account and all my chars were still there right as I left them. I sure hope they haven't changed that!

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Most of your questions should be sent to support, but this one......kinda makes me twitch.

*Sigh* I acquiesce. I know that I'm just ranting so please don't take it too harshly. I guess it's just that if you have to wait so long for the final powers in a set (or pool), it's a bit of a let-down if it's a power that you have to really work to make useful.

Just out of curiosity, can you point me to something about the benefits of Tornado? I thought of an awesome build for a storm/sonic defender that I want to try when my account goes active again and I'm always open to suggestions :)

Maybe someone should start a "Way to use otherwise useless powers" thread :D I read something from Lord-Xephon about TP Foe that looked pretty fun.

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11/29/05 14:27

Nakoma

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I guess it's just that if you have to wait so long for the final powers in a set (or pool), it's a bit of a let-down if it's a power that you have to really work to make useful.

This statement I can agree with. My level 50 blaster got Hot Feet. Great... my little blaster who doesn't fare well with aggro should get in the middle of the pack and annoy the heck out of them? Sounds fantastic!

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Just out of curiosity, can you point me to something about the benefits of Tornado? I thought of an awesome build for a storm/sonic defender that I want to try when my account goes active again and I'm always open to suggestions :)

I am probably your only source for the benefits of Tornado, lol!

Tornado does little damage but lots of knockback and disorient, and has 2 really good uses:

1. If you are being overwhelmed and people are about to die, drop it. Tornado goes wild and moves from person to person, tossing them in the air and disorienting them. Drop it, and you may turn the tides, or at least give enough breathing room to run like heck!

2. Pinning down the biggest pain in the room. If you have a big boss, such as a Paragon Protector, you can use it in conjuntion with Hurricane to keep them under control. Turn your Hurricane on, and push said pain into a corner. Then drop your Tornado. If there is no one else near, your Tornado will stay in the corner, and work over anyone in it. With just Hurricane, baddies will get the occasional chance to attack you, with the potential to stun you and drop your toggles. Paragon Protectors get the chance to use Moment of Glory, possibly the most irritating power to fight against ever. Add your Tornado, it will never happen. No feet = no MoG. I have juggled up to four Paragon Protectors at one time! I have my Tornado slotted with recharges to make it perma (unheard of!). Once I am juggling, I drop Freezing Rain, Lightning Storm, and all my dark attacks. Everone else gets to take potshots too, or handle the rest of the action while you keep the toughest enemies busy.

Note: Tornado will NOT work on an AV, but WILL incur mass debt if used incorrectly... LOL.

11/29/05 15:13

WarShadow

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I do know of one truly useless power. It is called Flurry you have the same animation time as dark maul but you only hit on target and it is only smashing damage.

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11/29/05 15:21

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Flurry is still a cone. It's just a smaller cone so it's hard to get more than 1 with it. What sucks about it is it takes so long to animate all my other attacks are recharged and waiting by the time it's done and they all do more damage.

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11/29/05 18:38

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2. Pinning down the biggest pain in the room. If you have a big boss, such as a Paragon Protector, you can use it in conjuntion with Hurricane to keep them under control. Turn your Hurricane on, and push said pain into a corner. Then drop your Tornado. If there is no one else near, your Tornado will stay in the corner, and work over anyone in it. With just Hurricane, baddies will get the occasional chance to attack you, with the potential to stun you and drop your toggles. Paragon Protectors get the chance to use Moment of Glory, possibly the most irritating power to fight against ever. Add your Tornado, it will never happen. No feet = no MoG. I have juggled up to four Paragon Protectors at one time! I have my Tornado slotted with recharges to make it perma (unheard of!). Once I am juggling, I drop Freezing Rain, Lightning Storm, and all my dark attacks. Everone else gets to take potshots too, or handle the rest of the action while you keep the toughest enemies busy.

I had the honor of teaming w/ Mr Uganda on the Doctor's Ally mish - with a number of PPs. What he said is so true. He totally pwnzed the protectors when he trapped them in the corner. In fact, I felt like I PLed because by the time my troll got to the protector he was engaging, there was very little risk involved in the battle - they just kept floating in the corner. Very slick move Nak. Very slick.

11/30/05 00:12

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So, you have to create new characters each time you decide to play? Ouch...

I did not mean to scare you. Looks like your characters would be fine, but you may need to rename your characters. They made a change to the character names in one of the recent updates. Any character that is under level 35 and has not been active for over 90 days will have be changed to unreserved status. Which means some of your characters may have to be renamed if the name was taken by someone else while you were gone.

Here is the posting explaining this from the main forum:

Change to the status of reserved names

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11/30/05 09:44

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It says for characters under level 35...so if we have anything above that does that mean the name will never be lost or reissued to another person?

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11/30/05 09:48

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No, the opposite. Once you hero reaches 35 his/her name we be yours forever.

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11/30/05 09:55

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It says for characters under level 35...so if we have anything above that does that mean the name will never be lost or reissued to another person?

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No, the opposite. Once you hero reaches 35 his/her name we be yours forever.

Phedre_D actually is agreeing with you. If you are over level 35 your character's name is yours forever or until you delete it.

So you are correct it can never be lost or reissued to another person unless you actually delete the character.

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11/30/05 09:59

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It says for characters under level 35...so if we have anything above that does that mean the name will never be lost or reissued to another person?

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No, the opposite. Once you hero reaches 35 his/her name we be yours forever.

Doh! maybe I should read before answering. Thanks for catching that, Swiss.

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11/30/05 10:05

Jorden_Yen

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That might actually work really well for me. I was wanting to recreate a character, but I like her name and look. I can probably just create a new character from scratch with the same name and it will "steal" the name from my other one.

11/30/05 10:54

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Yes I want answers too...

If 7 8 9, what in the hell was 10 doing? For that matter where was 6 during this heinous act.

I do have a chime in for the useless powers.....in all reality there is no useless power. You have to think that there is a small niche of RP'ers that may use those "useless powers". I could see a RP'er taking Flurry or Heal Ally to play up the RP aspects.

Im sure it goes also for some other useless powers like everything under Defender, Blaster, and Tanker sets. Im kidding...really the other Archetypes are great when I lonely or such.

Ok back to your regularly scheduled posting.

11/30/05 11:58

elLOCOmutha

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I would like an answer to this....

When you put a character on the test server...does that mean it is taken off the regular server you had it on...or is it just like a copy of the character you have?

Can you transfer any characters you have made over to the test server...like a PB or WS? Does it use up slots for characters? How long does your character stay on the test server? Is the test server just like anyother server or just a blan server? lol i guess I should have numbered these questions...I had s many...sorry people! :)

11/30/05 14:11

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I would like an answer to this....

1.When you put a character on the test server...does that mean it is taken off the regular server you had it on...or is it just like a copy of the character you have?

2. Can you transfer any characters you have made over to the test server...like a PB or WS?

3.Does it use up slots for characters? How long does your character stay on the test server?

4.Is the test server just like anyother server or just a blan server? lol i guess I should have numbered these questions...I had s many...sorry people! :)

Answers:

1. No, it just creates a copy of that character as of that moment when you copy it. Also, you can not copy the character back to the regular servers.

2. Yes, all character types can be copied over to the test server.

3. No it doesn't cost anything or use any slots to copy it over. It is just to test new coming updates or test power options. Some us it before they level up to test the different choices they have when they level. The can choose on power and run around with it to see if it really what they want before they pick it on the live servers.

4. It the place where the devs send their latest updates to be tested by the users before they set it live. Usually the latest updates that are currently being tested on the test server are listed on the main website (and most of the time on of the staff here will post the information here as well).

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Edit: changes in the information...sry typing errors

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