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From the US official boards:
| QUOTE | I just got back from PAX, I had a wonderful time. I met Positron and Lighthouse, among other fun things. Many thanks to Lighthouse for the Mako and Ghost Widow Hero Clix.
Both of these guys were really personable and nice and Lighthouse took some good natured ribbing with great grace. He doesn't want to meet my Inv/EM Tank in the Arena. I had a chance to ask Posi about a few things and was able to overhear other questions from other fans (Even though it was incredibley loud in side the expo hall it was hot too).
1. I asked him about future plans for the Shadow Shard and if it was going to go Co Op. Basically his answer was the the RWZ is what they wanted Co Op to be at this time, and that because of gameplay problems with the shard and how big it is that this wasn't something they intended on getting into the game anytime soon.
2. I asked him about Pocket D getting year round contacts for Co Op and he basically said that would be seasonal stuuf only. I quickly followed this up with are we getting Halloween agian this year. His response was Yes, with some new twists and some new badges. He didn't go into details.
3. I asked him if the 5th Column were comeing back. He said yes and left me under the impression that it would come in issue 11. That conjecture on my part though.
4. I asked him what he could tell me about I11, He said that there will be a number of new story lines introduced and plenty of things for level capped aka 50s to do.
5. Another fan asked about the new power sets, Posi said they will be Dual Blades and Willpower, and will be for all 4 of the Melee ATs in whate ever Combo makes sensce for them.
6. That Fan also asked about a lv cap increase. No.
7. I asked about after 50 rewards such as extra enhancement slots. His answer was that was something they had discussed in house but that the tech programming is time consumeing and that that was way on the back burner.
8. I asked about the SG limit and the whole 75 accounts in a sg deal. This is something he says they want to implement but they are haveing Data Base problems with it. He further said that they thought they had the problem licked 2 issues ago but the solution that they had come up with had the potential to massively corrupt the data in super groups through out the game.
9. Also my brother says that Lighthouse said that closed beta for i11 is right around the corner, its a matter of a few weeks. Keep in mind I didn't actually hear this but others in the group I was in confirmed thats what he said.
Thats all that I can remember off the top of my head.
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4 melee ATs, i.e. Scrapper, Tank, Stalker and Brute.. Dual Blades sounds like fun, but Willpower..... meh.
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| QUOTE | From the US official boards:
| QUOTE | I just got back from PAX, I had a wonderful time. I met Positron and Lighthouse, among other fun things. Many thanks to Lighthouse for the Mako and Ghost Widow Hero Clix.
Both of these guys were really personable and nice and Lighthouse took some good natured ribbing with great grace. He doesn't want to meet my Inv/EM Tank in the Arena. I had a chance to ask Posi about a few things and was able to overhear other questions from other fans (Even though it was incredibley loud in side the expo hall it was hot too).
1. I asked him about future plans for the Shadow Shard and if it was going to go Co Op. Basically his answer was the the RWZ is what they wanted Co Op to be at this time, and that because of gameplay problems with the shard and how big it is that this wasn't something they intended on getting into the game anytime soon.
2. I asked him about Pocket D getting year round contacts for Co Op and he basically said that would be seasonal stuuf only. I quickly followed this up with are we getting Halloween agian this year. His response was Yes, with some new twists and some new badges. He didn't go into details.
3. I asked him if the 5th Column were comeing back. He said yes and left me under the impression that it would come in issue 11. That conjecture on my part though.
4. I asked him what he could tell me about I11, He said that there will be a number of new story lines introduced and plenty of things for level capped aka 50s to do.
5. Another fan asked about the new power sets, Posi said they will be Dual Blades and Willpower, and will be for all 4 of the Melee ATs in whate ever Combo makes sensce for them.
6. That Fan also asked about a lv cap increase. No.
7. I asked about after 50 rewards such as extra enhancement slots. His answer was that was something they had discussed in house but that the tech programming is time consumeing and that that was way on the back burner.
8. I asked about the SG limit and the whole 75 accounts in a sg deal. This is something he says they want to implement but they are haveing Data Base problems with it. He further said that they thought they had the problem licked 2 issues ago but the solution that they had come up with had the potential to massively corrupt the data in super groups through out the game.
9. Also my brother says that Lighthouse said that closed beta for i11 is right around the corner, its a matter of a few weeks. Keep in mind I didn't actually hear this but others in the group I was in confirmed thats what he said.
Thats all that I can remember off the top of my head.
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4 melee ATs, i.e. Scrapper, Tank, Stalker and Brute.. Dual Blades sounds like fun, but Willpower..... meh.
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Willpower lol, what moves come in that set?
'actually bother attacking'
'Quit smoking'
'Quit drinking'
'Attempt to be useful'
it sounds, odd, i liked the idea of growth as a secondary personally
PS well posted
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| 08/26/07 14:26 |
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I think willpower will be pretty cool concept wise, implementation might be a bit weird but I'd bet my left ear hair dull pain and it's like will be in there. . . And Moment of Glory. And the dual blades thing will be a lot of fun to play, me thinks, if only for the whole. . . you know. . . two blades thing.
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| 08/26/07 14:41 |
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| QUOTE | I think willpower will be pretty cool concept wise, implementation might be a bit weird but I'd bet my left ear hair dull pain and it's like will be in there. . . And Moment of Glory. And the dual blades thing will be a lot of fun to play, me thinks, if only for the whole. . . you know. . . two blades thing.
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Soon as dual blades come out single blades are gonig to be so redundant...
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| 08/26/07 17:28 |
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | I think willpower will be pretty cool concept wise, implementation might be a bit weird but I'd bet my left ear hair dull pain and it's like will be in there. . . And Moment of Glory. And the dual blades thing will be a lot of fun to play, me thinks, if only for the whole. . . you know. . . two blades thing.
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Soon as dual blades come out single blades are gonig to be so redundant... |
I hear that the DB are going to be like the red caps and the same animation of Claws....
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| 08/28/07 12:22 |
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i dont know how im going to like these new powers. What i think should have been done is when duel blades won. Converted the old single blade power to duel and then picked the 2nd highest winner for the new power. Yeah Willpower not sure how its going to work, but im not going to knock it tell i see it in action then i will knock it all day long LOL
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| 08/28/07 12:36 |
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Heres something to chew on... When duel blades come out will the MM ninja Jounin pets have duel blades or stay with the single ninja blade?
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| 08/28/07 15:14 |
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Dual Blades were confirmed Scimitars, so i'd doubt were going to see Jounin with Dual Scimis... It'd be like having a pet ninja Scirocco
Oh, and for those who arent going to check my post in the duplicate topic, here's the info that's been covered about the new sets so far
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | And how do you know these wont be dual psi blades? |
I spoke directly to Posi at the booth yesterday, and asked what type of blades we were talking about(Short swords, daggers, etc.) and, while it was quite loud, I'm pretty sure he said scimitars. Also, didn't read through all the pages, but Posi said that Dual Blades will differ from the other weapon based melee sets, and all other attack sets evidently, because it has something cool no other power set does. He wouldn't even hint, but he said it's worth seeing and a lot of fun.
Again, not sure if this ground has been covered, but Willpower is a resistance set featuring predominantly permenant powers, thus using very little endurance. However, your over all resists won't be as high as other sets, and fairly low to non-existent against Smashing and Lethal. Pretty sure someone asked about mez protection and he said "Yeah, really good mez protection."
These are just confirmed for I11, and were the power sets voted to the top of the list, so I'm glad they're doing what it seems the majority want, but I'm with you guys in the PsiMelee or PsiBlades would be really awesome. Maybe we'll see the next highest entries in I12?
And, yeah, Posi wouldn't even really hint at what the "thing everyone's been asking for since beta" thing was. Even though everyone but me asked. |
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| QUOTE | | Again, not sure if this ground has been covered, but Willpower is a resistance set featuring predominantly permenant powers, thus using very little endurance. However, your over all resists won't be as high as other sets, and fairly low to non-existent against Smashing and Lethal. Pretty sure someone asked about mez protection and he said "Yeah, really good mez protection." |
Correction here:
Willpower has 'decent' resists against Smashing/Lethal/Toxic/Psi damage. It has 'poor' resists but 'decent' defense against Fire/Cold/Energy/Negative Energy.
Someone earlier in the thread mentioned Taunt Auras. Brutes, Scrappers and Tankers all have a 'Taunt Aura' power called "Rise to the Challenge" that works similarly to Invincibility, but increases Regeneration rate rather than Defense.
As for the Dual Blades discussion:
1) Primarily Lethal damage (and, yes, I am very aware of the arguments against that.)
2) The animations are pretty darn cool looking. BAB has outdone himself here, I think.
3) As Posi said, the set is FAST. Not quick 'claws' speed, but fast nonetheless. For Tankers and Brutes, I imagine that'll be a nice change! |
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | Sort of a Quick Reply:
| QUOTE | | Again, not sure if this ground has been covered, but Willpower is a resistance set featuring predominantly permenant powers, thus using very little endurance. However, your over all resists won't be as high as other sets, and fairly low to non-existent against Smashing and Lethal. Pretty sure someone asked about mez protection and he said "Yeah, really good mez protection." |
Correction here:
Willpower has 'decent' resists against Smashing/Lethal/Toxic/Psi damage. It has 'poor' resists but 'decent' defense against Fire/Cold/Energy/Negative Energy.
Someone earlier in the thread mentioned Taunt Auras. Brutes, Scrappers and Tankers all have a 'Taunt Aura' power called "Rise to the Challenge" that works similarly to Invincibility, but increases Regeneration rate rather than Defense.
As for the Dual Blades discussion:
1) Primarily Lethal damage (and, yes, I am very aware of the arguments against that.)
2) The animations are pretty darn cool looking. BAB has outdone himself here, I think.
3) As Posi said, the set is FAST. Not quick 'claws' speed, but fast nonetheless. For Tankers and Brutes, I imagine that'll be a nice change! |
Just wanted to add my two cents.
Dual Blades are currently fast. Really fast. So fast, probably going to have to slow them down before we go into testing. They are also going to have a few extra gimmicks that are going to make them a very interesting set to play. This set is currently being designed for Stalkers, Scrappers, Brutes, and Tanks.
Willpower is our attempt to give the players a powerset that can fulfill the 'tough guy' concept and we're trying to hit a very minimal FX look to it. We have to have some kind of visual effects for the various toggles and clicks just so players will know what's on and what's not on, but overall it's going to be a much less glowy/sparkly than any of the the other 'defensive' powersets. We'll see if that survives our initial closed beta testing or if players will just feel it's lackluster because of the subdued FX. |
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Midnight Guard - Level 50 Dark Melee / Dark Armor / Soul Mastery Brute. [Defiant]
Flammenklinge - Level 50 Fire Melee / Invulnerability / Mu Mastery Brute. [Defiant]
Karokage - Level 36 Ninjas / Dark Miasma Mastermind. [Defiant]
Midnight Phantom - Level 35 Martial Arts / Ninjutsu Stalker. [Union]
Darkspire - Level 43 Dual Blades / Willpower Brute. [Defiant]
Zenodorus - Level 38 Crab Spider Soldier / Crab Spider Training Arachnos Soldier. [Union]
Battler - Level 41 Battle Axe / Willpower Brute. [Union]
Heroes:
Choshu - Level 50 Katana / Super Reflexes / Body Mastery Scrapper. [Defiant]
Ex Nihilo - Level 48 Umbral Blast / Umbral Aura Warshade. [Union]
Chihaji - Level 42 Radiation Emission / Electric Blast Defender. [Union]
Szakuri - Level 41 Claws / Regeneration Scrapper. [Union]
Holly Good - Level 35 Empathy / Psychic Blast Defender. [Defiant]
Scintillatus - Level 33 Fire Blast / Mental Manipulation Blaster. [Union]
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| 08/28/07 15:21 |
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i think what happends was every one chose DBs for the second vote but say on person votes for shelid and DB and onther person votes psi meller and DB
AND BD IS THE BIG WINNER
(i voted for DBs for my second on lol)
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| 08/28/07 16:15 |
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Actually, teenage kid, this might surprise you
Update from Positron:
| QUOTE | States wanted me to chime in:
Dual Blades was the winner of the "offensive powerset" poll. Psionic Weaponry was second, and Street Fighting was a distant third (but strangely had huge forum support in the discussions).
The winner of the "defensive powerset" poll was... Shields. And we did try to implement this for Issue 11. The only problem was to make Dual Blades as cool as possible, that left us without the time to get Shields done in time for the release. Shields is the single most complicated powerset we will ever do. The amount of animations it involves is staggering. But we DO KNOW you want it. It is on the list of things to get into the game!
Willpower was second place, and a lot simpler animation-wise. Castle had some really cool ideas for it, so it got the greenlight. (Third place was Growth, another troublesome-in-the-engine powerset).
So there you have it. I expanded upon the troubles of Shields a little at PAX, so those of you who caught me there got the full story on that, and probably shared it elsewhere in the forums that I haven't read yet. |
Seems like the euro polls were conveniently ignored, since Psi Weaponry was the runaway winner, and Shields on the bottom of the defensive sets
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Midnight Guard - Level 50 Dark Melee / Dark Armor / Soul Mastery Brute. [Defiant]
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Karokage - Level 36 Ninjas / Dark Miasma Mastermind. [Defiant]
Midnight Phantom - Level 35 Martial Arts / Ninjutsu Stalker. [Union]
Darkspire - Level 43 Dual Blades / Willpower Brute. [Defiant]
Zenodorus - Level 38 Crab Spider Soldier / Crab Spider Training Arachnos Soldier. [Union]
Battler - Level 41 Battle Axe / Willpower Brute. [Union]
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Choshu - Level 50 Katana / Super Reflexes / Body Mastery Scrapper. [Defiant]
Ex Nihilo - Level 48 Umbral Blast / Umbral Aura Warshade. [Union]
Chihaji - Level 42 Radiation Emission / Electric Blast Defender. [Union]
Szakuri - Level 41 Claws / Regeneration Scrapper. [Union]
Holly Good - Level 35 Empathy / Psychic Blast Defender. [Defiant]
Scintillatus - Level 33 Fire Blast / Mental Manipulation Blaster. [Union]
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| 08/29/07 08:01 |
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Well OF COURSE us Euro's are going to be ignored ¬_¬
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| 08/29/07 08:54 |
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| QUOTE | | Well OF COURSE us Euro's are going to be ignored ¬_¬ |
Duh, what did you expect?
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | Well OF COURSE us Euro's are going to be ignored ¬_¬ |
Duh, what did you expect? |
If we wanted their opinion, we wouldn't have formed our own country 231 years ago. :p
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This' just in from Back Alley Brawler, on why Shield wasnt picked, and DB/WIllpower animations.
| QUOTE | | QUOTE | | hmmm been thinking why shields would be so hard. they would have to rework most of the animations for all of the sets except maybe BS. |
Broadsword doesn't get a free pass either. The biggest hurdle for Shields is that the default combat stance that all of our power animations are based on doesn't accommodate having a shield equipped on the left arm. When we looked into how many animations we'd need to create modified duplicates of we ended up with a list of 102 animations. Take that list and multiply it by two as everything needs a standing and a flying version. Then take chunks of that list and multiply it by 3, as some animations are unique to each of the 3 basic player rigs. By contrast, Dual Blades, which has completely new animations for every single power, has required 23 animations. Willpower, zero.
And that's with restricting certain powerset combos. We can't have Katana/Shield scrappers or Shield/Dual Blade tankers for instance. Any left wield, dual wield, or 2 handed powersets have to be restricted with a Shield set. Sets like Stone Melee that have a couple of powers that use a two handed swing for their stone mallet would have to use a different animation instead. |
Looks like Dual Blades will get cool spins, jumps etc, while Willpower will be all tarzen adn 'come get some'. *sigh*
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Midnight Guard - Level 50 Dark Melee / Dark Armor / Soul Mastery Brute. [Defiant]
Flammenklinge - Level 50 Fire Melee / Invulnerability / Mu Mastery Brute. [Defiant]
Karokage - Level 36 Ninjas / Dark Miasma Mastermind. [Defiant]
Midnight Phantom - Level 35 Martial Arts / Ninjutsu Stalker. [Union]
Darkspire - Level 43 Dual Blades / Willpower Brute. [Defiant]
Zenodorus - Level 38 Crab Spider Soldier / Crab Spider Training Arachnos Soldier. [Union]
Battler - Level 41 Battle Axe / Willpower Brute. [Union]
Heroes:
Choshu - Level 50 Katana / Super Reflexes / Body Mastery Scrapper. [Defiant]
Ex Nihilo - Level 48 Umbral Blast / Umbral Aura Warshade. [Union]
Chihaji - Level 42 Radiation Emission / Electric Blast Defender. [Union]
Szakuri - Level 41 Claws / Regeneration Scrapper. [Union]
Holly Good - Level 35 Empathy / Psychic Blast Defender. [Defiant]
Scintillatus - Level 33 Fire Blast / Mental Manipulation Blaster. [Union]
Currently playing:
Scintillatus
Zenodorus
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| 08/31/07 08:41 |
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Willpower just sounds like a knockoff of Invulnerability to me. DB sounds like it will be fun to watch though. Do you realize how many killer harem dancers are going to suddenly appear in the game if they are scimatar?
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Do you realise how pissed of Scirocco will be when he finds out he got cheated on a blade, im pretty sure he would want two and lightning, thats gona be on unhappy(ier) patron
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I think that sheilds would be really cool, Im just worried that they're gonna make it look retarted, so everyone will have the same boring sheild.
That really compliments the idea of changing the look of your powers.
Swords/Weapon sets - Style, length, type, etc.
MM pets - Have a few other choices for pet looks, but not leaving the basic idea of what pet it is. Ex Thugs - be able to choose a cleaner cut thug, or choose to have 60's gangsters with black pistols and tommy guns.
"Aura"-ish powers - Color, and possibly have different styles.
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| QUOTE | I think that sheilds would be really cool, Im just worried that they're gonna make it look retarted, so everyone will have the same boring sheild.
That really compliments the idea of changing the look of your powers.
Swords/Weapon sets - Style, length, type, etc.
MM pets - Have a few other choices for pet looks, but not leaving the basic idea of what pet it is. Ex Thugs - be able to choose a cleaner cut thug, or choose to have 60's gangsters with black pistols and tommy guns.
"Aura"-ish powers - Color, and possibly have different styles.
Cr3 |
'Dont go there, girlfriend'. Power Customization is about as taboo to the Devs as possible. And to be honest I agree with them for reasons I have stated previously ad nauseum. Although they have worked on generic customization (see Vanguard and Mu lightening); the minute details like scribed swords and choosable Henchies (if I hear 'pet' one more time...) are a hurdle that with present tech and pocketbooks for said tech make cost-ineffective.
When the game runs smoothly in every zone with every power/aura/etc running with decent (read: non-laggy) framerates on a machine at least one year older than the present iteration; then further customization is probable, but til then I just dont see it. Hearing that the Devs are toying with the ideas is hopeful though.
Remember: Momma always said that laggy is as laggy does. -OR- Framerate is like a box of chocolates... you never know what yer gonna get. Customize too much, and all the pretty powers and swords will never get on a team, and the players will give up this game to go be an elf somewhere. Path of least resistance. Ah Gah-rohn-tee!
Of course, that is only my 'take'. Your mileage may vary.
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I'm liking Willpower because I think it could be quite interesting. Certainly a bit different to the other defence sets, and I like it being used with stalkers: just willing oneself invisible. I'm also a fan of DB, on the whole. I just don't think they are 'tank-y' though. Wielding dual blades would take a bit of finesse; something tanks stereotypically don't possess but also something that would be rather hard to do with a couple of dozen baddies pummeling you.
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| QUOTE | | I'm liking Willpower because I think it could be quite interesting. Certainly a bit different to the other defence sets, and I like it being used with stalkers: just willing oneself invisible. I'm also a fan of DB, on the whole. I just don't think they are 'tank-y' though. Wielding dual blades would take a bit of finesse; something tanks stereotypically don't possess but also something that would be rather hard to do with a couple of dozen baddies pummeling you. |
Did you not see Kill bill?
| QUOTE | 'Dont go there, girlfriend'. Power Customization is about as taboo to the Devs as possible. And to be honest I agree with them for reasons I have stated previously ad nauseum. Although they have worked on generic customization (see Vanguard and Mu lightening); the minute details like scribed swords and choosable Henchies (if I hear 'pet' one more time...) are a hurdle that with present tech and pocketbooks for said tech make cost-ineffective.
When the game runs smoothly in every zone with every power/aura/etc running with decent (read: non-laggy) framerates on a machine at least one year older than the present iteration; then further customization is probable, but til then I just dont see it. Hearing that the Devs are toying with the ideas is hopeful though.
Remember: Momma always said that laggy is as laggy does. -OR- Framerate is like a box of chocolates... you never know what yer gonna get. Customize too much, and all the pretty powers and swords will never get on a team, and the players will give up this game to go be an elf somewhere. Path of least resistance. Ah Gah-rohn-tee!
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They keep adding all these new sets, which is completely new animations and engines, all im asking for is colors and textures. MM pets will be a long shot though, I wouldn't blame them if it took a while for that. Oh, and yes they are "pets". My in-game UI even sais so.
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| QUOTE | | Did you not see Kill bill? |
Yeah, so much so that I know that she only ever had around five or so attacking her at one time ;)
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This sounds bad. For people who dont like to play physical types, whats for us?
And willpower? What the hell? Thats hardly going to be difficult to do graphics wise, is it.
Wouldnt it have been better to stagger the powerset releases so that scrappers and tankers get there duel blades, and the other types get a new power. Then on another issue, give tankers and scrappers willpower and the other types a new one?
I personally havent seen any interesting updates since issue 8, and I think its about time they got their act together!
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| QUOTE | | i dont know how im going to like these new powers. What i think should have been done is when duel blades won. Converted the old single blade power to duel and then picked the 2nd highest winner for the new power. Yeah Willpower not sure how its going to work, but im not going to knock it tell i see it in action then i will knock it all day long LOL |
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