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    Ouroboros Flashback Badge Guide

    in Guides

    Posted

    1 minute ago, tripthicket said:

    I can access Flashback missions within my SG base, via the Pillar of Ice and Flame. It even gives me the option to choose limitations. However, once I completed the mission, no badges were awarded at all. For badges, do I need to run these from the Pillar in Ouroboros?

    Nope, you can run all of them through the SG Pillar of Ice and Flame.

    Win the War on Rikti

    in Suggestions & Feedback

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Doc_Scorpion said:

    That's one of the weirdnesses that comes from trying to have a storyline and a persistent world and accommodate having a constant stream of new players and new toons.  I mean, "I've" wiped out Chernobog half a dozen times now...  In a single player game, he can stay gone.  In an MMO, what does the individual who came into the game a year after me fight?  You can't infinitely generate new content.

    Yeah this. I've only seen that type of thing occur with the Aaron Thiery and Matt Hasby arcs, where the player's choices remain in their game, but are not seen in other players unless they agree to take part in "their world."

    Patch Notes for August 24th, 2021

    in Patch Notes Discussion

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, Cobalt Arachne said:

    Slight update to the patch notes... The Cimeroran Traitors restored power 'Energized Shield' received a small update for better tracking and theming and was renamed 'Roman Armor', which has confused some players checking the Combat Attributes when they did not see Energized Shield.

    Also worth noting due to the fast track; The powers on the level 50-54 Cimeroran Traitors bracket are not quite final, and will be getting a few updates when Page 3 goes to testing later. Also, the (currently very WIP) Minotaur Nictus Axe will be going to players at that time as well.

    Stay tuned for more good things, there's a lot coming soon!

    😉

    I don't believe the last bit about the WIP has been teased on these boards yet, so this is a nice hint to the players of things to come!

    Win the War on Rikti

    in Suggestions & Feedback

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Piecemeal said:

    I am deeply offended that you don't count the Primal Devouring Earth as a global threat! In fact, in my interpretation of lore bible readings, the Hydra may have actually sprang out of first-round attempts to make the Devouring Earth, making them likely as old as the Rikti and Freakshow. The Hydra head eerily mirrors the descriptions of early Hamidon in his crucible, discovering the Devouring process for the first time.

     

    This interpretation conflicts with what the in game lore describes for the Hydra's origin. Tina Macintyre's Hydra Multidimensional exploration badge story arc says:

     

    "After months of effort, some Portal Corporation techs have managed to isolate the dimension the Hydra comes from."

     

    Dr. Steven Sheridan tells us their method of communication in the same arc after completing that mission from Tina:


    "Mighty interesting, Character. Mighty interesting indeed. I'll tell you one thing: these Hydra Men aren't the simple blobs of protoplasm we thought they were. In fact, I think this green goop they were covered in is actually their method of communication. Now, mind you, this is only a theory. I think the Hydra communicate through chemical signals. One Hydra Man secretes certain chemicals into that green plasma. Then he touches another, who can instantly 'read' his message. It's quite sophisticated, I assure you. If you'll bear with me for a moment, I believe I can develop a new plasma that will let you understand their chemical signals. Communication will be only one way, but it should give you a better idea of what's going on in that world.

     

    The last mission dialog in that arc from Tina tell us that:

     

    "the Rikti have been kidnapping Hydra Men from the dimension you visited. Then they bring the creatures back to our world, to help them fight their war against us. I always assumed the Hydra Men were hostile, but maybe they're just confused. Kidnapped, uprooted, stuck on some strange new planet far from their families. No wonder they assume we're all their enemies! It's too bad Dr. Sheridan wasn't able to engineer a way for you to make yourself understood to the Hydra Men; then we could tell them we mean them no harm. But I guess it's best if we just do what they asked of us: leave them alone."

     

    This all aligns with my Buckets of Spoilers! Lore Galore! thread:

     

    "The Hydra were kidnapped by the Rikti from their home dimension to guard underground bases after the first Rikti Invasion. You can learn more about this in Tina MacIntyre's missions (even through the Ouroboros options, from the mission chain that gives the Multidimensional badge, though you don't actually have to finish the chain to get the badge, so many people don't) (Credit to @Lazarillo)"

     

    Per my thread below:


     

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    Spider Man No Way Home official teaser

    in Comic, Hero & Villain Culture

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    2 hours ago, GraspingVileTerror said:

    Other than the entire Garfield debaucle and Raimi's loathing of Venom, Spider-Man has been an incredibly solid mainstay for media based on a Marvel property for many years.

    The trailer for this movie, and the chemistry which Cumberbatch and Holland possess, and the awesome energy which acting professionals like Zendaya, Batalon, and Favreau bring in to the mix . . . 

    Well.

    About the only thing which might make this movie better would be a post-credit stinger with Ryan Reynolds getting mouthy about his affection for a certain Spidery boy while merc'ing someone, you know?

     

    (So, so, SO excited about DaFoe and Molina!  I hope Goblin and Oc team up.  And Keaton's Vulture!  Oooo!  Excite-bike!)

    When I saw the orange and green goblin ball I was said WHAT! outloud 😄 

    Clearing locked character names

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Glacier Peak

    16 minutes ago, The_Warpact said:

    I thought there were time limits?

     

    That aside, what happens if you get diagnosed with cancer? Fight through that for a year and a half, finally get a clean bill of health and return and your name is gone?

    Or have a stroke fight through that then have to learn how to use your left side again and now alittle over 2 years have passed and you come back?

    It's a slippery slope folks on what is ultimately right in situations like that.

    Btw those examples; ppl in our VG saved the names of our friend who passed from cancer and I saved the names of another friend who has had multiple heart attacks. We have since made toons in honor of them and would gladly give them up if they could come back.

    That hypothetical is called an outlier and could be hypothetically handled on a case by case basis by the Homecoming team.

     

    Late edit: sorry, meant to add I agree with the slippery slope point you made.

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    Clearing locked character names

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    26 minutes ago, Ukase said:

    If you took more than two years away on live - you would deserve to lose your names. There! I said it - what we were all thinking but too polite to say. 

    If you take a break from the game for two years - I don't care if you were behind enemy lines, fighting for my right to utter things like I often do in this very forum - you should lose your name. You're already putting your real life in the line of fire, losing a character name is a small thing. 

    There's more than one player in my SG that is in the military. They all have found times to log in. Sporadically, but they do check in. Two years? I was in the military. I served. Got 30 days of leave per year. Granted - family gets pissy if you spend too much time gaming, but it only takes a minute to log in. 

    You take that much time away - yes, you lose your name. 

    But that's just my opinion. I don't make the rules, so relax. 
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    Pardon my while I shine these boots up. 

    That is awesome 😆 I think it is fair to say that in addition to the 30 days a year I got leave, I was able to snag wifi at any of the bases I was at too. Even places like Afghanistan and Iraq had PXs and mobile hotspot cards you could pick up. All I'm saying is, if you wanted internet, you'd find it lol

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    Buggy Movement

    in Bug Reports

    Posted · Edited by Glacier Peak

    18 minutes ago, EiricEPadraig said:

    I have tried both of your suggestions and nothing has changed. Sometimes the characters move just fine, but at random times, they just start reacting to my commands like they have a mind of their own...

    Is there any chance you're experiening a latency spike when this happens? If you're in game, type "/setgraph #" where the number can be 1 or 2 and it will display your ping. If it's anything over 300, you'll experience what is known as 'rubber banding' where your character will move a moment after you input your movement command instead of instantly. I usually run at 160 Ping without any issues. 

    Win the War on Rikti

    in Suggestions & Feedback

    Posted

    Just now, Darmian said:

    There's an assumption inherent here that it is 2021 in Paragon. Is it though? Personally I wouldn't advance the in world calendar by that many years at all.  Five at the most perhaps.  I think having it set "in the past" could give the current tiny Dev team a bit of breathing room on "filling in" the best part of a decade.

    Exactly! It's hard to call it the past or future, it's whatever time the story needs it to be (looking at you Ouroboros Menders!)

    Win the War on Rikti

    in Suggestions & Feedback

    Posted

    26 minutes ago, Greycat said:

    I ... wouldn't go that far. There's nothing (as far as I recall) to say the Rikti that were banished back to their dimension didn't keep control over some significant portion of the population and decide to keep trying. We might have thrown things into chaos, but if you're counting that being a decade, that's a lot of time for "stuff" to happen there.

     

    And, if we're using that as a justification, shouldn't we kill off Incarnate trials or banish those to "run them through the crystal?" That war's pretty definitively over, or would have to be massively restructured (Praemidon finds a way to try to invade Primal?) after all...

    You may have misunderstood my post, it was about how the content that was written then hasn't progressed any further here on Homecoming. If a player logged on in 2012 then logged on again now, the story is the exact same. So the story was essentially concluded, bookend, closed... until or unless an inspiring volunteer on the Homecoming team has the bandwidth to start writing, visualizing, validating, testing, and adding such content. 

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    [Beta] Patch Notes for August 21st, 2021

    in [Open Beta] Patch Notes

    Posted

    So for a Tanker in Granite Armor in a PvP zone or match, Granite Armor would provide 35% of the 50% damage resistance offered to other typed damage, meaning 17.5% added Psi resistance. Then calculate the added 17.5% Psi resistance on top of the current PvE amount of 60% and it DRs down to 48% in a PvP zone/match.

     

    Recommend using this awesome spreadsheet to determine DR far more accurately than I could off hand:

     

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AMeJoSamWAdSWM4ETHhQIc8RHzBTa48KUp4vNg_ixps/edit#gid=1808432374

    Win the War on Rikti

    in Suggestions & Feedback

    Posted

    I totally understand the reasoning for this suggestion - the plot end for the Rikti itself concluded over a decade ago... but seeing as how this game is essentially in a state of perpetuity, I am not totally bothered by this fact. I mean, there are still computer screens in-game showing the early 2000's Windows XP running. I don't think it is worth the time to invest in updating all of the graphics for those computer screens to a modern appearance. 

     

    So, no for me.

    Marvel's "What If?" series

    in Comic, Hero & Villain Culture

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, Techwright said:

     

    Got an answer for that...

      Hide contents

    The web is saying it will be a Loki episode, which, if right, I'm a tad disappointed with Marvel.  We're not even 4 episodes away from LokiVisio...um, Loki the Series.  You'd think they'd let the dough rest a bit, maybe coming back to Loki later in the What If...? season, and give some other characters the spotlight for better variety.

     

    It better be about....

    Spoiler

    ... Alligator Loki! 😆

     

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    [Beta] Patch Notes for August 21st, 2021

    in [Open Beta] Patch Notes

    Posted · Edited by Glacier Peak
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    30 minutes ago, Wavicle said:

    I still think that question makes no sense.

    Yes, I would be willing to have Unstoppable be severely nerfed in order to have it be a crashless power. I don't know why addressing that requires talking about PvP DR.

    In the context of this discussion on PvP related changes, it makes sense. Unstoppable, Power Surge, and other T9 armor powers don't add significant resistance or defense to a player due to the effects of diminishing returns in PvP. It's actually rather severe, so a player with 120% s/l PvE resistance (capped at 90% for Tankers) for example, would be DR'd down to 60% PvP resistance. Activating the T9 would hardly raise it at all, to say 62% resistance in a PvP zone. Yet, the crash that occurs for those T9s don't get DR'd - so hardly any increase in resistance or defense and then a massive crash. In PvP, at least in organized play, this is essential a suicide button. 

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    A question: Void Skiff and Rocket Board

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Glacier Peak

    7 hours ago, A Cat said:

    Just tried the rocket board for the first time. It is so cool! Wish it were faster and all but it is so cool! 

    You can turn on Fly (for access to Afterburner), Hover for added mobility, and Evasive Maneuvers while Rocket Board/Void Skiff/Magic Carpet are active. With all four powers active (Fly, Hover, Afterburner, EM), and the P2W flight power, you are sitting at 102MPH Fly speed. 

     

    Edit: I may have mixed up the exact speed boosts for each power - Evasive Maneuvers by itself doesn't make you fly faster, it gives more maneuverability. Hover with Evasive Maneuvers adds about 2 MPH total. And Fly raises the Fly speed cap. Afterburner raises the Fly speed cap even higher, to 102.27MPH.

     

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