[Superman: Legacy First Look]

 

[Helldivers 2 - Are you doing your part?]

Yes, what happened over the weekend is quite the story.

 

tl;dr: Sony announced Friday afternoon that PC gamers would have to create and link Playstation Network accounts to their Steam account. Over the weekend gamers review bombed the game and requested refunds. Despite not being normally eligible for a refund Steam support was granting them anyway. Monday morning Sony execs walked into the office, freaked out when they saw the new review score, freaked out even more when they saw the report from Steam showing how much money they'd lost to refunds, and immediately released a statement canceling the forced PSN linking.

 

33 minutes ago, Oubliette_Red said:

Would they have about-faced if Steam hadn't offered refunds to the players no matter how long they have played?

Almost certainly not. Sony has a well earned reputation for being every bit as evil as EA.

[Why was the sentinel set guide unpinned?]

5 minutes ago, Number Six said:

Oh, ok, the 14th is the the "Homecoming" account. That doesn't count. That's not a person, it's a staff use general account we all have access to for posting announcements (kind of like Curator is for patch notes except a different group can use that one). Like a PR mailbox so people don't get confused and ping one person because they happened to be the one to post the announcement.

Ah, I stand corrected, sir.

 

So The Council of Thirteen it is and The Council of Thirteen it shall remain.

[Why was the sentinel set guide unpinned?]

31 minutes ago, Number Six said:

But it's 14 now? Who got promoted???

If you do a member search on the forums for City Council it literally shows 14 members. Hence The Council of Fourteen.

 

I think it was Widower who was promoted. He used to be listed as Head GM, now he's shown as a member of the council.

[Is it possible to delete published stories?]

47 minutes ago, Purrfekshawn said:

But people don't fill database with zillion of junk characters somehow?

Do you spend your time searching through other people's characters? Of course not so it doesn't really make a difference. However, it is difficult to search for the kind of mission you want to play if it's drowned in a zillion junk missions. The devs have said that's the reason that they limit the number of MA slots.

 

I'm not a dev though so there's no point in trying to argue with me about it. I'm just the messenger.

[Why was the sentinel set guide unpinned?]

13 hours ago, GM Crumpet said:

The city council is new, the people on it aren't. Chances are you've interacted with them over the years. It's not a shadowy cabal sitting round a table in hoods with their faces in shadow.

They actually are a shadowy cabal, I don't know who they are, most of us plebes don't know who they are, and they set it up that way on purpose. Initially I'm sure it was to shield themselves and their careers should NCSoft decide to play hardball, so I certainly don't blame them for that. They may not have hoods, or even a table, but they a cabal who operates from the shadows. That's not an insult, merely a statement of fact.

 

13 hours ago, GM Crumpet said:

As for unpinning the post, I've done the same myself on occasion when contacted by the original poster.

Sure, but that's not what happened with PK, and you know it. You say there's no malice involved and maybe you're right. But from where I'm at, on the outside looking in, it sure looked like there was in that particular case.

 

Look, I didn't mean for my posts here to turn into criticism of The Council of Fourteen, I just contrary streak and an addiction to making sure that what's being said in conversation is factually accurate. Which, as I'm sure you can imagine, has insured that I'm pretty much always in trouble with someone.

[Is it possible to delete published stories?]

2 hours ago, GATE-keeper said:

If they're going to limit us to 3 published missions, it would be nice if they would allow us to save over older published missions.

There is a way that you can update and then save over the old mission without having to use up multiple slots, but it's been so long since I've made missions in the MA I don't remember how to do it.

 

1 hour ago, Purrfekshawn said:

What is the point of limiting the account to 3 stories anyway?

So that people don't fill up the MA database with a zillion farm and/or junk missions.

[Why was the sentinel set guide unpinned?]

3 hours ago, Snarky said:

Unmaintained or not it was still the best resource of ANY archetype.  I just used it for my Dark3 Sentinel

Since when has The Council of Fourteen cared about what we use for resources?

 

Have we all just forgotten what they did when working on updating Force Fields? They deleted PKs posts in their feedback threads and then, once it went live, unceremoniously unpinned his thread and then they quietly pretended that nothing had happened.

 

On 5/2/2024 at 11:26 PM, GM Crumpet said:

Ah, but will you get the answer you want? 😛 

The reason why I suggested to the OP that he ask you specifically is because in the past you've always shown enough respect for the players to at least get us an answer. And we all understand that you're not in charge so even if the answer is "never gonna happen and go F yourself" I'm ok with that because at least you took the time and effort to get us the answer.

 

Unlike others on The Council of Fourteen who spent years ignoring our requests for updated information but then one day went out of their way to give the info that we'd been asking for to MOP.

[Is it possible to delete published stories?]

Yes. If you open a support ticket you can ask for more Mission Architect slots.

 

My understanding is that if you're making actual story missions, and not farm missions, they'll give you more slots.

[Name Purge]

12 hours ago, GM Crumpet said:

That would be nice, but we are stuck with the database functionality we have. Unless we wipe the database and start again with a new database (which I shudder to think how bad that would go down) it's probably impossible 

You think the forum flames are bad whenever Rage is talked about, oh boy. I can only imagine what that would be like.  🔥 😱 🔥

[TARDIS]

Man, I thought I was bad just perusing the forums while at work. But playing the game?

 

I'd never get any work done.

[A bit bothered]

1 hour ago, Ghost said:

With the condescending names he uses, and the way he publicly takes shots at players who leave - I’m actually surprised he’s able to put a team togethet

Personally I don't mind the drill instructor leadership method, but it only works if the drill instructor actually knows what he's doing.

[Why was the sentinel set guide unpinned?]

4 minutes ago, Underfyre said:

I spent a ton of time on those write ups.

I think your best bet would be to ask @GM Crumpet He may not be able to help, but he'll at least get you an answer.

[We'll Just Leave This One Here...]

1 hour ago, ZacKing said:

Ok so just for my future reference, I'd like to understand something - are we not allowed to offer differing opinions or perspectives on topics related to bases any longer?

I think it's more a matter of "there's a time and a place for everything."

 

For example: when a coworker sends out an email to everyone that says "Friday will be my last day at work. The company is downsizing and has eliminated my position." That's really not the best time/place to respond with "Oh good. Nothing against you, but I don't think that your position was really necessary and I'm glad the company has eliminated that position." Do you see where that just might be a social faux pas?

 

And that's basically what you, and others, did. I'm sure that's not what you intended, but that's how it came across.

[You're not crazy. The Anniversary ambushes are hard for your low level alt to kill.]

1 minute ago, Glacier Peak said:

Have you tried teammates?

Standard response incoming: "What?!? How dare you suggest that I should have to join a team in an MMO?!? I should be able to solo everything. EVERYTHING!!!!!"

[Welcome to Homecoming, Original City of Heroes Team!]

@Glacier Peak, both Ravenstorm and Rockjaw have now joined as well.  😁

[how are blasters supposed to solo?]

5 minutes ago, MoonSheep said:

“why isn’t my blaster a scrapper?”

Why would you make fun of a new person who's asking for advice?

 

Man, I love how the people on this forum will speed-hammer the report button because "Falcon Man is a big meanie, he hurt my fee-fees, wah!" But then you'll go out of your way to make fun of a new person who's asking for help. WTF is wrong with you?!?

[We'll Just Leave This One Here...]

For what it's worth Dacy, I'm glad that you and Bunny were the Base CR's, and I think you both did an excellent job.

 

I think that the Council of Fourteen, and the player base, both benefit from having someone in a community relations position. Contests and events and being able to speak with someone with an official title about concerns goes a long way toward maintaining interest and retaining players.

 

I spent years on the retail forums trying to get the developers to do something with bases and I even talked the official base dev (yes, there actually was one for about 8 months) to post in the base builders forum. While I haven't really been involved with the base community here on Homecoming, it warmed my black heart, just a little, to see that there were still people like you and Bunny and others who were still enthusiastic about base building.

 

I hope that becoming unofficial doesn't kill your enthusiasm or your desire to keep running contests and events. But if it does that's the Council's failure, not yours.

[Au Revoir My Friend, you were faithful for many years]

The Council of Fourteen announced, years ago, that they would no longer be supporting the Tequila launcher.

 

Also, people have been talking about this all today:

 

Oh, and here too:

 

And also here:

 

And I expect they'll probably be 4 or 5 more threads about this over the next couple of days.

 

[how are blasters supposed to solo?]

It's difficult to solo with a Blaster, or with any character that doesn't have mez protection really. There are some things that you could try:

 

1) Turn your difficulty down. +0/x4 is literally "content for 4 or more players." Not all characters can solo content meant for 4+ characters.

2) Form or join a team. Blasters, like most ATs, do better on a team.

3) Play a Sentinel. A Sentinel is a new AT. Basically it has a blast powerset (slightly less damage than a Blaster) and an armor powerset (slightly weaker than a Scrapper).

[Help?]

If you want to just not worry about your secondary and just position yourself and attack then Willpower, definitely. Now if you really want to spend a large portion of game play not attacking and clicking on heals and hoping they'll take effect before you die, then take Regen.

 

In my personal opinion Willpower is superior to Regen on Sentinels just as it is on Scrappers.

[One more thing, as Columbo would say: show chat communication to all in bubbles]

23 minutes ago, Krimson said:

If it makes you feel better, I never understood Podcasts either. If I want to listen to a human voice I prefer it be singing. I can listen to endless talking at work every freaking shift. 

Most people feel differently. There's a reason why talkshows were popular for decades.

[One more thing, as Columbo would say: show chat communication to all in bubbles]

4 minutes ago, Krimson said:

I never understood the point of audio books, especially when actual books exist.

Lots of people listen to audio books during their commute.

 

The police generally frown on people reading books while they're driving.

[Suggestions to help with the Name Release Deilemma]

If I was the designing the Name Release System I think I'd only make one change from what the devs have stated. I wouldn't give 50's infinite time, I'd reduce that to 36 months (3 years).

 

I think that if you haven't logged on with your character in 3 years then it's safe to say that you're not using that name anymore.

[One more thing, as Columbo would say: show chat communication to all in bubbles]

27 minutes ago, Krimson said:

I'd rather listen to nothing than other people's nasal passages and random screaming.

I never hear anything like that when I'm on Discord. Maybe because my friends are adults who are actually my friends and so they don't want to annoy me. Plus, you can actually change the volume on individuals and even mute individuals. Literally nothing you've said is an actual issue when I'm on Discord with my friends.

 

But, like I said, whatever... it's your choice. I'm not trying to get you to change your mind, I just want anyone who's reading this to know that your "experience" is 100% preventable.