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Good thinking. That would work well too.

I don't disagree, however this doesn't help people who may have characters in multiple SGs. If all your characters aren't in the same SG, they don't always have access to the same storage.

Question along these lines, has anyone ever asked any of the folks here on the HC team about the feasibility of adding account based storage items to bases? I don't remember seeing any threads about it. Certainly would be nice to be able to store stuff at the account level and not bother with using alts as mules.

A comparison to what though? I never said anything about heart surgeons or whether they should or shouldn't make more or less than a big name Hollywood actor.

What a fantastic response to a statement I never made. Great job! 👍 You're correct in your assessment @ZacKing, thank you. My comment was more about my personal opinion that many big name actors are overpaid in general. And I agree, many of them are way overpaid, especially with so many other very talented people in SAG/AFTRA and the WGA who are really struggling to find work. To me, someone like Tom Cruise getting paid 100 million for a movie is too much. He's probably worth upwards of 500 million, if not more. Does he really need another 100 mil for his next movie? Is he really going to live any differently if he's worth 500 million instead of 400 million? Maybe if people like that didn't demand that fat pay check, studios would have a little more money to work with, be able to pay people a little better for their work and be more inclined to take chances on smaller indie-type projects. Sometimes I think people forget franchises like Rocky started as an indie-film, and many indie-films like The Whale and Everything Everywhere All at Once have won academy awards. This is all my opinion though, so others I'm sure will disagree, which they're of course welcome to do.

Right, so there you go. Hollywood way overspends on actors and actresses.

I was also on leagues that had to have killed him hundreds and hundreds of times over the weekend and never received a single recipe drop. Drops in general for everything seem off to me. I freely admit I don't have hard data to back this up so take it for what it's worth, but my experience is drop rates are even lower than they used to be across the board. Running story content as of late on various alts, I'm lucky to get any enhancement drops, anything above the occasional common salvage is rare, let alone anything above common recipes. Seems like stuff dropped more frequently before. Again, just my observation.

This seems very likely and does beg the question - who at Sony thought this movie would be able to bring in that kind of money to even come close to breaking even, let alone turn a profit? I think what @ZacKing said earlier about sunk costs makes sense and that's a big part of what's going on. It certainly seems to me that studios are reluctant to give up on the superhero genre since they've already invested so much money in it. That and I agree with those who've said Hollywood way overspends in general, specifically way, way, way too much on actors. It's insane the amount of money being paid to some of them, especially when you have SAG/AFTRA going on strike over wages and such. I don't disagree, although I'd say I don't have much hope at all for Kraven coming anywhere remotely close to breaking even either. He's not that interesting a character in my opinion and certainly isn't one that would be a box office draw. Personally, I think Sony is better off selling the Spider-Man rights back to Disney and pocketing the cash. Certainly a better investment than churning out turd after turd that's bleeding them dry.

I was one of the eight this morning who tried this and can confirm the Kronos Titan did not spawn for anyone. I tried this again a couple more times today and found that spawning the Kronos in Talos is indeed bugged. He seems to be spawning too close to the Hospital and is getting droned. I tried this 3 times and can repeat the result with the following steps - Run "Operation: World Wide Red" arc. Run through all missions until "Stop All Wildflower Agents" mission. Complete "Stop All Wildflower Agents" mission. Before exiting the mission, use Oro portal inside the mission. Go to Oroborous and then select Talos Island destination. Kronos Titan doesn't appear near hill area next to train. NOTE: The Kronos Titan USED TO spawn right at the bottom of the hill on the street prior to this patch. The result I was able to repeat is after waiting a minute or two on the hill, start moving around Talos to see if it spawned somewhere else. Where I was able to repeatedly find him spawning was by moving NE into the hospital parking lot. The Kronos Titan would spawn in that parking lot, then immediately disappear. I was able to do this three times so far. I think this is too close to the police drones. It's the only place I've seen it spawn in since the patch. You never needed to move off of the hill before as he'd always spawn right at the bottom of the hill. I'll try this again tomorrow to confirm again, however it does seem this is bugged since last patch.

I see @Yumichan beat me to it already for the bug report. I tried this a couple more times today and this does look to be bugged with regard to the Talos location. I'll put my findings into the other thread. Good to know. Thank you.

So a group of 8 of us each ran the Operation: World Wide Red arc via Oro individually to coordinate a mass Kronos spawn in Talos. We were 0 for 8 in spawning him, so whatever changes have been put into place to correct Adamastor, it looks like it totally broke the ability to spawn Kronos in Talos. Talked with a few others in game who had a similar result since this patch went live. Seems like this change broke more than it fixed. Is there any "official" word on whether or not spawning multiple Babbages and Kronos Titans via coordinated teams considered an "exploit" now? Would be nice to know so we can all avoid wasting our time any further on these activities.

Fixing Adamastor I could see since he can be AFK summoned and farmed solo, however since other GMs "have to be worked for" then their rewards shouldn't be changed so drastically, if at all in my opinion. I can already envision a whole host of other fun GM spawning activities getting smacked by the nerf bat because of this. I don't know about all the servers, but periodically several teams on Excel, Torch and Everlasting are coordinating multiple Synapse runs to spawn multiple Babbages simultaneously. I guess we can assume that this bit of occasional fun will get smacked down as well?

Adding a close button doesn't change this. It just provides those who would want to close it the option to do so. Those who are interested in keeping it can.

Sorry to be blunt, but the task list window for the SBB event is very annoying. It can't be removed or closed completely. Best we can do is minimize it a bit, but it's still taking up valuable screen space and can get in the way when trying to play the content. Windows like this should always be able to be dismissed or closed as to not obscure the screen for the player. Any way of getting this window to have a close button so we can remove it from view? If there's an option for this already, I don't see it anywhere. If not, please give us the option to close this window and others like it. Thanks.

I have to agree with others here. This is a super, super annoying change and should be rolled back and/or removed entirely in the next patch. "Making tips drop less" does absolutely nothing to prevent this text from obscuring the screen when it does happen. There has to be a better way of notifying the player of these drops instead of this annoying text. The game is already over polluted with VFX. It needs less, not more.

Saw a character broadcasting in LFG with the word "Jedi Master" in the name. Sent over a PM just to let them know the word Jedi is trademarked and that it's against the CoC, so he may want to change it. The player tried his best to get into a debate with me that the word Jedi can't be trademarked because and I quote "words can't be trademarked". Hope they enjoy the name while it lasts.

I'm not complaining. I asked a question in regard to the use of historical context. Historically, The Ancient One, Heimdall and Reed Richards were all portrayed as males of certain ethnicity. That's what comic readers remember and would be expecting to see when those characters were brought to life on film. Why did they need to be changed? As for the Ancient One in particular, the race/gender swapping was done in the MCU to not offend Chinese audiences since China is such a huge market now. Same with the Mandarin. As for Nick Fury, the Ultimates and Ulimate Avengers pre-dates the MCU, so it's not like Nick Fury being black in the MCU was out of left field. As for the last sentence there, that has to be one of the stupidest questions ever. Why does Supergirl or Wonder Woman need to be a woman then? Why does Superman or Batman need to be a man? You're virtue signaling. I think you and I both know there would be a literal meltdown of public rage were anyone to even consider making such a film.

Oh I agree with you 100% that an all black cast as Nazis in WW II would raise a lot of eyebrows. But so what? Isn't that sort of the point to go against type and give non-Caucasian actors and actresses more opportunity? And I completely agree, Denzel Washington would rock it as he always does. Since you're saying that comic book characters are less important to keep consistent, you'd be cool with Leonardo DiCaprio or Taron Egerton or Daniel Radcliffe taking the mantle of Black Panther in the MCU? Or how about Javier Bardem becoming T'Challa with an all Latino and Asians cast as Wakandans?

First, I'm not an American. Second, you didn't answer the question. Why would it be weird? Because of "historical" reasons? Ok, then why would this be more weird than changing the race and gender of the Ancient One in Doctor Strange? Or race swapping Heimdall and Reed Richards? Historically, every one of those characters were shown as a different race and/or gender for decades since their inception. Why are those acceptable changes, but black Nazis wouldn't be? Are you suggesting actors like Denzel Washington aren't talented enough to pull off the role?

Why? Why? To the consumers spending all that money on them, apparently so. There are AVN awards you know. I agree 100%. So what are these inclusiveness rules needed for in this day and age? Whatever happened to judging someone on the content of their character? Of course. Your opinion doesn't make them any less successful though. It just means you didn't like them.

You'd be condemned as a racist for casting him in that role or for not going to see the movie.

No, I'm not. Here is what you said - My response to this was that there were actors and actresses earning the highest awards and honors in the industry long before there were any "standards for inclusiveness" being mandated, and all of them earned those awards and accolades based on their talent. They didn't need "standards for inclusiveness". You trying to claim that's why they are able to win these awards, not because of their talent, is flat out wrong. Why don't you do some research and provide links to the "standards for inclusiveness" that existed in the industry when Sidney Poitier won his oscar? Good luck. Yes, he did and he did it through his incredible talent, not by having some arbitrary rule put in place. Right so you don't have any suggestions for objective measures. Define "garbage". What's "quaint" and quite hysterical is you desperately trying (and failing) to prove opinions are facts.

If you honestly believe there would be no public outcry over a film where all gay black actors were cast as Germans in a WW II film or a remake of The Color Purple with an all white cast, you're delusional. You also can't have this both ways. You've suggested people like and are drawn to familiarity, then belittle them when they complain about arbitrary changes to what they find familiar. This is absolutely positively 100% bullshit. Actors and actresses like Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jamie Fox, Forrest Whitaker, Viola Davis, Alfe Woodard all won Academy Awards and Emmys long before there were these modern "inclusivity" requirements. They won because they were the best in their craft, not because of their skin color. Trying to say they only won because of some arbitrary requirement is a huge insult to their talent. You're really struggling to understand the concepts and differences between the subjective (opinions/feelings) and the objective (facts). You can dislike The Hobbit trilogy all you like. That doesn't change the fact that it was a financial success. As for the Little Mermaid, from what I understand it essentially broke even, maybe. If it did manage to turn a profit, then yes, it's a success too, regardless if some people disliked the casting. Numbers don't lie and facts are facts. It's a very simple concept to grasp. If you don't believe in facts, why don't you share with us what you believe is a better objective measure that isn't based on opinions or feelings? This hasn't been the case for decades now.

Yup. John Wayne (badly) played Ghengis Khan too and Mickey Rooney played a Japanese man in Breakfast at Tiffany's. But it's not the 1950's anymore.

Where that line is is a judgement call for the HC people to make. I'm sure there are overly anal zealots out there who are reporting characters for far, far less similarity than the examples you've provided. Ultimately it's up for the HC team to decide. If you see something questionable, report it. Let the GM team do their thing.