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Not going to lie, I've no idea what you're getting at there other than you have friends who "store stuff for their next character", then forget about the stuff they stored. Most people I know store some rarer items only, then sell the rest. Most salvage, IOs (even attuned), recipes and such are dirt cheap on the AH. Saving tons of dirt cheap salvage for a rainy day isn't something we do. I'm sure there are people who do just that, but again, I don't see eliminating the need for a mule toon to have any great impact on it.
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22 hours ago, Rudra said:
I don't recall saying anywhere on this thread that it would create "more players hoarding". So please don't add to my arguments for the sake of arguing against the addition.
Apologies then as I seem to have misunderstood you. It seemed to me your posts on not making it easier to transfer items around would encourage more players to hoard. See below.
21 hours ago, Rudra said:'m not even saying that hoarders should find things harder, because that would be wrong, an attempt to punish others for playing differently. It should not be encouraged by changes to the game though. It already is a thing. Let it be a thing. Don't make it any easier.
20 hours ago, TheMoneyMaker said:People "toss" stuff on the auction house because they want money. Most stuff can be just sold at stores for a fair, possibly better price than they'd get at the auction house.
I agree. Most people value the influence they can get from selling things versus hoarding it where it isn't earning anything.
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@GM_GooglyMoogly @Luminara@battlewraith can we get back to the thread topic? Gentle reminder -
On 3/5/2025 at 8:30 PM, GM_GooglyMoogly said:Please discuss the topic and not each other.
On 3/6/2025 at 12:15 PM, Excraft said:There's been a couple of people who've complained that this thread has gone off the original topic, so perhaps we can get back to discussing CA: BNW? What makes a good movie is an interesting topic and deserves its own thread I think.
Thank you.
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1 hour ago, Rudra said:
Well, players can already build all the SG bases they want and store as much as they want, but why should we make doing so any easier than it already is?
I'm not sure I understand how allowing coalition members (or anyone for that matter) access to storage bins outside their own SG is going to create "more players hoarding". Sure, they would be able to access storage more storage bins, but so can anyone else within the coalition (or not) so long as they had the correct permissions. Some people may put stuff into storage, others will take it out.
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4 minutes ago, Rudra said:
Yes, players can already hoard things. That doesn't mean we should make doing so any easier than it already is.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think opening up salvage racks and enhancement tables to everyone is needed either, but if it were implemented, I don't see it having the negative impact you seem to be concerned about.
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13 minutes ago, Rudra said:
While the market is indeed seeded, the set costs for those seeded items is so high, we will never hit those seeded items until players stop dropping things into the market.
There's no reason to believe that players would stop putting things into the market. Everyone already has the capability to hoard insane levels of salvage and enhancements, but there's still plenty of stuff available in the market.
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28 minutes ago, GM_GooglyMoogly said:
I think that people want to see flawed people do amazingly heroic things.
The jokes, special effects, and fan service add to that (perhaps), but without the underlying story of someone overcoming great adversity for the greater good, the jokes, FX, and Easter eggs alone can't make a good movie, despite what Uwe Boll and Michael Bay may think. 😁
There's been a couple of people who've complained that this thread has gone off the original topic, so perhaps we can get back to discussing CA: BNW? What makes a good movie is an interesting topic and deserves its own thread I think.
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12 hours ago, Rudra said:
The market exists for us to place things we have no room to store and/or don't need/want so that others that may need/want it can get it
While true, the market is also seeded. This game doesn't have the population to be relying solely on players putting stuff up for sale on the AH.
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9 minutes ago, TTRPGWhiz said:
My point was and is that it's regrettable that every conversation on this sub about these movies inevitably (and sometimes immediately) becomes "big company does bad thing to IP I like / why do these movies cost more but perform worse". It's like starting a conversation with, "Hey, there's a new Captain America movie coming out", and someone nearby rushing over and shouting "DISNEY HAS RUINED MY ADULTHOOD, LET ME SHOW YOU SOME SPREADSHEETS" at you. People are of course free to discuss "the industry" however they want; other people are also free to pine for the days when the biggest debate was about Bat-nipples.
I guess my question to you in other posts were removed, so I'll ask again - did you see Captain America: Brave New World? What did you think of it? What did you like about it? What did you not like? What did you think of the characterizations of the Leader and Red Hulk? Comic accurate or too far divergent from the source material?
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Something like Martial Arts or Street Justice as a primary and Willpower as a secondary would make a good Kirk-type scrapper. Of course, MA or StrJ doesn't hold a candle to the sheer awesomeness of the Kirk-fu style of combat.
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On 3/1/2025 at 3:54 PM, TTRPGWhiz said:
I stand by my opinion that it’s weird to care about movie budgets (or box office, frankly) if it’s not your money. 🤷🏻♂️
Out of curiosity, where do you think the money Disney makes comes from? Did the money that Disney used to make these movies grow on a tree? All the money MCU fans spent over the years on movie tickets, film related merchandise, streaming services etc. wasn't their money? And since it's not their money, they shouldn't care about the quality of the films being produced? Interesting point of view you have there.
I don't see the harm in discussing where the money is going for these movies.
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20 hours ago, ThaOGDreamWeaver said:
It generally doesn't. Marketing and promo is the responsibility of the distributor(s) and not part of a flick's overall budget, happens after the flick wraps, and can go on for months.
Even though in this case Disney is the primary distro, that's still a different company to Marvel Studios who made the flick. So cue even more Hollywood Accounting magical cross-charging shenanigans between Disney, Marvel, the Marvel sub-LLC that made the flick, the various international distros, ad agencies... you name it.
It's still falling under Disney, no matter how many LLCs and shell companies they try to make to hide money.
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19 hours ago, battlewraith said:
The spectacle of this film not flopping hard enough to satisfy some people is amusing.
This proceeds from a false assumption that people want these films to fail. I know I don't and no one I know looks forward to these MCU films being box office flops.
I like Anthony Mackie. He was great as Falcon. I've enjoyed most of the MCU films and loved comic book characters as a kid. I really want these movies to be good and make everyone involved a lot of money. There are a lot of people who work really hard on these movies and I don't think they want them to be failures either.
Most critics I've read all want these movies to be a success too, but what Disney and Marvel is doing now isn't working for them and hasn't been for years now. I think people aren't wishing these films to fail, it's more they're hoping that the poor performance is a wake up call for Disney and Marvel to right the ship and get back to what worked.
From what I've read and what my brother told me, this film ruined the Red Hulk and Leader. Stick with the plots and stories that drew fans to these characters. That'd be a good start.
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1 hour ago, Troo said:
Correct me if I am completely wrong, which ones were meh?
Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens (2015) ($2,071,310,218)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) ($1,058,684,742)
Star Wars: Episode 8 - The Last Jedi (2017) ($1,334,407,706)
Star Wars: Episode 9 - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) ($1,077,022,372)
I'm not sure I'd consider those "meh" numbers either. However, if you compare that to all the other films adjusting for inflation, they aren't that great for the franchise as a whole.
https://screenrant.com/star-wars-movies-box-office-adusted-inflation/
Also, it's important to note that your list didn't include Solo. The box office was definitely on the downward trend for the Star Wars franchise with what you have there.
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33 minutes ago, battlewraith said:
No you seemingly can't follow the logic. If the definition includes x and y, or z --it doesn't mean that x, y, and z are all being expressed when someone says a word. Often the meaning of a word is contingent on the rest of what's being said. You're basically cherry picking the meanings of the word to object to it being used in relation to Bond.
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Look at something like the word "bear". It originally comes from a word that meant "the brown one" even though many bears are not brown. The word now can refer to the type of animal, a type of man, a general problem, a trend or type of investor in the stock market, and so on.
Well no, the word misogyny doesn't have multiple meanings. The word itself has its roots in the Greek words misos (hatred) and gunē (woman). It's not a homonym or homophone like "bear" or "jam" that requires context in order to be understood properly.
Again, as it applies to Bond, "misogynist" isn't really the correct word for him. He's more a male chauvinist.
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15 hours ago, battlewraith said:
Like I said, words acquire meaning through usage. That usage varies over time and in different contexts and communities. A dictionary is a record of usages that the editors of the dictionary have compiled. The very fact that there are multiple meanings commonly associated with words is indicative of how, when people start using a word differently the meaning changes. The addition of a new word or a new meaning often substantially lags the use of that word or meaning as the dictionaries take time to establish whether or not to update.
So following your logic here, the accepted definition of misogyny includes words like hatred of, loathing toward and despising women to further explain the meaning and provide context. According to you, that's the accepted meaning, so your entire argument here fails. You're also failing to understand that if Bond were this woman hating man who despised women, that would make characters like Vesper Lynd complete morons. They weren't.
15 hours ago, battlewraith said:So no, the fact that someone may use a word in a way not sanctioned by your dictionary doesn't mean it's wrong.
What? Of course it does. I can't point to a frog and say that's an elephant and because I said so that makes my word usage correct.
16 hours ago, El D said:I don't want them to change Bond or remove these things, I just want them to do more with those aspects by this point. Explore these things in the actual narrative, rather than just go through the motions or gloss them over.
I agree and as was said earlier, keeping true to the source material is what endeared people to the character to begin with. I don't hold out any hope that Amazon will do it though. I think we can near guarantee they will try to make Bond "more appealing to modern audiences."
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16 hours ago, ThaOGDreamWeaver said:
$290m worldwide would be a pretty good haul for most movies, but a wide release with $180m+ of budget spent upfront… not great.
It's been widely reported that the $180 isn't the entire budget of this film, rather it's the original approved budget or the cost of the reshoots. This movie is indeed another MCU flop.
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Of all the Marvel stuff of late, this is the one thing I'm looking forward to. I really enjoyed the Netflix series. I'm hoping Disney does it justice.
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7 minutes ago, tidge said:
This would (I think) be a niche implementation that could have negative effects for other niches of users... such as anyone with a small display setting. In either case, I think both are snall groups and the current system seems to handle both equally.
What "negative effects"? The arrows and plus sign would work same as they do now, only with the suggested change, it would allow for expanding the tray between 1 and 10 rows instead of between 1 to 3. If anyone wants more or less rows, they can add them. If anyone wants to break out and reshape rows, they can. The suggested change just makes adding additional rows a little easier.
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On 2/13/2025 at 4:50 PM, sshazaam1 said:
One life per character. It would change everything! Carefully selecting teammates, more necessary planning. No more zergers. It would bring more life into your City of Heroes Experience!
If you want to play that way, go for it. No need to waste the time and resources bringing yet another server into the fold for this, especially since it would require a different code base.
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58 minutes ago, SeraphimKensai said:
Haven't seen it, but a friend of mine that even like Morbius thought BNW was trash. That said I'm sure the best Brave New World will always be Huxley's BNW (such a great book).
My brother took the kids to see it and said it stunk. He said you could tell this movie was re-shot a number of times as the story seemed disjointed in quite a few places, and certain story elements were clearly geared toward not offending certain international audiences. His biggest gripe was what they did with the Red Hulk and Ross. Beyond that, he said it wasn't "The Marvels" bad, but still not great.
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20 hours ago, Rudra said:
The expanded power trays are set up so that we can set them up however we like. If you would like for it be stacked like that? You can already do so as you are showing. If you don't like the arrangement you have but want them stacked like that? Then place your expanded power trays at the bottom and the default power trays on top. We can arrange our UI however we want.
If the arrow allowed you to expand up or down to allow between 1 tray or 10, you'd still be able to set up your trays however you like. I don't think the OP or anyone else is suggesting that their layout should be mandatory for everyone.
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Do you mean Sovereign? I don't know him personally, but he's leader of one of if not the largest and most active SGs on Excelsior. Sovereign members are always hosting Hami raids, iTrials, TFs, MSRs, all sorts of content. I've been on several runs they've organized and they all seem like a good bunch of people. Not sure why you'd be calling anyone an idiot for that. I'm surprised this thread hasn't been closed already. What happened to being excellent to each other?
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16 minutes ago, InvaderStych said:
Speaking as one of those people that selects a concept, chooses AT and powers accordingly, then applies min/max techniques within those choices to see how far something can be pushed I can firmly say that the ND implementation does not appeal to me at all.
Ability to mix/match primary and secondary, perhaps, but selecting multiples of the same power, auto-granting all inherents/travel powers, using the highest base modifiers for each category? No thanks.
Finding ways to min/max within a set of limitations is the interesting part - free reign with no restrictions is boring, imo.
I think most people would agree and are the same. I'd probably give this a try just to do it but I think it would get boring after a while. Would be fantastic for concept characters though. I don't think it would destroy the game as some people here are suggesting. Incarnates, IOs and such have already done that anyway.
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Captain America: Brave New World
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@Techwright @Trike - what's this have to do with Captain America: Brave New World? Please keep on topic. Thank you.