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    The Freedom Phalanx: why the hatred?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    In game, story-wise I never had beef with any of them and I never associated real life people's personalities with their characters personalities other than those that I had direct interaction with (i.e. Positron and War Witch).  I liked most of the phalanx characters and their sidekick Squad the Vindicators.  I liked Statesman, iconic, heroic; he shouldn't have been killed the way he was.  I did not care for Psyches obsession with Platforms (wretched cheat of a shoe).  Synapse, Numina and Bastion/Citadel were fillers and Positron was the Task Force you hated back in the day not Synapse and thus I developed this weird sadistic respect for Posi.

     

    The Phalanx was set as a template even if they were dated, they were a thing for which your character could aspire to or to be greater than.  The release of CoV messed that up and there are still times when I wish it had never happened; just given us new zones to play in and the new ATs.  CoV diminished the story and the heroism of the Phalanx and the game as a whole.  This is how I feel.

     

    But the game moved forward and thus heroes leave but i will always like the Phalanx, old and new and proudly wear my Badge

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    Displaying first appearance of character?

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    40 minutes ago, MrPengy said:

    Is this some thing you check on a regular basis...? I can understand being amused by certain badges or lack of badges, but I can't imagine going out of my way or taking time to actually look for this.

    The checking is based on one of two things.  The actions of the player in question or what I am about to try and run.

     

    WRT the actions of a player, well the signs are obvious, not knowing how to get from point A to Point B.  Not knowing zones, not knowing enemy types, not knowing general team terminology, the list is massive.  But sometimes the player is a real new player, I pull up their card, see their level and can use badges as a gauge.  A lower level guy with no Positron 1 or 2 yet you see badges corresponding to doing things that don't relate to accolade hunts (Negotiator, Shining Stars, Lords of Death Arc) they tell me that the player is just inexperienced and should be helped and informed.

     

    When I am running a Task/Strike Force or something similar, and there are parameters (we are going for X badge or have challenge settings such as no deaths) I use badges to determine depth and breadth of play experience.  Someone who knows more than to just be a sitter, knows the variables of their powers and adjusts accordingly.  Sure there are PL'd characters out there that play extremally well, awesome.  But in general, fresh from the farm 50s are shit.

     

    Do I look at every card for badges?  No!  What you do is on you and not my business.  We all judge and catalog, things and people.  It is human nature; it is society.  Its what we do after we catalog that defines good or bad.  I don't go around calling players out for being X or Y, my opinion about them means nothing to anyone else.  I keep it in my pocket and it goes away when I do the wash because I don't make the rules beyond who I choose to play with.

     

    And for clarification, when I say lower level task forces, I mean any of the TF/SF that exemplars you down below level 50.

    Event badge annoyances

    in General Discussion

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    Yeah PI and KW are you best opportunities to catch the Deadly Apocalypse Banners in large part because there a metric butt ton of players there.  I caught one in Talos last year and a King's Row this year but it was in part because a ZOMPOC happened so there was a crowd already there.  I don't worry about the ZOMPOC badges cause those happen when it isn't Halloween as well.

     

    Thus I focus on banners, Kaine and Tips.  I wish you nothing but good luck in the future though.

    Displaying first appearance of character?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by High_Beam

    On 10/11/2024 at 4:09 PM, The Trouble said:

    There's an unfortunately vocal minority in this game that like to denigrate "farmers".  They see a level 50 on a character that's only 3 days old, and they like to call it out.

    I use badges to determine that 🙂

     

    I know others have pointed out their lack of trust in it but when I see a 50 with no Lower level TFs or their defeat badges are low or they have less than a dozen explore badges, they are suspect.  I use that information for nothing other than my own purposes.  I don't go trying to eff with them and since I don't have a say in certain aspects of the game, I only express my opinions about it in depth when it is appropriate.

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    What is your personal duo/trinity?

    in General Discussion

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    While I joked earlier, I will say that for a very long time on live, I clocked a lot of hours running my main High Beam, an Energy/Ice Blaster in a duo with my best friend in game Doctor Finetush who was an Empathy/Psychic Defender.  Deb and I were a wrecking crew and thus developed some of my fondest memories or the game and of course of small team dynamics.  She would keep my mind clear and filled with fortitude and I just blasted the living shit out of everything.  Is it perfect for everything, or course not and very much not for AV killing cause no real debuff action but we were never for want of a fun session and often a great aftermath of "whew that was close, it's miller time" moments.

     

    So to me, the perfect Duo is an Energy/Anything Blaster and an Emp/Anything healer.

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    Wind Control

    in Controller

    Posted

    I would love wind control.  But then again I would have to hear a bunch of people bitch and moan about knockback which would cause it to be removed thus making a power that  involves high winds blowing things around to not be windy, thus making the power simply blow.  I mean the shit storm of crying about KB when Storm Blast was being developed, another power revolving around weather tearing shit up just sucked.

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    How do you feel about 'lone wolfing'?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I am not a Texas Ranger named J. J.

     

    I am not a samurai with a "cub"

     

    I joined a team to be part of a team.  If I wanted to run around shooting things "lone wolf" then I wouldn't be on a team.  Split teams happen and if I see it happen I say so then follow the core rule of follow the leader. 

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    Thoughts on Fold Space Etiquette on Leagues and Teams

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I use KB-KD IO in Wormhole on my grav/time but rarely use Wormhole in something like ToT.  I am in a group and as a member of a group I forego any personal hang-ups because I have chosen to be part of a group.  If the group generally doesn't appreciate it then don't do it.  It is the trade off you made.  If you dont like it, if that is telling you how to play, find a different group or solo, you do you.  But being part of a group means you don't always get to do what you want, have to accept what the group wants.

     

    Again, its called society.

    The Council change was not good

    in Suggestions & Feedback

    Posted

    Fascist's are supposed to be hated.  You hate them now.  Mission accomplished.

     

    All joking to the side, Solo or not, level 40 to 50 is supposed to be where your mettle as a character is tested; its not about weather its a slow grind or not.  You should be comfortable enough in your powers, how they work where the shortfalls are.  You should be at least 1 respec in on the character, recalibrating when power and slots are picked; what worked and what didn't.

     

    I have always enjoyed smashing them, before the change and after because I do seriously enjoy the concept of punching fascists in the face.  They are a little harder sure, but not that hard, I run the content with Blasters and trollers.  And while I see your attempt to compare revamping the group to 1-4 Star Difficulty changes as being slightly valid, its tiny little tangerines compared to giant assed naval oranges in truth.  Non-Task/Strike Force/Trial content should be able to be completed solo, but that doesn't mean it has to be easy or stay static.  The Arc where you have to fight Nosferatu is hard, and forced me to alter play style and use more temps, but that doesn't mean it should be tossed.

     

    My fun may not be your fun but then again your fun may not be my fun.  Adjust accordingly, that's what I do.

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