ZacKing

Yeah no, you're in the wrong too. You're essentially telling everyone else to do something so you can have fun while at the same time trying to say others asking you to do something (turn off group fly) so they can have fun is wrong. Turning off group fly is easier for you than it is for people to run to Null if you really want to get that petty about it. It's clear you can't look at things objectively here. No matter what you say, there's nothing making you ineffective and unable to contribute to the team without group fly on. By your own admission, you don't use it on certain maps, so you don't need it on. Just about everyone adjusts the way they play when they're on a team vs playing solo. You can do it too. There's nothing tyrannical about booting you from their team when you didn't oblige a team leader's request. I agree.

I can empathize as this is always a sucky situation when people on teams don't agree. With that said, the team leader didn't do anything wrong. It's their team, they're leading it and they get to set the rules on how they are going to run the TF. If they asked you to turn it off and you didn't they're within their right to boot you. If it's disruptive to the rest of the team, then yes they can boot you. A couple of things... Nor should you be able to impose on their play styles. That door swings both ways. You could have let team mates know in advance that you'll be using group fly and if they have a problem with it, there's a Null option in PD to disable it or they can go do some other content or ask you not to use it. So is everyone elses time very valuable to them. I don't believe so and I don't think they should. Again, the team leader didn't do anything wrong in asking you to turn off group fly and booting you when you didn't oblige. There's really no right or wrong here. It's more a lack of communication ahead of time. Sorry it happened to you. Maybe next time let team mates know you'll be using it ahead of time?

Amen, not to mention how dangerous that is for everyone.

Or maybe they just used people with low IQ that are immune to psi? 🤣

How about giving new people a shot at a role instead of reviving dead actors via CGI? That's giving studios even more reason to not hire real people.

Yes I know. And yet we have missions like "Stop All Robots in Headquarters" in the Synapse Task force that's literally polluted with them. 🤣

Not true in the case of early game Clockwork. Psi damage is great on Synapse runs.

That depends on who the actor is. Some of them make insane amounts of money - see Tom Cruise, Adam Sandler, Dwayne Johnson etc. You could make an entire movie with what some of these individuals get paid. I read somewhere that Jennifer Connelly got something like $114K per minute for her role in Top Gun 2. This I completely agree with.

You never know. I mean, if it's a totally CGI character I'm not sure why a stunt double would need a full prosthetic suit and mask... but could be. This article does say it's a "first look at the Thing"... https://www.superherohype.com/movies/582595-the-fantastic-four-first-steps-set-video-thing

Can't get excited about this. I have to wonder why they're bothering releasing it since there's no way I can see this turning a profit.

Oh man... I'm thinking (hoping) this is going to get replaced via CGI, but then again The Thing was a rubber suit before in three different film attempts... The more I see of the stuff from this, the less I'm excited to see it.

Yup. "To the extent that I was aware of the kind of toxic fandom, the anti-SJW, you know, sad little corner of fandom — you just disregard that. Sometimes you’re motivated to have things simply because it’s possibly going to piss off or provoke people who seem to have missed the memo about just what exactly “Star Trek” is and always has been all about." https://variety.com/2020/tv/features/michael-chabon-star-trek-picard-1203544717/

You're a leading a team playing a video game, not other people's drill sergeant, parent or boss.

I'm not a fan of Discovery either. It's sole redeeming quality is proving that Voyager and Enterprise weren't bad after all, and that's including the abysmal "These are the voyages" finale for Enterprise. I can't get excited about this at all, which is truly a shame since I absolutely adore Michelle Yeoh. She was the only redeeming thing about Discovery and I didn't watch any episode she wasn't in and stopped watching altogether once she left. This looks just terrible and an actress of her immense talent is totally wasted on garbage like this. Then again, what does anyone expect when you have "showrunners" like Chabon who said he didn't care about what fans thought and wanted to piss them off, hiring "writers" who admit they've never watched a single second of Star Trek and have no clue as to the lore. No wonder Paramount is in the crapper.

There's never been 40+ Babbages. 28 is the current record. Last week there was about 20 Babbages and 2 Kronos Titans. Correct. The specific mission in the "Operation World Wide Red" arc from Crimson in PI is the one called "Stop All Wildflower Agents". Once you defeat all the Malta and rescue Dr. Lamarr, don't exit the mission. Use an Oro portal or Base Teleporter to exit from within the mission. We do this every so often to do a mass Kronos Spawn in Talos and some use this to spawn Kronos Titans during the Saturday Night Synapse on Torch.

In addition to not breaking poses, I'd personally love to see an option to decline all outside buffs from other players. VFX spam in general was already way out of hand when the game was live and there's no end in sight to it here. VFX spam is a real deterrent in joining larger teams and leagues and I know I'm not the only one. Yeah yeah, I know about the noparticles thing.

I don't disagree with you, but I also understand that the software landscape has changed. It depends on the software too. Back in the day when you bought a CD, you had the physical product and didn't get any sort of security updates, bug fixes and such. Now, you're not really buying a physical product anymore and as I understand it and from what I've seen, you're getting bug and security fixes at least. Whether or not you're getting full upgrades included in your subscription fee is dependent on the publisher. I agree this is annoying. Cisco is infamous for this too in the ISP market. If they find you have anything in your network that isn't "genuine Cisco" they won't honor their Smartnet guarantee. They've been strong-arming the industry for years. Apple does this too. From my experience, most will work with non-authentic cartridges just fine. Remember, these printer companies don't make their money on printers themselves. The money comes from cartridge sales. Same thing with Keurig and K-cups.

If a company decides they aren't making enough money from a title, it's perfectly reasonable to shut it down. Like I said earlier, if those companies want to release their code to the public so someone else can manage it and pay for it, by all means go for it. I don't think companies should be required to operate at a loss keeping titles active that are losing money.

Some of the shots in there looked like stuff from the SDCC, but whatever. I still think this is going to bomb.

I don't really see a difference. If the game you've purchased requires an internet connection to play, regardless of whether single or multi-player, that means it needs to connect to a server the company is providing, and you're paying for access to a service. Unless those games specifically stated in their user agreements that they'd be around forever, then the companies can sunset them whenever they want. I agree with your sentiment though and can empathize, which I think we all can given the game we're currently playing here.

Most of it is from actual teaser footage though based on what I've read and seen from the SDCC. Still a pass for me. You can't polish this turd enough. Pedro Pascal is just horribly miscast.

Teaser Trailer from SDCC ... Yup, I'm out. Definite pass and can already tell this is going to be the next in an ever lengthening list of flops for the MCU.

I don't think companies should be required to continue paying to maintain games in perpetuity. If it's a MMORPG, you're paying for access and as far as I know, there's no guarantee you'll have access forever. With that said, if the game companies are willing to let the community take over the costs for maintenance and running a server like they have here, I'm all for it.

Pie in the sky idea - I'd love to see more team-oriented Trial/TF/SF content that's geared toward and balanced for small teams. Don't get me wrong, stuff like hard mode TFs and the Labrynth are fun, but if I'm being honest I much prefer content that's made for smaller groups and not full leagues. Trials like the Summer Blockbuster and Dr. Kane's House of Horrors are great and are designed for a max of 4 players. I can play these with the wife and kids without needing to recruit anyone else. Key points of interest to me are that I like smaller, casual groups and there's way less VFX spam on a small team than there is on a full league. Yeah, I know about the noparticles thing. I know the HC folk love teaming and making team content, but it would be nice to see some content that's made for smaller groups. Not everything needs to be for a full league.

I liked Dual Blades for a long while. I had a DB/SR scrapper that was a lot of fun. I abandoned it because I couldn't stand the whole need to land a hit to get the BU from Blinding Feint. That was annoying AF.