ZacKing

Could just be me but this sounds like it's your problem for making the choice not to use it, not everyone else. You're not some holier-than-thou purist for not using it. Using it to speed missions isn't an exploit anymore than using TT or ATT. It's an exploit for escaping death in PvP and Mo TFs. it's not for normal gameplay. and if your friends aren't waiting for you before finishing missions, are they really friends? This says it all. It's your problem, not everyone else. HC people have already said it's going to get changed but it's still going to allow people to transport to their base, so if you're still not going to use it, it's your problem.

Are you going to die more or less without hasten? If you're answer is more, then you're built wrong or playing wrong or both.

Yeah you're not reading mine either. I said "people" not "you".

So what? My tanks, brutes and scrappers still aren't going to die. My blasters are still going to 1 shot stuff and nuke mobs. Removing hasten has zero impact. You're all making a mountain out of an anthill.

Yes to all of these please.

Yeah we all know what it does man. The question is, so what? So you kill that EB in 30 seconds instead of 20. People aren't making the game any better by suggesting hasten get nerfed or removed. they're just making it more of a slog.

LMAO! "action economy". This isn't D&D man. You can only ever fire off one power at a time here.

Of course you can't get it anywhere else. It's in the SPEED pool for a reason. Of course it's going to be a preferred pick when the majority of other pool powers are shit. Make better pool powers.

It can't be that important to me if I've never taken it. none of my friends take it either. You just don't need it. but that's beside the point. Hasten is taken a lot because most other pools suck, outside the fighting pool.

Yeah that's fair. I don't think we should worry about walking on eggshells over it though.

I don't have a problem with the rule. scroll up I've said it repeatedly and have no problem following it. we're just having a discussion is all. I find it very odd people seem to think there is some imminent C&D coming from Marvel over the game. It's just not going to happen.

Man there's like legions of cosplayers around the world that explain it.

Hang on a minute - why was it being kept secret? Why the need for NDAs and all the secrecy about it? Did the people running it have permission from the owner of the IP? Was the code purchased or given to them with permission? Uhm, what? You do know the code wasn't taken with permission, right? I get why they kept it secret and can't blame anyone for doing it. But let's be honest here, you're arguing that stolen property is under less of a threat from the rightful owner of it than Disney?

Dude calm down. people can disagree on stuff and it's ok. I don't make direct copycats, but I also could care less if that's what someone else wants to do if that's what make them happy. I'm not here to tell other people what they should and shouldn't do with their character. I won't go telling people to be "more creative" and other stupid stuff. You want to be angry, be angry at the people who stole the code and ran a private server for years and repeatedly lied to all our faces about it. That's put the game in way more jeapordy than Disney ever will.

Exactly. A few people here literally lost their shit over people making cosplays in the game because they thought it was tacky and cried and whined about it. Disney won't give a hoot about this server. To be clear, I totally respect that the people running this server have rules and want to do what they think is right. I've no problem with their COC. i just think we all have a greater chance of getting struck by a random meteor than Disney slapping a lawsuit on anyone.

LOL! ok you go right on and keep moving the goalposts. Have fun with that. Right because stealing their property from them isn't going to upset them....

Yeah Marvel tried that argument too and it didn't work for them. Of course direct names shouldn't be allowed.

Even Disney doesn't care. There is fan art all over the web. Cosplayers are all over the world posting pics of themselves on social media. They go after people like artists on Deviantart taking commissions for their stuff and people selling skins for games.

Game isn't live anymore and isn't being run by a for profit company.

Want to put money on if Disney or Marvel gave them legal permission to do it?

Yeah that's entirely your choice man. You're making that decision and you need to live with the consequences of it. Find other people who play like you do and go have fun together.

yeah hope springs eternal. Personally I'm not holding my breath.

Yea I can cite all kinds of laws and press releases from a long time ago too. Times have changed. This is more about the people who stole the code covering themselves more than looking out for NCSoft. No court is going to hold NCSoft accountable for something someone else did with property they stole from them.

There is risk in everything you do. some are more likely than others. what's more likely here? the owner of the IP pulling the plug on a pirate server running property stolen from them? or Disney sending a C&D? again, I completely accept the rules here and have no problem with following them. of course people who want to make direct copies shouldn't do it. I'm just questioning the thinking that Disney shutting the game down is a risk to be concerned about. They haven't done it for decades for games way more popular than this one.

yeah this is why most companies have insurance policies. You think they go to work every day worrying about someone slipping and falling on the sidewalk and suing them?