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    Goodbye to CoH message boards.

    in General Discussion

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    On 1/23/2025 at 8:51 AM, GM_GooglyMoogly said:

    Can we please not get into another tit-for-tat posting battle?

    You could/should make a public comment on the Snarky situation.  You could also cower and say we don't talk about blah blah blah.

    This is a chance for a good upfront conversation.  NOTE:  I hate that you are making me say this.

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    HC needs to develop a policy on memorials.

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    2 hours ago, Greycat said:

    I initially started posting this in the thread about yet another member of the community who passed. I broke this out because - well, one, I don't want to bring it in to a thread with people mourning the loss of a friend, and two, it's a general... thing.

     

    Homecoming's devs/cms/whatever terms you want are going to have to sit down, both with just each other to determine what they're comfortable with, and with the community as a whole, and come up with a solid policy on memorials.

     

    For the longest time, we only had Coyote, and that was because of an influential player in beta the live devs wanted to memorialize because of the impact they made.  The closest we had to another "memorial" was Ascendant, and he was still alive (during live - and I'm referring to the occasional NPC conversation going "Ascendant who? You have the wrong number.") Obviously they're now an NPC (and so is Saul.)

     

    There are memorial NPCs for when the servers were underground/secret. There are several memorial NPCs around. I knew some of the players. I have no clue who the others were. And even though I play primarily on Everlasting, I have no clue who this latest person a memorial is being asked for *is.* It always felt weird going to MSRs, for instance, and having Todogut standing there - I have no idea who they are, what they did, or why they're there. But they obviously meant something to some people who could put them in.

     

    And you look down at "Fallen but not forgotten" - which is easy to miss, and you need to be on the forum for - and every one of *those* people meant something to someone. And we've lost others not mentioned anywhere, or long since forgotten. Heck, I had a friend who was literally murdered during live. Anyone know the name or character?

     

    I guess where I'm going with this is I'm very much torn on "memorial NPCs." There are so many who will never have a mention in game. And these so often feel like - well, a popularity contest more than anything - how many people knew you and are willing to speak up on the forum and/or discord? Veracor had people asking because he had 40k vet levels and was leaving HC - he led raids and such constantly on Everlasting, but aside from the fact he didn't even want it, what would that have meant to someone on Torchbearer? Dacy has had an impact - tutorials, youtube videos, etc - with the ins and outs of base building from beginning to advanced. If you don't base build, do you know them? The "secret server" days devs are a big part of the reason we're even able to be here. If something happened to them, do they get NPCs? Heck, I've fought the live devs for changes to Sonic resonance because it was making people physically ill, wrote up the first guides for when AE launched so people could get a handle on it and more... but most of my friends don't bother with the forums or HC discord, so they wouldn't be making a fuss about it aside from among ourselves. Did I make the bar, or would someone just go "I hadn't heard from Greycat in a few months" and leave it at that if I keeled over right now?

     

     

    I guess, at the end of this long ramble, what I'm asking for is... well, two things.

     

    One. This has been asked for before. Just a *general* memorial people can visit, meant to remember *everyone* who's ever been part of the COH family and passed. Having a place to go, a touchstone to sit and remember - even if their names aren't on it, not all would want that, and there's no way of knowing all the names (and, again, the question of "how tall to ride" would come up) - is helpful when we lose a friend. I don't think, in general, there would be all too much outcry against an "In memoriam."

     

    Two. Devs. Sit down with each other to figure out loosely what you're comfortable with, and sit down and have the conversation with us, the community, about memorials - spots, plaques, NPCs, whatever - for individuals. It *is* a repeated ask for various people, but I do think the conversation needs to be had (and expectations or boundaries set.) It won't be an easy conversation, it'd probably be a heated conversation at times, but if there are going to be *any* NPCs, plaques, renames of anything, etc. - having something that feels ... I hate to use the word fair, maybe "considered?" ... to point to ...

     

    well, you know.

     

    Probably not revisiting the thread, I'm sure there'll be plenty of barbs thrown about this, so... But I think it's a conversation to have.

    Never really gave much thought about this before.  You do bring up some interesting points.  Who to include or exclude?  Does everyone get it or only a select few who get selected by someone.

    My only way of providing a solution or approach for this would be to find some place like Echo Plaza.  Also all players to register their handle.  If some day they pass away, have a special marker next to the name to honor them.

    Before someone else suggests it, I don't know if having players offer tributes to that player as a honor to provide other markers or something should be done.  But it would allow people in the community to feel something, perhaps grief, by doing that.

    Have a good weekend.

    NPCs that Call for Help

    in Suggestions & Feedback

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    7 hours ago, PeregrineFalcon said:

    They already do that. Watch your chat window.

     

    I swear, half of the posts I see in the suggestions forum make me wonder if the people actually play this game.

    Those NPCs who call for help are the ones most likely to sue the hero for some BS reason like their purse strap got broken.

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    Lots of trademark abuse lately

    in General Discussion

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    55 minutes ago, PeregrineFalcon said:

    It wouldn't be hard at all for Disney to win that suit at all. If that suit were filed I'd put my money on The Mouse.

     

    The word Sith existing in the English language before Star Wars is irrelevant. The Sith, or Sith Lord, as a title to denote someone who is bad and has dark powers is the relevant context, which has little to do with the original word.

     

    Bottom line, if you imply in any way that your character might be even remotely connected to the Sith or Dark Jedi of Lucas/Disney good luck trying to convince a judge or jury that you really just meant the old Norse version of "late, in the evening." And if your character has a sword that glows, forget it. The Mouse will sue you into bankruptcy.

    Bottom line, we got a bunch of busy bodies looking to start a fight.  How about just let players play the fing game?  This is low level BS,

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    A Fallen Hero.

    in Fallen but not Forgotten

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    On 5/14/2024 at 7:15 AM, Ascalon said:

    I'm sorry to share the sad news that another member of our community has passed away. Trem Dei, also known as Tremedius or Nezumiko, has left us. Originally from Virtue and later returning to Everlasting, Trem was a beloved long-time member and friend. He also briefly served as DJ Dreamer of the Cape Radio. We will miss him greatly.

    I know we are an older group playing the game, but it feels like we are losing people far to quickly...

    anniversary event end date?

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    14 hours ago, Player2 said:

    That's today!!

     

    Better log in and get your Anniversary tokens before they're gone.

    I went through a couple of hundred characters and most but certainly not all got the stuff.  The others I consider D level characters.

    Lots of trademark abuse lately

    in General Discussion

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    4 hours ago, ZacKing said:

    Not sure about anyone else, but I've been seeing a whole lot of people using trademarked names, words and costumes of late.  For those who don't know, the words Jedi and Sith are trademarked by Lucasfilm/Disney, so no, despite protestations to the contrary, you can't have a character named Jedi Fred or Darth Bob in the game with a costume that's spot on for Obi Wan Kenobi or Darth Maul with a profile that talks about your prowess with the force.  You also can't be dressed up like Batman or the Flash or Superman and say your SS/INV tank with a profile that mentions how you're from Krypton is "cosplaying so it's ok". 

     

    I know hardly anyone reads the CoC or ToS when they agree to create an account and sign in.  There's been a lot of this lately.  I feel bad for the GMs who must be getting flooded with tickets over it.  Maybe the parts about not violating copyrights and trademarks needs to be made more prominent?

     

     

    I think Sith would be hard to stand in court as it was a term that existed before Star Wars.

    Word History and Origins

    Origin of sith1

    First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English siththa, dialectal variant of siththan, originally, sīth thām “after that, subsequently to that” (compare German seitdem “since, ever since”), equivalent to sīth “subsequently,” akin to Gothic seithus (adjective) “late,” Old Norse sīth (adverb) “late, in the evening,” German seit (preposition and conjunction) “since” + thām, dative of demonstrative pronoun, i.e., “to that”; the 1
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    "What happened to the MSRs?"

    in Everlasting

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    On 5/9/2024 at 2:00 PM, MaceVanHoffen said:

    I think we need to be very, very kind to the folks that run raids of any kind.  It's a rough job.  You will never please everyone.  More than that, someone will always hate whatever way you run it.  The risk of burnout is high, which hurts everyone.

     

    I don't really care for instanced MSRs.  But are they that bad, really? No.  Everything is just tradeoffs.  It's much more important to support those willing to eat the pain sandwich of leading and organizing raids than it is to have every personal preference catered to.  I'll probably attend many instanced MSRs and have a great time doing so.

     

    Hats off to all you crazy folks who organize things.  It's one of the many bricks in the Wall of Awesome that make up Everlasting.

    Some of us have been in many msr for the whole time homecoming has been around.  Just tossing out hater is because people are voicing a different opinion just doesn't work for me.

    At this point, I would rather see MSR be a zone like hami.

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    "What happened to the MSRs?"

    in Everlasting

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    On 5/9/2024 at 4:09 AM, SnoBahr said:

    Yeah, "Barky McBarker" is mine. I will admit that the instanced MSRs are a bit of a Reading Comprehension Test. The instructions are simple:

    1. Go to the Rikti War Zone.
    2. Send Bunni Rabbit a /tell to join the league (which is already inside the instance)

    I can't begin to tell you how many people send me tells:

    1. from inside their base
    2. while shifting zone to the RWZ, before accepting the invite
    3. from a non-coop opposite faction zone (I go back and forth between Rogue/Vigilante. If I'm Rogue, I can't invite someone who's picking their nose in Talos Island, nor can I invite someone from Sharkhead if I'm Vigilante)
    4. but they forgot to call the final contact on an Ouro arc (so they're technically still on that mission arc)
    5. from inside a door mission

    When I try to re-invite them, it will occasionally come up that "[character] is considering another offer" *sigh* The only thing at that point is they need to quit to desktop and relog into the game (not to character-select, but out of the game entirely), to clear the flag that says they're considering joining a team/league.

     

    I tried to get everyone for the instanced raid together before entering the instance itself. It was an absolute cluster-pluck, for all the reasons Andreah stated. Never doing that again - I will continue entering all by myself, and inviting from inside.

     

    On the plus side, reduced griefing. Reduced lag. The hospital is at Point du Hoc (but the dropship can hit you in the hospital area. You rez, only to drop once again, immediately, if the Dropship is nearby). Guaranteed dropship spawn. Everyone's at level 50.

    Downside: Can't train up your levels during the raid, or quickly do the Member of Vanguard badge mission. Can't access Wenty's/Black Market from inside the mission.

    See, you are being a bit of an ass here with the whole reading comprehension bit. So f off.  You the same person who talked in the MSR about people just being lazy?  BC f off to the person that said that.  And why are you botting a character?

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    "What happened to the MSRs?"

    in Everlasting

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    3 hours ago, Andreah said:

    Most of the time, after you track down everyone who was AFK and get them to push the button, you'll get into the instance, and 3/4 of the people got dropped. And some random person got the league star. And they don't respond to tells. Maybe that person went afk ninja like. Maybe they hid their UI to play -- people do that. Maybe they're just super confused. Once you figure that out, and get the original raid leader back as the league, then you have to find all the people who got dropped and have them send tells to the league leader. Who might not even have been the person who invited them.  Then you have to sit and wait in the instance while the raid leader re-balances the teams. Even if everyone's a fifty, team composition balance is important to ensure everyone gets a similar amount of experience and merits.

     

    Honest to god, I know everyone wants to chime in on how they can do it better. I have just one thing to say for that -- volunteer to run a few. It's not a super secret exclusive club. In fact, you don't need anyone's permission at all -- Go to RWZ and start recruiting. Afterwards, tell us how it went.

     

     

    Tonight, I have decided to take a break for the game.  Perhaps as long as the summer or longer.  Just little things are adding up to a less enjoyable experience.

    Name Purge

    in General Discussion

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    6 hours ago, ZacKing said:

     

    I'm not sure that you'd need to wipe the database to do this?  I get that the code is whacky, but this doesn't sound right.  I don't think I've ever come across a situation where I had to wipe out all the data in a database to start over from scratch with something.  I'm not a professional DBA, but I do know a thing or two about about SQL and databases.  There's no way to run an update statement to prepend the global@ to the beginning of character names?

     

     

    You wouldn't be in the chat, unless you specifically wanted to see global names.   In chat, your name would still be Bionic Flea.  That's how it works in CO and STO.  You wouldn't see the global in the name floating above your character either.

    It is easy.  WHo is going to do the work mr armchair expert?

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    "What happened to the MSRs?"

    in Everlasting

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    I have stopped doing MSR since the switch to instance.  They have the option to gather like before then go to instance.  I have been in that and it was fine.

     

    The switch to go to instance then gather is annoying and unnecessary. 

    Also, what is with the barker.  The raid leader should just broadcast it.

    We know it was doing bc of people interfering with the event.  And it is good against that.  Now, in the instance everyone is level 50, which is nice, but does take a bit of the flavor out of it.

    Overall, a win, but an annoying one.

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    Change to 'zone clickies' events

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    On 5/1/2024 at 10:11 AM, srmalloy said:

    It's too late to do this for the anniversary event, but as a recommendation for future events that have items scattered around the zone that you click on for rewards, with a possible 'ambush' -- change the logic so that, when an ambush occurs, the rewards drop when the ambush is defeated. One of the things I'm seeing with the anniversary event is a majority of players clicking on the time capsules to get the anniversary token, then zooming away to leave the ambush behind them for someone else to clean up, and if no one does, the respawn of the capsule is significantly delayed. I mean, the ambush for a solo character is three white minions, something which should not be a noticeable threat to a character; if you can't be bothered cleaning up your own mess, why should you expect someone else to do it for you?

    SO, they are sharing the gift to others.

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