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On 7/25/2023 at 6:06 PM, Virtual Green said:
Introducing Powerlaw ! (Rad/Energy)
Once a power-armored Praetorian supercop, now part of the Primal Earth PPD, ready to serve and protect his adopted home.
Original Praetorian outfit :
Customized PPD Hard Suit :
(The basic idea was to recreate as best as I could the Praetorian PD energy attacks and make a character around it)
This remind me of something I cobbled together inspired by the Hard Suit...
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2 hours ago, savair said:
The camera does not change direction the character just runs backwards and I have to keep pressing the button to make it go forward and it takes a while fo rit to do it
Okay, what happens if you tap autorun? Does it just keep going forwards as it should? Could it be making you rubberband? Maybe you've got backwards bound to a key or a macro somewhere? Perhaps on your mouse setup?
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14 hours ago, Ston said:
All the fashionable colours! (thanks to Cyberpunk2077) Beautiful.
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Is anybody able to help me out here? I need to find a way to straighten this stuff in my mind.
I understand the secondaries on;
- Defenders (ranged damage, easy!) ,
- Corrupters ("Affinities", bleh! Horrible, but ye I kinda get it),* and
- ALL Melee Classes, Sentinel - damage/defence or vice versa, nice and simple!
... but it all starts to go awry when I try to comprehend these iffy "Manipulation" and to a lesser extent "Assault" sets.
My questions:
- The reason I don't understand "Assault" sets: Am I supposed to just pick the melee OR the ranged powers, depending on whether I intend to hang around at the back or jump into melee?
- The reason I don't understand Manipulation sets: what is being manipulated? Is my primary set being manipulated? Am I being manipulated? Am I supposed to manipulate my enemy with these powers somehow? My instinct says it should be the primary set, via powers such as "build up" or "aim" or "power boost" or "boost range". Those all make sense. But melee abilities in "Manipulations "seem... like they aren't what it says on the tin, you know? Like the non-pet powers in Mastermind primaries.
I'm not going to suggest removing any powers, but I do like neatness. Why are melee powers in manipulation sets? Should the manipulation sets get renamed to be "Potpourri" or "Hotchpotch" or "Hot Mess" powersets instead?Maybe it's OCDC** or something. Is there a way to make it all make sense without using the words "Headcanon" or "Pretend"?
*sometimes I like an Oxford comma, sometimes not.
**METAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL
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Webslinging and Supersticky, obvious. Duh.
Day job: Newspaper Photographer.
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On 7/14/2023 at 4:19 PM, Rigged said:
Do consider that your kneejerk aversion to power creep and relentless harping about it in this forum belongs more in an i24 purist server rather than HC, which has long ago abandoned the Live balance status quo. HC has upended the entire balance equation in multiple ways, which are now going to be very difficult to revert, especially since they have allowed them to stand for long enough to seep into the status quo. We have power creep in multiple high-performing ATs which the rest have to work alongside and quite frankly the pace of range AT buffs do not look like they are going to slow even though it is clear that those ATs were overbuffed entire issues ago. If you want to complain about power creep, kindly direct that at the dev balance philosophy and not player suggestions to keep up, because it is very clear that avoiding power creep is not in the dev priorities. Like I said earlier, shutting down discussion by wishing for a tanker nerf is not going to be productive considering the HC devs have let those buffs stand for three and a half years now. This is longer than the lifespan of some MMOs. If you do not mind, you can go on wishing for them while the rest of us work with the reality we're in.
This has some good solid arguments but becomes rather dumb at the end.
Whilst it's good to bear in mind the devs' actions and from them form impressions of their opinions, I think it's wrong to try to shut others down and pretend to represent "the rest of us". I've done that plenty myself, so I know when I see something silly.
Anyway, the rest of us think the devs should consider buffing or introducing a broader array of non-damage powers for baddies, such as (I know I'll regret this) controls.- hey, it's not a fair playing field, the baddies can't do (much of) the most powerful stuff. To make it more fun, how about each time you CC someone that's already CC'd, they lose both CCs. Then you have to think when using powers instead of /follow and auto-cast. It could apply to baddies casting CCs too.. Imagine the chaos... the beautiful chaos, muahahaha. Just thinking aloud. Again. Sorry.-
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40 minutes ago, Vanden said:
It seems pretty clear to me. OP is suggesting that taunt powers do damage, with a delayed heal. They want it to do more damage if the taunt is slotted for taunt, and more damage to higher-ranked enemies. Because it hurts their pride.
I thanked you. Do I get anything for being able to drag my mouse in a straight line for about 56 billion miles*?
*slight exaggeration, it was about 10cm, but I'm using a trackball and straight lines aren't easy.
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Circus Strongman would have won it for me. A simple but brilliant take on the theme. Sadly I didn't get a picture 😞
These were the honourable mentions. ❤️
More random pics...
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16 hours ago, Akisan said:
Air guitar while electrical blast lightning shreds nearby enemies? It might be fun to RP an up and coming literal God of Rock (appearance of an awkward teenager optional)
Yes, the model for air guitar is already in the game, I remember not seeing it!
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1 hour ago, Akisan said:
Isn't this roughly what happens if you leave the ramrod in after loading a musket?
There'd likely be a few odd hangs or unusually fast shots of the assault rifle as well, to account for the various cast times. (And may end up as a minor nerf to some sets, as they would trigger redraw without the +0.05x Acc to compensate).
It'd also be cool to see Dual Pistol & Magic Archer versions of the non-weapon sets, so yes please!
Well, yes, I wouldn't like to limit the idea to just rifles. Imagine if other tools could be on the list - magic wands or voodoo dolls or some other totem. I mean, the world's your oyster, but the more generic they are, the better the effort/reward ratio.
I said ratio, not radio.
That's going to look weird when they change the emotes again.-
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9 hours ago, Troo said:
Magnifico! Great job, Troo.
I came 2nd in the Fashion Contest on Friday with this costume:-
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16 hours ago, Jander said:
Been gone so long i forgot my second accounts user name and pass.
Is it
Neil_Smith
Passw0rd10
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This should allow players to choose blaster rifle animations for a huge array of powersets! Exciting!
BLASTER RIFLE ANIMATIONS for all* ranged powersets
-AKA ranged damage set rifle costume part/alternate animation.
Ranged Damage sets (Blaster primary or Corrupter secondary) are analysed:
if the player selects one of these- ice
- fire
- dark
- energy
- electric
- psychic
- radiation
- seismic
- sonic
- storm?
- water
i.e. not one of these:
- archery
- assault rifle
- beam rifle
- dual pistols
When the user then clicks the Costume tab in the CC, a "weapons" section appears with a selection of Rifles.
At the top of the list is "None".If the user selects None, then the Custom tab uses vanilla animations.
If the user selects a Rifle, then the Custom tab uses a hybrid Rifle animation with the source point of any raycast powers being the gun.
I acknowledge this would be a grand project and as such I don't expect it to be implemented.BUT, it's been bugging me and I want to express it.
Energy guns, Ice rifles, Sonic cannons! Woohoo!
*not all.
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Ooh I didn't know about that!
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1 hour ago, High_Beam said:
Why is his chest covered with Skittles?
Skittles are fished from the sea.
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I do believe there's a degree on the topic, but our PM doesn't want you to do it! No aspiration, this lot.
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1 hour ago, High_Beam said:
And that people is how you prevent your brother from eating the last cookie.
If you'd have said sister, I'd have believed you.
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Thanks for doing this. I don't have any characters on Indomitable but I want to recognise your efforts in organising stuff. You're important!
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I really liked some of the costumes here.
Wyatt Derp was lying down 😕
I came second! 8D
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With that in mind, what do the artists need to know in terms of contraints?
Resolution/DPI etc?
I guess I can just find the files myself..
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26 minutes ago, AboveTheChemist said:
As I noted in a previous billboards thread, 1-for-1 replacement of in-game billboard textures with custom billboards should be feasible, and my offer to provide the technical knowledge to make a mod like this happen still stands, if someone can supply the art.
I don't want to stereotype... who am I kidding? I LOVE to stereotype.
All artists are incredibly lazy. FACT!
If we want them to do anything, I suspect we'll have to prod and poke them all the way to the finish line.
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I love masterminds, but for me I have an issue wrapping my head around the combination of Primaries with Secondaries. Getting a concept that works is really hard.
Personally, I think the Secondary selection is really meh, I dislike them all. I don't do Defender sets. There are NO fun options - can we have assault instead of support?
That said, I recognise that this discussion is specifically about Primaries and so I will say this:
Things I love about MM:
- Thugs,
- Robots,
- Mercenaries,
- Whips in Demons,
- The IDEA behind Ninjas.
There's an old trope/adage that goes, "Keep it Simple Stupid". This is something that I'd HIGHLY recommend people who are creating a hero designer/costume creator. There's a reason Lego is so successful - it started with a simple brick. The point I'm trying to make is that the onus for being creative should be on the PLAYER not the developers.
And the conclusion is my suggestion: Men in Suits. Simple, elegant and can be used by a HUGE variety of character concepts.
This contrasts with Ninjas. Complex, off-the-wall design that is admirable from a creativity point-of-view but lacks versatility - who has a Ninjas MM? Too complicated, not compatible with players' concepts.
Demons audio could do with a pass. I think the triggers need to be reduced in their frequency and the sounds themselves made less jarring.
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Billboards offer the opportunity to create a lot of fancypants artwork.
We could even have rotating billboards (I mean people could generate new art each ... week, for example - not that the billboard itself rotates).
Hey here's one: Advertise- Upcoming Costume Competitions,
- Tanker Tuesdays, other events,
- Base Design Competition!
- Advertise your Supergroup!
Ofc, these designs should have dates on their names so people don't download old ones (or out-of-date ones could be removed from the mod site).
There's loads of scope for interesting adverts! Where are our artists?What do you think of THAT eh?! Well?! WHAAAAATTTTT? Tell everybody in the oblong box below.
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Return of the Son of Jukebox Thread
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Sounds like Oasis to me.
Milltown Brothers = Apple Green