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  1. 4 hours ago, Rudra said:

    A bug is deficiency in the code. That deficiency in the code causes the problems.

    A geometry error is a deficiency with the map or other objects. That deficiency allows examples like players getting under the map to attack up through the ground, which happened in CoX, for instance.

    A text error is not part of the working code but is provided data to the user/player that is in error. This most often includes typos, but also includes poor grammar, bad word choice, and incorrect instructions to the user/player.

     

    If a mission is coded for goal A, says player needs to accomplish goal B, but does not complete until player accomplishes goal A, that is not a bug. That is a text error. That is incorrect instructions provided to the user/player. The code itself, the mission, is working correctly.

     

    If mission is coded for goal A, says player needs to accomplish goal A, player accomplishes goal A, and mission still does not complete, that is a bug. That is a failure of the code/mission to complete for requisite task.

     

    Edit: Now if you were saying you think this would be more appropriate as a running set of entries in the typos section, that would make more sense. Unless the typo is in the code causing the program to not run correctly, it is not a bug. Bug = code problem.

     

    Aaaaaand if we're being all-time pedantic:

     

    "Thwre" is a typo. 

     

    "There was a mass of soggy eagles on top of scooter ice cream crow" is shitty writing. 

     

    There's a difference. 

  2. 44 minutes ago, Vanden said:

    The vast majority of the time “Defeat X and Guards” means defeat the named mob and every mob in the room it spawned in. If you’ve found a specific mission that says that but is in fact a kill all, submit a bug report and be specific about which mission it is/what contact gives it. Manually going through every mission in the game and double-checking that the victory conditions match the text is not a particularly realistic goal.

     

    I can file a bug report in that it appears your reading comprehension is bugged. 😉

    I'm asking for a group-sourced (because we all know at least one mission like this which is not bugged, just badly composed) list to save devs the work of "Manually going through every mission in the game and double-checking that the victory conditions match the text" and just giving them a list of what's wrong and what can be done to fix it.

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  3. We've all been there: cruising along through a story arc, looking for those sweet, sweet merits, and a "Defeat Council General Nancy and guards" comes along.

    Tank-stealth to the end, punch Archon Nancy in the face, smack his buddies around, aaaaaaaaaaand....nada.

    Start clearing spawns from the boss mob outward, just in case the "and guards" bubble extends a little more aaaaaaaaaand...nada.

    Reread the mission text: Ope, no mention of a "make sure you arrest everyone in the area," or "leave no witnesses"? Surely it's not a stealth kill-all, right?

    IT IS! And there's no way to know unless you do it, and your dumb ass is set to +4x8 because you're narcissistic.

    OR BETTER YET

    You have to rescue five separate hostages on a six-floor office map, and NOWHERE IN ANY OF THE MISSION TEXT OR DESCRIPTIONS IS THERE A SINGLE MENTION OF HOSTAGES!

    Let's start a list of missions we *know* are borked like this, and I don't know if the solution is to just add in some text, or change the mission success parameters, or what...but not everybody reads or trusts the wiki, not every mission is even included in it, so let's pool our frustration and knock out a pretty major QoL issue, yeah?

    I'll begin:

    Hero Contact: Crimson
    Story Arc: World Wide Red
    Mission: Catch the shape-shifter 'Moment'
    Stated Objective in Navigator: Defeat Moment and guards
    Actual completion objective: Defeat all mobs on map (Maybe? I didn't finish until I had cleared all but the last hostage mob, so can't confirm); rescue 5 non-escort hostages
    Suggested fix: Change mission text and Navigator objective to reflect either kill-all or 5 hostages to rescue, *or* change mission complete objective to reflect existing "defeat boss and guards" text

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  4. 8 hours ago, josephgudgeon said:

    Actually. My Main character is the Emperor, King, Lord of the Underworld of the dead. In Other words, He is Satan, Hades, and Anubis.  I can Create the look for each of these on the same character, But i would like for the name to match the look. And i always thought that not allowing players to have the same name makes little logical sense. I mean If you get enough players, eventually There will be no names left that anyone can use. 

     

    Be more creative, learn how math and letters work, or both!

     

    Problem solved, no spaghetti required. 

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  5. 1 hour ago, Apparition said:

     

     

    Invisible Woman is arguably an Illusion/Force Field Controller.  Wonder Woman is an Invulnerability/SS Tanker.  Arsenal and Huntress are Archery/Tactical Arrow Blasters.  Most of the Bat-Family are Street Justice/Ninjitsu Scrappers or Stalkers.

     

    See above post about Invisible Woman. 

     

    Wonder Woman's lasso, sword, and shield either don't exist or can't be used together. 

     

    Arsenal has a robot arm full of guns and explosives. 

     

    Huntress has a crossbow. 

     

    The Bat-Family use grapples, bolas, tasers, smoke grenades and other shit that doesn't exist. 

  6. On 2/15/2022 at 7:24 PM, Krimson said:

    My Street Justice/WP Scrapper uses Boxing all the time. And Cross Punch. Oh, and I have Brawl muled with FOUR Hecatomb, and every time I exemp below level 20 I use Brawl almost exclusively. 😄 Yes, I mule Infiltration. Not once have I removed it from the tray. Though, you might want to stop now. You're not going to win.

     

    That is a dumb build, forced on you by bad power design. 

  7. 11 hours ago, Bill Z Bubba said:

    A power used specifically for the set bonuses it can provide is in no way stupid.

     

    Not what I said and you know it you curmudgeon. 🤨

     

    Choosing a power and then *immediately* removing it from your tray, intentionally, simply because you want to slot something in it is stupid. The *player* is not stupid, the system that forces that type of build choice in order to achieve a goal is. 

     

    Every single time I take Boxing, I cringe. Every time. 

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