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This should help you understand.

If somebody came out with a server that put everything back behind a gate so that you had to play the content to unlock them,l that goes for capes, auras, costumes, badges, respecs...everything but had everything else this server has, I think that would be the only way to get a more realistic idea to the statistics to answer your question. Without that option, it is just too hard to say.

You know, I thought on this a bit last night as I was laying in bed it a thought came in that made me think...Homecoming is trying to go legit with NCSoft. If I were trying to do the same, one of my talking points to help make my case would be, "We have X amount of players, there is still a profit to be made here and we can run that for you at minimal cost." If players start dropping, wouldn't that hurt HC with their attempt to do what they are trying to do with NCSoft?

Yeah, I'm not always best with my choice of words. I honestly have no other word to use on how to describe it though. To me, instant gratification is only a bad thing when it has a negative result. It can also have positive results depending on how it's being used. I am however open to using a different term, I simply do not know what else to call it. Here here. 🙂

No, not at all. Check out Vile Terror's last post. That pretty much sums it up. And keep in mind, it's not that I agree with it, but that is the only way to go about it without getting people on a warpath.

Doh! My apologies.

To do so would invite the rage of people who prefer the instant gratification. People who prefer the gated way would have no problems, but the other half of the population would come after you with torches and pitch forks. It's just one of those things that once you give to players, you can never take away. It should have never been done to begin with, but now that it has been done, you would end up pissing off half the players to revert them or even add new content that is locked behind them.

This, it would not make a significant difference and would even feel the same as far as gameplay is concerned.

Yeah, back in the old days when things were gated, I would have said everything should stay that way, it was how the game was designed back then. However, over the years the game has opened up and left the gated days far behind. Once that happened it is too much to require players to go back to the old ways so to keep it consistent I agree with @CrudeVileTerror and them. (I say them because he has more accounts than I can name, hehe)

Exactly. I myself was never a smack talker in PvP unless I was PvPing against a friend. For some reason I felt it was okay vs a friend. But in open PvP against people I did not hang out with, I almost always ran silent mode. I could read what they said, but outside of a gf or a hv, I was silent and I never gave much mind to people who might rage at me or any o the smack talk. To engage with it can invite hard feelings and I simply felt it was best to remain a silent runner. And then there were times I just turned off chat all together much like you. It just depended on how I felt that day. So +1 for that. 🙂

Some people go in to a thread with a hothead and lash out at people believing they will somehow insult the poster down to submission. After that poster responds unkindly (which is normal human behavior) the person who initiated the flaming likes to play the victim status because they feel that it works as a tactic. I think current society has catered to these personalities over the past 30 years and now they are more prevalent than they were 30 years ago. For an example, the way people act when they get their order wrong from McDonald's. People throwing their food at the employees, cussing out management, being the star of their very own Youtube show and they didn't even know it. This type of behavior was simply unheard of 30 or 40 years ago. There is a psychological reason behind this that I don't really want to get in to right away, but I don't think it's hard to figure out even if you have never studied Social Psychology. They do it because in their past experience, it has worked for them. This is why I said earlier that you have to have a thick skin to post forums. I have had SG mates and people on my Global Friends list through random chit chat, come up with an idea and ask me to post the forums about it. Of course I ask them why they don't post it themselves and let them know that I will support their thread (if I think it's a good idea) and they emphatically say no. They are literally repulsed by these forums because their past experience on these forums after posting was very unpleasant for them. First impressions leave a stain. I on the other hand have had 95% positive experiences on these forums. Most of the interactions with my fellow gamers on this forum has been a positive one. The *only* time I get people who are rather rude is if I post a (knowingly) controversial thread. That is to be expected. However, I have a thick skin and I can handle the negative feedback or backlash that I may receive from it. However, I don't take it personal because if I make a controversial post, I do so ready for it with a thick skin and an open mind to differing opinions. Sometimes players show me the error of my ways because I am open to their opinions....other times I leave the thread with the same opinion going out. It really just depends on how convincing other people's points of view are and if I feel they truly understand my point of view, or if they read my point of view with tunnel vision and did not take in the point of the thread as a whole. Some people will read one sentence and forget the rest of the thread, others read the whole thread, understand where I am coming from and hen respectfully disagree....those are the people who make much stronger arguments because they are actually arguing the entire point of the post rather than a single sentence taken out of context. Those are the type of people who garner my deep respect. The only posters that I feel are toxic are posters who argue strawman arguments. I absolutely hate strawman argument because they enjoy putting words or intent on to you when you never said any such thing or intended any such thing. However, there are only 2, maaaaaybe 3 people on this entire forum who I have ran in to who does this. At the end of the day, I want to say 99% of the people who post these forums know how to have a different opinion without being rude or without being passive aggressive about how they express them...and for a forum, those are damn god odds and I love this community and the people in this community for that very reason. I would probably go to a meet and greet and drink a few with 99.5% of the people who post these boards. 🙂

That's because most PvE'er (I'm a PvE'er now days, but I used to PvP religiously) mistake shit talking for the player being toxic. For somebody who never PvP's they don't understand that it is just smack talk in good fun. To each their own though.

There are a select few people who I consider toxic. Toxic to some is not exactly toxic to others though. Toxic in game is anyone who deliberately goes out of their way to cause grief to other players or gets on chat and just says one rude thing after the next. Toxic on the forums to me is anyone who continues to argue strawman arguments even though you have clearly corrected them time and again that you did not say what they continue to argue against. I see this mostly on General Forums and Suggestion Forums and I personally find those type of posters to be toxic. However, not everyone sees them as toxic, some may see them as a minor annoyance at best because they are more worried about winning the argument than they are with recognizing what they thought was implied was wrong. Some people just can't seem to be able to admit that they are wrong so they continue to argue strawman tactics. They are too worried about their self image I suppose...on a forum no less. As far as downright rude posters, I have honestly only seen one or two come and go, but they don't seem to last very long. The ones I do find outright rude find my ignore list, most usually after I make a few attempts to bring things back to a place of understanding and after they have shown me that they are just hell bent on being a problem. They usually make claims that they are being picked on even though they are the ones who instigated the rude behavior. They usually don't last long and leave pouting. Sometimes they come back to try again, but it's not long before they leave again for the same reason. Meanwhile, us long time and more regular posters tend to get along just fine for the most part....except for those occasions when I decide to bring up a heated topic...in which point I brace myself and get ready for the firing squad, lol. But at the end of the day, for the most part, this is a great community, helpful, kind and I consider this community to be second only to no one. Can people in this community be toxic? Sure, in fact I have several friends in game who ask me from time to time to post something on their behalf. When I ask them why don't they post it themselves and inform them that I will even support their idea or statement, they don't want any part of these forums. Their reasoning is usually because forum posters have a tendency to be pretty hard on people who have different opinions than they do. So yeah, I think you have to have a bit of a thick skin to post, especially if you are posting something that most do not agree with. However, out of all the forums I have ever posted...which were a lot...these forums have the most laid back people of all of them. So yes, forum posters can be rough sometimes, but if somebody can't handle this community and feels they are toxic, then they had better stay clear of other gaming communities...it won't be a pleasant experience. I would also like to include LotR Online players...those players were actually quite nice as well and very helpful, but not quite as much as this one.

Would just like to give you a friendly warning that gameplay footage is not allowed on HC forums. Might want to give the names of the videos and ask the players/Devs to check them out instead of actually posting the footage.

It still exists in Echo

n the tailor, a new Stance power in the Inherent tab will allow you to select one of the following stances: Default Ninja Beast Slide Very impressive, and I can't wait to see this on live! Thank you VERY much for this, Devs. Damn fine work and so glad you guys also pay attention to the little things! Many of us will very much appreciate this!

I'm really happy for you, man. That is the fastest I have ever seen a request be implemented in to the game. Very impressed. Good job, Starforge. 🙂

Is it just me or has the Collision Mechanics actually gotten bigger? I am finding it more difficult to maneuver in mobs than I used to and I am currently playing on a smaller framed character. I thought it was because I was playing on a larger framed Tank, but when I rolled a smaller framed Tank I noticed I was still having issues moving around in mobs; not to mention I have also noticed that I am being shoved around a lot more than I used to. For an example, there can be a clear opening in the center of a mob and I will go to jump in the center of that mob and instead of landing in the center of the obvious clear opening, I will instead ride the top of the mobs (almost like there is an invisible force fields surrounding the mob) until the collision finally places me on the outside of the mob. On top of that, I can be stationary and the mobs that I taunt will come to me, but then I get shoved all over the place. It just really seems to me that the collision mechanics have grown lately. It was bad enough before, I always felt that they needed adjustment to begin with, but it seems a lot worse now. Anyone else noticing this by chance who plays Tanks or some other form of melee characters?

That is strange. Is it possible it was tampered with?

I approve!

On your Ice Armor picture...I am asking why did you not use the already in place Minimal Effects for Ice Armor? I suggest checking it out. It will be much better if you pick that option. Also, keep in mind, I have mine set to bright while also using bright colors because I like the Icy frosty look for my Tank, but you can change the colors to make it even less noticeable.

Exactly. And yes, it was around issue 5 or 6 if memory serves and it came before power customization. I never complained about the Armor because I always built for the Armor with the Armor in mind. But, you know, ...people. Anyway, so now that it can be an option, I would like to have the originals back. More specifically the original Icicles. 🙂 This was my Ice Tank on Live....he was not EXACTLY like he was on issue 5, due to upgrades in costume, but with the original Ice Armor on, it fit him perfectly. Sooo like I said, I built the character to match the Armor instead of being demanding of the team to make the armor fit my costume.

I have tried the set on a Scrapper paired with Shield....simply was not impressed. Any change to help the set is welcomed.

No...leave my names that I never ever use nor will I ever use alone!

It's all a matter of perspective really, I skip Torrent in favor of Nightfall, haha.