Solarverse

Why is it I always like a game much more when it first comes out...before the animation changes, before the mechanic changes, before things get all crazy. I stopped playing Age of Conan when they took away the Necromancer's buff powers that looked wicked cool. It was an awesome animation. Then, one day, I log in and it's gone. Not nerfed, but....gone. It was the same with SWTOR, one day I go to use a Lightsaber attack ability and suddenly, the animation I loved most was turned in to a simplistic stiff attack instead of the fancy move it once was. If I leave games over this, I am sure other people do as well. It's one thing if the animations are universally hated (cough cough, Psionic Melee *although the last hard hitting single target attack was nice*), I can see changing the animations to be a bit flashier and less stiff, but changing them just because, and despite the outcries to not change it...I'll never understand that. I remember the day ET got a nerf...I remember it well. I ran with a guy on Protector server who was pretty well known and very well liked on that server. They changed the animation of ET and suddenly, he was gone. He expressed how much he hated the change, realized it wasn't reverting back and left the game. I still remember him after all these years and actually miss the guy. He wasn't the only one either. I came close myself, since my main Tank was an Invuln/Energy. I HATED the new ET animation. It was absolutely horrible. Obviously I did not quit, but my main Tank got shelved and I did what everyone else did, Invuln/Super Strength. With Energy Melee I felt like I didn't follow some crowd of players who flocked to Super Strength. After the nerf though, I didn't see how I had much choice. It was all that was left that fit my character thematically. ET I think was arguablly one of the biggest mistakes the OG Devs ever made to a power, at least in my mind the most popular nerf for the wrong reasons...second only to the infamous Toggle IH to Click IH Nerf. Nerf abilities if you want to, but change the animations....that's a huge no no in my book unless it is pretty obvious the vast majority hates the animations. And I don't mean 45% vs 55%, I mean more like 25% vs 75% majority. Oh lookie there...once again the ET nerf memory has caused me to rant yet again. I gotta start catching myself sooner!

Agreed. Reverting the ET nerf is the ONLY thing the set needs. I also wouldn't complain if they gave Whirling Hands a range buff.

If they decreased the cast time for Teleportation to half of what it is and reduced the end drain drastically, the 20 second floating wouldn't be needed.

I am guilty as charged for liking this thread idea in the 1st degree, with the intent to implement.

If I were to be the first to respond, I would have said exactly what @MTeague has said. So instead of saying it in my own words, I will just say it in his, with the exception of just one spelling error. So it goes as follows... Full Disclosure: I tend to level 45-50 by getting XP while exemplared in 44-or-below content because I feel so damn useless / carried on a lvl 47 when a team of 50's is being incarnate gods and trivializing all content. I don't mind it once I'm ALSO one of those fully-incarnated out 50's. But I absolutely loathe the feeling of being carried. And when you're a 47 on a team of full incarnates, you could be replaced by a chipmunk and no one would notice. That said. I do not think Barrier should be weakened. Good / Bad / Indifferent, the Incarnate System is literally designed to make your character feel like a god among mortals. I mean, that was literally the design intent of the entire thing, backed up by story arcs and cut-scenes in the Mender Ramiel arc. Yes, this does truly unspeakable things to game balance, and I don't think game balance has a "Safe Word" to say "stop enough!". But, frankly, pre-incarnate groups can do the same thing if you have a team with a Force Fields, plus Cold Domination plus Sonic Resonance, plus Thermal Radiation. That entire team will be maxed defense / max resist the entire time if they use their buffs intelligently, from like, lvl 15 all the way to 50. Or just a team of 8 Empaths all buffing each other to SKY-HIGH defenses and regeneration levels that would make a willpower brute cry in envy.

You may think giving Stalker *1 extra ability* wouldn't make them OP, but you underestimate me. You let me give my Stalker 1 more power...and I'll show you an unkillable God that can also two shot almost anything in game. Sorry my man, I can't get on board with this idea. Because if I can do this with just one extra power, then so can a lot of other people.

What needs to be done, instead of making them all KB to KD, give them proc chances of extra damage. The reason they feel a waste of a slot is because they only serve one purpose...to prevent knock back. They are not really adding to your build, they are only rearranging your build to have a different function...so honestly, they are a waste of slot...if not a waste, then at very least a sacrifice. They way to make them better (because having just one that changes your whole build to KD instead of KB will not benefit everyone. Some players like KB in their single target attacks...like me.) is to create more of them, and then give them different types of other effects. Some for fire damage procs, some for dark procs, some for a +Build-up proc, some for a placate proc, and so forth. That way when you slot them, they serve more of a function than just changing your knock down to knock back.

HyperX RAM has been around for a pretty long while. It even came highly recommended many moons ago. HyperX even though is their own name brand, is built by Kingston. Kind of like Jackson guitars being built by Fender.

Oddly enough, I seem to get a bad stick of RAM every damn time I build a new PC. I guess anything that is mass produced is going to have a 1 in 5 chance of being bad. Plus you gotta think shipping conditions as well. You can't exactly go to the nearest store to buy DDR3 RAM anymore, you have to order it. Even still, the RAM in stores still goes through a shipping process to reach the stores. I would say bad RAM is way more common than most would think. Some of us get lucky, then there are those of us who get a bad stick of RAM anytime they build a PC, lol. I'm not one of the lucky ones.

I ran the test from my USB drive, booted to my USB, the test ran and found it within 10 seconds flat. I pulled the first stick or RAM, ran the test again and got the first one on the first try. I thought for sure I would be pulling all 8 sticks before I found the right one. Nope, nailed it first try. No issues since then! Plays all games just fine with zero crashes to desktop.

My man! I could kiss you right now and I dont even swing that way! Thank you! That's exactly what it was!

Good idea. On it.

Okay, so I have done pretty much everything I could think of. I ran a disk scan to check for bad blocks, I have ran everything in admin mode, I have made sure ALL of my drivers were up to date, and I have ran everything and anything in cmnd prompt that you can think of. I have even checked my Windows, which is a fresh download, for any corrupted files...NOTHING works. Game still crashes within 5 minutes of playing. I have even ran the Event Viewer to see if I could pinpoint exactly what it was that was causing the issue. I have checked my CPU to see if it is overheating (although in my experience, when a CPU overheats, it's crashes the whole PC, not just to desktop.) and that checks out. Also, Virus protection is turned off, still no go. My Bios is up to date and all systems check out. I have tried everything that I could think of, then I realized that it wasn't just this game. I can't blame the game though, this is happening on Planetside 2 and Red Dead Redemption as well. I have a fresh install of windows on a newly built PC. My other PC has zero issues, so it has to be something within the windows options that's killing my games. It could be something simple that I am just overlooking. When I am in game, it looks fantastic, everything runs so smooth...until the sudden crash to Desktop. It has to be something I am overlooking. Probably something I am missing because I am overthinking it. Build is as follows: Asus X79 Deluxe Motherboard Intel i7 3930 Core Processor EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 Ti GPU 64 GB of DDR3 HyperX Ram 2T Toshiba Hardrive Brand new install of Windows 10 64 Bit All Drivers updated Everything is outdated mind you, but it's all fresh out of the box. What I am running now is actually more up to date than my other PC which is a couple years older than what I currently have, and my other PC runs this game perfectly, along with Planetside 2 and RDR 2. DXDiag below... DxDiag.txt

It would also be nice to be able to see the percentage of health, who they are targeting and the buffs they have active when targeting them.

There is currently a mod for this, you should check it out on this page that has all mods available for this game. Website below. http://www.cityofplayers.com/coh-community-tools-mods/

>What are your favorite and least favorite animations in game? I hate the Energy Transfer animation with a passion. I miss the old animation so much that I can't even get in to the set now the way I was once able to. >What additions or alternate animations have been added (Minimal FX, etc) that you couldn't game without now? Ice minimal FX. I love it, it gives that frost look without the big blocky look. The frost covered look is something that if taken away, chances are I would never play an Ice character again, since all of the ones I currently have use that FX in one way or another. Also, Psionic Melee is some serious help. I have a suggestion thread on that below... The current animations for Psionic Melee are just WAAAAAY too stiff! >What powersets could use some alternate animations - and what would they be? Energy, more specifically Energy Transfer. Getting back the original animation is something I have wished for since the very day they changed it. Even if there is some charge up before it actually animates is fine, the time it takes is of little consequence to me, it is that specific animation that I want back. >What emotes would you like to see added to the game? This I leave up to the rest of the community, since I don't use emotes very often. >What about alternate sounds/minimal sounds? I'm looking at you perma-repel. As long as any changes to sounds are OPTIONAL I honestly don't care. I love the sounds of this game. So many sounds have been taken away, or no longer stack like they used to (Empathy Heals anyone?) or fade out. I HATE THIS! I don't want to see any more sounds taken away...ever. In fact I want the stacking effects and the fade away effects reversed if at all possible. Some sounds I can fix that were changed, like the Peace Bringer effects that were recently taken away, I was able to make a mod that reversed that change...but some changes just can't be modded back in to existence. Like fades...I can't fix fading sound effects. I also cannot fix the stacking effect of sound effects. So please, revert them back and make them optional. And if any future changes are made...I beg of you, please make them optional. Please do not make non-optional and permanent changes based off the minority of voices who express change on forums or on Discord. We do not represent the majority of players. So optional changes are always welcome. Forced changes are not IMO.

@EnjoyTheJourney, thank you, I'll take a look at it and give it a spin. 🙂

Isn't there another armor on Red side that grants the exact same stats and is virtually invisible with the correct colors?

I'm going to buy you a new tape measure.

I always felt like Ice had the quickest animations.

Endurance Reduction and..... KNOCK BACK PROTECTION!!!

I'll take a look at it. I always liked the Elec Melee SFX though. I do agree with you on Jacob's Ladder though, I just might do a Mod just for that one power...but who knows, once I get started on it, it might take me into doing the whole set. I wouldn't change much though, maybe add to what is already there with a bit more flashy sounds.

I'll take that into consideration the next time I feel up to doing a large project. It took awhile to put together the Bots mod, I imagine it will take just as long to do a Mercs mod. FYI, I have always felt like the Mercs had some pretty cheesy sound effects, I have had my eye on that one a bit. Short answer...it could happen. 😉

Heya folks! For a new and more realistic flight SFX and/or for a quieter and less annoying Recharging SFX, just head over to the page listed below and check out the preview! If you like them, then enjoy! I know I am!

@Tahquitz Backed up PC to a previous date, fixed all issues. Never did find out the actual cause though. I think a file ended up corrupted and backing up the files corrected corruption. Just a guess though since I never pinpointed what the actual cause was.