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  1. Just now, Hammyfly said:

     

    So it would have been all right a few days before to campaign the vote? Just not the last day?

    It wasn't a campaign to vote. Did you not read the thread before you came to whine?

    Someone posted insinuating that they pinged some friends to dump a lot of votes on their base of preference right before the end. They implied there was use of alt accounts to pad the numbers. They confirmed that their friends did not look at the bases. They only voted for the base they were told to vote for.

    It spat in the spirit of the competition, and it was done so soon before the end of the voting that no one noticed until the morning.

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  2. 1 minute ago, Hammyfly said:

     

    I don't though. My original point to all of this was there was an effort by other people while voting was going on to push Rampage. This only seemed to been an issue when Rampage lost the vote. No one seemed to take notice during only after.

    No one noticed until the morning when people were awake to notice. No one said anything until people did say something.

    And then people admitted to fudging votes.

    You can't notice "during" when they are dumped at the last minute before the polls close.

  3. Just now, Hammyfly said:

     

    Then by that logic we should exclude any base with an rp tag?

     

     

    That's a huge assumption were there other bases that also saw jumps at the end ot the voting? 

    There were not.

    And it's not a huge assumption if you know anything about DawL.

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    6 minutes ago, Hammyfly said:

    And what proof do you have of the context of what votes were dumped or where?

      

      

    12 hours ago, DawL said:

    Or a fan girl pinging and sending screenies to friends and asking them to vote for her fave.  😉

     

    12 hours ago, DawL said:

     But they still have accounts and thus votes -  and as friends, were willing to support my love for my personal favorite RP destination. 

    Do you think every alt account toured every base?  😉

    BIG BOLD is the context.

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  5. 23 minutes ago, Cloudless Night said:

    Honestly the only way forward in my opinion to preserve integrity is to say that because of vote rigging and alt brigade voting that the category be cancelled this year and admonish us all with a "Those responsible know what they did and hopefully next year this doesn't happen again."  Anything short of that says it's ok to campaign for specific bases.  And it's not the base designers that are being celebrated, it's the base owners.  The base designers win no matter what through exposure to their work.

    This.

    No one is happy, but the integrity of the rest of the contest isn't damaged.

  6. 10 minutes ago, DawL said:

    You're very focused on that quote. You emphasis the VISIT but you aren't even seeing the (ONCE) apparently. 

    No I see it.

    You told your friends to vote. You admitted they didn't visit or look at the bases. You admitted to (then backtracked on) having friends alt accounts vote.

    So you had your friends vote. Without VISITING. Not even once.

    And by the way, the emphasis is Dacy's not mine. That's the way the post is written.

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    12 minutes ago, DawL said:

    Everyone who has a forum account has the right to vote. If they choose to give that vote for whatever reason, then it's not "vote bombing". Again I ask, do you think EVERY PERSON WHO VOTED toured every single base? I did. I personally looked at every single one of them. Did everyone I contacted go to the bases? Nope. Many of them told me they weren't going to. Some believe bases are, aside from basic transport ones, "a RP thing" and they aren't RPers. But does this mean they shouldn't be allowed to vote? I don't believe so. I suspect a lot of alt-ing was happening but not on the side you are accusing it of being. Hence the comment about the "alt" accounts not touring all the bases (except probably their own?). 

    If you were worried about who voted for whom, why weren't YOU out taking folks on tours of bases? Which base did YOU vote for? Are you 100% sure NO alt accounts voted for that one? 

     

    4 minutes ago, DawL said:

    How exactly is getting people to get out and vote "rigging" the vote? Just because I asked them to support the base I thought most worth? OMG if that's "rigging" then any election held in the US is RIGGED! Because that's what campaigns do. It's called "getting out the vote," not rigging. In the end, I have zero control over whether those people voted for my suggestion or not. Did they visit any other bases? Did they even visit the one I was hoping they'd vote for? (Okay, I know some did because I showed them around, but I did not show everyone around). Yes, it was suggested that folks see them all. I personally know two people who voted for other bases because they knew someone in the SG (or the SG leader aka base owner, not entirely sure which). Did THEY tour all the bases? Who knows? It took a LONG time to go through every base, but I did it. Even the ones on Excel where I rarely play. So again, how is asking LEGIT PEOPLE who have LEGIT accounts to vote "rigging"? 



    Did you bother to read the first post? If your friends weren't interested in looking at the bases, they had no business voting.

    On 4/20/2023 at 3:06 AM, Dacy said:

    Visit the bases, please, and then vote (once) on your favorite.

  8. 4 minutes ago, DawL said:

    I did NOT STREAM it for friends. I was in a FRIEND'S stream for a while HE toured the bases (and watched/listened aka lurked in his entire stream until I went to bed). I told the folks who MY favorite was but said if they wanted a quick way to see all the bases to decide for themselves, go to (sent link to his VOD) because it covered ALL of them (and you can scrub through a video). Now... that being said, the streamer had different opinions and liked OTHER bases, and I didn't care if the person sided with them and voted for the other base because in the end (with the exception of my family members who I assume not to be lying to me) I have NO IDEA how anyone except for myself actually voted. I just know I pointed out which one I liked, and made several points as to why. 

     

      That's not what you said. You said your friends voted for the base you told them to, and the results show, considering the 20 vote spike Vault Luxe got right before the end.
     

    3 hours ago, DawL said:

    Optimally, yes, and I ABSOLUTELY DID. But there's a lot of people who really aren't that interested in bases or contests but were willing to trust my judgment and screenshots to vote for a base's awesomeness!

      

    3 hours ago, DawL said:

    But my friends were willing to trust my judgment because they either: a) did not have time to visit the bases for themselves, or b) had no interest in doing so but we're willing to take the time to validate MY choice because they liked the screenies, my descriptions, etc. and because they are my friends.

      

    3 hours ago, DawL said:

    Look at the number of folks who voted. I suspect there are a lot of folks just want to play the game without getting involved with bases. Some don't care for RP and thus most of the features of a well-built base are lost on them. But they still have accounts and thus votes -  and as friends, were willing to support my love for my personal favorite RP destination. 

    Do you think every alt account toured every base?  😉


    You said multiple times your friends didn't look because they had no interest.
     

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  9. 2 hours ago, DawL said:

    Look at the number of folks who voted. I suspect there are a lot of folks just want to play the game without getting involved with bases. Some don't care for RP and thus most of the features of a well-built base are lost on them. But they still have accounts and thus votes -  and as friends, were willing to support my love for my personal favorite RP destination.

    This was a base contest.

    Don't tell them to vote.

    Especially if they aren't going to look at the bases.

      

    On 4/20/2023 at 3:06 AM, Dacy said:

     Visit the bases, please, and then vote

     

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  10. 3 minutes ago, Snarky said:

    Dark Dark is wonky and, in my opinion, will never be touched or fixed on HC.  That is for a Blaster.

     

    But.... If you run Dark Dark Dark Corruptor all the wonkiness goes away and the thing lines up like someone designed it that way.  Which.....not a history buff.  wasnt this orig a corr thing ported over to blasters and....done with the normal "the plane hit the ground so it must have landed" precision...?

    Darkness Manipulation is definitely not a port of Dark Miasma. There's like no overlap. It's dark melee/armor stuff modified to be a blaster secondary.

  11. 1 hour ago, UltraAlt said:

    Honestly, I'm glad that there are Base Community Reps now.

    My following comment is no way a jab having Community Reps for any portion of the community.

     

    I'm against elitism on any level.

    For this reason, I have to back way from everything related to the so-called "base community".

     

    I don't think the intention is to aim the base building community toward elitism, but this appears to be the end result.

     

    And I'm sorry that I feel that way.

    I like to build bases, but any of my bases would be judged as "poor" in far as this contest would judge them even though each has its own flavor and supplies what anyone would need out of base for practical purposes.

    I like the info that has been presented both in the forums and in videos in regard to base building.

    A base that serves its purpose and provides flavor for a supergroup is a good base. It doesn't have to be in a contest to be a good base. It doesn't have to lose in a contest to be merely a good base.

    I know it is worthless even entering a base contest here.

    What's the point?

    It has been made clear that the base building contest is for the elite. Other players should just understand that they are subadequate and bow out.

     

    So I will leave the base community to the base elite because it is for those elite base builders.

    I don't play the endgame either for much the same reason.

     

    And again, honestly, I'm glad that there are Base Community Reps now.

    Dacy has been doing a great job. I don't have to agree with everything or anything because I see how much Dacy puts into it. And that is why I have supported Dacy's base-related activities in the past.

    I don't see many posts by Easter Bunny or - at least - they do not stand out for me.

     

    Didn't you already tell everyone you were no longer participating in the last discussion thread about this base contest?

    A contest is about competing.

     

    All of the builders represented spent weeks, months, and at this point even years working on the bases they submitted. You saying it’s all elitism diminishes the hard work and effort put into the bases. 
     

    If you’ve spent weeks, months, years on your base and still feel like you can’t compete, then reach out and ask for help. Ask for advice. Figure out what they do that your base lacks. 
     

    Most of us will help. Even after you’ve insulted us.

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    4 hours ago, Zect said:

     

    MMO players are kids: they will never vote to have less candy, even if it rots their teeth. Putting development decisions to a vote will also merely result in a tyranny of the majority, where only the dominant meta (and powersets that jive with it) ever get development effort. Terrible idea - let's all hope it won't ever happen.

     

    Good start! Let's insult everyone for having a different opinion.

      

    4 hours ago, Zect said:

    I'm so thrilled that Cat 5 isn't a standard "click 2 buttons and delete all non-bosses" nuke, and such an unconventional idea would never have been brought to life were it put to a vote. Players would've chosen the familiar over the innovative, the meta-friendly over the meta-breaking. I think Homecoming team has performed superbly this time round and I applaud their efforts to bring us something different and varied, because that's how you get replay value out of the game, not killing council or PI radios 5% faster,

     Did you know that there are people who play this game who don't like to feel weak, that don't just slam through PI radios? Did you know that there is nothing wrong with people who spam PI Radios?

    Do you realize that PI Radio spamming IS replay? That's what people are doing. That's replay value. It's just not the kind that you like. That doesn't make it invalid.
     

    4 hours ago, Zect said:

    Finally, since the popularity of homecoming's homebrew sets was criticized: popularity and usage rates are a terrible metric to judge a set's success by (though it's certainly one that creators of all kinds can't help but value). Different powersets appeal to different playstyles. This means that a powerset that is only liked by a few players is still an asset as it brings enjoyment to a group of players who otherwise would not engage with the game at all, therefore, giving the game a larger audience than otherwise. There's a reason Baskin-robbins has 31 flavors on sale, with the associated logistical headache, instead of only selling peanut butter chocolate.

    Baskin Robbins doesn't keep flavors that no one buys. They don't leave flavors tasting terrible. They fix flavors that aren't good. If customers don't buy a flavor, they get rid of it and replace it with something better.

      

    4 hours ago, Zect said:

    Overall, I approve strongly of homecoming team's very measured approach to development, and this includes wisely not overtuning sets on release because compensating nerfs are very difficult to push through. It would've been real easy for them to just make "Fire blast, but with 50% more dps", and it would've been the most popular set ever. Instead, we get art. Maybe there is a God after all.

    Zect has spoken. Praise God.

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  13. 1 hour ago, Number Six said:

     

    Let's be honest for a second, if we took a poll, did not release the results of that poll, and then made changes based on the supposed results of that poll that no one can verify, would it change anything at all?

    It'd change the power set to suck less probably.

    But no one would be happier.

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  14. 17 minutes ago, Shadeknight said:

    You can just say 'you' instead of this roundabout way of referring to me.

    I only speak from experience of being in the Tester discord & having been a part of testing for previous pages. Though hard to believe the Devs are very communicative there. I and others have picked their brains. I'm not an absolute authority and never claim to be, but I always speak from an experienced point of view of what I know and have seen. I am hardly a cheer leader because I don't have pom poms or a skirt! I also don't believe the devs can do no wrong - which is sort of in line with being a 'cheer leader' from experience.
     

    Yes, and I've never claimed otherwise in word or tone. My opinions are just that. Just like yours, Wravis.

    1) It wasn't just about you. You just provided a good example.

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    Also don't be like me and go to bat for them every time someone says something bad about them.

    Your post. I don't know how to quote multiple times with cited sources. 🙃

    3) It is your tone though, even if you don't mean it to be. When you post lengthy breakdown responses to everything people say in a thread, that's the tone you set. And you must be aware of it, because you jokingly call yourself the forum cop.

  15. Just now, Captain Fabulous said:


    You're clearly thinking of someone else because I did nothing of the sort. All I did was remind people the things they were repeatedly asking for ad nauseum weren't going to happen. Or that things they claimed didn't work actually worked just fine. Not because it was my opinion but because we were told by the devs they weren't going to change. My frustration came from those who ignored it and kept blathering on even after they were asked by multiple people to stop repeating the same things over and over and over again.

    And here we are with y'all STILL complaining about how you were ignored, the system is broken, blah blah blah.

    Deleting all of your posts doesn't hide all the times your posts were quoted. Good try though.

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  16. 9 minutes ago, Captain Fabulous said:


    Just because they don't implement every suggestion made, and that a powerset ends up being not exactly what YOU want it to be doesn't mean they don't listen. It just means what they want the set to be is different than what you want it to be. And that's OK. No one is ever going to like everything.

    The main goal of beta testing is to find bugs, make small adjustments, and to test changes the devs might be on the fence about. If they tell us up front that things are unlikely to change in any significant way the frustration you feel is your own fault for having the hubris to believe you know better, that they're somehow obligated to make changes because you and a few forum randos whined endlessly for 24 pages, or that they're incompetent because they don't.

    Yesterday while playing my new Storm/Storm Corruptor I saw people playing Seismic Blast, Symphony Control, and Electrical Affinity. Just because YOU don't see them doesn't mean people aren't playing and enjoying them.

    Do you read what you say before you send it? Do you realize how all of this applies to you?

    My last post in the Storm thread was on page 7. You're the one who kept thumping your chest for 27 pages. Sorry it upsets you when people don't agree with you. 

    You incited a lot of the arguments in that thread. You came in and acted like your opinion was correct and insulted the people who you disagreed with. The frustration you felt is your own fault for having the hubris to believe that you know better. Maybe 27 pages of disagreements isn't whining. Maybe it's 27 pages of legitimate opinions and your contribution is being a contrarian and pretending you're better than us and riling people up.

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  17. 7 hours ago, Shadeknight said:

    Anyone saying that those testing in the 'alpha' environment knows better is letting their presence in the tester discord get to their head. Which is a hilarious thought given it's no super secret cabal type of thing.

    And yet it's always the same few cheer leaders who come in to these threads and talk like they are the/an authority on the subject.
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    Given my playtime is sparse and I'm only on Everlasting? As often as I manage a team that isn't a Hard Mode. I've played with all of those sets while on my other 50 Scrapper, but its been a couple months. But so long as its being played it is a success. Which I can only assume data of the devs show that they are being played.

    They don't have much experience with the things being discussed.

    And they don't seem to realize that

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    Subjectivity at play across one Shard through the use of 'I ever see'.

    Their opinions are also subjective.

    For example you may think

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    Given that they've only made Electrical Affinity, Seismic Blast, Symphony Control, and now Storm Blast? I'd say all of them. Used means even a few people play them, but perhaps we differ in definitions. Subjectivity is fun like that! Of those, I think the least played by my experience is Seismic but your experience differs from that.

    That if one person plays the powerset that it's a success, but that's your subjective opinion.

    Mine is that if they are going to spend time and effort on things, they should strive to make sure those things are good and used for longer than the 2 week rush when it's novel.

    If they are going to put things up for testing then they should listen to feedback, and not just dig their heels in. And if the answer is always going to be "we already tested this, this is final" then why put it out for the whole player base to test? It only serves to frustrate the people that aren't alpha testers who try to help make things better.

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  18. 5 hours ago, Shadeknight said:


    Given that they've only made Electrical Affinity, Seismic Blast, Symphony Control, and now Storm Blast? I'd say all of them. Used means even a few people play them, but perhaps we differ in definitions. Subjectivity is fun like that! Of those, I think the least played by my experience is Seismic but your experience differs from that.

    Seismic Blast, Symphony Control, Sonic Manipulation, Sonic Assault, Earth Manipulation, Electric Affinity.

    How often do you see any of these?

    Earth manipulation sometimes. It's forgettable but not bad. Electric Affinity is the only one I ever see.

  19. What sets have the devs made that are actually good and used after the initial surge of excitement? Of the sets the Homecoming team made, the only one I can think of that is actually used and not underbaked and undertuned is Electric Affinity.

    People point out these sets are bad when they hit the beta servers, but we're told the alpha testers know better and to just take what we're given.

    Just push out the sets then. Letting the general population "test" without any actual influence only serves to annoy people.
     

  20. On 4/12/2022 at 5:08 PM, WindDemon21 said:

    You basically explained every reason why it's actually annoying, and you just simply DON'T mind, check 1 in the "i don't care" column, but these changes for the majority of us are in WELL demand. I have YET to see an actual /dark blaster on homecoming and I'm on Everlasting where people will be more likely to choose theme over function.

     

    Look around for Ink. He's my water/dark blaster.

    What's wrong with Touch from Beyond? Is it having to use it as part of a rotation? Not trying to be contrary, I just never had an issue with it but I could be missing something.

  21. 11 hours ago, Heatstroke said:

    1) Graphics

     

    Hail Stones. Also needs more... Ooomph graphically. 

     

     

    on the other hand.. Chain Lightning.. what ?? I really didnt like this animation at all. I would have preferred like hitting thr ground and lighting dropping down on foes.. like a Thor smashing his hammer on the ground and then lighting starts dropping in an area on all foes.. (come to think of this.. why isnt THAT an attack)

    100% Agree with both of these.

    Hail Stones looks ridiculous and wimpy. Like a cartoon rain cloud that follows a sad character around. It doesn't look powerful at all.

    tenor.giftenor.gif

    Aww man. They used hailstoned on me... What a drag.
     

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  22. 8 minutes ago, Booper said:

    It does for this power.

    Cool, thanks for clarifying!

     

    8 minutes ago, ScarySai said:

    You've been told several times that it does, and the clip I posted earlier clearly shows this. Things in cell don't get repelled, and the kb>kd converter successfully removes the repel.

    Sorry I have a hard time hearing you when you're up there on your high horse.

    The posts were all saying it takes knockback sets. Which means absolutely nothing when hurricane also takes knockback sets, can be slotted with KB>KD, and still repels.

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  23. Just now, Booper said:

    I commend those who use this power as a tool for pushing enemies into the Storm Cell, however the repel is not there for this purpose. Jet Stream is a utility power used for safety, getting enemies further away from you. Many players will appreciate that ability, especially at early levels. Eventually players may no longer will want the utility and can choose to respec out of it, or slot a KB2KD IO to remove the repel if they choose to, or they may like to keep the utility and leave the power as is.

     

    The options are available to players to tune the power to their liking and we will not limit those options. The repel has utility and is thematic; it will not be removed. 

    Does the KB>KD conversion work on repel? It doesn't work on Ki Push or Hurricane's repel.

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