Ukase Posted December 7 Posted December 7 2 hours ago, Hedgefund said: Giving a notification for EVERY character to go to Pocket D for the Winter event gets tiresome. Can't this be done once globally? Yes it's only 5 seconds but by now I've got hundreds of characters. Now we're up to... 1000 seconds, over 15 minutes clicking this dang thing. Agreed - but let's go a bit further. Make these holiday badges (like Hypothermia, this years badge) a global badge. One character logs in, they all have it. I've deleted about 20 of my level 50 characters that I haven't played this year. I still have over a hundred to determine if they make the cut. Even if I only had 10 characters I wanted to keep, it's a bit tedious to have to log them all in. And yes, I heard you! I know full well there's no law that says each character must get that badge. There's no law that says you needed to state the obvious, either.
Force Redux Posted December 7 Posted December 7 OP clearly wants more jingle bell. 1 @Force Redux on Everlasting ----- (read my guide) ----- Gather the Shadows: A Dark Miasma Primer for Masterminds
Yomo Kimyata Posted December 7 Posted December 7 This is clearly a set up for someone's heart to grow three sizes later in the holiday season. 3 2 Who run Bartertown?
Skyhawke Posted December 7 Posted December 7 1 2 1 1 1 Sky-Hawke: Rad/WP Brute Alts galore. So...soooo many alts. Originally Pinnacle Server, then Indomitable and now Excelsior
Sanguinesun Posted December 7 Posted December 7 4 hours ago, temnix said: I have a somewhat creative hobby to get back to, so I'll be brief. The winter event is not fun. It's not amusing. It's not funny. Elves are not funny, red scarves are not heart-warming, twinkly lights don't bring holiday cheer. Yodeling at the "Winter chateau" is not original but just nauseating. Continue to the end of the bullshit list. It's pseudo-festive cheer. Sit on that candy cane! Someone needs to say this. The British call it twee, and Paddington the bear symbolizes it. Every year in City of Heroes these "events" for idiots are shoved down players throats: love them or tolerate them until they are over. Supposedly they bring "the community" together. But unlike in real life, where you may sit by a nice-smelling fir tree with people who might even love you, it happens, all this Scrooge redemption in CoH does is let worn-down forty-somethings deny their age. "I was 24 when they started doing the winter thing, now I'm 44 and it's still happening! Time is not real! I will never die!" The younger generation probably thinks this is what real cheer is like, clicking on soulless wrapped boxes when the invisible all-powerful somebodies put up the spectacle around, until such time as "they" decide to pack it all away. It's not. You should not feel satisfied with this crap, people, and love the unlovely. The Halloween "event" wasn't/isn't any better. Pumpkins everywhere aren't interesting, candles aren't cheery and vice versa. Did Croatoa spill over? I allow that when you very little and if the All Hallows' Eve weren't commercialized to death, it might be kind of interesting to go knocking on doors, stand before neighbors performing and win some candy. But for grown-ups? All that event does is take away daylight for two weeks or more. This time to take a screenshot of my character I had to burrow to the corridors below Pocket D where there was decent lighting. I felt like a member of some kind of resistance while Gestapo had taken over the surface. And it has - the Gestapo of cute. What would actually give me some delight, if that were Homecoming's purpose? Implementing a few suggestions from the namesake board would be nice. I kept track of what was being offered there by myself and others since early in the year, all of which was roundly ignored. (Except my idea to implement a Mark and Recall from old games. I had remembered those and thought it would be a nice way to let players visit their favorite haunts. Homecoming made it an accolade and tied it to defeating the Seed of Hamidon...) Wardrobe additions? Just the monocular auras so you can finally play someone called The One-Eyed Snake. Maybe fixes to in-your-face bugs, like the Dual Pistols reset every time you go for an appearance tweak? Or a bio editor that isn't crazy? Some suggestions were very simple. I suggested, for one, adding the poses from Emotes - > Idle - > Stances to the Inherent stance menu. I have modding experience myself, and believe me, putting those emotes there is twenty minutes of work. It would instantly make all characters look truly diverse, because no matter the costume now, they all stand the same. Or the suggestion of No FX for all powers. That is a day's work, two days' tops. Any one of those small additions (to say nothing of more substantial innovations to gameplay) would give players a real reason to cheer, no bullshit. And if I were really nice this year, I might even see something done to Kallisti Wharf already. A beautiful area, empty. It could, for instance, be an alternative starting zone for both heroes and villains. Each could start on their side, fight the other side's mobs there, then cross over. It might be a limited PVP area, where only players of levels 1-10 would be allowed to fight other players. The ship in the middle could be a neutral grounds. But this is NOT a thread to promote my ideas. It is one to call a turd a turd. Make room for real cheer. The fake events must die. Skating on the ice in Atlas is nice, but don't let Father Time come back, ever. Lock away the "Winter wonderland" and throw away the keys. Dump the Jack o'Lantern off Independence Port. People would feel a certain void, like coming off microplastic. As well they should. That's the place to fill with real plots, better writing, features and content for levels under 45. This is why misanthropes cant have nice things. 2
merrypessimist Posted December 7 Posted December 7 2 hours ago, Techwright said: Maybe add a 10% the zombies will start dancing to Thriller? 🤔 That's an order of magnitude too low. It MUST be a 100% chance. MUST. 3
Andreah Posted December 7 Posted December 7 5 minutes ago, merrypessimist said: That's an order of magnitude too low. It MUST be a 100% chance. MUST. 5% chance the zombies will make you dance to thriller while they chomp on your arm.
merrypessimist Posted December 7 Posted December 7 Just now, Andreah said: 5% chance the zombies will make you dance to thriller while they chomp on your arm. Make it 50% and you have a deal. 1
biostem Posted December 7 Posted December 7 2 minutes ago, Andreah said: 5% chance the zombies will make you dance to thriller while they chomp on your arm. Clearly the appropriate behavior would be for them to invite you out to a movie, then afterward, during the walk home, they turn into a werecat... 2
Go0gleplex Posted December 7 Posted December 7 Well...as someone who was raised not celebrating 'holidays' as they were for Devil Worshippers or <insert nominal derogatory name for whatever delusional misfits you like to blame> I can agree that the events are more annoying than fun. BUT! (BIG but...not butt...just but as in the exception) That's just for me...and yet...I have never, nor ever, feel a need to spout off anything near the level of meadow muffins of the OP. Obviously a lot of folks DO find the events fun and all that...(still waiting for Recluse to show up dressed as Statesman on April Fool's though) and being a game, the majority being entertained rules. Then again...the OP could be going for the GRINCH Badge. (do they have a Grinch badge yet? No? They should...think of how happy poor l'il Mary Lou Whoo would be!) OH LOOK! KEEBLERS! (runs off chasing the elves for their cookies laughing insanely....)
lemming Posted December 7 Posted December 7 3 hours ago, Ukase said: Make these holiday badges (like Hypothermia, this years badge) a global badge. Pretty certain that Global Badges are something of a pain to implement. And having to log each char in, means safety from a name release. (Assuming level 6+) 1
Zect Posted December 7 Posted December 7 11 hours ago, temnix said: What would actually give me some delight, if that were Homecoming's purpose? Implementing a few suggestions from the namesake board would be nice. I kept track of what was being offered there by myself and others since early in the year, all of which was roundly ignored. This intrigued me so I went and looked up this person's suggestions. Among them are: CoH being free is bad and Homecoming should charge for it In general OP seems in favor of p2w mechanics, which puzzled me until I realized they are from Russia; they're probably scarred by Soviet-era Communism. Lowering the value of your height slider in character creation should give stealth radius, raising it should give +maxHP Intriguing idea. I propose that on female toons (and only females) increasing the bust slider should increase your number of enhancement slots because you can install more enhancements. In the interest of gender equality we can take this opportunity to install a bulge slider for men. Mastermind upgrades should be autopowers Excellent comedy, I had a great laugh! 11 hours ago, temnix said: all this Scrooge redemption in CoH does is let worn-down forty-somethings deny their age. Try fifty-plus. Tab-target MMO players are older than the general gaming population, and CoH is like, old old (predating WoW by 7 months). 2 1 1 1
MoonSheep Posted December 7 Posted December 7 i for one am pleased, i’m going to heat my house all winter with this hot take 4 If you're not dying you're not living
Doc Spectre Posted December 7 Posted December 7 I read all that expecting some sort of amusing punchline 😞 1
Skyhawke Posted December 7 Posted December 7 5 minutes ago, Doc Spectre said: I read all that expecting some sort of amusing punchline 😞 The amusing punchlines come from the comments. The OP's a great straight man for setting them up, though. 3 Sky-Hawke: Rad/WP Brute Alts galore. So...soooo many alts. Originally Pinnacle Server, then Indomitable and now Excelsior
srmalloy Posted December 7 Posted December 7 15 hours ago, temnix said: The winter event is not fun. It's not amusing. It's not funny. Elves are not funny, red scarves are not heart-warming, twinkly lights don't bring holiday cheer. Yodeling at the "Winter chateau" is not original but just nauseating. Continue to the end of the bullshit list. It's pseudo-festive cheer. This sounds like someone who should be gunning for the 'Scrooge' badge, awarded to each character that is logged out continuously for 60 days during the holiday event.
srmalloy Posted December 7 Posted December 7 3 hours ago, Zect said: I propose that on female toons (and only females) increasing the bust slider should increase your number of enhancement slots because you can install more enhancements. Or, to make the game more visually similar to the "you are what you wear" MMOs, have the various DO and SO enhancements be visually represented on the character -- for example, a Technology character sporting a half-dozen or more Benedict Tech Telescoping Eye upgrades, or a dozen amulets of various types...
Water Posted December 7 Posted December 7 15 hours ago, temnix said: I have ... blah blah blahatron ... Why are you even here? 1 1
Ghost Posted December 7 Posted December 7 15 hours ago, BurtHutt said: I am betting OP's 'creative' hobby is beating up young children and taking their candy. 🙂 Actually, if he comes on here having that kind of tantrum….most likely it’s the young children who beat him up and take his candy.
Octogoat Posted December 7 Posted December 7 Omg I feel sorry for you being so miserable at Christmas time. You could voice your concern about winter events without so much spite but my gosh, why? Please try to enjoy your end of year holiday traditions and make good memories, even if some of them are doing silly things in a game. It really is no harm to anyone. Happy holidays. 1 1
Techwright Posted December 7 Posted December 7 10 hours ago, Andreah said: I like the events, I just wish they were shorter. Well, I'm not sure about Halloween or Valentines, but the Winter Event makes perfect sense. There's so many who take a week or two to travel over the holidays each year (not to mention all the parties, drop-ins, holiday shopping, etc.), and that would mean they'd miss out. Extending it to a month gives every reasonable hope of them getting at least a week to play the event.
Ukase Posted December 7 Posted December 7 I can understand an event not meeting expectations. I can understand real life getting in the way and preventing enjoyment of the game. (or even just getting to log in) And, I can kind of understand the frustration of being bored with the same old thing. We got a new badge, but other than that, there's nothing new to the event if you've been here for a year or more. I've stated in these forums somewhere, 2 things lead to disappointment: unrealized expectations and unrealistic expectations. I'm not very clear on what the OP was expecting. There's never been any kind of promise, nor even a responsibility of the HC devs to provide new content. At least, not to my knowledge. I have never expected new content. It's awesome when it happens, even if that new content isn't something I'd choose to do frequently. (Cobalt has done amazing stuff with the Labyrinth, by the way. By far my current favorite thing to do in game) Should I be expecting more? I don't think so. Nobody's getting paid. And, in my experience, money isn't a motivator. It's only the lack of it that gets people moving. Kitsch is close enough, but the reference that everyone else is an idiot for participating is a bit too much to be taken seriously. Although, having just clicked on 200 glowies for a silly badge...maybe the OP isn't too far off the mark, lol. 1
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