Mynd

Arggg!....Stanig jr. was supposed to go as baby Skywalker....complete with baby robe and baby lightsaber.

Personally, I think there are too many chat channels (since everyone is so serious about this). This is what is causing the problems/issues. New player chat is being utilized as General chat....this is true. I'm thinking that there there should only be: 1) General Chat Channel 2) Out of Context Chat Channel 3) Market Chat Channel 4) Explorer Help Chat Channel 5) Warrior Help Chat Channel 6) Trader Help Chat Channel 7) Private Chat Channel Get rid of the New Player Chat and the other chat channels....not needed imo. If new people are literate enough to go to New Player Chat for help, then they should be literate enough and have the common sense to go to the proper chat channel for help (channels 4, 5, and 6) in regard to the player's chosen class. With the channels set up this way it pretty much pushes everyone into making General Chat their "home chat". For the truly outrageous statements or non-enb material there still is the OoC where teh Riddick dwells (he lives there)...don't worry, he doesn't bite. Anyhow, this is just a suggestion/opinion.

Server is acting pretty crazy this morning. Did a /uptime and saw it has been up for 600 hours....can we say restart?

Ahem, I hereby propose an "After Party" chat channel for all those late night club-hoppers. Hosted by the man with the master-plan..DJ Peakah. Party-on til the break of dawn. Last call for DRINKS!!!

Here are the "lost patches" (the ones toward the end of this list)...the ones that we the playerbase never got a chance to experience due to sunset: [b][size=6]Act 1 (Major Revelations)[/size][/b] [size=5][b]by Albino Eatpod[/b][/size]: [b]"Act I[/b] [b]Step 5:[/b] deWinter: deliver Shield Anchors to Kahn; reverse engineer the anchor before you deliver it so that deWinter can gain access to Cygni. Nostradamus: Bring me a V’rix deceptor. Loric: Thread the Hyperia gate. 89: Deliver Psi to Merjan Vinda: Make Antile’s codex. I finally get a codex, about time. Silva: Take mirror fragment/get three Vishao battle imprints. Kahn: Rebuild shield anchors. Herrera: Bring three Aquitaine battle imprints or quicksilver phoenix. T2Z: Deliver consumables to the Eye of God. Amah: Her ghostly voice is heard near the remnants of her ship. Her DNA is fueling new V’rix weapons and items. Is Amah still alive? Ariad: Analyze and build consumable, but this is never going to pay off. Merjan: Deliver a Psi to Antile. Tzu: Get three battle imprints. Malhause: Bring back an Eye of Re Memnon: Bring three Cygni Battle imprints. Cassel: Rant and rave about how to get revenge against Vinda. He obtains one of Vinda’s gene maps and plans to use it against her. Eye of God moves to Saturn. [b]Step #6[/b] 89 (poisoned) goes to Xango, becomes crazy and dies. This happens thusly: he sends the players to take a message to Var; the Psis need Progen help against deWinter and the Terrans. Wouldn’t Var like to help? Var, of course, is dead. Players return to 89 to tell him. He panics and takes his ship to get help from the V’rix instead. The V’rix kill him. deWinter: Spy on the shield to make sure that the altered anchors are in place and used. Kahn is missing! Loric: Dark matter worked! V’rix have visited me. Go to T2Z and give him samples of Dark Matter, he asked for. What is important enough to Loric that he does this? Nostadamus: When players take his mission to investigate the Eye of God and where it’s moving they find out about deWinter’s plans to sabotage the shield. Vinda: Wow. Gray Feather is dead. Hmmm. I might be able to use that. I need you to go get some of his DNA. I also need you to go out and start scouting Aragoth. I think there are some things we never found there. Silva: Join my ship in space. Defend Swooping Eagle. What are the Sentinels doing with Gray Feather? Kahn: Mission to investigate problems with the shield. Unable to discover deWinter’s sabotage. Begins to doubt himself. Is taking back Cygni worth it. Debates negotiating with Nostradamus. Progen can’t do it alone. If players bring him DNA from Gray Feather, he’ll begin changing his point of view about the war. Herrera: Moves to EC High Command. The war isn’t going well, let’s send a mission to scout the Bogeril. Multipart mission to go deeper and deeper into Bogeril territory and bring back a bucket of Texas Tea. V’rix attack Witberg. T2Z: Sends people off to look for dark matter. Visit Loric to ask questions. He also sends players off to talk to Vinda. Starts to build a weapon that prevents Call Forward. Maybe Vinda would like that? She hates the Call Forward. Amah: Her voice continues to echo through Akeron’s sector. Ariad: Merjan asked me to move to Paren while she is on a trip. Try to find the Aquitaine maelstrom please. Merjan: Move to Aquitaine, a bit discredited because the new maelstrom does not appear as she predicted. Her confidence is shaken – set up a downfall here. Come with me to Aquitaine. Meet Antile. Join me in my ascension. The Psi was a gift offering. I hope Antile likes them. Circular time – there are always the oppressed and the master. Guess which I am? Tzu: Moves to Antares; Ariad needs someone to cover for her. We need to get this station finished, get that stupid broken gate working and clean this sector up. Did the lack of oxygen in this half-finished station addle that woman’s brain? And, to boot, the Jenquai are fractured, they need our help. Malhause: Get pieces of Gray Feather’s body, they’ll become relics, don’t you see? Memnon: Tries to send spies to Deneb to see what the V’rix are up to; foreshadow the use of Loric’s gate. What is Vinda doing with Gray Feather’s DNA? Cassel: Use Vinda’s gene map against her. Memnon would probably help out. Eye of God moves to Jupiter. [b]Step #7[/b] Loric: Gate opens to second Cygni sector. Players go thru the gate. Initially only players that have shares in Hyperia can go through. deWinter: The V’rix have closed the ancient gates, so she uses Psis to keep them open secretly. deWinter proposes to Herrera that she can help in Cygni. Herrera’s letter about Damien brings up old feelings for Herrera and she reaches a decision. Nostradamus: Move to Xango Moon. The Deceptor isn’t working. Oh well, things you plan don’t always work out the way you planned. Maybe we need to bring the war to them. Send players to get WWI battle imprints in Aquitaine. Vinda: Cassel is a pain. Okay now we’re going to use Gray Feather’s gene map. No telling anyone, now. Okay well that item you built in Freya, it didn’t pan out so go check out Jotunheim. Kahn: Leaves Cygni and goes back to Progen space. Vinda’s doing something interesting that will improve the Progen as a whole. Silva: Realizes that Vinda’s ideas have merit. Merjan having lost it and destroying Jenquai culture, Vinda might be the only solution. Herrera: Take letters to the families of dead Earth Corps soldiers. One goes to deWinter. Send players to talk with the Bogeril. Also take battle imprints to Kahn. T2Z: What’s Vinda up to? We have to find out. If she’s after another Codex, we can’t let that happen. Amah: Nothing yet. Ariad: Mission to get part of Zenrei DNA to work on creating a better weapon against the V’rix. Needs help from Vinda for this and negotiates such that Vinda gets something and Ariad gets Progen Lore skill to teach to all Explorers. Tzu: The Chavez took over our base in Aragoth! Malhause: He’s attempting to bring back Mordane. Use Amah artifacts. Cassel: Yah, Vinda’s going too far, we have to stop her. Memnon: Send players to Kahn and discover he’s left Cygni. He’s abandoned us again, just like his last retirement. And Kahn’s shield isn’t working. The man is getting too old. Vinda’s going to use that DNA to mess us up. We have to stop her, she’s destroying Progen tradition. Loric’s gate opens to Thujuli Rift Eye of God moves to ABA Gate opens from Antares to BBW Voltoi are removed from Antares [b]Step #8[/b] Nostradamus: Figures out that when all the imprints are put together, they form the collective unconscious of all pain from all war. Sends them to Ariad. Loric: Strikes a secret deal with the V’rix to get them in thru Cygni’s back door. deWinter: Agrees to go to Kinshasa-Mbali as Herrera’s representative to bring order there. She takes this mission with an ulterior motive – perfect chance to seize Cygni. Vinda: What do you mean the V’rix are asking about me? I’m sure Kahn has them in check. You say you didn’t find anything in Jotunheim, well try Varen’s Girdle now. Now that we’ve synthesized Gray Feather’s essence, let’s try to make ourselves a new warrior. Kahn: Returns to the scene of his greatest battle, looking for imprints. Finds out Herrera has some and decides to seek him out. Silva: Offers alliance with Vinda and defends her against Memnon and Cassel. Merjan: In Aquitaine. Tries to ascend and fails. Tzu: Breaks with Merjan and sends players to defend memorials in Jupiter. Araid: Unravels the mystery of the Zenrei and the OCD. Connection to the Oni. Convinces the Jenquarum to open the Jenquai newbie gates. Takes over leadership of the Sha’ha’dem. Gives all Jenquai wormhole ability in Jenquai space. Malhause: That didn’t work – but go find this relic of Mordane and I’ll get it next time. Memnon: Send players on a mission to confuse anyone on Vinda’s mission. Cassel: Begin to build robots based on Vinda’s gene map to fight against her. Reject the idea that a Jenquai gene map can make Progen better. Red Dragons support Silva and Ariad against the V’rix. [b]Step #9[/b] deWinter: V’rix attack Cygni and destroy it all. Mines are destroyed and weapon’s grade ore is lost. The Maelstrom’s cease. deWinter dies at Kinshasa-Mbali, but she manages to evacuate and save the Psis in the mines. Nostradamus: Xango is besieged by the V’rix. Defend Xango! Trying to find out who killed 89. (Nostradamus worked on a project long ago that harvested Psis neurons for an experimental Psi-tech device.) Loric: Takes over InfinitiCorp in deWinter’s absence. Sends players to establish new trade routes given the rearrangement of the galaxy. Vinda: You found it in Varen’s Girdle? Cool. Lets try and open it with an Uber Codex. We’ll send in these new warriors. Move to Varen’s Girdle. Kahn: Meets with Herrera and they discover that the battle imprints, when put together form a core of knowledge. The V’rix are using the imprints against us. We must destroy all imprints. Silva: Vinda needs our help. Herrera: Creates new Joint High Command with new headquarters along with Kahn and a Bogeril commander. T2Z: Help out in the assault in Cygni. Spy for us. Vinda has found something. Kill her, destroy the Sabine. Merjan: Moves to Mordana home, leader of the Mordana. Ariad: Mission to get part of the Zenrei DNA. Combo with OCD does something cool. Tzu: Diplomatic mission to see if Chavez will join the Red Dragons. They won’t. Malhause: Get the psionically active artifact. Memnon: Move in ship to Varen’s Girdle and stop Vinda. Cassel: Steal parts of Hardenburg drones. Maelstroms all go away. [b]Step #10[/b] Eye of God destroys Earth. Cygni is quiet. Vinda: The V’rix destroy earth. We really need to open the gate now. But we have to fight a bunch of V’rix to do it. Why are they so angry with us? Silva: Fight with Vinda against Memnon and the V’rix. Kahn: Goes after Memnon to get his battle imprints. They fight and Kahn defeats and kills him. Herrera: Kick the V’rix out of Witberg with the aid of the Bogeril. Tzu and Herrera work together to fight Red Dragons that won’t join humanity’s side. T2Z: Now will you listen? Stop Vinda. Tzu: Kill rebel Red Dragons who won’t help humanity. Paying bounty. Ariad: Assume leadership of the Jenquai. Merjan: Missing again. Malhause: We’ve got Mordane’s essence, now we need an appropriate vessel. Setup Act II, Malhause goes into hiding. Memnon: Fights battle with Silva and Kahn. Kills Silva but is killed by Kahn. Cassel: Hears of the death of Memnon and flees … [b]Step #11[/b] Loric: Begins building a new gate. Nostradamus: Offers an alliance with Kahn and Herrera if they help him with Landauer and the Anseria. Vinda: It’s Open! The V’rix go after Vinda. The new warriors are there to defend. Vinda retreats to Andaren’s Tomb to try and explore the new sector through the Gate. The V’rix try to stop her. The Shinwa and the new warriors fight to the death to defend her. The V’rix are driven back. Kahn: Aids Vinda in exploring the new sector. Herrera: Approaches Ariad and Tzu. Backs Tzu as the Shinwa class leader. Bogeril: Give players missions to help gather battle imprints. T2Z: Prevent players from getting battle imprints. Tzu: The gate in Andaren’s Tomb is open Pirates and the Shinwa are allies. Many of the Red Dragons die defending the gate. Ariad: Synthesizes a new anti-V’rix weapon out of the battle imprints and the OCD and DNA from the Zenrei. Something in the new sector helps in this. All that’s needed is something Memnon had. Open BBW to all players? [b]Step #12[/b] Nostradamus: In some low-key way sacrifices himself to enable the V’rix to be defeated. This atones for past atrocities he committed. Herrera: Big holding action with the V’rix in Witberg. Bogeril and Terran Psis are allies. In this battle Herrera knowingly sacrifices Psis to win the day. Bogeril: Join Herrera to save their people. T2Z: If Ariad gets her hands on that last imprint, we’re cooked. Attack the Jenquai. Tzu: Becomes leader of the Shinwa." © 2004 Electronic Arts. All Rights Reserved.

This link here is a very good read: "The Earth and Beyond Storyline Reference" http://web.archive.org/web/20041027031428/http://www.ebportal.com/downloads/ebbook.pdf

[quote name='Lot' timestamp='1348642971' post='63752'] What's this "EAPortal"? lol [/quote] Typo...should have been ebportal...which I corrected.

[quote name='dufke' timestamp='1348548085' post='63708'] official forum ? [url="http://www.earthandbeyond.ca/forums/index.php"]http://www.earthandb...orums/index.php[/url] [/quote] ^^That forum was recreated by CraZboy and some others after sunset. It is an exact replica of the first official forums. The portal became the official forums after the EA shut down it's Earth & Beyond forums....during the course of "Live". All the threads and user accounts were then transferred to the ebportal forums. So it can be argued that the ebportal was indeed the "official" E&B forums.

[quote name='Spa' timestamp='1348462085' post='63657'] Have you cashed in the wreckage and slag and actually checked the credits and xp you get for them? I have and I loot them and cash them in. you very easly get 300 stacks quickly and they sell for a pretty penny I know a lot of the hulks just contain the so called junk players do not want to pick, but by looting them all, the next spawn seems to have better loot in them (from what I have tested) [/quote] I think it is about 50k a stack...which is a decent sum of money for a lowbie as well as xp. As a 150+ explorer you get no xp...and 50k is chump change for a high level player. True that in regard to better items in the next resulting spawn providing you are around when it does re-spawn. Still you have to hope and pray that the cherry picker doesn't get there first lol.

I made the suggestion that the debris/slag found in high level hulks be should comparative in level or value credit-wise to serve as an enticement for would-be cherry pickers to spend those few extra seconds emptying the hulk(s) of their contents. Looking at the big picture...you want the hulks to respawn (we must remember that hulk fields are on timers), but at the same time nobody wants to "clean up" after someone else. Well, I know I don't as I am nobody's maid, and I know I'm not the only one that feels this way. On more occasions than I care to count, I have visited those hulk fields in Glory's Orbit for example, only to find debris or the other worthless items like the shield array in 95% of the hulks out there. I could see if it was 1 or 2 hulks like that, but that is utterly ridiculous lol....ah well.

The only high level mobs (guarding a hulk field) that pose a risk/threat to my JE are the minions at the GoBB spawn point. Even then, if you are careful and know what you are doing, it is possible to mine those hulk right under there noses....as a JE of course. Other than that, I don't worry about any of the other types of high level field guardians because they can't kill my JE. However, the point made about the low level debris/slag in high level hulks is a good one. Either remove them or up the level on the ones that appear in the higher level hulks....make them worthwhile (xp and credit-wise) to mine.

No..you don't have to clear the whole field if you are only looking for a specific resource. As for Glenn, I have gotten the "field clear bonus" whenever I chose to strip mine the fields, and I never had a problem being unable to ascertain where one field ended and another began in Glenn. In regard to the hulk fields, there is nothing wrong with them (other than the tables being adjusted somewhat) and should remain in game. While the original "Live" game aspects does indeed remain a good template for the Emu here.... "Live however, is not the absolute Gospel." as was eloquently stated by one of the devs, and I agree with this. montecarlo, if you want GoBB drops, then you will have to get them from the GoBB raid. It does not make sense for these items to be in hulks. Cherry picking...wow, how hard is it to simply remove every item in a hulk/asteroid being mined and simply spacing what one does not want or need? Even still, locking and banning IP addresses over this is extreme form of punishment...and a bad idea. About the only thing you can do is shout "[insert name here], STOP CHERRY PICKING THESE HULKS/ROIDS!!!!" in market, general, or broadcast chat if you catch the individual(s) doing it. With my smart-alec @$$, if I saw this, I would more than likely message the individual and be like "Dude...are you cherry-picking? O_o".......lmao.

[quote name='Garkan' timestamp='1347609168' post='63365'] There is a great need for guild vault. All Guilds have lots of toons with extra accounts that are only used as vaults. Once this is releases and there are paying players, that function, will be lost on most accounts. That will limit the guilds performance and will cause lots of internal problems for the guilds in every area to help other players online to further there game. We need a larger and better equiped vault for the Guilds to have access to for performing their duties and help every new player online and further the game for everyone. This is a suggestion and one that has been discussed everytime a player had to log on another accout to get needed parts for a new player or member. I think in the best interest of the game that i enjoy playing that this needs to be brought to the attention of the DeVs so something can be discussed about this problem and hopefully can be resolved. I will play either way and thank you for returning this wonderful game to us all..... [/quote] There is already a function for this on the Net 7 portal site. As for paying customers, you do realize this is an emulator right?

I Wouldn't worry about (combat je) this until 150+. After you hit this mark, make sure you have dg/god/mtl beams at least. A blackstreak would be nice to have too...so get it if possible. For a combat shield get a Blackforce 8 shield (GoBB drop). Engine-wise, a Solar sail 8, or Black Speed 8 will do fine. For reactors, I use a HOTM, or Blood of the Dragon (my preferences)....as a JE you can pretty much get away with whatever reactor you like. As for devices, on top of the usual JE fare...you want to have a Dense Bullywere Chitin device, Ivory Ward (optional), Advanced Weapon Control System (AWCS), Drone Energy Amplifier (Dea), Cyberdrenaline Rush device...the DEA and the CR give you turbo...which you need. So it would be smart to get some of the turbo devices from the Warder. Try to get the turbo up to 100 at least...only have 3 weapon slots lol. As far as beam range go..the Glare of Devastation/Devastating Gaze beams will take care of that, but you want to be close to the mobs when you cc so do maximum damage. CC= combat cloak....in case you didn't know. JE is just as fun and challenging to fight with as is a JD...just takes longer to kill stuff lol. Still, I want you to understand that you will not be "tanking" anything...so get that outta your lil head lol. Make sure the jumpstart skill is maxed out in case you refuse to heed this warning. Cloak is your friend.

*Gives Riia a thumbs up*

[quote name='Rossdie' timestamp='1347473132' post='63281'] You could with the DEA also. That's how u got the 109% cap in live. [/quote] ^^Indeed....while we're at it, we can add the Vindis shield for the PS too. It also had a 5% turbo buff that could be slapped on others....so if you didn't get it from a JE, you could get it from a PS.

[quote name='Zackman' timestamp='1347470457' post='63275'] I just checked this and you [b]CAN[/b] use it on group members. Its following the same rules like in live: "Turbo Weapons (activated)" = never usable on another player but yourself "Reduce weapon delay (activated)" = usable on yourself and group members. Focus of the Warder is the item that should buff group members - and it is. [/quote] Hmm....the Cyberdrenaline Rush device is "turbo weapons" activated...in live you could buff others with it. My JE had one and was able to buff others with it. The only other conclusion I can come to is that in live the turbo buff for the Cyberdrenaline Rush was actually "reduce weapon delay" by 5% instead of "turbo weapons (activated)"...which is the current description for it. It's either this, or some devices were useable on others while others simply weren't...regardless of the "turbo buff" description.

[quote name='Darkk' timestamp='1347464217' post='63267'] Riia reads the forums daily. I'm sure he'll weigh in on it. Live Screenshots: Power of the Celestial [url="https://forum.enb-emulator.com/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=1442"]https://forum.enb-emu...&attach_id=1442[/url] Boon of the Celestial [url="http://home.online.no/~ma-mon/enb/after_sunset/ScreenShot102.jpg"]http://home.online.n...reenShot102.jpg[/url] Force of the Celestial [url="http://home.online.no/~ma-mon/enb/after_sunset/ScreenShot56.jpg"]http://home.online.n...creenShot56.jpg[/url] [/quote] Proves that at least these three items were tradeable....nice.

Ok..found an old thread with some guys discussing this topic. There was a possibility to get a negative signature back in live, but from what I gather from this post....it was pretty much like having 0.0 sig since they didn't seem to notice/get a bonus to the negative modifier. [url="http://web.archive.org/web/20041029073833/http://ebportal.com/forum/topic/9/3464"]http://web.archive.o...um/topic/9/3464[/url] And yet another. http://web.archive.org/web/20041015070837/http://www.ebportal.com/forum/topic/9/2510 (Yes, I know "Live" isn't the "gospel")

People were selling these items in live...I have come across a few old portal threads that have supported this. Let's look at this logically (screenshot or not)...people are not going to pay hundreds of millions in credits (sometimes a billion in some cases) for an item that is non-trade, especially back in live. We all remember how the economy was back then.

[quote name='Stanig' timestamp='1347387059' post='63210'] I dont see anything wrong with internet dating. I met my current girl online actually. But ones that are purely online, especially in a video game, I never understood those. At some point they need to cross into the real world. There was so much lol in this, at the same time I remember seeing people doing this 10 years ago and more. Depending on how serious you are, someone you meet online can become something real, if you both want it enough. [/quote] I hear what you're saying and it's true, but this guy took it to a whole 'nother level...lol.

Here is a lil post from my old, AC playing days. I don't know if the OP was serious when he wrote this....I laughed....I cried...then I loll'd some more....haha [img]http://www.enbstatic.com/phpbb/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif[/img] Anyways enjoy: [size=6][b][color=#FFFF00]Has anyone ever had a girlfriend on the internet? Or have one currently? (By Darklord)[/color][/b][/size] [color=#ffff00][b]"[/b][/color]This is a 100% serious post. I was just wondering if anyone has an internet girlfriend or had one before. The first time I cybered was in a Beast Wars RPG chat room when I was 12 years old. I was roleplaying Silverbolt (the wolf/eagle fuzor maximal) and there was a girl roleplaying her own made up transformer. She was 17. I told her I was 17 as well. In actuality, I was only 12. We used to kiss eachother and play tag. The person who was it would tackle the other person and kiss and snuggle with them. I considered this my first internet girlfriend. Her name is "Para" for short, I'm not giving the full screen name out. By now she's 23 years old and in college. I've always been good having relationships with older girls. I've had a plethora of internet girlfriends in these America Online chat rooms. Most of whom were older. I've gotten many pictures via e-mail and most were amazingly attractive. When I was 14 I met a 35 year old woman, or so she said she was. I told her I was 25 when in fact I was 14. I described myself (exaggerating of course). She told me she was getting wet and she wanted me in her. I asked her how deep she was. She said, "Why do you want to know?" etc. Basically I was curious at that age and just wanted to see how deep women were. She never answered me, just skirting around the issue. We cybered to some extent that night. I've cybered a lot between age 14 and 17. But my next "real" internet girlfriend was at age 16. We played Dark Age of Camelot together on the Bors server. She was a saracen scout and I was a briton paladin. We started out as friends when we came up together in the battlegrounds and were both in the same guild. I was an avid RvRer and despite being a 2H paladin (considered gimp by many), I was known for killing multiple opponents at a time. She was taken by me (because of this and other things). The friendship slowly developed into something more. I never really thought much of it at the time until outside the portal keep in odin's gate she stood *in* my character and said, "hehe". I didn't know what was going on at the time. But I felt a warm, fuzzy feeling in my body. I don't know if you call it love or what but it was going through me. It was kind of awkward at first, just standing there in her, our characters on top of eachother. I didn't know what to say. Then she /emote kissed me and I didn't know what to do so I just /emote hugged her. From then on we came to an understanding that we were more than friends. We hunted together, RvRed together and just sat around and chatted with eachother. I consider her my first real girlfriend. When she was having problems I listened to her and everything. Anyway, one day we were sitting in darkness falls. She was sitting on top of my lap. We positioned ourselves perfectly so we looked like we were cuddling. People would stop and just stand near us for a second then run off again. I knew what they were doing. They were looking at us. We both liked the attention. At one time another guild mate asked me to help powerlevel him. My girlfriend spoke up in guild chat and said, "he can't, he's hanging out with his girl". At that point I just felt so overjoyed. I had never thought that she considered me a boyfriend but she did. Time passed and we had a lot of romantic times. I'm not sure if she got tired of me or what, but I caught her dancing with other people. I'm not sure if it was playfully or not. But she didn't hug or kiss me as much which really hurt me inside. At one point I even made an alternate character (a red haired female highlander, very attractive) and I put her on the portal pad with my main character. I waited for my girlfriend to show up. Then I used my alt girl char to hug and kiss emote my main character in hopes of getting my girlfriend jealous. She just giggled and laughed it off. I was expecting her to be extremely jealous and angry but she wasn't. At this point I basically cancelled my alt account. She never sat on my lap anymore or anything. I was extremely disturbed. I cried in real life. The tears didn't exactly flow, but I tried to force myself to cry because it felt better. I took long showers. I just let the water hit my back and I stood there for 20 minutes at a time. I had a real sinking feeling in my heart and it hurt like something I had never felt before. Everywhere I went, I always thought about her. Every moment of the day I thought about the good times we had. Nothing helped. I was in this state for about 2 weeks until I started getting over it. That was the first time a girl really broke my heart. Since having her, I've never had a girlfriend or anything. I don't really like the thought of having an internet girlfriend either. I've come to the realization that it will never work out so I'm just going to avoid girls. To be honest I've never been able to get a girl to like me in the real life because I'm pretty antisocial to a certain extent. The closest a girl has ever gotten to me is when a stranger girl sat next to me on a bench during lunch and our thighs touched eachothers. I pretended I didn't feel it, but inside I was savoring the moment while it lasted. Anyway, if any of you have internet girlfriends, just be aware that they won't last forever and when everything comes crashing down it will crash hard. Don't wear your heart on your sleeves and don't get too serious with girls. They just want to have fun so you should too. I'm pretty experienced with girls in this respect so I'd just like to offer my advice to any of you young guys out there.[b][color=#ffff00]"[/color][/b] [url="http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/has-anyone-ever-had-a-girlfriend-on-the-internet-or-have-one-currently-by-darklord.250215634/"]http://www.ign.com/b... ... 250215634/[/url]

Yeah you're right....only the bubble type skills currently work this way. Guess they could make the graphics for these skills bubbles like the rest....whatevers clever lol. Hopefully they take all this under consideration as it wouldn't hurt anything game-wise.

[quote name='Rossdie' timestamp='1346657091' post='62787'] Ok Mynd now you have me thinking, does shield charge work on non group members? Here I have a TT and cannot remember lol. [/quote] Yep..remember when we were testing how high we could get our JE's shield caps up to? At any rate, the rally skill is a nice buff that should be able to be activated upon a non-grouped player. The same goes for a hdc type buff if the devs ever decide to change this.

[quote name='Rossdie' timestamp='1346656477' post='62784'] Rally cannot be activated on non group members, so why not have the HDC skill be the same? [/quote] Or make it so the rally buff can be applied to non-grouped players as well. This would be no more game-breaking than a JD slapping a psi buff on another player he/she happened to be passing by. Maybe the tier 6 level of skill (use hdc for example here) is the level needed for the buffing of a single friendly target, while the tier 7 would be for a group buff. Just an idea here.