Ryle

[quote name='Mattsacre' timestamp='1327643923' post='52463'] Oh i would LOVE to see a JD pod a PS.....well it would be interesting to see them TRY at least Powerdown = untargetable....can't target it, can't shoot it, Imagine a PS with a L56 coma device, thats the effect they have on a JD targeting them... Menace= 0 control or buffs for X amount of time...any decent PS can pod you in the time frame you are menaced, you run in fear from them and they shove ammo up your tailpipe while you do so Cloak?....PvP cloak is defeatable via device and skill, just because you have gotten used to all mobs not detecting you up until now, don't mean its a auto "I-win" button in PvP. When it's emplimented fully in game correctly even certain mobs will see through it, and it will be interuptable, and dmg will still be allocated through it. trust me..if they get PvP working like in live, there will be the same whinefests in forums as in live about PS being so..so..SO OP! Nerf them now! it's not fair! (grabs ball and stomps off home in a huff) [/quote] I destroyed PS's in live. They have no HDC. 10 seconds, they are toasted. All I need, is 10 seconds. All this stuff about powerdown and menace is silly when you cant overlap the skills and eliminate all time gaps. Besides, in PvP I am SURE there would be a chance of failure on offensive skills, just like there are on mob skills being interrupted. The only threat to a PW is another PW with an EMP missile launcher

[quote name='C Del' timestamp='1327632778' post='52439'] I would love to have those IP ranges. Honestly, having to research them is probably the only reason I haven't pushed to block those countries already, lol. [/quote] i tried to do that on a forum i used to run there are over 500 ranges. and thats not even including the ones we dont know about yet i gave up on the project after a while. there are whole lists of blacklist IP ranges, but it never quite gets them all.

[quote name='StarbuckJD' timestamp='1327613227' post='52381'] +1 this Wanna pod me some trojens ..er progens. hah [/quote] Come at me bro.

oh hai frands, im back for a while. must have peoples to play with

[quote name='shadowxsx' timestamp='1327114121' post='51883'] There is a target of target already. When grouped on the group list there is a little crosshair on each member which targets that persons target. As a healer (PP) I use this alot and it works. [/quote] Yeah but having a bound key to do so as well would be nice. I dont like UI's in games that are either "mouse activate" or "keyboard activate". Good to be able to use either one.

[quote name='C Del' timestamp='1327359414' post='52068'] So.... how bout that SOPA and PIPA, guys? I like government social welfare programs, but this is probably not the thread in which to discuss them. General Discussion would probably be better. [/quote] Just when you think its over.... it just gets worse. You think SOPA and PIPA were bad (and they arent even really "gone" yet, just delayed) [url="http://www.stopacta.info/"]http://www.stopacta.info/[/url] Check out ACTA This thing has the potential for global repercussion, and the language of how the laws are going to be written is so vague that it could be interpreted in such catch-all ways that we might all go to prison for playing the EMU. (theres a provision that affects open source and stuff like that. given how vague the negotiated thing is now, it would up to interpretation by the country the property is being utilized in.... kinda scary that suddenly just possession of pirated or "borrowed" code/intellectual property could put you in jail)

I am really wary of unnecessary player wipes. to be honest one of the reasons I play so little now is because I know in a few months I am going to have to start all over again. Ive been around for a couple years, playing off and on, and still have one level 144 and a level 95 or so. no 150s, no massive cash stash, no big build list... I dont have the time to do it over, really. One of those people that cant play 24/7/365 really suffers the worst in all of this. I understand the need for Alpha wipe, Beta wipe, and Release wipe. However, I dont see the point in being in a groundhog day scenario. All I had in live was my fully geared and ubered PW, and a JE miner. Spent over a year getting everything for them, and then had them taken from me. Like all the rest of you. Im really tired of level grinding to play a game thats basically all end game content. Theres very little out there (understand ive been away for a few months as of this last week so I dont know if theres been much mid level content added if at all) to keep someone on a perma-grind occupied. Jobs jobs jobs, and have even nerfed the leveling trade thing from Charon... For people like me, it might be a dang good idea to give us one toon at 150 automatically til at least beta phase. Others can be grinded up ad nauseum, but I am really ill of level grinding a la groundhog day. Know what I mean? That way I can at least enjoy the content I miss the most, raids. I still havent been to one since 2004.

[quote name='C Del' timestamp='1327268745' post='52007'] Finally restarting. That was a doozy of a crash. Someone almost got 170,000+ XP. [/quote] I can has?

Yeah this thing is scary. The protests slowed it down but likely wont fully stop it. Its sure to die in the Senate, and Obama has all but said its gonna get vetoed. But we are in an election year. This thing could rear its ugly head again in 2013. Watch out.

Expectations on live were: Controller/Pirate: 3 well geared or experienced groups Fishbowl: 4 Tada-O: 2 - 4 Anything else was really 1 group or less.

[quote name='lordfalcon' timestamp='1316792337' post='46520'] I have a well equipped PW in game now and there is no way that I could take on a lvl 66 mob all by myself. Before or after the big nerf on PW's. In my opinion there is alot more involved other then Shield nova and Sap to be able to do this. Instead of killing the progen warrior. Why not go after the ppl that can kill raid mobs by themselves. Cause clearly they are "cheating" and exploiting the game. I'm sure thats not going to happen though. [/quote] Id actually have to support this idea. The part about going after those exploiting unintended mechanics. You see this in MMOs all the time, where exploiters will latch onto the newest I-win button, end up getting a whole system nerfed to hell and back, and continue on to find the next weakness to exploit. All the while universally retaining whatever profit they had gained from the last exploit. The cycle never ends, and I for one wish the players causing the issues would just leave. If not voluntarily then by force. Granted in some applications the usefulness of a professional exploiter during testing to identify and demonstrate weaknesses is extremely valuable to development, but those obviously doing it for bragging rights or personal gain in game? Kick em. I would.

[quote name='Kyp' timestamp='1316813167' post='46534'] Stop with the worries about Shield Sap, it's going to be changed to be less of a delay, 2 minutes was just the "number plucked out of the air" by the programmer who was looking at the problem. Also, there WAS a problem with Shield Sap, whether anyone wants to own up to it or not, but I sat and watched someone on more than one occasion take down GoBB after we made it harder three successive times in different ways. They were somehow using it to nearly replenish their entire shield, repeatedly. There may have been a bug, but the timer is longer than necessary and will be reduced; however it will take some time. In regard to the Jenpie comment & the leech skill, "What good does stealing reactor energy actually do for a Jenquai?" (aside from if they were sitting in an intense radiation field and had lost most of their reactor.) In any event, if we see Jenquai soloing things we consider boss mobs, you can bet your arse that it would get nerfed. For what its worth Brixun, no Jenpie whine influenced this, me and a few other leads sitting around watching PWs solo and duo things meant for a group or multiple groups influenced it. See last statement above this paragraph for what we'd do to leech if Jenquai are spotted acing those same mobs. [/quote] Kyp I get what what youre saying, and im glad to see the CD timer is going to be worked back down to a decent level. My largest concern in this argument is the allusion to Jenquai being able to solo high end mobs on the same level as a PW. The flaw in that argument is that it seems like theres a trend to try to make JE and JW on par or better than the specialized all combat class in the game. This was an issue on live as well. Realistically I would be pretty angry if I saw JE's soloing high level content full stop, as this encroaches on a whole classes purpose. I mean should my PW be able to mine or refine level 9 ores, cloak, jumpstart, wormhole, and build reactors? Its bad enough that the JE played exceptionally well can pretty much succeed albeit very slowly at content they were never meant to succeed at. The premise of just because you can do a thing, doesnt mean you are meant to do such a thing applies here heavily. Kudos to those extremely dedicated players trying so hard to be what they never were meant to be, but really I could care less if a JE can solo a voltoi or not, its a non-issue as it was never intended to even be possible much less embraced. JW/JD have a stronger argument being the combat flavor dual class of the explorers, but really should an elven fighter/rogue be more powerful heads up in combat that a full specialist dwarven battlerager fighter class? I know its not a perfect analogy, but dear god this argument has been going for over 10 years now. If people want to be a combat profession, be a PW, TE, or JD and accept the limitations of the prof. The classes arent meant to be balanced, and I see calls to balance for combat every time I check these forums.

[quote name='Whitelighter' timestamp='1294833417' post='31989'] I don't understand why people are giving the OP neg ratings... Orion wasn't too bad in LIVE, but AnDRAMAda was full of guilds fighting for boss kills. I can still remember waking up at odd ball hours to simply log-on and kill RD Base, Controller, Warder and such. Yeah thinking back now, being that hardcore in games makes me laugh, but being around people that dedicated was fun too. There's not much need for competition right now, everyone has atleast a dualbox setup and can 'solo' stuff themselves. But as things get converted over to true raids they won't be able to and hopefully the competition returns. Nothing wrong with competing for mobs, and while everyone more or less gets along; once it becomes me and my guild/friends group against yours, I'm not your friend for the next few minutes. [/quote] -- 3AM Controller Raid, be on or lose your slot for 6 weeks (we will KS your slot in the rotation since itll be "wasted" otherwise). Signed Static. -- Tada-O Gate goes active in about 4-6 hours, be on. Yes I know its midnight on a Monday morning. Contact some of the other guilds, MM will have four groups out there, so we gotta make sure we have enough DPS to beat them in credit. -- Warder going active in 30 minutes, get on your JDs and get here. *gets there, sees 100 people nose down into the spawn point* -- 1 Dallia, 2 Ryle, 3 Cookoo, 4 Wizzard, 5 Skydude, 6... etc etc A 7 is rolled. The person that gets the loot isnt even the right profession for the item. This fact isnt noticed by the raid leader, or ignored. Loots it anyway, or accidentally (on purpose) ninjaloots the whole corpse when its released to them. Drama ensues for the next 3 weeks bitching about it. -- Not a member of Static, MM, OC, TOG or any of the other "allied" guilds that ran with OC or MM? Shucks out of luck son, youre never getting a skull shield or fury. Also good luck getting a controller rotation slot. The thing spawns like once every 2 weeks, and theres 4 guilds already on it. See you for a tryout the next time one of them fails in 5 months. Oh btw, did we mention that if you fail your tryout, we will just finish the job for ya, better luck in 2003! Or you can try KSing someone and guaranteeing yourself to never be invited to the rotation, good luck KSing 6 groups of Static. -- Market: WTB Looting rights to Devastating Gaze - 300Mil Those were the days...

[quote name='Kyp' timestamp='1316370027' post='46274'] [/color][/size][/font] [font="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial,"][size="2"][color="#444444"] [/color][/size][/font] [font="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial,"][size="2"][color="#444444"]This is actually what was intended and we are testing some new changes for this now to try and make it a lil less painful while still preventing toe-to-toe with high end mobs that shouldn't be possible. There's another thing we figured out in relation to this along with another class which you'll hear about soon.[/color][/size][/font] [/quote] Which mobs Kyp? Because in live a PW could solo anything outside of a raid. You name it, it could be soloed. Mine was able to smash desash and his spawn easily, anything in antares, the bullywere, the ghost ship, though the stuff in DT was a little too powerful for a solo PW to really fight alone. Realistically if your nerf is going to make even THOSE impossible to solo for a PW, youve effectively neutered every purpose we had in the game. PW was always a solo combat class with very little group role besides tank/meatshield. There will be no purpose for them outside of the few and far between raid calls a certain few may get on this light of a population game. Im gonna have to log in and test just how severe this nerf is, but I know full well the inability to self heal while tanking even fish in cooper is going to be a problem.

[quote name='Indianajones' timestamp='1311329088' post='43506'] i usually dont kite even on my PW or my PP. i follow by hitting space bar and i whack the life out of the mob. that way even if the mob is the kiting type they cant succeed. it sure does give a headache after a while. UmaXX [/quote] Well yeah that works, but against tougher prey, youre giving up your combat trance bonuses after a few seconds doing it that way (PW) Though with shield sap at the ranges it is, you almost have to vs about half the mobs in the game.

If youve ever played a JE or JD youd know that some mobs do in fact "kite" in the sense their range they lock into is around 2.5-3 away. Annoying to have to chase them all the time.

An idea to solve the problem: Rather than rely on the couple of GMs we have to police the chats, so they lose time actually responding to in game help tickets... Set up a chat mod/warden system (idea partially stolen from SWG) If someone starts being a PITA, have a chat warden (whos only authority is to /mute the offenders) step in. They wouldnt have any GM tools, just that one ability. Last maybe 24 hours at a time, and would autoflag them for GM review if warranted. Would solve so many problems, and you wouldnt need many tbh.

[quote name='Mimir' timestamp='1310593611' post='43217'] you can't just do a /who playername as this is a GM tool only. If you PMed and they didn't answer it could be a language issue. In any case, two bugs need to be reported. The first is a job mob should not attack you unless you are the owner or the non owner shoots at it 1st. And second is if the "job mob go poof after x amt of time" change is not working as intended and should be reported as well. [/quote] If you try to send a PM to an offline player, the system throws an error like "person not logged in"

and yes, I did attempt to send the "owners" private messages before I killed their mobs. in neither case were they on.

This is becoming a serious issue in SE. Having to deal with a Minotaur at every nav because someone left it, gets tedious. Even with level 9 shields they do enough damage to make it a very difficult kill on top of your actual job mob (or two). I had to deal with it a couple times this morning, and basically that entire area west of the Xipe gate was a disaster til I cleared out a couple of the leftovers. Not the easiest task with level 8 guns still either, even for a top hull level 9 shield PW. Cant imagine how that would be for other classes. Please kill your job mobs or make sure they are cleared by someone that can.

Maybe for me this is unique amongst us, maybe it isnt. But i am gonna share this anyway. As I am sure some have heard, SWG (star wars galaxies) has entered its sunset effective like 2 days ago. I never thought I would have to go through this all over again, and here is the bitter twist... The game the publisher (LucasArts) wants us all to go to, and cancelled SWG for, is SWTOR, the new star wars MMO due out within the next 6-12 months. How is that ironic? TOR is developed by Bioware, who is now owned by EA!!!!!!!!!!! When the last members of Omega Corps realized the sunset was happening, we all moved to star wars galaxies to start over. SOE/LA wouldnt do to us what EA had, this company has a good rep, blah blah... that was in 2003/early 2004 (OC split in half a couple months before the sunset was actually announced, so I know some of us were already there when I joined SWG in late 2003)... I am the only one that I think stayed the whole time. The others have all moved on as far as I know... But this is just bitter... the game I went to to replace EnB in my gaming life... is now sunsetting and sending me right back to EA. How can this happen, you know?

[quote name='Blacklung' timestamp='1306448366' post='41226'] you know i was part of omega corp also my friend xolo, and his now ex wife xtyra were also. also my alt allmad if i remember right, we left and formed bomb the universe, then the game went belly up a few months l8r. but it was so long ago [/quote] ohhhh you were allmad, i had no idea, lol yeah a whole bunch of you guys, with skydude, left OC and made a guild later known as Dominion Elite (was BtU its original name?)... and then eventually ended up on SWG after EnB died. I didnt go with you guys though, I stayed in old OC and repped the tag til the end. I did join up with DE on SWG very very briefly, before I quit gaming altogether for years. Thinking about that, id completely forgotten actually. We broke up right before the end didnt we, lol.

fix navs. lol server crashes started being common the last 2 days when the navs went wonky

The last thing I saw in general chat "LOL My map has sideways question marks" Then I warped through joves fury, came to a slow stop about 40km past it... Yeah server crashed again methinx.