Princess magic Sparkle Spindlepoot is not a girl. (a lot of the dryad outfit)
never tell your tutor he looks like a cute little stuffed toy, even if he does. There is such a thing as dignity.
he's on punishment ,has a truly hideous outfit to wear and has to use that name, when out doing errands.
and Cybersoldier is to blame for the character name
Princess magic Sparkle Spindlepoot is not a girl. (a lot of the dryad outfit)
never tell your tutor he looks like a cute little stuffed toy, even if he does. There is such a thing as dignity.
he's on punishment ,has a truly hideous outfit to wear and has to use that name, when out doing errands.
and Cybersoldier is to blame for the character name
This is the most convoluted attempt at retcon'ing a naming typo I've ever seen.
For who? Me? Didn't think it was that confusing, here i'll help ya...
Ratassassin BAD
Ratasassin GOoOOOD
I've name changed toons before, even some that I should have just deleted and started over. I guess my nemesis Mercanary is a typo as well.
Same could be said about your acct name here...is it Hellborn? Hellcub or Hellbabybear? Perhaps it's short for the Hellfire Club? Helenborn? or my favorite HAIL Björk!
This is the most convoluted attempt at retcon'ing a naming typo I've ever seen.
Nope, no typo. :biggrin:
Cybersoldier said in a post, I'll pay 10g to anyone who will name a character
Princess magic sparkle pony spindlepoot and level it to 40.
It didn't fit in , so i used the shorter version.
the background, came out, when another player asked "who did you insult?"
"Sue(Mage Sue kai tex- a male)"
"You called him a stuffed toy , didn't you?"
"yep."
Before my ff "Chaos" became my main I had a behemoth character named, "ChaosTitanDragon". But of course you won't notice the upper and lowecases so people often misread that as...
"CHAOS TIT AND RAGON"
Only got called that during CCs, but I gotta admit it was funny.
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...I think Star Warden would be confused as a demon if not for the fact I clearly state all the time he is a alien whose race is made to look like devils because of a rather trollish genetic altering race years ago. I make sure I to keep the misconceptions down... Now on the other hand if one day I am playing on Bombardier and someone thinks it's because he named after a plane well I'll have to throw a animal encyclopedia at them and turn them to page B starting with the Bombardier Beetle... Haven't hit that yet but I'm preparing myself. I am sure I'm bound to make a toon that will have a misconception... On a off note the day me and Straxus had both of our toons (me on Warden) in overall casual appearances... could of mistaken them for family.
Turando's main source of healing others is a Medigun-like gadget, not magic like he is FORCED to use to achieve a similar effect because of what's missing. He is also supposed to play more supportively than I show. *Sudden Valerian Scarlet Voice* But NOOOOO, I've gotta use the powers secondary to his theme (Dual Pistols) to even keep pace here... well now you see how well that's worked out for me.
I recently renamed one of my imps into "PvP Kicking Bug" in reference to the PvP kicking bug of course. I'm using the debugger costume and a build only using mighty kick and Crashing Wave Kick as my attacks.
Whenever I am on him people suddenly ask about PvP stuff just because I have PvP in my name totally overlooking what it is in reference to. Also over half the people don't seem to know of the debugger and about 40% of the other half are just like "you look familiar but I don't really know what it is about you."
And people seem to take me seriously as a PvP built character because the name / costume and stuff isn't a clear enough indicator of it being a joke build.
I recently renamed one of my imps into "PvP Kicking Bug" in reference to the PvP kicking bug of course. I'm using the debugger costume and a build only using mighty kick and Crashing Wave Kick as my attacks.
Whenever I am on him people suddenly ask about PvP stuff just because I have PvP in my name totally overlooking what it is in reference to. Also over half the people don't seem to know of the debugger and about 40% of the other half are just like "you look familiar but I don't really know what it is about you."
And people seem to take me seriously as a PvP built character because the name / costume and stuff isn't a clear enough indicator of it being a joke build.
if they don't do those particular PvP areas, they wouldn't know about tyhe bug.
if they are silver, they won't know about the debugger, due to no PTS access.
as for taking it seriously as a build. could be worse, I've been in alerts with a L35 using theirEB and basic blast and standing around a lot
if they don't do those particular PvP areas, they wouldn't know about tyhe bug.
if they are silver, they won't know about the debugger, due to no PTS access.
as for taking it seriously as a build. could be worse, I've been in alerts with a L35 using theirEB and basic blast and standing around a lot
And then they wonder why nobody wants to run with them.
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Got a general one here, because I know a few people it applies to, and I've retconned out of doing so because of this. Just because there's a cross over my head, does not mean I'm a healer. I could be in support for the energy because I'm very energy hungry. I could be using it for the control buff, but I'm probably not because screw cc in this game. I could be a petmaster and buffing my pets with an aura. Either way, don't whine at me if you're dying and I'm not healing you. It used to be called "sentinel", which fits a lot better because not everyone in that role is running support.
A small offshoot of this is: Just because you're in tank role, doesn't make you a tank. Or *the* tank, for that matter. If I'm on a freeform hybrid (most of mine are) odds are I'm a better tank than you if you're an archetype. Odds are you won't keep threat from me. These are both true of most of the freeform players I know that run dps. Healer ATs? If I'm surviving, and keeping all the threat? don't tell me to "follow my tank". He's not my tank, I'm his. Tank ATs or some tank freeforms? Don't complain if I'm tanking in dps role. If you were good at what you do, I couldn't be. Just take the hit to your ego and be happy we're winning.
tl;dr roles mean precisely nothing. The icons lie.
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from an alert
character in support(energy problems)
concentration.
aura of ebon darkness(with aura)
circle of ebon darkness
"why aren't you healing?"
" see that little orange bullet symbol, it means damage. little green cross symbol means possibly healer."
having said that, I have an electric character who can heal at the same time. so they are in ranged role.
as for taking it seriously as a build. could be worse, I've been in alerts with a L35 using theirEB and basic blast and standing around a lot
The build itself isn't bad as in I will never die on it but I wont kill anyone, I just kick them about which is what I meant. I don't mean a joke build as in the build is bad or even just badly played, the build works and I'd like to think I play it in a funny way to keep with the joke of CC locking people with kicks.
When people use part of my acct name to address me, Esal. Sounds like I'm a dang art accessory. I would think most know me as Ratty by this point. Sometimes it's people I've even spoken to before.
People rarely realize that Ygrez is Zergy spelled backwards.
Zergy is pronounced Zerg-e (like how lily is lil-e) so that in reverse would be e-grez but they pronounce it as Why-grez. (special note for the one person that actually pronounced zergy as zer-ji)
new character :Summoner<female canine>
AOPM, compassion- for when I get the heal summon.
2 summons.
in alert- just heal me, just heal.
my response: what would you suggest I use- lightning arc or my 2 summons(imp/golem)
Most of my characters are themed, and although I am vvay too lazy to vvrite bios for them, I have a good idea hovv they are in my head, and Seraphim Is not an angel :P
Not anyone has claimed she is mind you...but..There isn't much else that bugs me and I vvanted to say something
Apparently, in a certain in-game night club, any female tall and muscular character is expected to be "a girl with extras".
Which makes both for a lot of weird questions asked on /tell and a lot of disappointments for some people.
I've mentioned it before, but the "You're in support, heal me" people suck.
The people who can't see my obviously heavily tweaked out freeform, that's flying around with a health bar that literally doesn't move, is in ranged dps for giggles? "Don't pull, let the tank do it". The tank can't take a hundredth of the damage I can. He's got a shield over his head, that's cool. Does he have a self heal? I see no healers here, so... I'm supposed to watch him slowly die as all of the mobs focus on me anyway, because why?
Hell, if you see a freeform dive face first into a big pack of mobs, and they all start dying rather quickly? You just found yourself a free win, run with it and don't ask questions. This complaint happens to me often enough that I don't even like running Chern in alerts anymore. The fact that I'm mowing everything down, and then face tanking Jack Fool and Ao', doesn't matter. The bullet over my head? THAT is what's important.
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Heh. I made my support character specifically to play with those assumptions. Heals? Well, okay, I've got sentinel aura... but other than that you're on your own. Of course, you won't need heals, because I'm also running AoRP and IDF. Kinda funny how long it takes people to realize that, sometimes...
Never had anyone complain about me tanking in ranged or melee roles, though, that's a new one.
That's not people's fault especially if they migrated from trinity-based mmos.
Which basically means - every mmo aside of maybe TSW.
It's all beacuse of role names and icons. They're misleading, play badly with people's expectations and, honestly, should go away.
You can't blame people because of bad UI. It's entirely Cryptic's fault.
Haha the irony is we used to have a system that didn't do this, and they felt it was inferior or confusing. I'd just figure that familiar with it or not, if you see someone tanking they can obviously tank. It's one of those "put down your expectations and just look at the proof in front of you" kind of deals, but I've been told I give people too much credit.
I can kinda blame em for giving me an attitude about it. If you're not familiar with the game, you should not be barking orders or talking down to people who are blatantly stronger than you are. It's a good bet that they're probably a vet and know what they're doing. I'd think that kinda etiquette would be universal?
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It's one of those "put down your expectations and just look at the proof in front of you" kind of deals, but I've been told I give people too much credit.
At the risk of coming as grumpy - yes, you are giving people too much credit.
They are coming to CO, they see seemingly idiotproof role names and icons, they expect it working exacly like in a typical MMO because this is what they were taught.
I kinda can understand them having expectations.
It fails to CO makers to give them another expectations (or like it was before On Alert - don't give them any) instead of disorienting them until they learn, but CO is these times utterly terrible at teaching players anything - from tutorial to UI.
Well, now you know. And I found it really helpful, because I had no idea about things like the delay on hold protection; being able to cancel out of block early and not get held really helps with trying to dodge Gravitar's yellow bubbles, for example. Tricky to get right, but invaluable when you do.
(It also used to have a section comparing block powers, which I also found helpful... but I guess that's rolled into his general powers guide now?)
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never tell your tutor he looks like a cute little stuffed toy, even if he does. There is such a thing as dignity.
he's on punishment ,has a truly hideous outfit to wear and has to use that name, when out doing errands.
and Cybersoldier is to blame for the character name
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wat is a spindlepoot? help me to understand u3u
My super cool CC build and how to use it.
Can you guess his superpower?
Ratassassin BAD
Ratasassin GOoOOOD
I've name changed toons before, even some that I should have just deleted and started over. I guess my nemesis Mercanary is a typo as well.
Same could be said about your acct name here...is it Hellborn? Hellcub or Hellbabybear? Perhaps it's short for the Hellfire Club? Helenborn? or my favorite HAIL Björk!
Nope, no typo. :biggrin:
Cybersoldier said in a post, I'll pay 10g to anyone who will name a character
Princess magic sparkle pony spindlepoot and level it to 40.
It didn't fit in , so i used the shorter version.
the background, came out, when another player asked "who did you insult?"
"Sue(Mage Sue kai tex- a male)"
"You called him a stuffed toy , didn't you?"
"yep."
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This is the most obvious attempt at trolling I've ever seen. u3u Not biting.
My super cool CC build and how to use it.
"CHAOS TIT AND RAGON"
Only got called that during CCs, but I gotta admit it was funny.
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Im typing this without looking at what you wrote.
Chernobyl.
Hey you're right. o3o that's unexpected.
My super cool CC build and how to use it.
Its not a guy its a Badger U__U
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
http://co-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=281621&page=5
:biggrin: Sorry man, I couldn't resist.
Hey look, I found another lampshade. I'm just gonna hang that everywhere, yeah?
RIP Caine
Turando's main source of healing others is a Medigun-like gadget, not magic like he is FORCED to use to achieve a similar effect because of what's missing. He is also supposed to play more supportively than I show. *Sudden Valerian Scarlet Voice* But NOOOOO, I've gotta use the powers secondary to his theme (Dual Pistols) to even keep pace here... well now you see how well that's worked out for me.
And I will always be @DZPlayer122.
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Whenever I am on him people suddenly ask about PvP stuff just because I have PvP in my name totally overlooking what it is in reference to. Also over half the people don't seem to know of the debugger and about 40% of the other half are just like "you look familiar but I don't really know what it is about you."
And people seem to take me seriously as a PvP built character because the name / costume and stuff isn't a clear enough indicator of it being a joke build.
A Playlist of my CO PvP video's (starting from post nerf PTS team duels)
if they don't do those particular PvP areas, they wouldn't know about tyhe bug.
if they are silver, they won't know about the debugger, due to no PTS access.
as for taking it seriously as a build. could be worse, I've been in alerts with a L35 using theirEB and basic blast and standing around a lot
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Erogar: People call him Ero for short, but that also leads to "HAHA you're called Ero, that is japanese for pervert" *facepalms*
Zahra: Just call her Sarah, its the same thing just Zahra is the egyptian pronunciation to it.
Kuruk: I hear people say Karuk. The heck does the A come from?
Ageton: People say Age Ton. If only can add accent marks. It's pronounced Ag-eh-ton
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A small offshoot of this is: Just because you're in tank role, doesn't make you a tank. Or *the* tank, for that matter. If I'm on a freeform hybrid (most of mine are) odds are I'm a better tank than you if you're an archetype. Odds are you won't keep threat from me. These are both true of most of the freeform players I know that run dps. Healer ATs? If I'm surviving, and keeping all the threat? don't tell me to "follow my tank". He's not my tank, I'm his. Tank ATs or some tank freeforms? Don't complain if I'm tanking in dps role. If you were good at what you do, I couldn't be. Just take the hit to your ego and be happy we're winning.
tl;dr roles mean precisely nothing. The icons lie.
RIP Caine
from an alert
character in support(energy problems)
concentration.
aura of ebon darkness(with aura)
circle of ebon darkness
"why aren't you healing?"
" see that little orange bullet symbol, it means damage. little green cross symbol means possibly healer."
having said that, I have an electric character who can heal at the same time. so they are in ranged role.
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I named him Grinder cuz he "grinds" everything with a gatling gun. :biggrin:
Mhm... I bet if you went into club caprice with that name you'd get other questions asked too.
The build itself isn't bad as in I will never die on it but I wont kill anyone, I just kick them about which is what I meant. I don't mean a joke build as in the build is bad or even just badly played, the build works and I'd like to think I play it in a funny way to keep with the joke of CC locking people with kicks.
A Playlist of my CO PvP video's (starting from post nerf PTS team duels)
Oh, and special snowflake is special.
Zergy is pronounced Zerg-e (like how lily is lil-e) so that in reverse would be e-grez but they pronounce it as Why-grez. (special note for the one person that actually pronounced zergy as zer-ji)
Oh, not Kagami, she actually is 8. I mean my new character, Mikuru, she is 18 she is just really really short o3o
My super cool CC build and how to use it.
AOPM, compassion- for when I get the heal summon.
2 summons.
in alert- just heal me, just heal.
my response: what would you suggest I use- lightning arc or my 2 summons(imp/golem)
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Not anyone has claimed she is mind you...but..There isn't much else that bugs me and I vvanted to say something
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Edit: spelling mistakes
Albeit a gross one:
Apparently, in a certain in-game night club, any female tall and muscular character is expected to be "a girl with extras".
Which makes both for a lot of weird questions asked on /tell and a lot of disappointments for some people.
...
The people who can't see my obviously heavily tweaked out freeform, that's flying around with a health bar that literally doesn't move, is in ranged dps for giggles? "Don't pull, let the tank do it". The tank can't take a hundredth of the damage I can. He's got a shield over his head, that's cool. Does he have a self heal? I see no healers here, so... I'm supposed to watch him slowly die as all of the mobs focus on me anyway, because why?
Hell, if you see a freeform dive face first into a big pack of mobs, and they all start dying rather quickly? You just found yourself a free win, run with it and don't ask questions. This complaint happens to me often enough that I don't even like running Chern in alerts anymore. The fact that I'm mowing everything down, and then face tanking Jack Fool and Ao', doesn't matter. The bullet over my head? THAT is what's important.
RIP Caine
Which basically means - every mmo aside of maybe TSW.
It's all beacuse of role names and icons. They're misleading, play badly with people's expectations and, honestly, should go away.
You can't blame people because of bad UI. It's entirely Cryptic's fault.
Never had anyone complain about me tanking in ranged or melee roles, though, that's a new one.
Haha the irony is we used to have a system that didn't do this, and they felt it was inferior or confusing. I'd just figure that familiar with it or not, if you see someone tanking they can obviously tank. It's one of those "put down your expectations and just look at the proof in front of you" kind of deals, but I've been told I give people too much credit.
I can kinda blame em for giving me an attitude about it. If you're not familiar with the game, you should not be barking orders or talking down to people who are blatantly stronger than you are. It's a good bet that they're probably a vet and know what they're doing. I'd think that kinda etiquette would be universal?
RIP Caine
They are coming to CO, they see seemingly idiotproof role names and icons, they expect it working exacly like in a typical MMO because this is what they were taught.
I kinda can understand them having expectations.
It fails to CO makers to give them another expectations (or like it was before On Alert - don't give them any) instead of disorienting them until they learn, but CO is these times utterly terrible at teaching players anything - from tutorial to UI.
The fact that someone felt the need to put together an out of game tutorial on how to PRESS THE BLOCK BUTTON makes your logic hard to disagree with.
RIP Caine
RIP Caine
(It also used to have a section comparing block powers, which I also found helpful... but I guess that's rolled into his general powers guide now?)