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[Golden Girl]

:o  Is it ok if I use it?

Sure - it's no different from anyone who uses any type of game image as an avatar - the internet would be a less colorful place if forum avatars had any type of copyright attached to them :P

[primeknight]

I am sure it's quite alright to use it as a forum Avatar and other purely private non-commercial activity.

And from my point of view it was free and good advertising for both H and V and for the artist. 

(as in, I'm even more inclined to check out the game and see if the artist is for hire)

[Mistress Urd]

Was it really possible to go 1 - 50 in one day? That's crazy.

Yep, there are folks who can. So yes, if we started all at level 1, there will be folks with level 50s after a day or two and quite a few by the end of the first week.

[Optimus Dex]

Ugh.

People are not going to change the way they play due to a "blank slate".   I see this sentiment way too often.  It smells like "Finally everyone will play the way I think they should".    Maybe I read you wrong...but sure sounds like you want to effect how other people play.

Here is how it will really work.   Day 1 you'll have the same people running those low level arcs.   Those who didn't care for them will be in AE powerlvling to get back to the playstyle they preferred.   The "blank slate" will not change what people enjoyed before.   There are some players who will have a lvl 50 the first day!  (that still boggles my mind)

Not sure how you saw that from Toasts post.  I read it as he wants to see vibrant , populated zones again in the low levels .

[Deadflame2]

Unless they tweak the amount of XP awarded for AE missions.

Which would be silly, in my opinion.

[Kaos Arcanna]

Well, consider this.

Peacebringers are automatically of Natural origin.
Warshades are automatically of Science origin.

I took that to mean that at one point, the Kheldians who would end up becoming the Nictus sought a way, or perhaps more than one way, to extend their lives. Perhaps this was before they learned they could fuse with other life forms. In fact, that seems likely. Why go through all the trouble of hunting down others of your own species when they can travel anywhere in the universe, when it is far easier to fuse with a host organism, and take it over. (This is assuming that Nictus can completely dominate some or all host organisms. Presumably, they could easily dominate weak-willed humans, but stronger-willed ones? I mean, is Requiem a 50/50 partnership between Rudolfo Uzzano and Dirge of Entropy, or is one of them definitely in charge? Alas, my lack of knowledge of other host organisms for the Kheldian, and the relative intellect and strength of will when compared to the average human is a matter I really should look into correcting.)

I digress.

As a hypothesis, we assume that the philosophical and ethical consideration of feasting upon one's own species, at least among the Kheldians, occurred before they learned to fuse with other life forms, or that, at the very least, it was not common knowledge among the species. Given that all Warshades are of the Science origin, we assume that the methodology of Kheldian-cannibalism requires scientific knowledge. Presumably, not a process that only requires genius-level intellects among the Kheldians, or if it does, it is one that is easily mastered by, for lack of a better term, the rank and file Nictus. Ah, but the presence of Shadow Shards at least seems to indicate that a method was required for some Nictus in the event that a host could not be found AND non-Nictus Kheldians were unavailable for the Nictus to feed upon.

.... crap, I lapsed into character there.  :P

The impression that I always got (and I could certainly be wrong) was that all Kheldians have extended lives when they bond with another living creature. Requiem and Dirge of Entropy had been living together since the 1940s, I thought, and that Shadowstar had been around on Earth since Ancient Egypt.

I can't recall any of the NPC Peacebringers being revealed as being long lived but that could just be faulty memory.

[Angel Phoenix77]

Sure - it's no different from anyone who uses any type of game image as an avatar - the internet would be a less colorful place if forum avatars had any type of copyright attached to them :P

I agree that this would be boring if there were no avatars :). I personally like to see everyone's avatar here /

[GenericHero05]

Which would be silly, in my opinion.

I agree. It really doesn't matter to me as to how anyone levels up. It just seemed that, in the past, whenever there appeared to be an easier way to gain XP, it would end up getting nerfed. I loved wolf herding and would ding several levels at a time doing those.

[Goddangit]

Downix brings up a very interesting point - if the game is basically finished with development on CoH1 - it might be an interesting thought to do 2 things at once. Do a one time purchase to play as long as the central server is going and then perhaps fling some money to a standalone that may or may not be in the works and have that as a future benefit.

Many games have this model. I play DayZ and it has both official and unofficial servers and especially if they allowed mods to be run. The players would quickly start to make custom servers and that could be fun as well.

Seriously if they charged a one time price of $39.99 for both permanent CoH1 and a future standalone - I would pay this in a heartbeat.

A little math then tells you 100,000 buyers gets you a cool $4 million. I could really see this an an option. I don't know any inside secret was just spinning possibilities.

I'll take two.  :)  Possibly more.

[Serpine]

Personally I had always wished the difference between Kheldian types had just been that Nictus used technology to get around the "willing host" thing and Peacebringers didn't. Not really how it was, I just would have liked it better that way: Though I admit I was huge SG-1 fan so the Goa'uld vs Tok'ra thing probably colored my preferences a bit. :)

[Mistress Urd]

I actually worked through the Hollows after they cleaned it up, re-did mobs added the hospital and trainer (as well as the relief on travel power levels). It holds up better now then the torturous original time I did so, which consisted of a lot of people dying going back to Atlas... dying trying to get to the door, going back to Atlas...and well dying trying to get back to the door.

There's much less of that now! Or rather there was much less of that before it was... waylaid into some sort of Quantum stasis... or some such.

Hollows was sadly damaged goods. I had Azuria send me at level 4 all the way deep into the SW corner of the place. Yes, they eventually fixed its many shortcomings, but it created a "just say NO to the hollows".

[Power Gamer]

Hollows was sadly damaged goods. I had Azuria send me at level 4 all the way deep into the SW corner of the place. Yes, they eventually fixed its many shortcomings, but it created a "just say NO to the hollows".

Yup, many peeps resolved to NEVER go to the Hollows.

[Neutrio]

Probably the same way that a guy with an RV unloads the contents of his toilet tank. Go to a location with the necessary equipment, attach a hose to a port somewhere on the freak, wait while everything gets sucked out.   :)

So ... like a Port-A-Freak?

[kierthos]

The impression that I always got (and I could certainly be wrong) was that all Kheldians have extended lives when they bond with another living creature. Requiem and Dirge of Entropy had been living together since the 1940s, I thought, and that Shadowstar had been around on Earth since Ancient Egypt.

I can't recall any of the NPC Peacebringers being revealed as being long lived but that could just be faulty memory.

As I recall, Shadowstar's bio said he'd been going from host to host (down the family line?) since Ancient Egypt. So the host doesn't get any extra lifespan, but the Kheldian does. Perhaps they only age when they're not fused with another organism?

[azazel005]

Hollows was sadly damaged goods. I had Azuria send me at level 4 all the way deep into the SW corner of the place. Yes, they eventually fixed its many shortcomings, but it created a "just say NO to the hollows".

It was a pretty horrific place to pay with a baby character. I will always have a little soft spot for it since it agave way to one if my first real joyous experience playing an MMO. Flying down and smashing up a group of trolls that was pasting a low level character, then escorting him to his door gave me warm fuzzies at the time.

I also remember plenty of wipes getting trampled by swarms of igneous, players getting lost in the icy rooms of frost fire and of course waiting at doors while people died and died trying to get there. I guess even those are wrapped in nostalgia given the aching absence of the game in general though.

[houtex]

I used to take a newbie character and intentionally run it across the Hollows.  Down to the deepest point.  Then up to the tallest.  And then wind up at the South West Corner.  Unscathed. :)  I rollled a 'fender just for that purpose, to ensure I could still do that, before the game was closed.

Ah, nostalgic, I wax, for I am proud of my Hollows prowess. :)

[artbunker]

Was it really possible to go 1 - 50 in one day? That's crazy.

If you do the right missions on double exp weekend its more than possible. Especially if you have 8 folk team running. My friends final AE mission could do 1-26 in a hour . Got to 50 in about 5 or 6 hours . So its more than possible .

[Sugoi]

One of my fondest memories of the last week or so of the game was to get on global with one of my low level alts and broadcast:
"Starting a Frostfire Run!!! PST for invite!" and watch the crowds start forming up.... grin.

[Brightfires]

One of my fondest memories of the last week or so of the game was to get on global with one of my low level alts and broadcast:
"Starting a Frostfire Run!!! PST for invite!" and watch the crowds start forming up.... grin.

Everybody wanted one last chance to play around on the ice slides. XD

[GenericHero05]

One of my fondest memories of the last week or so of the game was to get on global with one of my low level alts and broadcast:
"Starting a Frostfire Run!!! PST for invite!" and watch the crowds start forming up.... grin.

Frostfire was awesome. Scarey but awesome.