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Perpetual Code Bombs and Perpetual CPD's
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Jacked Out

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From what I'm aware of these CPD's are extremely difficult to code and are in most cases entrusted to Org leaders and not the average grunt. I say keep the CPD effects for LE's. At least when they are used once in a while it makes for an entertaining LE, if you see it often it'd lessen the overall effect.


Vindicator

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Make it a singleton item and you're set. I don't think it'd work as a Live Event reward because none of the org heads use the item, and so it wouldn't make sense to hand it out.

Just put them on the prop vendors for a high price (50-100 million for a re-usable item with a 5-10 minute cooldown). Or have a shifty NPC somewhere sell 'em. Either way, as long as they're singletons with a fiarly high cooldown, they can't cause too much trouble. Hell, Rarebit set off about 20+ in a row in the same location on Recursion before without impacting server performance.




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RP....... that sounds so familiar.......

 

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Phrack wrote:
PvP has had enough "fun" added to it, in my opinion. Between FFA combat, the Intruder bits, Smith Rage Pills, and other consumable items, luggables and buffs, why not let something like this be strictly for effects? I think the last time the RP community got any real love was when we were first given the Prop Vendors.
I want a blue perpetual pony mount Named Pharoh Phleme


Nah in all seriousness I was hoping for grey bandanas someday but the image retrieval just killed the thought of that ever being special for Cypherites. I don't know though I fully agree.


Ascendent Logic

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That would really be nice. You can argue that within the storyline they wouldn't fit but then again we got 13 feet high flymonsters in Westview, Vampires on the streets and Angels in downtown, so ehm I think there's plenty of other things to awaken bluepills also, so why not make these as more interesting player devices to drive the roleplay along? Don't tell me that the Kid or Shimada is coding up something that anyone with the time and effort couldn't code up themselves? The Org. leaders are just captains which happens to be heroes like Luke or Han Solo in Star Wars, we're helping them along, but we don't have to be feeling totally powerless while doing so ourselves, do we?.. because then it's not really that fun to help them at all.


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I don't like the idea. I disagree.

 
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