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The Max IS Bonus from Vitality does seem a little pointless with the lack of clothing that this bonus effects.

I can only think of three items:
Dragonskin
Tiger Master Gi
Reactive Gloves

As many people have said over the course of MxO's life. The mission system is fairly repetitive, enter a building - search/kill repeat a few times per mission. Rinse repeat!

Well, I've had a thought...

Although it doesn't rectify the monotonous situation, You could add a slight twist to this system. Why not have certain mission type or random occurances of external mission areas.

There are plenty of beautiful environments in MxO that we Hyper-Speed by to the next block of flats to search that mainframe. The code is already there to do so. As you've all experienced, whilst running between buildings you suddenly find an ambush party spamming your evade shield =)

The only problem I can see is how the game registers all party members are within the mission area, and maybe how the waypoints work.

Have a think, post your pro's and cons.

It's most probable I've over looked a serious problem with this idea.

It seems Pylat has just solved my problem! (Thanks again Pylat)

I forgot there was IS cost reduction which effects abilities directly, and then there's IS reduc cost Modifier, which effects IS reduc abilities!

aaaanyway. *crawls away from the big tangent*

Back to my original point...

Aura's logically speaking should be effected by IS cost reduction, not JUST on initial activation. It should effect the IS cost on every cycle. It doesn't make sense with its current cofig.

Any Devs care to shed some light on the situation?

Again, all feedback is much appreciated.

Just had a thought about my previous post. the example I gave cannot be true, as clothing does effect the stats on buffs, therefore buffs are not just effected by attributes... tbh I've kinda confused myself

True GG...

But interestingly, the patcher gear also gives IS cost Reduc bonus %
unlike the attribute, this particular IS reduc acts directly on your abilities, rather than boosting an IS reduction ability such as Efficiency.
Which makes me /scratchhead as to how and why this was designed. Its like having 2 different stats for accuracy. your clothing accuracy stat directly effects abilities, whereas the attribute accuracy only effects buffs that upgrade your accuracy. <-- If this is true, then the way attributes work is much different to how I originally thought.

Although this still doesn't solve the problem of Aura's and alike not being effected by IS reduc at all!

After a bit of loadout experimenting, I thought I'd try different uses of IS reduction cost bonuses.

Whilst doing so I scampered across something quite interesting...

IS Reduc effects all abilities initial IS cost. Therefore, abilities such as Combat Aura 1.0/2.0 Deflect Bullets/Viruses are only effected by the IS reduc bonus on their initial activation. Every 5second cycle after the activation, the IS cost is not effected by IS reduc. So basically no matter what your IS reduc bonus is; your aura's etc will always drain 12 IS every 5sec.

Now logically speaking, this seems a little strange. Especially since a tree like Force Multiplier hints at IS efficiency, the title buff gives a minimum of 10% IS cost reduction bonus.

I'm slightly curious at whether this was meant to be, or merely another ability looked over. Or maybe a bug?

Any feedback will be much appreciated!

Carloss

Brilliance.

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I recently bought a new comp, fairly good spec (Alienware Area-51 M15x)

and like all new comps, it comes with vista! apart from the shader effects and other gfx issues

i experience this annoying 'freeze' bug. it happens randomly in IL, its not Inet lag, its almost processor lag.

but i know my comp is more than good enough to run the game, so im not sure whether it's a compatibility prob with vista.

all of you experiencing the same prob...do you have vista?

Carloss

    The fact is, you have to remember PvP has no rules...

    Yup! 90% of the time you will be outnumbered or you'll be ganking 2-3 hostiles. in which case, the sheer numbers will most likely
    'win' the PvP session.

    But do remember PvP can never be 'won' as such. there is no game over in PvP. But it is true to say, Syntax does lean towards machines and
    Mero's for very simple reasons.

    It's not because all Zion are rubbish, the zion tag makes them poop blah blah... If you take a step back and look at PvP through the years, Zion have been very effective! of course more people were playing MxO those days, so more intuitive loads and ideas come into play, that have now been lost. anyway, you'll find that alot of old players have changed orgs in their time, and may recently 'not' be zion, therefore their experience lies with their current org/faction. many hardcore PvPer's just so happen to not be zion. which leads to 2 things;

More PvP activity from Mech/Mero
More experience held within these orgs

    in otherwords, Machines have more active PvPer's on Syntax, therefore outnumbering zion/merv. but also have the knowledge to deal with many situations without the long talk of tactics and counterstrikes. as Wesker said, it becomes natural to the more experienced players.

    But! this is not to say Zion do not have highly skilled PvPer's, they just don't have as many. and Merv are the same, alot of the 'few' merv pvper's are bloody good, but never have the numbers to deal with mass zergs (they put up a flippin' good fight though).

    I guess to some this up, PvP is always one sided, for those who have been playing along time will know, all Orgs have had their moments of glory. it just depends on who is what org and how many. very rarely will you find an even fight in PvP.

Carloss

P.S. Do remember, when you 1st start the game you can only do Zion missions, which leads alot of 1st timers to go zion all the way! so its natural to have unexperienced PvPer's in the Zion org.

Thats not the problem, you can get to it, in fact you can stand right on top of it, but you are unable to interact with it.

Perhaps you should back that setence up with some form of evidence?

Like, i dunno... rolling an alt on syntax and try chewing us up and spitting us out.

anyways, enough of the 'better server' banter!

the point is, a server merge could work, but unlikely.

advantages;

Devs/liasons would be able to focus their attention towards 1 less server
'could' be an increase in LE's / or better quality LE's
a more dense population (on the face of it, thats never a bad thing)
and ofc, more people to PvP with/against

disadvantages;

More drama, server pride etc
increased server load

I'm sure there are plenty more examples to add to these catergories, but the chances of the 1st 2 advantages ever taking place is....slim.

but also remember, SOE have staff working on certain servers, if u take 1 of those servers away, u may be looking at a smaller SOE workforce. not good.

moving players around may benefit the short term, but at the end of the day, the best solution is recruiting new people.

so as previous posts state, please read the forums before posting a duplicate topic, and as we discussed before, the answer to a server merge is quite simply;

No.

Carloss

Such a giggle...

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ChloeAnn wrote:

SniperWolf101 wrote:
ChloeAnn wrote:
NO I DO
NO! GO chat up Mo-- I mean NO U PLS!

YOU GO!

WHO GO? NO GO!

I seem to remember TheOrganizedPengu1n wearing them on his head *flappy flappy*

...you'll have to ask Tree tr- Cuteh though...

NooOooo Treee Tru- Cuteh!!! >.>

Your one of the few players who have always been there! It's sadto see you leave

but I understand why.

I'm sure i speak on behalf of..well...Syntax! when I say: I wish you all the best for the times ahead.

If you ever get the chance, let us know how things are going by posting on t3h forums!

We truly will miss you Cuteh! <3

Carloss

phaydren wrote:

I fall into the in-between group of players who just missed it (missed the assassin event by 2 weeks when i joined up).

I've been here 2 years pushing on 3 and i still don't have either of these abilities, not for lack of trying but as i generaly cant make it to the events where they are handed out, or miss them when there on i have a very slim chance of actualy obtaning one.

It was a good move by the devs to stop handing out HJB and Moebius to trials after the first time, but the damage has been done and the abilites de-valued so why can't they just make them avaliable to players who deserve them, even if it is through some long , drawn out quest similar to the corrupted or as an add-on the the data mining content or even as a reward for a couple of those agent tie clips, just so long as there available.

Yea phay, I joined at the exact same time. just missed the good stuff. Seems our generation of players get dirt. Being UK 'n' all doesn't help either. Having to wait till 4:00am for events sucks, and most often - pointless. Coming close to 3 years of dedication to MxO, and I have received zero Vet items. and to then give out 2 abils that 'were' worth alot, to noob accounts makes us feel devalued.

I believe it was a mistake to give out these items to trial accounts. But also feel these abils should NOT be made available to everyone. There is still 'some' credability to have them as a Vet. player. and i feel making them universally available will only make them more worthless.

Lossa!

lmao, sorry man i had no idea. silly me.

Nice uni btw =)

GoDGiVeR wrote:

I think there's a lvl 45 Enhanced Cyan Tam Duster and Armored/Shielded lvl 50 Cyan Tam Dusters.

I don't know if there are higherlvl Enhanced Polystene Shirts, but Armored/Shieled for sure (every item has Armoured/shielded for every 5 level).

Post around at Marketplace, I'm sure someone has them. I think I saw MysticTravi with a Cyan Tam Duster around.

Cheers bud, I'll ask around.

Thnx for the help everyone.

Lossa!

You Guys rock thank you!

Do they come as lev50 armoured/shielded?

Heya redpills.

I've been after 2 pieces of clothing for some time, and i've finally found a pic to show people what i'm after. if someone could possibly tell me what this trench and shirt are called (and if they come shielded/armored) I would really appreciate it.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/...os/HackerRP.jpg

Lossa!

In Cr1 - as long as a 50 didnt do any damage to the hideout boss and only healed and debuffed whilst a lower level did the dmg. the loot drop was not affected.

Do these rules still apply in Cr2?

Or does any 50 involvment effect the loot drop? (in which case, does having a level50 on the team affect the drop?)

Also, since the new patch with area heals only affecting team members (and dont heal sims) does this mean a level 50 can create a low lev sim to take on a hideout boss, with a chance of receiving the good drop?

Lossa!

With the current situation Spha, I suggest you squint and hope for the best. But then again, no one can actually tell with full proof evidence your switching tactics...

This tactic bug/exploit doesn't have an easy solution.

I guess you could bring back CR1...lawlz

But i'm sure after the first person gets banned for switching tactics, PvP will become a Grab fest!

Lossa!

I can think of a cure.

Put cast timers on the tactics.

But only in IL. as you cant exploit this out of IL.

comments and feedback are appreciated.

Lossa!

"You said it yourself that Force Enhancer is (apart from IH) a very useless tree"

Hooooold up! Useless?? have you not checked the buffs from the passive abils? plus, its an AoE buff tree. logically speaking, it's not meant to be as good as 'single target' boOfs! in terms of PvP, it's an IS drainer, but works wonders for boosting acc and dmg. not to mention an awesome area heal that you can use in and out of IL.

Oh and GG, I see what you mean about the Thrown acc/dmg for aura's. But if you think about PvP tactics for an mkt, their normally away from the main force and work alone. so give them UM buffs.

They need to make Combat Training and Weapons Boost have priority over combat aura 1.0

They shouldn't make IH an aura, can you imagine trying to run 3 aura's at the same time? ofc you don't have to have them all running, but when times are rough you can use aura 1.0 and 2.0 and lose a small chunk of IS. having IH as an aura would leave an FM useless. so having 1 dmg buff as a temp perma buff seems to balance the IS control of FM.

oh and the FM buff gives a minimum of 10% IS cost reduc, a concentration bonus and periodically removes debuffs...hardly useless

Lossa!

Well Buzzz- whoa! i mean Spots my bad...

Keep recruiting and training mate, i might have a challenge in PvP if you keep this up SMILEY

just kidding...or am i?

see you on the battle field, and keep the NWO going!!

Carloss

naaw GG. leave the Clamor uber stun alone SMILEY

Lossa! (GG what was your nickname)

Well,

lemme see here...Ok as far as 'fairness' goes in any MMO, it's never gone please everyone and it ain't gonna be perfect.

Just because your MA, doesnt mean you have to do a 30 30 16 stat hack. choose your Atts. to suit the loadout you want to kill.

The post about immunity to roots etc. clearly not logical - ER's arnt gonna have much fun when they can't root an MA SMILEY

If you complain that MKT's are 'owning' you, then there are a number of things you can do;

1. reconfigure your stats for an all out mkt def/resis or balance your existing Att. with some different def's etc (you get the idea)

2. Stay away from MKT's? everyone has a weakness, if your's is MKT, dont run in shouting sploits when you don't stand much chance of winning.

3. There are no rules in bringing an enemy down, bring some friends with you SMILEY

4. find out a 30 30 16 Att MKT's weakness, then use that loadout

These are a few things to try, in my opinion - as long as 'spamming' bugs etc are fixed, the Loadouts seem fair.

See what you can do to counter your weakness. The games flexablility is there to use.

Regards

Carloss

Ohhh Boi!

It's been way too long people! He's back..as a noob... SMILEY but i am back, and to my surprise SYNTAX is dead!!

Where is everyone? If the close friends of mine could post a reply to let me know they still play, that would be great =D

would be a great relief, and would be more welcoming than the graveyard Syntax seems to be... =S

See you in the Matrix peeps

P.S. GG, XXT, Dis, Niskim, Swim, Catzi, (the list goes on) Plzz let me know if your still around =)