Symmetric

The highest-level items (ones whose names appear in yellow at level 50) are very difficult to decompile. With Decompile Items leveled to 50, along with pants that add +1 to Decompile Skill, and with a booster dish (which I don't think buff...

Thanks for the great article, HCFrog! Balancing out a whole game's worth of NPCs must've been a daunting task, but the results have been amazing. Again, kudos on a job well done with CR2.0!

Is the Movement Speed influence from the Belief attribute working properly? I ask this because no matter how many or few points I put into belief, my Movement Speed, or any abilities that give a bonus to Movement Speed, are unaffected. Say...

I agree it needs to be toned-down a bit. Going up against a ranged attacker or hacker is extremely difficult as a martial artist, seeing that most of our abilities only work inside Interlock. With a 4-second timer between chances to initia...

D'oh, misread the OP. :p

I have the medium build and the glasses are showing up black for me on QA...

/bug it. I have a feeling some Hacker abilities aren't quite balanced yet.

That said, it is hilarious soloing a Box 4 with a Stinger. :p

Wewt for Baseball Caps! Boo for tradeable Beta clothing! :p

One of the problems we frequently ran into on this one was that when one of the NPCs had very low health, they decided to escape from combat and go into the Evade state. They instantly regained all their health after it happened. There is...

You guys still don't get it. Neo died for peace, not for the freedom of all bluepills from the Matrix. He established the Truce that allows those who want their own freedom from the simluation to be awakened. It does not imply that everyon...

I think the ability to /sit while in combat was purposefully removed. People would use it to their advantage to regain HP/IS at a faster rate than intended, thus, it was taken out. IMO, this is how it should be.

Excellent reconaissance work, sir. Indeed, Persephone's role in the Merovingian's organization is still very much a mystery. We will remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity.

Rarebit wrote: Symmetric wrote: I hope this will also be offered for followers of Niobe as well... No, it won't. Niobe *is* Zion at this point. Zion has no Live Event characters other than Niobe and her people (Ghost, Anome). She is irrepl...

I hope this service will eventually be offered for followers of Niobe as well...technically, she's had her own org for the longest. Message Edited by Symmetric on 02-23-2006 09:57 PM

Whoa...ergo, neat!

cloudwol wrote: PlatnmPlatypus wrote: i am so going to try /invis Yeah, thats what i thought but no love :smileysad: Did you really expect it to work?

**bleep** it, Veil. The only thing that makes me as sick I am of you and your Cypherites are the people who let you out of that prison I so gladly helped throw you into. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts -- you'll soon be behind bars again...

Do you have a few examples of some of the buffs on the changed clothing?

Lazaros wrote: there are plenty of lvl 50 guns now I didn't get a chance to check yet since the latest patch...are the level 50 handguns still the same model as the level 45 ones?

RemagDiv wrote: Did they add in the PB/Construct/Exile loot, yet? Nope.

cloudwol wrote: Seems the general concenous is that they're a tad too easy but still a great leap forward in terms of balance, gratz devs! Personally, I think it's fine the way it is. We just need more endgame challenges. We haven't even h...

Maybe make it so that items can be repaired an infinite amount of times, much like other MMOs? It would make the Repair Items ability a lot more useful...

I think as far as endgame challenges go, it'd be interesting to see how the Pandora's Box missions will go. HCFrog said that he'll be mailing out some boxes on Tuesday, so if you all want to group up on Tuesday night or something and take...

A very good question, Void. I'd like to see how the mechanics behind item stability loss is designed...

Renesis13B wrote: Ok I just soloed the pbox 3 gps mission using a level 50 duelist build. I was able to kill the andeluvian before the mission expired (barely..it expired before I could complete the mission) but it took some time since I h...

Renesis13B wrote: Yeah it is much better. Specials are landing a lot more too. Im still getting hit alot but level 48s in creston only do about 18 dmg now so its no big deal. Things are looking good so far. Agreed. I'm very happy with the...

The new patch that was introduced last night appears to have been a major step forward in the PvE balance department. Even-conned enemies are just about right, and enemies of one or two levels higher, especially two and three-chevron NPCs...

EndlessVoid wrote: How glad I am that this one works for the cause of Zion... They can keep him. - Void Oh yes, because we all know Flood doesn't like competition.

Thanks for the party last night, Anome. You really know how to have a good time, I'll give you that...you could probably give Merv a run for his money if you keep it up. Of course, that's only because that he and his lackeys don't have any...

Okey doke. Looking forward to it. Have a nice day off, if that's what it is.

NoRepro wrote: We are hoping to have the fix for the ability Acc problem for the next Test World patch. Check the notes when it goes up. Does that mean a new patch soon? :robotvery-happy:

Best first post ever.

As was mentioned earlier in this thread...how difficult would it be just to implement different org flags, just to make it easier for others to recognize which "side" of their organization they belong to? Is it difficult to change some PvP...

Bethlahem wrote: I love this game, but they are making it difficult to stay. My sentiments exactly. I preached this game to my friends ever since Beta. I got all three people I gave my trial keys to during The Hunt for Morpheus event to si...

Well, I can't say I'm not disappointed to hear that new organizations won't be introduced. There are a lot (and I mean a LOT) of people who were expecting these new orgs to come out sooner or later, and there were a lot of signs that point...

HCFrog wrote: Thanks for the great feedback, Symmetric, and check out the PvE board if you haven't already. Short story: we've changed it so the bulk of your resistance will come directly from your level, and armor and shielding will be li...

Thank you, HCFrog! /bow

Hello HCFrog, Thank you and the rest of the dev team for all the hard work on CR2.0. While I appreciate many of the changes in the forthcoming combat revision, there is still a lot of concern about the way clothing buffs are going to work....

Agreed. Most of the buffs on "Enhanced" clothing are poor compared to the "Armored" or "Shielded" clothing. As mentioned by HCFrog in the NPC Balance Discussion thread, a level 50 should be expected to have 200 points of damage resistance....

learn2test Seriously, you're combining your lack of knowledge of the new combat system with the assumption that the way things work now are the way they will be functioning in Live. There's still lots of work to do. Contrary to your opinio...

mitez wrote: What i dont understand is that they said clothing would have a smaller role in the Combat system but now we find it defines whether we win against a mob or lose. Agreed. Enhanced items should do just that - enhance our abiliti...

Thank you for the clarification, HCFrog. I have one more question, if you could answer it: It was mentioned before that enhanced clothing wouldn't have as much of an impact as it currently does now, but you mentioned earlier in this thread...

HCFrog wrote: Nope, you're not doing anything wrong as far as I know... it might just be that we need to tweak some numbers. I think possibly lowering the cap for damage done by lower levels (i.e., making your higher resistance count even...

I think part of the problem stems from the fact that mobs, even grays that are 15-25 levels below, are consistently hitting us with their weapons. With a level 50's Ballistic Defense compared to a level 35's Ballistic Accuracy, they seem t...

Mercio wrote: well it's almost 11:00 am pst and almost 2:00 pm est. Who thinks we're gonna get a patch? I hope we do give me something to do over the weekend.... besides missioning The patch isn't scheduled until next week.

Funnily enough, PBlade and I tested in the exact same areas, and faced the same consequences. Con greys, while relatively easy to defeat one-on-one, are still terribly difficult when in groups. As a level 50, I fought level 36 mobs, and ev...

Woreku wrote: Who doesn't know that? But I mean, how can you be so sure that is the situation. It is probably correct but it is never too safe to assume so quickly. ((As for the organization beign called E Pluribus Neo, maybe it won't be c...

Woreku wrote: ? So quick to defend yourself bonopi? Why? I know there might be a lot of people assuming it is Zion but I don't know, care to share some info? I'm pretty sure the "men in black" mentioned in the patch notes are the new E Plu...

aisuru wrote: Patch is due out on the 14th Feb, same time as CR2.0..... Walrus already said that CR2.0 most likely won't make it into Update 41.

My Black Jayne Half-Duster is going to be black fo' reals? Wiggy!

It's too bad that I ordered my soldiers not to get involved with your investigations. It sounded like a lot of...fun. Perhaps next time we can be of assistance. Message Edited by Symmetric on 02-06-2006 10:06 PM

eyepopper wrote: we'll make you famous! or at least well known! You **bleep** straight!

Crappy JPEG compression FTW.

Typically you can not change the graphics card on laptops.

Sweet...NPC balance revision. From your experience, is it anything like your idea of how it should be in this thread ?

Yes, I would, if it weren't for the fact that me leaving to temporarily join another faction would disband my own. But others in our faction have agreed to temporarily join other factions should the need arise.

This thread delivers.

Yup, I could read it too. Just had to squint a bit.

EndlessVoid wrote: I believe he meant that Update 41 will be released on schedule, assuming nothing goes horrendously sour with CU 2.0 between now and then. Frankly, it would be a huge mistake to release CU 2.0 in the state it's currently...