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Offline xX Eldest Xx

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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2012, 07:54:02 pm »
Quote from: keith.lamothe on November 11, 2012, 07:51:33 pm
Quote from: Faulty Logic on November 11, 2012, 07:47:32 pm
Normally, I don't mind my threads going horribly off topic. This, however, is a bit much.
But it may result in a bunny-shaped transport that abducts the player home command station.

That is a terrifying thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhOrxkGlLDM
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Offline LaughingThesaurus

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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2012, 09:28:20 pm »
Quote from: keith.lamothe on November 11, 2012, 07:51:33 pm
Quote from: Faulty Logic on November 11, 2012, 07:47:32 pm
Normally, I don't mind my threads going horribly off topic. This, however, is a bit much.
But it may result in a bunny-shaped transport that abducts the player home command station.
Accompanied by a pancake golem?
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Offline Draco18s

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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2012, 11:28:12 pm »
Quote from: LaughingThesaurus on November 11, 2012, 09:28:20 pm
Quote from: keith.lamothe on November 11, 2012, 07:51:33 pm
Quote from: Faulty Logic on November 11, 2012, 07:47:32 pm
Normally, I don't mind my threads going horribly off topic. This, however, is a bit much.
But it may result in a bunny-shaped transport that abducts the player home command station.
Accompanied by a pancake golem?

Most probably.
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Offline LaughingThesaurus

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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2012, 11:35:30 pm »
Man, brainstorming for the AIpril Fools expansion is in full swing!
(I secretly hope that it happens even though it probably shouldn't)
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Offline KDR_11k

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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #19 on: November 12, 2012, 11:29:37 am »
Quote from: keith.lamothe on November 11, 2012, 07:51:33 pm
Quote from: Faulty Logic on November 11, 2012, 07:47:32 pm
Normally, I don't mind my threads going horribly off topic. This, however, is a bit much.
But it may result in a bunny-shaped transport that abducts the player home command station.

Obviously the pancake is abducting the bunny, it's just about to take off and fly away with the bunny stuck to its underside.
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Offline Faulty Logic

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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2012, 06:57:03 pm »
Sigh.
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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #21 on: November 12, 2012, 09:29:59 pm »
didn't really mean to derail it that much. I really do like making the player miserable. Yes. Subcommander fleet things are an amazing idea.
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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #22 on: November 13, 2012, 12:05:18 pm »
Quote from: Faulty Logic on November 12, 2012, 06:57:03 pm
Sigh.
It's just a clever AI plot to make you miserable ;)
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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #23 on: November 13, 2012, 01:51:22 pm »
Quote from: keith.lamothe on November 13, 2012, 12:05:18 pm
Quote from: Faulty Logic on November 12, 2012, 06:57:03 pm
Sigh.
It's just a clever AI plot to make you miserable ;)

Remember Citizen, the AI is your friend and only exists to make you happy.  Happiness is mandatory, and failure to be happy will result in immediate termination.
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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #24 on: November 13, 2012, 02:17:12 pm »
Quote from: Draco18s on November 13, 2012, 01:51:22 pm
Remember Citizen, the AI is your friend and only exists to make you happy.  Happiness is mandatory, and failure to be happy will result in immediate termination.
I don't think you're helping ;)

@Faulty: Sorry, I've been trying to make topic-oriented comments, but it's not working.  The derailing is nothing personal, we just can't help it.

I'd go on about various things to make players miserable but I've already got so much on my plate right now (including a good bit of player misery, see 6.006 changes to astro trains) that I'm not sure I want to personally encourage more ;)
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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #25 on: November 13, 2012, 02:20:03 pm »
Quote from: Draco18s on November 13, 2012, 01:51:22 pm
Happiness is mandatory, and failure to be happy will result in immediate termination.
EXTERMINATION!
EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!
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EDIT: I will have more sensible comments tomorrow. Sleepy time! I did have something to say. Too bad I was too tired to write it and now I've forgotten it.
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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #26 on: November 13, 2012, 02:21:00 pm »
Turn Warpgate Guardians into Beachhead Guardians?
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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #27 on: November 13, 2012, 02:45:21 pm »
Yeah in all seriousness, it's not as if I was intentionally trying to ignore you or the topic at hand. Seems to just sort of happen in the community at large.
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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #28 on: November 14, 2012, 05:09:46 am »
One of mine, not very high on the misery scale compared to some of these, but definitely going to cause the occasional teeth-grinding rage: Neinzul Predator Clusters. Think a cross between a Neinzul Cluster and the Devourer Golem.
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Re: Mantis suggestions to make the player miserable
« Reply #29 on: November 14, 2012, 04:21:27 pm »
Sentinel and Enforcer: Basically calls the cops on you.

Quote from: Valtiel on November 14, 2012, 05:09:46 am
One of mine, not very high on the misery scale compared to some of these, but definitely going to cause the occasional teeth-grinding rage: Neinzul Predator Clusters. Think a cross between a Neinzul Cluster and the Devourer Golem.

Neinzul Clusters are fairly easy to kill if you want to, the only reason you wouldn't want to shoot them is because you don't want to release the stored units. Also I'm not sure that storing allied units and swallowing enemies works since AFAIK both of these use the transport mechanism.
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