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  1. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by VoodooGirl View Post
    My PNG optimizer doesn't like to do partial transparency, unfortunately. It's either a specific color transparent or not at all.
    Try #364d5d or Red: 54 , Green: 77, Blue: 93. That should be the background color for the Hero forums skin.

    For the Villains forum skin try #5d3636 or Red: 98 , Green: 54, Blue: 54.

    And for the sake of my OCD, here is a fully transparent, a villain skin background, and a hero skin background blank.



    Forum legal:


    Edit:
    I just left the transparent versions in this post. If you have to create a sig button, please use the bottom, smaller image. The top image is for those that have the skill/ability to reduce the image to forum standards.
  2. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by VoodooGirl View Post
    If you can still see me it's not working.
    Oh, I can see you fine. I just didn't want to see a ton of ugly buttons equating Free to Play with the bastion of capitalism. I am Canadian, I find patriotism shocking. I'm also a digital artist, and find poorly optimised PNGs and GIFs to be annoying to look at. The shadows on the PNGs should be translucent, not showing white, and the halo of white surrounding the buttons just are irritating.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    Your monthly subscription price will stay exactly the same.
    What is the price in Ningis?

    Is it less than 30 Altairian Dollars a day?
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    It really feels to me that many of the Community members here on the forums are already of this mindset:
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel View Post
    This is a thread I decided to start to fulfill a few tasks:

    1a. For us to be able to discuss/list possible improvements that could be made to the functionality of bases.


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel View Post
    2a. To present it before even those who are not conventionally base editors to find out what they would like that would make them interested in bases. (This is why I didn't put this in the Base Building forum)
    Interesting approach.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel View Post
    1b. Please keep it to ideas or discussions on functional matters. Art is a highly objective thing, I'm sure David Nakayama could spend hours arguing with JUST HIMSELF on artwork that would work for bases.
    Actually art time, while still a precious commodity, is far less valuable than coding time. If I'm remembering some ustream comments correctly, anything functional (coded) is, at the very least, a year out. Coding time is the scarcest resource at Paragon Studios at the moment.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lemur Lad View Post
    3) As far as I know, there are no Auction Houses in Praetoria where you are. I think there are banks, but I'm not sure. I do know there are vendors (not Merit Vendors) marked on your map that you can sell to. To sell Salvage and recipes to them, use the slider on to move the left side of your window down to see them.
    There are 2 auction houses in Praetoria.

    One is in Imperial City, near the bank:
    http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Trading_House

    West-Southwest of the Cole Transit Authority station. Coordinates: (-1946.6, -7.5, 1018.1).

    One is in the Imperial City Underground base for the resistance:
    http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Underground_Trader

    In the north-east corner of the Resistance Hub in Underground Imperial. Coordinates: (-1007.4, 332.0, -3462.8).
  7. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by VoodooGirl View Post
    Do you embrace the new F2P hybrid business model? Show it off in your signature! Below each image is the corresponding BBcode that you just need to copy and paste into your signtuare.
    Thank you for providing a one post opportunity for me to exercise the content blocking features of my web browsers. Now I don't have to see any of these any more.
  8. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JuliusSeizure View Post
    A very rare component is just portion of what is required to enhance an already existing tier 3 Incarnate power by a rather marginal amount (25%ish). I am STILL surprised that you see 1.2 times that cost for an epic looking costume set that is unlocked for every level 50 on an account as overpriced.
    The very rare components are the only things I'm missing from being able to slot 10 Tier 4 powers across 3 characters. I have another 4 characters that only have the Tier 3 Alpha unlocked. Conversely I only have 8 characters I can use the ascension (regular, decor, or radiance) parts on. So yes, the price is too much.

    I'll likely buy them as I spent a month on one character getting empyrean merits and also have an excess of astral merits, but that doesn't negate the fact that the fluff comes with an advancement penalty that is beyond what is needed. Seeing that the developer set price tag for the VR components is what it is, we know that the developers feel the price for the unlockables are worth around the same price as a PVPIO recipe. So about 2 billion Inf.

    Feeding into this is the 25 million and 100 million inf price tag for the rare & very rare conversions (200 million inf + 16 uncommon components). If those numbers were lower, the costs on the costume parts were lower, the drop rate for VR components were better, or the Empyrean merit cost on a VR component was lower then it might not be so bad.

    As it stands though, the costs impede character progression too much.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tired Angel View Post
    Not yet - again Null the Gull goes live with the new issue
    Sort of. Null the Gull will be in Pocket D tomorrow for the 20.5 update. The new Issue, 21, will be much later.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison View Post
    This is usually where I'd assume that you have ended up on quite a few ignore lists, but instead I'll offer that, despite being the WTF, a LRSF is not a popular task. It takes too much time and has too much risk for too little a reward for most players. And it's redside.
    I wasn't the only person advertising the RSF. Recluse SFs usually are something that happens often on Triumph Saturday nights. I was able to use those same channels to join a Kal SF after the 5 people on the team (including myself) gave up trying to get the last 3 people needed to start it. Yes, there were other things going on: LGTF, a lambda that took over an hour to form.

    Normally I get a lot of positive responses to TFs/SFs I form. Just not last weekend.
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    Welcome back to the game, trex899!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Electric-Knight View Post
    Haha, yeah, I figured there'd be a bunch of us.
    I did send it before posting, but we'll see who's arrives first.
    Same.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Electric-Knight View Post
    Regardless, welcome back!

    And HAW HAW @ Dechs!
    Heh, funny.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aggelakis View Post
    Once you get your code, OP, you might want to edit your post to take out your email address before the spambots get to it.
    Yes, this would be a good idea.
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    Done.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    Someone would be bound to get shocked, although I would be betting on the one on the opposite end from my taser.
    Yeah, that would be my other concern with that plan.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    I got on Virtue last night. Announced in 2 global channels I was starting a STF (which is the WST). And in 3 minutes we were starting it.
    Conversely, Saturday night 9pm Pacific on Triumph, I failed to get enough players to do a RSF after 2 hours of asking on five global channels, at least one with 100+ players visible.
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    To my knowledge there were/are a limited amount of Hero Gear Kits at conventions, but that is all.

    Hopefully with CoH:Freedom the in-game items will be made available.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dr_MechanoEU View Post
    Yeah but it has a recharge timer of 3 days, so it's not that useful.
    A game day is 30 minutes minutes long... Therefore 3 days would be 90 minutes... So along the lines of other accolade powers.

  17. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by UnicyclePeon View Post
    Will we be able to transfer Empyreals and Astrals between characters under the same master account? Because I have about 20 level 50s and I've been spreading my runs around all of them.
    You don't have to use just one character to buy everything.

    Ascension for 10 Astral Merits x 7 items. 70 Astral Merits total or 10 Astral Merits from 7 characters.
    Radiance for 6 Empyrean Merits x 6 items. 36 Empyrean Merits total or 6 Empyrean Merits from 6 characters.
    Emotes for 10 Astral Merits x 4 items. 40 Astral Merits total or 10 Astral Merits from 4 characters.
    Emblems 1 Astral Merits x 15 items. 15 Astral Merits total or 1 Astral Merit from 15 characters.
    Costume Change Emotes for 3 Empyrean Merits x 5 items. 15 Empyrean Merits total or 3 Empyrean Merits from 5 characters.
    Auras for 10 Astral Merits x 8 items. 80 Astral Merits total or 10 Astral Merits from 8 characters.
    Path Auras for 3 Empyrean Merits x 6 items. Empyrean Merits total or 3 Empyrean Merits from 6 characters.

    All these items are GLOBAL unlocks, so it doesn't matter if you use one or 50 characters to unlock them.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    I am killing you with my mind.
    So, about that subscription cost... Will there be a special VIP subscription that costs more than the current subscription? Will we progress from being VIPs to only being moderately better than premium players or will VIP players continue to be your core customers?
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man View Post
    You'll probably only be able to buy the Ascension Armor from the Ast/Emp stores, unless they decide to do something like the Vanguard pack as a loyalty subscription bonus in the future.
    I would say that the chances for this would be "slim" and "none" with slim leaving not only the town, but the planet.
  20. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JuliusSeizure View Post
    They seem under-priced to me. The full ascension radiance set, which is unlocked for the entire account, costs just a bit more than a Very Rare would.
    The full Radiance set, alone, costs 1.2 times as much as a single very rare component does. That is overpriced.

    Getting all the items that don't have Astral Merit prices takes 2.3 times the cost of a very rare component or 1.15 times the cost of a PVPIO recipe. That places the value at around 2 billion inf.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Avatea View Post
    In-Game Merit Rewards
    • Astral and Empyrean merit vendors are now stationed in Ouroboros.
      • They offer new in-game merit rewards in exchange for Astral Merits (less valuable) or Empyrean Merits (more valuable).
      • These rewards include Ascension Armor pieces, chest emblems, auras, social and costume change emotes, account rewards, and Invention Origin recipes.
      • Each costume piece, emote or aura you purchase is unlocked account-wide by means of certification delivered via the Global Email system.
    One question: What developer is responsible for the 1 Empyrean Merit to 1 Astral Merit Conversion?

    Okay, I do have a second related question: Why did no one point out that this was a bad idea?
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Beef_Cake View Post
    So is it safe to say all costume pieces are global and will be removed once I purchase one of the pieces. So we know what is global and what isn't?
    Not global:
    • An 18 threads Voucher redeemable on one character.
    • A Incarnate Shard redeemable on one character.
    • An Empyrean Merit -> 1 Astral Merit conversion. (Seriously Devs, what the heck are you thinking for this one?)
    • Four Incarnate Threads redeemable on one character.
    • An Astral->Reward Merit conversion.
    • Incarnate Unlock redeemable on one character.
    • Cape Unlock redeemable on one character.
    • Auras Unlock redeemable on one character.
    • Super Inspirations for current character.
    • All Set IO (Standard/Purple/PVPIO) Recipes.

    And yeah, the Ascension (both "regular" and radiance only are usable on level 50+ characters).
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    I must have included one of the Ascension chest emblems by mistake then.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Spatch View Post
    Interesting. At the moment, my main has 279 astrals, and 52 emps. So, if I'm reading this correctly, I'm only 17 emps shy of unlocking all of the cited goodies.
    You don't have to use just one character. In other words, if you have one or more other characters with 17 empyrean merits (combined, across all the other characters) you can get the rest of the cited goodies.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    Secondly, Tin Mage and Apex? What are you talking about? Those are not trials - they are plain old task forces and not part of this discussion. You don't lose access to them.
    Both Apex and Tin Mage require you to have the Alpha Slot unlocked to join, thus they are a part of the incarnate content.