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  1. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man View Post
    I bet showing up on her doorstep, naked, with a rose in your teeth would do it.
    No... Too obvious. Besides I would rather not get arrested.
  2. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    City of Heroes Freedom has made je_saist speechless and Johnny_Butane an optimist. Excuse me while I go check and see if I can still do long division.
    I'm beginning to wonder if there is anything I could do to shock Arcanaville.
  3. Snow Globe
    I hope you had a great birthday, War Witch!
  4. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by reiella View Post
    And it's a difference of one chest emblem Snow Globe .
    Yes, I know. I'm just wondering if there was one more previously, Leandro skipped one, or if I counted one twice.
  5. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Beef_Cake View Post
    For those who have purchased these on Test, can you answer if when you make a purchase, does that item you purchased get removed from the list? That way you know you've unlocked it?
    Yes, for global unlocks, the item gets removed from the list after you buy it. You will then get certificate. The first time you select a certificate you can ask for a refund. If you claim the certificate, then the option to refund the item isn't available any more. On subsequent characters if you accidentally delete the certificate before claiming it, it will re-appear in the certificate list to be claimed.
  6. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Leandro View Post
    I was looking for this info and couldn't find it, so I gathered it myself on the Test server and here it is for anyone who may be wondering.
    I made a similar post on Monday:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    *Nothing converts to Empyrean Merits and the only thing that converts to Astral Merits are Empyrean Merits. So there aren't any ways, other than the trials, to get any of the following:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Avatea View Post
    Astral and Empyrean Merit Costs
    • Alpha Slot, Cape, and Aura Unlock Vouchers are now 5 Astrals apiece.
    • Chest Emblems are now all 1 Astral apiece.
    • Ascension Armor pieces are all now 10 Astrals or 3 Empyreans apiece.
    • Ascension Radiance Armor pieces are all now 6 Empyreans apiece.
    • Emotes are now all 10 Astrals or 2 Empyreans apiece.
    • Costume Change Emotes are now all 3 Empyreans apiece.
    • Auras are now all 10 Astrals or 2 Empyreans apiece.
    • Path Auras are now all 3 Empyreans apiece.
    • The Incarnate Thread Voucher for 1 Astral now grants 4 Threads when claimed.
    • The Incarnate Thread Voucher for 1 Empyrean now grants 18 Threads when claimed.
    Ascension for 10 Astral Merits x 7 items. 70 Astral Merits.
    Radiance for 6 Empyrean Merits x 6 items. 36 Empyrean Merits.
    Emotes for 10 Astral Merits x 4 items. 40 Astral Merits.
    Emblems 1 Astral Merits x 16 items. 16 Astral Merits.
    Costume Change Emotes for 3 Empyrean Merits x 5 items. Empyrean Merits.
    Auras for 10 Astral Merits x 8 items. 80 Astral Merits.
    Path Auras for 3 Empyrean Merits x 6 items. Empyrean Merits.

    This works out to 206 Astral Merits, 69 Empyrean Merits for everything without overlapping (ie. buying anything that uses Astral Merits with Astrals, and only buying stuff that costs Empyrean Merits that are exclusive to Empyrean Merits). By the way, at 3 merits/trial (which is what Lambda is giving out these days thanks to the bull-headed design choices) this works out to 69 Lambdas, run once per day.
    Hmm. I seem to have 1 more emblem than you do. You might have missed one.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Roderick View Post
    Those are all global unlocks, right? Nothing on that list is per-character?
    Yes, all global unlocks.
  7. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    The above has all been said tongue in cheek and in a completely joking manner...
    I think you need to get your tongue out of Arcanaville's cheek.

    Thanks for the laughs.

    Edit:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    If your mouse has greater processing power than your gfx card, the answer is yes.
    There goes my plans for getting a Wacom Cintiq.
  8. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
    My first thought... "Tell that to Abslom Daak, Dalek Killer"

    *one quick pass through the Internet later*

    My second thought... "Why am I not surprised Marvel got their hands on him, even briefly?"
    I'm betting the IP in question isn't Marvel. The chainsword is a heavily used weapon in a certain futuristic battle game with space marines and orks. Said game system has been a tabletop game since 1987, and had a demo of their upcoming MMO last year. They've had countless spin-offs and you might say that they are a workshop of games.

  9. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by McCharraigin View Post
    Yeah,the thirties are slow...when you hit 35 though you can go to RWZ.
    You can go to the RWZ at level 1. You likely wouldn't survive long, but you can. You can use this to do co-op team AE arcs.

    However at level 35 you can enter Cimerora and start doing ITFs. If you get on a plow ITF you'll get a lot of experience. It might take 60-90 minutes but the extra xp will be worth it.
  10. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    Hopefully my answer wasn't entirely convoluted sounding in that case...and if it was...someone bring me more caffeine.
    It was convoluted, but you managed to answer the question anyway.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
    Zwill, asking on behalf of potential Premium players that no longer have access to the boards: Everything you've said above remains true, excepting if someone wishes to unlock a MM or Controller, yes? In that regard, what happens? They unlock it, but it remains unplayable? Or will the game not allow a Premium player to unlock a historic character that happens to now be a VIP AT.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    Bob the COH Player played COH for 3 months. Bob made a MM during that 3 months. Bob's MM is locked for play and cannot be selected as one of his characters to use a Global Character Slot Token on.
    Aka, your "option 2".
  11. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    I'm going to chose to believe that the reason I didn't immediately process it as such is due to the fact that it wasn't in the form of a Power Point slide.
  12. Snow Globe
    Can we at least hear the details of what they are doing before making suggestions?
  13. Snow Globe

    Target Bind?

    POST-ACTION

    There has always been a problem with the target/buff binds not always functioning.

    The only way I've managed to get it working is along these lines (I use force field, but same principle applies):

    ff0.txt:
    Quote:
    NUMPAD1 "teamselect 1$$bindloadfilesilent ff1.txt"
    ff1.txt:
    Quote:
    NUMPAD1 "powexecname deflection shield$$bindloadfilesilent ff0.txt"
    I put both files in the City of Heroes\Data folder so I don't have to define a loading path. And yes, it requires 2 key presses.

    Edit:
    Though I guess you could do this:
    ff0.txt:
    Quote:
    NUMPAD1 "+ $$teamselect 1$$bindloadfilesilent ff1.txt"
    ff1.txt:
    Quote:
    NUMPAD1 "powexecname deflection shield$$bindloadfilesilent ff0.txt"
    And it might work with just a key press (you might have to hold the key for a second).
  14. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Korith View Post
    Also, delete and rebuild the character from 0.

    Okay, so that's a little extreme....
    Seppuku is an honourable option.
  15. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Megajoule View Post
    So here's something the Devs probably never anticipated would be an issue or a desired feature, but for the sake of my mild OCD streak, I gotta ask...
    Considering that the developers consider multiple incarnate powers a feature, not a problem, I'd say that you are stuck trying to overcome your OCD.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Megajoule View Post
    Can anyone give me another solution?
    No, because making multiple powers in a tree is considered a feature. You can't get rid of the "extra" power in any way. I could dig around for the developer quote, but pretty much your options are:
    • Live with it.
    • Build it up.
  16. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cameron Stroub View Post
    Wow I feel stupid, I accidently clicked cancel billing in my account management.

    What can I do to revert this? Will I lose my free month?

    It still says playable until July 24, if i just Subscribe again will I be fine?
    You will not lose the free month. If it says that it is playable until July 24th, then you don't have to do anything until July 24th. You can still play to that date for free. July 24th is your next billing date.

    If you want to continue to play AFTER July 24th, then yes, you have to subscribe again.
  17. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nericus View Post
    1. Make Penelope a rescue, she then leaves and the Clockwork King is berzerk and attacks the team in his rage.

    For Mission 3, there is one change that MUST occur: Infernia needs to STOP BEING SO CHATTY.
    The first would be a great change. For mission 3, the following should happen:
    • Shut Infernia up.
    • Eliminate the lead outs. Seriously it is a waste of time.
    • Eliminate the failure criteria if either (or both) sisters die.
    • Shut Infernia up.
    • Reduce the number of hostages to recover.
    • Reduce the size of the map by at least half. The second building floor makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Players enter the buildings on the ground floor, have to go into an elevator to another 3 floor building level to an underground Rikti Base. Just eliminate the building areas and have it fully in the caves.
    • Same goes for the last mission as well.
    • Oh yeah, and shut Infernia up. No one cares about her. If I could shut her up by defeating her, I would.
  18. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Verene View Post
    Ignoring the door and clearing the map also works if you kill fast enough. Doing it at level and auto-completing is still the best method though
    I like the get a FF character with Force Bubble to sit at the door while killing the rest.
  19. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    Lather. Rinse. Repeat?
  20. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vanden View Post
    Are you talking about Disintegration? Obliteration hits for like 1500, hardly unsurvivable.
    Okay, the two beams are Disintegration and Devastation. Given that Obliteration is closer to Disintegration than Devastation, yes, I meant the beam that eliminates a player.

    It still doesn't have a visual indicator that can be seen with 24 players firing off most of their powers, further hidden by the alpha and beta entanglements, with no indication who is the target in the team list or even flashed on the screen (ie no "X is being targeted by disintegration"). Add to that the time stop and power recharges, good luck saving the poor sucker that is the target.
  21. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by starphoenix View Post
    According to the badge descriptions, you are correct. Can die as much as you want before the final battle and possible to get all badges.
    Then the mechanic of the obliteration beam needs to be changed. It will kill a player even if they have been healed several times during the beam attack, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to tell who the beam is targeting.
  22. Snow Globe
    Best wishes EMpulse!
  23. Snow Globe
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by IanTheM1 View Post
    I don't really have an issue with the third mission as it stands. It's been some time since I've done Lady Grey, but I don't recall it being that tedious. Especially since you're given two helper NPCs to help blow through the map.
    Hmm. That is a definition of the word "help" that I must admit to being completely unfamiliar with. They might "help" aggro mobs, they might "help" extend the time on the map by a large portion because their immediate objectives are to escort them out, and they might "help" to split up the team with said escort objectives.

    By letting them die, the mission can last 5-15 minutes (depending on where they are and how long it takes them to die). By escorting them out, that mission can be extended by as much as an 60-90 minutes (defeat all). That is time I can use to:
    • Sleep.
    • Spend on another trial, TF, SF.
    • Do something else in or out of game.
    Sometimes my time is limited, and I'd rather not spend it in a kill-all (or even kill most).
    My benchmarks:
    • Speed LGTF - 40 minutes or less.
    • Regular (extract Penny with Assemble the team & let the sisters die) - 40 to 80 minutes (usually around 60 minutes).
    • Long LGTF - 80-120 minutes.
    • Full Plow LGTF - 2+ hours.
  24. Snow Globe
    I'm happy to note that with Issue 20.5 this will not be as much of a problem:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Avatea View Post
    Incarnate System
    • Incarnate XP and Incarnate Thread drops are now split evenly across the entire League which earns credit for the reward.
  25. Snow Globe

    Morality issue

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Call Me Awesome View Post
    The question is if Halloween and Kal tips are counted as standard tips or not, if they are then I'd expect them to follow the "3 tips at once" rule.
    Actually that one I do know about. I had 3 regular tips (no morality tips), the Halloween tip, and Kal's tip at the same time.