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  1. The system as it is, is a good one. It isn't too expensive for those wanting to talk on the global channels, while imposing a barrier to spammers.

    If you want to blame anyone for this, blame the spammers and the players that buy from them. As it stands, new players get far more of an extended trial than I did when I joined: I got two weeks to try the game, not an unlimited time that could exceed years.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Crusherina View Post
    Oh, but they can get rights at Tier Four Sep! But why would I pay $120 when I am not getting the help that I need?
    If a free player spent $45 (the price of a game), they get 4 Paragon Reward Tokens (1 token with 1st purchase, 3 tokens for $45). That is enough to get them global channel access. I don't know where you are coming up with $120, but the number isn't based in any reality.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Crusherina View Post
    Honestly, all being my personal opinion, I would be better off paying the $15 a month to have everything unlocked for me than to pay that certain amount just for channels.
    Exactly.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Crusherina View Post
    Limit them to two channels per account and take away their ability to become moderators/ maybe a command to remove all free to play players who have been inactive for 14+ days.
    You also don't seem to understand that while a Tier 9 Premium player can have moderator status, they can't use that status to do anything except invite to the channel.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Crusherina View Post
    Key Points:
    • Funneling of the new player-base into one channel and cutting them off from the rest.
    Ie. Asking them to pony up the money to unlock the demo.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Crusherina View Post
    • Loss of access to the rest of the player-base who use channels to function.
    If a player can pay $5 and spam up to 2,500 accounts across all the servers, what is the point of locking access in the first place?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Crusherina View Post
    • A great divide between 'noobs' and 'vets' with this system.
    I don't see $45 as a "great divide".

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Crusherina View Post
    • Spam (off-topic chatter washing away a 'help' request)
    And yet you are requesting more channels be subjected to that same spam.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by HexDuke View Post
    Its all good.
    When I first came back as a premium, my various wings and whatnot were intact on my characters. You wont lose them for going to premium.

    I had faerie wings on one character and tech wings on another that I logged in and definately saw were working before I upgraded to VIP.

    I didnt try changing the costume while premium, but I would be very surprised if these were locked out.

    You wont be able to build new ones for other characters mind you.
    I can confirm this, as this is exactly what happened with my premium account.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    • Bad design goals.

      Someone had the not-so-bright idea that we should get 1 server transfer token at the beginning of the month, the Paragon Points on our renewal date, and the Paragon Reward Tokens on our Veteran Reward date (despite telling players these would be front-loaded).
    • Multiple teams trying to justify their existence.

      It is clear that there was one group of people doing the reward token script, one group working on the market/points systems, and one group working on the Paragon Rewards system & conversion.
    • Little to no documentation trail.

      This is clear because just by reading all the announcements, GM responses, and Community Team's posts.
    • Little to no testing of the systems and how they interacted with each other.

      No one, during the entire process, seems to have requested an ounce of feed back.

      Additionally, when there was a chance to test out the new special systems, we were told to "trust us" by a producer (Clockwork 01). This is the result. Now that trust has been burned. Good show!
    • Little to no oversight of the people doing the work.

      See previous points.
    Translation:


    and this:
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarwinPrime View Post
    I got my reward token, but not my points. Who do I take this up with?
    You don't get them at the same time. Which is why a dozen posts in this thread have said they need to simplify how the VIP perks are given to the players.

    To say it again:

    You get the Transfer Token the first time you log in after the first of the month.

    You get the Paragon Points on your billing date if that day is after the 12th of the month. If it is before the 12th, it will get closer each month until it actually is the billing day.

    You are supposed to get a Paragon Token after a month of play, however when that month starts seems to be a closely guarded secret that the billing department feels the player (or anyone else in the company) doesn't need to know.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by reiella View Post
    Just to add in here, Second Measure did confirm that the later trials themselves are weighted to reward the higher rewards more frequently, so it does potentially cause dataset contamination wrt to Keyes' results.

    Second Measure on Later Trial Rewards
    For some reason I don't believe him. Maybe it is because I have been tracking my progress on not only the overall trial drops, but have broken down the data per trial as well.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    1) Tell that to the player, who in my estimation, was an active participant who got the thread table in the last successful Underground Trial I was in.

    2) I think you need to read this post about my trial results:
    [Edit: pointed to this thread] I did 2 each of Keyes, BAF, and Lambda this weekend, so the numbers below are slightly different from the graphs/counts from that post by the following amounts:

    BAF: +1 Common, +1 Rare.
    Lambda: +2 Uncommons.
    Keyes: +2 Uncommons.

    Given that the Underground has a 2:1 fail rate, I don't perceive that as having a chance at higher rewards.

    In fact, out of my Underground Trials (15 trials):
    10 Fails (66.67%)
    0 Threads (0.00%)
    1 Common (6.67%)
    2 Uncommons (13.33%)
    1 Rare (6.67%)
    1 Very Rare. (6.67%)

    Without the fails
    1 Common (20%)
    2 Uncommons (40%)
    1 Rare (20%)
    1 Very Rare. (20%)

    I'd have a larger sample set except no one, including myself, wants to run them very frequently with people they don't know.

    Keyes on live since Issue 20.5 (50 successful trials, 3 fails):
    18 Common (36% of Keyes runs since June 28, 2011)
    21 Uncommons (42% of Keyes runs since June 28, 2011)
    8 Rare (16% of Keyes runs since June 28, 2011)
    3 Very Rare (6% of Keyes runs since June 28, 2011)

    Compare that with BAF since 20.5 (68 successful trials, 7 fails):
    21 Common (32.35% of BAF runs since June 28, 2011)
    31 Uncommons (45.59% of BAF runs since June 28, 2011)
    10 Rare (14.71% of BAF runs since June 28, 2011)
    5 Very Rare (7.35% of BAF runs since June 28, 2011)

    Or Lambda since 20.5 (59 successful trials, 6 fails):
    25 Common (42.37% of Lambda runs since June 28, 2011)
    15 Uncommons (28.81% of Lambda runs since June 28, 2011)
    11 Rare (18.64% of Lambda runs since June 28, 2011)
    6 Very Rare (10.17% of Lambda runs since June 28, 2011)

    See much difference in the trends between for the overall totals for these three graphs? I don't:





    All three have an overall comparative curve to them.

    Here are pie charts of the rarities for the three different trials (BAF, Lambda, Keyes) since June 28, 2011.


    The end result is that while Second Measure (or any of the development team for that matter) say that X trials have higher chances at higher rewards, there is no difference when the pavement meets the road as far as a player can tell.
    The distribution, contrary to what Second Measure said, seems to be fairly uniform among the trials. If Keyes was supposed to have a higher chance at Rares and Very Rares, that should be showing in the overall totals.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    I couldn't find a recording of the time I had Will of the Earth centered on me and I flew up and away from everyone, which would have been a nice view of the effect, but I did find a decent angle of Will of the Earth not centered on me but at least relatively unobscured by lots of other players and effects. A static screen shot just does not do it justice, see this video capture of the effect. Watch the far left side of the screen, at about 6-7 seconds into the video the phrase so-and-so is being consumed by the Will of the Earth appears in red letters and a multicolored pulsing effect starts emanating from that player. It lasts about six seconds, which is about the delay before Will of the Earth fires. I uploaded at 1024x768, so you should be able to watch it at 720p in full screen.
    I don't get that on my screen. I'll have to see if I got any demo records of the Avatar battle (I think I have at least 1), and post the results. I see a lot of yellow blobs (ground puddles) usually during the fight, and stay away from them.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    If you look *really* carefully I think you can catch yourself running away from the effect at the very far left edge of the screen for a brief instant.
    Yeah, I found myself.
  8. Snow Globe

    R.I.P. Muad_Dib

    I didn't have many run-ins with him, but my condolences go to his family and friends at this sad time.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kheldarn View Post
    Technically, I don't load the binds via popmenu. What I have is the following:

    Code:
        Option "&Load Binds"    "beginchat /bindloadfile C:\Binds\.txt"
    Pressing L activates my chat entry area, and fills it with /bindloadfile C:\Binds\.txt while placing my cursor at the end of the line. I use the left arrow key to move it between the \ and the . and type the name of the bind file, then press enter.

    However, I don't have to zone to make it stick. Is that what you're talking about, Snow?
    Yeah, that is different than what I was trying and what the person I was responding to was trying. They tried the following:
    Code:
    Option "Toggle All Off (&`)" "powexec_toggleoff Dark Nova$$powexec_toggleoff Black Dwarf$$powexec_toggleoff Gravity Shield$$powexec_toggleoff Twilight Shield$$powexec_toggleoff Shadow Cloak$$powexec_toggleoff Nebulous Form$$powexec_abort$$bind_load_file c:\cohbinds\autoshadowstep_off.txt$$goto_tray 1"
    (near the end of the line.)

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kheldarn View Post
    Also: Have you found the popmenu file for the new Collect window on Beta? It's the replacement for the Badge window, and it uses a popmenu to show your Badges, some of the items you bought from the Paragon Market (currently just the SSAs), and what you've unlocked via Astral/Empyrean Merits...
    I've seen it in action, but not the files.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Xanatos View Post
    Get rid of the pulse.
    The pulse damage on Beta for Issue 21.5 has drastically been reduced.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Caulderone View Post
    Seeing folks here getting tokens in the last day or two makes me wonder what is going on.
    I got my token today, and I can't tell what is going on either.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by TamakiRevolution View Post
    Got mine yesterday or today, also got my 4 year one a day or two early. All square up to this point.
    I got my token today.
  13. While I thank the developers for testing many of the ideas presented in this thread, I'll point out the suggested (and reversed) removal of BAF/Lambda Empyrean Merits proved the following post:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    So instead of making Keyes something people would want to do, you want to make less people do BAF or Lambda as well.

    I think that is the dumbest thing I've read on these forums in my entire time visiting them.
    Edit:
    And Arcana, I still haven't been able to distinguish the Will of the Earth effects. Then again, I've not done many trials where I've got to that point.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by AresSupreme View Post
    What ideas do you guys have? The question is officially out there so FIRE!
    There is already an extensive thread about what players think should happen with Keyes. I started it in August.

    What would you do to make Keyes fun?

    I'll note that a lot of the ideas in that thread are currently being tested for Keyes.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wichita View Post
    I have let my account go free, and it reports I have 1 transfer available. However, I can't use it on my character on Freedom.

    Is there some rule I don't know about for restrictions on server transfers?
    Do you have an unlocked character slot available on another server?
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arilou View Post
    He's been running four samples though. The chance of one of them being off is indeed 1/20, but the chance of one of four being off is 1/6. (or so)
    Can you provide me with more sample groups at this time? When Leandro put out his Hundred Trials Later post, he wasn't subjected to the same degree of scrutiny that you are putting out in this thread.

    The four sample sets are the major patches that have affected Incarnate Trials. To get more sample sets will take as long as it takes for the developers to introduce major changes. Issue 21.5 (TPN Trial) will be the start of the new sample set. After that, when the MoM trial starts will be yet another sample set. However I don't think I'll be able to run 100 trials between the two, given comments.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by halfflat View Post
    So there is some evidence indicating that the very rare drop rate has decreased, but it's very weak: it easily (about 30% chance) could just be a result of random variation. We'd need more data to be sure.
    Well, I can tell you that since I did the original post, that I've got:

    0 Fails
    0 Threads
    1 Common
    4 Uncommon
    1 Rare
    0 Very Rare

    I plan on updating these figures on a semi-regular basis.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Exxcaliber View Post
    Removing the macro listings fixed it, it really didn't like them, thx again snow
    Yeah, those would break it. "Beginchat", not "Say". That will let you edit the line. "$$" is a no-no when designing a macro template, as that will try to execute anything after it. Put a space between the dollar signs.

    --------------
    // This line is broken and needs a complete re-write:
    Option "UG Macro" "Say /macro RL targetcustomnext Regenerative - /macro Boom targetcustomnear demolition"

    Change to:
    Option "UG Macro1" "beginchat /macro RL targetcustomnext Regenerative"
    Option "UG Macro2" "beginchat /macro Boom targetcustomnear demolition"

    // This line is broken and needs a complete re-write:
    // Option "Keyes" "Say targetcustomnear terminal$$powexecname Power Cell - macro DIS b HELP! I'M BEING DISINTEGRATED"

    Here is what I'm using for this one:
    Option "Macro Disintegrated" "beginchat /macro DIS b HELP! I'M BEING DISINTEGRATED!$ $em whistle"
    Option "Macro Powercells" "beginchat /macro Cells targetcustomnear terminal$ $powexecname power cell"

    Notice the space between the double-$? That is to prevent breaking. Yes, you have to manually edit it on the character after using it, but it does work.
  19. You might also consider fixing these two lines in the "general" menu.

    Extra quote:
    Option "UG Macro" "Say /macro RL targetcustomnext Regenerative - /macro Boom "targetcustomnear demolition"

    Broken Command: (not fixed above)
    Option "Keys" "Say targetcustomnear terminal$$powexecname Power Cell - /macro DIS b HELP! I'M BEING DISINTEGRATED"

    In the BAF section:
    Wrong place for a brace:
    Option "1Plan" "SayHello folks this will be a speedy mini BAF. Pull the AV's to the North wall ASAP , sooner the better always, Team 1 [&3 if there is} will get the south chokepoint, team 2 at the north"
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    There's no space between the two quotes. Not sure if this is the problem.
    There was a few more issues than that.

    A couple of braces "}" were in the wrong spots as well. I also wrapped all titles in quotes.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Liberation View Post
    Loving this feature, except for one little thing: I've made a menu for my Warshade to switch out buffs/trays, but I need it to switch key bindings between Shadow Step and Black Dwarf Step, depending on form.

    When I use an Option line with "bind_load_file" in it, I get a system message saying the bind file was successfully loaded, but it doesn't actually switch the binding. I know it's not an issue with my bind files, because they work fine when I use a keybinding or macro to load them. They just don't work with pop-up menus.
    Popmenus and loading key binds don't mix. It is a known issue, and one that is not likely to be fixed.

    In order for the binds to "stick" you have to zone after the load.

    Edit:
    Unlike Kheldarn, I can't get the popmenu to successfully load keybind files.
  22. Try this:
    Code:
    // POPMENU File Trials "Trials" pop-up menu
    //
    Menu "Trials"
    {
    	Menu "Join"
    	{
    		Title "Join"
    		Divider
    		Option "Speed" "Say Speedy mini Lambda/BAF trial forming pst for invite$$e calculate"
    		Option "Lamb" "Say Lambda [speedy] trial forming pst for invite!$$e calculate"
    		Option "BAF" "Say Mini BAF trial forming pst for invite$$e calculate"
    		Option "KIR" "Say Keys trial forming pst for invite$$e calculate"
    		Option "UG" "Say Underground Trial forming PST for invite$$e calculate"
    		Option "TPN" "Say TPN Campus trial forming pst for invite$$e calculate"
    		Option "MoM" "Say Minds of Mayhem trial forming pst for invite$$e calculate"
    	}
    	Menu "General"
    	{
    		Title "General"
    		Divider
    		Option "Q" "Say Entering the Q" 
    		Option "Follow" "Say My team follow me!!!"
    		Option "Good" "Say Great work everybody$$e thumbs up"
    		// This line is broken and needs a complete re-write:
    		Option "UG Macro" "Say /macro RL targetcustomnext Regenerative - /macro Boom targetcustomnear demolition"
    		// This line is broken and needs a complete re-write:
    		// Option "Keyes" "Say targetcustomnear terminal$$powexecname Power Cell - macro DIS b HELP! I'M BEING DISINTEGRATED"
    	}
    	Menu "Lambda"
    	{
    		Title "Lambda"
    		Divider
    		Option "1Intro" "say Hello everyone this will be a speedy Lambda Trial, Clear the courtyard Only, skip the guns Team 1 on acids Team 2 on Caches"
    		Option "2Pause" "Say Please wait 2 mins after the cutscene before using acids" 
    		Option "3WTF" "Say Doubtless someone isn't paying attention. Feel free to mock them later"
    		Option "4Acid" "Say at 18:00 Acid the doors and regroup,Do Not Aggro the AV/Mob"
    		Option "5Charge""Say Target the AV for mass nuke judgement Charge on 3!"
    		Option "6Detail" "Say This trial has 3 Phases. 1st phase: we defeat surrounding warworks to breach security and enter the base to defeat a giant robot guard, 2nd phase: we plit the teams to destroy objects to gather temp powers, 3rd phase: we defeat the AV, the acids we gathered will be used to close the reinforcement doors than the grenades will make the AV weak"
    	}
    	Menu "BAF"
    	{
    		Title "BAF"
    		Divider
    		Option "1Plan" "SayHello folks thiswill be a speedy mini BAF. Pull the AV's to the North wall ASAP , sooner the better always, Team 1 [&3 if there is] will get the south chokepoint, team 2 at the north"
    		Option "2Chokepoints" "say My team with me. Chokepoints not doors! Stay Tight! ipets at 5:00"
    		0ption "3Togethe" "say Group them up"
    		Option "4NS" "Say More on Nightstar!"
    		Option "5Siege" "say More on Siege!"
    		Option "6Damage" "say Even up the damage!"
    		Option "7Details" "say The BAF trial has 5 phases: 1] defeat warworks, 2]defeat Nightstar, 3] stop escaping prisoners, 4] defeat Siege, and 5] defeat both Siege and Nightstar within 10 seconds of each other"
    	}
    	Menu "KIR"
    	{
    		Title "KIR"
    		Divider
    		Option "0Plan" "Say Plan and General rules: I need 1 tank type and 2 support types to handle Antimatter whenever he is on the map. Stealthers should focus on getting the temps on reactors 1 & 3 during those phases."
    		Option "1Others" " say If you are noT in either of the other 2 groups then PULL Warworks away from the terminals, KB,confuse and taunt all work. On reactor 2 this team will Kill the big warworks to get temp drops."
    		Option "2Alway" "say ALWAYS PULLTHE WW's AND ACTIVATE TERMINALS FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. WE will work the terminals on 3rd and 2nd Floors PLS skip the 1st floor!"
    		Option "3Temps" "say If you have a temp before Anti Matter arrives use it ASAP!"
    		Option "4Anti" "say DO. NOT. ATTACK. ANTI-MATTER. UNTIL. THE. FINAL. PHASE. PERIOD (unless we are going for Anti anti matter badge)"
    		Option "6Final" "Say Look out for the Obliteration, you will see a green target on the ground just before it fires, RUN AWAY FROM THIS!"
    		Option "7Help" "say Pop Greens and call for heals if you are targeted for disintergration!!!"
    		Option "9Beam" "say Incoming Oblit beam Look Out!!!"
    	}
    	Menu "Underground Trial"
    	// this section is for directions on The underground Trial
    	{
    		Title "Underground Trial"
    		Divider 
    		//
    		Option "1Forums" "say Useful links http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?p=3848603 http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=268502"
    		Option "2Des" "Step one: Clear the mobs and Protect Desdemona be prepared to heal her at all times!"
    		Option "3AV" "Say Everyone on The AV! Use Temps if Applicable"
    		Option "4Crystal" "Say Clear the DE 1st then kill the Crytals!"
    		Option "5Lichen" "Say Gather the Lichen as we go!"
    		Option "6Pull" "Say Pull the AV corner and watch for Regen Lichen"
    		Option "7Bombs" "Say Bombs Ahead stay with me"
    		Option "8Stop" "Say Pause after the cutscene and gather on me for group buffs"
    		Option "9Grasp" "Say Watch out for the Grasp of Gaia it will target a player. If you are targeted MOVE AWAY!!"
    		Option "0Clarion" "Say Anyone with Clarion speak up! Be prepared to spam it!"
    		Divider
    	}
    	Menu "MoM Trial"
    	// this section is for directions on The MoM Trial
    	{
    		Title "MoM Trial"
    		Divider
    		Option "1One Phase" "say fill"
    		Option "2Two Phase" "say fill"
    	}
    	Menu "TPN Trial"
    	// this section is for directions on The TPN Trial
    	{
    		Title "TPN Trial"
    		Divider
    	}
    }