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2. We'll be putting in a check that prevents "one shotting"; if anything occurs within a fraction of second that brings a player from 100% Hit Points down to 0, we instead give the player 1% Hit Points.

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So then anything that has DOT damage can take that 1% away and you still die.

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A lot of the problem I see is that people with higher post count like yourself

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Gonna stop you right there.

That's pointless [censored]. You take post counts however you want. That's your perogative. If someone wants to put artifical weight on [censored] like that, that is *their* problem. There is a reason that stupid star system was removed.

Post counts should be removed too.

And for the record, I don't give a [censored] what Taser has said. I don't care if he agreed with me or not. I didn't post to get anyone's approval.

So what if his information was wrong? As I said previously, that is a BENCHMARK for others to try out. If it don't work for them, and others, that information can be fairly reasoned as being wrong (for now, anyway). Fine. Done with. It's called collaboration for a reason. Answers will eventually be gotten.

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Post count do mean you have been around and active on the forums. Meaning you have been reading and replying or making your own posts. If someone has been active in the forums more so since the begining of the game then anything they say knowledge wise will have more weight then someone who uses their first post to answer a question. Take a poll if you will but that is how it is. The majority of people will be more likely to believe someone with 5000+ posts then someone with 5 post.

Voodoo I see the point that was trying to be made. A lot of the problem I see is that people with higher post count like yourself and Taser and quite a few others DO get looked at as gospel simply because you have been around for so long. Many people post what they think or read somewhere else. While it is understood that people are just trying to be helpful if the information is not entirely correct then it only hinders people. Taser posted any Crey mission 30+ will spawn PPs when in fact it is any Crey mission 35+ that you need. Things like that will make people take missions too early and possible not be able to get any others. Sure Crey is a bad example because you can get like 4-5 Crey missions. Was the post a bit abrupt yes but I call it having a bad day and posting in haste.

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The difference may be something like the RedCap vs Red Cap issue. Where the ones that spawn from another source were counted. I'm not sure about this, as I've not been able to try it myself, but I've seen a few posts about this mission instead of Rimsey.

Not sure on the progress bar. I guess you'll find out rather quickly. :-)

Yes, it's farmable, assuming you can ditch the hostage before you exit. Don't let him be killed by the ambush, though, that may give a mission failure.

Thanks for taking the time to experiment on this.

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Not likely since I compared the ones in COH to the ones in the Rimsey mission. See here.

Another issue with longbow would be that fact that unlike what was previously stated about there only be one spec ops per group, like sappers, spec ops repeatedly spawn 2 per group even while solo.

The time and effort required for just the person that attempted this would be insane. It would probably take at least a month or 2. Probably longer to even find enough people willing to do so. Which is why after considering it I sent the PM to Positron and then posted this. I knew since he didn't respond to the PM he would respond to this post. And if he responded it would most likely be with a we are not gonna allow this to happen. Therefore being the deciding factor in the OCD aspect of wanting to collect the badge.

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Im sure we will have a future way, we always do. or that badge would not even have a bar on the villain side.

But hey, thanks for clearing that up for everyone

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Sorry Beef but the badge appearing was and is a fluke. Most that got it probably got it the same way I did. A PVP zone event that someone used an Amy at. I was on a team with 7 or 8. Can't remember the exact number and I remember targeting the witch with my brute and beating her to a pulp. That means all of my teammates got credit for kill to so right then and there 7 people had a unknown badge bar appear. Can't use temp powers in the Arena so the only way would be PVP zone.

That being said those of us that have this badge bar I would either like Cabal to be added which may eventually happen or it be removed if possible. Most of us badge whores will agree that a badge that can not be completed should not have a bar sitting there just teasing us.

I still have the question of whether I will be able to complete it though. Saying you are putting in a fix that would make it not possible. Assuming that means you gonna change the alliance of Amy. That being said I only killed one Amy on my toon during a forum announced PVP battle royal. But I now have this badge bar which until a legitimate way is made then no villain can get the badge. Which will mean some of us might have this uncompletable badge bar indefinitely or until Cabal are introduced. Are there any current plans for Cabal coming into play?

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Ok so about a month or two ago I noticed a bar that was unknown at the very bottom of list. For a long time I had no idea what it was and then it finally hit me. The temp power given from Croatoa TF that gives the witch Amy. During a player announced event on Guardian I had killed one and that is around the time the bar appeared. Then I tested it on test server with someone else who did not have the bar. After they defeated Amy she had the bar appear on her toon. So after thinking it over and figuring out the math. In order to actually get the badge you would need 67 heroes with all 5 charges still to willingly allow you to kill Amy in a PVP zone. Those numbers are just too insane to imagine anyone actually suceeding in doing so.

I sent a PM to Positron about it with no reply, does he ever reply to PMs? But I asked if either the badge could be removed because having a badge bar that there was no real chance of completing would mean it would just sit there as incomplete. Or if when the Red Caps get added are Cabal also going to be added so there will be a chance of completing it. Just thought I would post this here and get some thoughts.

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Don't expect this to work. I made a change that prevents this badge from being given to villains until a legitimate (i.e. not using Amy Temp Power) way to get it exists.

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Didn't really expect to work anyway way too much time invested in getting it anyway. But for those of us who started it, we will be able to finish it right?

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Haha! Someone needs to get Beef Cake on this stat!

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Actually Beef knows and said it is too insane to attempt. So even the most dedicated of us badge whores is saying hell no.

Exactly so like I said in original post, you will need 67 heroes with all their charges still.

Ok so about a month or two ago I noticed a bar that was unknown at the very bottom of list. For a long time I had no idea what it was and then it finally hit me. The temp power given from Croatoa TF that gives the witch Amy. During a player announced event on Guardian I had killed one and that is around the time the bar appeared. Then I tested it on test server with someone else who did not have the bar. After they defeated Amy she had the bar appear on her toon. So after thinking it over and figuring out the math. In order to actually get the badge you would need 67 heroes with all 5 charges still to willingly allow you to kill Amy in a PVP zone. Those numbers are just too insane to imagine anyone actually suceeding in doing so.

I sent a PM to Positron about it with no reply, does he ever reply to PMs? But I asked if either the badge could be removed because having a badge bar that there was no real chance of completing would mean it would just sit there as incomplete. Or if when the Red Caps get added are Cabal also going to be added so there will be a chance of completing it. Just thought I would post this here and get some thoughts.

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Looked at it very quickly. It seems some Warden's attacks are not reporting battle spam for certain attacks. I'll add it to my list of things to fix.

Interestingly enough, the guy with Dragon's Tail doesn't have this problem. I'll look into it more when I actually get to the task.

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Castle, while you are looking at it, what would it take to make it so that ANY damage you take is reported in the Combat Spam chat?

Yes, even falling damage.

If I see red numbers above my head, I'd like to know what it is that's causing that damage.

It's not just Longbow Wardens that have this issue, there are several other mobs in the game that have the same problem, and unfortunately, none of them come to mind right at this moment.

It seems that if it's possible to get the Combat Chat to report any and all damage, and it's source, then things like this wouldn't happen.

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If falling damage was reported then it would most likely count towards the damage badges so they wouldn't add it for that reason alone.

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In the failed attempt to defeat Kronos, here is what it says....


Crimson and Indigo exposed Firenze and his part in the Malta Group to the world and you wnt in and captured the traitorous director. At the last moment he actived the second Kronos Titan to destroy the city! Incomplete, damage and unable to break through the reinforced War Wall , the kronos Titan headed out to sea towards the Rogue Isles. project World Wide Red is over.

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Well I don't see him walking around Rogue Isles, how about anyone else? Looks like it is time to add Kronos, maybe in Grandville?

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The whole World Wide Red storyarc is about how expensive the Kronos was to put together and how there were only two of them, which the heroes take out over the course of the arc.

I don't think we'll see another Kronos on the villain side just so we can get a badge.

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Phaw, money is of no concern to the likes of Lord Recluse. If he decides to find the plans and build the robot, it wold be built.

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Lord Recluse, who is that?

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Speaking of Giant Monsters how about Kronos for villains? Why are you dodging the question?

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Kronos spawning in PvP zones was a bug that I believe is fixed. There never was any plan to have Kronos spawn in Warburg, but because he spawned on a CoH TF it used to be able to make the ambush happen in a PvP zone. This, I believe, has been fixed as it was/is a bug.

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Don't really see it as bug considering it was a ambush on story arc and not a TF. Ambushes happen whereever the mission holder is so does that mean no ambushes in PVP zones at all or just Kronos?

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Also, if all these monsters were meant to be taken down by more than one team, why should only one team get the badge? Forgive me if I'm mistaken, it's been a while since I've tackled a giant monster, but last I checked the badge was only given to the team that does the most damage. This was to prevent, I guess, people from coming in, swatting the thing once and sitting at a safe distance for the badge. And it works nicely for that scenario, but consider this scenario:

Team A: Deals a total of 2000 damage
Team B: Deals a total of 1999 damage
Team A: "WooooO! Badge earned!"
Team B: "@#$%... well, that was a big fat waste. But at least we kept team A's scrappers alive with our defenders."

So I ask in general, but especially if you go around buffing monsters up, let the badge go to all who help to defeat the monster, not just the team with the highest level damage dealers.

Again, strike this completely from the record if I don't have my facts straight. I do know that this does not apply to Lusca, but I'm pretty sure it still goes for Adamaster, Krakens, etc...

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Currently the badge is given to ANY team or player-not-on-a-team that does 25% or more damage to the Giant Monster.

When Giant Monsters get tougher (Issue 7), this number will drop to 10%(or more), encouraging more teams to fight them. The rewards will be increasing as well.

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Speaking of Giant Monsters how about Kronos for villains? Why are you dodging the question?

So how about Master of Olympus for villains? Is it still possible to have Kronos spawn in PVP zone?

So Positron you ever gonna respond to Kronos? Was a change put in to prevent him from spawning in PVP zone? You didn't to answer the PM I sent. 6 people spent 4 hours on test trying to get it to happen. Thats 24 hours worth of play time and I am sure others have done the same. So why can't you simply answer this question?

It appears a stealth nerf might have been put into play with villains trying to get Master of Olympus badge. Getting a response from a dev about this instead of people wasting hours trying to get it to happen would be a good thing. 6 of us on guardian spent like 3 1/2 to 4 hours on test trying to get him to spawn in Warburg last night. Sent a PM to Positron and while he read it I got no reply. CuppaJo said that the bug had been fixed but how was it a bug really? Taking massive coordination in order to get a badge is a lot of work and in the whole risk vs reward aspect I see no bug or exploit in villains getting this badge so what gives?

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now that those are live...
will there be a way to do the cross-platform missions and such later? I've heard rumors they are being closed later this month

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Not a rumor, pocket D missions are Valentines day event lasting 2 weeks.

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What is going on with the redcap badge for villians? And someone who has it has another bar under it that is unknown and they got it during the holiday event. What is this bar?

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Are you refering to a bar underneath the capbuster badge? So you have 3 badges at bottom, trailblazer, capbuster and then another unknown. Because a few of us have that one and have been unable to figure out what it is since it is not a epic badge and only thing under trailblazer is Croatoa badges. Unless something new was added or if something else was counting for one of the other Croatoa creatures. No reponse by Positron to my post I put in here about a week ago.

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Really, its a just a matter of how obsessive a person is about badges.

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Right now I am 20% into cap buster, does that make me obsessed?

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Because it wasnt ment for Villains to get OR Snap Tooth is the only one that counts

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Yeah sure, just like weed whacker and coldhearted. Plus hellfrost and hordling lasher wasn't meant for heroes but it is a lot easier to get so that arguement against it hold no water.

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so what's the word on villains getting CapBuster from the Pocket D mission? It seems Snaptooth counts for that, but not the other Redcaps? I don't want to kill Snaptooth 333 times.

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There is a bug that is making the CapBuster badge tracker show up for Villains. We are tracking this down.

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Posi, before a *lot* of ppl waste a *lot* of time, can you confirm one way or the other as to whether or not Villains will/should be able to earn/keep the Cap Buster badge?

If we arent supposed to get it, then get rid of it now, before the jobless players have a chance to get it and the rest of us are left bending over. Otherwise, please fix it so all red caps count. Or at least assure us that you'll datamine down the road...

(All I know is that if I end up resetting a mish 333 times over the next 2 weeks - because I'm a sad little badge b*st*rd - for *nothing*, then NCSoft will have 1 less customer...)

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I PM'd Posi with this same question. I also would like to save myself and everyone else a lot of time if this is just a bug that will get fixed.

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If you want to get the badges in this limited window, go ahead.

Although keep in mind that the future may hold far easier ways to get the badges in question.

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Well how about making it so that all the kills count then?