Blondeshell

I go by the names associated with each zone from the demo files:

Croatoa = City_03_03
The Hollows = Hazard_01_02

I think the OP meant for it to be two separate sentences, not as a threat to you:

"Want ripped off? Respec your crafted junk!"

And just to give you an update on this, the print-out maps have all been redone and are available now. I'd recommend using the link to the PDF versions as they'll give you a better quality result for all the changes that were made.

The interactive maps were updated just before I17 went live, but the print-out maps are still in the progress of being updated and overhauled. If you're talking about the in-game maps showing on the site, those haven't been updated. I should still be able to get them up, but I'm pretty sure they won't be carrying over with the BadgeHunter site redesign that's in the works.

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*sigh* Can't believe I never did this earlier.

/ignore

^^This!

I had recently posted a suggestion about this in another thread before it was deleted. This isn't as restrictive as my original suggestion was, but I'd go for a solution that would have broader requirements:

• 250,000,000 inf
• 1,000 merits
• 500 candy canes
• only purchaseable from the Candy Keeper during winter events

By requiring inf and merits, it lets players work toward it all throughout the year. However, these requirements are only if the badges are kept per-character (like Payoff is). If the Anniversary badges were made to be global, I'd suggest that these requirements should be double. And, yeah, that would be per badge. Basically they become "epic" badges because you'd be getting something that you wouldn't normally be able to have.


Edit: On further thought, the badge requirements could be scaleable based on how far back you're going. The requirements listed here might be for anything older than, say, two anniversaries ago (or years 1-3 at this time). The badge that was for the previous anniversary (year 4 as of now) would be:

• 100,000,000 inf
• 500 merits
• 250 candy canes

And the while the one for the current year's badge (year 5 as of now) would be:

• 50,000,000 inf
• 250 merits
• 100 candy canes.

Whew! Looks like the badge hunters are safe!

*Whew!* I'm glad I've never hunted badgers in this game, then. Now badges, on the other hand, are a different story.

Characters under 40 can hunt in FBZ, too, now that the limits have been removed for SSK.

According to this page, there are lots of characters with that badge right now. You might want to file a petition about your situation.

^^ This.

The hero login screen music has been remixed, too. The percussion have more reverb, the background strings are more prominent during the crescendo of the main theme, and the overall loop is much shorter, making the theme heard more frequently. Nice little tweaks, I'd say.

Not yet, anyway.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=206508

But to the overall point of the OP, you're not required to use any IOs. You can play all the content in the game just fine with SOs slotted. However, IOs will give you better performance than SOs around the level 30-35 mark, and they never expire.

As for using set enhancements, that depends on what overall holes you have in your build (like needing more defense or better recharge). Some people will Frankenslot, where they mix-and-match sets to target the most overall enhancement bonus instead of set bonuses. The level of IOs that you use will depend on if you plan to exemp a lot, as most of the bonuses will disappear if you go too far below the enhancement level. Some people will start looking at them in their 40s, but there are some IOs that specifically can't be slotted unless you're level 50.

Check out these links for a lot more information.

http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Invent...n_Enhancements
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Invent...hancement_Sets

And welcome back to the game.

True dat. I did this for my villain not too long ago and got ONE PvP IO.

OP: Gratz on sticking with it for the two days.