Capa_Devans

Oh my. My condolences is all I can offer along with my hope that this is the last such terrible news you have for a very long time.

The guys who introduced me to this no longer play; we duo/trio'd mostly and rarely were there more than the three of us. They quit about 4-5 months after I started playing. I'm a few weeks short of my 33 month badge on my main account.

I team more now than I did when they were playing.

Helping a random guy in Pocket D during valentines two years ago, I met someone with whom I have regularly duod since then. He played on other servers so I made a few alts there too. Joining channels and joining teams there increased my global so often I'll get a team invite by tell than channel call.

Luckily I inherented the supergroups but I've made five or six on other servers too so I could have done that.

It sounds like you aren't having fun in the game. If that's the case the trick is to work out why and fix it. If you're just tired of the game; take a break. If you're depressed that your friends aren't around; see if you can entice them back. (Refer a friend thing?) If you just can't find a team; use the globals, you'll see the same people calling and you'll eventually get to know which leaders suit your playstyle.

But there's nothing wrong with taking a break. This is FUN not work and if you don't want to be here; save your money until you do.

I can understand why people wanted "end-game" I just abhor the implementation of it. It takes no account of how this game has encouraged altitus and the "what do you need" response to teaming. (Of my 19 or 20 50s I play 15 on a regular basis; which ever helped the team most.) It almost totally ignores soloists/small teams.

The intro arc was fine the first time; got old on my 15th 50. It's another "ugh" like costume slots, capes, auras, vanguard and Cim arcs. I don't enjoy running the WTF on all my 50s for Notices and I see the Raids the same way.

As for the new Raids. If I want to play for 90 minutes I won't spend 45 minutes standing around waiting to form. I don't relish having a team full of incompetent PuG members. Nor a failure due to half the team speeding and half wanting XP. Nor do I have any interest in acquiring another bunch of in-game currency.

The only character which I am LIKELY - not certain - to do the Incarnate stuff on is my main badger. Only for the badges. I am still undecided if I will even bother to do that. But if I do the team will get zero choice; you want me then its my main. You don't like my main, tough luck because I will not do this grind for all my 50s.

For me the game was always about altitus and it's such a shame that there couldn't have been some way of implimenting the end game content which allowed people to still have a large amount of alts which they could use without grinding.

So yes, now it's killed my 50s in the sense everyone wants level shifted etc and frankly I'm not faffing with that on all of them. This is the char you're getting, take it or leave it.

I usually fortune a squishy or if someone fortunes me.

I've been asked not to fortune someone because the visual/sound effects were a problem and/or character background didn't suit it.

One thing that drives me insane is people fortuning in mid-combat. PLEASE don't do that. I'd rather never be fortuned than have that box pop up as I'm trying to kill/buff.

I know there's a lot people who write very imaginative story arcs; which was the aim of AE/MA.

However, I'd like to use it to try a couple of things which I come across in normal content.
1) Fighting LR with the towers from the STF
2) Sleeping the AVs from the last mission of the LRSF

Anyone know either of any arcs with similar challenges or a way to make similar challenges?

Thank you and my compliments to all those who put the effort into some great arcs like 378122 which I enjoyed recently.

Been fiddling witih her a little more. Had a bit of a "Eureka!" moment when someone mentioned that I should be slotting for -to hit in Darkest Night. *facepalm*

So, after changing that and a couple of other things, I'm running the build below. I'm still not 100% happy about it but that -to hit has helped.

Thank you for your input. I'm going to see how she fairs for a week or so then revisit her.

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I just wanted to say a big "Thank you!" to Rodion for posting that build.

I'd got to the point of wanting to set out my fire/dark and was researching ideas through the forum. I'd put together four different set plans none of which made me entirely happy.

After a bit of fiddling with what you posted, I'm running the build below. I'm VERY happy with it.

Because I put in Hasten, I can bottom out in a long fight, so I'm going to add in tier 1 cardiac initially and work up to the Radial Paragon. I think the extra range with be cool.

So ... Thank you!

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I haven't seen any calls on channels about an impromptu Hami (the way you sometimes see for Rikti Mothership) so my guess is it is a SG. However, I'd expect a competent SG to have put together a set of teams capable of finishing: right number of people, right powers. Especially if they've ever been on one of the public raids.

I'm still hoping it is a SG 'practicing' though. Their timing sucks but I'd hate to think it's someone doing this to grief the public Hami raid. That would be quite unpleasant behaviour.

Whether it can be overcome if you get the right team selection/EoEs isn't really relevent. Could at least warn people what's happened so if adjustments have to be made they can be done early.

Words are never enough at this time. My best wishes for you all.

*prods Ribic*

I LIKE cheap.

Friend is getting this error when he tries to install:

Internet File\ Content. IES\4SIO4565\COH_Installer[1].exe abnormal program terminate

Any ideas?

I noticed last year that I wasn't getting acknowledgements for booster packs from NC. I questioned my email provider and was told this:

"it looks as though their mail system doesn't support sender verify for
some reason. Essentially our mail server will check that the sending
address is valid (in real time) before accepting the mail."

I USED to get emails fine then it stopped. So I'm guessing that at some point last year NC changed the way they sent out emails. Players who don't have the codes may well have had the same issue I did.

My email provider put NC's IPs on a 'clear list' so the emails come through now but because NC won't resend, I have no way of reobtaining that information. My email provider said they wouldn't have kept the mail, just bounced it. And NC would have known their mails were being bounced.

Best of luck to everyone still trying to dig themselves out of this mess.

Personally I LIKE the original Master TFs. They require thought, teamwork and it feels like an achievement when it comes off.

To me the new Masters (Apex/Tin) are just "run it enough and you'll get it". 18 team wipes? No problem. Shivs/nukes etc? Fine.

I appreciate that I may be in a minority but to me the new Masters are "Mo-lite".

Zombie Man I want to thank you for having a clue about what is happening. I've just sent your post link about IP blocks to support.

I spent 20 minutes (8th in the queue) on an INTERNATIONAL phone call to get this mess sorted the day it hit and I was locked out of my second account. I got a reset link, I changed my info and I THOUGHT all was sorted. The chap on the phone was lovely and very helpful.

Except, I'm STILL locked out! Presumably because of this IP block.

I've just tried to ring NCSoft; 28th in the queue. So I've just tried to update the support ticket. Now my worry is without speaking to someone they'll get the wrong account and bork my main account as well.

This entire farce of a 'security update' was:
* predictable
* avoidable
* badly planned
* badly implemented
* deserving of an apology to every customer of yours

I honestly cannot believe that anyone with an IQ above their shoe size could possibly have thought this would be either a good idea or a good way to implement this. I sincerely hope someone is getting sharp words in their ear about it. If not I'd be delighted to do so. I'd even willingly pay for that International phone call.

It was a thoroughly beautiful album. Recommend anyone taking the time to have a look through all of it not just the highlights here.

Thank you for your effort.

My initial thoughts are:

Build One

Fallout is handy but often I can't get venge/fallout/mutation off before someone rez's. I could understand dropping fallout.

I admit that I have dropped aim on my rad/rad; I think it will come down to 'do YOU use it'.

Acrobatics I never take. I feel it's a waste of three powers for what it gives. I always slot KB prot and carry breakfrees. I do have CJ on my D3 and a couple of melee chars but only when I have the room.

If you wanted to keep that ancillary, I'd drop SJ, acro and Force of Nature and pick up SS, boxing and tough.

I think if you wanted to keep this power selection, you're looking at a new build to beef def/res with sets because when I just swapped the powers out, I didn't think it added a whole lot to the build.

Low def/res which means you're going to get hit (toggles get mobs attention) and it's going to hurt. I like to build chars to solo (YMMV) and work on the idea that not every brute/tank will have taunt or be under the aggro cap.


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Build 2

I like your def/res numbers better bu as you've seen on my own rad/rad thread; I wonder if that's enough. It's certainly going to be better than build one.

You have a LOT of recharge on this build (AM and Hasten are over perma; AM by quite a way) and perhaps you could drop some of that to push towards 40% or more? Although I'd be tempted to 5 slot Efficacy and take the dam buff.

My instinct is Thunderstrike for the ranged def but you're built more to S/L/E.

The big question is do you really want to chuck Apoc/Rag into that build? If you have them on hand, I can understand it but my natural cheapskate looks for alternatives. LotG Rech

A friend ran some numbers through and decided that Perf Shift Chance +End isn't too different to a Stamina Mod. I haven't ran numbers myself but based on what he said, I tried it and I've got a few chars either just slotted with Numy Regen/Recovery and Perf Shift Chance +End and I haven't really noticed it as being a problem. Obviously 2 Nummys is nice for the Regen bonus.

I'm not sure about the pet. I had an Adept on my fire/kin corr and respec'd out of it. It was handy when I was playing on the Cim wall but bang-for-buck wasn't quite there for me.

In my own thread you mentioned endurance of toggles. I would say that it's absolutely possible to steal some of the end redx (for example in Ennervating Field). That third IO doesn't make that much difference.


Build 3

A brief look at what you just posted and I like the numbers. But again, WAY over on recharge. I'd lose some of that because (for me) once AM is perma, why bother? *hides*


Conclusion

I'm pretty much undecided as you are! I'm doing the rad/rad corr and also working on a fire/dark corr build. I just checked my fire/kin and she only has 44% S/L Res nothing else yet she feels more solid than my rad.

What (if any) Alpha are you using? Cardic solves your end redx issues (although I admit my rad rad is using Spiritual and not having end issues), Spiritual means you could drop some of the purples and pick up def.

Not sure how valuable the above is but .. just a thought. Best of luck.

This plan of yours NC which I didn't want, didn't need and which I wasn't warned about cost me two-thirds of a months subscription in International phone call charges.

While I love this game ... guys ... that was an incredibly stupid plan. It was really badly done.

Please hire a grown up to think about the consequences of changes before they're made.

I got the Wisps option when I tried to make a new char from the Launcher. I got the New costume bit unlocked on a char which I hadn't loaded with the new launcher but started the game the 'normal/old' way.

Don't tell me they've coded something .... flakey?!

Surely not!

I'm disappointed by this. The feet don't seem to have been improved so you can have animal fur legs but attach that to hooves and there is a clear line where they join.

I'm having difficulty seeing where the touted 60 pieces are.

This is the first pack I managed to get a friend of mine to purchase and I think it's a real shame that it's far from the best one.

Beast run is just ugly. Half the time the feet aren't even on the ground. Really poorly done.

Shame.

This issue is shaping up to be of even less interest to me than AE. Nice idea, poorly thought out and badly executed.

I like to solo. I like small teams. I will do larger teams with my friends; generally not PuGs. You're forcing me to PuG on these League/Raids. My friend who cannot cope with a Raid is out of luck on this content.

Your servers cannot handle Raids since the move. I disconnected twice during a recent mothership raid. It wasn't just me; broadcast was full of 'DC'd please reinvite'.

And the content is lazy.

Making all the mobs +4 and purple doesn't mean it's 'challenging'. It means someone was too lazy to think of a better idea.

NC now doesn't like tactics. You proved that with your response to tactics being used on Trapdoor. You made people brute force it to the detriment of the less offensive ATs.

You dumb down content. Original Master of badges required eight decent people and teamwork. A sense of achievement to pull off a TF without dying. This is now reduced to "do the TF often enough and you'll get the badge". Shoddy.

And another in game currency. Oh joy. Because yes obviously the dozen we have already wasn't enough.

Where is the QoL improvement? A couple of helicopters on a side which doesn't have much difficulty with transport? A better, more welcome and universally USEFUL improvement would be to allow rogues to use team leaders bases for porters when blueside and vigilante's to use team leaders bases for porters when redside. THAT would have been an amazing QoL improvement (to rogues espeically - Shard TFs suck as rogue zoning from the Shard to the City and back).

I started playing this because of the varied and updating free content. Solo or teamed, I had options. Not with this; Team/Raid or get lost. Costume pieces were a great draw for me. Where are they?

A great thing with this game was altitus. "Forming X" "What do you need"; people would/could bring pretty much anything you needed and would be happy to do so. With these limited options I can see people only unlocking one character. Only being prepared to take one character on a Raid even if something else would be of more use.

Please please get rid of or reign in whoever thinks we want to play Blizzards 800lb gorilla. If I did, I'd subscribe to that. I don't.

I have two accounts. One for 30 months, the other 18 months. I managed to guess the verify answers on one account but got it wrong on the second account and was locked out of that Master account. However, I COULD still log into the game. Not sure how that rates as 'secure'.

I rang the support line and being in England their short opening hours isn't a problem. That call cost me 50 cents/minute. It took 20 minutes. I was 8th in the queue when I rang just after they opened today. I'm guessing it's going to be a longer queue as time goes on.

I answered a couple of questions - not account codes - and a reset password/questions thing was sent to my email within about 30 mins. I have no problem with the gentleman on the phone; he was very helpful once I explained the problem. After responding to the password/security questions thing I could access my Master account again. Super.

BUT

• Did I get the 'easy questions' to answer to verify my account because I have two accounts (with similar info) and I had successfully got one verified? I could not have provided email verification codes from account start up.
• I lost a lot of emails from NCSoft last year because "it looks as though their mail system doesn't support sender verify for some reason. Essentially our mail server will check that the sending address is valid (in real time) before accepting the mail." my email provider bounced the emails and I had no way of knowing.
• I cannot find a way to change the security questions unless I deliberately lock myself out of my Master account then ring support to get them to send me a reset pass/questions email.
• My IP changes - you want me to do this everytime this happens?
• The questions are not secure especially if they can't be changed
• The biggest issue is the forum passwords being the same as NC login. That should NEVER have been done and that was NC's choice not mine. Before you forced this, I had separate passwords
• I am concerned that because I have to use a proxy to see the USA NCStore that I will no longer be able to buy boosters/expansions.

CoX is one of the few games that didn't lock me out of the store/game because I am not in the USA. I sincerely hope that is not where we are going with these 'security measures'.