CaptainMoodswing

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It is possible to get the Pentad Victor badge on a villain.

1) Log in your villain.
2) Go to the Arena.
3) Start a Hero Pentad.
4) Get two heroes of the same AT to join, just so you get someone else on the other team.
5) Start the event, wait for the timer, and have the solo Hero on the second team exit.
6) Villain get the badge!

I suspect a Kheldian may be able to do the same thing, or you can do what Sadyre suggested.

P.S. If this is an exploit, specifically using a bug to earn a bugged badge, then this post will probably disappear. If it's still here tomorrow, then I guess this is a perfectly valid way to earn the badge. So you might want to wait till then if you're trying to avoid using exploits.

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I really should read this section more often. You rock, Doc!

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So I've been thinking about what to do this Double XP Weekend to maximize my influence earning -- like DC, my badge toon has a lot of inf, but 2 billion is a CRAPLOAD when you really take a look at it.

This time around, instead of leveling lowbies, I think I want to put as serious a dent in that 2 billion as I can -- what do you all think is the most efficient way to go about that? I know exemping is a good option (since that's already 2x influence, right, so that should then be 4x influence), but isn't Ouroboros also normally 2x influence? The weakness of Ouroboros runs, of course, is the "closed" nature of them, but perhaps that could be minimized by doing shorter arcs, or simply restarting if necessary.

So what's the consensus? Is there a perceived more efficient way to earn influence toward those badges (and hopefully something that doesn't require extensive setup and juggling, like exemping MIGHT)?

Thanks, guys!

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I was going to tell you how I did it, but you lost me at "doesn't require extensive setup..."

Might be easiest to wait for that custom difficulty setting, and flashback the TV invasion set for 6.

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Hi Victory,

You know your playing to much COH, when this gadget needs to be added to curb your gaming thirst.

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Yeah, cutting off the power directly seems a bit extreme, and could damage some systems. Especially if it says "Please don't turn off your console!" :P

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BABs has been thinking about Fiery Melee Stalkers...

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Where there's fire, there's smoke...and smoke hides just as well as being invisible. I could easily see a Fiery Melee or Fiery Aura Stalker work. Especially if Placate and Hide involved vanishing into a swirling mass of smoke and embers, and then reappearing in a sudden blazing flash when you strike, like a backdraft.

That could be pretty darn cool.

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I've never understood why smoke in this game can cause stealth. Yes smoke can obscure, but it has to be on a grand scale. A moving smoke cloud on a city street isn't very stealthy...

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Maybe the smoke cloud doesn't move, as it is centered on the person the would be stalker is hiding from...

I always thought eagle's claw was a weird name for a kick...

Time to send out the TWEET FLEET

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Not to rain on anyone's parade but if I end up paying $39.99 for two new power sets that I don't find interesting, I will be one angry gamer...those demons better be Completely new and awesome looking....if I get to control Nerva Demons, Behemoths and other in game demons...I'll be angry

--Demon Summoning/Darkness*

What does Darkness mean? Can it mean Dark Pact? Dark Miasma?

--Dual Pistols/Energy*

Is this Energy Melee from the current set?


A giant part of me already speculates that GR's will be power set specific Already existing Players will be able to go only to Praetoria...I feel like Praetoria will be the only mixing zone for existing toons.

Here is my speculation:

If you make a toon from the Going Rogue power sets, you will be allowed to walk between the RI, PC and Praetoria. If you have a pre-Going Rogue hero/villain you will be allowed to switch sides by going to Praetoria and doing opposing faction missions...that is if you are a hero you can go to Praetoria and help Tyrant. and if you are a villain you can go and...do whatever it is that villains do in Praetoria. you will not be allowed into PC tho, I feel that GR will have that limit, you can switch sides in Praetoria and Pretoria only if you made a toon prior to GR.


See there's another hole in GR...What is the faction in Praetoria that fights Tyrant?


I do like the expansion, I just don't see GR coming out this year...I see it as a 2nd quarter release for next year. Is anyone able to remember when CoV was mentioned compared to its launch?

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You know what, I disagree.

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and tell us what the next booster set will be... im bored with teh science one... :P

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Probably something like: "Mutant Mayhem"? "Striking Mutations"? "Natural instincts"? "Natural Curiosity?" :P

No article from TopDoc?

Will War Witch be attending? I'd love to know what she thinks of my Infernia dialogue. (in arc 3864) She did write that bit from LGTF, right? :P

This post is full of whine.

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tried doing an unrated pentad hero vs villain match, no badge- is it bugged?

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Me and some friends tried doing the hero septad and were not awarded the badge. (we had a kheld friend that wanted the badge).

We tried various settings but nothing seemed to work. I sent in a bug report.

The hero vs hero pentad worked fine for us though.

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Has anyone tried villain vs villain pentad?

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Yes yes ... FINE!

But when will we be able to talk to fish?

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Anybody can talk to fish.

It's getting an answer that's hard.

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A fix is being implemented internally, but probably won't see the light of day until after Issue 15 is launched.

We do read and appreciate all feedback.

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This is obviously a much more complex issue than I've been thinking for the past couple months. I confess I'm no programmer but...AFTER issue 15?

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There is also a queue of updates that have to be approved by QA.

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2) Oh, goody, they want the fight with Reichsman to be "challenging." In my experience, what that means is "impossible for pickup groups" and "requires a specific mix of archetypes and powersets, including none of the ones I prefer to play." I doubt that Paragon knows how to make a strike force that would make people say, "Wow, this is going to be tough; we better make sure we have enough masterminds and at least one stalker."

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We wanted these fights to be challenging – Reichsman is very, very powerful – and to allow the players to take different approaches.

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"Different approaches" is an unknown. We'll have to wait and see to find out exactly what this entails. It could be that your MMs and Stalks are suddenly going to be very viable.

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I"m sorry, "suddenly" viable?
o.O

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Eh. You know what I mean.


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hehe

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2) Oh, goody, they want the fight with Reichsman to be "challenging." In my experience, what that means is "impossible for pickup groups" and "requires a specific mix of archetypes and powersets, including none of the ones I prefer to play." I doubt that Paragon knows how to make a strike force that would make people say, "Wow, this is going to be tough; we better make sure we have enough masterminds and at least one stalker."

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From the article:
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We wanted these fights to be challenging – Reichsman is very, very powerful – and to allow the players to take different approaches.

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"Different approaches" is an unknown. We'll have to wait and see to find out exactly what this entails. It could be that your MMs and Stalks are suddenly going to be very viable.

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I"m sorry, "suddenly" viable?
o.O

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Any possibility for some type of acrobatic type of movement as a new movement power?

Kind of like what Sabertooth does when he runs.

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Sabertooth is acrobatic?

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amg, see the movie

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Or Classic X-Men number 10, part b, in which he is the focus of the story but is never seen. (Except for his hands.) Although I guess that's more "being sneaky" than acrobatic. :/

Spies would only have jam trousers that activate when you are being chased by sharks.

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To anyone who thinks there will be or wants a new "Spy" archetype... please, elaborate, what would this archetype actually DO?

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I was thinking about that too. We already have Banes, Stalkers, /Devices Blasters...

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Yeah, I'd be kinda sad if I couldn't play it on the MacBook pro I bought last June.


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This is really exciting alright. I'm just hoping the hardware requirements stay similar, my old box has been chugging away on this game for years, when CoV came out I took a framerate hit but everything still hums along.
I have no problem at all paying for an expansion, I would expect to see some big new zones and new mission maps!! For the Love of Pete, new MISSION MAPS! I'm so sick of caves and warehouses my head would explode... ;D

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You know what would be cooler than demon summoning?
Custom. Demon summoning.

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Personally, I can't wait for the day that the number of Dev Choice missions is greater than the number of people with the Bug Hunter badge.

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That would be nice.. and I'm hoping mine is one of them... if, of course, it would get some plays and back into 5-stars where it was before the latest grieving.

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Hehe...I'll do my part, I'll add it to the list...I'm always looking for feedback on "Sadystic Tendencies", arc 7206, if you want to trade.

Edit, 7206. I wasn't even close. lol

Personally, I can't wait for the day that the number of Dev Choice missions is greater than the number of people with the Bug Hunter badge.

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Cool video! Though I still think you should hire on Samuraiko! Look what she can do -without- your resources, Hmmmm...? Imagine what she could do as a contracted employee!

-Rachel-

*edit* Samuraiko/Dark_Respite/Michelle/Lady of WIN!

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Why would they hire on someone for a position that doesn't exist, that they would need exactly 3 or 4 times a year? o.O

"The Builder line of badges has had their requirements to obtain decreased substantially, so that the final badge “Master Builder” has the same requirements as getting a mission into the Hall of Fame. "

I only got the first badge. Is the counter broken?

[edit] I needed one more vote in order to "kick start" the rest of the badges. Weird.

Today after the patch, I got dinged with 2 errors, making my story unplayable. Sister Psyche and Ghost Widow's existing bios exceed the character limit. So I deleted them, and it runs now.