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  1. Caulderone
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mazey View Post
    That would only be true if we got our September reward tokens at the start of Freedom rather than on the billing date. But we did not.

    The things we got in advance for September were points and transfers, not the reward tokens. I had exactly the number of tokens when Freedom started as I did in the beta and exactly the amount all the calculators said I should.
    I did not get the September token in advance. So we should get September's token on our first renewal date, not a month after.

    Tokens awarded from prior to Freedom headstart were on a completely different system and have no bearing from here on out.

    My account renewed on Sept. 15th. I got no Points or Token. Per my support ticket, my Token will award after the paid/played month (roughly Oct. 15th). My Sept. Points were awarded at Headstart (13th) instead of on the 15th. My next Points will be awarded at my renewal date (15th) in October.

    Points are frontloaded (excluding Sept.'s being granted at headstart). Tokens are backloaded (awarded at END of month paid/played) beginning on next renewal after Headstart launch day (Sept. 13th).

    Transfer tokens appear to be awarding to all on the 1st of the month.
  2. Caulderone

    Catalyst 11.9

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Renardine View Post
    Leave everything application controlled? and if so... what do I do with:
    Morphological Filtering?
    Filter- box, tent, edge detect..etc?
    Tessellation?
    Catalyst AI?
    Enable Surface Format Optimization?
    MipMap Detail Level?
    I'm running thusly, with good results, with Application controlled unless said otherwise:

    Morphological: NO
    Box (default)
    Tesselation: AMD optimized
    AI: Quality (enable surface checked)
    Mipmap: Quality (default)
    Vertical Refresh: Always on (off in game, I've had better luck this way)
    AA: Adapative MS
    Triple Buffering: ON (probably the only thing worth changing, as default is off).

    Triple Buffering can make a big difference. If you don't do anything else, turn it on.
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  4. Caulderone

    Tanking Posi help

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    I would be tempted to say go SR/Dark. High defense plus a self-heal every 6ish seconds. Here's an example build:

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    Bear in mind, the L21 D/R in the powers are to simulate the GR Starter enhancements (for the L20 and below proc). If you don't have those, the level should be 25 instead.

    You could level from 20 to 22 doing Tips to get the Steadfast, if you can't afford it. I frankenslotted attacks instead of going with SOs.
  5. Caulderone
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man View Post
    To my knowledge, your Paragon Reward Tokens and Server Transfer Tokens should, going forward, hit your account on your bill date.
    Reward Tokens are backloaded at the end of your paid/played month. So, the first Token awarded will be 1 month _after_ your first renewal date after the launch of Freedom.

    I'm not sure about Transfer tokens. My reply from support didn't talk about those. However, it looks like everyone got the Transfer token on Oct. 1. So, they may simply do that on the first of every month.

    edit: I posted this in another thread, based on my reply from Support. Figured I might as well repost it here, since it might help some folks' confusion....

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Caulderone View Post
    September's points were applied at Head Start instead of renewal date.

    Starting October 1, you should get your Points on the renewal date in October.

    Tokens are awarded at the end of the current paid playtime. In other words, Tokens are backloaded at the end of each paid/played month. So, you should get a Token 1 month after your first renewal date after the launch of Freedom.
  6. Caulderone
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zyphoid View Post
    So, my account renewed today, and when I checked my 550 points, nor my token were applied. Does anyone have any clue how long it takes them to apply? I am not in a hurry, as there is nothing I want to purchase, I am more just curious.

    Per my above post, you should get your 550 Points today. Your Token is a month away.

    Exactly when today the points are applied is the question. If they haven't been applied by tomorrow morning, I'd file a Support Ticket.
  7. Caulderone
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DeProgrammer View Post
    From the sound of what I read in various other topics, your rewards are applied at the END of your month for the previous month (still on the billing date), but the rewards from September were applied during the VIP Head Start.

    September's points were applied at Head Start instead of renewal date.

    Starting October 1, you should get your Points on the renewal date in October.

    Tokens are awarded at the end of the current paid playtime. In other words, Tokens are backloaded at the end of each paid/played month. So, you should get a Token 1 month after your first renewal date after the launch of Freedom.
  8. Caulderone
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Justice_Bringer View Post
    Scorch for Tanks displays Res: -20% (Tgt)
    That's because all Tier 1 Tanker attacks do -20% Resist to Target. It's called Bruising.
  9. Caulderone
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Morgan Reed View Post
    • And I have no idea about the Reward Token. Some received them on their billing date, and others didn't. At least some of the ones that didn't did start September off with an extra.
    Per my (and others') email from Support, Tokens are backloaded. In other words, they come at the end of each paid/played month, instead of the beginning.
  10. Caulderone
    Thank you!
  11. Caulderone
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SpittingTrashcan View Post
    You know, being able to walk right out of any level of stacked caltrops is the first thing that has ever made PvPIOs seem worth the price to me.
    Teleport (base slot EndRedux) is a lot cheaper way to do it.
  12. Caulderone
    There is a purchase history (last 90 days) in the Store in game under the My Account section.

    edit: Ah, here is the directions...

    Open up the store, click on "my account", login. Now select "billing summary" tab and scroll down to the "microtransactions history" section (last 90 days).
  13. Caulderone
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rylas View Post
    Right now, my lvl 29 SR/DM is sitting at 44% defense and that's just my toggles, autos, and Combat Jumping with only SO level enhancements. I plan on using the Steadfast IO for rounding out the defense over the soft-cap, but I wasn't sure if I should bother with anything else than +HP for the rest of my bonuses.

    Anyone else going a different route for increasing the durability of their SR tank?
    Enough recharge (bonuses or slotting) to have PB overlap (plus your desired attack chain), defense (cap or over) to taste, endurance management to taste, as much +HP as possible, and then as much +regen as you can get. Tough (slotted) is also pretty darn nice for stretching survival.

    That's my view.

    Others will tout Aid Self, too, though I personally loathe it.
  14. Caulderone

    SR/MA build

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LSK View Post
    As for PB on Hami it is also the KB protection just like for SD this way Hami will not KB you around when taunting.
    Single stacked PB provides the same KB protection as Invuln./WP/Ice get. Do those get knocked around by Hami? I've never heard that they do. So, I still don't see the point of double stacking it.

    But, no skin off my back if you do so.
  15. Caulderone
    Got my reply, too. Looks like the same copy block.

    So, Points get awarded at the beginning of each paid month, with Sept.'s being given early (at headstart).

    And Tokens get awarded at the end of each paid month.

    That makes sense, and I can live with it.

    As I said, I just wanted an official explanation of how it worked so that I could verify that I got what I was supposed to.

    So, I'm squared away now.
  16. Caulderone

    SR/MA build

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LSK View Post
    Granted it would give me more def. You also only slotted 1 end on practiced brawler with no recharge and I do HAMI with my tanks, that is why i put those MBs in there.
    What does Hami do that requires double stacking PB?

    Invuln/Elec/Ice/Fire/DarkArmor can't double stack their status protection, and do fine (same numbers as 1 PB).

    Not saying you are wrong, I just don't understand.
  17. Caulderone
    Ok, got another reply today. They are apparently having a meeting in the next day to go over how the subscription awards (points/tokens) are supposed to be working.

    After that has been covered/clarified, they will get back to me again with the correct/appropriate response.

    So, possibly getting closer to understanding what is going on.
  18. Caulderone

    SR/MA build

    POST-ACTION

    You've slotted several sets that give primarily S/L or N/E defense that give small positional bonuses (Mocking Beratement, Thunderstrike). Ditch these for a positional build.

    You've not slotted the Steadfast +3 Defense in Tough? *boggle* I can see not slotting the PvP +3 Def, as it's crazy expensive, but not the Steadfast.

    Here's a redo, with 2 spare slots, that would be closer to what I would do. It leaves the attack slotting up to you.

    edit: It also has Weave, to get closer to the Incarnate softcap (59%) if you are on a trial with lots of End recovery but low Defense buffs. Won't normally need it. Also, has 2450 HP before attack slotting.


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  19. Caulderone
    Thank you!
  20. Caulderone
    My renewal was on the 15th. No Token and No Points. There are 3 or 4 threads in various spots about many people with this issue.

    My thread is in the Main Discussion section. There is one in the I21 bugs section. There is one in the Tech Issues section.

    Still waiting to here back from Support again, myself.
  21. Caulderone
    No update/news today.

    Has anyone else had any updates on this, or a similar, issue?

    I asked over here, too... http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=271608
  22. Caulderone
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Storyteller View Post
    Got a response from

    Any update on yours yet? None on mine so far.
  23. Caulderone
    There are several threads for those of us who should have gotten a Token and Point grant for our renewal date that didn't get them. Here's mine:

    http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=271907

    Bear in mind, as per the linked article above, the awarded points and tokens are doled out one month at a time. You will not get all 3 up front.

    edit: Here's another thread:
    http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=271608
  24. Caulderone
    There were no Token grants for July or August, unless of course you got a Vet Badge during that time.

    Pre-headstart, you got Tokens for Vet Badges, post-headstart, it's per month. Although, I still didn't get my new per-month one. (edit: You did get bonus Points for June-August.)

    Here's my thread on that: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=271907
  25. Caulderone
    After no response yesterday, I received one today. Given the last one said 48 hours, that's expected.

    Today's message was:
    "We are currently investigating when the monthly Paragon Points/Reward Token should be granted or if there is an actual issue, and will get back to you as soon as we have more information to provide. We appreciate your patience while we look into this."

    So, still hanging out in limbo.