ColonelKomphort

You're kidding me!

Don't get me wrong. That makes sense, as an explanation as to why my participation level is considered low, but, OMG! I wouldn't think that the devs would do such a thing! Of course, they DID make it impossible to target one's self with Clear Mind or Fortification, so...

Again, just another way Empaths are shortchanged.

GM told me to post this here, after I had already posted it in the Player's Help forum:

I have an Empath defender, who I am trying to get badges for. I wanted to get the Laureate badge. Went to paragonwiki, and it said the badge is awarded when you, "Complete the "The Great Escape" zone event in Neutropolis." (not using paragonwiki as the official word, only as a guide) So, I tried to solo the event, with no luck, mainly because Emp Defs are "poor solo characters", "designed to team", etc. This makes sense; half my powers dont work when I'm soloing, since they only target teammates, not self.

So, the next logical step: I get a teammate. Run it again. (Remember, you have to wait an hour between runs.) This time, we complete it. My teammate, he gets the Reward selection of the badge. I get to pick from a DO enhancement, information, or an inspiration. No badge. We run it again. Again, he gets to select an emote, I get enh, inf, or insp.

I petition the GMs for the badge, and I am told that,

"The rewards for zone events are unlocked by players' direct participation level in them. This means that, at the end, any reward tier that becomes available is based on your character's participation throughout the event itself.

In this case it means that you didn't meet the participation requirement for it. The best suggestion I can make is for you to keep running the event, ensuring that you participate fully in all phases of the trial."

My teammate can testify, I participated fully, by buffing, healing, and occasionally blasting my way through the event. Also, it would seem to me, that the Rewards menu would not have presented itself if I had NOT directly participated. Also, I did some research on the forums, and according to Baryonyx,

"Once a player qualifies for a component reward, the final block of choices presented to the player are rolled randomly. If you qualified for a component reward, you reached the level of participation for yourself and your league needed to have a chance at any component type."

(See City of Heroes Forums > Official City of Heroes Freedom Forums > Development > Developers' Corner > Incarnate Rewards. Sorry, I dont know how to tag another thread)

So, I run the event again. This time, I lead the team, I am blasting away (I only have one attack power in my build, but I set it as my autopower), I ask my teammate to let me have some kills, and, again, I get the Reward menu: DO enh, inf, or insp.

Now, it seems to me, that the badge SHOULD be awarded for running the event. If it is awarded via the Rewards Menu, it should be on the first tier, which means, I should have gotten it. I dont know what else I can do, but it is sooo frustrating to not be able to complete this badge run in less than four (three SUCCESSFUL) attempts.

Empaths always seem to get the short end of the deal. We have to team, that's what our Primary powerset is designed to do, but when we do, we get shorted out of the rewards. It seems to me that if an Empath and a Tanker run this event, the Empath will always get shorted out of the badge. Maybe I'm not seeing this correctly, but this doesn't seem fair. Please help!

I have an Empath defender, who I am trying to get badges for. I wanted to get the Laureate badge. Went to paragonwiki, and it said the badge is awarded when you, "Complete the "The Great Escape" zone event in Neutropolis." So, I tried to solo the event, with no luck, mainly because Emp Defs are "poor solo characters", "designed to team", etc. This makes sense; half my powers dont work when I'm soloing, since they only target teammates, not self.

So, the next logical step: I get a teammate. Run it again. (Remember, you have to wait an hour between runs.) This time, we complete it. My teammate, he gets the Reward selection of the badge. I get to pick from a DO enhancement, information, or an inspiration. No badge. We run it again. Again, he gets to select an emote, I get enh, inf, or insp.

I petition the GMs for the badge, and I am told that,

"The rewards for zone events are unlocked by players' direct participation level in them. This means that, at the end, any reward tier that becomes available is based on your character's participation throughout the event itself.

In this case it means that you didn't meet the participation requirement for it. The best suggestion I can make is for you to keep running the event, ensuring that you participate fully in all phases of the trial."

My teammate can testify, I participated fully, by buffing, healing, and occasionally blasting my way through the event. Also, it would seem to me, that the Rewards menu would not have presented itself if I had NOT directly participated. Also, I did some research on the forums, and according to Baryonyx,

"Once a player qualifies for a component reward, the final block of choices presented to the player are rolled randomly. If you qualified for a component reward, you reached the level of participation for yourself and your league needed to have a chance at any component type."

(See City of Heroes Forums > Official City of Heroes Freedom Forums > Development > Developers' Corner > Incarnate Rewards. Sorry, I dont know how to tag another thread)

So, I run the event again. This time, I lead the team, I am blasting away, I ask my teammate to let me have some kills, and, again, I get the Reward menu: DO enh, inf, or insp.

Now, it seems to me, that the badge SHOULD be awarded for running the event. If it is awarded via the Rewards Menu, it should be on the first tier, which means, I should have gotten it. I dont know what else I can do, but it is sooo frustrating to not be able to complete this badge run in less than four (SUCCESSFUL) attempts. Empaths always seem to get the short end of the deal. We have to team, that's what our Primary powerset is designed to do, but when we do, we get shorted out of the rewards.

I'll go, bringing Emerald Green, lvl 50 Empath Defender

First off, let me apologize. I meant no ill will against StarGeek, Taxibot_Belle, Forbin_Project, or the City of Heroes/Villians community in general. I would also like to apologize to the community for my language; I didn't really need to go there, and to those who found it offensive, I will promise to clean it up in the future. StarGeek's response was well-written, polite, and non-offensive, and I never meant to imply that it was anything but.

Once again, a hasty posting, and a lack of humor translating well into text, has gotten me into trouble.

Second, as to necroing: I never intended to do this. I had a problem. I searched the forums. My search criteria was: Keyword: changehandle, and I found a Subject that was appropriate.

I have read the rules, and what it says is this:

Can one petition for a global name change token, or is that a "Don't bother, ain't gonna happen"-type thing? And how does one go about doing such a thing, if it is possible?

You guys don't seem to understand; I don't care about the recharge. I don't use it that often anyways. But when I DO use it, I HATE the fact that I lose all my endurance afterward! So, I don't use it. I figured that slotting end mods would take away SOME of the endurance loss. THAT's what I want it to do.

Now, I know somebody's going to say, "you're wrong. That's not what end mod does to that power." To you, I say, "Right now, it does NOTHING! How can you be so sure that that isn't how it was supposed to work?"

In the meanwhile, this becomes a useless power to me, no matter how many recharges and endurance reducers I use.

He DID say that he had it slotted with the controller ATO set. Would that make a difference?

This is not what I understand is happening. I am getting this secondand, I dont have the Dark Controller, my SGmate does, and he says that he is able to get xp from standing around and watching the confused kill his mates. If this is so, then I want to go make me a Dark troller. I was just checking before I do.

So, bottom line, is, it doesn't work. Okay. How do I get my free respec so I can choose a different power?

The Darkness Control power, Posess, uses the confuse status effect. That status effect, I understand, is supposed to not allow you to get xp if the confuse victim kills another enemy. However, it is my understanding that it does, that is, the victim kills another enemy, and you get the xp. Is this correct?

In fact, what I WANT to do, is slot three Performance Shifters in order to get the bonuses from them. But it makes no sense to do it without getting the End Mod benefits also.

I think I want my money back on this one.

What does slotting Endurance Modification enhancements do to the Force of Nature power in the Power Mastery powerset? I know what it is supposed to do, but it doesn't. I asked the question on Friday's Freedom Friday session, and they suggested I post it here.

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My mistake. Powers That Be, who control this part of the internet, could you please move this thread to the proper place it should be? Is that sort of thing possible? If not, I will repost where it should be, but common sense says you should be able to write a query to move a thread from one folder to another.

I have attached to my computer a R.A.T-7 mouse that has several features, the most significant of which, is it's ability to be programmed. I wondered if anyone out there also uses this mouse. If you do, then I wondered if you would be willing to share how you have programmed your mouse.

Sounds like fun, and you forgot to mention how rich this TF is: lots of shards, inf, merits, recipes, salvage, everything!

Not sure which character I will bring, but I'll be there.

If I could figure out how to do it, I would post a picture of Steve Urkel saying, "Did I do that?"

Sorry, guys. Like I said, every time I post a reply on here, I get my head bit off. I think my sense of humor gets lost in the translation or something.

I am a 52-year-old retired computer programmer with a lot of spare time who likes to play games, and specifically, this game. I never meant to stir up any conflict. I apologize for posting. I may be a five-year veteran on Champion, but I am still a forum board noob. I started this brouhah by asking a question that I thought was innocent enough, and I never meant any harm by it.

Let me reiterate this, though: Excellent guide, never meant to disrespect the work that was put into it.

One other thing, this is for Cobalt. Sorry, dude, but what happened was this (wish I had actual transcripts, but I dont): I asked Cherry Cupcakes to change the MotD, to add an event. She said she couldn't, unless it was scheduled in the Calendar of Events. In other words, putting it on the CoE was a NECESSARY condition to putting it on the MotD. When I asked how to get something put into the Calendar of Events, THEN she SUGGESTED I put something on the boards. THAT was the suggestion. The suggestion was NOT that I COULD put it on the boards, but that putting something on the boards would be how to get something into the Calendar of Events, and then eventually on the MotD. Sure, having something on the boards, on the CoE, on the FB page, all make sense NOW, but at the time, I just wanted one thing: the MotD. You can say that that was for my benefit if you want, but to tell you the truth, I would have never even started this thing if she had just added a message to the MotD, because I would have never gone to the boards. I'm not blaming Cherry Cupcakes, either. She was just doing her "job". Im just trying to get my facts straight.

Please don't bite my head off over this, Cobalt. I mean no harm. I'm just trying to understand what it is that I am supposed to be doing. And I am sure that my reply is probably in the wrong place, not relevant, and has a few spelling mistakes. That's why I try to stay OFF the boards: I figure my $0.02 is somehow interfering with REAL work. The devs have enough to read without having to moderate my posts. So, maybe I am not google-literate, as Sep suggested. I am willing to admit, I'm not forum board-literate, obviously. If my asking one question caused all this, I will not be visiting the boards again any time soon. But let me say this: very few times have I ever been DISCOURAGED to ask questions, like I feel I have been this time. I won't be asking any more questions on here any time soon.

And I'm sorry if I went over any word limit in this or my previous post, I'm trying to avoid being misunderstood.

And I'm sorry for not adding any graphics.

There, have I apologized to everybody?