Ex_Libris

Greetings Mac Ones!

We'd like to officially welcome you to our community and give you a space of your own to help you develop ties and resources related to your game play experience.

Enjoy the fun, but make sure you keep up with our posted policies and rules.

Some things to remember about our forums, a sticky doesn't equal a save so if there is a thread you would like saved over a long period of time please PM one of our forum moderators or administrators to help you with your request.

Also we have a very helpful community so we want you to branch out and join other forum groups but we know the value of containing relevant resources in an easy to find location.

So here is your sand pile but don't forget there is a whole bunch of great terrain within our greater community so don't be shy.

Welcome aboard!

Regards,

Ex Libris

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
West Coast Servers City of Heroes servers will be down from 5:00 AM to 6:00 AM PST (7:00 AM to 8:00 AM CST) for maintenance.

Champion, Guardian, Justice, Protector, Virtue, the Public Training Room will be offline during this time.

In-game Transactions such as Character Slot purchases/redemption, Character Rename, Character Transfer, and Character Respec purchases may also be affected during this period.

Regards,

Ex Libris

The below flier is posted on behalf of the player organization promoting the event.

For more information about having an event flier posted, please see the Event Posting Rules

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Yes!!! Thank you!!! Applied this hotfix and now I'm all the way back up to the latest nVidia driver - 180.48 for my 8800GT in Vista Prem 64 - with unbelievable performance and no crashes!!

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I'm so glad to hear this helped your issue.

Thank you for checking back with us to confirm.

Regards,


Ex

Please try applying the Microsoft hotfix located here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953186

Please click the "View and request hotfix downloads" link at the very top of the page, and follow the instructions Microsoft provides.


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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. You are running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 on a computer that has multi-core processors. A driver on the computer calls the MmProbeAndLockPages routine asynchronously. In this scenario, data corruption may occur.

This problem occurs randomly. It typically occurs when the following conditions are true:

* The computer has some graphics processing devices installed.
* You are running a graphics-intensive application.

When this problem occurs, the system or the application may crash. The actual symptoms vary, depending on the specific drivers that are installed on the computer.

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So much for a couple days, I decided you guys needed an update for the holidays!

Unless you require it for a game other than COX, I highly suggest you utilize the Pre-PhysX drivers I've provided. Once PhysX was enabled, the problems began snowballing. However, I've included them because for some of you, lack of at least the option to try them to reduce your crashing, could be a deal-breaker. In most cases, the PhysX enabled driver I've listed will drastically reduce crashing, but will not eliminate it.

*For 6xxx,7xxx,8xxx Series cards, such as 8800GT*
For Vista 64 bit users:

Nvidia Forceware Vista 64 English WHQL 169.25 Pre-PhysX


For Vista 32 bit users:

Nvidia Forceware Vista 32 English WHQL 169.25 Pre-PhysX


*For 9xxx Series Cards*

Note: Listing Three Drivers. Try the higher numbered one first. Work Backwards. Use caution if you decide to try the 177.39 WHQL, as it retroactively includes PhysX support. (I did not provide a link.)

For Vista 64 bit users:

Nvidia Forceware Vista 64 English 177.79 Pre-PhysX
Nvidia Forceware Vista 64 English WHQL 175.16 Pre-PhysX
Nvidia Forceware Vista 64 English WHQL 174.74 Pre-PhysX

For Vista 32 bit users:

Nvidia Forceware Vista 32 English 177.79 Pre-PhysX
Nvidia Forceware Vista 32 English WHQL 175.16 Pre-PhysX
Nvidia Forceware Vista 32 English WHQL 174.74 Pre-PhysX


*For 2xx Series Cards*

Note: Listing Two Drivers. Try the higher numbered one first. Work Backwards.

For Vista 64 bit users:

Nvidia Forceware Vista 64 English WHQL 177.41 PhysX Enabled
Nvidia Forceware Vista 64 English 177.35 Pre-PhysX

For Vista 32 bit users:

Nvidia Forceware Vista 32 English WHQL 177.41 PhysX Enabled
Nvidia Forceware Vista 32 English 177.35 Pre-PhysX

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Thank you Tease for pulling up this information for the community. Our compatibility lab is aware of the issues and is testing out various cards. We will contact nVidia with our findings but we don't expect resolution until after the New Year.

Thank you for helping your fellow players trouble shoot this issue.

Regards,

Ex

Heroes &amp; Villains--

We are pleased to help the Player Event Resource Committee aka P.E.R.C. announce all the final server winners from the Mr/Ms Contest. Each of these winners will compete in categories (separated by colors below) on the test server at a later date. This is the second annual Mr/Ms competition and we look forward to the finals being completed some time next month. The original date selected by P.E.R.C of January 3rd, 2008 will not be able to occur as scheduled due to an issue with the Character Copy Tool that allows characters to be transferred from live servers to our test server. We are working internally on solutions for this tool but regret to inform the community that the date for these finals is dependent on that working properly. We will update you on likely dates for this early in January.

We'd like to thank the P.E.R.C. members and all participants from all servers for making this annual event possible. We look forward to the results and we will be keeping the whole community updated with changes as we know more information.

Feel free to use this thread for congratulating your fellow players, the P.E.R.C, posting screenshots and or discussing the event. To discuss any other issues like character copy tool etc. please go to the respective forum sections and look for threads already in progress.

Thank you all for your on going support of player created contests and events and we look forward to more great events on the horizon.

Please join with me to congratulate the server winners of 2008 Mr. &amp; Ms. Paragon City &amp; Mr. &amp; Ms. Rogue Isles:

The WINNING finalists for CHAMPION are:
<ul type="square">[*]Ms. Paragon City is Senior Airman's Wife
[*]Mr. Paragon City is Most Amazing Healer
[*]Ms. Rogue Isles is Dollmistress
[*]Mr. Rogue Isles is War Raze [/list]
The WINNING finalists for FREEDOM are:
<ul type="square">[*]Ms. Paragon City is Tin Toy Soldier
[*]Mr. Paragon City is Justice Harrier
[*]Ms. Rogue Isles is Lucent Computer
[*]Mr. Rogue Isles is Argos the Defiler[/list]
The WINNING finalists for GUARDIAN are:
<ul type="square">[*]Ms. Paragon City is Chime
[*]Mr. Paragon City is Sinner Saint
[*]Ms. Rogue Isles is Bloodmoon Orchid
[*]Mr. Rogue Isles is Corrupted Haruspex[/list]
The WINNING finalists for INFINITY are:
<ul type="square">[*]Ms. Paragon City is Captain Lyte
[*]Mr. Paragon City is Memory of Running
[*]Ms. Rogue Isles is Thief
[*]Mr. Rogue Isles is Edrien[/list]
The WINNING finalists for JUSTICE are:
<ul type="square">[*]Ms. Paragon City is Cassie
[*]Mr. Paragon City is Choake
[*]Ms. Rogue Isles is Megumi Yamato
[*]Mr. Rogue Isles is Killiandros[/list]
The WINNING finalists for LIBERTY are:
<ul type="square">[*]Ms. Paragon City is Flawless Perfection!
[*]Mr. Paragon City is Jack o' Diamonds!
[*]Ms. Rogue Isles is Naimah
[*]Mr. Rogue Isles is Soul Shiver[/list]
The WINNING finalists for PINNACLE are:
<ul type="square">[*]Ms. Paragon City is LoveChyld
[*]Mr. Paragon City is KeyBlade
[*]Ms. Rogue Isles is Lady Tsukikage
[*]Mr. Rogue Isles is Wolflare[/list]
The WINNING finalists for PROTECTOR are:
<ul type="square">[*]Ms. Paragon City is Selena Silvermoon
[*]Mr. Paragon City is Egypt's Son
[*]Ms. Rogue Isles is Diable
[*]Mr. Rogue Isles is Mister Maniacal [/list]
The WINNING finalists for TRIUMPH are:
<ul type="square">[*]Ms. Paragon City is Valeska
[*]Mr. Paragon City is Dragonfyre
[*]Ms. Rogue Isles is Lady Nocturna
[*]Mr. Rogue Isles is UltraTroll[/list]

The WINNING finalists for VICTORY are:
<ul type="square">[*]Ms. Paragon City is Callie's Rage
[*]Mr. Paragon City is Medikinetic
[*]Ms. Rogue Isles is Lady Lylith
[*]Mr. Rogue Isles is Prince Ramenudel[/list]

The WINNING finalists for VIRTUE are:
<ul type="square">[*]Ms. Paragon City is Pistil Dangerous
[*]Mr. Paragon City is Fayd Firebrand
[*]Ms. Rogue Isles is Clockwork Bride
[*]Mr. Rogue Isles is Toxic Bat[/list]

Happymerrykwansafestivuschannukkahsolsticechristma sconsumeristboxing Day!

Gadget Don, I do believe you are on to something with your statement. You would need to cancel your current method of billing in order to engage in PayPal. Then you would need to reinstate said billing again for it to resume normal behavior.

That should sum up the last two posts since my billing clarity post.

Regards,

Ex

Confirmed through billing:


You do not need to cancel your recurring payment in order to utilize PayPal. If you would like to take advantage of this offer using PayPal you must pay now for the promotion which will be applied to your subscription after the current cycle you are in is complete. If your cycle is monthly it will add on the time at the end of that cycle, if you pay 6 month or 12 month it will be applied at the end of those cycles.

Credit Card billing will resume when your promotional time expires.

Regards,

Ex

Massively.com recently announced their Best of 2008 Awards!

City of Heroes/City of Villains is a proud recipient of the Most Improved of 2008

We here at NCsoft are happy to hear the news as we are looking forward to bigger and better things in the future. With the growth of the team doubled to where we were a year ago and more folks joining us everyday it is good to see the hard work and effort paying off.

We'd like to know what your favorite feature of 2008 was, Join this discussion and let us know.

Thank you Massively.com for this award.

The City of Heroes & City of Villains Development Team

With the recent news about Massively.com awarding City of Heroes and City of Villains the "Most Improved Game of 2008 Award," we wanted to find out from you the Community what your favorite features of the past year have been.

Starting from Issue 11.5 to Issue 12: The Midnight Hour to our recent Issue 13: Power &amp; Responsibility we have covered a lot of ground.

What was your favorite feature of 2008?

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Just because I'm lazy and didn't want to click too many times on my account info...

Can I use my Paypal acc't for this without 'changing' my billing system if I've already got yearly billing with my credit card?

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Sounds like a great question for the billing professionals, just click the link in my sig and you are half way there!

Ex

Introducing City of Heroes Holiday Special Offer*



In the spirit of the holidays, we are offering additional months when you subscribe for a 6 or 12 month plan. These can be “stacked” one time on top of your current subscription plan. To take advantage of this offer log in to your PlayNC® Account and you will see the special offer from your City of Heroes game account page.

[*] Subscribe for 6 months get 1 month free.
[*] Subscribe for 12 months get 2 months free.[/list]

*Offer ends at 11:59PM EST, January 25th, 2009.



Join The Community Discussion!

<big>Introducing City of Heroes Holiday Special Offer*</big>



In the spirit of the holidays, we are offering additional months when you subscribe for a 6 or 12 month plan. These can be “stacked” one time on top of your current subscription plan. To take advantage of this offer log in to your PlayNC® Account and you will see the special offer from your City of Heroes game account page.

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[*] Subscribe for 6 months get 1 month free.
[*] Subscribe for 12 months get 2 months free.[/list]

*Offer ends at 11:59PM EST, January 25th, 2009.

The OP has been updated with new information!

Dear Players,

It has come to our attention that many of our players are being affected by other players summoning Ouroboros Portals on the ski slopes and in other areas where players either step or run into the portal.

Our Customer Support Team and Community Team have determined that this falls under player harassment or griefing and will be effectively actioned in game if caught using these tactics.

While we may take steps in the future to limit the summoning of Ouroboros Portals in some areas players should use common sense when using this power to not disrupt other players.

We appreciate you treating each other with respect and not using this method of interrupting another player from their in game enjoyment.

If you have any questions about this announcement please feel free to contact me via PM or email exlibris@ncsoft.com. If this is occurring in game you must file a support ticket either in game by typing /petition then hit the enter key or by visiting this web version of petition: PlayNC Support

We hope you all have a safe and enjoyable holiday in game and out of game.

The City of Heroes Development Team

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Where can we find the client?

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I 2nd this

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Here is a quick link!
ftp://client.coh.com/US/CoH_Mac_Open_Beta_US.dmg

Mac Open Beta is now on Training Room!

See this Message from Positron!!

Here is the client: ftp://client.coh.com/US/CoH_Mac_Open_Beta_US.dmg

Regards,

Ex Libris

Snow_Globe,

We realize that Positron set an expectation, however this was done without consultation of our publishing schedule. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

Unfortunately this is the only date before next year we can grant this gift.

Regards,

Ex

Greetings Heroes & Villains,

On Wednesday December 17th the servers will be brought down from 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM, we will be granting each active subscription a Freespec and a Tailor Token to each of your characters on your account. After the servers come up you will be able to utilize these gifts.

[*] One Freespec Token for each character, to find out more about Respecification check out the Paragon Wiki Article at the Titan Network.[*] One Costume Tailor Token for each costume slot, per character, to find out more about changing your costume read up on how to do this here: Costume Section of the Paragon Wiki.[/list]If you already have a freespec saved up please use that now as these do not stack.

We here at NCsoft want to wish you all Happy Holidays!!

The City of Heroes & City of Villains Development Team

Greetings Players due to the upcoming holiday breaks and our normal publishing schedule you will be seeing some service outages over the next few days that I will recap in this message.

Web Server Maintenance--December 16th 6:00 AM CST - 8:00 AM CST
All NCsoft game forums will be down for DB maintenance for this time period. The estimated down time is set for 2 hours.

Live Publish--December 16th 7:00 AM CST - 10:00 AM CST
All North American Live Servers and Test Servers will be brought down for a live publish. This publish is expected to last 3 hours. There are no public patch notes as this publish is for the support of COH Mac.

Live Publish--December 17th 8:00 AM CST - 10:00 AM CST
This outage is to grant Holiday gift from NCsoft to all City of Heroes active subscribers of Freespec and Tailor Token.

Discuss or ask questions about this announcement here!

Greetings Players due to the upcoming holiday breaks and our normal publishing schedule you will be seeing some service outages over the next few days that I will recap in this message.

Web Server Maintenance--December 16th 6:00 AM CST - 8:00 AM CST
All NCsoft game forums will be down for DB maintenance for this time period. The estimated down time is set for 2 hours.

Live Publish--December 16th 7:00 AM CST - 10:00 AM CST
All North American Live Servers and Test Servers will be brought down for a live publish. This publish is expected to last 3 hours. There are no public patch notes as this publish is for the support of COH Mac.

Live Publish--December 17th 8:00 AM CST - 10:00 AM CST
This outage is to grant Holiday gift from NCsoft to all City of Heroes active subscribers of Freespec and Tailor Token.


Discuss or ask questions about this announcement here!

Folks this is a reminder that this is not a discussion thread. If it was open for back and forth discussion then the topic would be labeled discussion.

There is no right or wrong answer when we ask for feedback so please do not feel the need to sway someone's perspective. Please just accept that they see and play the game differently from you.

Thank you for your help in keeping this feedback process on track.

Regards,

Ex Libris

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Live Feedback: Supergroup and Base Editor Changes

Covering both Supergroup Bases editing and rent changes.

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Posted.

Use the following topic to discuss Issue 13's Bases.
<ul type="square">[*] All Supergroup Base room prices and Prestige costs have been rebalanced.[*] Rent has been substantially changed. Rent is no longer charged on a per-plot basis and is instead charged on a per-item basis for certain specific items.[*] Rent Items include all Storage, Empowerment stations, Medical auxes and 2nd or 3rd tier Worktables. It does not include basic Worktables, basic Medical, Control, Energy or Transport items.[*] Refunds for Base Plots, Base Rooms, and Base items will be issued if the price has changed.[*] Players must enter the base before a refund is generated.[*] All base crafted items now use invention salvage. Base Salvage should only be needed in recipes that convert base salvage to invention salvage.[*] Base Salvage no longer drops. [*] Base raiding is currently being redesigned, and will be in that state for some time. For the duration, all base raiding, including instant raids, will be disabled.[*] Removed all raiding related restrictions on placing items in a base. Specifically, items may now intersect and or completely block door to door paths or door to item paths. This change will allow much greater freedom in placing objects in your base.[*] When raids are enabled again, players will be able to choose whether their base will abide by the new raiding-related restrictions.[*] Added Teleporter Beacon for Pocket D.[*] Added SG badge to access Pocket D beacon.[*] Robo-Surgery can be attached to the Basic Reclaimator[*] Spirit Signal can be attached to Resurrection Rings[*] Base Salvage racks can now hold a limited amount of invention salvage.[*] Any crafted items stored on a character in personal inventory will charge the new prices.[/list]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Objective Feedback: Objective feedback is based upon what you as a user see or experience that other users may also see and experience. This feedback usually can be replicated easily as it involves facts and unbiased opinions. Example: When using the base editor items are sometimes getting caught in columns or pillars.

Subjective Feedback: Subjective feedback is based upon how you feel or experience the game as yourself. This experience may not necessarily be replicated because it is based on feeling and emotion. Subjective feedback is important to us but it is usually helpful if more information is present to describe what and why you feel the way you do. Example: I like the way the graphics look on my shield animation it gives me the feeling of being truly super-powered.

Are you reporting a bug from Issue 13? Please use this thread to report bugs, there is a format in the OP that you can follow to help you in your reporting. Issue 13: BUGS