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I like the idea but what are the odds the devs would go for it.

That's why I lie when I'm only given those options. I choose an answer that has nothing to do with the actual Maiden name, City of birth, or pet's name. Something I have no trouble remembering but they'll never guess. I also do two other things to my answers that insure added security.

That's an issue of drop rates and the devs can make adjustments to increase or decrease those as they see fit. It has nothing to do with the number of craftable recipes in the game.

Also no one is forcing us to hold onto them once they drop. It only takes seconds to delete them, or we can sell them at a Vendor like we do with all the other stuff thgat drops that we don't want to use or sell at the market.

And don't try to make the argument that selling the stuff takes time away from the game because if those recipes weren't dropping you'd still be getting other crap you can't use in their place.

Not getting them doesn't mean you'd automatically be getting items you value in their place.

And as I explained in my first sentence they just increased the number of craftable drops from 4 to 18 just two issues ago. That's three times as many as we had before Issue 17.


Now while more options will always be preferred it takes time and resources to create and test them to make sure they aren't unbalancing to the game. They also have to take a backseat to more important issues because let's face it, craftable temp powers aren't a high priority issue and never will be.

Please don't presume to speak for everybody. I also keep all that information, and I keep it in multiple locations.

1. I have a fireproof lock box where I keep the actual hard copy. This includes copies of all my emails that I recieve confirming any online purchases I make for the games I play

2. I keep a copy of all that information in a document on my computer for easy access if I need it.

3. Finally I keep a copy of all information saved in a file under my GMail account online where I can access it from any computer.


And let me say my precautions saved me a lot of grief 2 years ago when Guild Wars changed their security measures and gave me a hard time about me having to prove I owned my account. I was able to respond with an email that contained every single activation code I ever purchased, along with a description of what each code was for, and the exact date and time each purchase was made.

They still drug their feet about responding but that's probably because it was over christmas and they were swamped with account hacking issues at that time.



Edit: forgot to add My sympathies are with the OP and I hope this gets resolved satisfactorily.

It doesn't matter that you "claim" you don't believe it. It's still a backhanded insult directed at the devs because you think you are entitled to things everyone has to earn. If you weren't being petty you wouldn't have posted it.

And if you didn't care what everyone thinks you would have ignored me instead of responding.

Edit: changed "it" to "me".

The only people that say that are the whiners with entitlement issues that want everything handed to them instead of earning it like everyone else does. They also ignore all of the restrictions that the devs have added to the game that specifically combat RMT activities.

Oh and just an FYI tossing off backhanded insults like the devs are in cahoots with RMT companies only undermines a persons suggestions by making them look like a petulant child.

I think it's less vicious because most of us don't take disagreements personally. Sure we may be in an argument with each other in one thread but in another we can be the staunchest supporters.

It always sucks when players have to put up with restrictions because of other other peoples misconduct.

There's also another thing to consider. This game makes its money off of subscriptions, and a lot of players have multiple accounts. SO looking at this from a financial perspective the company (not the devs) has to decide if it's worth the risk of people cancelling their secondary accounts.

We aren't WoW. Can the company afford to lose the income from the extra accounts many players have.



I've always suspected that's one of the reasons why the company is reluctant to increase the number of characters we can have per server. I'm betting a lot of people cancelled their extra accounts when we were told we could buy 24 more slots per server.

Oh and if the OP doesn't understand how RMT sites do their powerleveling. You have to give them your account login and password and they will use them to level your character(s). They don't invite you to a team.

Oh and if anything drops while they are on your account I guarantee that you'll never see it. They'll steal it and you'll never be the wiser.

See above response, because many costume parts are restricted to having Vet rewards, badges, and special promotions like the current one going on for the Vanguard stuff.

See above response, and the devs have told us they can't strip claimed vet rewards from characters. Players have been wanting to reselect things like the Ghost Axe of Slaying over the Sands of Mu but are stuck with their first choice.

All that would accomplish is that RMT sites would have a Master Account with everything on it and then sell secondary accounts after transfering stuff to them. They'd sell the schmuck the login and passwords for the secondary accounts and let them pay for it. Then they'd use their Master Account access to steal that persons personal information. Bad idea all around.

And once again who would get blamed? Not the player. They always paint themselves as the innocent victims. NCSoft would once again take the rap.


Think it sounds silly. Well I saw it happen on STO before the game launched during beta. There was a player who had bought 5 or 6 copies of the game for the pre-order perks, and a lifetime subscription (That was at least $500. bucks spent legitimately on the game) who got his account banned when the RMT site he bought stuff from hacked his account and used it to spam RMT garbage both in game and on their forums. And when he got opened another account to complain he got banned there as well, but before he got banned again he wasn't blaming the RMT site. He wasn't saying he was an idiot. He was screaming bloody murder how STO screwed him over and he wanted his money back.


The devs are far better off just not allowing this stuff.

There are ingame items that are account restricted, which other accounts can't unlock unless they earned them or bought them from NCSoft.

1. Anniversary badges
2. Veteran Rewards
3. Booster/item packs (costumes, auras, powers, emotes)
4. Sideswitching (You can't make heroic villains or vice versa unless you buy GR)
5. Incarnate slots

Those are for villains. Their handicap is being evil.

Oh please the civilians in this game don't use hospitals. They are invulnerable and shove heros and villains around like they aren't even there.

And exactly where would you put the stairs? Above the door? I can tell you that that won't work. Stairs always go under the door. How else would people get into their basements, off their front and back porches etc. Out of their second or third floor apartments when their door is on the outside of the building?

Maybe you haven't noticed but City of Heroes is a super hero game. The world has advanced cybernetic prosthetics available to everyone. Wheelchairs are a thing of the past. Antiques that are no longer needed in the modern world, and since wheelchairs are a thing of the past so are wheelchair ramps.

They don't need emergency exits in the building. City of heroes has an advanced emergency teleport system that can easily evacuate everyone inside the building to the next nearest emergency facility.

City of Heroes is frequently under attack by Super Powered Villains, Invading Aliens, Hordes of Undead, Snow Monsters, and various Giant Monsters which cause untold billions in property damage. As such all medical facilities are required by city ordinance not to have windows because people can be badly hurt by shards of flying glass and whatever else could possibly come crashing thru a window.

To be honest I've never really paid too much attention to the effects powers have, but in my opinion radiation sets should weaken opponents as well as damage them.

Maybe Health and Stamina could get a minor debuff which gets cumulatively larger with each successful attack/exposure. This could simulate prolonged exposure to radiation having a progressively negative impact.

But feel free to ignore my rambling.

While it would be awesome to get more slots it would also be terribly unbalancing to the game. Especailly as Vet rewards. Those 1-2 slots extra slots can let a small number of players finish slotting IO sets and force the majority of players to wait years before they can get their characters on an equal footing.

If I can imagine Dark = Sand then the same thing applies to the type of damage it does.