Grumble

I usually don't get involved in wild speculation but a while ago--and I might be misremembering this--there was talk that the devs wanted to change the fact that accounts that were not in the beta could still access the Character Creator but that it would take some work and the effort wasn't worthwhile. With the addition of staff, it just seemed like the opportunity was there.

However, I think doing that is not just a waste of work but is counterproductive; it's a teaser when a new Issue is in beta and generates activity and excitement in the player base and the media. And I would think it would be a collosal marketing blunder to do something like that for this particular Issue, considering the hubbub about other games in development.

So I wouldn't be surprised if they did it.

Install Firefox from Mozilla.org. It's free.

Generally, having both Internet Explorer and Firefox on your computer at the same time shouldn't be a problem. They will play the "Pick me! Pick me!" game with you, though, as they both want to be your default browser. Those little nag boxes can be disabled and you can switch which you want to be set as your prefered browser whenever you want.

The greatest benefit of Firefox is that you can download many, many add-ons to customize your browser--some more useful than others, like Stylish.

The Safeguard Tour is post-poned due to maintenance. Stay tuned for further developments.

Wolfie, we've started but you can join us at any time.

I'm on a different character right now, but I'm just waiting for the person I'm helping to log on.

If you don't have a second account of your own, the best options, as always, is to post on your server forum that you are looking for help with that. There are enough good people willing to help that you shouldn't have to wait very long and the high-visibility discourages thieves. Just don't do it with someone who doesn't post on the forum.

You can just type:

/toggle pet

That toggles the Pet window open and closed.

Or, to make a macro, type:

/macro Pet "$$toggle pet"

Or:

Open the Options window (Hit the backslash and the letter "o" keys); select the "General" tab (the first tab); scroll to the second section marked "Window" and "Enable" the last option in that section, "Show Pet Window Option".

Then open your Team window by clicking the word "Team" on the border of your chat window (or hit the backslash and the letter "t" keys), then click the word "Pets" in the border area of the Team window".

I'm going to be helping someone with some Safeguard badging tonight, (Tuesday). We are expecting to start some time betwen 6:30 and 7:00 Eastern, but it's on their schedule so it depends on when they can get on. This will be done for no Exp because we want to get this done as quickly as possible, but we'll have to do Radio Missions to get to the Safeguard Mission; side missions in the Safeguards might be done, depending on whether we feel like it or not. Let me know if you're interested, we can accept up to six more characters per Safeguard.

For certain, I can get:

Atlas Park
Steel Canyon
Talos Island

The following will be random as my characters are at the border level:

Kings' Row
Skyway
Independence Port


The only ones I cannot get for certain at this time:

Brickstown
Founders' Falls

You found someone who seemed to be similar to yourself: Someone with fairly specific criterium/criteria for teaming. Context.

I'd like the alternate animation for Haymaker (at 0:26) as an option for Radiant Strike.

As much as I hate to interrupt such great and inaccurate flaming, there have been some problems acknowledged with at least two servers, Protector and Champion, and the West Coast group, in general, had some rough times, briefly, this weekend. Whether it has been too widespread or excessively severe, I'll leave to the remnants of the smoldering thread.

It's completely personal preference. With the XP toggle now, I do it with all my characters, Heroes and Villains. Before that, I would run with debt to do as much as I could, including manipulating the two story arc limit for Heroes.