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I don't remember dreaming of CoH/V, but I know my wife does. Her dreams tend to spill into reality. She'll suddenly start shouting about something in the middle of the night, could be anything. Last night for example she was complaining about holes appearing tin the bed. She was still asleep mind you and I just had to calm her down. This morning she remembers nothing of it.

Occationally she'll dream of CoH/V and I'll end up getting woken up by her shouting things like, "Sniper", "Get the Fake before it puts up it's shield", "I hate Paragon Protecors when they do that" and so on. Unsurprisingly she's always tired the day after such dreams; still playing all night will do that to you. Worst of it is we'll start playing CoH for real and she'll say, "I thought we'd leveled these alt higher than this"!

Given that MA was originally part of I#13 theres a fair chance they started I#16 when I#13 went in. Much of MA must have been completed when i#13 went in or they wouldn't ahve been talking about it being part of i#13, so it probably wouldn't require a full team for just the changes to it. That said what do I know it might have taken more people not less. 30 years programming computers has taught me that what seems likely at first glance isn't when you start playing with computers.

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12th?!? But they're not even in open beta yet, let alone our CLOSED beta not having started yet! There's just no way it'll be March 12th, there's not enough time. April 12th, maybe... But March? That's next week!

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I agree the timing is tight, I also seem to recall that rumour suggested I#15 would be out for the 5th Birthday. Looking at 'Wallpapers see April Calendar' the 5th birthday is the 28th April assuming 2 weeks open beta (14th April) 2 weeks closed beta (31st March) the release date for #14 must be before then if they hope to get #15 out in time. Boxed set is IIRC due out on 30th, so presumably will by made a week or so before then, latest release for i#14 might be the 24th.

12th looks too soon as its not in open beta yet (assuming it will be).

Whats amazing about IO sets is how mush they seem to have gone up in price. I have older 50's with sets which would now cost billions, but I'm sure I didn't pay that for the sets.

Out of interest you can TP through things, just not in a way thats really useful.

You can TP to any point you can see from your current point of veiw. So for example if you move your point of view to above your head and the move it back so you are maximum distance away (using the mouse wheel) you will be able to see the other side of buildings. You can then TP stright to that spot effectively TPing through the building. I have used it in the past for checking to see if a badge is clear of enemies and then tping to the badge.

Trouble is it's no use inside (most of the time) and really of little use most of the rest of the time.

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I'm not sure, but I always thought it was 3 major+unlim minor arcs, and clearly remember having Nemesis prototype+2 RWZ arcs being open simultaneously last week.

RWZ arcs and certain other (Ganymede?) count as "major arcs" irregardles of their length.


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Pretty sure that's correct - but, when in doubt, this wiki page is my usual reference.

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So, I was wrong, that's 2 open major arcs+unlim minor... Explains why I had problems yesterday, but how did I get 3 major arcs open then?
Hmm... IIRC I got them in that order: Levantera #1, prototype Fake Nemesis, Serpent Drummer, completed Levantera #1, got Levantera#2... then completed the Fake Nemesis arc... Bug?

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RWZ arcs are Zone Arcs (red ones). The limit is 2 gold ones.

Blimey I thought I'd suggested a Dinosaur where did medieval come from

Anyway what about this Dino GM being a Pterosaur. Have it drop stuff as it flies around a zone (rocks maybe). Make a change to have a GM flying. Wonder if they could reuse the Ricki Ship code.

Could be a [non medieval) dragon shouting fire I suppose.

I was thinking Giant Dino needs to be in an area with tall buildings, Steel Canyon maybe (Japanese giant dino like), something dug up by those meddling kids, er I mean Midnight Clubbers.

We also need a Giant Ape or better a Giant Rikti Monkey (to avoid copyright issues) that climbs buildings somewhere.

Plus Granville really really should have a giant Spider, that web just cries out for it!!!

The game needs one, somewhere!!!

4000 inf isn't a lot for a lowbie, 1 luck charm will see them have that 7+ times over. It's amazing just how quick you get inf at low levels these days to be honest.

However I like the idea of something special that they can give you. I'd go for a limit number of purchases of something you normally can't get.

Perhaps 1 "friendship point" per mission you do for them and a bonus for completing their arc (maybe 5).

Item..........Friendship point cost
DO level -1.....1
DO own Level....2
DO Level +1.....3
SO level -1.....4
SO own level....8
SO level +1....12

Though it might be more sensible to give merits for each mission done instead as the system is already in place.

agreeded

Damn pain to have the lvl 35s and 40s together and then the 45s and 50s I hadn't realised they sold 45s for ages as I happened to be the first origin on the list and expected them to be together!

Ah so I did, issue 13 by the looks of it. This seems like a poorly thought out change to me.

Has this always (stupidly) been set to zero or did I miss something?

Many thanks can get in now, wonder whats up with the patcher?

Is anyone in the game at the moment?

I'm trying to connect, updater is up to connection #9

Is the game up?

The title says it all, it's a pain having to go and pay the upkeep, why not have it paid automatically as an SG option.

Better just get rid of it.

Anyone know how often this is charged? Is in monthly?

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I love some of the litte details in game, like this and the Stranded women in the Hollows

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They do add a little surprise and a little sparkle to the game. I accidentally 'defeated' one of those stranded woman in Hollows. I didn't see her standing next to some explosives a bunch of trolls were playing with. I blew the whole lot up and then spotted her lying there. I consoled myself with the idea that she was probably a plant anyway...

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Occationally you'll see a stranded women and when you go near them you'll get attacked by an out of sight mob and she'll run off saying something like "there you are darling". A bit like the "sleeping" freaks in bricks "got you sucker"

My wife and I were in Croatoa last nigh hinting the last few Pumpkins we needed for the badge. We're outside the town very close to the Uni and we come on half a dozen trees, you know the kind that look odd.

So we attacked them expecting pumpkins..... Dev earth and Red and Orange at that!

Anyone else had this happen? I've never seen Dev in Croatoa before and never seen them anywhere pretending to be trees. I just wish I'd had the presence of mind to take a picture, BUT I was so shocked!

When building a team in the past I'd normally just send "LFT?"

Having read this thread a while back I decided I should be giving more info so now I send "LFT? we're doing XXX in YYY lvl ZZZ"

Oddly I think I got a better reply rate to the "LFT?"

Though I support the tell bug might be having an effect

It's a shame it can't check context. I was caught out when I first started playing. Team "I'll just nip to the shop" came out as "I'll just [censored] to the shop". Very odd things auto censors

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Wouldn't it be hilarious if we could make 8 man team sized spawns of nothing but Sappers with the Architect?

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And the map, when fully revealed, is one long corridor creating the outline of a fist giving you the finger.

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Now that would be funny. Although what about missions full of Malta that spawn turrets and mixed in are sky raiders engineers? Since they can both spawn their pets while under heavy fire and DoT. That would be such a fun mission. Throw in some knives to throw down caltrops and the team will go down faster than the UK economy.

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And some Illusionists cos they can phase shift even while mezzed.

And some Spectral Demons to debuff the teams to hit.

Edit: Had another thought

Sounds like a Nemasis plot to me

Cheers Standoff