Honbrid

We already have a Player note system, although it's not connected to the friends list. Which in my opinion makes it more useful, as you can make notes about non-friends and ignored people. To use it, right click on the person/person's name in chat and select Edit Note. This brings up a dialog box where you can write the note and rate the player 1-5 stars. This note is dealt with on a global level, so you can check the note even when the player is on a different character.

I hope I got the details right of using the system, I'm sure someone will point it out if I got it wrong.

By the way, this topic is probably better off in the Suggestions and Ideas forum in the For Fun section.

I can only really answer 2B for sure. Yes, you will choose which characters/slots you have access to when you drop to premium. Keep in mind that if you pick all filled slots, you will have to delete a character in order to make a new one though.

I'm not sure the answer to 4 has been released yet.

The typing of an attack has absolutely nothing to do with the effects of that attack. If the devs wanted to, they could make an attack usable in Melee range that dealt Fire damage, but type it as protected against by Ranged defense and Psionic defense.

Thankfully, the Devs type attacks using a bit more common sense. Many (most?) attacks in the game have both a Positional defense type (Melee, Ranged, AoE) and a, for lack of a better word, "Typed" defense type (Smashing, Lethal, Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative, Psionic). A single attack can have as few or as many of these defense types as desired. Usually, the devs pick the appropriate Positional type, and also the damage types that are dealt by the attack.

This is why Fireball is a notable exception, as it deals Smashing damage, but is not protected by Smashing defense - it lacks a type corresponding to the damage it deals. Other notable exceptions include Mind Control powers, which usually have no Positional type, just Psionic type, and Hamidon's attacks which are either a unique type to themselves (thus cannot be defended against) or are completely untyped (not sure which it is, I think the first).

So in short, generally speaking, if an attack deals Smashing or Lethal damage, it is probably defended against by Smashing or Lethal Defense. The fact that so many attacks deal either one or the other is why S/L is so desired. It's not that something typed AoE would be blocked by S/L, but that the attack is typed both AoE and S/L, thus S/L covers it.

[QUOTE=Zombie Man;3647361]RANDOM IS RAN... wait. What holidays?[/QUOTE]

I made my comment due to the above series of posts, being unaware of the existance of Victoria Day in Canada. I made my parethetical because I thought I was unclear with 'next' weekend. I'm not sure what your planning has to do with anything I said.

Wendy's experiment's results has run counter to my own experience, so I decided to re-conduct it (mostly) as she described. My tests took place on Champion server, around 2:20 in the morning. I logged into Atlas Park, just outside the SG portal. I joined the Queue using the BAF and 'willing to join in progress' options. I left the LFG screen open as much as able and unattached for these tests.

I typed /respec selected 4 powers and backed out of the respec screen. I witnessed no change to my LFG status after a few minutes of waiting (however long it has taken me to type this paragraph.)

As there is no Tailor in Atlas, and I was just outside the SG portal, I chose to enter that next. The LFG screen closed itself, and when opened only stated 'Events can not be queued.. etc. etc.' I turned around and left. The LFG window closed again when I got back into Atlas. But it appeared I was still in the Queue.

I next decided to run to RWZ for both a zoning test and a Tailor test. I ran to the Vanguard base door at Sprint speeds and by the time I reached the portal (and typed this far) my LFG status seemed unchanged.

Upon Zoning into RWZ and re-opening the LFG window (it doesn't seem to like to stay open after zoning), I was still in the Queue. I Sprint ran out of the Vanguard base, along the war wall road to the AE building, turned right around and ran back to the tailor in the Mech Bay (and typed this paragraph) to allow sufficent time for a delay in status update. Still showing as in Queue.

I went into the Tailor screen and adjusted my Destiny colors (as I had not had the opportunity as yet) and accepted the changes. No change in Queue status. I waited a few minutes before re-entering Tailor and immediately backing out. I used my Destiny after this second exit and by the time it recharged (2 minutes I think) there was no change to Queue status.

I sold a recipe to the quartermaster, then entered the Enhancement screen. I read one of my power's pop-ups to see percentages of enhancement, then backed out. In the time it took to run 10 laps around Lady Grey's pillar and type this paragraph, my LFG status did not appear to change.

At this point, I closed the LFG window for 15 seconds, then opened it again. I used my Destiny and by the time it recharged (and I typed this paragraph), no change to LFG.

At this point I decided the experiment was over, and concluded the Queue is not affected by the things I tested it for. Unfortunately, because it was so early, there were no BAF forming, so I was unable to test whether I was truly in the Queue, or just displaying as in the Queue.

Because of the differences in Wendy's and my experiences, I considered what might have caused the change in behavior. First, the early hour of my test likely means the queue itself saw very little change. It might have been able to 'remember' I was there more easily and automatically placed me back in when I was out of the SG base/full screen UI. In a period of heavy activity, this function may have failed, assuming it exists. I may have to try to conduct my tests again at a more populated hour to eliminate this possiblity. This seems the most likely reason for the difference.

Second, the possibly different server would have a seperate queue, so perhaps this is some form of bug on just one server's LFG system. I don't know what server Wendy frequents, but I think this possibility unlikely.

Third, perhaps Wendy stumbled across a bug requiring a particular order of activity. In this case, without knowing her exact steps, it may be next to impossible to replicate. If this bug/feature is more widespread than just her, the likelihood of this possibility drops.

Fourth, and related to whether I was actually in the Queue, I don't know if the LFG window would auto-update it's own status. Therefore, I cannot confirm that I was truly in the Queue the entire time as opposed to the window simply not updating. This possibilty would be very unlikely in my opinion. I had the red 'Leave Queue' button at the bottom the entire time. I also would hope that closing/reopening the window at the end would have refreshed the status automatically.

In conclusion, I believe that neither zoning, nor entering a Full-screen UI removes one from the queue. Entering a SG base does for the duration one is inside, but you are placed back into it once leaving. I have a dim memory of once getting the 'last-chance to back out, Enter the trial now' sound at the tailor, backing out and clicking Enter, but I am not willing to state that it definitely can happen.

This part is correct, yes.

If I am understanding your thought process, not quite. You can earn Reward Merits instead of Alignment Merits as a Rogue or Vigilante, but you cannot convert them into A-Merits until you are full Hero or Villain again. The conversion is done inside Fort Trident/The Crucible which as mentioned is for full heroes/villains only. If your target is A-Merits, you might as well do your tip missions as a Hero/Villain and get them directly rather than going Rogue/Vig and doing reinforcement there and then needing to do another set to go back Hero/Vill to convert then another set to go back Rogue/Vig. By the way, you get 30 Merits for the first Rogue/Vig reinforcement and 60 for each subsequent one. (Compare to 50 for the first Hero/Villain and 1 A-Merit for subsequent ones.)

You will have most of the access to Blueside Ouro. I think there may be a few arcs that require you to have run a previous arc before they unlock. Keith Nance/Jenny Adair I think works this way. Before you can select Jenny in Ouro you have to have done Nance's arc first. Redside badge unlockable contacts do this too, in that you have to have the required badge. But the vast majority of contect is available to you from the start.

Heroes and Vigilantes have Blue-Ouro access, and Villains and Rogues have Red-Ouro access.