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Try adding an "s" to the http in the address and see if it plays. If that fixes it, try deleting all your Temporary Internet files and see if that fixes it for normal addresses. A few people on another message board I read had this issue and it helped them.

I won't deny I am happy with a bunch of these new options (I have wanted to make a Broadsword Brute for a while now) but I kind of liked it that there were some power sets specific to certain ATs. It made the ATs more special and different from each other.

Also, I have said it before but I think a modified Illusion set would be a better fit for Master Minds rather than Doms. The set as it stands for Controllers almost seems a prototype for the MM AT.

I would say it is definitely the ATI driver as I and many others have the same issue. Some have had success rolling back and some have not. You may want to try completely uninstalling the driver and re installing 11.2.

Edit to add: I did note you already rolled back, I was thinking maybe components of the newer driver were still on the system.

For me, Magic had the most useful costume pieces but Martial Arts has the most useful bonus power.

Do you have an ATI graphics card? If so the recent drivers have been causing myself and others the same grief. There are a couple of threads about it in the tech forum. It seems that 11.2 was the last "safe" driver.

I just wanted to add my experience. I had been playing fine on 11.2 and upgraded to 11.6 because Dragon Age 2 asked me to and that was when the freezing and crashing started in CoH.

Edit: I tried the Hotfix mentioned above (thank you for the head's up). Unfortunately it made things worse. My PC actually froze to the point where I had to reset when logging into a character. Did a system restore. Guess I will wait until either ATI or CoH get their act together.

Same here. Since upgrading to 11.6, my game freezes constantly and crashed several times today. Screen goes white and I have to close out.

So given your examples, what I am not clear on is once the game transforms into Freedom, will new content (beyond the monthly missions), e.g. powers, costumes etc. ever just get added to the game for VIPs and be available without us having to do anything or going forward is all of that content just added to the store and we need to use our points to purchase it?

In other words, I understand the store replaces Super Boosters but does it also replace the "free" costume sets, powers etc. that would be released as Issues.

So is there any scenario at all where an existing player who has X number of character slots in the current game who transitions to VIP will lose slots they currently have?

I never knew this column existed; it is interesting reading. When I click on the author's name on the site, the articles only go back 3 months but it looks like they go back further. Anyone know how to see the archives that go further back than that?

Do we get the new powers for free just as a matter of being VIPs or are they "free" in the sense that they assume we will use the 400 points a month we receive to purchase them?

Here are two of mine:

1. When I first discovered the Midnighter Club, I thought, "Oh so this is kind of like a Guild for Magic Origin characters to give out missions and stuff." And I assumed there would be a similar groups for the other Origins. Since my one and only character at the time was Mutant I figured I was only getting a part of what it offered and if I had a magic Origin character there would be more things going on (Note at this point my only character was around level 10 and I knew nothing about Cimerora).

I never played an MMO before and my mind set was games like Oblivion which often have something like that.

2. I was very confused about how Safeguard missions worked. I would enter the bank and then when the message said the crooks were getting away I would run out and go to the escape van and play goalie as the bad guys tried to enter it because that was what the Map Marker said to go. Stupidly, it never occurred to me to go further into the bank until I did one on a team.

I actually have one character who never earned the Raptor Pack because I kept failing when doing it this way until he leveled out of it.

Any one else make goofy assumptions?

I didn't read the whole thread yet so these may have been mentioned:

1. I would love a "drippy" aura to simulate a character that is always wet or is "mushy" and falling apart like Clay Face or The Blob (the monster not the X Man villain).

2. Non sword options for all the Sword powers.

Amazing and very professional looking. This should be on your resume if you aren't already in the business.

Okay because I am confused, let me ask this:

I have a character that has the Alpha slot unlocked but to date I haven't yet made use of it at all (I haven't yet gotten the shards and salvage I needed to create the Boost I wanted). I played in a Lamda Raid this weekend and now have a bunch of threads and some of the non alpha incarnate salvage that I earned from the raid. Right not I only have three shards. This thread seems to indicate the Incarnate XP and threads I earned are an alternate way to progress through the alpha slot. Is that true?

Wanted a new Mind Dom and because I don't repeat sets, I had a choice between Thorn and Ice. Thorn fit the concept better so I went with that and I have to admit I was shocked by how much fun it is to play so far.

I am not even at level 10 yet and I was amazed by how much damage she can do. Locking guys down and then impaling them is awesome!

I know the combo is a little offbeat but if you are looking for a new Dom to play, I would recommend it.

I always thought a Plane crash in the water would be a good mission of this type. Heroes would have to somehow get people off the the wreck before it sinks. My guess is a concern the Devs have is what happens if the event is ignored? Do civilians just sink and die? It may effect the rating of the game. Also what would be the equivalent Villain mission?

But yes, saving people from disasters is almost as common in comics as beating up villains. it's shame it is hard to translate into a game mechanic.

I have a Stalker with this power and use it a lot. It is good for trimming mobs down so I can safely jump in and scrap it up.

I use Secondary Mutation on every character. I just rationalize it as something within their origin. For example, for Magic characters, it is a spell they cast on themselves that has a random effect. Heck, that is how I rationalize inspirations as well.

I saw that today. How is that possible? I thought the earliest an "opposing" AT can show up is 20.