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  1. Katze
    Announcement here.

    Thread with discussion here (Mission Architect forums).
  2. Katze
    Guess the stitches holding her face on dissolved too soon.
  3. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SoulSpark View Post
    Can someone tell me how those IOs work? The "Impervium Armor: Psionic Resistance" and the "Aegis: Psionic/Status Resistance"
    Do they add a set % of Psi resist to the build? Is it constant? Does it work on a 120 second timer?

    Thanks.
    Great resource to bookmark: Paragon Wiki's Table of Special IO's
  4. Katze
    Halloween extension due to issues on the live servers
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    In light of the recent issues experienced on the live servers and the resulting downtime, we wanted to let you know that the Halloween event has been extended until Wednesday, November 11th 11:59 PM Pacific Time (2:59 PM Eastern Time) on the North American Servers and 11:59 PM GMT (00:59 Central European Time) on the European servers.

    This should give you all enough time to finish gathering those Halloween badges and salvage and generally enjoy the event for a little while longer!
  5. Katze
    http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Endurance
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Newb_Master View Post
    The combat attributes window shows stamina at .88%/sec which is even less. And the detailed info shows the enhanced value for all my other powers.
    I think you are confusing units and [% x base].

    Base recovery is 1.67%/sec = 1.67 end/sec
    Unenhanced stamina gives an increase of 25% x base = (0.25 x 1.67%/sec) = 0.4175%/sec
    You say your enhanced Stamina is 49.37%, so (49.37% x base) = (0.4937 x 1.67%/sec) = 0.824%/sec

    Just to add, if you increase your Endurance through accolades and set bonuses you'll get an increase is your base as well; it's covered in the section "The Numbers" on this ParagonWiki page: Endurance.
  6. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Newb_Master View Post
    The base value for stamina is 25%. With the enhancements I have slotted it with the value shows 49.37%. When I right-click the power at the top to show detailed info it still only shows 25%. If detailed info is the enhanced info, why does it display the base value? and if this power isn't giving enhanced bonuses, what other powers aren't? I know the developers say that the detailed info isn't 100% reliable, but that means off by a few percent or so, not completely ignoring enhancements. So whats the deal?

    @Devil's Sword
    Protector
    The right click shows the enhanced info (the first few lines across the top), the right click -> Info, detailed Info tab shows the unenhanced value for the power.

    As mentioned above, if you want the real numbers, open the Combat Attributes monitor at the upper corner of your Powers window.

    As to "Why", maybe the Detailed Info window can't pull up real time numbers; it just looks at the power info data base for the base number.
  7. Katze

    -Threat

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper View Post

    In short: Solo, -Threat does nothing (you're the only target to attack), though since most -Threat powers come alongside stealth powers, you may be ignored due to the stealth component.
    It means your buff pet gets whacked first.
  8. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by filcher View Post
    Well I figured that the Adjusted Targetting IO bonus was being displayed and that it probably had something to do with how it was calculated.

    However that still doesn't explain the Aegis 20%. It does not indiicate in the description that it is a proc. But on the chance that it was I activated Force of Nature and saw a "large status resistance bonus" pop up of a little over 4%. Is that the Aegis and is that correct? If so I guess I need 2 respec and move it into my damage resistance toggle.
    Yes, that's right:
    From the wiki link I posted above:

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    In addition, when the power the enhancement is slotted in is used, the user is granted up to five Large Status Resistance Bonuses of indefinite duration. These act as set bonuses, buffing resistance to six status effects (hold, immobilize, stun, sleep, confuse, and terrorize) by 5.0% each.


    Up to five Large Status Resistance Bonuses can be stacked, for a total of 25.0% status protection, which will reduce mez durations to 80% (1 / (1 + 0.25)).


    If slotted in a click power, one bonus will stack per use. If slotted in a toggle power, one bonus will be granted upon activation, and another bonus per ten seconds of use thereafter. If slotted in a passive, one bonus will stack every ten seconds, except when defeated.
    So one hit of 5% status protection will give a duration reduction of 1- (1/(1 + 0.05)) = 0.0476 which is 4.76%

    A toggle or passive is the way to go.
  9. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Draggynn View Post
    ... The IO provides a 7.5% resistance (it says duration reduction, it's lying), but the display shows duration reducation, not resistance. So 1-1/(1+7.5%) = 6.98%. (the mez duration formula is (duration)/(1 + mezResistance) ) ...
    Thanks for the equation; that's what I was scouring Wiki looking for. I figured it was a difference in what the set bonus / recipe described vs. what was being displayed in Combat Attributes. Kind of like the regeneration rates being displayed as already calculated percentage of base vs. the flat rate described in the set bonuses.
  10. Katze
    I just tracked down one of my characters that has the Impervious Skin status resistance ( 7.5% status effect duration reduction ) slotted. She's a scrapper and it's giving 6.98% duration reduction. Also interesting that the power that has the Impervious Skin status reduction slotted does not have to be 'on', unlike the status reduction from Aegis. (Impervious Skin doesn't 'stack' though, so a different mechanic is being used.)

    I'd turn on Force of Nature and see how the numbers change. Pretty sure the 6.98% you see is the Adjusted Targeting set bonus only.
  11. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by filcher View Post
    I 6 slotted Adjusted Targetting in Build Up for a 7.5% status resistance bonus and an Aegis status/psi resist in Force of Nature for a 20% status resistance bonus.

    My power display window only shows an "ultimate status resistance bonus" of 6.98%.

    Is the display wrong or am I not getting the full resistance bonus for some reason?
    Here's the detail on the Aegis Psi/Status resistance unique. Note the part about it "stacking a 5% bonus up to 5 times on repeated power activation." Also, that your AT has an effect on the strength of the psi resist.

    As for the Adjusted Targeting 7.5% status resistance bonus, it maybe affected by AT modifiers too.
  12. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Reapey View Post
    Also, when i do try to pay for it, it takes me to a screen that askes me if i want to buy the game.

    I already have the game and disks, i just want to subscribe and pay 14.99 or whatever monthly but i don't see anything to click that allows me.

    Whats also confusing is that it says 19.00$ or something at the top, but like i said i already have the game and disks lol.
    From the NCSoft support page on upgrading trial account:
    "For instructions on how to upgrade your trial account to a full retail account, please see: Trial Account Activation" >>
    Quote:
    ... log into NCsoft Account Management and follow the instructions below.
    If you have purchased a retail copy of the game from a retailer, use the following instructions.
    1. Click the Game Accounts link.
    2. Click your trial game account in the Game Accounts section.
    3. Click the Reactivate Account (EDIT: This should probably say Upgrade Account) link in the Actions section.
    4. Enter the 20-digit serial code from your retail game and click the Continue button.
    5. Select your billing option and click the SUBMIT button.
    6. Provide the requested information to complete the activation.
    If you have purchased a serial code through your NCsoft master account, use the following instructions.
    1. Click the Use a Serial Code link.
    2. Select the serial code you wish to use in the Unused Serial Codes section and click the Continue button.
    3. Locate the trial account you wish to activate and click the Reactivate Account button.
    4. Select your billing option and click the SUBMIT button.
    5. Provide the requested information to complete the activation.
    After completing the billing activation process, you will be sent an e-mail stating your account has been activated. Once you receive that e-mail, your account will be successfully upgraded to retail status.

    PLEASE NOTE: We strongly recommend you save the "Game Account Activated!" e-mail sent to you after the initial activation of your game account. That e-mail contains a very important piece of information that we use to verify account ownership. You may need it if you need help with your account later. That specific piece of information is only provided in the e-mail sent after the original activation of your game account. It cannot be resent.
  13. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Brawlnstein View Post

    Edit: Dunno if it's related but as a 42 in PI fighting Zombies I got level 30 recipes?
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    Originally Posted by NordBlast View Post
    Deadly Apoc is level 30 (or at least they drop level 30 recipes).
    Yup, I can confirm both the Deadly Apocalypse and Zombie Invasion monsters (minion, Lt. and boss ranks) drop level 30 recipes.
    I know the Zombie Invasion Elite Bosses (Nightmares) are inherent level 50 like the Rikti Invasion Heavy Assault Suits and UXBs, but I've only run into 1 Elite Boss during the Deadly Apocalypse and didn't get a drop from it to find out if they are level 50 inherent as well.
  14. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Jade_Dragon View Post
    Should any rednames be reading this thread...

    Idea for NPC dialog:

    "No, I don't like being called a 'critter'. That's an ethnic slur. 'MOB' isn't much better, either, it brings up connotations of rioters with pitchforks and torches. The politically correct term is 'Virtually Rendered Citizen'."
    Reminds me of a Jim Henson skit where someone is yelling out in terror "Monsters!" and the monsters come back with "Actually, we don't like being called monsters. We prefer the term "cosmetically challenged". Ha ha ha."
  15. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by brophog02 View Post

    1) Your sign is backwards. The sign shows greater than, and I'm pretty sure by context that you mean less than.
    Agreed. The post title says "Halloween a waste for [Greater Than] level 15 characters."

    As for the OP's "question", I've had no problems getting the banner or zombie event badges, even down to a level 6 Warshade running in PI.
    Trick or Treating is tough though at low levels without a team, especially when a boss shows.
  16. Katze
    This should probably go in the Suggestions and Ideas forum.
  17. Katze

    Blue.Vs.Red Drones

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Captain_Photon View Post
    Actually, weren't the drones there before Castle was? ISTR they put the drones there ages ago to stop people training monsters down to Portal Court from Monster Island, long before they finally conceded that yes, the highest-level City Zone in the game could probably stand to have its own trainer. (Before then you had to trudge back to Talos Island every time, which wasn't all that frequent if you were in the zone's level range yourself, but got a bit tiresome if you were, say, the 20ish sidekick of some hero who was doing the Portal Jockey arcs - doubly so thanks to the snipers, which make PI unsafe to traverse alone at that level even if you can fly.)
    Yup.
    Drones added 09/15/2005 Patch Notes
    Castle added 05/02/2007 (Issue 9)
  18. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ms. Mesmer View Post
    They've always (at least as far back as I first encountered them, about June of 2004) done the Clockwork "wind down" sound when they were defeated, which I've always found odd. I don't recall them having any other robotic sounds, though.
    The defeat Clockwork "wind down" sound has been corrected as of I16. They now sound like wood hitting the ground. (Yay!)
    I didn't notice the issue with the walking sound though since I was in scrapper lock mode. I'll have to check it out.
  19. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ideon View Post

    Does this make Ms. Liberty an Incarnate, even if watered down a bit?
    A small bit. We could call her a Mincarnate.
  20. Katze

    Ice Manipulation

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kataryn View Post
    ...

    The problem I'm finding is that Frozen Aura just never does anything except look cool when you use it. Rarely in packs of 6 will I manage to freeze one mob. The mobs are not dot'd or anything to break the sleep from Frozen Aura. I just find it doesn't work right.

    Am I the only one with this problem? Does it have some really lame rate for affecting mobs?
    This might be a silly question, but are you using it while in the center of the mob? It's a Point Blank Area of Effect power (IE: centered on you and affecting those around you.) As noted above, the radius is 10 feet.

    The reason I ask is a friend picked up a similar power, Salt Crystals, and was using it at range and wondering why nothing ever happened (doh).
  21. Katze
    Looks like a fix for the global friends issue is on the test server right now: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=196741
    Quote:
    Global Chat
    • Fixed a bug that would prevent another player from being added to your Global Friends list if the invitation was sent while both characters were in the same zone.
  22. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by GibberingLunatic View Post

    GAH! Another one from Sunstorm...

    Note, that body on the ground was shadowboxing, saying "We've been doublecrossed!" After I killed him it said he was a council lycan
    and the defeat text said, "You found some orders on the defeated Penumbra Elite Archon"
    The 'bug' is that the Skyraider should have been fighting with a Council Archon ( Penumbra Elite will turn into Warwolves (Lycanthropes), as I assume you've encountered since you're playing an EAT.)
    If he wasn't there it would be worth doing an in-game bug report since it sometimes happens that objective NPC's 'disappear' from missions.
  23. Katze
    Yup, a game update was confirmed in the Hero Con - Going Rogue info thread:

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    Upcoming feature (confirmed for I17): Enemies/Objectives will be marked on the mission map when 90% of the enemies have been defeated
    All my wisdom and "leet skilz" in finding the hiding places, replaced with an in-game feature. It saddens me.
  24. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dumpleberry View Post
    my game never left.
    q.f.e.
  25. Katze
    Also, some costume articles are restricted by others (eg: back options conflict with trenchcoats .. )