Lord Ajax

Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba

Eventually GR will be given to everyone as part of the game just as CoV was. And there will be plenty of people griping about it. Just as there was when CoV was bundled in.

I won't be griping about it just as I didn't gripe about it with CoV. Why? Because I will have had access to it for a couple years before that happens.

Originally Posted by Wicked_Wendy

I do agree with Sam on this aspect. It's not as bad on the COH side as COV where in order to obtain both the Marshall and Born in Battle accolades, along with the bonuses they provide, villains have to enter PvP zones just to get history and or exploration badges. Temp powers are one thing... If you don't want to take the risk to obtain them the solution is simple just don't go in there after them but the Accolade badges that award similar powers on the hero side don't require anyone to enter a PvP zone and fight to get an exploration badge or read a history plaque.

Sure there are ways around PvP battles if you want badges, plaques or even temp powers.. Form an 8 man team and go in after whatever you need or go in at times when the zone is pretty much unoccupied but finding 7 players that ALL want the Weapons of Mass Destruction badge or Shivan or Nukes at the same time can be difficult especially for a casual player. My schedule allows me to hit those zones at 3AM or 6AM my time when hardly anyone is one line but not everyone can do that just to avoid a PvP attack. While I am willing to accept the risk there are other players that are not and denying them access to an accolade isn't right.

Just taking Born in Battle as an example it already requires a Villain to take 1 million HP of damage, complete a Instance mission (Exterminator) and battle a GM (Ghost of Scrapyard) then to get the accolade you have to risk attack in Warburg, Bloody Bay and Siren's Call just to get exploartion badges and history plaques? This is the COV equivilent of the Portal Jockey Accolade hero side and while defeating 13 Praetorian AVs is no easy task the rest of the requirements for that badge don't require a hero to go near a PvP zone. Actually aside from the serious badge hunters that have to have them all there is no accolade that forces any hero to enter PvP. Somehow that doesn't seem fair .. NOT taking anything away from what heroes need to do versus villains but we are talking Accolades that most players want regardless of BLUE or RED side and making one side risk attack by other players in PvP to obtain that increase in End and HP while the other doesn't isn't right.

A temp power is a temp power and I am a bit of a temp power junkie but they aren't a mandatory item anyone HAS to obtain. You want Amy's Ward?.. do a KHTF. You want Warwolves?.. run mission in Striga. You want Nukes or Shivan? .. Risk the confines of the zone they are in but I don't think it's fair to force a player that has no desire to PvP to enter those zones to obtain an accolade.

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

Does that mean the Q4 2012 apocalypse launch date has been pushed back?

Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel

Yeah, who remembers what happened the LAST time someone was better looking than a Grecian god? I'll give you a hint, her name was Medusa.

Originally Posted by BlueBattler

Kheldians can put End Mods in their alt forms, I'll grant you, and Warshade is the only Hero AT I haven't taken to 50 so I can't dispute your statement there with personal experience, but there are some lousy powers in Warshades, so I am doubtful that there aren't three of them you could pass up for the benefits of the fitness pool ... especially since Kheldians do not get access to the Epic sets.


(And isn't it like 26 or 28 before they can get the power that allows them to drain health and endurance from defeated enemies?)

I'd have to see a Warshade without Stamina vs. one with it doing the same missions before I could be sure that the Stamina-lacking one would be as effective.

Originally Posted by Dave_67

Well, I finally decided to try and set up Test. I went through the instructions, copied the needed shortcut, typed in the proper ' -test' and let it start downloading. This was yesterday (Mar. 9) late afternoon, and I gave up after seeing that it was going to take 22 hours and the time kept increasing! So, I decided to wait a few hours, and restarted the download at about 11:30 PM, and was given an estimate of only three hours. Needless to say, it took a bit longer, ending at about 4:20 AM. So, it finishes, I load it up, get logged in no problem, click on 'Training Room', and get the following:

" Account XXXXXXXX is not allowed on this server. reason: Public access to this server has been disabled."

(I've edited out my account info here, just to be on the safe side.)

I actually sent in a question ticket about how to connect to the test server - because, let's face it, the instructions they've given in the past are not all that user-friendly - so I just added to my question with the info I've given here. I'll leave it for now and try again later tonight, in the hopes that it's just a case of needing to wait a set number of hours for it to kick in, but to tell the truth, this is not very reassuring to me.

Originally Posted by Klatteja

I do plan to read over the 800-someodd posts (as of this post) in this thread sometime immediately after the FDA approves the No-Sleep-EVAH pill, but for now I have a question. Has there been any word of how supergroups will operate with Going Rogue?

Will a hero in a supergroup who turns to the Dark Side stay in that same SG? And the same for villains? If so, does this mean there's a potential for having heroes and villains in the same SG?

<scratches head> The only thing I can think is that a hero turning dark and gaining access to the Rogue Isles is still a hero, so he stays in the SG he's a member of. Villains likewise.

So. Any information along these lines?

Originally Posted by Liquid

Right before it went down, it kicked me out claiming that someone logged in with my account. That worried me. Then I logged in again and all of my characters were there, but invisible (the avatar didn't show) and it kicked me out when I tried to log in as one.

Hopefully that was just the death throes of the test server as it was going down.

Originally Posted by Chaos Creator

I must say I am also glad to get rid of my underscore.

Originally Posted by Chaos_Creator

Ditto

I fail. I sent my first email to cohforums@ncsof.com.

Originally Posted by Turgenev

(So, should this be more aptly named "Pacifica Lounge", for the region I think it refers to?..)