Master-Blade

I vaguely remember something wrong with Tells after i12, but not quite to that extreme.. and if that bug came back again, I'm sure there'd be a dozen or so posts about it by now.

I'm sorry. I don't know why that would cause you to crash. All I can suggest right now is maybe do a "verify files" to see if it clears up. If not, post your CoH_Helper and HiJackThis results here and maybe we can see if there is something else odd going on.

"Master-Bind" reporting for duty! (lol j.k)

For this, you have two options...
1.) Keep things similar to the way you have it, but enable both powers with a single press of "T":
/bind T "+$$powexectoggleon Sprint$$powexectoggleon Ninja Run"

On key/down, it will activate NR (which automatically turns off CJ).
(Key should be held long enough to ensure NR activates)
On key/up, it will activate Sprint.
Press G to disable both and enable CJ like you already have set up.

2.) OR.. use the same key (T) to toggle back and forth between "CJ" and "NR/Sprint" (without having to use "G" anymore!)
This would require bind files:

C:\binds\file0.txt
T "powexectoggleon Ninja Run$$bindloadfilesilent C:\binds\file1.txt

C:\binds\file1.txt
T "+$$powexectoggleon Sprint$$bindloadfilesilent C:\binds\file2.txt

C:\binds\file2.txt
T "powexectoggleoff Sprint$$powexectoggleon Combat Jumping$$bindloadfilesilent C:\binds\file0.txt"

Then initialize your key:
/bindloadfile C:\binds\file0.txt

On key/down, it will activate NR (which automatically turns off CJ), and load File1.
(Key should be held long enough to ensure NR activates)
On key/up, it will run File1.. which activates Sprint and loads File2.
The next press of the key will run File2, which will turn off Sprint and turn on CJ (which automatically turns off NR), then reset the key back to File0.

I just tested and verified that it works the way I describe.
(In this case, the "+" should NOT be placed in the first file or it will cause issues with the repeated cycling).

If that's not what you are looking for, or you need help with something else.. let me know and I'll try to come up with something that suits your needs.

Maybe the credit for that badge has been there for a while and it could just be coincidental that you didn't notice it until after you defeated that Mage.

Hapy New Year!

Basically, if you earned a Trial Respec but never used it, you will get the other badge if you switch sides and actually use the Trial Respec. You have to use up any free respecs before the trial respecs are redeemed and award the badge. Don't worry, any claimed veteran respecs are redeemed last, so you wont have to waste through them first.

As far as I know, there isn't any way to definitively tell if you've used your Trial Respecs already or not other than possibly seeing what the chat say when you log in (You have X unclaimed respecs available) and subtracting an unused free repec and any claimed Veteran respecs...

..but I wouldn't really worry too much about them though. As Ironblade said, we're all hoping they fix it at some point anyway.

In the meantime, I got "lucky" with this one simply because I have never performed a respec on her before. I was testing the method to get them from another thread, and got all 6:

Gratz!

MB has one more to go.

Tabby and Robin on the other hand.. still have about 2 more to go each. I don't worry about getting them ASAP. I still play my main characters whenever the chance presents itself. I don't believe in keeping them offline just to earn credit for the badge. I'll always have to log out eventually, so they will be earned at some point regardless.

Just reporting that I've tried the things above, and am not crashing or experiencing any oddities... and this is coming from someody who has crashed on several occasions just by opening the Contacts window.

We'll probably need to gather more information about who is having the issue to come up with a reason why it's happening.

I like this SF for shards for 2 reasons. One, you are guaranteed the Dimentional Keystone at the end (if you want it), and the ambushes in the last mission are definitely an excellent source of shards. Not only are the foes mostly Smashing/Lethal damage and easy to protect yourself against, but when done "correctly", it's a good solid 15-20 minutes of nonstop killing. More kills per minute = more chances at drops => more shards over the given timeframe.

Besides those two points, I agree with crayhal that there is nothing about the rest of the SF that makes it stand out as opposed to regular missions, but comparing it to other TFs.. I get about the same increased drop rate from a "kill-all ITF", which also offers Ancient Nictus Fragment at the end as well.

I don't use them at all for various reasons.

1.) The playernotes are stored locally on your computer in the playernote.txt file, so I wouldn't even see the same notes when using a different computer. Not only that, but since the file is stored locally, it does not get automatically updated when people perform name changes.

2.) Since it was released, there has been an issue with names with spaces in them. Global names get mixed up, character names get separated as if they are 2 different characters, which causes ratings to not display correctly on those toons, and also for those rankings to display on the wrong characters. For Example, "Cool Dude" might not display his own ranking, but some random unrelated "Dude" could show it instead.

3.) When they were released, the various local files that are regularly changed by the user had a tendency to get corrupted and cause issues with game stability. I know the playerslot.txt issues were mostly fixed, and maybe the various playernote.txt issues have been too, but I probably still wont use the feature due to Reason #1.

I'm not saying the feature doesn't have it's good uses, but its just not fitting for me. I prefer to use the getglobalname command to find out who people are. I even have it bound to a key for quick use (getglobalname $target$$info). If I remember the name, then I already know what I'm getting into. If I don't remember the name.. well.. I give everybody a chance, and if you didn't do anything bad that made me remember you, it's worth giving you another chance anyway. lol

Maybe what we can conclude from this is that while playing at combat lvl 50, it simply checks if the foe cons white or greater to you?

Maybe the test for this would be for a lvl 50 to regularly EX down during a zone event and see if shards still drop. I'd theorize that you wont get the shards while EX'd, even though you are lvl 50 and fighting "GM code" foes.

Or an even better test.. Have a lvl 48 or 49 host an ITF at +2 so you'd be EX'd but still against lvl 50+ foes. If you don't get any shards the entire TF, the answer is clear.

I'm not sure if this really falls in your category, but one issue that's been annoying the heck out of me is the darned Pop help interface.

Yes, I know there are already options to disable the Pop help, but all it actually does is make the interface invisible. It's still on the screen and blocks other windows that might be "under" it.

For example, I have a vertical power tray on the right side of my screen for various temp powers, but clicking the powers does asolutely nothing because the invisible pop help is actually blocking them.. until I click higher above to bring focus to that window first.

Sorry.. I guess it's actually totally unrelated.. but it's just another minor annoyance that should have been fixed long ago and bugs me daily. lol