Master-Blade

I think I found your problem. lol

Update:
Converted to full Hero.
Changed to an unused build.
Spoke to Jack Wolfe (Freespec). No badge awarded.
Spoke to Jack Wolfe (Patron respec). No badge awarded.
Spoke to Jack Wolfe (Trial respec). Received the Stalwart Medallion.
Spoke to Jack Wolfe (Trial respec). Earned the Statesman Star.

Just for kicks, I decided to claim a Veteran Respec, just to see which respec gets used first.

Spoke to Jack Wolfe. Awarded the Freedom Cross.

It looks like the Trial respecs get used before Veteran Respecs, so I can still use it some time later. Turg will probably be happy. rofl

So now that toon has all 6 respec badges. Either way, I still agree that it should be fixed one way or the other.

"Pics or it didn't happen":

Based on some testing just now.. I've learned the following:

You have to burn through any freespecs you already have before the badge awards for an earned respec. I logged in with the "You have 3 respecs remaining". I know I only used 2 of them back in the day, so the 3 I had were likely 1 freespec, 1 patron respec, and the 1 remaining trial respec.

I switched to my new 3rd build and leveled it to level 3 (you can't respec while below lvl 3), then burned through all 3 of my respecs. When I finished the 3rd one, I was awarded with the Thorn Usurper badge (3rd villain respec). Apparently I had only used 2 of them back in the day.

My tank had used all 3 respecs back in the day, and got nothing from burning through all of them. I'm planning on trying it on my Corrupter later tonight when I finish moving her back to Heroside. It says "you have 5 unclaimed respecs" on her, so she probably has a freespec, the Patron respec, and all 3 trial respecs. I'll keep you posted how it works.

Turg is afraid to try it because he actually claimed all his Veteran respecs as he earned them, so he's possibly got like 8 respecs to burn through just to get the badge. /e tantrum ensued. haha

If you fly, you wont hit the mines. Just stay above his head.

Your example using just the base numbers was fine. That's why I didn't include it when I quoted you.

I agree. More than likely, the people responsible for installing the patch update are not the same people who update the website. Therefore, we don't even know if those people even started working yet, so there is no reason to call anybody lazy if they are not even on the clock yet. lol

Supposedly, if somebody didn't claim their respecs way back in the day, they can apparently earn those other 3 badges on the other side. That would make the total 1201. Whether or not anybody qualifies for that is doubtful, but I guess we'll see.

On a side note, if you Run the Katie TF again and stop after the 8th Mary (so they don't disappear), that's 8 more badges that you could have on your in-game total. Those might prove beneficial when it comes to snatching the 1250 badge in advance, depending on how many badges come with the next issue.

I'll be at work when you run it today, so I'll jut have to wish you luck from afar. Maybe I'll catch you for the next one.

Those are co-op TFs that take place in RWZ. There is no Hero or Villain version. I'm confused why you asked this. Are you trying to become the king of threadjacking? lol

Just so you are aware, this is actually a bad example because Dull Pain is not a +regen power. If you add Heal to Dull Pain, your total hp goes up, and your regeneration (hp/sec) only goes up because your regeneration percentage is still the same. Higher hp will mean more hp/sec anyway, regardless if the actual regeneration percentage went up.

That said, this specific example wouldn't necessarily prove that Spiritual Radial Boost actually affects Regen rate unless Dull Pain was left out of the equation, or if the actual percentage rate was used instead of hp/sec.

The Rikti Invasions and Zombies alert in those channels. I remember seeing Praetoria show up during those events.

I know that's not the point, but "jus sayin".. lol

Technically, it's not really "once an hour". The next event starts one hour after the last one ended, so it depends how long the event ends up lasting, but yeah.. it's just over an hour for each of the 3 events. lol

About the alerts.. you are right, they don't show up for some reason. If you go to the location in the zone, a small box will pop up and tell you when the next event will begin.

LOL. I saw your circle, and I'm saying that it worked fine for me. I just got all 8 again this morning in Nova without any problems at all. I kept the badge window open when I went under the bridge and it gave me credit right when I thought it would, even on the exact bridge you circled.

I'm not denying there might be a problem for some people, just that I haven't encountered it. Even if the spot might be misaligned, it's certainly there.

This is exactly what I do for any of the history or multi-requirement badges, just to make sure. I haven't noticed any issues at any of the locations.

if you are on a toon with decent damage, then it's as easy as whacking him a few times until a close pops up, then kill the clone and go after him again. Each clone increases his regeneration, so make sure you get rid of them quickly and you'll have him dead in no time.

On toons that don't have as much damage.. resorting to the lava trick works quite nicely. The damage from the lava is faster than his regeneration, even if he has a couple clones out. lol

I've got you down on my calendar. I'll bring whatever the team seems to need at the time.

All 4 characters I got those on were able to earn credit from Nova-side (that's where I started that series from). Maybe it's a hit/miss kinda thing?

I would have posted last night, but for some reason, none of the CoH website would load for me until this evening.

Anyway.. it was smooth sailing most of the time. We had a couple Dark Miasma on the team, and combined with the Force Fields, we barely got touched... until the ambushes at the end we finally had a fluke death (probably from some stray Missile AoE). Overall it was a lot of fun and we got a couple handfuls of Incarnate Shards along the way.

I don't remember the exact completion time, but I think we ended with only that one death.

I'd have to double check again with [Power Analyzer mk III], but I think besides their heal, they have a very high regeneration rate... which is not active while being held. Either that or it's probably their Resistance that doesn't work while being held.

Then again, I'm mostly guessing at this point. It's been a while since I took a look at it.

This probably explains why it took me 4 tries to get this badge. Every time i ran it, I could only find 11 out of the 12. I didn't even notice the 12th guy was probably killed.

That's a great tip to look out for the next time I do it. Thanks!

Probably just as good (or better depending on preference), here's something else useful I figured out recently:
/optionset ShowVillainName 1

That will display the name above all enemies (and apparently NPC allies) ALWAYS. This option is not available through the standard Options in the UI, but it makes it really easy to see their names from all the way down the hallway without having to spam your custom target button.

To change your VillainName option back again, simply change it in the UI, or use one of the following commands:
Always Hidden:
/optionset ShowVillainName 0
Show on Mouseover:
/optionset ShowVillainName 2
Show when selected:
/optionset ShowVillainName 4
Show when selected or on mouseover (default):
/optionset ShowVillainName 6

Personally, I'm starting to like it (at least when solo), so I've been keeping it on all the time, which is why I noticed it's usefulness in this particular mission.

Speaking of my confusion, I was pretty sure I posted at the beginning of this thread, but I don't see my post anymore. I did end up figuring it out too, but only after my 3rd run through it. I almost thought I didn't get the badge for the arc itself at first because I didn't realize it was awarded after the 5th mission instead of at the end of the 6th (last). I had to see it in my Recent Badge list to finally realize it. I'm glad everything finally worked out though.

The problem with that is that it doesn't award right away after doing "1 side mission". Maybe it does only require one of them, but it seems to only award after mission 5... so when I run it on my next character, I'll probably just pick that one to pick up the extra objective for. I guess it depends on if we find out we don't get credit if the guy dies or not. I think most of us took more than one objective and/or kept him safe just to be on the safe side. haha

I agree completely. If we were going to include badges like that, the list would be quite a bit longer... [wasn't one of the Dev's badge list at like 1400 at some point (even before GR and all the new ones were released)]?

...and especially if you include all the old AE badges. Without looking for them, I'd have to guess that their requirements were simply removed and/or hidden, but still in the files somewhere. That makes for quite a list! haha


Again, I agree completely. That was my suggestion from the beginning, but apparently there is a lot more to it "behind the scenes" than that. Either way, I hope they do revisit the mechanic that awards them at some point. It only makes sense.

...because nobody else said it yet... "MORE VANGUARD MERITS!"

lol