Master-Blade

From the i18 patch notes:
My question is.. even though the VEATS can still unlock the 6th slot, does the second part of that release note prevent people from actually using it? It used to work the way SwellGuy stated above, but if we can no longer switch to a costume beyond the first 5, then it might not even matter. It all seems kinda silly to be honest. They award us with tons of free costume slots every time there is a new release or patch, plus all the free Veteran reward tokens.. why not just expand the UI yet again and allow us to have like 10 slots, earnable by switching sides and doing the appropriate missions?

I don't usually see him use the Channelguns in melee either, but the key is NOT to attack him. The more you attack him, the more likely he is to use more of his powers. If you simply stand there using Taunt only, you are more likely to get the same power over and over at longer intervals and have a much better chance at surviving.

In this case, I'm thinking it's likely the tank was using attacks on LR, causing him to get attacked back more often, and probably drained of his Endurance and getting toasted rather quickly.

That depends what server you are on. There was another one today on Freedom.

On a side note, I'm surprised to hear they will only last for 3 days. The ones in the past lasted a couple weeks.

In other news, I've seen some stone tanks that suck completely, so sometimes there is more than one factor at work than what set you have. haha

Not for nothing, but my Inv Tanker does just fine on the STF and has lead many successful "Master of" runs without even using a secondary agro-magnet. I don't know why people think Stone is required. We've even done it with a WS as the head tank.

You are right, being blinded isn't something you can "break free" from, but it CAN be countered by popping Yellow Inspirations or using any power that has +Perception.

On a side note, I just got home and completely missed this whole event. lol

Just as long as one of them ends up on that giant chair. Most people don't even notice it. lol

It's on the roof of the University above the front door. The marker for the plaque at the front door is slightly blocking it on the "Interactive" view. If you look closely at it, you will see it. It's clearly visible on the "Viewable (Print Out)" version though.

I use the Unstable series as well, but for some reason it didn't let me know automatically about the new one (even though I have it checked), but when I went to Help> Check for updates, it was a simple fix.

Thanks for confirming. I'll make sure it's fixed. Hopefully nobody will come in behind me and change it again. lol

Edit:
It's been confirmed that defeating fires has no effect on the first badge. I personally defeated upward of 30 fires without touching any hellions and still didn't have it. It requires only 10 Arsonists. The wiki is now correct on the defeat badges page, and I sent Beefcake a message about it as well so he can verify his site shows the correct information.

Actually, if you look at the history for that page, you will see that it said 10 for a long time (2½ years).

But the Defeat badge page said it required 25 of both, so I certainly changed it there.

The second badge in the series was also wrong, saying it was 50 of both, so I fixed that to say 25 as well.

(Thanks for catching them in the "in-game sequential list" as well. I missed it.)

All other resources, including Badge Hunter, City info Tracker, and even those actual badge pages all list the requirement as 10, 25/25, and 100/100, so it was inconsistent and needed to be corrected.

Edit:
It seems somebody decided to go in right behind me and change my OR to an AND. I'm positive that is not right though. I'm certain it's possible (or used to be) to get that badge without putting out any fires, which is probably why Fires wasn't included on the list to begin with. Well, I'll leave it alone for now until I can go ahead and re-verify it again in-game. It's close enough for now. lol

The "Closest to Completion" tab is generally sorted from highest percentage to lowest percent complete. The position they appear on your screen would not necessarily match anybody else's.

As for the second one you are seeing that shows Hellions.. are you sure you aren't referring to Hellspawned, for killing Hellion Bosses? I just tested on a low level character that had done no fires, and earned the first badge very quickly, then defeated a couple more Fires and Hellions and looked for the progress bars you describe. I only see the one we've always seen for the fires. The Hellion Bosses is not connected to the Fire event.

If that's really a new feature, I'm missing it. Typically, people will wipe out mobs and mobs of the Hellions with AoEs, which will fill your progress bar fast and make it look complete. Then it's just a matter of putting out enough fires to finish it off. Unfortunately, there is no way to tell how many fires you have put out if that's the case.

For clarification, the badges are:
Volunteer Firefighter (Fire Bane) - Defeat 10 Hellion Arsonists
Firefighter (Firestomper) - Defeat 25 Fires AND 25 Hellion Arsonists
Fire Chief (Asbestos) - Defeat 100 Fires AND 100 Hellion Arsonists

It wont change because it's really only showing ONE of the two requirements. If you are defeating Hellions endlessly, try taking out more fires instead. It'll come in time.

This is right. CoH used to crash for me all the time when it hit around 1.5G

The reason I say "used to" is because it seems GR has made it a little more stable (for me). I frequently see the usage hit 1.5G without a problem. It isn't until it gets to about 1.8G that I run into problems now... which is not very often at all.

How would somebody have "full access" to Going Rogue at lvl 14 when all the side-switching content is lvl20+?

For me it depends on the situation. When people hammer down F7 or something for no reason.. I agree with you... but the occasional "Can I be on camera too?" or "is this my good side" just breaks the monotony of the same old cutscene. Some people even have very clever binds that work with particular scenes. lol

My original Global was the first toon I ever made (as is everybody else's). I changed it to Master-Blade after my first month or so of using my second toon more than my first. lol

The first extra change I remember was when i12 had so many global chat issues and some people's name had reset to the next toon they logged into or something. I remember having the option to change my name again, but I never did.

I did change a name on a second throw-away account though as a joke though. I was able to change it again when GR came out.

I was pretty sure there was another one besides those, but I can't recall exact details. I wasn't really a major forum-goer back in my first few issues, so I didn't have a clue about things going on like that. lol

I started right around i7, and this recent Global Change allowance is number THREE for me. (I think at least one of them was unannounced).

Then again, maybe you meant we've had 2 resets plus the one we initially get when we start the account, totaling 3.

Either way, your point stands. You never know when or if another one will be issued, so make sure you pick something you really want.