Morgan Reed

Then humanity is clearly evil.

Every civilization can trace it roots to a dictatorship of one form or another. Many of which did a fine job of caring for said civilization.

Having fun is against the spirit of the game?

Then I think many people are paying to play the wrong damn game.

Or did you mean to say against your spirit of the game?

NOTE: I am not trying to suggest Snow Globe likes this method (unless his/her opinion changed, s/he does not).

This is clumsy at best.
I tried it, for yucks. Primarily so that I could know what the output was like when talking to others about it.

First it is quasi-character based. Meaning there will (likely) be slight variations between the characters you use it on. (It lists Account Item rewards, and if you have claimed it yet.)

Also, perhaps worse, it the repeat of item names with different codes. I am not sure if this is a bug, or if they actually represent different items.

Example:
That is 15 of the 443 items listed by /mypurchases. (Do note, that it is at least 2 different items. The Auras Pack, and the Capes pack - both of which were gained through the Origins Booster that no longer exists.)

So, there really needs to be a better way... But /mypurchases is the only way we have at the moment.

It is my fault, sort of. I was on the Beta server when warden_de_dios first asked about this. I thought it looked like a purple version of the "paper doll" you make a character with, and called it such in Beta chat.

I dunno about Plainguy...

But I have had paper missions send me after NO_NAME_BOSSes before. And these weren't before-after update missions either.

It was never troublesome enough for me to follow up on it because the mission worked fairly well.

Umm....

Seeing as how Todogut asked for an option to just turn off alphabetical sorting the Devs do not have to get involved in the optional sorting in any way.

Quote for reference:
And since it would be optional you could continue to be delighted, without impacting on anyone elses experience.

Pretty handy request, wasn't it?

No, that isn't the current driver. And I am reluctant to suggest upgrading to the current driver since the current drivers do not play nice with CoH - especially on a 64 bit Windows system....

IF you (Dark Inferno) are wanting to change drivers, I'd recommend these right here.

If you are a bit more adventurous, you could try the newest drivers.

In the end, it ends up being a crap shot either way. And may result in you having to unload and reload different versions of drivers to find your "sweet spot."

Two further data points requested:

What drivers are you using?

And is your OS 64 bit?

I believe that this is the source of many, if not most, complaints.

It is the "how did it get out the doors in this state?" perspective.

Sure, *I* know that localized testing hardly ever equals "in the wild testing." Particularly when discussing software that is potentially changing hardware (until told otherwise, I'll always assume the Beta server is not identical to the Test server and that the Test server is not identical to the Live servers).

But, as a whole, we - as a species - are groomed to be uninformed consumers.

And even with that knowledge, I still have to wonder just how some things get through the testing process.
So I sympathize with the frustrated. And I accept that there is nothing that can be posted by anyone other than a developer or community rep that can improve moods. And try - but often fail - to not make the situation worse.

I can only go by the article I read. (CNET)

I've heard there have been server problems across the 'net the past day or two. One of the US states listed was Texas (home to the game servers).

Might not be a CoH problem.

I personally have not seen bad lag except that poor excuse of an invasion on Exalted.

Just for a heads up, sometimes PayPal and NCSoft do not play nice together.

Last year, I spent my entire free month fighting with both to get my account unlocked because PayPal didn't trust the NCSoft billing and "tested" the request for payment.

Tracking down the source of the problem was a bunch of "it's not on our end, it's on the other end" finger pointing.

For what it is worth, it ended up not being PayPal for me. That doesn't necessarily hold true for everyone.

You need any two lower level powers to be able to take tier 5 powers.
Example: Hover and Fly to get Afterburner.

No Hazard, no Pocket D, no co-op. If I recall the complaints in Beta correctly, not even all Paragon City zones... I think Perigrine Island was out. But I am only going by memory. Once I learned it drops you off at the equivalent Ouro portal drop or Tram station if there is none, I wasn't interested in trying it.

Not much. < 78mph without any flight speed increases in either Fly or Afterburner... Max of ~89mph with boosts to fly speed for Afterburner and Fly. In Beta it was 2 level 50 IO Flys in Afterburner, and 1 level 50 IO Fly in Fly.

Actually, it should show the points started with. At least it does for me. There are four purchases of 400 points that equal my starting points of 1600. ((I haven't bought any points.))

I checked, and according to Intel, his processor handles 64 bit OSs.

Ultimus, do you have a second (or more) drive handy? If at all possible, either swapping drives and keeping your current OS drive aside for last minute stuff, or copying your OS drive if the spare isn't as good, is a good idea.

If not, try to remember all of the little things.

• Browser bookmarks. There is a way, somewhere, in every browser to export the bookmarks to import them into your newly installed version.
• Email address book, as McNum mentioned.
• Downloads.
• Documents.
• Pictures.
• Wallpapers.
• Anything you have stored on your desktop.
• Any other thing you want/need that isn't available any other way.

From my own experience of always forgetting something, I'd recommend backing up everything you can think of, and then double checking every night for a couple of days - if you have the time.


Now, for most people, RAM is RAM. The effort put into getting the best possible timings and such aren't worth the return.
As a general rule of thumb, get the fastest clock speed RAM you can for your motherboard. It may not run at that speed, but that is okay because RAM tends to be more stable at one speed point lower than it's max anyway.
Keep to the lowest number of memory sticks you can while maximizing your number of channels. Example: If you have dual channel, try to use only 2 sticks. If you have triple channel, try only using 3 sticks. The more sticks you use, the less stable the memory can be.

Those are just rules of thumbs. I am sure there are people that will swear they can break them - and I don't doubt it. But if you follow them as best you can, you maximize your enjoyment while minimizing hassle.

Now, if this is your mainboard (also called motherboard), you will want DDR2 1066 memory. Preferably in two sticks.

Such as this. That is just a quick suggestion. Don't feel married to it or anything.

And if you really wanted to break the 4 gig barrier, you would get another pair.

I'm going to let you in on a little secret.

I don't really care what the screen looks like, as long as it isn't eyeball melting bright white.

I'd be tickled pink if I could use the old CoV login in screen. But that seems but a dream, for now. It could be a blank black image, i don't care. I just have to get rid of the blinding white.

So, thank you for letting me know it can be done. :-D

Now for the PM I promised...