Ms. Mesmer

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  1. Ms. Mesmer

    Naughty vs. Nice

    Wow. I haven't run into any that were that low of a rate. My condolences for a lousy run. Did number 25 today and she had 38 Nice out of 100.
  2. Ms. Mesmer

    Naughty vs. Nice

    I have a real compulsion for event badges. Add to that the reduction to mere 100 presents necessary, making it take 35-45 minutes, depending on competition in the zone, and it's a recipe for a quest.
  3. Ms. Mesmer

    Naughty vs. Nice

    I've been getting Toy Collector on as many alts as possible, and it averages out to about 36 Nice out of every 100 presents so far. This is out of 24 times getting it so far this year. Most character totals fall really close to the average, with a few being a noticeable amount higher or lower.
  4. Like Fido1, I am in a semi-rural area and still on dial-up.
  5. We have spotty coverage here in "The Thumb" of Michigan, mostly leftovers from a mild snowfall early last week. In the last couple of days, we've had two very minor dustings of about 1/8 inch that has helped to keep the patchy white stuff on the ground.
  6. Ms. Mesmer

    Two to go

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    A correction is needed here. Those in the CLOSED BETA knew. Issue 13 was in open beta for less than 3 full weeks. Issue 13 open beta started on November 6, 2008 and went live on December 2, 2008.
    On which calendar is 26 days less than 3 full weeks?
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Noyjitat View Post
    He probably has a 10 year old computer or a very slow dsl connection like my friend does. It does take some people forever to verify.

    Thanks for info btw... Sometimes even 20 seconds is too long.
    More likely the former than the latter. I live out in the boonies and have dial-up as the only reasonable choice, but I have a fairly new computer and get done with a verify in under a minute.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano View Post
    For some reason just can't seem to get gold on my level 5 character with combat jumping
    Hacker.
  9. Pretty much the only mistake they could have made is with the offset red diagonals within the white diagonals. Since they are offset, the Union Jack is not perfectly symmetrical, meaning that there is a proper and a reversed way to hang it. The proper way for a vertically displayed Union Jack to be hung is so that the diagonal bits go, when looking at them clockwise, very thin white portion, red portion, thicker white portion.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by LISAR View Post
    Saying a mission that has a PvP portion is not a PvP mission is like saying someone is asexual because you don't want to think about them having sex.
    Saying that the zone objectives in PvP zones have a PvP portion is like saying that the same person is definitely having sex whenever you can't see them.

    Analogies are fun.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper View Post
    What's wrong with this one? The nature of difficulty setting has changed, but you still change them with the Hero Corps or Fateweaver.
    "...for a price." is untrue now. Difficulty changes are now free.

    Edit: Beaten by Golden Girl.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Noyjitat View Post
    I have both the european and american versions of this and for me the euro pack was a scratch card and the american pack was on the disk cover or manual I can't remember exactly.
    See? Now that was informative.

    Aggelakis: I wasn't calling you an idiot. I just wondered if you did this thing that human beings sometimes do called making a simple mistake. My error entirely.
  13. This is the Live Character Transfer Tool, not the Live to Test Character Copy Tool.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aggelakis View Post
    It's a scratch card inside the box set.
    It's not, actually. It's on the inside of the cardboard gatefold sleeve that the disc comes in.

    Edit: Hmm, interesting. The plastic card wouldn't happen to say Pocket D VIP Pass on it, would it?
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tonality View Post
    That explains why I couldn't find the option. For the first time in my two years of playing I wanted to move a lvl 50 to expand into another server. Wouldn't ya know, it's down. Please fix it quickly!

    edit: please let me know when this is up again. My brute is all ready to go.
    From the current patch notes for Test:

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Niviene View Post
    Training Room Release Notes for 1600.20091102.9T4

    Wednesday, December 8, 2009



    COMBINED


    Character Transfers
    • Fixed an issue with the Character Transfer system.

    CITY OF HEROES
    • none

    CITY OF VILLAINS

    • none
    It looks like they made some changes to character transfers for some reason, so they had to disable it. There may have been an exploit involved, which is why there are keeping quiet about the details, or it was a bug. Hopefully, they will explain when they publish that patch to Live, probably next Tuesday.
  16. Ms. Mesmer

    Worst Mobs Ever.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    Linky for spreadsheet?

    Either way, Psi is most certainly not underpowered. The -recharge it stacks is also useful whichever way you cut it.
    I don't think it's underpowered, it just has some similar problems to Lethal.

    http://www.culex.us/ig/coh/CHres.xls

    Edit: Oh, and looking over that spreadsheet may make some people think twice about taking the proposed Toxic secondary damage type for Dual Pistols if it doesn't come with a -resist secondary effect.
  17. Ms. Mesmer

    Worst Mobs Ever.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    ....Sorry, but, what?
    Psi/Psi is one of the least resisted things in the game. Robots, maybe a little, fine. What else? Rikti a bit?

    Everything else just goes 'Oh de-' Dead.
    Really wish I hadn't started over on my lvl 32 one...
    Psi is least resisted by players. Mobs have plenty of resists to Psi to go around, BP zombies, all Carnies, at least as many Arachnos as resist Lethal, every true robot (even the Malta ones that probably shouldn't, given their "operating system") and Warhulks. If you look at Culex's spreadsheet on resists, you'll see that just about everything that resists Lethal in insane amounts (better than 50%) resists Psi even more.
  18. Run speed does matter, but only if you bump the sides. It decreases the amount that you will be slowed down by that.
  19. Well, how about that. I never would have tried it had you not pointed it out. I've been using the City of Heroes link at the bottom of the page since the banner was just a loop back to where I already was.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Captain_Photon View Post
    As a bonus, you also get the goofiest costume pieces ever made with that pack! Don't believe me? Check out my man CryoPhreak as he models the Valkyrie armor for you!



    The l4d13z! They're hot for the CryoPhreak right now!

    (Also: Yes! That is a legitimate(?) use of the Greek letter vet chest deco you're seeing there!)
    Legitimate and correct pronunciation, assuming it's Phi for Phreak. Phi would also be correct for the correct spelling, Freak, since it's all phonetics.

    I've actually found a few cases where the Greek letters have come in handy. A civilian outfit for my Mind Controller with a T-shirt bearing capital Psi was a "clever" use, and my Wonder Woman and Wonder Girl/Troia-inspired characters both use the Greek capital first letter of their names as a chest symbol.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    I just did a BNY mission on a level 50 at diff lev -1. They were all level 49 Winter Horde. Outside the cave, inside the cave, and the ones that spawned after SnapTooth is defeated.

    What level and diff were you at when this happened?
    This was on a level 31, also set to -1. Could be they're getting mixed in there since the level-less ones are really level 30s in disguise. I just dinged 32 on her and will check how that works.

    Edit: That did it. All are normal versions now. This is really only a very minor inconvenience, since the level-less versions are functionally exactly the same as the natural level 30s. It's annoying that they don't count for the badge, but it's really only going to effect a very narrow band of players, and only if their difficulty is set just so.
  22. I noticed that some of the Winter Horde in the BNY mission are normal ones and some are level-less. That's kind of strange. The ones that are level-less don't count toward the Cold Warrior badge, this is both the ones in the BNY mission and the ones in Lord Winter's Realm.
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by stellar View Post
    No seems to have commented yet on the 2 from Omega Team besides Ajax and the rikti-turned Hero-1 that are in-game . . .

    Give up?

    Glacia and Infernia. My memory escapes me which mission it was but i do remember them in game. . .
    They're in the LGTF.
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by InfamousBrad View Post
    Hmm. Sounds like even if nothing else goes wrong tomorrow, it's not ready to go live. If we promise not to hold you to it, can we have a target date for when the Winter Event will begin? I ask this because it's been an ongoing problem the whole five years with seasonal events starting way too late, and therefore running way too late. (Nobody is still going to be in the Christmas mood by the 3rd week in January. Or maybe even the second week.)
    Aside from the first one, the Winter Events have generally started in mid-December. I'm pretty sure that's by design, to have something different running to keep people occupied during the natural lull in development due to Christmas and New Year, and the slow ramping-up that takes place after the year starts and everyone gets back to work. The first one was late because it was tied to Issue 3, which was delayed by very contentious balance arguments. Issue 3 going live on January 4th as the same build that had been on Test since prior to Christmas illustrates the natural development cycle lull that the Winter events ever since seem to be used to cover.
  25. Only the ones with the blue outline block you from more arcs, the ones with the green outline don't. The only exceptions to this that I'm aware of are the Rikti War Zone contact arcs, which show up as green outline, but block you from getting new arcs like blue outline ones.