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I don't think so. The difference of total paid time versus vet reward time is almost two years on my account. And I never used time-cards and I did not buy the boxed set 24 times either.

Btw, there's another thread about this in the Player Question section here.

Well, let's see .... 1 or 2 badges for staying a hero or 149 badges that are currently unique to villains (if I counted right - although I don't think the +hp/+end accolades will be available twice) + the new unique villain badges (at least the new exploration badges)...
hmm...


Btw, I don't see how a badge could be awarded for staying a hero (and I really hope the devs won't come up with something like this). When do I get it? What happens if I switch over to the other side after I got it?

Same here (though not that many months awarded because I already had most of them). I had to petition because I did not get the badge that was due in January (for me). They fixed it but made a mess in my history of the dates when vet badges were awarded. A few hours ago I got three more badges which weren't due (well actually one of them was due tomorrow, I think) and when I checked my history log I noticed that my history log was completely changed. Now I have the history log in 3 month iterations from the date my account was created. This includes the timeframe when badges didn't exit and the months when my account was cancelled (I took a break from CoH a good while before badges were introduced to the game). Plus the given value of total paid time is much too low. Vet reward time seems to be largely ok, might be a month off, though (too low - can't verify because the history dates were altered).

The 91% mentioned is a buff to accuracy so it's
1.91*75% = 95% (because of the cap).

It's not only that the Vapor-X is OCed a bit (GPU from 850 to 870 MHz and RAM from 2400 to 2500 MHz - which isn't that much) but that the Vapor-X is very quiet and and has very good cooling ability.

I don't think it would work this way. In effect this would come close to removing the temp powers from the game unless you bring a friend with a toon from the other side. Perhaps if you add something like a codecard that drops on a successful PvP kill and is needed to access the computer. That way you eliminate the probelm of getting the right shard from the enemy and you don't even have to wait for someone to get a shard in the first place.

EDIT:
Ah, ok.

I did not ignore what you said. Actually I even agree with most of it. However, my argument was and is that people are NOT playing in BB and WB, and to a degree in RV, as intended. People are NOT fighting over Shards and Codes. And I think this is an important point because it indicates that there is a problem in the design of the zone minigame.

Well, and I already said what I think about complaining and the level of power of the BB and WB temp powers, remember?

This sounds as if there were only two settings. Just try to optimize the settings so that you get the best quality at reasonable framerates. For example by lowering anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering.

I don't have a Blue Ray player in my pc, so I can't really answer that, sorry. And I'm not really sure what you mean with "smoothly". The response time is 2ms if that's what you meant.

And why should anyone actually do this when they came to BB for the Shivans? If there's a PvPer who decides that I shouldn't get my temp power now I won't get my temp power now, because even though getting the shards is trival even with PvPers around (much easier than to fight someone over a lost shard), clearing a bunker is not.

You assume that the PvPer who got that 1 shard in battle is trying to get all the other shards now? How realistic is that? If I go to BB or WB to PvP I don't care about temp powers. All I want is to get my kills to up my rep and maybe for laughs.

Do you really mean what you say here? Did you read what I wrote? Or is this just an attempt to provoke me in some way?

I don't think I gave any reason to believe that I want to squash anyone out, much less that I hate someone or something.

I have the Samsung and I'm not unhappy with it. The only negative thing I can say about it, is the minimal tilt option (you can tilt the monitor but not by much). Well, and maybe that it seems to attract dust. Aaaaaand maybe that I wish I had the 27" version of it. 24" seems to be smaller these days than it used to be.
If you have specific questions about the monitor feel free to ask. I'll try to answer any reasonable question as good as I can.

Both, your Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and the GeForce 8600 GT 512MB are not really up to date anymore. So it's not only the video card.

If it's in your budget, get this one: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814102872. The Sapphire Vapor-X HD 5870 1 GB is probably the best 1 GB HD 5870 on the market.

The XFX you linked seems to be ok (didn't check for reviews). It's a XFX custom design which is probably more silent and likely has more cooling power than the reference design (notice the fan).

But this is not what is happening in those zones. In Bloody Bay no one is fighting over meteor chunks. The PvEes just go there to collect them and in the rare cases some PvPers are there, they're trying to kill the PvEers. Same in Warburg. And in RV it is very very rare to find someone who is actually going after the Mini-Heavy and if there's someone they'll often ask for help from the other side. That's why some people say it's bad game design. And I agree with them. Remove the badges from AVs, Pillboxes and Heavies and you'll see much less complaining in RV (I'm not so naive to believe that there's a chance people stop complaining entirely - and if you just remove these badges from the game you'll see much complaining about that, of course).

The HitChance formula is HitChance = ( AccMods * ( BaseHitChance + ToHitMods – DefMods ) ). BHC+THMod-DMod cannot be smaller than 5% and not be larger than 95% AND AccMod*BHC+THMod-DMod cannot be smaller than 5% and not be larger than 95%.
AVs get a AccMod multiplier of 1.5 based on their rank and AccMod of 1+0.1*level for each level higher than the attacker (max is 1.5). Unless you fight +6 and higher they won't get a THMod based on level difference. BHC for all critters (since I7) is 50%,

So if we assume you're fighting a +3 AV who is not using a power (!) to debuff your defense or to buff his own ToHit, the term in the inner parentheses is:
50% + 0% - 59.1% (for a melee attack) which is lower than 5% so it is set to 5%.

Ignoring AccMods from your secondary powerset the total HitChance is:
1.5*1.3*5% = 9.75%.

EDIT: And if I remember right, you only get ToHit debuffs from Dark Blast, not Acc debuffs.

Nice nonverbal comment. I admit, I laughed.

It was resurrected by Terror1.

Besides, I think you're missing the point here. This is not about the risk of getting attacked in PvP zones but about the reasons to enter these zones.

I think this actually touches the core of the problem.

There are two types of PvE rewards in PvP zones that cause problems (and let's not argue over a definition of PvE reward in a PvP zone – I think the majority would agree that it's about HOW you get the reward and not WHERE).

Temp Powers
Basically we're talking about Shivans and Nukes here. I think I remember a Dev saying that these powers were balanced partially considering the risk of PvP in the way to obtain them.
Well, this means they're a bit too powerful as there's little to no risk of PvP IF you're patient enough. Personally I don't think anyone should complain about them. However, I would still prefer to see them removed from Bloody Bay and Warburg and added as a reward in a cool new TF, for example.

Badges
I assume that people who are interested in badges usually try to get a complete collection or not bother at all with them. This is what „forces“ them into PvP zones to get the badges there.
a) Exploration badges
Wouldn't make sense to remove them. Plus they're easy and fast to get. The PvP risk is minimal.
b) PvP badges
I mean the „real“ PvP badges here. Like the arena badges or the rep badges. You have to engage in PvP in one way or another to get them. Obviously you can't change them now, although I believe it would have been better to introduce something else for PvP and not use badges here.
c) Certain defeat badges
This should be resolved by GR with the possibility to go to the other side and get the defeats there.
d) The rest
RV AV badges, Pillboxes, Heavies. These are problematic because to get them you have to invest much time and effort. And to me it seems to be very unfair to allow another player to nullify that (especially in the case of the AV badges). Badges are NOT balanced around PvP and I see no reason not to remove these from PvP zones and add them somewhere else.

I know that the list I made is not complete. But I think you get the general idea.