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  1. Niviene
    Those of you that have never changed your birth date on the forums, you may want to double check it now. Changing names forces me to give you a birth date so i'm making them up as I go heh
  2. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mr E-Man View Post
    Does this apply to non-NA/EU names?

    I'd really like my name to be Mr E-Man instead of the scrunched up version that the old forums forced on me.
    Done
  3. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by GATTACA_NA View Post
    Can all my other choices be the same? =P
    Yep but if it's taken, the current will remain the same.
  4. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Electric-Knight View Post
    Thanks for the reply, Niviene!
    You're all doing this so quickly, I figured I'd take advantage before you may get swamped and slowed down (In before the crowds!)









    Hehe, I guess we'll see, but no indication of plans to stop!
    lol I'm pretty quick for now...
  5. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Electric_Knight View Post
    Just some friendly advice (And personal opinion):

    To anyone that loses the battle over a beloved forum handle...
    I, personally, don't see any problem with the _EU/_NA suffix.
    So, if you love the name... consider putting that option as your second choice and stick with it should your counterpart have beaten you to the email.

    Best of luck to all!

    Can we have dashes in the handles now instead of only underscores?
    I may ask for a change myself

    Yes
  6. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chaos_Creator View Post
    wait we can drop the underscore?

    Yes
  7. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Shadow_Wail View Post
    Do we have to do it?

    Do you have to change your name? No.
  8. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Xanatos View Post
    I miss the "_NA" bit. It was like I was part of a cool gang.

    Thanks for the change Nivienne / Avatea. Glad to have my name back.

    Xan
    You're welcome!
  9. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Frost View Post
    Yes...yes they are *hugs his rightful handle*

    done
  10. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    I still think mud-wrestling to decide name clashes would have been better

    EDIT: My one should be easy to fix, as I have the same name on both of them
    Gotcha
  11. Niviene

    City of Cute...

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Psygon_EU View Post
    Ok, so the next few are ready!

    First up we have:


    Pepsiman!

    Next is Doctor Noire:


    Doctor Noire

    Then we have a cute ickle fairy:


    Snap Play

    And finally one of my faves of this bunch


    Thyristor

    Cute cute cute! Love Pepsiman in this batch and the little fairy. Will have to keep watch on this thread and when your que isn't so full slip my request in for one of these.
  12. Niviene

    City of Cute...

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Psygon_EU View Post
    Well I finally did it :O

    I went through the requests and started to try and pull together some sort of list. But I started losing count sometime after 10 and just before I hit 40... so I decided to just make a stab at those that were there. Apologies if you have been waiting some time for these... and here's hoping you like them

    click any image for a larger version!

    First up, one of my favourites... really like how this turned out:


    Nadya

    One featuring some of the magic pack options:


    Aquarian Draconum

    One that required a sword and a gun!


    Skylux/Warbreed

    A really cute one!


    Vivace

    Lightning!


    Volt Sentinal

    And probably my favourite cute to date... so needs to be on a tshirt!!!!


    Masked Shrike

    These are super cute.
    I think my favorite is Masked Shrike! It really should be on a t-shirt heh well done.
  13. Niviene
    Just an FYI to Everyone,

    Reputation is covered in the Rules and Guidelines
    Quote:
    2. Abuse and disrespectful behavior are not tolerated.

    The purpose of the forum is to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas. Occasionally, conflicts may arise when people voice opinions. Be courteous when disagreeing with others. Debating the opinion is appropriate, however criticism against the originator of the opinion is not allowed. Disrespect can be construed as flaming, trolling, harassing, profanity, abusive language or abbreviations, personal attacks, racial, religious, ethnic, sexual slurs, or similar behavior/language.

    This applies to “public” threads, private messages, visitor messages on user profiles, reputation comments and calendar notes.
    • Flaming is defined as posts which are designed to personally berate or insult another.
    • Trolling is defined as deliberately posting derogatory, inflammatory comments/threads in order to bait other users into responding. Trolling or accusing someone of being a troll is also a form of trolling and is not permitted.
    • Posts similar to “Moderator Notified” or “Needs thread lock” are discouraged, as these types of posts are a form of trolling. If a thread is in violation of the forum rules, use the notify moderator button or PM a moderator directly.
    • Personal attacks include, but are not limited to insulting a poster directly:

      Example: “You are stupid, you suck, and you should [censored].”


    The above are non-exhaustive examples of behavior that is not tolerated on the forums. Directly attacking another poster will result in a warning. If the behavior persists, further consequences may be enacted against your account in our sole discretion.
    Abuse is not tolerated on these forums and reputation comments will not hide your identity from the moderators so please make sure you review and follow all of the posted Rules and Guidelines.
  14. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain View Post
    Some people said some really terrible things.
    I, honestly, have no problem hitting that alert mod button...

    Just an FYI to Everyone,

    Reputation is covered in the Rules and Guidelines
    Quote:
    2. Abuse and disrespectful behavior are not tolerated.

    The purpose of the forum is to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas. Occasionally, conflicts may arise when people voice opinions. Be courteous when disagreeing with others. Debating the opinion is appropriate, however criticism against the originator of the opinion is not allowed. Disrespect can be construed as flaming, trolling, harassing, profanity, abusive language or abbreviations, personal attacks, racial, religious, ethnic, sexual slurs, or similar behavior/language.

    This applies to “public” threads, private messages, visitor messages on user profiles, reputation comments and calendar notes.
    • Flaming is defined as posts which are designed to personally berate or insult another.
    • Trolling is defined as deliberately posting derogatory, inflammatory comments/threads in order to bait other users into responding. Trolling or accusing someone of being a troll is also a form of trolling and is not permitted.
    • Posts similar to “Moderator Notified” or “Needs thread lock” are discouraged, as these types of posts are a form of trolling. If a thread is in violation of the forum rules, use the notify moderator button or PM a moderator directly.
    • Personal attacks include, but are not limited to insulting a poster directly:

      Example: “You are stupid, you suck, and you should [censored].”


    The above are non-exhaustive examples of behavior that is not tolerated on the forums. Directly attacking another poster will result in a warning. If the behavior persists, further consequences may be enacted against your account in our sole discretion.
    Abuse is not tolerated on these forums and reputation comments will not hide your identity from the moderators so please make sure you review and follow all of the posted Rules and Guidelines.
  15. Niviene

    With Issue 16: Powers Spectrum on the horizon, Lead Designer Matt “Positron” Miller discusses power customization and how it came to fruition. Check out what Matt has to say about bringing a much desired feature to life in this Developer Diary on MMORPG

    Join in the Community Discussion!
  16. Niviene
    With Issue 16: Powers Spectrum on the horizon, Lead Designer Matt “Positron” Miller discusses power customization and how it came to fruition. Check out what Matt has to say about bringing a much desired feature to life in this Developer Diary on MMORPG
  17. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lazarus_NA View Post
    Not many people are using them yet, but I'm already wishing for a feature to disable non-standard fonts in posts. Some people for whatever reason insist on using fonts that just make their posts annoying to read. I guess I'm just going to have to skip those posts because I'm not going put in extra effort to find out what you're saying just because you have to be fancy with orange cursive font on a red background.

    The color thing is a whole 'nother issue. Really, why do we allow certain font colors if they're going to be unreadable with the board's color themes?

    And down with the friggin' signature images! Either disable them or turn the size limits way down as I'm getting sick of seeing so many posts where the sig is taller than the actual content of the post.
    You can disable signatures in your USER CP.
  18. Niviene
    Patch Notes for Live Build

    Tuesday, August 4th, 2009



    COMBINED



    Arena
    • Fixed Villain Pentad event to properly award the Pentad Arena badge

    Art
    • Transformation Capsules now properly show their destroyed animation


    Emotes
    • Quick-Chat Menu has gone through an overhaul and now includes all emotes available to all players.
    • All versions of juggle emotes should now work with flight.

    Invention
    • Detonation Set: Fixed a bug that would cause the 5 piece set bonus from the Detonation Invention Origin set to require all 6 pieces.
    • Focused Smite: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge should have its short help correctly state that it boosts Accuracy, Damage and Attack Rate instead of Damage, Reducing Endurance Cost and Increasing Attack Rate.

    Leveling Pact
    • Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented an offline level-pacted player from receiving experience if the pact is broken while that player is offline.


    Mission Architect
    • The Vanguard Warhead destructable object used in the Mission Architect should now correctly explode instead of vanishing.
    • Custom Critters - Mercenaries summoning set - Attacks from this set now deal damage versus players.
    • Destructable objects in arcs that are not flagged as Dev Choice will no longer cause secondary effects

    Powers
    • Dark Miasma/Dark Servant (all versions): Fixed a bug that caused this power to state that it would accept Recharge Intensive Pet enhancement sets. Since this pet cannot be slotted for damage, it should never have been able to accept these types of enhancements.
    • Hit delay for Trick Arrow - Entangling Arrow and Ice Arrow should sync with the visuals of the projectile
    • Fixed the bug where pets weren't phasing with their owners properly (with powers such as Phase Shift).

    PVP Changes
    • If you defeat someone who has recently defeated you, this will no longer restrict you from receiving rewards from the PvP defeat. The PvP reputation timer is now no longer reset from a defeat that doesn't earn reputation.

    Super Groups
    • Fixed the /enter_base_from_sgid command so that it only works when the base entry dialog is Open.


    User Interface

    • The issue involving random characters appearing in the chat line has been fixed. For example, players should now no longer see “asdawasdsawdsLevel 10 Scrapper LFT”
    • Players can no longer use the /enter_base_from_sgid command to flee from danger.
    • Global Chat Channels will no longer change colors randomly upon zoning.
    Zones
    • A small hole in Cimerora's geometry no longer allows players to teleport behind the war walls.


    CITY of HEROES


    Powers


    Controllers
    • Trick Arrow/Acid Arrow: This power should now correctly display its resistance debuff visual FX.
    • Trick Arrow/Poison Gas Arrow: This power should now correctly display its damage debuff visual FX.

    Defenders
    • Trick Arrow/Acid Arrow: This power should now correctly display its resistance debuff visual FX.
    • Trick Arrow/Poison Gas Arrow: This power should now correctly display its damage debuff visual FX.
    • Dark Miasma/Dark Servant: Text no longer claims that this power takes Recharge Intensive enhancement sets

    Tankers
    • Ice Armor/Wet Ice: Fixed a typo in this power’s long help.

    Task Force
    • Manticore Task Force: 1st Mission no longer spawns level 40 Paragon Protector Elites (This is a level 30-35 Task Force)


    CITY of VILLAINS


    Powers


    Masterminds
    • Necromancy/Lich: This pet summoning power should no longer accept Defense Debuff enhancements, as the Lich doesn’t have any powers with a defense debuff component. The Lich can now be slotted for Accurate To-Hit Debuff Invention Origin sets.

    Strike Force
    • Thus Spoke the Reichsman: Ghost Widow's Betrayed Dialog now occurs at the proper time
  19. Niviene
    Patch Notes for Live Build

    Tuesday, August 4th, 2009



    COMBINED



    Arena
    • Fixed Villain Pentad event to properly award the Pentad Arena badge

    Art
    • Transformation Capsules now properly show their destroyed animation


    Emotes
    • Quick-Chat Menu has gone through an overhaul and now includes all emotes available to all players.
    • All versions of juggle emotes should now work with flight.

    Invention
    • Detonation Set: Fixed a bug that would cause the 5 piece set bonus from the Detonation Invention Origin set to require all 6 pieces.
    • Focused Smite: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge should have its short help correctly state that it boosts Accuracy, Damage and Attack Rate instead of Damage, Reducing Endurance Cost and Increasing Attack Rate.

    Leveling Pact
    • Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented an offline level-pacted player from receiving experience if the pact is broken while that player is offline.


    Mission Architect
    • The Vanguard Warhead destructable object used in the Mission Architect should now correctly explode instead of vanishing.
    • Custom Critters - Mercenaries summoning set - Attacks from this set now deal damage versus players.
    • Destructable objects in arcs that are not flagged as Dev Choice will no longer cause secondary effects

    Powers
    • Dark Miasma/Dark Servant (all versions): Fixed a bug that caused this power to state that it would accept Recharge Intensive Pet enhancement sets. Since this pet cannot be slotted for damage, it should never have been able to accept these types of enhancements.
    • Hit delay for Trick Arrow - Entangling Arrow and Ice Arrow should sync with the visuals of the projectile
    • Fixed the bug where pets weren't phasing with their owners properly (with powers such as Phase Shift).

    PVP Changes
    • If you defeat someone who has recently defeated you, this will no longer restrict you from receiving rewards from the PvP defeat. The PvP reputation timer is now no longer reset from a defeat that doesn't earn reputation.

    Super Groups
    • Fixed the /enter_base_from_sgid command so that it only works when the base entry dialog is Open.


    User Interface

    • The issue involving random characters appearing in the chat line has been fixed. For example, players should now no longer see “asdawasdsawdsLevel 10 Scrapper LFT”
    • Players can no longer use the /enter_base_from_sgid command to flee from danger.
    • Global Chat Channels will no longer change colors randomly upon zoning.
    Zones
    • A small hole in Cimerora's geometry no longer allows players to teleport behind the war walls.


    CITY of HEROES


    Powers


    Controllers
    • Trick Arrow/Acid Arrow: This power should now correctly display its resistance debuff visual FX.
    • Trick Arrow/Poison Gas Arrow: This power should now correctly display its damage debuff visual FX.

    Defenders
    • Trick Arrow/Acid Arrow: This power should now correctly display its resistance debuff visual FX.
    • Trick Arrow/Poison Gas Arrow: This power should now correctly display its damage debuff visual FX.
    • Dark Miasma/Dark Servant: Text no longer claims that this power takes Recharge Intensive enhancement sets

    Tankers
    • Ice Armor/Wet Ice: Fixed a typo in this power’s long help.

    Task Force
    • Manticore Task Force: 1st Mission no longer spawns level 40 Paragon Protector Elites (This is a level 30-35 Task Force)


    CITY of VILLAINS


    Powers


    Masterminds
    • Necromancy/Lich: This pet summoning power should no longer accept Defense Debuff enhancements, as the Lich doesn’t have any powers with a defense debuff component. The Lich can now be slotted for Accurate To-Hit Debuff Invention Origin sets.

    Strike Force
    • Thus Spoke the Reichsman: Ghost Widow's Betrayed Dialog now occurs at the proper time


    Join in the Community Discussion!
  20. Niviene
    Greetings Players,

    Due to the stability issues that occurred with the North American servers this past Double XP Weekend, we plan to offer another Double XP Weekend in North America after Issue 16 launches.

    We would like to take this opportunity to apologize to those of you who were unable to enjoy the event as a result of this, and would like to thank you for your patience as we work to resolve these types of issues in the future.

    We appreciate your continued support.

    The City of Heroes Team
  21. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Boring_Kid View Post
    I miss the old board front page where all of the board sub-categories were expanded and I could scroll through all of the boards without having to open any specific board category. Any chance of getting that interface back?

    That is already an option. Click on the Category "English" and it should expand all the forums within. Once expanded, bookmark that page and then everytime you click on that bookmark you will get the expanded page.
  22. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
    My tenuous hold on 1st place was quickly derailed. I've gotten several negative reps in the last couple of hours with comments like "Out to pull you down" and "j" (whatever the hell that means). Now I'm back to 3rd or 4th or somesuch. Oh, well - good rep, bad rep, people still know me.

    For the record, I'm not nice. Depending on the charitability of the person talking about me, I'm anything from "refreshingly honest" to "damned abrasive" to "direct" to "rude". No one ever refers to me as "nice."

    But yeah, this is probably a whole new griefing system, especially for those who have a harder time differentiating between "I'm negative repping your post" and "I'm negative repping YOU."

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

    Rep can be turned off in your User CP.
  23. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by fallenz View Post
    They are asking when they log in that they go start to the English Forums, not the front page with all choices. Just the English with the sub groups open.

    If you bookmark the page with all sub groups open it should return you to that page with all the sub groups open.
  24. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Primal_NA View Post
    Um, am I stuck with this _NA tag on my name forever? I couldn't find a Primal EU side, but maybe there was one hiding. I've seen other names with the same ending, and a few _EUs too. Is there official word? I'm digging now.

    This was addressed in the Welcome announcement.
  25. Niviene
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lemur_Lad View Post
    I've tried subscribing to different sections under Forum Tools, but that doesn't seem to accomplish what I thought.
    Not sure I understand what you are wanting to see.

    Are you wanting a list of forums as they appeared on the UBB forums? If so clicking on the word "English" will open up all the sections into on long list of forums.