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Quote:I just checked as I am on a yearly payment and found that I was set to be billed November 9th. My autopayment had not been stopped and looked like it was set to bill again on that date. So I cancelled my account.Originally Posted by Live_Wyre
Thanks for the replies. I don't mind paying because as of right now I am still getting the service. I dont want this to happen IF they close shop. I would rather know it will continue until I cancel, than get charged on the last day before they close and have to go through the customer service of getting $14.99 back. I can just cancel before then if it is on me, but I don't wanna cancel early and maybe lose status/perks. -
Quote:I work for a company that creates custom products for clients. You have up to 1 year to try for a chargeback. It will also be easier in situations where 30-120 days is shorter than the amount of time it would take to recieve your goods or services.Originally Posted by Gangrel_EU
If you are doing this, make sure that the transaction isnt all that old either... depending on the card company that you are with, you *should* have between 30 and 120 days to dispute a transaction (i believe that this is due to how often statements are sent out etc etc).
If any of the transactions are past the limit according to the card scheme you are with (Visa, Mastercard, Diners Club, AMEX) then you can still try for a chargeback... but the chances of it then working are very very slim. -
Quote:In your OP you refer to breaking down the VR twice. Not downgrade, that is why I brought it up.Originally Posted by Ukaserex
The price for getting older. I did something that I'd never done before. I have no recollection doing it - but it must be true, because I'd not done one weekly with the toon in question. I used it to make my alpha t-4.
A real bone-head play. Like I couldn't just run a yin and a numina or the respec. Ah well, so very glad I didn't rage over it like I ordinarily might.
Oh, Paris, you can downgrade a very rare to the rare of your choice.
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Quote:Did you Downgrade or Breakdown?Originally Posted by Ukaserex
Ok..so I ran an MoUGT about 3 weeks ago. (almost MO - lol, missed the part about keeping des healthy -arguably the easiest part) Well, I got a very rare. On the toon in question, it was +2, missing a rare to get the
t-3 so I could make him +3. Rather than break it down, I decided to wait, maybe catch one in a subsequent trial.
Well, I have a lot of alts. More than a few 50s, and used some transfers to move some around to take better advantage of some of the more populated servers, so I could make room on my home server. Anyway, because there was some good Mo iTrials going on, I was going to break that very rare down, and well, it's gone. No rares, no very rares.
Just wondering if I'm getting confused or has something like this happened to someone else. I don't think I am, because I am looking at the badges for this toon, and I can see the dates they were awarded, and ugt is guaranteed very rare /rare - yet I have none in my inventory.
The sad thing is, even if I'm right (and, of course, I am fairly certain I am) I don't think the GMs can do anything about it.
This ever happened to any of you?
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Quote:Yes, that is the card I have. I uninstalled and reinstalled and it appears to work now. But for some reason in Device Manager under Sound, I have 8 "NVIDIA High Difinition Audio" devices. Not sure what the differences between any of them are except there are 2 each that say location 0-3.Originally Posted by WanderingAries
Ok, so we're talking about THIS card right? Are you using the SLI functionality of the card? If you are then I have no idea how to test for anything related to that. Any chance we can get a screenshot of what's listed under your sound devices in Windows Device Manager? What about your Sound Control Panel options, what sound device is listed as your default playback device? Mine has the choice between Speakers and SPDIF (the HDMI). For some reason I've noticed that my system makes me change these manually now when switching to HDMI.
In the meantime, you could try fully uninstalling your nvidia HD Audio drivers using what's referenced here. Then delete all of the sound devices that are listed in Device Manager. Reboot, let windows load drivers on its own. If it can't reinstall all the drivers, then manually install them again using your installation CD. Cross a few fingers, test, and let us know! -
Quote:Any power that slows defeating enemies is a giant waste of time for everyone involved. That is all that knockback does. I have been praying for this enhancement for about 7 years now.Originally Posted by McNum
Knockback is a tool, one that has been nerfed repeatedly in the last year or so. Every time it becomes useful in some way, it gets nerfed. You notice that lava doesn't do damage to anyone anymore? That's because knockback became useful, even somewhat powerful. Can't have that. So bye-bye verisimilitude, lava is now harmless.
And now this abomination of an IO appears. If I had the Inf, I'd buy every single one that came on the market and destroy it. The fewer of these that exists, the better. It unbalances several powers that were dependent on their knockback to be allowed to be that much more awesome, like Tornado and several AoE attacks.
But the worst part is, if this IO becomes even slightly common, it becomes a "requirement". Not officially, of course, but as you said, why not slot it in Crane Kick (except for losing the awesome "Kick badguy off high building" finishing move)? It's the "optimal" strategy. And that is terrible. Especially if it becomes a widespread idea. There's already too much unjustified stigma against knockback, this will not help that, at all. It will only make that problem worse. Much worse.
What we need is MORE knockback. Useful knockback, though, none of this "chance to" stuff. And stuff to knock enemies into, other than the Scrapper. We need knockback, a standout feature of CoH, to be awesome. The ability to affect Archvillains would be a nice place to start. Knockback is the only status in the game where a mag 10,000 protection exists. Why is that? It's not like there's anything dangerous left to knock anything into. That's nerfed already.
Frankly, I'm sorely disappointed that this IO even made it out of concept stage. It's such a bad idea, it should have been rejected outright. So many balance issues coming up...
And the worst possible thing? That this means that knockback will never get looked at properly, and turned into what it could have been. Knockback is a superheroic staple. It should have been front and center from the start.
The solution to the knockback "problem" is not to be able to switch knnockback off, it's to make knockback useful and desirable in several situations. -
Quote:the on board audio is disabled.Originally Posted by WanderingAries
huh, maybe you should disable the onboard audio in the BIOS then. It's possible that there's a conflict somewhere. It honesly sounds more like a driver/config issue or possible corruption, but that's not a strong suit of mine quite yet.
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Quote:Wasn't Hami day one? And a much harder incarnation?Originally Posted by PrincessDarkstar
Threads like this make me sad.
People shouldn't have to know anything to play and enjoy this game and it has been so for ~7 years up until incarnates
Respec Trials were pretty soon after start, also alot harder then.
Abandoned sewer trial took a lot of coordination and people paying attention.
While there are more activities that require coordination and learning, there are a lot more activities overall. -
Quote:When I use the sound from the motherboard, it works fine.Originally Posted by WanderingAries
You mentioned "onboard sound", so are you saying that you lose audio when running CoX and WMP over HDMI to the TV, but it's fine when running through the normal speakers? I've run into a recent issue on the same OS where I have to manually change my sound output from laptop speakers to SPDIF when using my HDMI. Then again, this laptop's nearing the end of its lifetime too so it could easily be something different.
When I use the sound from my Nvidia GTX 460s wmp causes CoH to stop playing sound. -
I just got a HD tv to hook up to my computer and ran into a strange issue. If I run windows media player at the same time as CoH, the sound from CoH stops. I have to turn of WMP and restart CoH to get sound again. Sound works fine with the onboard sound. Anybody have any ideas?
Here is my report from City of Heroes Helper
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at June 17, 2012 23:36 (-06:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 11/16/10 18:07:45 Ver: 08.00.15
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Memory: 12288MB
.Net Memory Report: 9239MB out of 12279MB available
Page File: 19878MB (4678MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST31000528AS ATA Device) 420334MB out of 953766MB (44%) free
F Drive: (Maxtor 6L100M0 ATA Device) 54177MB out of 95605MB (56%) free
G Drive: (Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 ATA Device) 244851MB out of 953868MB (25%) free
H Drive: (MAXTOR STM3500630AS ATA Device) 284640MB out of 476929MB (59%) free
P Drive: (WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 ATA Device) 635245MB out of 953739MB (66%) free
D Drive: (ASUS DRW-24B1ST a ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7601.17514 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / NVxx
Video Memory: 4051 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.13.142
Driver Date: 5/15/2012 4:48:00 AM
Driver Language: English
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / NVxx
Video Memory: 4051 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.13.142
Driver Date: 5/15/2012 4:48:00 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: HDTV (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)
Driver File: nvhda64v.sys
Driver Version: 1.03.0012.0000
Driver Date: 1/17/2012 6:45:56 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P6X58D-E
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 11/16/10 18:07:45 Ver: 08.00.15
BIOS Version: 111610 - 20101116
BIOS Release: 20101116000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1920x1080
3D Resolution: 1920x1080 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: -1006, 243
Refresh Rate: 0Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: High
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
Entity Detail Level: 2.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Unknown (4)
Shadow Map Shader: High quality
Environmental Reflections: High quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: High quality
Occlusion Strength: Strong
Blur: Trilateral
Ambient Resolution: Quality
Gamma Correction: 0.752
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Compatiblity
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.802
Music Sound Volume: 0.000
Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 1.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1950.201102230015.1
Installation Directory: F:\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
.\fonts has 1 file
.\sound\Ogg\Enemies has 1 file
.\sound\Ogg\Feet has 6 files
.\sound\Ogg\Feet\FemJump1_data has 28 files
.\sound\Ogg\Feet\Femjump3_data has 12 files
.\sound\Ogg\FrontEnd has 9 files
.\sound\Ogg\FrontEnd\Objective_loop_data has 2 files
.\sound\Ogg\Peregrine has 2 files
.\sound\Ogg\Player has 14 files
.\sound\Ogg\Powers has 36 files
.\sound\Ogg\Rave has 5 files
.\sound\Ogg\Tech has 1 file
.\sound\Ogg\V_FrontEnd has 2 files
.\sound\Ogg\Weapons has 1 file
.\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\common\Backgrounds has 2 files
.\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\Login has 2 files
.\texture_library\GUI\Cursors has 10 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 2 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\Dark_Astoria_makeover has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\NewPlayerTutorial has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 42 files
.\texture_library\P_MAPS has 2 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\City has 2 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files -
It was so bad I even made a video about the Envoy of Shadows arc where you save the world a couple times and Kato still wont give you his phone number.
http://youtu.be/mKiaHFI_62k -
Quote:Good to hear they are changing this. It is much too complex as it stands now. Thanks for the link.Originally Posted by Roderick
Chasing either because it's better than the other WILL lead to disappointment.
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I have having difficulty wrapping my head around how ATO procs work. So somehow we're supposed to find the power with the base recharge + activation time closest to the proc per minute value and then max the recharge of that power so that it goes off more.
Yet after all that calculus somehow, "you can really slot these in any power you use and you will see them be effective."
I am trying wrap my head around this being a good idea. On one hand I don't want to gimp my characters by just tossing it in an attack I like but on the other I just don't get the calculus.
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Quote:This has never been my experience. You can gain levels and advance when you do so.Originally Posted by Agent White
As long as I've been playing, TFs lock you in to the level you start it at. You can earn experience and level up and go to a trainer but you stay at the level you started it.
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Quote:4 Purples in the last week or so. No farming and all on character under 50.Originally Posted by The guy your mom stalks
Hello thank you for taking the time to read this I just had a simple question. Is there something off with the drop rate of purples and shards?. It was kinda ugly outside and I had a few hours before I had to go out to brave the weather, And my most recent build idea came to mind so i thought to do some farming after about five hours the best drop i got was an orange..I think a Positron's blast and two shards. I was just wondering is there an issue with the drop rates of purples or was this just a really off day?
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Quote:I am confused, where are you that you have to get back from?Originally Posted by Gangland_Master
Well as I stated I just recently came back. I have done the LFG thing a total of 4 times. 2 times I was kicked shortly after they asked "Gangland you coming?" to which I replied that I do not know how to get back. The other 2 times I just quit and requeued. I asked in game and got the standard "Noob! L2Play" responses. That is why I asked here. So your assumptions of me ignoring them are incorrect. I could honestly care less what you find a hard time believing, your experience and mine differ. Thanks for your input though.
Best regards,
Gangland
Still in the last mission, in another zone, where, specifically are you? -
Quote:A Major MMO recently had a unannounced 14 hour downtime for unspecified reasons.Originally Posted by Heliopause
The production servers are down for maintenance for 6 hours which is annoying. Are other online games down for maintenance for such long periods of time? Also, the US being the bulk of game players why don't they do the maintenance like around 3 am Eastern time or something. Thanks
So, yes it is not uncommon. -
Same problem, though I find it more than mildly annoying.
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Quote:I even made a video about this a few years ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKiaHFI_62k You are saving the world for someone and they wont even give you their phone number.Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
Or, if you're being less diplomatic: the old-school hero contacts spend a lot of time just wasting your damn time.
"Go and see the security chief for Perez Park."
"Go speak to the War Zone Coordinator for Siren's Call."
"Hey, have you heard about the Hollows? Yeah, well, you will."
"Run to the far side of Brickstown and back for no reason at all. Chop chop!"*
and so forth.
* I may have made this one up. -
Quote:Can you be more specific? I went there and found not a one image. Just a list of the things you can buy. If someone has actually taken the pictures they are not linked in any way to that page.Originally Posted by TerraDraconis
So I guess the answer to the OP is no. -
Quote:If you check the bottom right corner you will see, "Updated: 2011-06-24 18:25:02 UTC"Originally Posted by Gothenem
Today, they have the servers down to update the game to I20.5.
At 9:34 am (EDT) I checked the server status. The page said the 10 American servers were all up and the Training room is Unknown.
I attempted to login to the game and I got the message: " Account <snipped for security reasons> is not allowed on this server. reason: Access to this server is currently restricted for internal testing by NCsoft employees to verify today’s maintenance. Your access will be restored to this server once our checks and tests are complete. Thank you for your patience."
Why then does the server status page say the server is up. On previous occasions, it would have put "Unknown" for the server status.
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Quote:Not sure why you would think that your account would be deactivated. I have at least 8 Paris Giovannis and there are 2 others because I couldn't get the name on 2 servers.Originally Posted by Sukothai
If I had charater under my EU Account with the Global Sukothai the Great, and NA with Global Sukothai, would my EU account be deactivated? What happens to my EU characters?
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Quote:As far as I know, a majority of video cards have no sound capability so pluging your HDMI into a computer will have no effect on the sound. Also, you will have to change your video settings when you plug into a TV.Originally Posted by Windenergy21
Can anyone help! I just put in a new video card, which is working, but now I have no sound! Also, when i plug the HDMI cable to my tv, nothing shows or sounds on the tv! Please help! Have an EVGA 430 GT 1gig DDR 3, just switched out from a PNY 8600 GT 512 DDR2, the video works fine but no sound
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Been gone for a year and a half and find there have been quite a few changes. I'd like some advice on my build. Just respeced him and would like to know what I can do better.
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.92
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Private Heck: Level 50 Technology Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Assault Rifle
Secondary Power Set: Radiation Emission
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Slug- (A) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge
- (3) Apocalypse - Damage
- (3) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (5) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge
- (5) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance
- (A) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
- (7) Doctored Wounds - Heal
- (7) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (9) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (9) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
- (11) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (11) Damage Increase IO
- (13) Damage Increase IO
- (13) HamiO:Centriole Exposure
- (15) Range IO
- (15) Range IO
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (17) Recharge Reduction IO
- (17) Recharge Reduction IO
- (19) Endurance Modification IO
- (19) Endurance Modification IO
- (21) Endurance Modification IO
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (21) Recharge Reduction IO
- (23) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Defense Debuff IO
- (23) Defense Debuff IO
- (25) Defense Debuff IO
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (25) Resist Damage IO
- (27) Resist Damage IO
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (29) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (29) Luck of the Gambler - Endurance/Recharge
- (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge
- (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (A) Jumping IO
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (31) Defense Buff IO
- (33) Defense Buff IO
- (A) Ragnarok - Damage
- (33) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (33) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge
- (34) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance
- (34) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown
- (A) Range IO
- (34) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Slow
- (36) Tempered Readiness - Damage/Slow
- (36) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Endurance
- (36) Tempered Readiness - Range/Slow
- (37) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Damage/Slow
- (A) Air Burst - Accuracy/Damage
- (37) Air Burst - Damage/Endurance
- (37) Air Burst - Damage/Recharge
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (39) Defense Buff IO
- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
- (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
- (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
- (40) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (40) Damage Increase IO
- (40) Damage Increase IO
- (42) HamiO:Centriole Exposure
- (42) Range IO
- (42) Range IO
- (A) Siphon Insight - ToHit Debuff
- (43) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/ToHit Debuff
- (43) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/Recharge
- (43) Siphon Insight - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
- (45) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (45) Siphon Insight - Chance for +ToHit
- (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy
- (45) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance
- (46) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge
- (46) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
- (46) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
- (48) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (48) Resist Damage IO
- (48) Resist Damage IO
- (50) Resist Damage IO
- (A) To Hit Buff IO
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 0: High Pain Threshold
Level 0: Invader
Level 0: Marshal
Level 0: Born In Battle
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Level 1: Brawl- (A) Empty
- (A) Celerity - +Stealth
- (A) Empty
- (A) Run Speed IO
- (A) Jumping IO
- (A) Healing IO
- (A) Endurance Modification IO
- (50) Endurance Modification IO
- (50) Endurance Modification IO
Level 4: Ninja Run -
Hi Blue!