Rajani Isa
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Try it. and if it won't work, ask support.
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Quote:I hope the Stalker ATo gets special treatment, but just because something is "working as intended" when released doesn't mean they will not change their thinking afterwords.Originally Posted by Reppu
The only case I HONESTLY think Bait and Switch has happened is the Stalker ATO proc, which was said to be working as intended with it's 100% proc rate every 10 seconds.
This change is going to BUTCHER that proc, and I know people who bought Super Packs specifically for this proc.
That? Because Synapse, if I recall it was, said very clearly it was working as intended, and thus this word got out? It's a bait and switch to then nerf it after clarifying to the masses "This is working as intended, go nuts!"
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Quote:While they are proc-like, they are not procs.Originally Posted by MisterD
Oh..good point! How does this work on numi/miacles in Health? Do they suddenly change? Or because they last 120 secs, will we see next to [no] difference, since they will be checking every 10 secs anyway?
The game comes with the warning "Gameplay may change" - the EULA has plenty of language about this. You're not being defrauded in any way.Quote:Originally Posted by Kyriani
If this happens without customer recourse it's a crime.
If they refuse to refund me my points I'll simply stop my subscription until the point total + what I lose from my VIP bonus missing months as a subscriber (which I think should be able 4 months to break even). My vet status is enough that I won't miss much if anything and I'll deny them my patronage and dollars. If I can't make them see reason one way I'll show my displeasure by speaking with my wallet. If I cant get my refund in one fashion I'll simply TAKE IT in another.
I do hope they give some procs special handling (such as the Stalker proc from the ATO sets). At least from now on, all procs, IO or SBE, will be on the same footing.
Bait and switch has to be purposeful. This wasn't. And while EULAs and such HAVE been thrown out, it's only when they egregious violate peoples rights. I doubt this would count. The procs still will work. And they can't lose value. They inherently have ZERO value in game once bought, as you cannot trade them away (except ATOs, which you can get in game or out).Quote:Originally Posted by Reppu
This is a subtle, probably not purposeful Bait and Switch, seeing as at least a month's worth of testing went into the current SBE Procs on the market. The ONLY exception was Performance Shifter, thus why it's 'nerf' was acceptable en-masse.
With a MONTH'S WORTH OF TESTING, people knew exactly what they were buying. You may have not flat-out listed the PPM proc rates and information on the purchase screen, but a month is MORE than enough for people to know what they did, know how they work, and purchase them for that reason.
Not only, in doing this, did you 100% ruin the only 'perk' of buying SBE perks, but you're also nerfing them because "Oh no people are squeezing performance in City of Heroes!".
I know your EULA has a small clause stating we can't flail our arms and scream about these changes, but I also know an EULA is easily thrown out in court if you break a greater jurisdiction law. I really hope, for Paragon's sake, nobody has the willpower to take this to court.
I support the idea of making all procs PPM.
I do not support the idea of ludicrous caps that dynamically change the game.
I do not support 'subtle, accidental' Bait and Switch.
PS: I am also neeeever buying an IO off the Paragon Market again. Too subject to be randomly nerfed and the value going down. Yay for useless Mako's Bite procs.
You really need to refund these, Paragon. All sales are final is one thing, laughing at your player base because design made a boo boo is not kosher.
And this isn't them "laughing" at us. We are still testing Issue 23. They are giving us a heads up now on an Issue 24 change. If they went ahead and did this and didn't tell us (while offering more sets for sale in the store) then you might have a point. -
Quote:Note if it was installed after the games moved to the NCSoft Launcher, then the default is C:\Program Files (x86)\NCSoft\City of Heroes\ or something similar.Originally Posted by WanderingAries
Did you uninstall something or migrate your CoX install? Either one of these will cause this. Well, that or a corrupted registry, but we'll think happy thoughts for now.
The Default Installation location for Windows 7 would be like this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes\
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The Brute ATO proc (compared to other ATO/ppm procs) is unique in that it goes off activation, not targets. So the proc only cares about the powers base recharge - it doesn't care about the AOE of a power like other ATO procs do.
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Quote:Or you could email it to yourself to another character.Originally Posted by DreadShinobi
If you used a catalyst on an ATO that you didn't need to be catalyzed don't forget that you can use enhancement converters on it and then use it for a different toon that needs it instead.
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Quote:First freespec was with Issue 3 or thereabouts. It was part of the first winter event, as I recall.Originally Posted by WanderingAries
but back then we got freespecs with each issue :-D
that aside, I beleve the OP is asking where the ability to save our trays (as they are before respec) is since it's been a long time since the respec ability was introduced. Honestly I too think this is a bit of a hold over as the number one issue I ever have with respecs is the tedius task of remembering where everything was at before I changed something. especially if the respec was simply to reallocate slots and not change powers. -
Quote:#1 This one I could see, but most just ask who has one while the setup period is going.Originally Posted by Cathulhu
As many have said there are a number of reasons that contribute to this. Two others that I know of are...
1) It allows for a tally of grenades so that the leader knows that enough are available AND in the hands of a skilled player.
2) Some leaders say this so the new or less skilled/experienced player doesn't feel bad. It sounds a lot better then "Everyone pass your grenades to John except players Al, Bob, Chuck and Dave who know how to use them." I see this happen with regards to other situations as well and more then once have seen the leader tell the league 1 thing but then privately tell me the opposite.
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Quote:I was in the middle of a ITF, dinged 41, and meant to get Frozen Armor...Originally Posted by Spatch
Quite right. I make use of /cleartray after every respec, and don't find rebuilding my trays terribly time consuming. But to do a whole respec when only a slot here or a power there need tweaking is annoying.
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Quote:I know there is a bonus for First time you buy Points and for First Box Code Added.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
If this is the first time someone subscribes won't they get 4 tokens? I seem to recall getting 2 tokens when I upgraded a Freem account to VIP a few months ago.
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We had some people do Naughty ThingsĀ and we got peeks at :
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and this one looked REAL cool :
and these two are apparently related :
and this one isn't a big surprise :
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Quote:This is because currently there is no way to set salvage as "Account bound" - it's either Character bound or not bound at all.Originally Posted by monkeyslap
P.S. Catalysts are character bound and can't be mailed to yourself to use on other characters. Players have been complaining about this since the day catalysts came out. VIP players often times end up with more than enough catalysts on a single character and are completely stuck with the rest. Some player's answer to this is something like "well there are new ATO sets on beta so your catalysts will be useful eventually". Problem is, even if there is a new ATO set for each archetype, it will eventually be the same situation: stuck with extras you can't use on other characters. Which means you would have to do incarnate content on every single character you need catalysts for.
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The only issue I could see is the damage set procs might only go off after the slick is lit.
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Heck, during the week, if I used mobile safari to log in, it'd give me the "Thanks for logging in, Rajani Isa" screen, and shoot me right back to the blue screen of "Not logged in" (I use the red villain skin)
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Quote:Wow! Necro!Originally Posted by Flower
The recharge from Luck of the Gambler is global so it is not counted as a enhancement to any power for ED purposes. So yes you can put them in any power that accepts them and get the benefit. There is however a limit of 5 or 6 of them, after that the game stops counting them (same as set bonus limit, you can only have 5 or 6 of same set bonus before it stops counting them regardless of the set the bonus comes from). However the Luck of the Gambler is not considered a set bonus either so you can have 5-6 set bonus global recharges and an additional 5-6 Luck of the Gamblers.
Also pay attention to the level of the Luck of the Gambler 7.5%. As a global enhancement it will only work if you are three levels lower then it or higher. Under three levels you loose it (e.g. a level 50 7.5% will only work when you are 47 and up).
Anyway - nowhere does the game showyou recharge of a poewr with glboal bonuses figured in.
And the only other thing I can think of is if you are currently exempalred, you might be blowe the level of the gambler IOs giving the recharge bonus. -
Note the powersets in the store you get for free as a VIP are all marked "VIP content".
Staff - gives most/all the current animations for staff. THink of it as a combo between street fighting (combat levels) and Dual Pistols (the Forms have the combat levels give specific buffs, such as +Dam, +Recharge, +End Discount)
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Power animations start at 1 minute.
Titan Weapons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmmeswm4Nkw
Note 2 powers require "momentum" to work. Momentum is a sate granted by attacking with any titan weapon power, and lasts for 5-6 seconds. It doesn't stack/refresh (Exception : Build Momentum, the sets build up like power, grants a 10 second momentum state that overwrites whatever you currently have). Momentum causes the attacks to use an alternate, faster animation.
It has a second smaller shctick in being an AOE heavy set, with asmall amount of built-in endurance reduction. Even so, Electric, Regen, Willpower, and Energy are all favorites for their Endurance management tools.
It's fun, smashy. Note there is a weapons pack for sale separately with four additional weapons models. -
How it's SUPPOSED to work.
1st of the month - Free Transfer token
Start of the billing cycle (so, if you got a three month package and went from Free to VIP today, it'd be the 21st of each month) the VIP point stipend.
End of the billing month (so, in theory, if you started today, May 20th would be your first) is the Rewards tokens -
Quote:Wait, you talking a jail, for a FTD.com call center?Originally Posted by Neuronia
Heh.
Yeah, there is one down on Elgin Street next to some eateries I used to frequent. Basically you enter to see a front desk and some doors. You *SO* cannot just walk into the holding cells and so on.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
NO weapons pack....Wait, I thought the TW weapons pack was the slap to the face?Quote:Originally Posted by Agent White
what a slap to the face.
And when do we get our dual-eyed eyballs on a stick staff?
Or give us a glaive type with an eye.
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Quote:That thread is basically out of date. At least, the part about paragon points had already been resolved.Originally Posted by monkeyslap
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=274270
This has been an ongoing problem since the game switched over to Freedom.
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Quote:Any game referring to a subscription to the game will always be referring to a paid subscription : i.e. $/month.Originally Posted by Beilwulf
Well, considering people subscribe, in multiple senses of the word, to the game just by playing it, I needed a clarification before I got my hopes up. Thank you for your generous, albeit slightly bitter, clarifications.
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TW standard immobilize is 1 mag short of rooting abominations and cadavers. Also, pay attention to the abominations - there are Diseased abominations with a nasty pbaoe debuff aura.
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The store bought one is meant to trigger a little more on average, but not much. *shrug* not sure how much more, and if it would make sense to change up the "standard" slotting.
Will mention this though - the proc is often very helpful when in vs sappers that do -Recovery. +End is not affected by -recovery. -
Quote:You on the 12+2?Originally Posted by gameboy1234
Oddly similar here. My billing date is around the 8th, and I'm getting my points around the 28th as well. I get my reward token closer to the middle of the month (15th or so).
Hmm, both of our tokens are about a week after our billing date, and both of our points are on the 28th. Coincidence?
Ask, and they will fix it. At least, asking this month got my points on the tenth, instead of the 28th - will see if it moves fully to the 8th or so in May.
Tokens go off the old veteran reward dates (especially if you have been subbed since pre-Freedom) so things like refer a friend and even the trial (if you started with one) will affect the time needed, moving it "forward" from the end of the billing month.