Selina_H

Is this confirmed? I wasn't able to test this particular feature in Beta as I had no rent due, but my Premium toon was able to do just about everything else, including inviting, promoting and demoting new members and even editing the SG base.

I know the devs have said that things like base editing are *supposed* to be limited to VIPs only, but that's not what my testing found. So it was either very bugged in Beta, or they've changed their minds. It would be nice to know which.

Boosters change the effective enhancement level of the IO, not the actual level. A level 30+ IO is still considered 30, rather than 31, when determining what level you can slot or exemplar down to without losing bonuses. It will, however, function as a higher level IO when considering enhancement values. Note that boosters do NOT increase the value of things like the 7.5% recharge from the LotG global (although it will still raise the value of the defense portion of that enhancement).

I've yet to see any information implying that tokens will be doled out based on the total value of points rather than the actual amount of money spent buying them.

Expecting a token from bonus points is like expecting one from your accrued stipend points, which we already know won't happen.

Then you need to PM the devs. If you really don't care what any players think, why are you bothering to post?

This, exactly.

Some things aren't one-time purchases: Access to IOs, AE and the Consignment House is through 30-day renewable licensing.

Some things aren't purchaseable at all: All Incarnate content, including currently slotted powers, is available only to VIPs. Tier 9 VIP rewards are only available to VIPs.

That's actually a good point. I was thinking more generally, i.e. each player would receive a token for sub time from September to October. Regardless, clarification would still be ideal so we're not left wondering.

Edit:

If monthly tokens are awarded on each billing date after Freedom launches and your vet reward date is the same as your billing date, then it may simply be a situation of everyone losing some degree of reward credit.

If your monthly date is right after launch, you might lose credit for the paid time past your last vet reward, but would receive the new monthly token almost immediately for your next month. If your monthly date is right before launch, you would be able to collect that vet reward and thus the token for it, but you'd effectively be losing credit for the (almost) month between launch and your next billing date.

Either way, it's to be hoped that a single token one way or the other won't kill anyone, although history tells us it may be possible to die of apoplexy.

Assuming 1) you're playing on the 13th, and 2) That the account is still VIP rather than dropping to Premium: The second player will still get the same monthly token as the first, leaving the first a token behind.

Possible, but that's not how I'm reading it. Which is why I'd like clarification, if we can get it. Misinterpretation and unclear announcement phrasing have caused problems before now.

To clarify, you can buy 2 additional trays, to hold 20 enhancements. That, plus your original tray, gives you a total of 30 enhancements. Testers on beta have confirmed that those extra purchased trays *are* available for use during respecs.

I think the question that's being asked is "If I'm 2 1/2 months in toward my next vet reward, but it won't actually award before Freedom launches, will I get Paragon Rewards credit for those months, or am I SoL?"

If the above is correct, it looks like any paid time over the last vet badge rewarded simply won't count towards reward tokens, as tokens per month subscription will begin awarding only after Freedom hits. So if you're even a day short of your next reward at launch, you won't get credit for that sub time.

Would be nice to have redname confirmation on that read, though, as people have misinterpreted details of the program before.

The problem with this is if you have a pure frankenslotted build, you *are* getting all the benefit, without having to sub or pay anything for access. If IO values remain exactly the same and don't grey out, you'll still be able to have 6 or 7 SOs' worth of enhancement in only 4-5 slots, a very definite advantage over an SO build.

I'd still like to see them put in an impossible-to-miss popup and a grace period on IO access expiration for returning Premium players. Give them a free week, maybe even two, so they can play around with their characters as-is, but let them know that after the grace period is over they'll have to pony up for continued access or switch to a second build.

Did you actually test this? When I tested with my VIP account and a free account on beta a week or two ago I was completely unable to drag-and-drop or target/right click to gift any items. I tested inspirations, enhancements and event salvage and nothing worked. The gift-giving character simply received a message that the giftee was unable to trade.

The lowest available points purchase is $5 or 400PP.

Also, don't forget that anyone currently posting on the boards (assuming the free trials have all run out) will have accumulated at least 400 points since July for having an active subscription; those points can be used for the IO license and the player won't have to pay *anything* for extra points for at least two months.

When I tested this on beta about a week ago I was able to start the first Patron arc at level 35.

The Regen Tissue unique, like the Numina's and Miracle uniques, is considered a Proc 120s, not a Global IO. This means that the power it's slotted in has to be available for the Proc to fire, but the actual level of the IO doesn't matter. People are suggesting putting the uniques into Health because the power will remain active even if you exemp all the way down to level 1 (assuming you have inherent Fitness, which is granted at level 2). Slotting a Proc 120s into a late-game power like Physical Perfection, on the other hand, will only allow the Proc to be active for a few levels.

Global IOs, such as the LotG 7.5% recharge, do work the way you were describing; it's the level of the IO that matters, not whether the power is active. You can consult ParagonWiki's Table of Special IOs to figure out which IOs belong to which category.

Probably, but remember that you can't actually select the level of a drop from a random roll; if you random roll in the 35-39 range, any recipe that comes up will be from a set available somewhere between 35-39, but the actual level of the recipe will be either your level or the highest level the set is available.

So if you're level 50 and roll 35-39, a Kinetic Combat will be level 35 (since it's as high as the set goes), but a Numina's will still be 50.

It might also be what (s)he is fighting. CoT Spectral Demon Lords are hell around the mid-levels because of that wretched -ToHit debuff. It's also pretty easy to get your end sucked dry trying to defeat a whole horde of Mu Mystics; even Freakshow Juicers (not normally considered a "problem" enemy) can make your life miserable if you're having end issues to begin with.

Just to clarify, that's rare or very rare, which equates to a Tier 3 or Tier 4 Alpha. The Tier 2 uncommon does not include a level shift.

Have they still earned it even if it's only for the sake of swimming in more influence? Or is there a threshold of effort beyond which a transaction is no longer considered "greedy"?

So if I'm flipping an item in order to make enough inf to supply the "lowest socio-economic classes" in my SG with IO builds, doesn't my charitable intention trump your selfish one? After all, you're only buying those enhancements for *yourself*... and taking them out of the hands of an entire *group* of people. For shame.

Because there's no such thing as a "lowest socio-economic class" in CoH. Nobody has to worry about being able to afford food, rent, clothing or healthcare in order to survive. No one has to find a steady, secure job that pays enough to live on.

If you need inf, go out and kill stuff. That's it. Anyone can do it. Maybe not at the same pace, but anything you're buying on the market isn't stuff you "need" to play, anyway. Taking away someone's ability to insta-buy a luxury item by buying it first isn't immoral.