Snow Globe

Thank you for the clarification!

Yes.
If you began an annual subscription (ie already paid for 12 months) in September by choosing this deal you are agreeing to the deal at your next renewal date. So (in your case) if you select the 12+2 deal, then next September you will pay for a year and get 2 more months, provided you don't cancel your subscription (for any reason) before your renewal date.

This was answered with Q2:
What this means is that if you select the 12 + 2 plan, next September you agree to be charged a year's subscription for 14 months of service.

Yes, that is where we tried to fight them. Several players died. It was during a master run, so no one was hitting the hospital at that point. The buffers were the first to die due to less health and getting knocked into walls by the grenades (I speak from first-hand experience about this).

Only one character needs to be 30... The character with the arc. It has always been that way. I just helped a level 27 and a level 28 get access last night.

So grab a villain or rogue that hasn't done the arc and up to 7 other characters can unlock access by just finishing the 3rd (final) mission or that arc. The other 7 characters can be any level (1-50) that can team with the mission holder.

Admittedly I haven't tried with a vigilante, but given how badges work, I don't see any issues for them either.

Also the redside arc is quicker and more fun than the blueside arc.

Okay, in the past (which admittedly might not be the case here) the deal worked like this:

Example #1:
Say my annual subscription date was Feb 12th, and the deal was on during December. I could, in the past, cancel my subscription now, but still play until Feb 12th. If I took the 12 + 2 deal, then when my time expired on Feb 12th my next subscription renewal would be April 2012. If I cancelled during January to change my payment plan, then I'd forfeit the extra two months.

Example #2:
Let's say the last two of these 12+2 deals and a couple of retail editions that I found cheap bumped my subscription date to December 20th, but I still had a 12 + 2 deal waiting for that date. If I cancelled to try to take advantage of this current deal, I would only have a single year + 2 months, not two years and 4 months. I would not have 2 consecutive 12 + 2 deals.

Now this is how it has worked in the past. We could be dealing with something different, but that is something for the Community Reps or Marketing to clear up.

I hope both Tamaki & Miki have had a great birthday!

Your group likely did enough damage to spawn both groups of ambushes. I had that happen once. The trick is to only slightly damage Reichs.

I was on a team that tried that. We had a team wipe due to lack of room to work with.

I think it is because I've done it that way. It isn't all that special. It took 552 hours over 6 months to do. I'm now at 8 level 50s over the last (almost) 6 years. This is with 2 years of the XP accelerating. In my experience I've hardly noticed the Patrol XP. It also caps at one ring (10 bars) at a time.

Isn't that like saying you want speed boost's recharge bonus but without +runspeed?

Should we also return to the XP reward tables from before XP smoothing? They are both developer bonuses to speed up levelling. It is this point that I'm really confused about. You seem to want to take away one type of XP growth, but only partially, yet leave the other XP bonuses intact. To me that is contradictory.

That is happening to a lot of people lately. It shocks them too.

Juggertha
LadyJudgement
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This one either goes on the Artist list, or the MFL:
Darkjedi - and if people are wondering why, just read this thread, and look at the pictures linked in the first post.

If you are a vigilante, you are still a hero. So no, you can't be invited to a villain group.

You cannot possibly be a vigilante without owning Going Rogue in some form.

Did you pre-purchase so you could access Dual Pistols or Demon Summoning ($29.99 starting in the beginning of March)? Are you able to start a Praetorian? Did you get a morality mission and change from Hero to Vigilante? If you answer "yes" to any of these 3 questions, you have Going Rogue.

Going Rogue went live on August 17, 2010 with Issue 18.

I know I was at least mentioned on the EU forums before they were shut down.

Please don't give Marician Tobay another reason to hunt me.

MFL:
Speaking of hunting, Lemur Lad goes into hiding a lot, does that mean he needs to be on the MFL even if he is active sometimes?

I'll second Mad Scientist gladly for both his base & badge lists.

Snow Globe

Edit:
I nominate Golden Girl for the Infamous list.

Unsubscribe? I don't have this thread on subscription. I have the section subscribed to, but not this thread.

Or just ignore the extra XP. It isn't hurting anything. It is beginning to sound like you don't want to get to level 50 under any circumstances.

That is something completely unrelated to what you are asking for.

I would hazard a guess that far less than 1% of players would actually use the toggle you have suggested. I can say that I've not heard of anyone complaining about the bonus XP in the last couple of years since it was introduced. Given the turn off XP option was enabled at the same time, I think you've lost this battle long before you suggested it.

The difference is that there was a significant portion of the player base that wanted color customization. There likely was a large amount of subscription cancellation surveys that cited the lack of customization as a reason for quitting.

That is my problem, I don't think there is any merit in having a turn off patrol xp option. From what I can see, you think the merits of the suggestion is that you can level at a poorly defined "normal" levelling rate.

The "normal" levelling rate includes several XP bumps over the years, XP smoothing, and Patrol XP. I consider Patrol XP a part of the normal levelling rate. So players can either turn off XP totally or accept the normal levelling rate that includes Patrol XP.

Actually I can safely say that I would never use it, even if it were made. Just like the Party Pack.

There are typos (reported) and inconsistencies in that announcement. I think the lawyers need to take a break and allow the announcement to be reworded in a clearer manner.

Well you might be able to change to a one month billing (or use a game time card) and then change the billing type to this offer during that month.

I know my game time expires late next year (around October).

Actually the previous deal like this did not require you to "cancel and resub" if I remember correctly.

Edit:
I could be wrong though. If it was like previous promotions of this type, if you had a lot of game time you cancelled your current type of subscription, selected the new offer, then you'd pay when your current amount of time expired.

And I see that you still haven't made any posts in the Suggestions and Ideas area on this subject.

This is the Player Questions area. This tells me that you are less interested in having the suggestion made to the developers and more interested in making a pointless grandstand to annoy others that have no control over what gets done.

You asked if there was an option to turn it off. There is: Turn off ALL XP or allow your character to get defeated enough to burn off the Patrol XP.

Continuing to argue in this section is about as useful as a screen door on a submarine.

They are not. I can't toggle Hide on a stalker, turn the game completely off, then come back to the character being in hide still.

The suggestion is getting even more picky and even more limited use. You have the tools at your disposal, use them.

I really hate the idea that everything has to have RP logic spelled out. You want something to simulate that without the Patrol XP toggle: before you log out, get defeated until you have a full ring of debt. When you come back to the character the debt will likely be gone and you will likely not have Patrol XP. Problem solved.

Funny, I get hair cut coupons that say "we haven't seen you in a while, so use this coupon to get half price on your next visit."

While I feel the same way about the day job badges, that bridge has been past for about two years now.

Actually, it is. It means that players use less bandwidth and server resources. It also means that players will not get bored as easy. It also rewards the players that don't have a lot of time to play the game.

Get defeated to clear out Patrol XP. Problem solved.

Turn off XP if you don't want to outlevel content. Make a level pact with another character that doesn't get used.

20 minutes getting defeated? Wow, that is taking you far longer than it should.

Well, you just made me even less inclined to want to help you.

That is your problem, not the game's problem. Again, you are complaining about being given a gift. You are coming across as ungrateful and resenting that gift. The developers have given you several ways to fix the issue, the players here have given you other ways. Use the tools you have or head to the suggestions section and try to make your case there.

At this point I usually suggest that players turn off the game and take part of that wonderful thing called "Real Life". You are not your character.

About 15 minutes.

Buff up.

So you beat on Reichsman a little bit until he calls for the ambush, have a tank (or other meatshield) & healer hold Reichsman in a corner while the rest of the team deal with the ambushes for 15 minutes.

Buff up again.

Then beat on Reichsman a little bit more. When the second wave is called, have the tank (or other meatshield) & healer hold Reichsman in the corner again while the team holds off the ambushes for another 15 minutes.

Buff up again.

After the ambushes stop, pound Reichsman into dust.

I'd like to note that same guide is in the Badges & Gladiators section (ie. this section) as well:
I19 Badge Guide

I have a problem with either your math or your wording.

The "real price" of the Complete Edition with the Black Monday deal is $9.99 + (possible) tax + (possible) shipping.

The real VALUE is $29.99 + (possible) tax + (possible) shipping + $10-$15 free month + $7 costume pack.

I think my response can be best summed up by the following test:

Send a PM to Avatea or theOcho.

I'm surprised that Ingame Item packs STILL do not exist for either the CoH DVD (Cape of the Four Winds, VIP/Destined One badge, Prestige Power Slide) or CoV DVD items (Arachnos Chest Symbol, Arachnos Cape). I'm sure there are people that would pay for a combined CoH/CoV Collector's DVD Ingame Goodies pack.

Don't blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink. Good Luck.

This is correct on all counts. Bosses in this case are the rank, not the name.

As long as I'm not on both those lists, ok.

I'd put UniqueDragon on the infamous list as well.

Actually, that was TroyHickman.

Absolutely golden response. Thanks for the laugh!

Yes, I tested that myself.

If it is badge related, someone here likely knows and will respond faster (or more accurately) here than in player questions.