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While all these are correct, they've never squashed the bug where an unused base will suffer the "locked out-can't pay rent" bug. Yes, it still exists. However the easy fix for that is to /petition the base when it happens you want to actually use it and it hits you.

This is correct, I'm finishing up the damage taken badges now.

I've only a few million for the Invulnerable badge, and about 5-7 days for the Immortal.

My thoughts exactly.

But this is also true, after the corrected amount (1 billion). I seriously think that the developers truly have no clue as to how much damage a character takes, especially support. I can say that even just resting in front of a CoT Guide while in rest takes around 3 weeks, and I started around 7 million damage taken after 5 years.

Like I've said, I've tried that. I had a level 50 with the pillar in the base, I invited 2 people (one from same group, one from coalition) with level 5 characters. I picked the Negotiator badge mission (level 5-10). I could NOT start it until both the others were in the base (same zone).

No, but the terms of the EULA allow them to ban your account, especially for botting. The GMs don't let the rest of the public know who is banned or why.

Actually there are alternatives: gamepads, rebinding the keyboard to ease controls, or using the mouse for attack powers. Complex timed macros are not needed to play the game. Your friend could play slower, without programming attack chains.

This mission does not grant the badge or power, unless run through a flashback.

There are quite a number of different ways to get both "Entrusted with the Secret" badge, with it the Ouro Portal power. Perhaps one of those.

Heroes can complete (outside of flashback they have to be mission holder):

• Agent G's story arc
• Doc Delilah's story arc

Villains can complete (outside of flashback they have to be mission holder):

• Marshal Brass' 2nd arc

In this case the villains actually can get the badge & power in the 15-19 range, as opposed to the heroes 20-24 range.

I find this difficult to believe as I've tried to do that. I was prevented because all teammates were not in the same zone.

This is correct. If you try to start a flashback in Ouroboros while other members of the team are not in zone, you get an error message.

Actually, this is reversed. You get the power, but not the Entrusted with the Secret badge if you have completed a flashback before level 25.

This is entirely correct.

Yes. If you have someone that can get you into their base, you can earn the power as early as level 5. The team leader picks the level 5-10 badge mission (Break up the Clockwork and the Skulls, or Hurt the Traitorous Vendetti), you complete the mission, and then you will be granted the power. As far as the level, yeah, you can't get into the zone until level 25, and at that point you can get the Chrononaut badge to earn Entrusted with the Secret Badge and start flashbacks without help.

Try the Tsoo Coup, given by: Amanda Loomis, Dennis Ewell, Hinckley Rasmussen, Jim Bell, Lt. Manuel Ruiz, or Tyler French. (Mutation contacts, 20-24 range.)

Actually it was around Issue 10. The zone was only introduced in Issue 7. It was a stealth fix (no patch notes).

Edit:
It happened at the same time as one of the major nerfs to heavies landed:
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Patch_Notes/2007-08-02

I would recommend against that, as it violates the Forum Rules & Guidelines:
Besides which, you can wait a bit and once Going Rogue goes live you can get the more difficult to hunt badges.

No, nope, nein, iie, non, or explore all the other ways to say "no" for yourself:
http://users.elite.net/runner/jennifers/no.htm

The reason is actually fairly simple to understand. NCsoft doesn't want players to trade accounts for real money. Besides which, what you would do would bypass the whole point of the Veteran's Rewards system (see Veteran's Rewards FAQ):
So you see, they thought of that.

And here I thought that someone got a hold of my secret plans to make Sun Splitter a TW 2.0 mod...

Hey! That's my line...

Actually 2 from the same store. It was a small local company that was putting them together. The second one I came across from this company, the user had previously drilled out the rivets (metal filings, shudder) to open the case. These were regular ATX tower cases by the way. It was just that every panel was riveted to the frame.

In my years of being a certified tech, I have to say that ranks up with some of the other design blunders I've seen in the past. Though that one IBM model with the non-standard power supply I dealt with was annoying.

I've actually run into one computer that was fully riveted to prevent any access to the inside of the case. I had to tell the client that any upgrades would have to be handled by the seller.

This. A painfully obvious one at that.

The start will be 1 Incarnate level, the 2nd wave will be 9 more Incarnate levels. You say that I don't have faith in the developers. Yes, I don't believe that they would be so overpowered that the rest of the game needs to be redesigned. It will be an improvement. However, like Purple and PVP IOs, I would say that having a character fully "Incarnated" wouldn't break the game.

I thought I was putting forth the middle ground. While I certainly don't think that any Incarnate will be able to solo 5 AVs at once, I do see that Incarnates will be more powerful. Just not to the extent that they would overpower the game.

No, I fully believe that they wouldn't be stupid enough to make a new system that overpowers the game enough to force a global re-balance of the rest of the game because it is introduced. If it were overpowered to the extreme you and others are talking about, it would force years of work to re-balance the game.

Because, like Leandro noted, It would be a wise move to test with a single incarnate level and see what happens. It would limit the complaints. Just take a look at the Blessing of the Zephyr threads for a reason why they wouldn't want to get too far into the system before being able to see how the players will abuse it.

Go talk to the market forums to find out why that wouldn't work. While I don't agree 100% with the players that live on the markets, I do agree that price caps are not the answer. Making the demand on purples less, curiously enough, would solve a lot of problems.

Actually, I find it rather easy to see it as exactly that.

Even though I believe that Matt Miller and the rest of the developers have made some questionable design choices in the past, I seriously doubt that any incarnate levels/powers would be any more powerful than purpling (I can't believe that actually makes sense as a word) out a character.

Sure Incarnate levels/powers will add extra abilities, but I doubt that they will be so overpowered as people think they will be.

I have a feeling people might be misunderstanding just how the incarnate levels are gained. Only time will tell, but I'm going to reserve judgment until I get more information.

I seem to remember that Positron also said in the same post that people that switched sides would be able to get the rewards but that it would take longer if you did. Nothing about being completely locked out of the rewards.

Pretty much the only response that could be made to the original post. Really, what is the point of setting "No travel powers" if it could be bypassed?