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I think there was a red name (I think Positron, but could be wrong) that said that it would take longer, but the rewards could be grabbed by those that switched sides.

Don't give him more ideas, please?

Actually in that one I mentioned, no one is applying the code but you.

Sounds a lot like I've seen from LevelUp too. I'm glad that I live in Canada.

Again, I hope everything works out for you.

Have you tried to order the Mac Edition from the other company, gametreeonline? They don't seem to have the initial Mac edition, but they do seem to have the Architect Edition, for all of the Americas.
http://www.gametreeonline.com/NCsoft/City-Of-Heroes-Architect/NA

From what I remember, it is the only retailer that people were able to buy the Mac versions from outside the NCsoft store. Given that the important part isn't the download:
I hope everything works out for you Leandro, and sorry that NCsoft still hasn't done anything about making sure that LevelUp!Games carries their entire CoH lineup.

Edit:
I guess I should point out that any edition code that can activate can also be used to upgrade an existing account.

While I agree that having 2-5 global channels takes up more resources, you have sidestepped what is using those resources.

Okay, how is the game supposed to determine what is or is not a single server channel? These channels are set up by the players, not the developers. Even if a channel becomes popular, there will be people who disagree with how it is run and will form an alternate channel. This has happened with both Triumph (there are bunch of Triumph Watch channels for a variety of reasons) and Liberty. It has happened on Virtue and Freedom as well.

This, like I keep saying, only intensifies the problem with the channel limits. It also becomes a nightmare for players to keep track of.

I applaud your willingness to stick with your request and to adjust where needed to make a better suggestion.

Yeah, I knew it was sub-20. The OP was trying at 20-25. I blame two years of school filling my head with useless stuff (ie. things I need to get work ) for not remembering the exact range needed for hordelings.

On the other hand, there really isn't any point to try to work the badge system in this way any more due to Going Rogue.

Correct.

Actually I think the low end on the hordelings is 10, but 15-24 is a good range. Personally, I'd try 15-20. Succubi or Hellfrosts would be 25-38 (30-35 for optimal range, any higher and I think you'll eliminate Hellfrosts).

Eight would definitely be better in this case.

No, mission resets would have zero impact on spawns. If a hero entered the mission first, then chances go down to zero. Make sure a villain enters the mission first.

No, it won't. You can only get the missions once per year, per character. If you finish the first mission, you can't go back to it.

Try the 25-30 range or the 30-35 range.

It probably had a lot to do with you running it at level 45, but dropping down to two might not spawn anything useful unless you change the difficulty. At that point you're better off with a larger team anyways.

See the above answers. Set team spawn size to 8, -1 level, bosses. This should maximize the amount spawned, if you are in the correct level ranges.

Which is why I agreed with upping the limit to 15-20 global channels.

Okay, then you are asking for two entirely different things.

You are, in reality, asking for server channels. I agreed with that. However, server channels are NOT global channels. I could see 5-10 server channels, or even just a server general chat channel that every character is automatically given:

• Freedom Chat
• Virtue Chat
• Triumph Chat
• Union Chat
• etc.

That is possible, reasonable, and well within the developers ability to make that won't break the budget (so to speak).

Disagree with it all you want, you are not going to change a thing. The system simply cannot work the way you are suggesting here.

I think that I can say as a programmer, web developer, and customer that this will never happen. Ever. Do you know why? It is because NCsoft will never pay for an infinite amount of channels (how many that the users can make) having an infinite amount of slots (allow all potential customers). This would be a programming and storage nightmare. At some point there has to be a limit or they end up wasting time, resources (storage), and bandwidth (all that info has to be sent to each player joining the channel). I can safely say that without knowing any of their code.

Yes, I know that. The problem is balance between active, paying subscribers and those not paying for the service. I'll always side with those paying over those that are not.

What you are missing is that if the person you are talking to is on another server, then you are using the global chat system. If you are talking to someone on the same server, then you are using a different system. Both co-exist, but trying to apply the server system to the global system would be a nightmare.

The problem is that the majority of people do not have to global channel hop. They are happy with 5. Tell you what, give me a list of channels you feel the need to have and maybe I can help you find better channels so that you will not need to channel hop as much. Or make a channel of your own that has all your friends that you want to talk to.

I can tell you that there are at least 3 channels per server that can be heard by everyone on that channel: Arena, Help Channel, and Architect Entertainment.

An automatic unsubscribe from all global channels after 90 days of account inactivity (unpaid) would help a lot.

Okay, to use a real example here. Triumph Watch last year hit 2,500 accounts. About 1,300 of those were inactive accounts. That is 1,300 accounts that joined the channel and then had their accounts gone inactive. There are people with multiple accounts, and some let their second (or third, fouth, or even fifth) account lapse before leaving the channel. Then there are those that just left the game.

The channel moderators could not free up those spots, so if people left they ran the risk of not being able to re-join the channel.

The only solution that the Developers and GM can provide in this situation is to tell the channel moderators to make a new channel. Larger servers run into this problem faster than the lower population servers, which is why VU2007, VU2008, VU2009, and I'm guessing VU2010 exist.

A player can have 132 characters without purchasing slots or vet rewards and that is per account. Multiply that by several accounts and/or purchased slots and you would fill up channel slots quickly if you could subscribe to global channels on a per character basis.

If you only want to display certain channels on a per character basis, you can already do that. Right click on a chat tab and select which channels you want to appear in that tab.

No 20 channels the way you are suggesting:

• Delays the problem in a few cases.
• Would fill the channels quicker in many others.
• Provides greater risk of the channels filling with inactive accounts or people who've forgotten they had subscribed to a channel on a little used alt.

All-in-all, a bad suggestion.

Edit:
Although I would welcome each server getting a dedicated general chat channel that is cross-faction and available no matter where you are on the server.

Well, every dog has his day.

While I agree that only 10 global channel is limiting (I personally would prefer 15-20), I feel the need to correct a few misconceptions that form the basis for this suggestion.

The 2,500 limit is not a character limit, rather an ACCOUNT limit. As a channel moderator, there should be tools to remove inactive accounts from that list. This problem plagues a number of the larger badge channels. Virtue changes every year to get around this problem.

I think this completely ignores the whole concept of "global channels". If you are asking for Server Channels, then by all means. Global by definition means cross-server. In fact they should be made totally Global and be shared between the US & UK servers.

Not only "no", but "not on the game's life, NO". See the point above about the definition of "Global".

Wait... Where are my membership dues going then?

Translation: Pay no attention to the giant robot of doom. It is for your own protection.

Shh. Search-Fu has nearly become a myth again...

I've put all my binds in the C:\program files\City of Heroes\data directory to avoid the need to specify a directory.

Edit:
SoAToggles1:
SoAToggles2:
Change the bindloadfilesilent as needed to point to your directory.

Actually either page could be what the poster was looking for given the wording of the original post.

In the past the developers used the names in the page I linked to.

I think it was a month or two ago, but I vaguely remember the thread in question. <shrug> We have different ideas about somethings.

Edit:
It was a name suggestion thread last month.

Unlikely to happen due to the protests of long time players demanding previous credit.

Unlikely to happen due to the ESRB. These would raise the game's rating, and NCsoft would not permit that.

Yeah, I'll agree with this. I have some strong opinions, but I'm more open to ideas than some would give me credit for. There are a total of 5 people I actively dislike on these forums, and Bill you aren't one of them.

As to how I got my post count, in order: The City Scoop (layout was interesting before the forum change, and a few orders of magnitude worse since), Badges and Gladiators, Base Construction, and Player Questions, then rarely in the other sections.

The Scoop was responsible for 20-50 posts each week, if not more.

I won't say the it will never happen, but it is unlikely to happen.

Actually, he wouldn't have had to pay during the 1st anniversary either. The last weekend was a free weekend. It was open for the US Memorial weekend that year (2005) and the following years the free weekend missed the rest of the anniversaries.

I doubt this would ever happen. The only off-line costume creator was region-limited to Korea, and is severely out of date. They'd never get it beyond concept due to the lawyers.

Well, there is /cmdlist already.

And here is a list of available commands:
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/List_of_Slash_Commands