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Quote:I've been mainly leveling characters this week, but last night was the first time in a long time (4-5 months) where using the vote-kick became needed.Originally Posted by JayboH
ARGH
TPN, 15 players. The game transferred league leadership to someone that clearly doesn't play with the chat box open. How could we tell? Requests in League Chat, about a dozen private tells, and even one broadcast request on the server's badge channel (where the player heard about the trial in the first place) went unheeded. So a vote-kick happened (and passed). After the person was kicked, but before they were removed from the map, they said in the league chat that "sry i tend not to notice stuff like that".
Before that we ran a Lambda. A group with 4 tanks, 4 brutes, only 3 support debuffers (rad, cold, thermal), 2 scrappers, and a couple other one-off ATs. There were six +3 characters, a couple +2, and most being +0 or +1. Someone had the bright idea to make it a badge run 2 minutes before starting. At the 1 minute left mark we had the AV to 6% health. Thankfully someone had the intelligence to use a grenade at that point otherwise it would have been a failed trial.
As to the original post, I form trials in DA so that I can see people's level shift -before- the trial starts. If there isn't enough players with level shifts, then I refuse to run certain trials.
On BAF, Lambda, Keyes, and TPN I will take what I can get because I know I can get a decent percentage with +2 or +3.
On Underground, MoM, and DD, I refuse any player that doesn't have (edit) +3 level shifts (/edit), but even that doesn't save me from people not listening to instructions. The fact that I've not done any of these three trials in a week is telling. -
Actually, I had not checked. Too busy with non-50s.
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Quote:This was your problem. I filed a ticket outside of the game via the ask a question page for my premium account and got help that way. My premium account has no access to in-game support or bug filing. You know this. This isn't something that is being hidden from players.Originally Posted by T_Immortalus
FYI, that was in response to me sending feedback through the report function in game
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Quote:Your stance on the packs can be well documented. The same can be said about your posts against anyone that speaks up about those packs.Originally Posted by Bosstone
This would make more sense if I went around calling them Superawesomebuythemnow Packs, but...kay.
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Quote:While I also don't like the Supergamble Packs, the fact is that the converters aren't available with the other types of merits is also a bug. Or someone rushing things, not paying attention, and not properly doing their job. However it will be fixed with the next patch.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
I think this is really what has miffed me about this entire deal. They said they didn't go into I22 because of it (bug) and now the next patch to then just enable it for RM's which is the best scenario only for the people buying Supergamble Packs with tons of RM's hanging around sucks.
In other words this is a case of not attributing to malice what is the result of incompetence.
Right, as if you don't have an agenda either.Quote:Originally Posted by Bosstone
Yes, I'm sure the guy who insists on calling them Supergamble Packs clearly wouldn't have any kind of agenda. -
Quote:I did this so that I can outfit some level 50s.Originally Posted by UberGuy
If you wanted to do this because you wanted access to things that were wildly expensive by your standards, prices are diving. Try to buy them outright and skip converting for now. I also know that lower prices will not stay lower, so I have some for a future hedge. Well, that and I have a number of Controllers & Dominators that can use the formerly "cheap" purples.
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Double XP weekend brought my 2nd Stalker to 50: Stalker Girl Energy/SR
I only created her on December 25, 2005.
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Quote:Yeah, I did the same with a Stalker (45-50 this weekend) that I made the first day I got CoV (Christmas 2005). Though the very first character I made on my account in Feb 2005 is still 45 (Broadsword/Dark Scrapper, banished to Freedom from Triumph).Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
old, old Emp/Psi finally hit 50. Only took since 2005!
The above mentioned Stalker (45-50), a level 13 Dark/Dark Controller to 27, a new Ill/Dark Controller to 21, a level 30 Energy/Rad Corruptor to 33, and (edit) a level 30 Ice/Kin Tanker to 32 (/edit).Quote:Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Got my new Darkness Troller to 35. Busy weekend with the family, so only had time to play at night!
I hope everyone enjoyed themselves!
Yes, I did enjoy myself, thank you and the development team. -
Yes, anyone can use that command. However as a Premium player, you have to file a support ticket outside of the game.
https://support.cityofheroes.com/app...unt%2Foverview
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Quote:From conversations I had, it was going to be extra slots at 25/27/29.Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
Wasn't it basically that at level 50, you got an extra three slots (so, 6 total at level 50), so that you could 6-slot your level 49 power if you wanted to? That seems to be what I remember.
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Quote:They were going to give those slots to everyone for free.Originally Posted by MrHassenpheffer
I think now would be the perfect time to invest in a fix.
I also firmly believe that properly priced it would be a worthwhile investment on their part.
We can only hope that the ones in charge of pricing don't deuce all over the devs efforts this time.
We can only hope.
The slots were planned for Issue 21/Freedom.Quote:Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
I missed that. At "that" time I must then assume it was something that was going to be a part of an issue and since freedom was not here there was never any discussion from them about us having to pay for the slots then right? Help me get up to speed.
They were trying to give us 3 enhancement slots as free stuff.Quote:Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
For once I am glad they have a technical limitation which goes against everything I stand for normally. It is almost like everything is up for money in the eyes of many here and there is nothing good about that IMHO.
I am also glad that Z shared their scheduling methodology with us dispelling the rumor that just throwing more of our money at them will solve all the desires even my personal ones(staff fighting). -
Quote:Actually, they gave us four free powers, not extra slots.Originally Posted by Yogi_Bare
You do realize the last time they gave us four free powers and four free slots (allowing us to choose up to an additional four powers w/four slots for more critical choices), it didn't break the game?
This is what happened when they tried to give us some extra slots:
Actually it was worse than "something broke" from all reports. Apparently when people assigned those extra slots, every single purple enhancement slotted was deleted from the character. To put it mildly, this was a "show stopper" for the extra enhancement slots until they can afford the time to fix it.Quote:Originally Posted by Airhammer
There was a problem in Beta when they tried adding extra slots.. something broke when leveling and apparently they couldnt devote the resources necessary to try and fix it..
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It looks as if the following patch might have had a problem with it:
Quote:It appears to be the case that if you bought the strapped heels (and could use them) that the "fix" produced a false positive.Originally Posted by Freitag
Pocket D Valentine Costume- Fixed strapped heels so that when purchased from the store they are correctly granted to the user. Characters who previously bought the casual dress shirt and were granted access to the strapped heels will no longer have access to the heels until purchased. Characters who purchased the strapped heels and did not get access to them will now have access to them.
Ideally Paragon Studios will do the right thing and empower the GMs to make a one-time change to correct the situation.
A guide to finding out what you have unlocked from the market.
Casual Dress Shirt market code: CUCPCWCS
Strapped Heels market code: CUCPCWSH
Either way, I suspect it would take a very senior GM to handle this so if you get stonewalled (and you will as the low level GMs will just parrot the patch notes), escalate this. -
Quote:A guide to finding out what you have unlocked from the market.Originally Posted by Steele_Magnolia
Now I wish I'd kept the receipts.... I've bought so much from this and two other microtransaction games, but this is the first time it has ever been an issue.
NOTE: I keep the receipts only so long as to be sure I got what I paid for. Needless to say, I'll never delete any receipt ever again.
It is possible that the "fix" mis-interpreted the strappy dress heels as shirt.
Edit:
It looks as if the following patch might have had a problem with it:
It appears to be the case that if you bought the strapped heels (and could use them) that the "fix" produced a false positive.Quote:Originally Posted by Freitag
Pocket D Valentine Costume- Fixed strapped heels so that when purchased from the store they are correctly granted to the user. Characters who previously bought the casual dress shirt and were granted access to the strapped heels will no longer have access to the heels until purchased. Characters who purchased the strapped heels and did not get access to them will now have access to them.
Ideally Paragon Studios will do the right thing and empower the GMs to make a one-time change to correct the situation.
A guide to finding out what you have unlocked from the market.
Casual Dress Shirt market code: CUCPCWCS
Strapped Heels market code: CUCPCWSH
Either way, I suspect it would take a very senior GM to handle this so if you get stonewalled (and you will as the low level GMs will just parrot the patch notes), escalate this. -
Quote:Get the following explores in the new zone:Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
....and if there is, how do we get it?
I have and appreciate the beacon to the Dark Astoria "echo." Great idea, I love that zone. It would, however, be extremely handy to be able to go to the new DA via the base, so.... I was just wondering if I'm missing something.
Quote:Originally Posted by Snow Globe
Exploration- Dark Astoria: Accolade - Free Among the Dead
- Folly's Victim - (2228.0, 176.0001, 4895.5)
- Ever watchful of the sleeping god Mot, the Circle of Thorns have stood vigil on these grounds since its imprisonment. Even as the last of Mot's bonds were shattered, the Circle sought to contain its terrible power. Fools or heroes, the Circle's casualties were tremendous as they defied the wrath of the resurgent deity. It is said that the Demon-Prince Stolas was the first to confront the manifestations of Mot. When the Demon-Prince was broken and devoured, the ranks of his minions broke and fled into the streets of Dark Astoria.
- Palace of Stone Leaves - (4160.002, -42.0, 719.996)
- Even with every man, woman and child in Dark Astoria slaughtered, the city never ceased to be a thriving metropolis. The bonds that held Mot in its torpor also prevented the spirits of the slain from passing on. Forced to remain as ghosts among the empty remnants of their city, the citizens of Dark Astoria did their best to resume a semblance of normality. Founded by a powerful Tsoo ancestor spirit, the Palace of Stone Leaves was the nerve center of this ghostly community. Now a refuge protected vigorously by its living Tsoo guardians, it houses the few remaining spirits that were lucky enough to not be swept away and consumed when Mot first stirred from its slumber.
- Auspice Avernus - (1015.0, 114.5811, 2370.496)
- As Mot rose again into the world of the living, the very earth was sundered in the passing. The offal of its millennial imprisonment rose with it, a mephitic concoction of the most vile nature. From weeping sores and gaping maws flows a fluid of reconstitution, flushing down its titanic mass and forming pools amongst the pockets of flesh and shattered earth. Here, Mot's followers flock, intoxicating themselves on the potent fumes and ecstatically receiving visions of Mot's glory.
- Death's Head Supplicant - (1727.0, 233.2501, 904.996)
- Behold! Before you lies the glory of Mot. In this place its true body lies exposed; a vast expanse of reconstituting flesh and yawning maws, feasting on life so it can be resuscitated as it perpetually dies and rots anew. Mot's capacity for consumption does not yet equal its appetites, for much of the body is desiccated by centuries of imprisonment or is still bound in ways both arcane and metaphysical. The many mouths that scar its horrid form are, as of yet, still stifled and immature compared to their glory in antiquity. Only one has fully extended to its full voraciousness, but that one is enough to drag all of Dark Astoria into crushing oblivion.
- Walker on the Profane Ascent - (2828.502, 193.0881, 792.996)
- This was once Moth Cemetery, the hallowed ground within which Mot was sealed. As Mot's titanic will battered against the bonds that have held it for centuries, the very soil of the cemetery has roiled in revolt at the emerging presence of this vile behemoth. The seismic devastation of its passing causes the terrain to bloat, crack and surge skyward as it struggles to stand from below the ensnaring earthen edifice. As appropriate offerings to the all-consuming manifestation of Death, the vainglorious memorials have been churned down into the earth, pulverized against its corrupting flesh, as it twists and writhes to free himself; Mot abides no vanity but its own.
- Witness of Oaths - (2909.002, 191.1071, 4573.5)
- Many false heroes over the years have claimed vindication over the events that transpired in Dark Astoria, unaware that their hollow words would one day be called to account. Screaming and pleading, many have been dragged into the ruined city by the Talons of Vengeance to pay the ultimate price for oath breaking.
- Life Out of Death - (6196.5, 117.1341, 2443.996)
- Mot's hunger is insatiable and its power to feast upon life is prodigious. For sustenance, many innocent people have been spirited away into the haunted streets of Dark Astoria. Not all who have been abducted have met their end, surviving against all odds.
- Of Things Unclean - (935.50, -0.8967, 4320.50)
- The dead have always cavorted through the streets of Dark Astoria, praying and making sacrifice to their mute master, and for good reason. Even after its fall, Mot's shadow has terrorized the dreams of mankind through all of history, for it is the embodiment of all that is unnatural and vile; death most unclean.
- Folly's Victim - (2228.0, 176.0001, 4895.5)
- Dark Astoria: Accolade - Free Among the Dead
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Don't worry about it. It happens far more often than you'd think.
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Both the league leader and myself noticed your apology in the league chat.
It wasn't a deciding factor in the trial, however. We didn't have enough DPS for the Sentinel and we would have likely failed during the final stage anyway due to too many people below the recommended level for the trial.
Quote:People bringing level 50+0 were fighting +7 critters.Originally Posted by Freitag
Incarnate Trial - Dilemma Diabolique
Synopsis
This event is level 54+3, requires 8 to 16 players
People bringing level 50+1 were fighting +6 critters.
People bringing level 50+2 were fighting +5 critters.
People bringing level 50+3 were fighting +4 critters.
The purple patch means it is not effective to bring anything without a +2 level shift (and in my opinion even that is borderline) or +3 level shift. This is NOT an entry level trial. Treating it as such is bound to fail. -
Quote:Check out Justice's badge channels. Also, I know Triumph has moved incarnate trials to Dark Astoria now. Perhaps it has done the same for Justice.Originally Posted by The_Goddess
I was wondering, on Justice server - I can never find any Incarnate Trials running. Is there some channel I can join, that might be a better way to get into a trial, other than sitting in pocket d all day, sobbing like a little girl? Also, has anyone had any luck doing the solo content for threads? I been doing them at 10-threads an hour though, i'll be dead before I have enough threads to tier-4 my 5 slots... ughh.
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Quote:Zone unlocks: likely to follow 1st Ward model of people can enter, but need to pay for contacts. From what I've heard, there isn't many plans for this at the moment.Originally Posted by Casual_Player
-What I expect to be able to buy in the future (must earn in game now):
Zone unlocks
(all) Costume unlocks
Weapon/Shield customization unlocks
Badges
Accolade powers
Incarnate unlocks
Very rare enhancements
(all) Costume unlocks: Probable, but some might still have restrictions like the Roman costume set.
Weapon/Shield customization unlocks: This will likely be expanded on a semi-regular basis.
Badges: Not a hope in Hell that this will happen. Several key developers would have to leave before this would be a remote possibility.
Accolade powers: Not a hope in Hell that this will happen. Several key developers would have to leave before this would be a remote possibility.
Incarnate Unlocks: Not a hope in Hell that this will happen beyond keeping this as a subscription only service. Most of the current upper level staff would have to leave before this would be a remote possibility.
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As an aside... Not freeing Positron is a huge mistake. His attacks are fairly crippling during the final battle.
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Quote:Correction for clarity. By saying "right there" people will head to the right and rescue Citadel/Infernal by mistake. I know, I've seen it happen.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
This one seemed a bit confusing. It's easier to focus on who to get then not to get. When you go over the bridge, either Positron or Valkyrie will be to the left, free that one. Then to go left of Mot's mouth and free (and defeat) Manticore or Aurora. Go over Mot's mouth to free Synapse or Ms. Liberty. Then south a bit to BAB or Mynx. Once you free those four, the Sentinel will appear and you're on track for this badge.
Updated the list with the following:Quote:Originally Posted by Blondeshell
Question on this badge: I've gotten a reportedly confirmed report that the list of heroes required for this badge is different than what's above. The list I've been given is Positron/Valkyrie, Manticore/Aurora Borealis, Snapse/Ms. Liberty, and Back Alley Brawler/Mynx. I've only done the trial once so far, so I didn't really notice which heroes we freed to get the badge, but this is basically a completely different list. It also goes against the "three powers" requirement in this version of the hint text. Do we know, for sure, which heroes/powers are required to earn this badge?
I've also changed the Steel Savoir badge to say 3 minutes, not 2 minutes.Quote:[*]How to get - Rescue the following heroes: ( Positron OR Valkyrie ), ( Manticore OR Aurora Borealis ), ( Synapse OR Ms. Liberty ), and ( Back Alley Brawler OR Mynx ) -
Quote:That price should be a display bug.Originally Posted by Soundwave_NA
What kind of garbage is this? I'm the leader of my SG, I have more then enough Prestige to place stuff. Why is it that, when I call up the information on the item in question (a decorative item), it says "Price: 10309165"? What else did these guys break?
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I tend to use Terra Volta myself.
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Quote:Worked for me.Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
Incarnate Rival
Story arc info - Dream Doctor Part Six: The Life of David Hazen (Find David Hazen's Missing Journal) and either Heather Townsend's Part Three: Those Who Have Fought (Investigate the Tsoo) or Praetor Duncan's Part Two: The Ancient Guardians (Uncover information from the Circle of Thorn).
How to get - Save Madame Bellerose at least once in Dark Astoria in either Heather Townsend's arc or Praetor Duncan's arc before your final meeting in Dream Doctor's arc. In the first two arcs, she'll show up as an optional objective when you get near her with "???" displaying in the Nav Bar. In the final mission, she won't show up as an objective, but will be with a foe and will fight you until she stops to talk to you. If you miss her previously both times, she won't stop to talk to you and you will defeat her with no badge.
Completion text - You rescued Madame Bellerose from the forces of Dark Astoria. She eventually succumbed to Mot's will and attacked you, but came to her senses before it was too late. Did you choose to spare her life, or end it when she refused to pay you back?
did this and it has not awarded. Ran it twice and now i have a petion in .
In Heather's arc: Save and click on Bellarose
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In Duncan's arc: Save and click on Bellarose
In Dream Doctor's arc: Beat her until she targets friendly, then click on her.
Note: has to be your mission.