Spatch

I'm pretty sure the villain doesn't spawn until the player enters the general vicinity of the bank, at which point 'The Bank Is Being Robbed" warning flashes across the screen. If, in fact, my memory serves me correctly, it's not at all harmful to leisurely make one's way to the bank during a Safeguard. Only when the warning message is flashed must one make haste.

I got this bug over the weekend, also. Exiting the game, and re-starting fixed it for me.

A couple questions:

1. What AT are you playing?
2. What server are you on?

My first toon, way back in July/2004 was a grav/emp controller. Absolutely painful to solo, especially back then. If this is the case with you, try rolling a scrapper or blaster. They solo very well.

Regarding server, I play on Champion. Look me up, @Spatch, I'd be happy to run with you.

Cheers...

True this. On my first red-side "content hog" (thugs/dark MM), I was deliberately in debt pretty much through level 30-35-ish to ensure I didn't miss any contacts or arcs. This pre-dates the ability to turn off xp gain, and also pre-dates the Ouroboros system. Turning off xp isn't as "necessary" as it once was now that Ouroboros is in place, but still a nice option to have for players who want to run content the "natural" way.

Agreed. I love the fact multiple builds were implemented, but I dislike the mechanic to switch builds. I have no problem with the timer aspect, that's fine, but a visit to the trainer is kinda lame. IMO.

This.

No, it wasn't the first day, but it was the 2nd or 3rd day. Pretty close to the release date. In any case, it is definitely obtainable for your Kheldian.

You're welcome.

Also, to be clear, the Power Attributes are for your toons, not for your pets. My apologies if I made it seem like they were related in my previous posts. The power attributes feature can be used to monitor your individual toons, such as defense, regeneration and recovery rates, for example. Very helpful for heroes and villain alike.

I also use the pets window on all my toons, both red and blue side. Certainly, it is probably most handy for Masterminds, but all pets show up in this window, including the powers/buffs used by those pets.

I had a look at the screenshots, and the displays you're seeing are the Pet and Power Attributes windows. Both are in-game features.

To activate the Pet window, you need to go into your options, and "Enable" the pet window option. The word "Pet" will then appear in your team window which you can click on to open the separate pet window.

To activate the Power Attributes window, open up your Powers window, and click on Power Attributes. Select the desired attributes you want to monitor. It's a pretty nice feature.

Both windows can be placed anywhere on your screen, according to your preference. I place mine up top.

My badger is a peacebringer, and was able to get the badge (see my sig).

You have every right to be upset. Bayblast was WAY offside with his/her comment.

Bloody good news!

The devs have indicated they are working on a "fix" to solve the duplicate names issue between Euro and North American players. The EU and NA suffixes are temporary.

Also, I recommend you frequent the main CoH Web Site for regular announcements. I find the news postings very informative, personally.

As I understand it, changing a forum handle is one of the few things these fancy new forums do not allow. And, in fairness to the devs, they did warn us prior to the forum changeover, more than once, to really really really make sure you liked your forum handle. Or, to change it if you didn't.

My assumption, based on the rather forceful language of these "warnings", was that forum name changes is not a function they anticipate these board supporting. Ever.

This.

Welcome to the game.

I don't have much experience with tankers (after 5 years in this game, I only have one level 50 tanker, and no others)

However, I do recommend you go down to the Tanker forums, as there's a wealth of information there regarding tankers, and is frequented by players extremely knowledgeable of that archetype.

This is my assumption, but based on the re-vamped character creation format, my expectation is that power customization will fall in the same category as costume customization. That is, it will be essentially unlimited.

Heh, okay I admit I was working off memory. But, I wasn't that far off. Some tweaks to your tweaks.

Regarding red-side access to Cimerora, the contact is Ashley McKnight who -IS- located at the university in Cap au Diable, per my original post. She does, in fact, give out the Origin of Power arc. However, she also gives out the Midnighter Arc, but only to villains at minimum level 30 (not level 10 as I originally indicated).

Not sure which Sharkhead contact you might be refering to. But, I can confirm I ran the Ashley McKnight Midnighter arc on three villains recently, all of whom subsequently gained access to the Midnighter's Club and Cimerora.

Edit: Hmmm. This contact also appears to grant access to the Midnighter's Club, as early as level 20. The only difference in the arcs appears to be for reasons of .... role play. I won't say more for "spoiler" reasons. Very interesting to know, though, as I've only ever played the Ashley McKnight arc for Cimerora access.

Welcome back!

I hope your stay is an extended one.

There's been many changes, and I'd recommend you review the official web site to review all the issues that have been published since you last played. That would probably be a good start.

A couple of immediate things pop to my mind:

1. Mission Architect - as you alluded to, this is a significant new feature that has been recently added just this year. If you have a creative streak in you, I suggest you check this out. Currently, the MA is being heavily used (abused, and exploited, IMO) for farming and power-leveling purposes, but there are some very interesting stories a published by players that you can play. It can provide an interesting diversion from the canon game from time to time. Missions from MA (except for Developer Choice missions) do not drop recipes, enhancements, or merits. Instead, they drop Architect Tickets that can be redeemed in the MA building for salvage, recipe rolls, etc.

2. Cimerora - this is a new zone, based in ancient times, that works a little bit differently than any other zone in the game. In order to access Cimerora, you must complete a specific story arc in the game (the contact is in the university in Steel Canyon blue-side, and Cap au Diable red-side). EVERY SINGLE TOON that you want to get into Cimerora must run the arc. It's a pretty zone, and arguably one of the best TFs in the game in there (Imperious Task Force, or ITF or short). Minimum level for Cimerora is 35, but you can run the pre-requisite arc as soon as level 10.

3. Ouroboros - new "time travel" zone that allows you to flash-back and play any canon arc in the game. It also has some stand-alone, unique missions and TFs of its own. You must be minimum level 25 to access this zone. To access the zone, you use the temporary power, the Oroboros Portal, which is granted to your character once you complete a time-travel related mission. The easiest way to get to Oroboros is, once your character hits level 25, ask a player to place down an Oroboros portal and click on it. Once in Oroboros, get the explore badge at the top of the Oroboros building, and bingo, you get the portal power.

Again, welcome back!

Speaking from personal experience, a definite YES, it is worth it.

I will admit, I don't use it as much as I used to, particularly since the Mission Porter came along earlier this year. But, it still gets relatively active use from me, and the power icon gets a prominent spot in the power tray on all of my toons. It comes in especially handy when you need to move between "secondary" zones. For example, on a recent TF, we wrapped up a mission deep in Crey's Folly, and the next mission was in Dark Astoria. I used the base porter to get to my base, and then used one of my porters in the base to zip over to DA.

Heh.

I would agree with the OP's sentiments. IMO, the wedding pack is the least useful of the expansion packs. That said, I did buy it, although I did wait several months after its release before I shelled out 10 bucks for it.

All the other expansion packs (GvE goodies pack, Boosters 1, 2 & 3, AE, Mac Pack), however, I have purchased immediately upon their release.