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That was my thought as well, but I was running SSA2.1 while reading this and when I went up to the contact, the abandon option was there, though I didn't try it out. I'll certainly be trying it out next time I run Graham Easton's arc in Ouro and see if I can grab both badges in one run.

That is correct. As soon as you change sides, all non-coop missions on abandoned, as if you had selected that option from the mission menu.

See Rikti Mentalist costume.

"Game codes for this costume power were given out at the New York Comic Con in 2010.

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…this power was on sale on the Paragon Market briefly for 480 Paragon Points from October 25, 2011, to December 6, 2011."

I believe there were a couple other costumes that this was also done with.

edit: Featured items 2011-10-25 Three Transformation Powers - Rikti Mentalist, PPD Hardsuit, or Carnival Harlequin

Lot's of people miss it, myself included. Now, you just have to remember the scroll bar when you get to making a tier 4. That's the other thing that keeps popping up

No, there is no bug and shards have nothing to do with the iTrials, they just have a really low drop rate. Again, use thread components instead.

Use threads. Pull down the scroll bar on the right and you'll find the thread recipes. They are, IMO, much easier to get than shards.

I've been playing some low level (up to level 25) characters lately and I've been only needing to run one mission for the contact to get full access to phone and inspirations.

The only way to unlock the Hybrid slot is to run Magisterium Trial. You'll often find people running just the first part of it and quitting for this reason.

This is my recollection as well.

edit: Patch Notes 2010-04-28 Contacts give out their cell phone number sooner.

Read and follow the instructions in this post

Alpha can also be unlocked through ixp in iTrials or by purchasing an Unlock Alpha Slot Voucher from Astral Christy for 5 Astral Merits.

You can just buy the alignment system in the Paragon Market if you want, 1,200 points ($15 bascially). Or check Amazon for inexpensive *new* copies of "Going Rogue". For about $5-6, you can get the alignment system, plus be VIP for a month, plus some other goodies that will stick with you when you drop back to premium.

Yes, you can go VIP for a month, change to vigilante, and will still be vigilante when you drop back to premium. After you drop back to premium from VIP, all your characters will be locked again and you will have to pick which ones you want to unlock.

The fact that it exists doesn't negate the possibility that you might be crazy

No, not that I've ever found. Rent it so cheap now it's really not worth worrying about. See Wiki page on rent.

I could be wrong, but I don't think it will let you delete a room that still has bins that are not empty. I faintly remember trying to do it by accident once and I couldn't do it.

Nope, can't change a hero group into a villain group.

Villain side version is Invader Badge. You'll automatically get TFC when you switch to Hero if you already have Invader.

*Points to Hopeling's post above*

Email can be turned off and often is to avoid spam. If you know the character name, type in /GetGlobalName character. That will get you the global name and you can send an offline tell directly to the person which is more obvious when they log in.