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  1. Sun_Runner

    Irony Much?

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MaestroMavius View Post
    You know...

    I'm starting to think the complete Incarnate system and Issue 20 have the entire team so entranced and preoccupied that Nothing else matters until it is finished mindset has set in.
    I suspect you are correct. I know I've heard rumors along those lines.
  2. Sun_Runner
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Pimpstress_Bambi View Post
    Well, I am going to admit, I recruit to my SG by sending tells to levels 1-10, and asking if they'd like to join. I am on Victory, and so the list isn't insanely long. I think in the last 3 years I have only had 1 person throw a fit like the post has shown, but I have had positive results from doing this. I am much more successful, then if I ask in broadcast. I have more jerks in broadcast than if I send a tell to lowbies, this is why I do it in that way.

    What I don't get is that the person is calling the recruiter a jerk.... all he did was ask if they needed an SG, I usually ask if they would like to join, but that doesn't really matter, what I see as rude is that a person jumped down someones throat just for asking if they'd like to join.... How hard is it to just say No Thanks and be on your way? Is it necessary to cause unneeded Drama?
    You get all kinds. A good number of people get spammed with blind sg invites, sg invite tells, blind group invites, group invite tells, etc ...

    You're a telemarketer when you do that.

    And if you haven't heard about the abuse a telemarketer takes for calling people ...
  3. Sun_Runner
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Flarstux View Post
    Query: what if the number of paying customers merrily taking advantage of this wonderful XP windfall - who either don't know or don't care about previous pontifically positronic threats of post-PL-ative punishment - is greater by far than the number of those paying customers complaining about it on the forums?
    Nothing much would change. People in the game will ignore the forums, over half of them not even knowing they exist. People in the forums will continue to remain a vocal minority.

    Consequences applied wholesale to the using playerbase would result in COHs already unstable outlook becoming even more unstable ... which means the originator and a few of the most abusive users may suffer, while everyone else goes about their business. You don't ban/punish a significant minority of your playerbase (say, worst case, 15%) unless you have customers to burn. COH doesn't have customers to burn what with its' income this year being rather lower than last year even with the paid expansion numbers ...

    Stuff.
  4. Sun_Runner
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hot_Head_Mike View Post
    Not sure why you guys are fueling the flame. I retired this thread. So don't expect any of my responses that you seem to crave.
    You retired from this thread. That's nice. We can still discuss whatever we want to discuss within the context of the existing thread without your input. So, um, go away? The adults are talking.
  5. Sun_Runner
    One of the few wisdoms the internet has generated: do not feed the trolls.
  6. Sun_Runner
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ketch View Post
    First, it smacks of laziness. Creating a build with Mid's is a reasonably simple thing. Posting without one suggests that you haven't consider power selections, sets, or even an over all goal. Put some effort into it if you expect others to put effort into helping you.
    Or it is someone, like, say, my teenager that isn't allowed to install programs on the computers used and has most of the internet under a blanket blacklist unless whitelisted site-by-site by an interfering parent. (I'm so mean. My kids agree, too.)

    Restricted computer/internet access is not as uncommon as you might think.

    Quote:
    Secondly, requesting builds generally eschews all conceptual considerations. If I've decided to create a build there are still some powers I'd like simply for thematic reasons. I, for example, like to have Flight for magical characters. Eventually, you may butt against the problem of performance vs. concept, but to me it's disheartening to see people throw concept out from the get-go.
    Some people do concepts. (An angel with a sword.) Some people do entire biographies. (Look at our RP communities.) Some people just want performance. There is no badwrongfun, only different flavors that you may or may not like.

    Personally, I want performance. I then wrap a concept around that performance, eventually an interlocking series of ficlets I share with my own social groups wrapped around that concept.

    Quote:
    So, please, I implore anyone that plans to request a build. Put some effort and some thought into what you want before making a blanket request. You'll find people more receptive if you give them something to work with.
    Agreed. The more you give, the more you get.
  7. Sun_Runner
    There is another hero tip mission with the Knives that does that. Rescue NPC, NPC fights and thereby is killable, NPC dies every time in ambushes before you can get her out the door. Mission doesn't fail, doesn't complete ... nothing.

    Very frustrating.
  8. Sun_Runner
    No other buff in the game requires you to say yes for it to take affect. The popup is obnoxious. Every other popup in the game I can either tell it to never show again or set an auto-accept option. If not, then make every buff in the game require a yes/no confirmation popup. This buff shouldn't be special.
  9. Sun_Runner

    'The Bold' Piffit

    POST-ACTION

    Maybe try something like this? (It is made of level 25 generic non-set IOs. Effectively SOs that never expire. Very cheap to make.)

    Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.707
    http://www.cohplanner.com/

    Click this DataLink to open the build!

    Logan Storm: Level 50 Magic Tanker
    Primary Power Set: Willpower
    Secondary Power Set: Dark Melee
    Power Pool: Flight
    Power Pool: Fitness
    Ancillary Pool: Pyre Mastery

    Hero Profile:
    Level 1: Mind Over Body
    • (A) Resist Damage IO: Level 25
    • (3) Resist Damage IO: Level 25
    • (5) Resist Damage IO: Level 25
    Level 1: Shadow Punch
    • (A) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    • (3) Taunt Duration IO: Level 25
    • (7) Damage Increase IO: Level 25
    • (37) Damage Increase IO: Level 25
    • (40) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    Level 2: Fast Healing
    • (A) Healing IO: Level 25
    • (7) Healing IO: Level 25
    • (15) Healing IO: Level 25
    Level 4: Smite
    • (A) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    • (5) Taunt Duration IO: Level 25
    • (11) Damage Increase IO: Level 25
    • (37) Damage Increase IO: Level 25
    • (40) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    Level 6: Indomitable Will
    • (A) Defense Buff IO: Level 25
    • (46) Defense Buff IO: Level 25
    • (46) Defense Buff IO: Level 25
    Level 8: Rise to the Challenge
    • (A) Healing IO: Level 25
    • (9) Taunt Duration IO: Level 25
    • (9) To Hit Debuff IO: Level 25
    • (15) Healing IO: Level 25
    • (23) Taunt Duration IO: Level 25
    • (27) Taunt Duration IO: Level 25
    Level 10: Air Superiority
    • (A) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    • (11) Damage Increase IO: Level 25
    • (34) Damage Increase IO: Level 25
    • (40) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    Level 12: Quick Recovery
    • (A) Endurance Modification IO: Level 25
    • (13) Endurance Modification IO: Level 25
    • (13) Endurance Modification IO: Level 25
    Level 14: Fly
    • (A) Flight Speed IO: Level 25
    Level 16: Siphon Life
    • (A) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    • (17) Taunt Duration IO: Level 25
    • (17) Healing IO: Level 25
    • (25) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 25
    • (27) Healing IO: Level 25
    • (34) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    Level 18: Heightened Senses
    • (A) Defense Buff IO: Level 25
    • (19) Defense Buff IO: Level 25
    • (19) Defense Buff IO: Level 25
    Level 20: Touch of Fear
    • (A) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    • (21) Taunt Duration IO: Level 25
    • (21) Fear Duration IO: Level 25
    • (25) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 25
    • (34) Fear Duration IO: Level 25
    • (42) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    Level 22: Taunt
    • (A) Trimuphant Insult - Chance to Disorient: Level 20
    • (23) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage: Level 25
    Level 24: Swift
    • (A) Run Speed IO: Level 25
    Level 26: Resurgence
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 25
    Level 28: Soul Drain
    • (A) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    • (29) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 25
    • (29) Damage Increase IO: Level 25
    • (31) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 25
    • (33) Damage Increase IO: Level 25
    • (43) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    Level 30: Health
    • (A) Healing IO: Level 25
    • (31) Healing IO: Level 25
    • (31) Healing IO: Level 25
    Level 32: Strength of Will
    • (A) Resist Damage IO: Level 25
    • (33) Resist Damage IO: Level 25
    • (33) Resist Damage IO: Level 25
    Level 35: Dark Consumption
    • (A) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    • (36) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 25
    • (36) Endurance Modification IO: Level 25
    • (36) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 25
    • (37) Endurance Modification IO: Level 25
    • (43) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    Level 38: Midnight Grasp
    • (A) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    • (39) Taunt Duration IO: Level 25
    • (39) Damage Increase IO: Level 25
    • (39) Damage Increase IO: Level 25
    • (43) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    Level 41: Stamina
    • (A) Endurance Modification IO: Level 25
    • (42) Endurance Modification IO: Level 25
    • (42) Endurance Modification IO: Level 25
    Level 44: Ring of Fire
    • (A) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    • (45) Immobilisation Duration IO: Level 25
    • (45) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 25
    • (45) Immobilisation Duration IO: Level 25
    • (46) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 25
    Level 47: Melt Armor
    • (A) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    • (48) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 25
    • (48) Defense Debuff IO: Level 25
    • (48) Defense Debuff IO: Level 25
    Level 49: Fire Ball
    • (A) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    • (50) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 25
    • (50) Damage Increase IO: Level 25
    • (50) Damage Increase IO: Level 25
    ------------
    Level 1: Brawl
    • (A) Accuracy IO: Level 25
    Level 1: Sprint
    • (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 25
    Level 2: Rest
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 25
    Level 1: Gauntlet
    Level 6: Ninja Run
  10. Sun_Runner
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by je_saist View Post
    question: have you bypassed that Belkin router and connected straight to your modem?
    Yes, I have. I've even pressed the hidden button behind the pinhole on the back of the cable-modem to reset it.

    I guess I'll call my ISP. Any information I should gather together beforehand?
  11. Sun_Runner
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Back_Blast View Post
    Good and noted. Have you tried running the game since you removed the optimisers? Have you tried running it without the firewall?
    Yes, and yes. No difference. The occasional (one of ten? one in fifteen? I've not been keeping an accurate count) zone changes and I disconnect. Most zone changes take minutes to be passed between zones (no-progress-bar screen to progress-bar screen) with the occasional faster exception.
  12. Sun_Runner
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by je_saist View Post
    google docs.
    https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0Bxo...thkey=CPig7roG
  13. Sun_Runner
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by je_saist View Post
    This sounds like a network problem more than anything else.

    Have you tried checking your network performance? : ftp://ftp.coh.com/support_tool/netin...allOS_USEU.exe
    I am unable to post the contents of network_data_coh.txt, as the forum redirects me to http://us.ncsoft.com/en/ automatically whenever I try. Anyone know of a place I can host the file and link to it instead?
  14. Sun_Runner
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Back_Blast View Post
    First off, it looks like you're using some sort of 'network optimizer' program as well as possibly other such 'optimization' programs. In my experience, such programs are total junk and usually the cause of more issues than they ever fix, if any. I'd get rid of whatever ones you may have.
    Easily removed, and done.

    Quote:
    Additionally, the following entries concern me:

    O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{51A390DF-397B-486E-865D-EAD9559541EB}: NameServer = 156.154.70.22,156.154.71.22
    O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{80F4CD6B-E6DF-4FBD-90FF-CB8FE0607865}: NameServer = 156.154.70.22,156.154.71.22
    O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{F5480928-9358-4E00-B65F-2D09AF90AB62}: NameServer = 156.154.70.22,156.154.71.22
    O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\..\{51A390DF-397B-486E-865D-EAD9559541EB}: NameServer = 156.154.70.22,156.154.71.22
    O17 - HKLM\System\CS2\Services\Tcpip\..\{51A390DF-397B-486E-865D-EAD9559541EB}: NameServer = 156.154.70.22,156.154.71.22

    Entries like that tend to be a sign of infection in my experience. Unless you know where those came from and they are deliberate, I'd get rid of them and check your system thoroughly for viruses and such.
    Preferred DNS server address for Comodo Secure DNS, which is the firewall I'm using.
  15. Sun_Runner
    Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
    Scan saved at 10:56:27 PM, on 6/29/2010
    Platform: Unknown Windows (WinNT 6.01.3504)
    MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7600.16385)
    Boot mode: Normal

    Running processes:
    c:\progra~2\speedo~1\SPO.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\DNA\btdna.exe
    C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\Applets\LCDMedia.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\HEXelon MAX 6\hexelon.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\PictureMover\Bin\PictureMover.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Odometer\hpsysdrv.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\MagicDisc\MagicDisc.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\TortoiseHg\TortoiseHgOverlayServer.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

    R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://g.msn.com/HPDSK/1
    R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
    R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = about:blank
    R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://g.msn.com/HPDSK/1
    R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
    R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
    R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://g.msn.com/HPDSK/1
    R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
    R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
    R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = C:\Windows\SysWOW64\blank.htm
    R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
    F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=userinit.exe
    O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
    O2 - BHO: Spybot-S&D IE Protection - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~2\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
    O2 - BHO: Search Helper - {6EBF7485-159F-4bff-A14F-B9E3AAC4465B} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Search Enhancement Pack\Search Helper\SEPsearchhelperie.dll
    O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
    O2 - BHO: Microsoft Live Search Toolbar Helper - {d2ce3e00-f94a-4740-988e-03dc2f38c34f} - c:\Program Files (x86)\MSN\Toolbar\3.0.0566.0\msneshellx.dll
    O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
    O2 - BHO: Microsoft Web Test Recorder 10.0 Helper - {DDA57003-0068-4ed2-9D32-4D1EC707D94D} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Microsoft.Visua lStudio.QualityTools.RecorderBarBHO100.dll
    O2 - BHO: Windows Live Toolbar Helper - {E15A8DC0-8516-42A1-81EA-DC94EC1ACF10} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Toolbar\wltcore.dll
    O2 - BHO: DAPIELoader Class - {FF6C3CF0-4B15-11D1-ABED-709549C10000} - C:\PROGRA~2\DAP\DAPIEL~1.DLL
    O3 - Toolbar: Microsoft Live Search Toolbar - {1E61ED7C-7CB8-49d6-B9E9-AB4C880C8414} - c:\Program Files (x86)\MSN\Toolbar\3.0.0566.0\msneshellx.dll
    O3 - Toolbar: &Windows Live Toolbar - {21FA44EF-376D-4D53-9B0F-8A89D3229068} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Toolbar\wltcore.dll
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpsysdrv] c:\program files (x86)\hewlett-packard\HP odometer\hpsysdrv.exe
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CloneCDTray] "C:\Program Files (x86)\SlySoft\CloneCD\CloneCDTray.exe" /s
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TortoiseHgOverlayIconServer] C:\Program Files (x86)\TortoiseHg\TortoiseHgOverlayServer.exe
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Bonus.SSR.FR10] "C:\Program Files (x86)\ABBYY FineReader 10\Bonus.ScreenshotReader.exe" /autorun
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe"
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [uTorrent] "C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe"
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [BitTorrent DNA] "C:\Program Files (x86)\DNA\btdna.exe"
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [HEXelon MAX] "C:\Program Files (x86)\HEXelon MAX 6\hexelon.exe" /auto
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Steam] "c:\users\public\steam\steam.exe" -silent
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [igndlm.exe] C:\Program Files (x86)\Download Manager\DLM.exe /windowsstart /startifwork
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DownloadAccelerator] "C:\Program Files (x86)\DAP\DAP.EXE" /STARTUP
    O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
    O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
    O4 - Startup: CurseClientStartup.ccip
    O4 - Startup: Impulse Now.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Impulse\Now\ImpulseNow.exe
    O4 - Startup: MagicDisc.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\MagicDisc\MagicDisc.exe
    O4 - Global Startup: PictureMover.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\PictureMover\Bin\PictureMover.exe
    O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions present
    O8 - Extra context menu item: &Clean Traces - C:\Program Files (x86)\DAP\Privacy Package\dapcleanerie.htm
    O8 - Extra context menu item: &Download with &DAP - C:\Program Files (x86)\DAP\dapextie.htm
    O8 - Extra context menu item: Download &all with DAP - C:\Program Files (x86)\DAP\dapextie2.htm
    O9 - Extra button: Blog This - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll
    O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: &Blog This in Windows Live Writer - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll
    O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~2\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
    O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~2\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
    O16 - DPF: {1E54D648-B804-468d-BC78-4AFFED8E262F} (System Requirements Lab) - http://www.nvidia.com/content/Driver...reqlab_nvd.cab
    O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{51A390DF-397B-486E-865D-EAD9559541EB}: NameServer = 156.154.70.22,156.154.71.22
    O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{80F4CD6B-E6DF-4FBD-90FF-CB8FE0607865}: NameServer = 156.154.70.22,156.154.71.22
    O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{F5480928-9358-4E00-B65F-2D09AF90AB62}: NameServer = 156.154.70.22,156.154.71.22
    O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\..\{51A390DF-397B-486E-865D-EAD9559541EB}: NameServer = 156.154.70.22,156.154.71.22
    O17 - HKLM\System\CS2\Services\Tcpip\..\{51A390DF-397B-486E-865D-EAD9559541EB}: NameServer = 156.154.70.22,156.154.71.22
    O20 - AppInit_DLLs: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\guard32.dll
    O23 - Service: ABBYY FineReader 10 PE Licensing Service (ABBYY.Licensing.FineReader.Professional.10.0) - ABBYY - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ABBYY\FineReader\10.00\Licensing\PE\NetworkL icenseServer.exe
    O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Alg.exe,-112 (ALG) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: AMD RAIDXpert (AMD_RAIDXpert) - AMD - C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD\RAIDXpert\bin\RAIDXpertService.exe
    O23 - Service: ASO3DiskOptimizer - Systweak Inc., (www.systweak.com) - C:\Program Files (x86)\Advanced System Optimizer 3\ASO3DefragSrv64.exe
    O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\CISVC.EXE,-1 (CISVC) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\CISVC.EXE (file missing)
    O23 - Service: COMODO Internet Security Helper Service (cmdAgent) - COMODO - C:\Program Files\COMODO\COMODO Internet Security\cmdagent.exe
    O23 - Service: Dragon Age: Origins - Content Updater (DAUpdaterSvc) - Unknown owner - c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\dragon age origins\bin_ship\DAUpdaterSvc.Service.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: Diskeeper - Diskeeper Corporation - C:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\DkService.exe
    O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\efssvc.dll,-100 (EFS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\fxsresm.dll,-118 (Fax) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: HP Health Check Service - Hewlett-Packard - C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Health Check\hphc_service.exe
    O23 - Service: hpqwmiex - Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\Shared\hpqwmiex.exe
    O23 - Service: @keyiso.dll,-100 (KeyIso) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: LightScribeService Direct Disc Labeling Service (LightScribeService) - Hewlett-Packard Company - c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\LSSrvc.exe
    O23 - Service: @comres.dll,-2797 (MSDTC) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @mqutil.dll,-6102 (MSMQ) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\mqsvc.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\System32\netlogon.dll,-102 (Netlogon) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\nvvsvc.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\psbase.dll,-300 (ProtectedStorage) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\Locator.exe,-2 (RpcLocator) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\locator.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\samsrv.dll,-1 (SamSs) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: SBSD Security Center Service (SBSDWSCService) - Safer Networking Ltd. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDWinSec.exe
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  16. Sun_Runner
    After a week of excessive disconnects and loading screen time, I figure I should ask for some assistance with how to reduce the problem. We "pause" on zoning at a loading screen (without a progress bar) for (up to) a few minutes at a time. About a tenth of the time we disconnect rather than connect to the new zone and its' loading screen (with a progress bar).

    Any assistance appreciated.

    ---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

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  17. Sun_Runner
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    Either let us knock them out, or make them not.
    And please, for the love of pete, get rid of the mag 100 push they have!
    I agree. Especially with the civilian's super-strength ability to push around any and every player character or player character's pet.
  18. Sun_Runner
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    Or...just run the other mission anyway? Thats twice the exp?

    I...really fail to see a problem here. Sorry *shrug*
    Either that or, are you Level Pacted? If so, then it shouldnt matter anyway...
    Because mayhem missions are boring when you do them back-to-back every three missions?

    Because the cooperative mission option, when enabled, should work on mayhem missions? (And unless you share a broker/detective, it does not work for mayhem missions.)

    Because its' not about the XP?

    Because the GMs should have the ability to change game-assigned contacts when faced with a petition requesting said change? (And the GMs are the ones who told me to come here and request that power for them in response to my petition requesting a broker change to match my wife's character's broker?)

    Because this game is all about options, all about choices, and this subsystem denies the player any choice at all? (Outside of simply not running newspaper or radio scanner missions at all.)

    Because enabling this hurts no one? And keeping it as it is does hurt someone (me and mine) by, essentially, forcing us to run content in a manner we don't wish to?

    I can keep listing reasons if you'd like. Can you come up with a coherent reason why we, the players, should be unable to have this game-assigned contact changed?
  19. Sun_Runner
    The GMs are currently unable to change Broker or Detective contacts in response to a petition. The reason for petition is a [Bug] or [Unfriendly Gameplay] that disables cooperative mission completes as each mayhem mission is considered to be a different mission from all other missions and unique to each Broker or Detective.

    So, I'm playing in a duo with my wife and we find that completing my bank robbery doesn't complete hers. We assume its' a bug. Do another set of bank robberies. Find out that it isn't a bug. Its' intentional. We petition support to have our brokers set to the same one, so that we can cooperatively complete the missions and not have to run them twice in a row just to keep the characters in sync. And they reply back that they don't have the power to make this change.

    Either give us the ability to pick our Broker/Detective, or give the GMs the ability to change the Broker/Detective in response to a petition.

    There is no way this can be abused (that I can think of).
  20. Sun_Runner
    I would pay for, and consider a very good idea, the ability for a villain character to damage/defeat civilians in missions and in open zones. We can already target them. We can already attack them. We just can't damage them.

    Setup a booster pack that enables me to do so on my villains, and I'll buy it.