Trickshooter

Got mapservered in a mission from Protector. Logged back in, mapservered almost immediately. Now all West Coast servers won't even take me to the character selection screen, I get booted back to the log-in screen with a DB server error.

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that's odd. i filed a ticket for it this morning and got a default copy/paste response 4 minutes later about the protector mapserv.

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Thank you for contacting the City of Heroes/City of Villains Support Team. This is a known issue we are currently working on; we hope to have it resolved soon. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we appreciate your patience.

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Well, I know it's a stock response, but it gives me a smidgen of hope that they're actually working on it.

Next day, no GMs have updated my ticket and my PM to Niviene hasn't been read yet, so... I don't have characters on any other server...

Still no update from the GMs for me. I sent a PM to Niviene, hoping they haven't left for the day there, but I suspect they might have.

I can't get in to any missions. Sent in a petition and a GM contacted me, and after I told him I wasn't the only one experiencing it, he said he'd escalate it. *fingers crossed*

Edit: This is on Protector.

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I want my Ninjitsu Scrapper damnit!

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Since it looks like Stalkers will probably never get Shields, I have a feeling Ninjitsu will end up staying unique to them as some sort of compensation.

Noticed today that Howling Twilight's icon is fixed.

So avoid demons, clowns, robots and ninjas...

That leaves us with... aliens, dudes with guns, and cat girls.

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<ul type="square">[*]Death - Scream[*]Fool - (Manic) Laughter[*]Hermit - Indistinct Speaking (Sounds someone with a deep voice speaking, insofar as I could tell, but couldn't make out what he's saying; someone else with full hearing should see if they can figure it out.)[*]Lovers - Big Smooch (Kissing Noise)[*]Magician - Explosion (&amp; Debris Raining Down???)[*]Moon - Wolf Howling[*]Sun - Birds Chirping[*]Tower - Strong Wind Blowing[*]Wheel - Wheel with Clicker Spinning (like one of the wheels of fortune at a casino or on the TV show of same name)[/list]
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The Magician is a 'poof' sound with flapping bird wings, and then there's clapping. Like a stage magician performing a trick.

The rest you have are correct.

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Edit: From Scrapper (just past the 12 o'clock) clockwise, I can make out:
Scrapper
Peacebringer
Defender(?)
Warshade
Corruptor
Dominator
Tanker
Mastermind
Brute
Stalker
Blaster
Controller(?)

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Yes, the last one is Controller.

Also, you've got Tanker and Stalker swapped. Stalker is next to Dominator, the Tanker symbol is between the Brute and Blaster.

The VEATs were left off (devs hate villainz!@?!??!?)

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The only power in the Willpower set that benefits from +Heal is Reconstruction, which is only available in the Stalker version. Your Scrapper would get no benefit from +Heal.

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&lt;.&lt; Hate to be a downer, but Reconstruction is flagged to ignore outside buffs such as Global +Heal bonuses.

Here's the poster for my arc!

A Few Clowns Short of a Circus: Arc 2266

Aw Ex, I'm sad to see you leaving your post!

And I feel like such a butt for asking you to update my thread now!

Another new costume! Psych-Out, my Psi/Mental Blaster using pieces from the Cyborg, Valkyrie, and Magic packs.

I'll eventually post a female costume. I can see the potential for a really seductive costume involving the bolero jacket and a few other mixed up pieces, I just can't seem to iron out the details yet.

Wastelands, my Earth/Sonic Controller's new costume!

For those curious... I won't guarantee that what is shown is what they still do. Depends on when RedTomax updated City of Data:

The Fool

The Magician

The Lovers

The Hermit

Wheel of Fortune

Death

The Tower

The Sun

The Moon

Hot logo. Who designed it?

You're free to review mine if you want.

I'm so excited I could pee myself!

Arc Name: A Few Clowns Short of a Circus
Arc ID: 2266
Faction: Midnighters, Carnies, Custom
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Trickshooter
Difficulty Level: Medium
Synopsis: The Ring Leader would like you to bring her 'prized possessions' back from a devious thief!
Estimated Time to Play: 1/2 hour to an hour
Link to More Details or Feedback: Just send me a forum PM

Arc Name: A Few Clowns Short of a Circus
Arc ID: 2266
Morality: Villainous
Faction: Midnighters, Carnies, Custom
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Trickshooter
Difficulty Level: Medium
Synopsis: The Ring Leader would like you to bring her 'prized possessions' back from a devious thief!
Estimated Time to Play: 1/2 hour to an hour
Link to More Details or Feedback: Just send me a forum PM

Arc Name: A Few Clowns Short of a Circus
Arc ID: 17515
Faction: Midnighters, Carnies, Custom
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Trickshooter
Difficulty Level: Medium to Hard, depending on what difficulty you play at, I think
Synopsis: The Ring Leader would like you to steal her prized possessions back from a "devious thief"!
Estimated Time to Play: 1 - 2 hours
Link to More Details or Feedback: I suppose you can just send me a forum PM if you want.

The arc is for villains, and is my first attempt at a story (though, my fourth or fifth attempt to make it interesting :B).

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Not a new issue, but I found a patch note relevant to the issue of defender elec blasts not draining any more than other ATs.

From the issue 4 (Arena) (May 4, 2005) patch notes:
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Defenders and Controllers will now drain more Endurance when using powers that drain Endurance. More specifically, Defenders will drain more Endurance when using Electricity Blast than a Blaster using the same power. Controllers will now drain more endurance with powers such as Transfusion, but Defenders will still drain more than Controllers. Defenders Secondary Effects (debuffs) should be better than a Blaster's or a Controller's.

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Currently, defender elec blasts drain more from PvP targets, but not from PvE targets.

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That note is why I consider it an issue. End Drain effects were specifically changed to function best for Defenders, and then scale down from there on the other ATs, and then for some reason, with no explanation or announcement, they were changed back to being equal (unless hard-coded to function at different values, rather than using the EndDrain multiplier tables).

I use Face 13 about 90% of the time.

There, much better. Had to drop the Debatable Issues part, though.