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I'll double check, but it looked like the same standard "spin in the air" resurrection that other powers give.

Nothong, shut up you.

Go to St. Martial at night. VEGAS, BABY! MAN, I wish they'd do more with in-game gambling there, I'd never leave the zone...

Hm. I ID'd a mechanic as an Illusion controller where, in PVP situations, pets will not aggro at all on a target standing right in front of them (1v1, no other targets to take aggro away), or in rarer cases end up attacking the caster, even if you con blue to them. This was in 2008 though; I know it was on Castle's radar for fixing, but I never heard anything definitive on this. I haven't PVP'd since Issue 13, so I don't know if the same mechanic is in place. I think I have the steps to reproduce documented somewhere...

Your behavior sounds similar to what I saw. It's also similar to cases where the effect lingers after the caster has died or zoned, and it suddenly goes red if it was blue to you efore.

All of the above is generally true. There IS an RP underground here though, but it's one you have to look for. Most players here give the "lol Virtue is over there -------->" if someone {{starts talking like this}}. At least you don't need to worry about Pocket D effete poseurs who try to explain to you in a three paragraph minimum why you're utterly inferior to their well thought out characterization of the perfect hero.

Instead, D's where the arena matches all are. Be warned, have a thick skin, and feel free to get messy in the Arena.

This. I found the Warrior Elite spawns in Talos too inconsistent for my temperament.

Sorry for the AFK. All I'll detail here is that it was necessary at the time. =/

Also included: 1 Vet respec
Also included: 1 Click power, details follow

Testing: Heals your green and blue to about half of what your stock values are. I just burned mine up, but I didn't see a noticeable immobilize from when I started actually rezzing. I'll test it again to be sure tho. EDIT: Actually, the immobilize works as intended from the moment of the click to actual release.

Some players (including me) have had our anniversary date for veteran rewards pushed up slightly month by month. Before they went in and jigsawed a fix last year, I'd moved from the 26th all the way to around the 6th. Other players have had a similar drift in the other direction. I don't recall if there was ever a reason for the anniversary drift for the account.

They've taken to releasing the badge a few days (I think four-five?) before the actual "go" date. I usually see it around the 22nd or so, if the badge is available in-game. Because of where the dates fall next week, they might drop it in (if it's not live already) on the 25th.

Just checked. Not up yet, but I'll holler in the Badges forum if no one has before me.

And agreed, these are two very nice powers to throw the seven year vets. Hopefully the /auction cmd will come with a built-in emote.

It'd be nice, wouldn't it?

Actually, the top one on B-H right now (Piyerus, Virtue server) has all 3 hero respec badges, and one villain respec badge. So, it's a glitch, but I expect people will start just using it to buff their counts 'til the Devs fix it. (Not saying that's what Piyerus did, but I'm guessing the intent will be a trend.)

The problem is that, while you say you see that, you represent one voice of opinion amongst a group of people who'll say the exact opposite: That badges like Anniversary awards, Vet Awards, etc., are all "unfair" and "biased towards the older playerbase". Therefore, they should be done away with, in a sense of "fairness" to everyone. It's a slippery slope problem. Do it for one, and that gives other naysayers impetus to call to have it done for all.

Which defeats the whole purpose to the badge themes, IMO. I think Anniversary badges should remain a regular feature in the game, and that they should be ONLY picked up during that month (or, if someone asks me, to be expanded to a 2 or 3 month window around the anniversary date). Vet awards should get cooler as you get along without being gamebreaking. Day Jobs should be remo--- er, hrm.

Welcome to the 750 Club. The Secret Handshake(tm) must be learned by the initiate watching various members of the 750 or higher clubs converse and interact throughout your initiation period.

...which, based on the general tone in the Badges forum, would lead you to believe that middle fingers were an integral part of the Shake.

Same argument can be made for the Vet badges.

It's not a penalization if you weren't there to earn the badge. It's part of the badging game. Sometimes, you miss it.

Sorry, but I'd vote to remove those candy cane awarded badges too. I DO think that badges meant for a login at a given time should remain that way, instead of being bought later on.

He always does. This time was a slip-up. Just keep watching, Master runs are a regular thing here.