squirek

I didnt see that working today.

As for not outleveling contacts, I have an idea.

If you want PO story arcs, head there at lvl THREE.

Yes. Level 3.

You can get a broker at level 3, and do the required newspaper missions to get the contacts.

This means skipping Kalinda and Mongoose, but as theer is only 1 badge (the snakes) do that (until you kill enough fo it) then move on. Skip the other mercy island missions.

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Actually, we were garenteed the first slots.

And mind you, I don't think the original plan was to go nearly a month without a second wave.

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I quote the press release:

Created by Cryptic Studios™, City of Villains is the sequel to the hugely successful and critically acclaimed City of Heroes, which launched in April of this year.

The program will give priority to those who have been subscribed to City of Heroes the longest. A percentage of slots will be reserved for City of Heroes’ veterans, players who have subscribed to City of Heroes for at least 12 months. Those players will automatically earn a slot as a Villains beta tester. Players with at least six months of time in City of Heroes will receive the next level of priority consideration for the beta testing program. Higher character level is not necessarily an advantage in the selection process.

Percentage does not equal all. So all 12 monthers were not guaranteed first access. You were just guaranteed A SLOT at some point.

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Are you sure they are in? Because, according to everything the devs have said, I would be getting in before the contest winners, being a 12+ monther.

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Alexa posted this on 8/17 in the closed beta is starting thread:

Contest winners should expect to receive invites within the next couple of weeks.

Two weeks was 8/31. Its september now. So yeah, Contest winners are in.

12 monthers were guaranteed a portion of the first slots. Not all. All beta's run contests that provide early access. Its usually the best way in for folks like us.

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correction, no contest winners have been given access to the beta, they don't get in until after all loyalty program customers get in. those people who said "my friend is a contest winner and he says he got in" are lying.

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I dont see how it matters. But for the record, contest winners are in. That's what the PRIZE was. Access to beta.

If it was access when the pre-orders were, it would not be much of a prize.