Hermod's Guide to Unlockable Contacts


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Correct. Not on live yet.


"Trust me, it worked in the Simpsons." - Calash

 

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Doc Buzzsaw................25-30.........Bling.................................. .....693, 32, 1342

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Doc Buzzsaw................25-30.........Bling.................................. .....693, 32, 1342

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I believe that should be -1342

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Thanks, to late to edit it now though. I'll fix it when I make a updated one.


 

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Hrmm, this "Trapping ghosts" thing for Veluta.... is that used with a Temp power or straight-out defeating them? I talked to her and she told me point blank that I "scarecely defeated any ghosts" blah blah... Whacked a few dozens ghosts and still the same message so I assume there's a mechaism to make her start giving out missions?


In the Arena of Logic, I fight unarmed.

 

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You have to defeat ghosts with them standing on top of the ghost traps in the fort.


"Trust me, it worked in the Simpsons." - Calash

 

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You have to defeat ghosts with them standing on top of the ghost traps in the fort.

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And then use your free teleport to the Hospital to deal with the 3 level 15 elite bosses that spawn when you blow up the trap.


Let's Dance!

 

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You have to defeat ghosts with them standing on top of the ghost traps in the fort.

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And then use your free teleport to the Hospital to deal with the 3 level 15 elite bosses that spawn when you blow up the trap.

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Only one Elite Boss spawns. Unfortunately he's accompanied by three Bosses and about five LTs. The lesson here is, don't over load the traps. You can tell when one is about to overload as the grapics rushing away from the trap will speed up.


 

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I dont know if this is one or not.

Arbiter Leary at 1741.7 157.7 3157.1 in Nerva

He talks to me but I was never introduced to him


 

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If that's the Arbiter standing right next to a "normal" Arbiter, it's the respec guy (the equivalent of Jack Wolf).


 

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Veluta..........................5-10...........Privateer (Trap 50 Ghosts)......-2509, 108, -823. Port Oakes

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I have no idea how you're supposed to get this before level 10. The minimum level of the ghost mobs is 9.


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Veluta..........................5-10...........Privateer (Trap 50 Ghosts)......-2509, 108, -823. Port Oakes

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I have no idea how you're supposed to get this before level 10. The minimum level of the ghost mobs is 9.

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True, even at 12 (at least with my MM) it's suicidal. I took my 22 Brute in and did it - got a small story arc out of it too... with all the mobs at 9-11. :P


 

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If that's the Arbiter standing right next to a "normal" Arbiter, it's the respec guy (the equivalent of Jack Wolf).

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No he is up North next to Magus.

His story arc deals with helping me make Archanos like me again.

First part ends with facing Indigo -- the spy chick from Founders Falls. Pisssed me off because it was a TIMED Mission and got to the end before finding out it was a HERO. couldnt get a team and failed the mission


 

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Just to let everyone know:

If you outlevel these contacts, you are NOT hosed. They work just like CoH contacts. You can go back to them in person and get their arcs at any level, though the enemies will be the level of the contact. I just did Veluta at level 27.


Current Badge Hunter: Plot Device (Rad/Thermal/Dark) - 1,268 Xbox Live: Friggin Taser

King of Electricity, Lead Inmate running the Carl and Sons asylum, the "Man" behind the Establishment, Given Honor in Hat Form By Paragon City (Favorite Forum Poster 2006!), Master of Ceremonies of the Fair Use Law podcast

 

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I was able to do Veluta's first arc in my high 20s as well, however she has TWO arcs. She will not give you the second unless you are in the appropriate level range. And as has been mentioned, unlocking her while you are still appropriately leveled is virtually impossible. The reason for this is that Veluta and the Radio switched places as contacts late in beta. It used to be that you were just given Veluta after filling one of your other PO contact's bar up, making her relatively easy to complete, and the Radio is already level 10-15 so it was more appropriately leveled for ghost trapping. I think they were swapped for thematic reasons, but as a result Veluta now needs some serious rebalancing.

Also, Tarixus has a few oddities compared to other unlockable contacts. First off, his story arc is bugged, or is for me at least: I got no souvenier, no enhancement, and no XP/Infamy reward for completing it. Second, one of Tarixus' non-arc missions has a mission badge reward (Soul Taker). Lastly, two of his missions grant temp powers: the badge mission gives you a 15 minute temp auto power that enhances regeneration, and another gives you 10 shots of a high damage ranged Dark attack.

Thus far I haven't seen other unlockable contacts providing goodies like those.

Finally, is anybody else having problems getting the Bling badge before you hit level 30? Did you have to run with SG mode off from the moment you hit 25?


 

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Just to let everyone know:

If you outlevel these contacts, you are NOT hosed. They work just like CoH contacts. You can go back to them in person and get their arcs at any level, though the enemies will be the level of the contact. I just did Veluta at level 27.

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This works for Veluta, but may only be her. I am level 30 and she offers me the arc, but both Henri Dumont and Archmage Taraxis say they have nothing for me anymore.


 

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I didnt get Bling until 31, but I've had SG mode on constantly since level 10. It seems the only way possible to get it before 30 is to either take off SG at 25 as suggested, or do a ton of RSK.

Archmage Tarixus was changed this last patch to require the history badge (only one active at the moment) instead of the CoT, so it's incredibly easier to unlock him now.


 

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What exactly do you need for Gangbuster? Marcone bosses? Mook bosses? Minions?


 

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I dont know if this is one or not.

Arbiter Leary at 1741.7 157.7 3157.1 in Nerva

He talks to me but I was never introduced to him

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He told me that he only works with villains that prove their greatness and told me to speak with the two respec trial contacts to do just that.

So I think he's unlocked by earning a respec.


Current Badge Hunter: Plot Device (Rad/Thermal/Dark) - 1,268 Xbox Live: Friggin Taser

King of Electricity, Lead Inmate running the Carl and Sons asylum, the "Man" behind the Establishment, Given Honor in Hat Form By Paragon City (Favorite Forum Poster 2006!), Master of Ceremonies of the Fair Use Law podcast

 

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Tarixus is confirmed for Lorekeeper. I just finished all his missions on test looking for any further bugs (only one is souviner is borked)

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Cool. They must have patched like Positron had mentioned.

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Right, I thought it had already gone live, my mistake. Point is though, that he's now unlockable with lorekeeper. Sorry for the confusion.

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How does one obtain Lorekeeper? I know its History plaques, but which ones? Anyone have coordinates/zones?

Thanks.


Thanks for eight fun years, Paragon.

 

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Tarixus is confirmed for Lorekeeper. I just finished all his missions on test looking for any further bugs (only one is souviner is borked)

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Cool. They must have patched like Positron had mentioned.

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Right, I thought it had already gone live, my mistake. Point is though, that he's now unlockable with lorekeeper. Sorry for the confusion.

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How does one obtain Lorekeeper? I know its History plaques, but which ones? Anyone have coordinates/zones?

Thanks.

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I posted a link on like page three. That Link will tell you where to go.


 

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Finally, is anybody else having problems getting the Bling badge before you hit level 30? Did you have to run with SG mode off from the moment you hit 25?


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Yes, I had the same issue you have. I formed my SG at lv 10, turned on SG mode, never switched out of it, and got Bling at lv 31-ish, and thats even with quite a bit of exemplaring down to play with lower level SG mates. This is of course before I found out about the requirements to unlock this contact. This seems like a really bad way to have this work, since anyone who just plays the game without any Forum knowledge will likely never get this contact in the course of normal gaming.

In regards to this and other contact requirements I've seen lately, color me unimpressed.

Cheers.


"All that crap is grey to me, no XP." - Positron 5/15/05 8:36am . . . The world stopped and silence ensued except for the sound of a crying infant off in the distance.

"Everyone needs to chill the hell out." - BackAlleyBrawler 11/13/08 3:26pm . . . Geeks around the world stopped and blinked.

 

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I should have confirmation about Arbiter Leary by the end of the night.

As for other contacts, I find most of them to be relatively easy to obtain. The Scrapyarder kill badge can be earned just by doing the first Scrap arc. Anyone at any level can get Lorekeeper. The Ghost of Scrapyard is around countless times a day (though I wish he'd stop running into drones...). I easily had 50 badges to unlock Sonata in Beta and I wasn't even trying. The only ones I see as a direct problem are Veluta's ghost badge requirement and the Bling badge. If they changed Veluta to something like the Mongoose badge and Buzzsaw to something like Stoic it'll be fine.


Current Badge Hunter: Plot Device (Rad/Thermal/Dark) - 1,268 Xbox Live: Friggin Taser

King of Electricity, Lead Inmate running the Carl and Sons asylum, the "Man" behind the Establishment, Given Honor in Hat Form By Paragon City (Favorite Forum Poster 2006!), Master of Ceremonies of the Fair Use Law podcast

 

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What exacltly is the minimum requirement to complete Tarixus' last mission? The "Forge the Blackwand" mission.

I've been in the mission for a while now, and I don't see a boss, a glowy... is it a Kill all? I'm running out of time...

Thanks.


Thanks for eight fun years, Paragon.

 

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Is there nothing more in your mission description box?....They have added more content to some mission descriptions, that might help. Other than that I do not know.


"I'm not scared of anyone or anything Angie. Isn't that the way life should be?"
Jack Hawksmoor, The Authority.

 

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What exacltly is the minimum requirement to complete Tarixus' last mission? The "Forge the Blackwand" mission.

I've been in the mission for a while now, and I don't see a boss, a glowy... is it a Kill all? I'm running out of time...

Thanks.

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When I did this Saturday, the Altar was in a small pool room, the kind that's frequently off a side passage on the linear COT maps. There were 2 Behemoth spawning portals in the room (I was solo, there may be more portals for a group). The glowie was tucked off in a corner, in a position where you could only see it from about 1/3 of the room. Just follow the wall all the way around the room and you should find it (if it's the same layout, no idea how randomized his mission is)


"Trust me, it worked in the Simpsons." - Calash