Hermod's Guide to Unlockable Contacts. I6, ver 2.0
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ArmlessDan,
Posted on: 2006-02-03 01:19 in Player Guides
Because it comes up so often:
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Bling = 1 Million Infamy (selling enhancements doesn't count)
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Gift Infamy/influence doesn't count for inf badges either. Only earning Inf from mobs/missions counts.
I've already forgotten about most of you
I was wondering about Veluta; she wouldn't give me anything ar 6 even with Pirate.
As I got Veluta as a contact back in December on my baby Corrupter, this may not be accurate. Although considering Arbiter Leery wouldn't let me friend talk to him any longer after they chanced that requirement (despite him being mid arc) it probably remains true.
I was stupid/crazy enough to get the pirate badge back when one of my alts was level 7-9. It took many trips to the hospital, but I got the job done. I went through the first story arc twice as it looped and I didn't get the souvenier. I then did the second arc, but didn't get the souvenier, but stopped playing that character as between having an Elite Boss kick my [censored] and the effort it took to earn the Pirate Badge pretty much drained my enjoyment out of that character.
Seeing this post, I decided to recheck if she will talk to me. She indeed will let me start the Power of the Spirit arc today. Currently that character is Level 12 and only has the Pirate Badge. I hope that helps.
-Phil
I thought I finished the Leery story arc (Indigo in a timed mish), but he has now given me another mission.
Does he provide two story arcs?
Go Team Venture!
From this post:
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Veluta Lunata requiring the first ghost-hunting badge will not change, but the number of ghosts needed for that first badge will.
Arbiter Leery is a special case, since the "I have the Respec and have not used it" and "I have used this Respec" badges are actually DIFFERENT badges (we take one away and give the other). A contact can only have one badge that 'unlocks' them, and in this case we needed 2.
The original way was the "unused Respec" badge unlocked him. This sucked because once you used your Respec you couldn't get the contact anymore. This was changed to the "used Respec" badge, since now if you used your Respec you could get the contact, and if you hadn't used your Respec, you could still get the contact, by using your respec. It was less gating this way, but thats not to say any less irritating. It's simply a limit of the way the contacts work.
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Well, we figured out the Leery thing already. At least this is the final word that this is not a bug, though it's not their ideal solution.
There are more missions from Leery after the first arc, Indigo's Hair, that form the second arc, Tears of the Spirit.
What Posi had to say about Veluta cleared up nothing.
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Ok, a friend of mine and I did both of the Lunata arcs the other day at level 13 with only the first badge. So either we lucked out a whole lot, or it is fixed now. If you want a screenie of both the souveniers let me know, but other people may want to try now (and no, I have no clue what the level limit on the second arc is, though I would assume the same as the first one since the enemies were the same level.)
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Ok, a friend of mine and I did both of the Lunata arcs the other day at level 13 with only the first badge. So either we lucked out a whole lot, or it is fixed now. If you want a screenie of both the souveniers let me know, but other people may want to try now (and no, I have no clue what the level limit on the second arc is, though I would assume the same as the first one since the enemies were the same level.)
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Excellent. Now if we can have a few more comfirmations that:
1. Veluta is a 10-14 contact
2. requiring only the Pirate badge to unlock
3. and that she gives you two story arcs;
then this will be a settled matter.
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I earned the Pirate badge with my dominator long after level 14 (I was in the mid-20s if I remember rightly). The first and only story arc she gave me was the Malachai's Files arc. The enemies in the missions were all grey to me. Her contact bar was not complete when I was finished with the arc but she wouldn't give me any more missions.
So, I can confirm you can get the second arc after level 14 and that you only need the Pirate badge for it.
I finally got the Bling badge at lvl 30. Went to talk to Doc Buzzsaw just to see what she would say.
Surprise surprise! She granted me missions (collect 5 parts).
Guess lvl 29 is not the cap for her after all.
Go Team Venture!
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I finally got the Bling badge at lvl 30. Went to talk to Doc Buzzsaw just to see what she would say.
Surprise surprise! She granted me missions (collect 5 parts).
Guess lvl 29 is not the cap for her after all.
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Are her missions capped at 29, 30, going up to 31? The Devs may have made a stealth patch to her because of our complaints that she's too easily outleveled by the time one gets bling. But if we can do her missions at higher levels, are here missions scaling up, too?
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I finished up her first story arc just 2k short of lvl 31. All of the missions I did had lvl 31-32 baddies in them.
Before I hit 31, I was able to get her second story arc. Hit lvl 31 during the first part of it, and she is giving me the rest of the arc. All baddies in it are 32-33 (prob based on my mission difficulty slider).
All in all, a nice surprise that this is working out for me.
Go Team Venture!
good info
Statesman says:
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I am putting the requirements for Contacts - and their location - in the Prima Guide...
but here was our intent with these Contacts - reward Exploration. Reward people who poke around to find new things. Now, the down side is that once found, these Contacts don't inform the player about what it takes to unlock them.
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I got the Pirate badge last night on my level 19 character. Veluta has nothing to say to me (meaning, she won't give me any missions).
At level 14, I got the Pirate Badge (50 Trap-Kills). I then proceeded to do Veluta's two arcs (two souvenirs, no badges). An Elite Boss at the end of both.
I did this with my Ironman (see below).
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I got the Pirate badge today and did BOTH arcs at level 14 with my Corrupter. They were very short, and I soloed both. The second arc had two Elite Bosses in it, (The same one twice) but the first arc didnt have anything higher than a leiutenant.
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Seer Marino is a bit special. Once you get to level 15 you can simply go to her and she will start handing you missions, no introduction needed. Can you also be introduced to her?
Back in beta I talked to her before I was level 15 and she became a contact but wouldn't give me missions until I got to level 15. She sure acts like a badge-locked contact.
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Seer Marino is a bit special. Once you get to level 15 you can simply go to her and she will start handing you missions, no introduction needed. Can you also be introduced to her?
Back in beta I talked to her before I was level 15 and she became a contact but wouldn't give me missions until I got to level 15. She sure acts like a badge-locked contact.
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She was introduced to me by Operative Marshall. I'm guessing any contact will introduce you to her once you hit the right level. It was the same kind of introduction that one gets to the contact in the Hollows or a PvP zone: you get a mission to talk to them without being obliged to take their missions.
But I can definitely say she is *not* an unlockable contact. She's just a somewhat regular contact, not the kind of contact in the usual progression, but an optional branch.
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I got the Pirate badge today and did BOTH arcs at level 14 with my Corrupter. They were very short, and I soloed both. The second arc had two Elite Bosses in it, (The same one twice) but the first arc didnt have anything higher than a leiutenant.
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My mistake. The second arc had the two EBs. I did the arcs back to back and thought the first EB was a the end of the first arc instead of actually being near the beginning of the second arc.
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I was introduced to seer marino, once by marshall, and I forget who gave it to me the second time but I know it wasn't him...
Goldenroller? (The yellow car/contact in Cap) gave me the Seer Marino intro 'mission' yesterday.
I expect that any of them in that level range can have it show up just like the ones that have ya talk to the PVP zone liaisons.
Anyone know anything about the unlockables after lvl 40?
Here is a compiled update from the original thread. Keep in mind:
+The information on Veluta is incomplete. Veluta has been 'fixed', but looks like it may be broke in a different way now.
+Information about AVs and Elite Bosses may be out of date with the recent patch that downgrades AVs for solo players and small teams, depending on the difficulty level.
+Updates, corrected information, and debugging are welcome!
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Contact.............Lvl........Badge.............. ............Location
Veluta...............10-14......Pirate..........................-2509, 108, -823 Port Oakes
Veluta...............??-??......??????..........................-2509, 108, -823 Port Oakes
+ Two arcs:
1. Souvenir (no badge): A fragment of the spirit world
2. Souvenir (no badge): Illicit Copy of Malachai's files
+ Pirate badge used to be called 'Privateer'
+ Pirate and Spectral badges are for trapping 50 & 100 Spectres respectively
+ needs confirmation: do you need Spectral for the second arc? Since the new patch, no one has
opened the second arc.
+ Spectres are 'trapped' when killed near a green glowing trap in Fort Hades
+ Spectres are minimum level 9; you'll need a team of higher levels to help you;
devs need to fix this (they've been told)
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Henri Dumont........20-24......Strike Buster.....................853, 32, -261 Sharkhead
+ Strike Buster = Defeat 100 Scrapyarders (minions ok)
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Doc Buzzsaw.........25-29......Bling.............................693, 32, -1342 Sharkhead
+ Bling = 1 Million Infamy (selling enhancements doesn't count)
+ Elite Boss is the highest foe
+ Two arcs with souvenirs; no badges, no temp powers
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Archmage Tarixus....25-29......Lore Keeper.......................793, 16, 1781 Sharkhead
+ Lore Keeper is the correct badge (used to be Weed Wacker or Soul Binder);
Tarixus' brush off message isn't updated yet.
+ Lore Keeper is a History badge (click on plaques, see vidiotmaps.com for locations)
+ the contact Diviner Maros (CoT) will send you on a errand to Tarixus,
need the badge to get missions from him
+ Kalinda will also send you to Tarixus for the Aura mission at level 30
+ Arc is bugged, no souvenir; but it does give a temp power (Blackwand)
+ Non-arc mission gives Badge "Soul Taker" and temp power
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Kristof Jeager......25-29......Villain..........................2124, 16, 7713 Nerva
+ Villain badge (1,000 Longbow) is now fixed
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Crimson Revenant....30-34......Hammer Down........................-4, 104, 6637 Nerva
+ He is on top of the first story or second of a multi-tiered buildng near the Crey Building.
+ Leads to battle with Mynx (Elite Boss) and Back Alley Brawler (Hero)
+ Hammer Down = Kill Ghost of Scrapyard (Giant Monster); need to be on team that does most damage
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Slot Machine........30-34......Gangbuster......................-1925, -156, 2344 St. Martial
+ Gangbuster is Marcone bosses (200) only
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Arbiter Leery.......35-40......Thorn Robber (2).................1739, 157, 3153 in Nerva
+ Previously, Leery would give you missions only if you had at least one unused (unrespecked)
respec badge and did not use it or the other one to respec. Now, he won't talk to you
unless you actually do use the respec badge and go ahead and respec yourself.
+ Face Indigo, a Hero in a timed mission
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Johnny Sonnata......35-40......Obsessed........................-1699, -160, 2114 St. Martial
+ Obsessed = 50 Badges
+ AV at the end
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