Discussion: Reactivation Weekend!!
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Azrhiaz,
Posted on: 2008-12-03 16:31 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
Y'all should send out some e-mails; I only found out by checking out the boards, wondering if I should re-up for I13.
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One Freespec Token for each character, to find out more about Respecification check out the Paragon Wiki Article at the Titan Network.
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Is it okay to ask why the freespec wasn't announced in advance? There wasn't even a hint that there would be one this time (although everyone figured there would be), much less an announcement so that people could use old freespecs they already had. The first "notice" that anyone had was a mention on the UK boards while the servers were still down for the Issue 13 update.
Also, having the freespec grant during the actual issue update made it so no new characters (such as Shields or Pain Dom characters) could have one.
When this happened before, another freespec was granted shortly thereafter to make up for the first one not being announced. Do you foresee this happening this time?
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I would like to know about this as well. I do believe this is a third time in a row that this has happened. I would like to know if the freespec is going to be granted again, like it has been in the past to correct this error. Also please, if you decide to give one out in I14 - tell us ahead of time. Even a day's notice is nice.
Thanks, NC Soft, for closing my favorite game ever without warning and with plenty of life still left in it, and thus relieving me of the burden of EVER wanting to buy, try or even hear about another game from your company. Will my decision make a dent, or persuade them in anyway, shape or form? Nope, obviously not. Don't care. NC Soft is dead to me. ~ PsyFox
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Y'all should send out some e-mails; I only found out by checking out the boards, wondering if I should re-up for I13.
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Same for me, no e-mail (yet, at least), I saw the announcement here on the forum (even when I can't post, I can't pass up reading all the drama here 
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In the future could we get notice of the "free weekends" before they are activated?
I have several friends that I try to tease back into playing with the free weekends the last time one friend never got to play because the one night we could play was spend installing and updating. Had their been warning he could have installed and updated before the free weekend and been playing for at least that evening.
Even a "the weekend after release will be a free weekend" kind of note would be helpful when you don't know the actual date because the issues has not been released yet.
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In the future could we get notice of the "free weekends" before they are activated?
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I would like to know about [the unannounced freespec] as well.
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With the not-so-recent departures of half the community team, I'm guessing that Niv and Ex are over-burdened and, understandably, some things are slipping through the cracks.
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One Freespec Token for each character, to find out more about Respecification check out the Paragon Wiki Article at the Titan Network.
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Is it okay to ask why the freespec wasn't announced in advance? There wasn't even a hint that there would be one this time (although everyone figured there would be), much less an announcement so that people could use old freespecs they already had. The first "notice" that anyone had was a mention on the UK boards while the servers were still down for the Issue 13 update.
Also, having the freespec grant during the actual issue update made it so no new characters (such as Shields or Pain Dom characters) could have one.
When this happened before, another freespec was granted shortly thereafter to make up for the first one not being announced. Do you foresee this happening this time?
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I would like to know about this as well. I do believe this is a third time in a row that this has happened. I would like to know if the freespec is going to be granted again, like it has been in the past to correct this error. Also please, if you decide to give one out in I14 - tell us ahead of time. Even a day's notice is nice.
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Third time eh? You would think people would learn and expect something a third time 
And I dont understand why people should feel they deserve a freespec on a new character. Its new!!
Its actually not expecting it on a new character, its using up the old ones to get enhances off or respeccing a toon you've wanted to do for a while and then being able to either use the next new one for the same reason or saving it for a rainy day. I understand about community reps leaving but when it happens three times in a row, its just silly. 
All I am asking for is a little advance notice.
Thanks, NC Soft, for closing my favorite game ever without warning and with plenty of life still left in it, and thus relieving me of the burden of EVER wanting to buy, try or even hear about another game from your company. Will my decision make a dent, or persuade them in anyway, shape or form? Nope, obviously not. Don't care. NC Soft is dead to me. ~ PsyFox
Heheh, it figures. I just resubscribed, on a whim, 2 days before I13 came out. Oh well, I'm still having fun...
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One Freespec Token for each character, to find out more about Respecification check out the Paragon Wiki Article at the Titan Network.
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Is it okay to ask why the freespec wasn't announced in advance? There wasn't even a hint that there would be one this time (although everyone figured there would be), much less an announcement so that people could use old freespecs they already had. The first "notice" that anyone had was a mention on the UK boards while the servers were still down for the Issue 13 update.
Also, having the freespec grant during the actual issue update made it so no new characters (such as Shields or Pain Dom characters) could have one.
When this happened before, another freespec was granted shortly thereafter to make up for the first one not being announced. Do you foresee this happening this time?
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I would like to know about this as well. I do believe this is a third time in a row that this has happened. I would like to know if the freespec is going to be granted again, like it has been in the past to correct this error. Also please, if you decide to give one out in I14 - tell us ahead of time. Even a day's notice is nice.
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Third time eh? You would think people would learn and expect something a third time
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We were explicitly told they would announce it ahead of time. I understand that they're shorthanded and stuff slips through the cracks, but when it happened before, another freespec was granted to correct the oversight. I would expect the same thing to happen this time. It doesn't really matter to me personally a whole lot either way; I have more Vet Respecs than I ever use on any character I make. I'd just seen some people upset over it and figured I would try to be the first to bring it up since I'm calm about it and some people aren't. 
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And I dont understand why people should feel they deserve a freespec on a new character. Its new!!
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I didn't mean to imply that anyone "deserved" a freespec on new characters; it's just a nice bonus side effect to the way that they've almost always granted freespecs.
Bottom line is, they said they would announce it ahead of time and they didn't, and when it happened before they issued another one shortly thereafter. The fact that they're short-handed probably has something to do with it, but why it happened doesn't matter. It was an oversight, and it's no big deal, but they corrected such an oversight before. I was merely asking if this oversight would be corrected again.
Isn't it standard now a days for freespecs and free tailor tokens to be given out with the release of a new issue? I'm pretty sure this has become the "norm" now. Not to take away from your point Hellguard at all, but it should be some what expected now as far as the freespecs and stuff go. And at least you were calm about it with your questioning. I for one won't complain though if they give another freespec because they didn't give notice before hand. 
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Isn't it standard now a days for freespecs and free tailor tokens to be given out with the release of a new issue? I'm pretty sure this has become the "norm" now.
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No, the "norm" is for it to be a few days to a week after new issue release. They issued a freespec during the Issue 12 update, like they did with this one, and then they issued another one a week or so later to make up for the fact that the first one wasn't announced.
EDIT: Link to thread announcing the 2nd freespec after Issue 12. Note a couple of the posts that say "Good call" or "Respec re-grant, definitely the right thing to do," referencing the complaints at the time because the first one wasn't announced.
Again, I don't have a lot at stake over this particular issue, but I do value some consistency in the actions of NCSoft even if it doesn't affect me personally. If they made a mistake once and fixed it, they should fix it if they make that same mistake again.
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Isn't it standard now a days for freespecs and free tailor tokens to be given out with the release of a new issue? I'm pretty sure this has become the "norm" now. Not to take away from your point Hellguard at all, but it should be some what expected now as far as the freespecs and stuff go. And at least you were calm about it with your questioning. I for one won't complain though if they give another freespec because they didn't give notice before hand.
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The problem is its never been stated that its the official norm, usually we get the "well, maybe..." and then the announcement. However the last 2 times, they went live with freespecs without announcing them and then turned around and announced them thereby giving them again. I hope that is what they do to rectify this situation as I am litle disappointed that this would happen again.
Thanks, NC Soft, for closing my favorite game ever without warning and with plenty of life still left in it, and thus relieving me of the burden of EVER wanting to buy, try or even hear about another game from your company. Will my decision make a dent, or persuade them in anyway, shape or form? Nope, obviously not. Don't care. NC Soft is dead to me. ~ PsyFox
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*Sniping out the the pyramid o' quotes*
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Third time eh? You would think people would learn and expect something a third time
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We were explicitly told they would announce it ahead of time. I understand that they're shorthanded and stuff slips through the cracks, but when it happened before, another freespec was granted to correct the oversight. I would expect the same thing to happen this time. It doesn't really matter to me personally a whole lot either way; I have more Vet Respecs than I ever use on any character I make. I'd just seen some people upset over it and figured I would try to be the first to bring it up since I'm calm about it and some people aren't.
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And I don't understand why people should feel they deserve a freespec on a new character. Its new!!
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I didn't mean to imply that anyone "deserved" a freespec on new characters; it's just a nice bonus side effect to the way that they've almost always granted freespecs.
Bottom line is, they said they would announce it ahead of time and they didn't , and when it happened before they issued another one shortly thereafter. The fact that they're short-handed probably has something to do with it, but why it happened doesn't matter. It was an oversight, and it's no big deal, but they corrected such an oversight before. I was merely asking if this oversight would be corrected again.
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Personally, I noticed - fairly late Monday night (sometime around 6-8 PM?), the notice that the servers would come down Tuesday from 6 to 11AM CST to update the servers for I13.
And I wondered if they were going to give out freespecs with I13 or not, and there was NO notice of it anywhere - believe me I looked...
Always one to sees both sides of the coin - I figured they probably WOULD give them out. But, then again maybe they wanted to "encourage" people to buy the from their online store for $10 a piece, I mean think about all that money!
Note: I've never bought a Respec & can't ever see myself doing so, but many people that have-to-have stuff may spend the $ on them, (if they have it to spend, of course).
So, I didn't use any Freespecs (I had been waiting to do this with a couple Characters... But the TR was invariably locked down or the copy tool off-line so, I put it off.)
I basically kept putting it off until I found out if we were getting them again this Issue, but that didn't happen?
What was I thinking? 
Surely, they wouldn't do this to us 3 times in a row!
Oh wait, Hold on... I feel a great disturbance in the "Sense of Entitlement Police", as if millions of snarky voices suddenly cried out, (brown-nosing the infallibility of the Devs) and were suddenly silenced. I pray something horrible has befallen them.
So never mind that, back to what I was saying... Yeah - this really shouldn't have happened again.
I get that maybe they didn't want to 'telegraph' the release of I13, before they were 100% certain they would publish it on Tuesday. But they could have at least waited, say maybe a week(?) until after I13 was released, and THEN given out the Freespecs.
As for why new characters "need them", (technically maybe not) But, people are bound to pick powers on new characters that are a real mistake for the Toon in question. Maybe one of the new Shield or Pain Domination powers that disappoints, or for example: Doesn't accept the set IO's the player expected them to.
Last time I checked you can only see that particular info AFTER you already have the power, or maybe during character creation. IIRC, you can't even see what sets are accepted by a Power before you pick them, while leveling-up at a Trainer!
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
City of Heroes didn't fail, City of Heroes was killed. If a 747 dropped on your house, you'd say you were killed, not you failed to find a safer dwelling.
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In the spirit of Christmas greed, is there any chance there could be a name wipe after this is over? I mean, if they check it out and still don't re-up, can we have their names?
Thank you for the reactivation weekend. I've really missed playing City of Heroes these last few months. My computer died back in april and I'm on a loaner that can barely play BUT I am really enjoying myself when I can play. Hopefully I shall return fully sometime after the holidays with a new computer to boot.
Happy Holidays everyone
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NCNC still hasn't sent out e-mails telling folks that there is a reactivation weekend.
And I'm not seeing an announcement on the front page.
But there is a link in the updater. Since people with inactive frequently look for game info there?
This is correct, the emails should be going out today.
We turned the feature on a tad early and thought we would get the word out via Myspace, Facebook, and our official forums.
Most likely you all won't be seeing anything more than the viral effects until those emails go live sometime today.
Ex
So does that mean we can't get back in until we get the email? I've been lapsed for quite some time, but I just cancelled my WoW account and wouldn't mind trying this again. If anyone has any idea why I can't get in, let me know. I know my account info is right, because I can view my account page on the main site.
Thanks in advance!
The feature's turned on, so if you can't get in, I recommend using the link in Ex Libris' signature for some support!
Cool...I will check it out, thanks! I was just hoping there was something stupid I wasn't doing. I'll submit a support ticket.
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In the spirit of Christmas greed, is there any chance there could be a name wipe after this is over? I mean, if they check it out and still don't re-up, can we have their names?
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Seriously. 
If the cheapskates aren't going to pay to play they why do they get to keep bogarting the names until the end of time?
And NCSoft, if you guys aren't going to announce Freespecs in advance anymore then fine. I have no "Sense of Entitlement." In fact if you're not going to give them out anymore at all then that's fine too. I'd just like things to be consistent. Please do it the same way each time. Whichever way you choose to do it is fine by me. Just have some junior employee write it down fer chrissss sakes and then do it the same way each time.
Seriously, it's not rocket science.
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Seriously.
If the cheapskates aren't going to pay to play they why do they get to keep bogarting the names until the end of time?
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Silly reason. They keep the name because they're over level 5, meaning they had the name *first.* If you're hellbound on getting the name, put a freaking II behind it. Better known as the "Official handbook" solution, because that's how they usually addressed duplicate naming. The reason you put a II (or whichever number) behind it is because you're not the first person to have it, obviously. Trying to get their name wiped out so you can pretend to be is just dishonest.
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And NCSoft, if you guys aren't going to announce Freespecs in advance anymore then fine. I have no "Sense of Entitlement." In fact if you're not going to give them out anymore at all then that's fine too. I'd just like things to be consistent. Please do it the same way each time. Whichever way you choose to do it is fine by me. Just have some junior employee write it down fer chrissss sakes and then do it the same way each time.
Seriously, it's not rocket science.
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No, it's not rocket science, but it is a personal opinion. Which you're entitled to. Personally, I see absolutely no reason for them not to have the freedom to make each freespec - and announcement of it, or lack of announcement of it - on an individual basis. I mean, it's basically a gift, right? A free little extra. You said you wouldn't mind if they never told us again- if they're under no obligation to tell us ahead of time, how in the world would you put them under an obligation to not tell us ahead of time?
If you insist on 'consistency,' what's next? They oblige you, then a couple respecs later, you complain that they gave 3 weeks notice one time, and 2 weeks notice the next time, and it absolutely has to be the same amount of notice for each respec, in the fruitless pursuit of consistency?
J/ Wilde
Still hate the visit Winscott mission- make it dropable, have it give actual exp or remove it altogether. PS- Down knows who you are.
J/ Wilde/ / AIL - Celebrating five years!
Another freespec is coming, to make up for not announcing the first one (and in the "spirit of the season") per Positron. It'll be sometime before the end of the month, after December 21st.
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<ul type="square">[*] One Freespec Token for each character, to find out more about Respecification check out the Paragon Wiki Article at the Titan Network.[*] One Costume Tailor Token for each costume slot, per character, to find out more about changing your costume read up on how to do this here: Costume Section of the Paragon Wiki. [/list]We look forward to having old and new players join us in celebrating Issue 13: Power & Responsibility.
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Is it only me, or is it kind of weird that all (at least what seems to be all) the game documentation on CoX is done by the players?
This is by no means meant to be an insult to the players that do an outstanding job of documenting the game. (I especially like the comic book format ones myself, but then, well, I guess I like comic books for some reason...) Players go to great lengths to do their own mining of the data that is available in the game, track contents, locate and describe parts of the game, etc.
I'm glad to see an updated booklet on the website finally, but, well, I would like to see more documentation from the DEVs. There is good information and then there is information "strait from the horse's mouth" as it where.
I know the DEV digest fills some part of this, but I think some people might understand where I'm going with this.
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Oh, yeah, this is the reactivation weekend thread.
So here's the short list of what to look for!
<ul type="square">[*]New Power Set :: Shields - for Brutes, Scrappers, and Tankers![*]New Power Set :: Pain Domination - for Corruptors and Masterminds (yeah, I know it's Pain Domination, but Dominators cant' get it.)[*]Base Changes :: Lower prestige costs for rooms and gear, base rent structer changed (base rent based on storage and impowerment stations in base), base salvage storage changed to IO salvage storage 30 slot limit (still holds old gear, but can't add to it if over 30 items are in the base storage unit), base salvage is being phased out and can be converted to Brain Storm Ideas, Base components are being phased out and can be converted to Brain Storm Ideas, Brain Storm ideas can be converted to random chances of IO salvage (common, uncommon, rare, arcane common, arcane, uncommon, arcane rare, tech common, tech uncommon, tech rare) [SEE :: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthrea...ue#Post12649891 ], all base gear is now made with IO salvage, empowerment stations are also powered by IO salvage.[*]Merit Reward System :: Merits granted for completeing story arcs, tasksforces, strikeforces, trails, etc. and defeating giant monsters. Merits can be used to purchase such things as random or selected IO recipes. This is to replace the current arc, taskforce, strikeforce, trail, etc. completion reward system. This is supposed to make it easier to help players to gain certain IO recipe sets.[*]PVP i13 version :: Lots of changes. Capping of skills to level the playing field through Diminishing Returns (kind of like ED (enhancement diversification) but for IO sets, mainly - but this also is for inspiration use and healing powers), travel power suppression upon behind hit or attacking (the longer the range of the attack the longer the duration of the travel power suppression - yes, it completely shuts off Teleport Self), power damage based on how long it takes to active the power (the longer it takes to activate and run the animation the more damage the power does),and XP for PvP "kills" (or is that arrests...well, arrests for heroes, I don't know what the villains do...kidnap?)[*]Day Job Badges :: now when you are off-line, you can park your character at specific locations in the City (or the Rogue Isles, you villian, you!) after 21 non-contiuous or continuous days time (unless it's been changed again) at that location, you will gain a Day Job badge. For example, park inside a Hospital in Paragon City to get the Caregiver badge. When you gain a Day Job badge, you gain the use of temp powers for a certain amount of time based on how long you were logged off at location related to that Day Job. There are also Day Job Accolades for getting combinations of two Day Job badges what will grant you temp powers (duration also granted based on off-line time). Also under the Day Job banner, Patrol. When you are logged off, you gain Patrol credit which gives you 1 1/2 times XP for a limited time (note the light blue bar which looks like extra xp). Once you hit 50, you can get a badge for being off-line and on-Patrol for a set amount of time.[*]New Costumes :: Have a Day Job? Get some clothes to match! Suits for your professional carreer.[*]Option to stop XP gain :: Yes, now you can turn off your XP gain without being exemplared or malfactored. Don't want to out level that arc? Like your powers at a certain level? Lock that exp growth![*]Level Pacts :: Link up with a friend and you will never outlevel them again! When you level, so do they! When they level, so do you! Even if you are off-line you still earn xp from your leveling buddy.[*]Pocket D :: now with base portal and tailor![*]And even more.... :: Port Oakes gets Black Market and IO stations, new zone content for time travelers, etc.[/list]