Winter Event---Dec 15th- January 4th!!!
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Adar_ICT,
Posted on: 2008-12-10 18:51 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
Yes, it should be open right now, so head to Pocket D!
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<a href="http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/events/winter_event.html"><strong>It's Holiday Time</strong></a> again in Paragon City and the Rogue Isles.
This year join the festivities and be rewarded as well as get the chance to reward others.
By simply logging in between <strong>December 15th, 2008 and January 4th, 2009,</strong> players receive the following:<ul>
[*] [*] The Holiday Spirit Temporary Power. This temp power grants 48 hours of 25% Debt Protection.</li></li>
[*] [*] The Frostbitten Badge</li></li>
[*] [*] The Holiday Cheer Temporary Power. Use this power on another player to give them a random, Mystery Gift - possibly a Temporary Power, a sack full of Influence or Infamy, or possibly a winter themed hat.</li>[/LIST]
Join up with the rest of the community to discuss this years Winter Event.
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so one thing I notice that iirc is a change from last year - the Holiday Spirit and Holiday Cheers' don't stack, if you didn't use last years 
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Saved Baby New Year. Picked the Golden Rings temp power. Didn't get. Got nothing at all, and no notification as to why.
Ran the mission a second time. Same thing. I get offered the reward but then I don't get it.
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I was using a character that I had earned the badges with last year, teamed with a guy who hadn't - he got the badge and the power, I didn't get squat. I'm betting it's seeing my badges and treating me as if I already have the reward.
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Anyone have any tips for skiing? I tried and tried last year and couldn't even get a bronze medal. I get dizzy just thinking about it:-)
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Might not be true in your case, but most folks who find the ski slopes impossible are trying to use their keyboards for directional control. If so, stop - turns are too sluggish and imprecise with the keyboard, you'll never earn anything that way. The keyboard should be controlling forward and reverse movement, along with sidesteps. Your mouse should be controlling your turns.
2 words. Hax. 
I dont know about that actually, I havent seen any, though I also wasnt looking for them, so....
JohnX
If I wanted to PvP, I would just run outside and gank people with rocks.
GhostbustersBR
I wonder if anyone has ever been offended by my hero "Asparagus-Man" because someone they know is a vegetable...?
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so one thing I notice that iirc is a change from last year - the Holiday Spirit and Holiday Cheers' don't stack, if you didn't use last years
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Not a change from last year.
BNY seems to have gotten an extra helping of the Stupid Stick, though, as well as the Ugly Stick. Unstealthed, no travel power, no sprint even, he still got lost within about 100 *feet.*
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BNY seems to have gotten an extra helping of the Stupid Stick, though, as well as the Ugly Stick. Unstealthed, no travel power, no sprint even, he still got lost within about 100 *feet.*
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BNY has always been a problem. Last year I had to make a habit of following him, so that I could take over when he lost his lead. Happened about 60% of the time. He seems to use PC "follow" rather than the normal npc logic. With BNY, you have to walk slowly, stop at every turn and jump to confirm he made it with you before moving on, and take all corners as wide as possible to avoid getting him "stuck" at the turn. If you do lose him, pray fervently, because he may just vanish into the ether rather than walking back to his cavern as expected.
I thought I saw a post some where that stated the new halo auras were tint able, is this true?
Bonnie and her bunny
Arc ID: 59406
The Trash Came Back
Arc ID: 350303
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I thought I saw a post some where that stated the new halo auras were tint able, is this true?
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It says so in the official announcment. I recall that was a common request from the testing of the Event. As for why it's not, I expect it's a bug or they wouldn't have announced it as tintable.
Arc #40529 : The Furies of the Earth
well at least its good to know that its supposed to be and I didnt spend my candy canes for nothing, thanks
Bonnie and her bunny
Arc ID: 59406
The Trash Came Back
Arc ID: 350303
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<a href="http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/events/winter_event.html"><strong>It's Holiday Time</strong></a> again in Paragon City and the Rogue Isles.
This year join the festivities and be rewarded as well as get the chance to reward others.
By simply logging in between <strong>December 15th, 2008 and January 4th, 2009,</strong> players receive the following:<ul>
[*] [*] The Holiday Spirit Temporary Power. This temp power grants 48 hours of 25% Debt Protection.</li></li>
[*] [*] The Frostbitten Badge</li></li>
[*] [*] The Holiday Cheer Temporary Power. Use this power on another player to give them a random, Mystery Gift - possibly a Temporary Power, a sack full of Influence or Infamy, or possibly a winter themed hat.</li>[/LIST]
Join up with the rest of the community to discuss this years Winter Event.
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Is there missing information? There are a lot of empty bullets there...
I know this is going to come off wrong to someone.. Just try and get through it without freakin out.
This years winter event is "fun" but its really freakin close to "Forced Farming". Why? Those DAMN CANES. Only 5 Canes after that freakin BNY mission.
BNY mission is awesome like the first 2 or 3 times through, but now... Now that I did it last year bunches, and have already blasted my way through it this year about 100 times >.> Its just not fun.
But I want some stuff and I can only get the stuff with CANES... so I must.. must do that BNY mission...
Why not give 10 or 15 canes per run? Why Not? 50 Canes for the 20% reduced slow... 40 canes for each of the other recipes (enhancement) bunches of Canes for the badges and costume pieces...
Let alone the massive time sink for getting Toy Collector.
Or the insanity time sink for getting Gold on those ski slopes >.>
Holiday events should be Focused on FUN, in a game like this where many of us have BUNCHES of characters.
Why not give Canes out during missions? Like extra Salvage drops? Like at the end of missions too? We should be tripping over Canes everywhere we go, making it more FUN to take part in the christmas event.
I know people already sick of the BNY mission.. because they have been burning through just to get the Canes for their Stuff.. on each of their characters
I have decided to only do the event on 1 hero and 1 villain.. because its just to GRINDY after that.
But it shouldnt be. This whole event should just be fun fun fun. For each and every alt we want to jump on.
Anyways those are my thought.
I totally agree with this. What should be filled with fun is filled with grinding that ugly baby mission or endless present clicking. And let's not forget how frustrating it is to complete the mission and not get the candy canes rewarded as has been happening far too much.
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Holiday events should be Focused on FUN, in a game like this where many of us have BUNCHES of characters.
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It is fun for players like me who have BUNCHES of characters. Your problem is that you're equating the event with collecting everything for any given character.
I look and see a new bobsled course and say "Cool! That's a nifty ride!" I zip down, and with a little practice I pick up a badge. I don't need all three badges. One is nice. Maybe later I might figure out how to boost my time, but I'm not concerned about that.
I do the Baby New Year mission and pick up a badge that my Ice/Axe tanker didn't have. Well, okay, I do it one more time and get another appropriate badge. Snaptooth is resistant to lethal damage, and I've used up my good inspirations, so I won't bother to do the mission for that character any more this year. Maybe next year.
I plan to cycle through all my characters, and pick up a few things for each of them. That's fun. No grinding for me.
I might even get Toy Collector for a few of my characters who have already accumulated significant progress on the badge from previous years.
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Holiday events should be Focused on FUN, in a game like this where many of us have BUNCHES of characters.
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It is fun for players like me who have BUNCHES of characters. Your problem is that you're equating the event with collecting everything for any given character.
I look and see a new bobsled course and say "Cool! That's a nifty ride!" I zip down, and with a little practice I pick up a badge. I don't need all three badges. One is nice. Maybe later I might figure out how to boost my time, but I'm not concerned about that.
I do the Baby New Year mission and pick up a badge that my Ice/Axe tanker didn't have. Well, okay, I do it one more time and get another appropriate badge. Snaptooth is resistant to lethal damage, and I've used up my good inspirations, so I won't bother to do the mission for that character any more this year. Maybe next year.
I plan to cycle through all my characters, and pick up a few things for each of them. That's fun. No grinding for me.
I might even get Toy Collector for a few of my characters who have already accumulated significant progress on the badge from previous years.
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I dont even think like that. I think like, Oh Yeah! Holiday event.. Lets go check it out.. hit up the Candy Cane Guy and see whats for sale.. What would I wanna get?
Oh wow.. This character wants to get stuff and now she needs 200 candy canes..Great
- next character -
Oh wow.. a holiday event.. lets go to pocket d... lets go look whats for sale at the candy cane guy... Oh Neato I already have that and that and that.. But Oh look.. I could really use this and this and this.. Ok AWESOME I only need 90 Canes on this character...
Oh wow... a holiday event! Awesome!!! Lets go to Pocket D and check it out Oh wow.. That 20% reduction to slow would be awesome on this character.. since shes a squishy (times 8)(because 8 of my 50s and other toons are squishies).. Oh look that one recipe is 50 canes..
Oh yeah..
Lets do that BNY missions... How many times? 
Much of what the Candy Cane guy offers can be acquired by beating on Snaptooth. And some of it is pretty cheap. Only 10 candy canes for the Frosty badge and Santa boots! I can get 10 candy canes fairly quickly.
*shrugs*
5 canes sounds fair, especially w/ the rather high naughty to nice ratio there seems to be w/ presents...
I've done the Snaptooth mission tons of times myself...5-10 minutes to do the objective and lead BNY out.
edit: assuming it's a bug that I can't tint the halos...since they're advertised as tintable...
Thanks Ex for the strong and clear statement on the griefing aspect on the slopes.
Last year we saw similar issues, hopefully a clear comment like that will nip any such behaviour in the bud this year.
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@Mr Falkland Islands"A Nation Goes Rogue" Arc# 2369 "Toasters and Pop Tarts" Arc#116617
The event is fun, but the new slope times to get for the badges are nuts! My toons only go so fast so I guess I wont be getting the badges for most of my toons if any. Maybe one I havent tryed yet that has super speed. And yes I have been speed boosted with my slower toons, but I can only get silver after MANY runs...sometimes. That really sucks for my badging toon. 3 badges I cant have on it 
I thought this game was set up to NOT need everything to do something. I shouldnt HAVE to have SB or SS to get those badges!
I've gotten gold without buffs or travels (CJ/Sprint).
And not just on my SR (elude FTWz).
Infinity and Victory mostly
dUmb, etc.
lolz PvP anymore, Market PvP for fun and profit
If you thought you have a hard time getting a good run time on the CoX ski slopes take a look at this:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-164378
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If you thought you have a hard time getting a good run time on the CoX ski slopes take a look at this:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-164378
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Haha, thats funny.
The other day I had my chevelle out for a bit and hit a ice patch on a hill and just put my pedal down about half way a put my 720 horses to work and burned my way up the hill 
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If you thought you have a hard time getting a good run time on the CoX ski slopes take a look at this:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-164378
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Amazing. If you want to add that music to any youtube video, check this out: http://james.nerdiphythesoul.com/bennyhillifier/
I recommend this video. Something about 50 heroes chasing a dropship to Yakety Sax is hilarious.
...I forgot what experience means.
Two complaints, one minor, and one not so much. Unfortunately, like the Halloween Event, I doubt either will be addressed before the end of this year's event- but maybe next year.
My minor gripe is that the Halo Auras, while Unlockable by anyone, can still only be used by people above 30. It really would have fit the spirit of the event better to allow these to be used by all. We have the tech to allow other auras from lvl 1 (see the Cyborg Pack), so why not allow these?
My not so minor gripe is that you apparently have to HAVE the "Recue Baby New Year" mission in order to get Candy Canes from the reward table, but the reward table doesnt indicate this, but still lets you choose them, netting you zero reward.
I realize a whole lot of people, including myself, are bumrushing low level missions, but others, including myself on some other alts, might be doing them the "normal" way with a group of friends and not see the need for every memeber of the team to take the same mission.
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My not so minor gripe is that you apparently have to HAVE the "Recue Baby New Year" mission in order to get Candy Canes from the reward table, but the reward table doesnt indicate this, but still lets you choose them, netting you zero reward.
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It's bugged; making sure that you personally have the mission is a workaround for the bug ( and doesn't always work I think ), not the intended way for it to work as I understand.
Arc #40529 : The Furies of the Earth
Is the Ski Chalet open? I want to see if I can beat my last years best run time.
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