what is this invasion?

Not really. Then people would just avoid the entire zone while the banners are up instead of just ignoring the banners like they do now.

And penalizing the ONE person that is in the zone for not completing a zone event isn't fair.

If they pop up in the Hollows at 2 AM on a Tuesday, that one level 9 character in the zone isn't going to stand a chance in hell of completing the event alone, and shouldn't be penalized for failing at an impossible task.

Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately.

A simple check for numbers before launching an event then. Or that guy leaving the zone. Zone debuffs happen in PvP areas. I'm not advocating anything more flashy than that applied by the Magic pack. I'd suggest something more amusing such as mob heckling than a massive -tohit body blow. As for avoiding a zone - I don't think people would at all. I still want badges on toons and I like events regardless. YMMV.

No longer just zombies when turning in costume salvage. I think the chance of getting zombies is still higher than the apocalypse event, but that may just be because I don't keep track of the actual numbers, heh.

Actually you have that backwards. The respec gives the accolade. The accolade iteslf does nothing at all. You get the respec as a mission complete bonus. When you turn it in, using the respec gives a new badge. Also, you can choose merits instead of a respec and thereby never receive the accolade.

For example, If you do your first trial upon completion you get the respec and the transmogrified badge. You don't receive the accolade Received the Stalwart Medallion until after you go to Galaxy City and turn in the respec. I just got the Stalwart after having Transmogrified for a bit over a year.

unless they've changed...the "debuff" you can cause in PvP zones from doing certain missions are pretty much lol.

zombies are actually triggered by other things

heroside: zombies are triggered by completion of the katie hannon tf (or so ive heard, havent experimented myself)

villainside: zombies are triggered by completion of the tarikoss sf (this i know is true as ive seen zombies appear everytime ive finished this)

Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

the rumor ive heard about turning in halloween salvage was it had a 50% chance to do zombies OR banners

as for completing tarikoss sf causing zombie attacks, im positive of it because ive run tarikoss at least 10 times in the last month or so and after every completion ive seen the zombie attack message

Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

makes some sense then, i rarely turn in halloween salvage (even though i have like 75 sets of the stuff still) because i dont usually use other than the first costume slot lol (im not one of those who changes costumes like at all lol and the market prices for the halloween salvage are low enough for me to not bother posting it lol)

I don't know what you are talking about here. You get the accolade badge the same moment you claim the Respec as your Trial reward. You don't have to ever even use the actual respec to get the badge.

You might be thinking about when you actually use the respec, the badge text changes, but it's not a new badge.

You are right though, the reward at the end of the Trial lists the Respec but not the badge, but either way, the respec is tied to that accolade just like I said. You can't have the respec without having that badge, and you can't have that badge and not have the respec (unless you already claimed it).

This is how people can tell if they can still earn another Trial Respec.. by looking to see if they have the badges. You can further tell if you'd already used the respec by looking at the badge text. If it is any different now, then it has certainly changed, and the Wiki would need an update as well.

Correct. The first time you complete a respec trial, you get Transmogrified. The first time you claim a respec reward (regardless of how many times you've done the respec trial previously), you get Stalwart Medallion. When you turn in your respec at Jack Wolffe, the text on Stalwart changes. Statesman Star and Freedom Cross always have the same text, you don't have to turn in your respecs.

Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

Note, that's because between hero and villains, there are an equal number of Accolade powers - If they ever come up with two more powers they want to give out via accolade and is NOT tied to (by theme) new content, there is a good chance those badges would get them, and villains would get two new accolades.

Techincally, you're wrong. That's why there was a bunch of issues unlocking a villain side contact for so long - they just so happen to be two identically named, mutually exclusive badges.

Hmm, then I may have had a bugged character. I had transmogrified for a long time without Stalwart and it appeared when I turned in my respec. I'll check on my second character. I don't remember getting two badges on completing the trial.