Where is "snow" aura?
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BlackSexton,
Posted on: 2010-11-09 08:46 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Snow was briefly leaked a while back. It was (probably) originally intended to be part of the Origins pack. After the leak, and much clamoring, it was decided that it and the Fireflies aura would be made available to all in Issue 19.
Those who did pick it up during the short window when it was made available were allowed to keep it on.
So if you want to put it on any other alts, you'll need to wait a week for 19 to go Live.
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Naw, I had a moment like this as well - just after the Origins pack was released. I searched frantically for that 'Snow' aura I'd sworn I'd heard about for a good hour before I finally remembered that it -and one aura I can't remember at the moment - were coming with Issue 19; not with the Origins pack.
The Snow and Firefly auras were "accidentally leaked" and were quickly pulled back.
They will both be in I19 so they'll be back soon enough. 
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IIRC the leak was fairly random in that only males managed to get the Firefly aura.|
Originally Posted by Rush_Bolt
Those who did pick it up during the short window when it was made available were allowed to keep it on.
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I really wanted (and am now seriously looking forward to) using the Firefly aura with several female characters.
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Correct. And Thunderhead, which was released as intended with the pack, was briefly available on a few particular VEATs in their uniformed costume slot.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
IIRC the leak was fairly random in that only males managed to get the Firefly aura.
I really wanted (and am now seriously looking forward to) using the Firefly aura with several female characters. |
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Me too! I'm so glad the Origins pack is so enjoyable, it's tiding me over, lol
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Originally Posted by Lothic
I really wanted (and am now seriously looking forward to) using the Firefly aura with several female characters.
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Okay, so Issue 19 has gone live, and my snow aura has now vanished with the arrival of the winter event. Wassup with that? Fortunately my Ice Tank has already updated his aura, but why has the one aura that really fits in with the season disappeared from my option list?
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Is the character 30+ with auras unlocked? Snow Aura now appears as a normal aura selection and if your character doesn't have auras unlocked it may have been removed?|
Originally Posted by BlackSexton
Okay, so Issue 19 has gone live, and my snow aura has now vanished with the arrival of the winter event. Wassup with that? Fortunately my Ice Tank has already updated his aura, but why has the one aura that really fits in with the season disappeared from my option list?
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This is the only guess i have offhand.
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Whew. Thanks. Your reply helped me look at the problem from a different angle.|
Originally Posted by Schismatrix
Is the character 30+ with auras unlocked? Snow Aura now appears as a normal aura selection and if your character doesn't have auras unlocked it may have been removed?
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I had mistaken Snow for one of the auras in the Origins pack. Because I'd updated nearly all of my highest level toons, it looked as if the only characters that could select Snow were those to whom I'd made changes during a brief window before the Winter Event went live.
Now I see it was just a weird coincidence.
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OK, I buy all the expansion packs, plus I understand there are some new auras in the game anyway. While playing with a 40+ toon who is Fire-based, I happened to notice that "Snow" is now an available aura. Not for my Fire / Fire lady, but for my Ice Goddess, definitely. So I go back with 37-lvl Ice / Ice toon (who already has earned "aura" and uses "icy sparkles"), looking for "snow"; no snow. I think "Well, this toon is under 40th lvl, maybe that has something to do with it." I look again with all my lvl 40s who have auras already. No snow, just "cryogenics", which wasn't what I was looking for.
Did I hallucinate "snow" as an available aura? Did I not have the toon talk to the right person? Is it a Nemesis plot? I figured asking and looking like a newbie idiot is better than being quiet & disappointed. (Not to suggest all newbies are idiots; I'm 3 years in and still feel like a newbie.)