Costume Slot missions

So I just got a few Rouge toons to 30 and I got kinda curious sense I can play on either side of the fence does it matter what contact I get my Aura and Costume slot missions from from?

As it turns out when I go to Atlas Park on a Rouge the city rep says she doesn't talk to villains. Lauren however did talk to me.

This seems fine except getting more curious I ran back to Cap after unlocking my level 30 costume slot and now I have all 5 costume slots. (One slot was unlocked by Halloween salvage.)

I don't know if this is really even a bug but it would seem someone could unlock all 5 costume slots by level 20 simply by doubling up on Halloween Salvage and turning it in for both the Croatoa and Nerva contacts and then doing both hero and villain level 20 contacts. And you could still do the other missions as well but wouldn't get anything for them as the slots are already open.

On the other hand even if you made this so they wouldn't talk to you either you could still go all the way to the other side to grab the other mission unless they contact gave you the "you've already done this" text no matter which version of the mission you've actually done.

Well, talking to the City Rep and doing their respective missions only grants you a cape/aura, they do not unlock costume slots. You have to talk to the Icon Reps and do their missions to open the costume slots.

If you were getting slots opened just by talking the the City Rep in Atlas Park, then that is a bug.

I suggest using those costume slots to make costumes that branch out from one color. Instead of rouge, I suggest perhaps a nice cerulean.

Rouge = A cosmetic used to color the cheekbones and emphasize the cheeks. Usually reddish or pinkish in hue.

Rogue = a dishonest or mischevious person; a variation from the norm.

Learn the definition and the spelling. The two are NOT identical.

Well, that's due to the law of correcting spelling on the internet. Whenever you post a correction, there must also be a corresponding typo. If there isn't, somehow and mysteriously, one will be provided.

So if the City Rep has nothing to do with Costume slots and nothing to do with the bug, then why mention her?

Yes, I read the entire post.
Yes most of the post deals with Costume Slots.
Yes, your inclusion of irrelevant information leads to confusion.

Not trying to win any argument here, you may think your post is clear but if for a Dev to look at it, a post should not contain any information that is not required to reproduce said bug.

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As it turns out when I go to Atlas Park on a Rouge the city rep says she doesn't talk to villains. Lauren however did talk to me.

This first part of that comment could have been left out, it is unnecessary.

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This seems fine except getting more curious I ran back to Cap after unlocking my level 30 costume slot and now I have all 5 costume slots. (One slot was unlocked by Halloween salvage.)

Are you saying that you opened a costume slot with Lauren, then went back to Cap Au and opened another costume slot? Or when you appeared in Cap you suddenly had all 5 slots open?

Again, unclear.

All that aside, it is an interesting issue. I happen to have a Praetorian with a Halloween Salvage slot unlocked, I'll have to check this out.

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Originally Posted by Ironblade Oh, looks like we're just about done here, eh?

<heh>

I'm really trying to understand the steps Rial actually went through. So my apologies to Rial if he feels that I am being argumentative, it's not my intention.

Well, I ported my Praetorian over to Hero side and Annah would not allow me to purchase a slot with Halloween Salvage.

Now to start him on Tip missions.

I, for one, am still unsure of exactly what you did, step by step. It's a little unclear, and requires a bit of thought to untangle.

From the sound of it, you went to Independence Port as a Rogue, talked to Lauren, and unlocked your level 30 costume slot.

Did you already have your level 20 costume slot unlocked as a Villain by talking to and doing the Facemaker's mission in Cap Au Diable? Did finishing Lauren's mission unlock an additional costume slot, one that shouldn't have been unlocked?

And then you said you went back to Cap Au Diable. Does this mean you returned to do the level 30 Costume Slot mission from whatever the other contact's name is?

What, precisely, is the bug?

Now about the step by step as there appears to be some confusion I just don't get that I need to attempt to clear...

The original thought was that as I reached level 30 when I have access to a new costume slot and aura. (Yes "and" is correct there if I said "or" it would mean I was only going to do 1 of the two missions.) I was curious to know if it mattered where I got either of the 2 missions from.

I was closest to Lauren in Independence Port when I got my Rogue to level 30 so I went there first. I got my level 30 costume slot mission from Lauren.

My next stop was to go to Atlas Park and see if I could do the hero version of the Aura mission from the City Rep. I figured sense one costume related contact was talking to me hero side the other would too. However after reaching Atlas Park the City Rep gave me the "I don't speak to villains text".

So after that I took my character to Brickstown as the easiest place to find Crey, finished that mission then went back to IP to turn it in. Costume slot unlocked.

Now I had to go over to Mercy Island on the villain side and talk to Kalinda so I could unlock my aura. After finishing that I got curious again and thought "If Lauren the icon tailor was able to talk to me what exactly is preventing me from seeing the level 30 villain tailor and unlocking my last costume slot right now instead of waiting till level 40 to do it?"

This is where the possible bug is. Now I figured that either the contact would tell me that I already did their mission or give me the mission and not grant the reward because I already had the reward for that level. This was not the case as both Lauren and Glenda unlocked new costume slots for me by completing their missions.

The reason I think this not working as intended is because of how the Aura missions work and the fact that there is nothing preventing a player from simply unlocking all their costume slots at level 10. It seems like the Tailor contacts should work the same as the cape/aura contacts and tell you they don't talk to heroes or villains depending on what side you're on and your alignment.

If the devs don't really care about people being able to unlock all 5 costume slots at level 20 then this is working as intended and there is no bug. However I believe this to be an unintended exploit.

Thanks for clearing up what steps you took, Rial. Much appreciated.

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Originally Posted by Rial_Vestro This is where the possible bug is. Now I figured that either the contact would tell me that I already did their mission or give me the mission and not grant the reward because I already had the reward for that level. This was not the case as both Lauren and Glenda unlocked new costume slots for me by completing their missions. The reason I think this not working as intended is because of how the Aura missions work and the fact that there is nothing preventing a player from simply unlocking all their costume slots at level 10. It seems like the Tailor contacts should work the same as the cape/aura contacts and tell you they don't talk to heroes or villains depending on what side you're on and your alignment. If the devs don't really care about people being able to unlock all 5 costume slots at level 20 then this is working as intended and there is no bug. However I believe this to be an unintended exploit.

Once I brought my Praetorian over, I've had a heck of a time getting Tip drops although I mentioned this to a friend and he confirmed that he was able to open all his costume slots prior to level 30.

I'd think it would definitely be a bug, as to how high on the totem pole it would be for a fix, I'd think not very. People would have to go through the rigmarole of side swapping or at least heading into the grey area and see it as "too much hassle" to go through that for the extra slots. Though I'd think it'd be easier to run tip mission for two days than to gain 10 levels. <shrug> I'm going to continue with my Praetorian infiltrator to see if I can produce the same results.

I have no idea how simple or difficult this would be for the Devs to fix, but I agree, it should be looked at.