Level pact change coming with Freedom
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Posted on: 2011-08-30 19:19 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I hope that when they work to address this in Freedom, they also add the ability to add more than 2 people to a pact.
3 friends and I wanted to do a 4 person pact last Double XP weekend and were saddened by this lack of a feature. We ran as a theme group and would have liked to have stayed at the same level XP wise and level at the same time.
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I think this is kind of necessary to revisit, if not get rid of, otherwise I'd be able to PL my own characters without the need of a second *paid* account.
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Make it a IP feature <shrug>
I hope it gets revisted sooner than later. Its a feature I like.
Means only can level pact with the sets available at release, not beam weapons/street justice iirc
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I think they are locking down the level pacts because of the possibility of RMTs coming in and starting to offer money by setting up a level pact, and leveling up your character for you for money.
They don't want that to happen. Chances are they are only locking it down until they can code it for only VIP members (or something) so that the RMT factor doesn't break in and cause issues. It sounds like they are close to release and can't get it done before then, so they are just turning it off for now as a precaution.
So, this will be 'fixed' in the same timescale as all the AE bugs (bugged censor is still causing havoc) and MM pets being derptarded, then?
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So, this will be 'fixed' in the same timescale as all the AE bugs (bugged censor is still causing havoc) and MM pets being derptarded, then?
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No, it will be fixed like base raids.
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Funny, I didn't know level pact is that popular. I haven't even used once....
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Originally Posted by tanstaafl
Make it a IP feature <shrug>
I hope it gets revisted sooner than later. Its a feature I like. Means only can level pact with the sets available at release, not beam weapons/street justice iirc |
it will still be available during the VIP head start (street justice wont be out till Q4 this year so that wont be able to pact unless its fixed)
They way it should work would be the following.
If both are VIP, works as it does today.
If either one or both players aren't VIP, it's deactivated until both are VIP again.
Once active again all XP goes to the player with less XP until they catch up.
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Very popular if you play with friends.
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Funny, I didn't know level pact is that popular. I haven't even used once....
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Originally Posted by Lemur Lad
Very popular if you play with friends.
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Or if one spouse has more playtime than the other spouse ... when I used it (admittedly twas rare), I pact'd with one of my beloved's characters and leveled them both up. Its' a shame I won't have that ability anymore.
Honestly though, I don't expect it to come back once they take it away. And. So. Thereby. No more levels for the beloved unless she grinds them out herself.
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I'd be fine with this.
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They way it should work would be the following.
If both are VIP, works as it does today. If either one or both players aren't VIP, it's deactivated until both are VIP again. Once active again all XP goes to the player with less XP until they catch up. |
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Maybe Jib hasn't used leveling pacts yet because he prefers to play with himself.
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Very popular if you play with friends.
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Now how am I going PL past Preatoria? Actually cant you start any AT anywhere? Nevermind then.
Set up your level pacts with the head start, as you won't be able to once Freedom releases.
http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/n...ct_changes.php
City of Heroes Freedom VIP Head Start and Level Pact Changes
We are pleased to announce that, before City of Heroes Freedom™ officially launches, our VIP subscribers will be given a head start so they can take the time to rediscover their favorite super-powered MMO and the host of changes that will be made available through Issue 21: Convergence! We will be able to confirm the start date and duration of the VIP Head Start soon so stay tuned!
But there is another piece of news that we wanted to share with you all today.
As part of the City of Heroes Freedom build, Level Pacts will undergo a necessary change in order to have them work within the constraints of the upcoming systems.
During the VIP Head Start, amongst other things accessible to our VIP players, Level Pacts will be available in order to take advantage of the brand new Power Sets that will be released then. However, after the head start has ended, Level Pacts will need to be disabled and new Level Pacts won't be available to anybody until we have been able to revisit the system at a later point.
An innovative system that allows level synchronization for both participating characters (whether they play at the same time or not!), Level Pacts have been widely used across the City of Heroes universe since we made them available to all budding heroes and villains when Issue 13 launched back in December 2008. We understand that it is a feature that many of you love and we can assure you that we will be doing our best to investigate ways to make it work with City of Heroes Freedom!
In short, after City of Heroes Freedom has launched, existing Level Pacts created during or before the head start, will continue to work but new Level Pacts will NOT be available.
We appreciate your understanding and patience in this matter and will provide an update as soon as we are able to!
Hopefully, they fix this at some point - one of my favorite features.