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Discussion: VIP Head Start - Patch Notes for Build 2100.201109170227.1

all_hell

By all_hell,
Posted on: 2011-09-20 09:08 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion

 

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Leveling Pacts

  • New leveling Pacts have been disabled. All existing levelling pacts will continue to function.

French Server Select Screen
  • The following servers should once again be labeled correctly.
    • Freedom, Justice, Pinnacle, Virtue, Liberty

German Quick Emotes
  • The German language quick emote list will no longer freeze the client when clicking it.

Atlas Park/Mercy Island
  • Decreased the amount of time it takes for certain enemies to respawn in high traffic areas.
    • Hellion Informants in Atlas Park
    • Longbow Technicians in Mercy Island

Incarnate Trial - The Underground
  • Addressed an issue where Desdemona's invincibility at the end of the event would occasionally not apply, leading to her demise and failure of the trial.

Lord Recluse Strike Force
  • Fixed an issue where Longbow Chasers were not showing up in the first mission, preventing players from progressing

Mission Architect
  • Custom Critters within Mission Architect which are capable of self-revival will give no rewards when they are defeated for the second and subsequent times. The powers still contribute to the calculation of their custom XP values.

Seed of Hamidon
  • The Germinator Terminator badge should now more reliably be awarded to those who defeat the Seed of Hamidon.

Positron Task Force
  • Heroes in need of rescue should no longer spawn on the roof of City Hall.

Kevin Callanan
Community Specialist
Paragon Studios

 

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Major blow to farming. Well, not really. Just means people will be going in and out of missions more often. Doesn't that increase server load, and aren't we about to have an influx of new players? Heh.

 

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Greatly appreciate the fixes for the respawn in AP and the UG trial !

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Originally Posted by Freitag View Post
Mission Architect
  • Custom Critters within Mission Architect which are capable of self-revival will give no rewards when they are defeated for the second and subsequent times. The powers still contribute to the calculation of their custom XP values.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! So much for all those stupid Fire/Regen farms, or DB/Regen. Good luck trying to maximize ticket earnings in 2 minutes now!

 

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Custom Critters within Mission Architect which are capable of self-revival will give no rewards when they are defeated for the second and subsequent times. The powers still contribute to the calculation of their custom XP values.
Cue the Price is Right sad trumpet horns for all the farmers out there.

Cue Orson Welles clapping gif for all us AE story authors.

ALSO: It's not mentioned in the patch notes, but the AE custom costume bug which rendered most arcs uneditable and unpublishable seems to have been fixed!

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Originally Posted by Lady_of_Ysgard View Post
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! So much for all those stupid Fire/Regen farms, or DB/Regen. Good luck trying to maximize ticket earnings in 2 minutes now!
wow

I'm sorry, did the ticket farmer touch you in a bad place?

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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! So much for all those stupid Fire/Regen farms, or DB/Regen. Good luck trying to maximize ticket earnings in 2 minutes now!
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Originally Posted by Not_Rhino View Post
Major blow to farming. Well, not really. Just means people will be going in and out of missions more often. Doesn't that increase server load, and aren't we about to have an influx of new players? Heh.
Emphasis mine.

Edit: For anyone foolish enough to believe this will actually dampen ticket farming rates at all, here's a fact: This will just lead people to farm mobs that don't self-rez, and since you don't need to clear anywhere near the total amount of mobs you get on an x8 ambush farm to hit the ticket cap with mission complete, this will not change ticket farming rates in the slightest.
What it will do it reduce the total experience and influence possible in a MA map, but that doesn't really mean anything to the powerlevelers except for an additional, perhaps, minute delay added to their schedules as they leave and reenter a mission more frequently.

@Draeth Darkstar
Virtue [Heroes, Roleplay], Freedom [Villains], Exalted [All Sides, Roleplay]
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I24 Proc Chance = (Enhanced Recharge + Activation Time) * (Current PPM * 1.25) / 60*(1 + .75*(.15*Radius - 0.011*Radius*(360-Arc)/30))
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Originally Posted by Freitag View Post
Custom Critters within Mission Architect which are capable of self-revival will give no rewards when they are defeated for the second and subsequent times. The powers still contribute to the calculation of their custom XP values.
The only thing surprising about this is that it's taken this long to be done

EDIT: I wonder if this was done based on feeback that Marty gave them?

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Originally Posted by Lady_of_Ysgard View Post
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! So much for all those stupid Fire/Regen farms, or DB/Regen. Good luck trying to maximize ticket earnings in 2 minutes now!
Yeah, it might take 3 minutes now.

Seriously, this is barely going to put a dent in farms. It's more of an annoyance due to frequent map changes more than anything else.

 

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More load screens, more server stress, maybe a 10% reduction in speed - being generous - and some required rejiggering of missions.

Crippling blow to farming, this is not.

Nor will it save story arcs. Not sure what the intended goal of this is.

 

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Originally Posted by Twoflower View Post
Cue the Price is Right sad trumpet horns for all the farmers out there.

Cue Orson Welles clapping gif for all us AE story authors.

ALSO: It's not mentioned in the patch notes, but the AE custom costume bug which rendered most arcs uneditable and unpublishable seems to have been fixed!
Do the farmers give you noogies and rip apart your AE story scripts?

 

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Every little bit helps
I'd really like to know how this "helps" anyone. I get it, you hate farmers, think they're a cancer to the game, but honestly, how is this going to help you? The only impact I can see this having on non-farmers is increased market prices.

 

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yeah itll make me go from 6 hours to 8?...good job!

 

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Every little bit helps
Helps what? Helps you.. increase the prestige of all those level 50s you earned the 'hard way'..? I know 'screw the farmers' is a popular sentiment but think objectively on how little this changes.

 

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Originally Posted by Severe View Post
yeah itll make me go from 6 hours to 8?...good job!
It's probably not a good idea to publicly say how fast you PL to 50 in the AE - it might make Marty wrathful

@Golden Girl

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Originally Posted by Not_Rhino View Post
I'd really like to know how this "helps" anyone.
Anything that makes the AE even the smallest bit harder for PLers is good for the game.

@Golden Girl

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Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
Anything that makes the AE even the smallest bit harder for PLers is good for the game.
[citation needed]

 

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Originally Posted by Not_Rhino View Post
I'd really like to know how this "helps" anyone. I get it, you hate farmers, think they're a cancer to the game, but honestly, how is this going to help you? The only impact I can see this having on non-farmers is increased market prices.
It will also help her experience more lag during her regularly scheduled play as the mapserver will be bogged down with more instances per hour (potentially approaching twice as many as previously) for AE farmers!

Edit: I forgot my snide emoticon since I'm talking about GG.

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I24 Proc Chance = (Enhanced Recharge + Activation Time) * (Current PPM * 1.25) / 60*(1 + .75*(.15*Radius - 0.011*Radius*(360-Arc)/30))
Single Target Radius = 0. AoE Non-Cone Arc = 360.

 

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Originally Posted by Draeth Darkstar View Post
It will also help her experience more lag during her regularly scheduled play as the mapserver will be bogged down with more instances per hour (potentially approaching twice as many as previously) for AE farmers!
she doesnt play...so why would it bother again?

 

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Originally Posted by Draeth Darkstar View Post
It will also help her experience more lag during her regularly scheduled play as the mapserver will be bogged down with more instances per hour (potentially approaching twice as many as previously) for AE farmers!
I have no lag problems

@Golden Girl

City of Heroes comics and artwork

 

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I have no lag problems
Everyone gets an equal share of server-side lag.

@Draeth Darkstar
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I24 Proc Chance = (Enhanced Recharge + Activation Time) * (Current PPM * 1.25) / 60*(1 + .75*(.15*Radius - 0.011*Radius*(360-Arc)/30))
Single Target Radius = 0. AoE Non-Cone Arc = 360.

 

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I manage to play a bit here and there
afk in a base while posting on the forums doesnt count