Cobaltix

Anyone know why? Haven't seen an announcement anywhere.

There does not appear to be any new Badges. Can anyone confirm?

Lord Recluse and a Lattice in Atlas Park on Pinnacle.

Star Strider Forces Registry
Name: Cobaltix
Global Contact: @Cobaltix
Level of Classification: Security Level 50 Blaster
Origin: Mutant
Super Rank & Super Group: Old Kentucky Shot - Carl & Sons

But wait, didn't you hear, Inventions are optional.

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But like the Black Market last winter, all the inf in the world can't buy stuff if people aren't selling it.

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Ok here it goes. They didn't have to care about the supply in BM last year. I bet with merits the moment something rare is not on WW/BM to buy without having grindmerits, they will have to do something because this board is gonna light up.

In other words if merits adversely effect the supply of recipes that can be bought with inf on the market, people are going to explode in rage and angry here on the boards.

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Darth, that doesn't follow on. The complaints about lack of Recipes at the BM are long and many.

I don't see them doing anything about rares drying up at the BM or WW. The Devs are knowingly and willingly consigning these segments of the "Primary Market" to oblivion.

They don't care about the market, they've given birth to a new and better market.

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Well that sucks hard.

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Welcome to life in Issue 13 under our new Merit Overlords.

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People are uneasy about the removal of a menu on completion...it changes a lot of live Tasks such as Hess, Katie, Cap and others to be sure.

Remember that Open Beta is still there; though things tend to be 'cemented' in closed and the Merit System won't be torn down, your feedback on the Merit System award iteration is important. Many will likely be quite upset at losing the reward menu.

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I like the idea of a Merit system and this seems like a good effort on the part of the Developers, I'm just not sure why they are removing the old mechanic in conjunction with this implementation.

Has there been any Dev rationale for that? I was under the impression that the merit system was supplemental or alternative to the current reward system.

Open Beta is more about load testing and I doubt things will change unless there is a significant outcry and even then, we may not see a change.

In any case, I will be making my preference known to leave the reward window in place with Merits being an added option upon completion. I urge all who are just learning of this change and disagree with it to do so as well.

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Originally this whole merit system was pitched to the players as a additional way to get a recipe, however it has been implemented to remove the option to have a random recipe drop.

I dislike this a lot. It gets rid of the incentive to run the shorter task forces since they are going to be worth less than they once were. the base for a lot of the task forces are 25, which is enough for a single random roll, which is good. If the random recipe drop were reinstated as an option I think the merit system would be fantastic.

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I agree.

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People are uneasy about the removal of a menu on completion...it changes a lot of live Tasks such as Hess, Katie, Cap and others to be sure.

Remember that Open Beta is still there; though things tend to be 'cemented' in closed and the Merit System won't be torn down, your feedback on the Merit System award iteration is important. Many will likely be quite upset at losing the reward menu.

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I like the idea of a Merit system and this seems like a good effort on the part of the Developers, I'm just not sure why they are removing the old mechanic in conjunction with this implementation.

Has there been any Dev rationale for that? I was under the impression that the merit system was supplemental or alternative to the current reward system.

Open Beta is more about load testing and I doubt things will change unless there is a significant outcry and even then, we may not see a change.

In any case, I will be making my preference known to leave the reward window in place with Merits being an added option upon completion. I urge all who are just learning of this change and disagree with it to do so as well.

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To Ironblade: Eden gets completed in 10-15 minutes on average, no typo.

To Cobaltix: Correct, you get awarded Merits or a choice of Merit/SHO/Titan-O/Hydra-O. Respecs give you Merits + Respec or bonus Merits.

There was a lot of discussion on that topic. Unfortunately, no new SFs in this patch. Villains will have to run Ice Mistral/ITF or run some arcs like Mender Lazarus or Von Grun to pad their Merits.

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Hmmm ... not sure I like the removal of a choice of a random roll upon TF Completion. How is this change being accepted by the Closed Beta Population?

While I agree that the Villain Side SF's are of a higher quality than many Hero Side TF's, I do wish there were a few more choices and variety withing level ranges.

Here's to hoping that more will be created in the next few issues.

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Eden Trial: 2

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I guess drugs really are bad. Or maybe this was a typo on someone's part.

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Eden is faster than Katie when done right. We did it in like 20 minutes on Pinnacle recently.

Great write up Neuronia, thanks for all of your hard work as well as the other Testers who participated.

A couple of clarifying questions :

1) Do I read this as when you complete a Task Force, you no longer get to choose a random Recipe but instead have to go to a merit store and purchase a Roll on the Table?

2) Was there any discussion in the Beta about Villain Side SF Disparity and if there are any plans to address that either via this system or by the creation of new Villain Only content (IE, more SF's in greater level ranges)?



Thanks!

Love the update to this, my favorite event. The increased spawns at the doors for ToTing are excellent and the Zombie Invasion is full of win.

Thanks Dev Team!

Thanks for the Hess Run, Bod. Way too much fun with 3 Controllers, 3 Defenders, a Scrapper and a Blaster.

Our time wasn't the fastest (85 mins) but it was a great time.

Thanks for hosting!

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Basically, is the 'year' estimate only for THESE jobs, or ALL jobs?

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At this point it is a year estimate for only the announced jobs.

If it is only 1/2 or 1/4 of the actual list and the 30 days stands, I think I might well close my account in protest. I say this is because this would no longer be a game that I would want to support.

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I've been a staunch supporter of Badge [censored] rights in my career in the game and I've agreed with many of your Badging Stances, SG. But seriously, you'd quit the game over this issue? Can you explain that to me?

I've become much less of a Badge [censored] since Inventions came out. The task of crafting for Badges broke my desire to "have them all" as it were. I'm ok with that. There was always a list of Badges that had an asterisk in my mind, denoting the fact that I would never earn them in my career in the game. At a certain point, it's just not worth it. I'd rather spend my time playing the game instead of worrying about which Badges I need to work toward.

Anyway. Ramble mode off. I guess I'm just surprised you'd leave the game over this issue.

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Dear Positron,

Good afternoon. Thank you for responding to our questions for more information about Issue 13.

And on a side note. Please fix the store so that I can purchase Booster Packs for other players as gifts. I'd like to purchase 10 or so of these for my friends that also play. Plus I'd like to give you my money to help with the development of my favorite game. However, since I only have 1 account and I can't very well purchase 10 Cyborg Packs for 1 account then I guess that I'll have to keep the money that I would have liked to have given to your company.

P.S. Rocket Pack costume items please.

Thank You.

- Peregrine Falcon

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Dear Peregrine Falcon,

Thank you for your feedback. We would LOVE to come up with a way for players to "gift" our Super Boosters to other players. The real problem with this lies in credit card fraud. It may seem like a simple problem, but it's really very complex. Once we have a workable solution that Billing and Customer Service can sign off on, we will allow players to gift Microtransactions post haste.

Yes, yes, Rocket Packs are on Sexy Jay's todo list, I just am not exactly clear on when they will be done.

Hope this clears things up for you a little bit.

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Positron eradicates all credit card fraud in Issue 13!

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Rock that Issue!

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Indeed, great to meet you all. We need to do a regular Seattle Area M&G on occasion. Every 3-4 months or so.

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When is the Pocket D event and will I be able to get in?

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The Meet and Greet starts at 7pm at the Gordon Biersch in Pacific Place.

Read this thread for more details : PAX Meet and Greet

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BUSTED!

I was there, now gimmeh a PPD Hardsuit

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Heh. I was standing over BaB's shoulder as he was chatting with you just then. All the Test Characters for the expo have everything, tricked out IO Sets and 400 of every salvage. Too cool.



Man is it a zoo in there today! Got to say hi to the gang and pick up my Pocket D Pass. Woot!

Also, met KDRGargoyle. Thanks for organizing the Meet and Greet in a few hours!

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Ack! I missed buying a ticket for the party tonight.

Any chance of still getting in?

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I believe you can purchase a ticket at door at the M&G location.

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I am at your PAX, stealin' your funz!

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MOAR I13 INFO

UR DOIN IT WRONG

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Right now the NCSoft area (and pretty much everyone else) is being set up...which is surpisingly packed and chaotic.

We've got 8 machines that will be running CoH/CoV on the training room, so feel free to log in over the next few days and say hi to all the PAX people who will be playing from here.

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Heya BaB, what time you guys opening the booth today?

Man was registration mobbed at 8:30am today. Must've been 500 people in line at least!

I'm using my real name for the tag but might write in my global handle as well.

Some of the guys in my SG are working on custom SG name tags. If those turn out, I'll have two different tags.

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Speaking of days, does PAX begin on Thursday night or Friday morning?

Perhaps more importantly, which day is the first day that the booth will be staffed?

Figure as I work next door, I may pop by at lunch time on Friday if you guys aren't there on Thursday night.



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It was kinda hidden on the PAX website (or maybe I'm blind) but I found it eventually:

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PAX HOURS
Friday: 2pm to 3am
Saturday: 10am to 3am
Sunday: 10am to 6pm

The exhibitor hall closes at 7pm Friday, and 6pm Saturday and Sunday.

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Thanks Londerwost!

Looks like a late lunch on Friday to pop by the booth.

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what if we attent 3 days? do we get 3?

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One per badge at most and, as mentioned above, we only have so many per day.

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Speaking of days, does PAX begin on Thursday night or Friday morning?

Perhaps more importantly, which day is the first day that the booth will be staffed?

Figure as I work next door, I may pop by at lunch time on Friday if you guys aren't there on Thursday night.