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Quote:I was on that particular TPN with you, and while I was able to move after the "teleported out of Visualcorp" thing, I don't believe it was actual movement, it was the kind of thing that happens when you've Mapserver'd and the game client hasn't realized it yet, so you're moving on the client but the server is just laughing derisively. I snapped back to the Visualcorp entrance (ie, the client realized the server wasn't accepting movement updates) before getting booted entirely.Originally Posted by DarkGob
Define "immediately", because on ours I know that at least some of the league (myself included) had exited VisualCorp before the crash happened (like you I also don't recall whether or not anyone was hosp'd at the time). I didn't quite manage to get around to the front of the main building but I definitely had the time to get away from the door and start moving, as did some others who were ahead of me. -
Quote:All you need for Supergroup access as a freemium player is Tier 2, or basically right away once you pay for anything. The thing is, if the content of this review is an accurate representation of freebie player experience, then being completely shut out of Supergroup stuff makes you feel rather isolated and thus lowers the chance that you'll pay for anything, on account of you're likely to just leave.Originally Posted by Wing_Leader
Well this raises an interesting question, then. What restrictions would you leave in to serve as incentive to go VIP? Virtually everything else in the game can be unlocked with a one-time payment. Some things involve recurring costs (Invention license, AE license, SSAs as they are released), but most of the stuff being touted as critical to basic game play can be purchased outright without having to subscribe. The game isn't technically "free" anymore--and such accounts become premium accounts as a result, unlocking other features without further cost--but it is still a lot less expensive than a monthly subscription. About the only thing unavailable is the Incarnate System, and I doubt that alone is much of a draw to go VIP for most freebie players anyway. Other carrots are needed to dangle in front of noses. You know, like Supergroup access.
I would put forward the idea that Supergroup access fits better as a loss leader - something you should expect to make no money off of whatsoever and which people will not buy for what it's really worth - in order to create a situation where freebie players feel more involved in the community and thus more willing to become regular customers. Also, it possibly creates a situation where your own existing customers are likely to be doing some of the "upselling" by talking in supergroup chat about various things that the freeb can only access by paying out.
However, the question of wether the review is representative of the common experience is an open one. Only Paragon Studios really knows wether they're happy with the conversion rate of freebies into freemiums or not. On the other hand, the opening of the forums suggests that the need for community involvement as a retention/upselling device is not entirely absent from their thinking. -
Quote:Well, opening up supergroup membership and supergroup chat, certainly, even if they shouldn't be allowed supergroup leadership, rent paying, base editing, etc. There are tons of supergroups who will gladly evangelize the game if only given half a chance to do so, and - particularly for the exact sort of extroverted supergroup that's likely to invite newly minted freebies - the awesome supergroup bases are ads all in and of themselves.Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
-The communication and SG joining issue seems to be a big hang up for this guy's free experience. Maybe a reevaluation is necessary, maybe not. I do know the second anything changes, the gold spammers WILL jump on it. Any inch given, they'll take.
That's a totally seperate issue from the idea of unlocking global chat in general. -
Quote:Maybe it's the Pirate history badge (Swashbuckler) that doesn't give a progress bar. Since prior to Going Rogue, you could get 2 of the plaques - the ones in Siren's Call and Bloody Bay - as a hero, but not the rest. So it makes sense for the progress bar to be hidden, even though progress is still counted.Originally Posted by Hopeling
I just tried this to check - with a vigilante character, I went to the Lorekeeper plaques. I got a progress bar, and the badge awarded when I got all 4.
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Quote:Supergroup items are unlocked for the SG, not for the player. You may have to re-create any craftable items (such as telepads) if you delete them and want them back, though.Originally Posted by Ronin_Edge
I am now an SG of one. Since I am the only person in the SG, I wanted to make some changes, but am concerned about the availability of items in my base. Will I encounter any problems changing things around in my base now that my primary base designer and unlocker of base related items is gone?
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Quote:Also, mission-reset farming in general, for anything, makes me throw up a little. In my mouth.Originally Posted by Neuronia
Dreamwalker is getting close to a breaking point for me.
Having to reset and farm the first mission for RANDOM arch-villains is tedious at the very least. We've been trying to get a friend on Pinnacle (@Catatomic) the Jack in Irons AV and we literally rest about 10 times last night and never got it.
This badge is stupid. Make it "Defeat 6 (or 10) of Malaise's Nightmares to earn this badge" and it will be much, much more bearable. As it is, it's like the old "Cage Fighter" badge in Arena before map selection was available. Just load in, exit and load in and exit and load in and exit over and over until you get your explore badge.
Blech.
If something can only be reliably earned via that method then it's not worth having. (I'm willing to grant a sole exception for badges which are accolade requirements.) -
Quote:It's probably Prometheus. That seems to be how he rolls.Originally Posted by Ultimus
Also do we know if the note sender is Mender Ramiel?
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Quote:I really think you're probably overthinking this in terms of build tweaking. You've already made the only vitally important build choice to fill your objective: ie, you are a fire/fire brute.Originally Posted by fefdez
So I got my brute to 50 today, and have a somewhat decent build (i think) set up. I'd like some sugestions and critique as to how to improve it. Note that I concentrated a lot on defense, too much perhaps. The purpose of the build is to farm tickets/pl people for free in fire farms. I do realize I would only need fire defense, so if possible, please help me improve overall recharge/damage and add some chance to hits wherever possible if removing other defenses is necessary. Much obliged!
The most useful possible thing you could do as a newly minted 50 to increase your, er, brutality is to add Incarnate abilities (Spiritual Alpha at least to Tier 3 to get the level shift and your choice of Interface ability to add delicious sprinkles to the murder cake), assuming of course that you're VIP.
You're sacrificing the ability to do anything else on the altar of increasingly marginal performance gain. Build normally - you'll still be able to solo +4/x8 fire farms, trust me. You'll just have to stay awake for it, is all, and occasionally partake of the delicious skittles... er... inspirations that drop like rain onto your head as you're igniting half the world. -
Quote:It's 400 rep for the personal PVP badge, and 500 kills for the Fusion Generator plans... iirc.Originally Posted by PhantomRanger
I am looking for someone that would be willing to join my SG and help me farm the PVP badge. I don't PVP but I believe its like 250 kills or something like that. I would go to whatever zone where heroes can fight each other and allow you to kill me repeatedly. I don't really have much to offer but I am sure that a recipe has a likelihood of dropping. If anyone would be interested be send me a PM
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Quote:Titan Weapons seems to have some really good synergies with /WP, in terms of mitigation and working well with /WP's need to be in a big crowd.Originally Posted by Rikefort
I'm a big fan of /WP, I just love how it plays, and how well rounded the set ends up being.
What I can't settle on is a primary. I played SS/ on my old account, but coming back to the game I think i'd like to stay away from it.
Besides that, what is your opinion on the best primary, or top few, and why?
The way i see it, Willpower really thrives off of being in a big crowd, and if you can somehow stop incoming damage, survivability really skyrockets.
From my experiences with SS/WP, I found that for example, using Footstomp was amazing for survival, because you could get the full huge regen bonus from a group of mobs, with none of the damage for a few seconds when they get knocked down.
I'm also unsure of which direction to take WP when it comes to IOs. I don't have much influence, since this will be only my 3rd character on this account. Is it worth trying to enhance regen, def, or resist? I don't think i'd be able to cap defense, given the influence i have. -
Quote:Technically you'd keep it lower than that - the improved Exemplar system lets you use powers several levels higher than your exemplar level, so you'd keep it down to... 15? 16? I forget.Originally Posted by dugfromthearth
Mask Presence is level 20.
So my ninja Night Widow is not stealthy if I exemplar below 20?
At first the level 20 didn't seem to matter since you have to be 24 to become a night widow, but losing my stealth which seems to define the character if I exemplar down is lame.
But go further and you're travelling back in time to when she was just a nameless minion. Of course she's going to lose the marks of having "made it" as a highly trained Night Widow assassin.
You're not going to be spending a lot of time Ex'd below 15 in any event... unless you have an unquenchable craving for Death From Below. -
Quote:I at one point was in a regular group of 8, and... yes. The level Tetris. Oh, god, the level Tetris. We had to make spreadsheets, and keep them updated. It's one of those things you kind of forget what a pain in the *** it was until suddenly you don't have to do it anymore.Originally Posted by Scientist
Supersidekicking - I play this game primarily with a couple of friends who have fairly severe altitis, and it was always a pain to try to come up with three characters on the same server having at least 2 of about the same level so somebody could sidekick the third. Now any two of us can join the third doing anything and still all get XPs and not have to worry about it. Or, when our other friends join, or we join a PUG, or form a PUG, no level Tetris required.
One of the biggest "game changing things that I didn't expect to be" was just powerset recoloring. It makes the world less artificial seeming, I guess, and adds the perception of depth and random weirdness that a world filled with random lunatics wielding the power of gods ought to have. -
Quote:Part of this is server specific, and relates a lot to how often trials are run. If you're on a server where tons of +3s are just falling out of the woodwork to run trials, badge runs aren't completely uncommon, but if your server struggles to keep up with the people wanting to run trials on their +0s, well forget about it.Originally Posted by Badaxe
I have to agree 100%. I know for the itrials all the Mo runs are normally done in the first few days of a new trail (on my server). If for whatever reason you miss out then (due to timezone or other issue) you can almost forget about getting a league to go after the badges.
Might as well have badges you can only get by performing an action on a specific server.
(Spend 1 hour mezzed on Pinnacle to earn this badge...) -
Quote:A scythe with an eyeball?Originally Posted by OneWhoBinds
I'm still hoping that the Rularuu Titan Weapon, when they finally release it, is a scythe.
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I expect to be disappointed and just find larger sword with an eyeball, but I am HOPING for the Scythe...
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Quote:I don't know about everyone else but Friday and Saturday were pretty full of holiday parties so I for one was definitely not at 100% on Sunday.Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
Yeah, we're used to filling the zone to the limit.
I chalked it up to all that last minute Christmas shopping.
I bet we can fill it next time. A break for a week or two is the pause that refreshes (at least when it gives everyone time to spend all their merits and start jonesing for more). -
Quote:Yeah, the bases were definitely something that must have had people on the development side beating their head against the wall. I mean, they were aimed at PvP, so you had to lock the editor down in a lot of ways to try and make sure that bases would be fair ground to fight in, but then after putting that restriction in... the base raid system didn't even work reliably. And this after a massive amount of development time and effort and a bunch of promotional focus was spent on the whole deal. So neither the people who just wanted "social housing" nor the people who liked PvP were really happy with it.Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
Most people didn't even get to play with the stupid clunky interface, because the way the editor works giving everyone in the SG editing permission is just asking for disaster.
Players might have been more open to the idea of base PvP if it wasn't such a pain to set up an instant raid, and they hadn't hyped up a raid system where other people could destroy all your stuff.
On the plus side, if they still do have any regrets over bases, the cure is a quick look through the "post your base images" thread. Some of the other problematic things mentioned in this thread may have resolved as kind of bittersweet at best, but the stuff people have managed to do with the base editor (clunky though it may still be) is all sweet, all the time. -
Quote:Particularly with Titan Weapons you should go with something that has good synergy (or just minimizes weapon redraw like Willpower) over 'cheapness'. You can always get more inf, but you can't respec a new secondary (well, without starting over).Originally Posted by TheBoost
I was thinking of getting one of the two purchasable powersets, Street Justice or Titan Weapons. I'm unsure of pricing still, but I saw some enhancements like " Kinetic Combat" running for 100 million each, and some Willpower sets included 5 sets of them.
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Quote:I don't think Spout gets containment.Originally Posted by Spike_Tyson
So which Epic would you recommend Stone or Leviathan? Waterspout + Tornado sounds impressive on damage, But Earths Embrace + 40% hp seems so much more survivable. BTW does waterspout get containment bonus?
Spout is awesome, though. Leviathan all the way if those are your two choices. I mean, +40% hp sounds cool and all, but as a Plant/Storm I can't help but think that if things are able to attack you heavily as opposed to flailing around helplessly in a stew of all kinds of summoned nonsense then things have already gone horribly wrong and +40% hp will not be enough. -
Quote:You should also be able to get Clubber, since you can get to Pocket D from Praetoria's Studio 55 even if you're below level 20.Originally Posted by Big_King
I am trying to determine the Day Job badges that can be obtained by Praetorian characters that have not yet reached level 20. The Praetorian Day Job article on the wiki lists many that are obtainable only after leaving Praetoria so that does not help.
The Day Job Recruiter in Nova lists the following:
However, I have never been able to obtain Marketeer or Fashion Designer. The Trading House doesn't flash the day job icon. The traders in Underground Imperial DO flash it, but I've logged out there and gotten no progress several times. I've never even found a spot where the Fashion Designer would be given since I'm not aware of "walk-in" costume changers.
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Quote:Well, you know how it is, no matter how much you try and convince yourself that it wasn't *really* real, exploding heroes a few times does tend to leave a mental mark.Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
I've gotten it too - it seems that whaling on the ghost images counts as whaling on the actual HEROES (Malaise is still a hero, apparently)... so you can imagine that my hero was shocked when she got the badge.
The moral of this story is, psychic combat is not for the faint of heart? -
Quote:No, I mean - getting UN action against the Rikti or Praetoria is easy. Would you like to not be destroyed by aliens [y/n]? And the aliens don't get to vote! Getting coherent action against a UN member state is another matter, particularly since in a comic book world there's probably a whole bloc of nations who are engaged in metahuman shenanigans, just not on as large a scale as Recluse.Originally Posted by Doc_Reverend
Not sure it's ever stated that the Rogue Isles don't have UN representation. But then, this is comic book politics. *shrugs*
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Quote:It's easy to deploy your pet army against enemies who don't have representatives at the UN.Originally Posted by Doc_Reverend
The UN is a bit different in CoH World. For one thing, it has it's own army in the form of Vanguard, which is the most powerful, best equipped, armed and trained military force on the planet (this counts the meta-human members, like the players) and has a world-wide reach (there are still Rikti under Rome, for instance). However, the Vanguard's scope is limited. It's official position on Arachnos seems to be "stay out of our way and let us do our jobs."
But Vanguard is certainly kept plenty busy with existing extradimensional threats in any event. -
Quote:Yeah, for a headline hero to take a dive in episode #5 of #7 and for marketing to just come out with it like it ain't even a thing...Originally Posted by Xzero45
On the other hand, you've still got two more stories to go, which makes me feel like Statesman will just get resurrected or something.
He'll get better.
Or do they know that we'll think he'll get better, so the twist is that he won't. But if they know that we think that they know what we'll think...
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Quote:No doubt working even more feverishly to further his plans to access the Well's power without having to be polite about it. The war against Praetoria has created a ton of useful test data after all.Originally Posted by IolitePhoenix
I'm hoping that some of the story content in the DA revamp will touch on what Lord Recluse has been doing in regards to the Praetorians.
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Generally the two things that will help you most are +Recharge and defense. The "ultimate power" goal would be to soft-cap defense, which will take all the inf in the universe but make you virtually invincible. A lesser goal is just to grab as much +Defense as you can get while you're slotting other things.
For the shields, I generally 3-slot, two resist IOs and a Resistance/Endurance IO (from whichever set is cheapest to find on the market).
Healing flames gets 5-slotted with Doctored Wounds for +5% global recharge.
Temperature Protection does not get slotted. Put a Steadfast Protection Knockback Resistance in there.
Burn you can slot with Damage/Recharge IOs, cutting the slots down to 4 (or even 3).
With these slots you're freeing up, you can 5-slot Rise of the Phoenix. Stop laughing - the Disorient IO sets are cheaper than a lot of others, so you can go with Stupefy for +Recharge on the cheap, or even the purple set if you want to be more spendy.
Then the question is how to slot your melee attacks. Touch of Death (6 slots) if you want defense, or Crushing Impact (5 slots) if you want Recharge. The latter is much cheaper.
In general you'll find that unless there's something awesome from 6-slotting a set, or you want to add a damage proc in there, 5 slots of set IOs in your attacks will beat 6 slots of generic IOs, which means you have more slots available to fill out other abilities. This probably changes your build plan.
Quote:Originally Posted by Roundtree
I have a brute with the following build and while I like playing him as is I want to take him to the next level as it where. Ive been looking in which Io Sets ( non purple for the mean time) to get him but just cant make head way into which ones to get.
So my question to you all is, Can you give me some advice as to which ones may be good?