Icelock

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  1. Icelock

    More Defense

    I had a something/cold buff my pet with Frostwork (+HP) and the cold shields, it was very survivable after that. Plus having a floating cross of ice next to Jack Frost looked awesome . I vaguely recall someone saying that Frostwork doesn't work as well on these pets any more though...
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ShoeTattoo View Post
    Furthermore, neither healing nor attack powers are at the top in the list of powers that become better through enhancements; powers that gain the most through enhancements are mezzes, such as holds and stuns. An unenhanced hold such as freeze ray in the ice blast set will at lower levels not even keep an even level lieutenant permanently held, when it even hits at all, which it often will not do when operating with just the base slot. A fully slotted, skillfully enhanced freeze ray will rarely miss its target and it can keep many higher level bosses permanently locked down, after two initial castings that hit the boss (Purple Bres, Overseers, Gunslingers, and Elite Paragon Protectors, I'm looking at you!). As an aid to the survival of the relatively “squishy” character classes that can choose the “ice” blast set, there is currently a huge difference in utility between an unenhanced and a fully enhanced freeze ray.
    Perhaps you should clarify that this does not really apply to Controllers/Dominators, as their holds are more than enough to permanently lock down even bosses unslotted. (usually 8 sec recharge, 22.4 sec duration for Controllers, 17.9 sec duration for Dominators)
  3. Icelock

    Rad/Leccy

    Try the 'New Reply' link (located between the last post and quick reply box), It can do most things you wouldexpect
  4. Icelock

    Rad/Leccy

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Windenergy21 View Post
    It was a joke because we ARE on the American forums and he's using European terms that nobody here knows because of so.
    I think his point was that these are, in fact, not the American forums, those no longer exists. The majority of visitors are likely from North America, but these are global forums ever since the merge. Neither the game nor the forums have gone to the americans
  5. You could also move your trays to the left side of the screen (and chat to the right side) and move your clicky powers to the 4-0 slots. That way the powers will be further away from the arrows
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by PC_guy View Post
    since he said early next week, i.e. now, it prompted my question of whether he fixed this, along with the other 3 tfs (that i know of atleast) that are also broken.
    Castle fixing it most likely means internally, then it has to go through QA and Test server before it can go live, so it'll be a little while yet
  7. The City representative tells you to visit the Omega team memorial during the cape mission. It's stated to be further down the hall, but I got the mission at a door almost at the Perez Park entrance. Anyone else had this happen?
  8. Just started watching the MotoGP qualifier (roadracing/motorcycles in case you don't know) and the theme music played during the intro is VERY similar to the Atlas Park theme music. Anyone else noticed this?
  9. Somewhat related, I just ran the first hero arc on my lvl 26 Ice/Ice tanker and my double threw an Ice Bolt at me. I forgot to check the combat log, but it was definitely an ice projectile and we were well outside Frost range. Made me somewhat confused to see that (then I realized he was a noob anyway as he got Icicles instead of Wet Ice and spent most of the fight flopping on my Ice Patch )
  10. Icelock

    release notes?

    I check the home page maybe once every 6 months unless directed there. Anything noteworthy is usually posted on the forums, or at least linked to, so the forums is where I start my CoH browsing. I was also wondering about the release notes until I found the link.

    Btw, the release notes were all kinds of messed up earlier when I tried to view them from work (on IE 7). But they work from home on FF, so who cares about IE now
  11. I believe it is 24 hours. It's tied to your credit card, so if you have access to another, that could be worth a try. If it's been more than 24 hours, you should probably contact NCSoft support
  12. I have a toon that for concept reasons wants to turn off/on XP several times each play session. Is there a slash command to do this so I don't have to open the settings window each time?
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kheldarn View Post

    Edit
    Hmm... I wonder if it's related to this...
    That would certainly fit for me, I purchased the martial arts pack today and got 3 extra veteran rewards when I logged in. Unfortunately I made a new character on the incorrectly rewarded free character slot before I logged on any other character, so I didn't immediately realize something was wrong. Now I'm a bit worried about playing him in case he's removed when they fix this
  14. That would explain why I had an unclaimed character slot on my account today. I wonder if my newest blaster will survive if/when they fix this...
  15. Icelock

    Question on Mids

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ice_Storm View Post
    Really? this is what I had been doing but the number doesn't seem right. I guess the bonuses are effected by ED too? that's the only thing that makes sense. Dang haha
    Nope, set bonuses are not affected by ED (and neither is Luck of the Gambler +rech IO, afaik). Perhaps the rule of 5 is what has you confused? You can only have 5 of each identical set bonus active, so you can only have 5 +5% recharge bonuses active for example. Mids can show if you have any set bonuses affected by this, check the View Active Sets button and look for red set bonuses.

    If that's not the case, then the View Totals button will show you the amount of recharge you get from sets+active powers (Hasten, AM etc), while View Active sets will show you the total set bonuses you have. Compare these views and see if anything in there doesn't add up.
  16. I don't think you can find out without actually trying it (for security reasons). What you can do if it does not work is use the "Refer a friend" program (See this link), assuming you have free invites of course
  17. I have a Brute in the lower 20's that is in need of some enhancements and is low on funds, so I soloed some AE arcs yesterday and bought some standard IO recipes and random salvage for crafting them from the tickets I obtained. I was planning on doing the same today, but for some reason the option to buy standard IO recipes no longer appears for me. I have more than enough tickets and recipe slots left, but even if I uncheck the "Hide recipes missing ingredients", I still don't get that option. I do get all other options I cannot yet afford (for example Gold rolls), so that toggle isn't messed up as far as I can tell.

    I checked some of my other characters, and they cannot buy standard IO recipes either. I've checked on different servers/different heroes and villains, no luck on any of them...

    I've tried rebooting, relogging, rezoning, re-"anything I can think of", nothing seems to help. Anyone got an idea on how I can solve this?
  18. Never received any Master of-badge

    Never played a stalker higher than lvl 7

    Never done any villain-side SF other than LRSF
  19. It might be related the their looping progress bar. Since phone numbers are handed out based on your progression with a contact and your progress with a Detective/Broker is reset when you complete a safeguard/mayhem, it could be that you would immediately lose the ability to call him/her and have to go talk to him/her again after 1-2 paper missions.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SunGryphon View Post
    Obviously the solution is to have a trial or task/arc that results in your character getting the option to start over at level 1 as a new AT, while keeping your badges and accomplishments. Yes, you'd have a tiny bit of a boost over others who, say, don't have the Atlas accolade or whatever, but that's your reward for doing it in the first place.

    I would happily reroll some of my characters, including level 50s, back to level 1 if I knew I could keep all my badges and costumes, while choosing new power sets.
    Sounds like a good idea to me, I have a few (very) old characters that I would reroll if I could keep the badges
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MEdelen View Post
    This thread is for the webmasters and devs. I have noticed that there are no new news updates but maybe once every other week, sometimes 3 weeks at a time. Also, I have noticed under patch notes, they don't get updated everytime a new patch gets applied to live servers. There was a patch after i16....now I know it was just to smooth out the issue and fix some bugs, but there was no patch notes. Help us stay informed.
    We were told that there were no patch notes for the latest patch, which is why there were no patch notes published. See this announcement
  22. The def/resist aura originates from you, so the pets don't have to be out. Nor is it a timed proc so you don't have to keep resummoning pets to have it apply
  23. Icelock

    Gang War damage?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Yogi_Bare View Post
    I'm assuming this is with the dual Assault buffs from the Enforcers?
    Likely, although I cannot say for sure. It's only a 10% buff from dual assaults (make that 21% since I have it myself), so it won't add more than 2-4 dmg for Gang War