Ironblade

Right at the top of Ashley McKnight's page on ParagonWiki it says:
Now, that phrasing isn't super clear. It could mean that she stops talking at level 20 OR EARLIER if you do the Origin of Power arc earlier.

That doesn't matter. Your "now" was around 9 AM Eastern Standard Time. That means 9 AM on our east coast and 6 AM on our west coast. Most of the players on the NA servers are in the USA and many more are in Canada. Check back 12 hours later and the situation will be DRAMATICALLY different (particularly on Freedom, the highest-population server).

If you're that much out of sync with US players, you might way to try a different server. Justice is the 'unofficial Australia / New Zealand' server and is active during their 'prime time'.

My DSL pretty much sucks like a tornado. Despite that, CoH works fine. The game is not very demanding on your connection.

Was that 2000 pts a little bit at a time? If the damage you are taking is coming off of 'bonus' hit points, it won't count for damage taken badges.

Example:
Say you have 1,000 HP and nothing that boosts HP. If you take 10 pts damage, you get 10 pts badge progress.

Say you have 1,000 HP and a power or accolade giving you 100 extra for a total of 1,100. If you get hit by 100 pts of damage, there is no badge progress. If you heal back to full, then get hit for 100 again, you will never have any progress. If get hit for 100 and immediately 100 more, the second hit will count since it's subtracting from your 'real' hit points.


My observations (which may, of course, be wrong):
1) If you take damage that never cuts into your 'real' hit points - no badge credit.
2) If you take massive damage (like you have 1000 base, 100 extra and get hit for 800), it all seems to count.
3) If you marginally exceed the bonus hit points (like the above example but you take 115, heal, take 115 again, etc) - the results seem wonky. Sometimes it seems that it all counts, sometimes it seems like only a small portion of it counts.

Firstly, you made a statement you knew at the time to be false. That's the DEFINITION of lying. Secondly, if you really believe that last line, about truth always winning on the internet, you're way out of touch with reality.


Yeah, I knew he was goofing around too. But I also knew the OP would NOT understand that.

eh, I hear stuff like that all the time from people who don't actually know the city. Been hearing it for years. I pay it no mind.

No, people are saying that they understand the process well enough to judge that anyone can achieve basic competence with minimal to moderate effort. Certainly it's easier for some than others. But, if all you need is a basic IO build, it's easy enough that ANYONE can do it.

Okay, whatever. You can do that for 20-25 million at the low end. That should be easily attainable by anyone.


(shrug) Maybe they're not there for the money?

True.... but... well, "tough". People need to adjust their expectations. It's like in this hysterical YouTube video where Hitler's expectation is "I should be able to faceroll my keyboard and still f****** win!" Sorry, might need to re-think that.

There is also one in Galaxy City. Off the top of my head, I think it's 'Landlocked'. It's in the water and I have never been able to spot the actual badge marker.

This is all true. However, I disagree with your apparent conclusion that the proper course of action in response is to *LIE* to people.

We may be part of the problem, but we're not liars.

To the OP: I would not suggest Freedom, as many people feel it is 'too' populated. Virtue is the next most populated server. Several others jockey for position after that. I believe Champion, Infinity and Justice are in that scrum.

They don't need to. What you can't seem to grasp is that anyone with the brains to operate a computer and play this game can get plenty of influence for most purposes. Sure, most people can't rake in enough to purple their toons, but so what? ANYONE can get enough to always be able to afford SO's and for common IO's at higher level.

It sounds like you're referring to ONE badge. You have to visit ALL the exploration badges in Atlas Park (there are six) in order for your SG to be awarded the beacon.

Note: ALL the badges in Atlas Park are plainly visible. If you can't see the badge at your feet, you're in the wrong place. Of course, they are not all at ground level. One is on top of the giant globe; one is on the roof of City Hall, etc.

There is a list of the six badges, with their coordinates, here.
Each entry on that list links to a picture showing the exact location like this one for the Freedom badge.

No, there's no special section for it simply because it doesn't come up often enough. I would post in the section for that server with an obvious thread title like "SG for sale" or "VG for sale". In your message, you should post how much prestige (total - including all item value) the group has.

From there, the procedure varies. Some people might not want it known that they bought an SG so they might want the name kept secret and advised via PM. You might go with open bids, or post a price, or do it via PM.

For increased exposure, you might post a notice in the Bases section simply saying that you are selling an SG/VG on whatever server and link to the other thread.

Personally, I bought a VG on Infinity this way.

Yes, and this led to one of the very rare occasions this game really annoyed me.

Contact: Go hunt some Carnies.
Me: ORLY? <drop mission>
Contact: Good job.
Contact: Go hunt some Carnies.
Me:

Yes, you can actually get two hunts in a row.

Definitely not. I ran that one, thinking that it was. It ain't. Based on other replies, it seems to be a standalone mission. Bummer.

You can. I do it all the time.