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  1. Katze

    Power Trays

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    Originally Posted by Celestial_Lad View Post
    You can right click a newly opened power tray to set different layout configurations.
    Also, you can drag it to an edge and watch it "wrap".
  2. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Reapey View Post
    For some reason I can't lvl beyond 14.

    I'm on trial mode but i don't think thats the reason.
    Yes, that is why:

    Paragon Wiki page on Trial Account restrictions
  3. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Postagulous View Post

    Are there specific cities that you can ToT in? I didn't notice any in SC, and SC was very easy to pick up members for Bricks in.
    Since this wasn't answered specifically;
    Trick or Treating only works if the player was in a zone with a level appropriate for their current combat level. The following are the appropriate levels for various zones:

    Trick or Treat Zones and levels
  4. Katze
    A few issues ago the mission rewards were changed to: If you fail to complete the last mission in an arc (or fail the mission if it is 'fail'-able) you get half reward merits. I'll see if I can find it in the patch notes.

    Here it is: Patch Notes 2/10/09

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    * Failing a mission that is the final (or only) mission of a story arc, task force, strike force or trial may result in reduced rewards. Failing tasks that have 2 or less missions will award 0 merits. Failing tasks that have 3-4 missions will award 50% merits. Failing a task that has 5 or more missions will result in normal merits.
  5. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kuroneko View Post
    Hey, I just logged into one of my characters who I remember logging out of in an outside area, and logged back in later on only to find him in a small interrogation type room with a glass window, a table and chairs, and a single door that says "Cannot enter" when I try to use it. I'm fairly new to the game and would like to know if there's any way to get him out.
    Sounds like you're in the Police station interrogation room. A friend of mine who had logged off a character in the station got respawned in that room this past week.
    We had a good laugh at it, and they used their Wentworth teleporter to get out.

    I've had Trick or Treat spawns get stuck in there as well.




    I wonder if you could jam yourself in a corner and use /stuck to get out.
  6. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SerialBeggar View Post
    http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=191169

    Edit:
    I can't find where it mentions you get to keep additional powers up to +5 of your exemplared-to level.

    Edit some more:


    Well, the normal level 2 players will have the benefit of Beginner's Luck, but your exemplared accuracy will suck. You will have a couple of extra powers, though.
    You get Beginner's Luck from levels 1 to 19 even if you are exemplared.

    The +5 levels note was missed in the patch notes on live, but here's the section from the Test server combined release notes:

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    Sidekicks/Exemplars
    • Players exemplared for any reason (teaming, flashbacks, zone, arenas) will now be able to use powers gained up to 5 levels above the exemplar level.
      • Example: A 20 exemplared to 1 will have their first 5 power choices instead of 2.
      • Example: A 50 exemplared to 45 will have access to all their powers.
  7. Katze

    Origins

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    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    In most of the level ranges, there are multiple contacts for each origin who hand out the same missions. When you start, there is one per origin for each starting zone (i.e. a set of five for Atlas and a set of five for Galaxy). After that, there are more contacts per level, up to six. Then at high levels it drops off again, back down to one.
    Just to add for the OP, at level 5-10 there are 3 possible contacts for each of the 5 origins so you will both get one of each origin eventually. Even if the contacts themselves aren't the same, the missions they give you will be.

    A useful contact chart is Red Tomax's: Guide to Paragon City's network of contacts
  8. Katze
    I just tried to reproduce this and couldn't, but what I did notice is that while my character was sleeping in the gas [with the "head down on chest" sleep animation], no animations played for Snap Shot or Aimed Shot but the powers did activate.

    Code: 
    You have been put to sleep!
You activated the Snap Shot power.
HIT Crey Crisis Unit! Your Snap Shot power had a 95.00% chance to hit, you rolled a 90.67.
You activated the Aimed Shot power.
HIT Crey Crisis Unit! Your Aimed Shot power had a 95.00% chance to hit, you rolled a 29.71.
You hit Crey Crisis Unit with your Snap Shot for 46.03 points of lethal damage!
Your Aimed Shot pierces Crey Crisis Unit for 78.17 points of lethal damage!
You gain 1,936 experience and 774 influence.
The Ethereal Darkness League gains 36 prestige.
You received Invention: Recharge Red. (Recipe).
Snap Shot is recharged.
You are no longer asleep.
Aimed Shot is recharged.
  9. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mallard View Post
    (I already did a search. The search came up empty [the last references to Crey sleep and defiance are five years old], so here I am asking.)

    The last two times my Archery Blaster has gone up against the Crey lieutenants that have a sleep power, her Defiance has shut down. Ordinarily she'd be able to use the two lower powers to keep pinging away at the bad guys, but in this case, it just doesn't work. When did Crey get an exemption from Defiance? I don't see it happening with other villain groups with similar abilities.
    If you were in a choking animation it's possible it was blocking you from performing other animations; similar to the "vomiting" animation from poison gas that acts like a hold.
    I'd bug it if that was the case because I hadn't noticed this happening before with Crey gas and defiance.
  10. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkEther View Post
    I noticed last night on one character that's in their 30's, there were contacts I never talked to in Kings Row and a few others still in my active tab. I'm not sure how it's working, but it doesn't seem as it it's working correctly.

    (and no, no active arcs)
    Did you talk to the KR contacts? They may have introductions for you (on hero-side any level contact can introduce you to any other higher level one).
  11. Katze

    No Wedding Band?

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    Originally Posted by Kensei_EU View Post
    Completed the Stephani Peebles Arc in Striga to getthe Weddng band Temporary Power.

    Killed Heracles, completed the Arc etc... but no Wedding band.

    Can anyone help me resolve this?
    I have had this happen on a few characters and had to petition to receive it. If you are above the level of the arc ( > Lvl 25) when completing the mission the Temp power is not awarded. (IIRC this was a bug introduced with the flashback system).
    Earlier this year there was a post that the GM's would no longer be awarding the Wedding Band when this happens, but I've scoured the patch notes and can't find the post. I haven't petitioned for the ring since that post, so I don't know if they will still award it.

    Edit: I found a thread discussing it when it was announced. It looks like it was posted in a "Known Issues" list which is why it isn't in the patch notes: Um... Wedding Band? Why?
  12. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Shenalia View Post
    This evening, I had just bought a full set of Obliteration on the tank I've been working on. I was running with a friend, looking at the set pieces for which invention salvage pieces I needed for each and discussing with them on push-to-talk (I use my middle mouse click for speaking). While speaking with him, I clicked on one of the recipes to minimize it - and it vanished from my tray! During the confusion of the aftermath, a second recipe vanished as well as I was speaking to him. I never right-clicked to see the options to possibly delete the recipes, either. Is this a bug, or is something else strange happening?
    Check the recipe filter in the bottom right of the Recipe Window (where it says "Hide...") Sometimes when talking to merit vendors or using invention tables etc. those get "enabled".
  13. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Red_Raccoon View Post
    Did you remember to water it?


    On a serious note, the vault access in my base stopped responding a while back. I hadn't moved it or made any base changes. It did indicate that it was unpowered, but the base had power to spare and the upkeep was paid up. I ended up deleting it and then reinstalling it, at which point it worked fine.
    Yup, I've run into this a few times and the delete / replace workaround worked.
  14. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    Mission: Deliver the Tabula Scuta from Sister Airlia
    AT: Stalker, Claws/Ninjitsu
    Level: 37
    Diff settings: +0/X1 No Bosses, No AV (Standard Diff)

    The end ambush was a ******* level 40 spawn. LVL 40! And, if that wasn't enough, guess what they brought with them? A Ballista. A ******* BALLISTA! With NO warning, NO decent help, seeing as Ghost Widow got obliterated despite being a level 40 AV herself, and NO chance of completion once I died, because the ambush attacked and killed her.

    What the hell, man, what the hell?!

    T'be honest, I think Ballista's themselves need looking at. They are unsoloable, unless you stock up just on purples and greens, and even then your in for a horrible fight. They don't downscale, and they do rediculous damage even with the likes of [Force Bolt] for pity sake.

    (Why is God-damn with no - censored?)
    The Ballista spawning at a minimum level of 40 has been a bug since the mission was introduced in Issue 13.

    Out of curiosity, I checked the Paragon Wiki page on the mission and it still has warnings up re: level 40 Ballista and friends (oop, I see it's been mentioned already.. Arbiter Kim Arbiter Kim Arbiter Kim)
  15. Katze
    Yes, I noticed it just after I16 went live and posted it in a Undocumented QoL changes thread.
  16. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Willowpaw View Post
    Unless someone else beats me to the punch, I will log in my Warshade soon and test this with her. She has the Gaussian's proc in her Dark Nova Form, and has to monitor her combat tab to see if it is going off. It shows under Healing Received or something like that, BTW.
    Does "Sept 17' beat you to the punch?
    I noticed it was new for Issue 16, along with some other Undocumented changes.
  17. Katze
    Originally there was an indicator to the door, but the last time I did it (pre-Issue 16) there was no waypoint showing up, even with "Special" on the map enabled. Of course, since I knew where to go I didn't try to troubleshoot. I'll keep an eye out next time and see if it occurs again.

    I don't suppose there are clues listed that you can highlight, like with safeguard/mayhem side missions.
  18. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by RobertoLyon View Post
    And "Mace in the Hole" is my first tank so I dunno if this is new or not - but my Iron Will is set to auto-fire - and it will only auto-fire if there are baddies nearby. Won't just keep firing & firing while standing around in WW.

    Is this true for ALL powers set to Auto-fire?
    Yes, it's actually a bug, not a feature, lol. If you are targeted on a non-attackable target like Market NPC's, trainers . .even a glowy in a mission, anything on auto-fire will not fire until you de-select (hit ESC) or select an attackable target.

    As an aside. another new feature is glowies that are non-clickable (like destroyable objects, and objects that you escort npc's to), now have a new sound effect, like the Rikti "supplies" in Borea's missions had.
  19. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PsychoDad_NA View Post
    Just as the title says I have suffered from a no enhancement drops bug. Two different play sessions for between two and four hours each with not a single enhancement drop. It may be important to note I was in a team that was a level or two below me on both days. We ran at least 10 missions over those two days with a mix of contact and radio missions.

    I did a /bug on it and even a /petition. The customer support folks asked me to post my issue here for the dev team to see so here I am.

    And FYI I am not complaining I am reporting.
    I believe the rules for exemplaring haven't changed:
    No enhancement drops while exemplared, except if granted as an end of mission reward. Recipe, salvage, and inspiration drops will drop, but based on the enemies' true levels.
  20. Katze

    Possible typo?

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zamuel View Post
    Has anyone here heard of Genetic Alteration Enhancements or Gadget Enhancements? My current contact, Merisel Valenzuela, made reference to these being the types of enhancements being carried by the contacts she was introducing me to.
    Genetic Alteration Enhancements are Mutation/Science Dual origin.
    Gadget Enhancements are Natural/Technology Dual origin.

    They are listed by these names on the official City of Heroes website Origins page too.
  21. Katze
    Both Dark Armor and Earth control had their power customization options changed in the last patch, so perhaps some of your options got reset.
    Can't check to confirm as I was waiting for the Dark Armor changes and didn't have any characters adjusted before the patch.

    Patch Notes:
    Quote:
    • Dark Armor now has a "No Fade or Pulse" theme, which will allow players customizable FX without the dark light pulses of various powers or transparency in Cloak of Darkness
    • The brown 'tints' in customized Earth Control should now be gone.
    • The second Lava theme in the tailor's dropdown menu should now be gone.
  22. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vanden View Post
    Maren MacGregor is supposed to still exist for turning in those old missions. If she's gone that's a bug.
    Just checked and she is gone.
    Paragon Wiki mentions she was replaced in Issue 12 and removed in Issue 13:

    Maren MacGregor:

    Quote:
    Following Issue 12 going live, she only dealt with Heroes who had already begun her tasks prior to Issue 12. Mairenn MacGregor in Atlas Park replaced her, and she has finally been removed from the game as of Issue 13.
  23. Katze
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by biomechanic View Post
    Johnny Sonata mission: "Stop the Wailers from Disrupting the Ritual"

    When I defeated the Wailer Kings guarding each Mu Mystic, they rezzed, which is normal. What is not normal is that they stayed in the defeated postion and were sliding around the map. All 4 of them did this.
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    Originally Posted by AngryRedHerring View Post
    We did this same mission yesterday, and the same thing happened. Rezzed wailers stayed lying flat, and slid around in combat with no animation. It also happened to us in the mission before that (IIRC) with the giant wailer elite boss-- that was the first time it happened to us.
    When I tested yesterday on the test server it looked fixed (Hordeling Berzerkers and Wailer Kings were doing it to me on Live), so it may be fixed with today's patch on Live. I'll have to go check.
  24. Katze
    Is it still bugged where the Longbow Ballista spawns at level 40, regardless if the mission holder is lower (like level 35)?

    I've been waiting until my character's are over 40 to do the mission (until I see that they've fixed it.)

    Edit: It would appear that ParagonWiki still has the "Level 40 spawn bug warning" up for the mission at the bottom of the Sister Airlia page.
  25. Katze
    I helped a new player with this over the weekend.

    Open team window. Click [Quit Task Force].

    The pop up window that follows says "Are you sure you want to quit your task force? You will not be able to rejoin." Y / N

    The last bit confused the person I was helping as they thought they wouldn't be able to do the Task Force ever again. The message refers to the Task Force Team. You will be able to start the Task Force again, but if there was a team doing the Task Force you would not be able to re-join it.