Master-Blade

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  1. I can get on all the servers...

    ...except Champion. (lol)
  2. You shouldn't have to redownload the whole thing unless you deleted the files. The files should still be in one of those directories. Check for them and remove the extra directories. Move your updater to your desktop and when it asks you where to install, point it to the directory the files are already in, and it should only "verify files" and let you in within a few minutes.

    If you want to try getting around the updater, try using a variation of this shortcut (to point to where your directory is):
    "C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe" -project coh

    Providing your files are still intact and updated in the default folder, it should still let you in. You'll still haev to do the "Verify files" thing the next time you run the updater though.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MartyRallner View Post
    Okay, did everything you guys said and entered all four binds into the chat... but when I hit the key, my character's stuck on bash4 and the chat answers "Unable to read in keybind file: C:\CoHKB\bash1.txt" Still doing something wrong here.
    You don't enter the four binds into the chat, you save them into separate text files by each of those names, then you only need to load one of the binds manually, and the bind will then work on it's own after that.

    Does C:\CoHKB\bash1.txt exist?
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Luna de Nocturne View Post
    lol, it won't tick me off... Just expect me to crash a lot, and not be able to do much. I'll just escort my ninja's around the map? That work? :smirk:

    Luna
    4+ MMs so far?

    *starts a fundraiser for Luna. lol


    (I was trying to find one of the smileys selling lemonade or something, and came across this... It has nothing to do with making money, but I thought it was funny picture anyway. haha)

    *edit (I had to make a picture instead)
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Healix View Post
    I almost feel guilty that I am not having all the lagging and probs that everyone else is, and I play exclusively on Triumph. (and with an older AGP machine even..sheesh. My isp is Qwest.) Don't know if my little 'rituals' that I do before logging into the game help, but I will pass them along.
    1. I use CCleaner to dump temp files
    2. I do a quick defrag with Defraggler
    3. I open the 'run' prompt and enter ipconfig /flushdns
    3. I turn off my anti-virus program (ONLY when running COH..it goes right back on after I log out.)
    Since I started doing these things, I don't have all the lag, very seldom get a mapserve or rubberbanding...I have all my settings maxed, (no DoF,though..hate that 'dreamy' look.) Maybe I am just lucky, but if any of my tips works for anyone else, it would make me VERY happy. Even during the Rikti raids, it doesn't look like a slideshow to me. There is a little lag, but nothing showstopping.
    Good tips for older systems that might have problems with regular system lag.

    It can't fix this issue though.

    The problem here is a particular provider gumming up the works. It's not the player computer's fault, and it's not the server's fault. It's a point in-between. You (and me) just happen to be in locations that don't pass through the area being affected, and it's not a problem for us, whereas it seems there is a large population of other people who have issues keeping stable connections on the route to the East Coast servers from wherever they are.
  6. Quote:
    Champions Online Launches!

    Boss farms are dead!
    They work for me.
  7. Master-Blade

    auras?

    You have to complete a mission by the City Representaive (Hero) or Kalina/Burke (Villain) at lvl 30+, then add it to your costume at the Tailor.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Largo View Post
    What is the name of this prestige badge? I have a villain that had well over 1 million prestige before AE even arrived and I'd like to see if I have it.
    Benedict Dr-2 Turret Plans - Earn 1,000,000 Prestige.
    Benedict Dr-3 Turret Plans - Earn 10,000,000 Prestige.

    Keep in mind these are not personal prestige badges. These are SG badges.
    YOU wont have the badge, but the SG might.
    Everybody in your SG contributes to them.

    You can view SG badges by opening your Badges tab and pressing the "Supergroup Badges" button at the bottom.
    These prestige badges should be under Achievement.
  9. That happens any time you are not communicating with the global server and/or the global server is completely down or having issues.

    While Globals are down, you cannot send global Tells, cannot send or receive messages on any global channels, cannot use the /getlocalname or /getglobalname commands, and cannot view the global friends list.

    All of the selections on that "dropdown" are Global, except for "Server", which is why you are seeing that by default.
  10. I suppose I'll give my MM another ride.. Amethyst Automaton bot/dark
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by panthera View Post
    I checked a few characters of mine, and got a clue.
    It looks like that prestige earned within AE missions don't count.


    Whether intentional or not I can't say.


    So the question is – have you done a lot of AE on that character?
    I would guess that this is the answer here. You don't get badge credit while in AE missions.. so even though your SG may benefit from the prestige you earn, you wouldn't get the credit toward the SG prestige badge while running AE content.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by gWrath View Post
    Here, I skipped the L25-29 and L30-34 rungs and went straight to the contact at my level. If that was a recent fix, I like it.
    I mentioned that to you above, and it's been that way for as long as I can remember.
    I suppose I vaguely remember it your way when I first started, but I wouldn't have been paying attention to lvl ranges or things like that at the time, so I really can't say for certain that it ever was or wasn't the way you remember it.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by gWrath View Post
    I double checked all my Magic contacts (mainly by calling them except for Peter whom I had to visit personally). All were on my inactive list: Hugo Redding => Viginia Hoffman => Piper Irving => Miriam Bloechl => Peter Stamitz. I didn't run any of Peter's missions. He doesn't introduce me to a subsequent contact. Odd, since the other non-Magic contacts were upated.
    There are a lot more Magic contacts than that. I listed them above. Who did you have before Hugo?
    Quote:
    Magic contacts that may introduce you to Cadao:
    Azuria
    Gregor Richardson
    Genevieve Sanders
    Laurence Mansfield
    Paco Sanchez
    Dr. Trevor Seaborn
    Haley Phillips
    Hugo Redding
    Kong Bao
    Thao Ku
    Virginia Hoffman
    Vitaly Cherenko
    Andrea Mitchell
    Colin Royce
    Dr. Cheng
    Joseph Keller
    Oliver Hoak
    Piper Irving
    Laura Brunetti
    Miriam Bloechl
    Allison King
    Peter Stemitz
    IIRC, if one of them has a contact for you, it sometimes prevents the newer contacts from introducing you to anybody as well. You might have to visit the contacts even lower and see what's going on with them as well.

    I hope you find it. If not.. there's always the safeguard suggestion as well.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    She can't - she's lost his phone number
    Sounds like a personal problem. lol
  14. Master-Blade

    Respec Failed

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aggelakis View Post
    Arbiter Sawyer isn't really new. He's been there for about a year now...lol
    That shows you how much time I spend on Villains, and/or need to respec while I'm there. I'm usually only on Villains for scheduled group activities.. then again, that's usually the only time I'm anywhere these days. haha
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Alt_AKA_Joe View Post
    I Am Not Your Pet!!

    Oh wait you are not MB
    I was soooo totally going to reply to her and say "I named mine Joe", but I decided not to go there. It's funny that you did instead. haha +1
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Alt_AKA_Joe View Post
    That sounds like something to do. But... on the other hand someone from Freedom TF has asked me to run a Synapse tonight. Don't know why he asked me to run it but ok We will have to see what is going on later.
    I've got a young scrapper that could use Synapse as well. Maybe we can just run them back to back, or at least a small time period apart from each other, and fit them both in.

    Like you said, it just depends who is around and what the interest looks like at the time. I'm in either way. You know where to find me.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by gWrath View Post
    Here, to get to Cadao, I thought I should be able to activate him through Peter Stemitz, b/c Peter is the previous Magic contact (lvl 30-34 range). But Peter does not give me that opportunity.
    If you have not done any of Peter's missions either, he might not care who you are to send you to Cadao. You'd have to go back to the previous tier (25-29) and check those contacts as well.

    If you have already done that, then I don't know what to tell you. It looks to me like it's working as intended, other than the message being a little misleading. Other people were complaining about that when AE came out as well. Like Fulmens implied, the AE Manager is a lvl 6-50 contact, making him always the highest lvl on your "to-do" list, and the un-introduced contacts will tell you to go talk to him, rather than one of your other active contacts.

    Yes, even if you already completed the AE Manager's "tutorial", he'll still be on your "to-do" list because like you implied, your previous contact is normally the one that would send you to another contact, so it always defaults to telling you to go to the AE Manager as being your highest level contact.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    Who (besides me) thinks that this means they finally fixed the gladiators/arena so that healing undamaged targets is no longer counted? (Or healing in the arena is not counted at all, or perhaps gladiator healing no longer counts.)
    I think they just reduced it because they realized that even 100M isn't practical to achieve through normal gameplay either. I'm sure arena farming will still happen for non-healing toons and/or to make that last push to 10M.

    This isn't to say that gladiator heals will always count, but it's more likely that it'll be taken away at a later date if they find that "too many people are earning it that way", instead of naturally.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mr E-Man View Post
    When did they stop calling you jackass? :smirk:
    When they realized I was right. haha
  20. Master-Blade

    Respec Failed

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Starcloud View Post
    Yes, Arbiter Sawyer is new. I think they realized that sometimes even lower level Villains need to respec, and going to Nerva is a pain at low level.
    Wouldn't it have been just as easy to put him in Mercy, to keep in line with Jack being in Galaxy? Sometimes it can be a pain/annoying getting to PO also. lol
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by gWrath View Post
    The most probable reason for this issue is that I haven't been introduced to Cadao, but for some reason, that's not how I remember them behaving (i.e., they only appear on your map if you've been introduced).
    That's the way they have always worked. IIRC, there are very few contacts you can just walk up and talk to. Those are usually Hazard zone contacts like David in The Hollows, Gordon in Croatoa, Stephanie in Striga, and the General in the Shard. Other contacts that you can just click on include ones that introduce you to new content, like the AE manager, the ones involved in crafting at the University, the contacts in Ouroboros, and Levantera in RWZ.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by gWrath View Post
    Finally, Indigo doesn't show up on my map either. And when I clicked on her, she says "Dont' waste me time. Speak to Architect Studio Manager." Like Cadao, she does not grant me a mission nor does she offer me an opportunity to grab one.

    Curious?
    You probably weren't introduced to her yet either. Besides the typical "I have nothing for you" message, contacts you have not been introduced to yet will usually send you to one of your other active contacts, or to one of the content-contacts I listed above, even if you have already run their "tutorial".

    Magic contacts that may introduce you to Cadao:
    Azuria
    Gregor Richardson
    Genevieve Sanders
    Laurence Mansfield
    Paco Sanchez
    Dr. Trevor Seaborn
    Haley Phillips
    Hugo Redding
    Kong Bao
    Thao Ku
    Virginia Hoffman
    Vitaly Cherenko
    Andrea Mitchell
    Colin Royce
    Dr. Cheng
    Joseph Keller
    Oliver Hoak
    Piper Irving
    Laura Brunetti
    Miriam Bloechl
    Allison King
    Peter Stemitz

    You may also gain him as a contact after running other story arcs or completing Safeguard missions.
  22. Master-Blade

    Respec Failed

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Starcloud View Post
    Go to the respec contact appropriate to the side you're playing on; Jack Wolfe in Galaxy City or Arbiter Rein in Nerva. (I think it's Arbiter Rein)

    That will allow you to use your not-dev-granted free respec.

    The only kind of respecs you can use with the /respec command is the dev-granted free respec.

    There is a bug in that the message at log in refers to the /respec command when it shouldn't.

    *reread the problem*
    Ahhh.. this is a different bug. You're actively involved in an AE mission (which is treated as a Task Force), or are in a Task Force. Since you don't know what Ouroboros is, you're probably not on a Flashback mission through the Ouroboros crystals.

    In any case, YES do that; open up your Team window and see if there's a "Quit" button.
    Arbiter Rein is the initial Patron contact in GV.

    The Villain respec contact is Arbiter Lupin, who is steps away from Arbiter Frederick (the Trainer in the Nerva).

    The wiki also lists Arbiter Sawyer, who is near the Pocket D entrance in PO, but I've never heard of him before. Is he new?
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by JeetKuneDo View Post
    D'oh....

    Yeah...I got all excited last night and got myself into a ITF (I've just been doing crafting and shopping on Freedom lately). It was pretty awesome for a while...then the spikes returned with a vengeance. They are still there now....though not as bad as I've seen.

    I take last night as an encouraging sign. At least the potential for a fix must exist.

    What we need is an email address for the players to send complaints to. Someone is not doing a good job and I would like to let them know about that. It sure couldn't hurt to fill up an email box somewhere (what...can it go from "unplayable" to "super-duper unplayable"?).
    I don't know if it'd be professional for NCsoft to release the specific contact information for the company at fault. If they did, you know how things easily get out of hand. Some people would complain to that address every time they had the least bit of lag... even though it might not be their fault next time. lol

    I do hope it clears up for you soon though.
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Luna de Nocturne View Post
    On an entirely unrelated note

    MB, you should change your signature. You have the calendars listed as being by Mateo_06. And since you have now changed your forum name to your global, you should change that again Just sayin....

    Luna

    /end threadjack
    Actually, it used to say "Calendars by @Master-Blade", and somebody commented "did you see the calendars somebody linked to?", so I added the "(me)" at the end so they know I'm actually the one that made them too. This of course wont be necessary soon, now that I'm signing my calendars. lol

    Then, when I changed my forum handle, I replaced it with "Mateo_06 (me)", just as a transition period. You guys know my global, so it's no big deal, but I changed it so people who might not know my global name will still know who I am (or used to be known as) when I post in Player Questions or the Tech forum. lol

    I'll probably eventually change it back to "@Master-Blade", but I'll give it a little while. Some people still call me Mateo up in those forums. haha