Master-Blade

lol. Well it should take you the same amount of time it normally takes you to complete an update on Live. Being the first install, it might take a few extra minutes though. Either way I'm glad it saved you some time.

"10 times" is an accolade because it has a logical prerequisite of the first 9 badges, plus a reward for obtaining it (costume piece).

I guess the first 9 badges could have been intended to be used as some sort of meter to show how far you actually got in that mission (before her final defeat was required), but even then it's a silly idea.

At this point, I don't think there would be anything wrong with removing the first 9 badges and make "10 times" a defeat badge instead.

Out of curiosity, I'm wondering what the list of Actions actually looks like on your "Game Account Details" page.

For example, my active (and subscribed with credit card) account shows: My inactive account shows: Since you are active, do you still have the "Refer a Friend" links, or are they missing as well?
Are there any other differences?

Let us know how this turns out.

And yet for me, I actually upgraded to FF 3.5 to prevent a minor QoL issue I was having with an earlier version. I have also applied the Stylish add-on to take advantage of a self-modified version of Zombie's Forum Skin.

I love the new forums more than ever.

No. You are not always "stuck".

Auto: [High Pain Tolerance] is only mandatory as a Secondary lvl 1 power on Brutes and Scrappers.
For Tanks, Willpower is a Primary Set and you can choose the Toggle: [Mind Over Body] instead.
For Stalkers, Auto: [High Pain Tolerance] is a Secondary lvl 2 power (as [Hide] is always lvl 1), and easily avoided as well.

This is why I said "possibly avoid +hp powers", and expanded to include bonuses and enhancements. I was just pointing out that not all WP toons are "screwed" as you put it. Only two types are locked in. The other two are not. In those cases, you can simply not enhance that power in the second build, and gimp the rest of that build to keep any IO set bonuses to a minimum as well.

Auto: [High Pain Tolerance] as used by level 50 Scrapper is only +133.86hp at base value.
Auto: [High Pain Tolerance] as used by level 50 Brute is only +149.93hp at base value.
That's the same as the 10%hp Accolades give you, and much less than all of the Accolades combined.

For example:
A level 50 Scrapper (of any type) with Portal Jockey, Freedom Phalanx Reserve, and Task Force Commander already has a bonus of +267.72hp

WP isn't any more "screwed" than any other character that has already earned several Accolades.

Sounds to me like your case is a special one because of whatever they did to your account to apply the reward. Accounts handled in a normal way should not encounter a problem like this.

You'll have to contact them directly to fix your issue.

-OR-

Use a second build to possibly avoid +hp powers, bonuses, and enhancements to gimp yourself into making the badge easier to obtain.

That sounds familiar...
*looks at Server Status.

lol

This.

If you paid for game-time using paypal, it probably only added time to your account, and you should still have a "subscribe" link to add a card from there. If you have a recurring paypal payment, you should then have the option to cancel/unsubscribe as well. How else would you stop paying for the game at any given time? If it isn't there, you aren't looking in the right place, or it's definitely bugged and needs to be reported. If you unsubscribe, it will then give you the "subscribe" option once you do that anyway. (In the meantime, your account will always remain active until the previously paid time expires, so don't worry about losing time by unsubscribing).

In either case, look at it this way... is it really that bad to buy another month of service using a different method? I mean, it's still your money, and if you aren't planning on staying another month, what would you need the extra slots for? lol

Maybe it was 600, not the 1600 you remember? Or maybe the 1600 was on a different character. The hours are saved for each toon separately.

Or, you accidentally checked an NPC with the letter N, which shows you the number of times you've gone on patrol, not the number of hours.

As a reference, one of my main characters is listed as going on patrol 1145 times, for a total of 2936 hours.

Correct, but it should only show the higher level once inside the mission, not beforehand.

My spell checking didn't work for me on the new forums either. It works by default on the "reply to thread" pages, but not in the Quick Reply area. This might be because that form is disabled when the page loads. As mentioned, you can easily turn it back on by right clicking that particular text area.

I noticed it with my emp/rad Defender before the patch even came out. It wasn't as noticeable as the TP animation, but it was repeatable.

Funny thing though, I checked it out just now to test it, and I didn't encounter the same behavior. Maybe it was some kind of lag issue?

The base level of the mission should be your own level (it may jump up if you are close to leveling).

Yes, the lvl may change depending on your challenge setting once the instance is actually loaded. That does not mean you are running a lvl 29 mission on Rugged, it just means that the Rugged setting bumped your lvl 28 foes up to lvl 29.

Viewing the mission info while not inside the mission should always show the base value because there is always the possibility of changing your challenge setting and resetting the mission.

As far as I know, it's working as designed. I've noticed it doing that since the first day that info was added.