Master-Blade

I'd try contacting support and see if you can get them to reverse the sale.. (as long a you don't apply the codes to anything)

Well besides the "Cutscene Captions", there is also an "NPC dialog" that might affect it.. Make sure bth of them are in one of you chat tabs.

Also, there is an option to enable/disable "Chat Balloons" right in the Chat options.

Other than that, I have no idea why you can't see them unless you have "disable2d" enabled... but if that were the case, you'd have no user interface at all either. lol

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Nah it's cool, if we have enough people for three teams I don't mind running it. up to you though, this is your baby after all.

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Quite honestly, unless a lot of people weenie out, I think we're going to be running 4 teams Monday night. It's a bit unusual for me to get that many sign up's the first day I post the list. We already have 3 full teams as it is. I've expanded the list for a fourth team already

Luna

[/ QUOTE ] Did somebody say weenie? I've got some good deals!

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lol

very nice

Now you need to make a weenie MA arc...

[/ QUOTE ] Can you find a map that has the weenie stand in it? lol

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Quite honestly, unless a lot of people weenie out, I think we're going to be running 4 teams Monday night. It's a bit unusual for me to get that many sign up's the first day I post the list. We already have 3 full teams as it is. I've expanded the list for a fourth team already

Luna

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Lol, that is AWESOME MB

[/ QUOTE ] LoL thanks. And everybody last night thought I was kidding... haha

hmmm.. I wonder if I can use something like that for my July Calendar...

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Nah it's cool, if we have enough people for three teams I don't mind running it. up to you though, this is your baby after all.

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Quite honestly, unless a lot of people weenie out, I think we're going to be running 4 teams Monday night. It's a bit unusual for me to get that many sign up's the first day I post the list. We already have 3 full teams as it is. I've expanded the list for a fourth team already

Luna

[/ QUOTE ] Did somebody say weenie? I've got some good deals!

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pets can't speak in /local anymore.

[/ QUOTE ] Right, Pets talk in the Pet Chat. Or, if you know a certain trick, you can get them to talk in NPC Chat also. lol

Just a "by the way", you can get another wand simply by being on the team when somebody else turns in the salvage for theirs (unless that's fixed), and you can also gain access to the Midnighter Club without even finishing that mission simply by being on the team when somebody else talks to the Latin Student.

lol np.. nice job. Hope it stays that way.

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Luna. if you and MB want to run a test run sometime this week just le me know and I'll help you, I'll bring fire con along to see if he is ready or not.

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Sounds good Alter. I'm sure MB will be up for it, he's always game for an ITF run

Probably be one night later this week after 10pm or this weekend (just thinking of MB's schedule off the top of my head)

[/ QUOTE ] My current schedule for the rest of the month: (all times Eastern)
5/14 Thursday: OFF
5/15 Friday: 12n-9p
5/16 Saturday: 9a-7p (MoSTF 11p)

5/17 Sunday: 10a-6p
5/18 Monday: 12n-9p (ITF 10p)
5/19 Tuesday: OFF
5/20 Wednesday: 12n-9p (TBA)
5/21 Thursday: OFF
5/22 Friday: 12n-9p
5/23 Saturday: OFF

5/24 Sunday: OFF (Dr.Q)
5/25 Monday: 12n-9p (TBA 10p)
5/26 Tuesday: 12n-p
5/27 Wednesday: 12n-9p (TBA)
5/28 Thursday: OFF
5/29 Friday: 12n-9p
5/30 Saturday: 9a-7p

5/31 Sunday: 10a-6p (Sara Moore)

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We KNOW it can happen at any time.........

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Conversation over! Thank you for time! Good night everybody!

[/ QUOTE ] The conversation wasn't just about how often or when it can occur... but about providing info about scheduled updates.

Even a Dev replied saying they will look into providing more detailed info in advance. Who are you to tell us we can't talk about it? rofl

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I think this is going to be a fun TF to run.

It's not often I do it without Tabby, so I might just start screaming forward like a wild and crazy kitty. It should be interesting to see what happens. lol

I think I should still be able to "break" Rom though... I guess we'll see.

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I Love this TF! But I'm pretty nervous about it as well. As me and you have discussed before MB, I've got an iffy track record of about 50/50 success rate on teams I've been on. I'll be relying on E's and Xort's advice for leading my team, but I'm still nervous this will end up as another one that my teams fails

Plus I *may* have a few members of my SG along on my team, so it might be a bit interesting because they do not always listen to directions.

I'm worried the most about Romy. That's always where we have problems at. I hope I can get a good tank and a second debuffer on my team <hint, hint guys!>.

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[/ QUOTE ] Awwe, I think you are making it sound worse than it is. I think you'll get through the ITF just fine.

If you usually have problems with Rom, try my trick that "breaks" him:
Rush his platform immediately after the Cutscene (the "Real Rom" wont be spawned yet).

You being there (not using stealth, or attacking a side-group to suppress it) will make him instantly spawn, but the Nictus' bond will be broken.

Once this happens, you can pull Rom away from the platform, and the Nictus will refuse to follow. As long as you keep him in Line of Sight of the Nictus (even hundreds of yards away), he will still continue to use them to Rez and you wont have to worry about them at all.

Without them.. any team should be able to repeatedly take him down easily.


There are other methods of breaking Rom, some including a Teleport trick that gives your character a closeup in the cutscene and possibly making the duplicate "Cutscene Rom" not unspawn. He'll have no powers and wont attack you. It makes for a good photo opportunity... and another easy kill.

Chaulk one up for explots? lol

I think this is going to be a fun TF to run.

It's not often I do it without Tabby, so I might just start screaming forward like a wild and crazy kitty. It should be interesting to see what happens. lol

I think I should still be able to "break" Rom though... I guess we'll see.

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I'll go with boosting it's accuracy, damage and immob magnitude/duration, but then 30 seconds might make it seem a bit overpowered also.. I already think the Staff and other "temp powers" recharge too quickly.

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30 seconds would not be overpowered; even on a Controller that wouldn't make the immobilize perma on even-cons, and even the longest recharging vet attack powers have recharges of 16 seconds.

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Like I said.. I already think the Nemesis Staff and Sands of Mu, and other "temp powers" recharge too quickly.. Adding even more short-recharge attack powers that anybody can get, we'll eventually end up with players who use the temp powers more than their Primary attacks. What's the point of having ATs? We can all be Temps! lol

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Devs - is it so hard to give advanced warning about servers coming down? I doubt this continual unannounced "server maintenance", sometimes on a daily basis, is really that urgent. Let people know what and why you're doing what you're doing. We pay to play this game, it's not free. Pay us a bit of courtesy.

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Follow the link n00bs.

[/ QUOTE ] That really has nothing to do with the OP asking why the server was down on Tuesday, other than the disclaimer "Additional updates may be scheduled outside this time-period as needed."

And the person you quoted is just saying that since the extra downtime is planned... they are asking for some advanced notification and more information regarding the specific downtime so there isn't so much speculation and people aren't left in the dark.

Basically.. If they already know the game will be down on Tuesday for an update.. put it on the Updater the day before so people can expect it. Hopefully Ghost Falcon can come through in this regard.

I wonder if you can use it on an NPC foe when you are confused? Would the enemy have to "hit accept"? lol

The game isn't going to change your desktop. If your desktop resolution is changing, then I'd say it's your video device that is actually having the problem. The game get's it's list of possible resolutions from your video device. I doubt the game or any of it's recent patches have anything to do with your problem.

What's happening is the video card itself is removing the other resolution you are trying to use, causing your desktop to revert back to 800, and then the game doesn't have the resolution to choose from anymore, so it also reverts back to 800.

If that is the case, then you are right, TweakCoH isn't going to do anything for you.

I'd try making sure the video card drivers are re-installed correctly. I think at this point, a CoH_Helper report is in order.

I'll go with boosting it's accuracy, damage and immob magnitude/duration, but then 30 seconds might make it seem a bit overpowered also.. I already think the Staff and other "temp powers" recharge too quickly.

I don't think they should be included in the regular "attack-chains" like many people do, but instead be a bonus you get to use every now and then. 60 seconds for any of them would still give them a decent benefit to have, without turning your regular attack-chains into temp-power chains. lol

Either way, 25 minutes is ridiculous, and should be changed.. and buffing the power (even a little) would be nice as well.

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No. It's used for a one-time set-up. You open it, make your changes, and close it. There is no reason to have it open while the game is running.

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The client seems to be losing settings after I've corrected them from prior game sessions. I'm not sure if TweakCoH will ensure the settings are held even if I run it prior to the game client.

[/ QUOTE ] The game opens the settings from the registry every time you run it. If your registry is changed before you run the client, those are the options it's going to use.

Whether or not your settings will still "stick" after each session is another thing. The client may still change those registry settings if it finds a problem somewhere, but if that's the case, then we'd have to examine why it thinks those options are now invalid.

The problem you are experiencing seems to be the way the option menu in-game is currently working. It doesn't always save your options if close the window (even if you clicked "apply"). It seems to work better if you set the options, click apply, then quit the game without closing the window.

Otherwise, it may not be editing the registry and only working for that single play session. Because the registry never got updated, it reverts back to a previous preference the next time you play. Many people find that using TweakCoH is much easier than trying to monkey around with the mechanics/glitches of the interface. lol

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What gets me is this wasn't an issue until 2 days ago. And it was only after the recent patches. Been running fine for a year+ with no issues.

Guess all I can do is install Tweak CoH and see. If it still has problems holding the settings after running it, I suppose a reinstall of CoX might be in order...

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Running TweakCoH.. sets the registry values the way YOU want them.
Reinstalling CoX shouldn't make a difference, but I suppose you can try it if you really feel the need.

Hopefully TweakCoH will come through anyway.

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Never heard of Tweak CoH before (I'm not on these forums all that often). Is this something that forces settings on the game client prior to the game initializing?

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I'm assuming it runs in the background behind the CoX client?

[/ QUOTE ] No. It's used for a one-time set-up. You open it, make your changes, and close it. There is no reason to have it open while the game is running.

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The window should be resizable, grab and edge and drag.

[/ QUOTE ] The smallest size I was able to drag mine to was roughly 900x570. I can see how even lower resolutions would have trouble using it.

That said, I changed my WindowScale to about 50%, and it brought the minimum size of that window down to only 580x365, which should be manageable for the OP.

Well I'm guessing you might be right that the interface itself was simply just created larger than your default resolution happens to be. I don't know if I'd consider it a bug though... more like an oversight.

I wonder if setting your window scale to 50% would shrink that screen or not. It might be worth giving it a try. Maybe somebody else will chime in with the windowname so you can set it's scaling individually from the rest of your interface by using "/windowscale MAWindowName 0.5"

Considering which is better to have on your team... I think it has a lot to do with the way you play as well. I've seen a lot of crappy stone tanks.. who most likely got wind of it being so tough and decided to make one, but don't even know how to use it well. I've seen many scrappers tank better than some stone jokers.

It also has a lot to do with what support you have on your teams. If you have a good group, it doesn't matter what you are. You can get buffs to cover for your weaknesses. (Even for stone, that's Speed Boost).

As for one person who has played both:
Pre-Granite, I hate stone. Post Granite.. I still hate the -movement.
I love my invul. I can do anything I want with it. I think too many people lose the point of a tank. The idea isn't to sit there are 100% health as long as you can. The idea is to get as much of the agro as you can, and still survive. If that means I have to hit Dull Pain once in a blue moon.. that's fine. At least I don't have to rely on a tier 9 power like Stone does. Sure, I have Unstoppable at the ready, but I find myself not even using it most of the time.

Between the two, I enjoy playing my invul much more.

^^ Duplicate thread ^^

Duplicate answer:
Don't close the options window after you hit apply. Log out to desktop with the window still open.

or use a program called TweakCoH to change the settings while "offline".

Don't close the options window after you hit apply. Log out to desktop with the window still open.

or use a program called TweakCoH to change the settings while "offline".

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Website is working now:
http://www.cityofheroes.com/goingrogue/

To be honest, I don't know if my heroes would go rogue just for badges....Also not thrilled about having MMs in City of Heroes. Praetoria sounds exciting....the ability to switch sides...not so much.

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ah, it does work.
The "Hall of Heroes" Is one way to enforce word of mouth/viraled advertising.

trailer looks nice too.

[/ QUOTE ] How many people are going to send out spam now, just to see their name on the list? lol