Master-Blade

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  1. When you attempt to log into the game while the servers are down, it tells you to check this page:
    http://www.cityofheroes.com/servers/index.html
    That's the old page's URL, but does re-route you to the correct page anyway:
    Server Status <-- I recommend bookmarking this page.

    On that page, you will find the information you are looking for:
    Quote:
    Changes to the Server Maintenance Times

    As of Thursday, October 22nd, the regular bi-weekly server maintenance times will be modified and will take place once a week on Thursday from 4:00 AM Pacific / 7:00 AM Eastern to 6:00 AM Pacific / 9:00 AM Eastern.

    Please note: while we are reserving that two-hour period for maintenance updates, they will not necessarily require the entire two hours and additional updates may be scheduled outside this time-period as needed. We may also perform maintenance on additional servers, such as the web servers, message boards, or login servers.
    As for today being a Wednesday, the reason the servers are down today is also on that page:
    Quote:
    The Live North American and European City of Heroes servers will be offline for the implementation of a build on Wednesday 17th March 2010.

    Start Time: 6AM Pacific Time (9AM Easter Time / 1PM GMT / 14:00 Central European Time)
    Expected Duration: 2 hours
    Expected Finish Time: 8AM Pacific Time (11 AM Eastern Time / 3PM GMT /16:00 CET)

    Patch notes will be available after the downtime.

    We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!
  2. Master-Blade

    Heal Farm ?



    Again, this is scheduled for 11pm Eastern Time. We'll be meeting in PocketD by the billiard tables (on the left side as you go up the ramp in the arena area).

    I'll be on a Robin Rogue. If you are running late, please send a message to @Master-Blade ahead of time. Once we start the match, we can't recieve Tells and wont be able to restart for you.

    See you there!
  3. Master-Blade

    GR and beta

    Yes, you can make new toons, or copy over existing ones... but once you do, it is essentially a different character on a different server.

    No, nothing you do on one character affects the other one.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Luna de Nocturne View Post
    I *hate* the ambushes villain side. I would much rather take on the 4 AV's that you get Hero Side. The ambushes are just too much. The rest of the villain side SF is great IMO, but the final mission ruins my enjoyment of this SF.
    I agree. The two versions of that mission are very unbalanced.

    Heroside:
    - Stealthable to the final room
    - take out 4 AVs as Reichsman loses health.

    Villainside:
    - have to find and save 4 AVs
    - there are ambushes after you rescue each AV
    - have to pretty much clear through the mission as you escort the AVs back to the main room.
    - the AV turn on you and you have to defeat them as well
    - Reichsman calls ridiculously large, map-sized ambushes multiple times.

    I'll go with the first one as well. lol

    On a side note, some people use tricks to try to prevent the ambushes from becoming a problem. Apparently, if you can manage to purposely leave several mobs in the hallways leading to the final room, they will block the path for the ambushers. It may not always completely stop them, but it can slow them down. I've never tried it myself, but it sounds possible.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Turbo_Starr View Post
    Backtracking a little.

    What if I logged out in RWZ for 10 days then left to another zone. If I go back to RWZ, do I have 11 days left to log out or does it have to be consecutive?
    Any time spent logged out at a location will be saved progress for that dayjob. You can go to any other day job to receive credit there, then come back to the first one and finish it up any time later.

    In short, it's cumulative. You'd still only need 11 more days.

    The progress bar in the badge menu shows us the number of hours remaining. For somebody trying to get these ASAP, it's helpful to check that before logging off so you'll know when to come back to move the character.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Luna de Nocturne View Post
    I'm not sure of the exact number, but Paragon wiki lists it as 200,000+. I *think* it's somewhere in the 250,000 range. I'm sure someone better informed will be along to tell ya =)
    Well, I have the Heroside numbers written down:

    100% : 226,175
    80% (first AV attacks) : 180,940
    60% (2nd AV attacks) : 135,705
    40% (3rd AV attacks) : 90,470
    20% (4th AV attacks) : 45,235

    I suppose the number may differ depending on which lvl he spawns at, but since it's currently a fixed number, it's probably the same every time. For now, I'm going to assume the Villainside version has the same value as well, but I could be wrong.
  7. I forgot to set the death challenge to keep track on first arc, but we only had 1 death. I also didn't get a screenshot of the 2nd arc's results screen because of all the mayhem going on at the time.. so here is just a picture of the team:



    That's a little preview of what my next calendar might feature, and also the reason I wasn't in the photos. I was snapping all kinds of angles so I can pick the one I like best. The rest of the team happened to want to pose for me, so I took their picture too. haha

    Good job everybody!
  8. It was fun. I'll be willing to come along for Striga too. You know where to find me. ..

    ...but no, you cannot date my avatar! lol
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DrMike2000 View Post
    So if I get the Bling badge at level 23, say, and hit level 25, Doc Buzzsaw should pop-up as a contact?

    She didn't. That's what lead me to believe its maybe per-badge.
    I'm not sure the contact would just "pop up" on it's own. The contact is unlocked, but you were not introduced to him. If you manually go and talk to him once you reach the correct lvl, he should then appear on your list and give you missions.
  10. Master-Blade

    bind help

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Predatoric View Post
    ok severe problem lol, i renamed my folder so it has no spaces, but now the stupid pain in the butt updater wants to reinstall, even when im opening it from the folder :/

    There anything i can do other than having to wait for it to run again? its stupid since the files are already there but it refuses to detect them -.-
    It doesn't automatically look in the same folder the updater is it. It wont detect them til you "reinstall" the program to tell it to look for them in the newly named directory.

    Once you tell it the path to install the game the registry is updated, it finds the files, and you play. You shouldn't have to re-download anything.

    If you know how to manage the Windows Registry, you can even make the folder change manually.


    On a side note, I put all my bind files into a folder called Data within the CoH folder, and I reference the filenames directly. This helps on the longer bind chains because each bind has a character limit and you don't want to exceed that because of path names.

    Example:
    File location: "C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\data\Siphon1.txt"
    To load the file: /bind_load_file Siphon1.txt

    You can still separate binds within multiple subfolders too if you want..
    File location: "C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\data\Binds\Siphon\1.txt"
    To load the file: /bind_load_file Binds\Siphon\1.txt

    Note: If you don't have a \data\ directory, the game uses the \piggs\ directory as it's default location. You can just as easily use that folder the exact same way instead. The following still works even if you do have a data folder...
    File location: "C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\piggs\Binds\Siphon\1.txt"
    To load the file: /bind_load_file Binds\Siphon\1.txt

    (If you have files named the same thing in both locations, the copy in the \piggs\ folder seems to take priority)
  11. Master-Blade

    Born Date?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Catwhoorg View Post
    Registered makes more sense, as that is the date the Hero licence is granted by the City

    I'm not quite sure how to put it into redside terms, broken out maybe ?
    The redside ID Card's title is "Threat Identification".

    Yeah, I'm not sure how to word that one either... maybe: "On the loose since.. <Date>" haha

    This could get messy after switching sides though.
  12. My post from the original thread:

    If you log into your account using a capitalized user ID (assuming it's normally lowercase), the client wont use your personalized playerslot.txt file to re-order your toons. Instead, it will use the default display, which is the order they were created.

    This of course does not help give you exact dates, nor does it help you compare toons on different servers. It might not even help for toons that you transferred... but I figured I'd mention it.

    On a side note, I think some people have requested such a feature before, but it was recommended as one of the NPC dialog things like the "You have spent X hours on patrol" features.

    I wouldn't mind it being on the loginscreen, but some people might see it as clutter, so it might be better implemented as something you can check in-game by looking at your "Paragon City Hero Registration" (ID card).

    Edited to add:
    I like Aggelakis' idea about the information being provided in a popup. Or, once you click on a character, it can list some of the info on the right side next to the character's image, either in an info box or right on the interface. That would be cool.
  13. Master-Blade

    Born Date?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aggelakis View Post
    Added my two cents to the appropriate thread down in Suggestions.
    Good idea, I'm about to do the same.

    Link is here:
    Add Born Date to Main Screen by Fusion_7
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Turgenev View Post
    *Do you know how hard it is to find an "M" name these days?*
    I was thinking the same thing when I made my post... but then I remembered an exploit of sorts..

    Heroside, there are areas in Founders Falls, IP, and Talos where NPCs get "Stuck". Their pathing leads them back around the same path over and over again so as more NPCs get "trapped", there ends up being over 100 of them there at any given time. That's where I go to get my numbers quickly.

    Villainside, follow the sidewalk in Aeon City (Cap). There aren't tons of NPCs around, but it doesn't usually take long until you find the one you want.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aggelakis View Post
    /unbind sets the key to its original state. "/unbind f7" removes whatever's there currently (e.g. the broken code) and then puts in unbroken code.

    You're thinking "/bind <key> NOP", which sets the key to no bind.
    What she said...

    "/unbind f7" works.

    Also, I recommend opening your keybinds.txt file and deleting the lines that contain the F-keys. That will ensure that when you create new characters or load that default file for any reason, it wont re-break those keys.
  16. Master-Blade

    Born Date?

    If you log into your account using a capitalized user ID (assuming it's normally lowercase), the client wont use your personalized playerslot.txt file to re-order your toons. Instead, it will use the default display, which is the order they were created.

    This of course does not help give you exact dates, nor does it help you compare toons on different servers. It might not even help for toons that you transferred... but I figured I'd mention it.

    On a side note, I think some people have requested such a feature before, but it was recommended as one of the NPC dialog things like the "You have spent X hours on patrol" features.

    I woudln't mind it being on the loginscreen, but some people might see it as clutter, so it might be better implemented as something you can check in-game by looking at your "Paragon City Hero Registration" (ID card).
  17. Master-Blade

    Heal Farm ?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dark_vengence View Post
    Master Blade is that 11pm EST
    Yes it is. Sorry for not clarifying it. I'll go edit the post.
  18. I don't PL/farm any of my characters and I sit idle alot, so I feel like my numbers should be quite high... but they are not quite that high for pre-50. Then again, when I actually do play, it's usually on full teams for TFs, so that probably makes up for the difference.

    My upcoming Warshade that I've had for 2 years now is only up to 137 at lvl 42.
    My lvl 50 Stalker that I never use is currently at only 208.
    My lvl 50 Widow is at 152.
    My lvl 50 Fire/Kin Controller that I duo'd to 50 is only at 485.
    My lvl 50 Emp/Rad Defender that I also started as a duo is at 408.

    My badge characters and their clocks:
    Master Blade - lvl 50 Kat/Regen Scrap - 679 badges - 3110 hours (afk'd Empath and Immortal at their old requirements)
    Teal Tabby - lvl 50 Inv/Axe Tank - 646 badges - 1189 hours
    Robin Rogue - lvl 50 Dark/Kin Corr - 567 badges - 770 hours
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Shadow Ravenwolf View Post
    Wheeeee Finally!!

    I got up to 325/400 over the past few days. I was about to log, take the loss of rep till next week and pick it up later when @Alien showed up. I'd like to thank him for jumping in with his accounts and helping my accounts finish this up on Shadow.

    Next Stop: Heal Badges

    Gratz!

    If you happen to stop by Freedom, I'm actually running a heal farm on Tuesday. You are certainly welcome to join.
  20. Doh! I was about to sign up for the ITF, but I don't get out of work that day until 7pm. I probably wouldn't be home in time.

    Well.. I'll see what I can do. haha

    Robin Rogue: Dark/Kin Corr (pending availability)
  21. Gratz everybody for earning all these badges tonight. I was suprised how fast we got this done. I went into the zone and capped a few boxes to spawn LR and BS, secretly got about 2 teams together and we smashed the heck out of them, then took 1 more box to spawn GW, Scir, and Mako, and took them out fairly quickly as well.

    I already had the badges, but it was sure fun to do this again.

    We then switched to villainside and took out Positron(?) and Manticore in less time than it took to SB the whole team. haha

    We then spawned Sister, Synapse, and Positron again.. but it was a lost cause. At that point, we were completely overrun by Heroes who didn't switch sides and/or people who were there PvPing before we even started our little hunt.

    Overall, it was good times. Thanks to everybody who showed up and made it a success! Let me know when you want to try Villainside again.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Texas Justice View Post
    Don't recall ever seeing a HJT log with only 2 services and no O4 entries at all. I'm used to seeing an O4 entry or two from some of the ATI software.

    I've got no clue at this point.
    For comparison, my report is 2601 bytes and only contains 2 Services as well (one for a MB app and one for NVidia), and only 2 O4 entries (both NVidia also).

    Maybe he just runs a REALLY clean system. lol
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DR_EVIL_NA View Post
    I watched it show pigg files it was downloading. I already was playing with dual pistols before I quit using the laptop and got the new computer. I didn't have this problem with the laptop using my external HDD on it. I'm really still not sure why it didn't work right.
    Hmm. Then I'm at a loss too. Well you got it running and that's the important part. Hopefully it wont be so much trouble if you have to do it another time.
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DR_EVIL_NA View Post
    I got it working! I basically did what you all said, but I let it just download the 524M of pigg files it wanted. It took about 30 minutes, but oh well it works now.
    I appreciate all the help, wish it was faster but as long as its working thats all that matters!
    By any chance, was the copy you were using made before the recent patch we had? Maybe you just weren't updated to the current version to begin with.