Perfect_Pain

*jumps into thread with ninja like reflexes*
*throws a smoke grenade*
*throws blinding powder (the fixed version)*
*transforms*
*NOVA*
*kills you all*
*runs back to the Rogue Isles, giggling*

OK..... Now I love this event the first 2 days....

STOP with the stupid kill 14 Eochai to get 1 Jack to Pop up only to have 45 [censored] kill it befor freakin get the damn badge.

Should be 3 E's you get a Jack.. or something like that...

What a Pain in the [censored] to Ruin the fun of the Halloween Event..

And I know I am not alone so dont flame me.

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Lighthouse,

Just received a MOTD popup about the Halloween event. I don't know if this is the one you referenced in your opening post or not, I logged in yesterday but received nothing. This one updated (and therefore popped up) around 3:20pm EST.

The content was informative, but I couldn't read all of it. At 1280x1024 resolution, running in windowed mode, the MOTD box was literally too big to fit on the screen, which rendered the scroll bar kind of useless, as I couldn't see the top and bottom of the message box to scroll to.

Just a heads up so if there's some way to avoid that in the future, you guys can.

Thanks

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QFT. Good initiative, bad deployment. Like that event email I got yesterday from PlayNC with white text on white background

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Can you please add something about not being a jerk and to clean up your spawns please

Suggestion*

Make it so if someone doesnt kill their door spawn they get nothing from doors for 2 hours.

The amount of griefing this year is aweful.
Yesterday I was cussed out twice by seperate people, while I was being nice.
Today on a different alt I have been grief killed by jerks running up to the door I am at and popping out there purple mobs and then getting insta killed.

This is not very fun.

On the other hand, I love the costumes and of course I love the badges.

Next year I wish to have the chance at getting a non stackable freespec from knocking on the doors as well as stackable free costume change tokens.

Thats my 2cents so far

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The amount of people who have actual ideas on how to implement the feature versus the amount of people who want pink electricity is substantial.

The red named people have already said Its too hard for them blah blah blah and we cant do it right now cuz we wanna keep people from leaving the game blah blah and we have to buy a new engine blah blah and its not coming in Issue 15...

I actually fail to see the purpose in Any threads on this matter as that guy has already said Numerous times Its not a Viable Option at this point.

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'Baked in' was in response to someone's comment that colors were baked into animations. The only thing really baked in are some colors into some particle textures and textures on geometry used in FX scripts. Most particle textures use a greyscale image that we tint to different hues in the particle scripts, but some of them we don't tint. It's enough that any sort of power customization to allow changing the hue of power effects we'd have to deal with them. That's not the only hurdle and it's really not even the biggest hurdle.

I really can't stress this enough, there's nothing insurmountably difficult about power color customization, it's just a tremendous amount of time to pull it off.

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Sort of. It would completely dominate some of the artists' time for multiple issues. That would prevent any content from being developed that required any animation or FX. Obviously we'd be able to develop other things at the same time as this, but we'd definitely be doing the lion's share on this.

It would also require a chunk of support from programming. They'd have to implement the system to allow powers to reference different FX scripts or accept some kind of hue shift value, hook everything into some kind of UI so players could modify and see what they're modifying, possibly change the way character data is stored in the database, etc. I couldn't even begin to tell you the things programming would have to do to make this happen, but it's significant enough to cut into other features, bug fixes, or performance/stability improvements.


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That right there says Nuff Said.. to me.

The argument in here is so lame, Other people have created Official posts befor in here and I dont see all the cranky people posting crap in those posts..

There needs to be 1 post about Power Customization.

And IMO the first thing in that post should have all of BaBs comments on why it cant be done right now.
That should discourage the 90,000,000 other people who want to post about this topic.

This persons post made it to the "Devs Corner"

Another random person on the Dev page

Look an OFFICIAL post on the DEV page

Another non dev non mod on the Dev page

Another OFFICIAL board not posted by a dev or a mod

Now go complain to all those people.

This board can server a great purpose for all the people who wanna post how awesomerz it would be for OMG!!!!11!11111!!!!!!!!!!!! YELLOW EYE BEAMS...
PINK ELECTRICITY.... MAGENTA THERMAL HEALING..

Please someone send a PM to the powers that be that like to ignore me...
and get them to LOCK all other threads about power customization plz..

plz plz plz.

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I got one from "pkpkgliers", saying "Poor for living? Boring on leveling way? Come to [malformed URL deleted]. We are selling the cheap and fast infamy for you, and we promises the safety of your account on powerleveling. Thanks" (global name '@pkpkgsaera') They've been petitioned, /ignored, and /gignored... and I expect they'll be back as soon as they can create another account...

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There is OBVIOUSLY a GAP in what ZERO Tolerance means to them and what it means to me.

I get that same tell multiple times perday and I always petition it.. and Guess [censored] what... I get that tell from the same guy the next day and the next day and the [censored] next day.

Zero Tolerance means as soon as you get 1 petition from someone and they copy and paste the damn advertisiment you [censored] BAN the account.

You dont wait several days or never bother to get them ...

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And after WEEKS of not playing this game, I log in today just to see if I wanna bother playing it.. and Guess what!

5 seconds into thinking about maybe playing the game I get 2 back to BACK TELLS FROM THE SAME GUY I HAVE BEEN PETITIONING from befor...

zero tolerance
n. The policy or practice of not tolerating undesirable behavior, such as violence or illegal drug use, especially in the automatic imposition of severe penalties for first offenses.


Zero tolerance is a term used to describe a non-discretionary enforcement policy for the criminal law or informal rules. Under a system of zero tolerance, persons in positions of authority – who might otherwise exercise their discretion in making subjective judgments regarding the severity of a given offense – are instead compelled to act in particular ways and, where relevant, to impose a pre-determined punishment regardless of individual culpability or "extenuating circumstances".

Anyways, I immediatly LOGGED OFF. Ugh, I am already on a wierd break from the game.. Just cant play.. Seem to be burned out right now...

And it doesnt help to keep getting the same CRAPPY guys trying to sell me Influence........ Damnit!

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I got one from "pkpkgliers", saying "Poor for living? Boring on leveling way? Come to [malformed URL deleted]. We are selling the cheap and fast infamy for you, and we promises the safety of your account on powerleveling. Thanks" (global name '@pkpkgsaera') They've been petitioned, /ignored, and /gignored... and I expect they'll be back as soon as they can create another account...

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There is OBVIOUSLY a GAP in what ZERO Tolerance means to them and what it means to me.

I get that same tell multiple times perday and I always petition it.. and Guess [censored] what... I get that tell from the same guy the next day and the next day and the [censored] next day.

Zero Tolerance means as soon as you get 1 petition from someone and they copy and paste the damn advertisiment you [censored] BAN the account.

You dont wait several days or never bother to get them ...

No one can even prove to me they are working on this stuff or bases at all for that matter.

Please post links to the last constructive post a red name made about CoP, IoPs, or bases in general.

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What if the level limit goes higher the more time the account has been inactive?

3 months: level 5 and under
6 months: level 20 and under
9 months: level 30 and under
12 months: level 40 and under

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/signed!!

I also think right now they are going for primarily the trail accounts of people that never committed to the game. I'm pretty sure that they have a definitive number of names that will be freed up, PLUS- I dunno if they ever included the trail accounts the first time they did this, they might have just done the "inactive" accounts and now they'll do both.

Sounds like there is no downside here.



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OK, I'm kinda dense today, but please bear with me. Say you have an active account, you play at least once a week, but you've got characters spread out over all the servers. Now say one of your characters has not been played for more than 90 days. Since your overall account is active, you don't need to worry about that unplayed character losing it's name? Or do you?

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No, you don't need to log in to the character every 90 days as long as the whole account is active.

Only if your entire account is inactive for 90 days will characters below level 6 be switched to unreserved. The character's name will not actually change unless someone else takes the name.

All I can say is, it's about time they re-instituted this. Names are getting really scarce.

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Can we get red name confirmation on this? My accounts are always active but not all of my characters are, yes even below level 6 on various servers.

Thanks.

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This policy only applies to accounts that have currently been inactive for 90 days. You don't need to worry about your low level characters if you account stays in billing activity, or if you cancel and resubscribe within a ninety day period.

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Why lvl 6?

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I have never created a character that the name was taken.
But, I do feel that if an account is not active for more than 90 days.... characters names should not be reserved at all befor lvl 40.
I think paying customers should win out on the naming policy.

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/agreed. They should at least make it the same as it was last time (had to be 35+ to reserve the name).

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You never agree with me. Take it back!

I have never created a character that the name was taken.
But, I do feel that if an account is not active for more than 90 days.... characters names should not be reserved at all befor lvl 40.
I think paying customers should win out on the naming policy.

Rikti drop tech stuff right?

Please consider changing this to magical..

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The OP is on the right track to increasing the chances of costume drops, but is misleading many people by his or her phenominal luck. For example, I can tell people that Blackjack is the best odds at a casino and that I made $10,000 in just one hour. While it might be true that it has the best odds and I may have made that much in one hour, it does not guarentee that someone will make anything even after ten hours of playing. It's luck.

The key to costume drops is simple: kill things over lv 10 that get you experience. Doing that faster will increase your chances to get a drop in a shorter period of time. Street sweeping, missions, whatever your character can handle and you don't get bored with. Killing things that are closer to lv10 can give you a better chance to get a costume piece when a recipe is dropped because the pool is smaller.

Personally, I've had 1 costume drop in CoV. I had a "street sweeping" character go from level 17 to 20 while in perma-debt killing god-knows-how-many grey and green ludites in the hills behind the university over days of slaughter and never got a single piece. I ended up getting the costume on a new "throw away" character that was simply doing missions within about an hour of going over lv 10.

In short: it's still random. Don't tell people it will get them a costume piece "in two hours" or they will get "tons of drops" when it's simply not true. Unless they are also unbelievably lucky, too.

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Why would you waste your time on Ludites? That is not the way :P CoT is.. as they have magic drops.
And in no way did i say it was guarenteed. What I did say is that if you street sweep large mobs of lower level foes

YOU WILL GET LOTS OF RECIPE DROP AND SALVAGE!...

People keep telling me that it is Luck.

Its not Luck if I know how to play the game to optimise my drop rate.

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8 guys per firebreath/fireball = 2 hours.

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And that’s assuming you can find a situation in which the ideal lvl baddies just keep funneling into your aoe zone o' death. Generally I’ve found that I spend equally or slightly more time locating the mobs as I decimating them (with a lvl 12 pb, hunting lvl 10-12 mobs to maximize the kill rate). Granted the rate will go up as I get up in lvls, but you still cannot discount travel and hunting time. And that’s just to receive A costume drop, not necessarily the one you want. Hopefully whichever one you get will pay for the you want. If you plan to hunt for one specific piece the time required to guarantee a drop will go up exponentially.

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HAZARD ZONES < All the Foes you can Eat!
Blues , greens, greys, and white....

They certainly dont need to be above you! I get 99.9999999999999999999% of my drops from stuff 1 or 2 levels below me.

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Interesting premise.

Some caveats though.. I have an AoE Focused Fire/Fire Tank that's been streetsweeping for, oh, about 12 hours continuously so far in Talos Island. No costume drops, nada. Some rare salvage, but nothing of note and he's taking down sizable groups of foes.

It's better odds to streetsweep, but it's not magic. You still need to grind and have plenty of luck besides.

Thanks for posting the info though.

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There is a sort of "sweet spot" for getting costume drops between levels 10 and 14. The reason is that the pool of available recipes is smaller, but still contains the costume recipes. You mentioned you were in Talos - well that's in the 20's, and the pool is bigger...

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We got most of our costume drops After level 15 in CoV. I really do believe its Street Sweeping at all levels, while mixing in some papers and mayhems/safeguards.. and a few normal contact missions.

Your talking Talos.. Talos doesnt have the huge mobs you need like the Hazard Zones.

PP for example has groups of 10 to 15 foes in every group and when you herd 2 or 3 groups together you have promise for ultimate awesomeness.

Creys Folly is also an AWESOME place for drops. As long as you kill fast.

IMO, for Heroside the regular zones are not the best for street sweeping.. Maybe try DA < They have huge grups as well, and easy to herd.

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The thing is, it's not street sweeping that's causing this to happen - it's the fact that you can pick and choose large spawns of lower level mobs to defeat quickly. Since it doesn't matter if the enemies are +4 or -4, you can wipe out large groups easily w/ an AoE build...

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Well, if people want the drops.. I guess they will find a friend or do whatever needs to be done to do something like this.
Then I, we wont have to read many posts about "Im not getting what I want". When they could just as easily go street sweep for a few hours.. and get what they are looking for.

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Interesting premise.

Some caveats though.. I have an AoE Focused Fire/Fire Tank that's been streetsweeping for, oh, about 12 hours continuously so far in Talos Island. No costume drops, nada. Some rare salvage, but nothing of note and he's taking down sizable groups of foes.

It's better odds to streetsweep, but it's not magic. You still need to grind and have plenty of luck besides.

Thanks for posting the info though.

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There is a sort of "sweet spot" for getting costume drops between levels 10 and 14. The reason is that the pool of available recipes is smaller, but still contains the costume recipes. You mentioned you were in Talos - well that's in the 20's, and the pool is bigger...

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We got most of our costume drops After level 15 in CoV. I really do believe its Street Sweeping at all levels, while mixing in some papers and mayhems/safeguards.. and a few normal contact missions.

Your talking Talos.. Talos doesnt have the huge mobs you need like the Hazard Zones.

PP for example has groups of 10 to 15 foes in every group and when you herd 2 or 3 groups together you have promise for ultimate awesomeness.

Creys Folly is also an AWESOME place for drops. As long as you kill fast.

IMO, for Heroside the regular zones are not the best for street sweeping.. Maybe try DA < They have huge grups as well, and easy to herd.

This is my first Guide so please be kind.

City of Heroes

Starting at level 10 Street Sweep
Hazard Zones are the Key!
Hollows, Perez Park, Boomtown, etc.

Foes can be Green and Grey and you will still get Lots of drops.

City of Villains

Starting at Level 10
Street Sweep, every zone is good for this.

Reason for making this Guide?
Well, since Issue 9 went Live my husband and myself have gotten 20+ Costume drops on CoV, and we just started new heroes and have already gotten costume drops.. and we are only level 11 atm.

I have read several posts where people are claiming and saying they dont get theese kinds of drops.
Well, Stop doing what your doing and go street sweep. Might take you an hour or so.. but you will get the drops.

If you like to be on big teams, then I dont know what to tell you.. That splits up your chances of getting drops. Through the "Random" system.

I play on a duo, 90% of the time. I dont have to deal with people claiming to get drops they dont really get just to make fellow team mates feel yucky that they are not getting stuff.

Reason for making this Guide?
I am telling you street sweeping is the way to go. You dont need to make posts saying you havent gotten "XXXX" drop.
If you run around for long enough and just kill stuff, you will get a ton of drops. Especially if you *arrest fast.
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To my understanding and knowledge, a lvl 50 could create, slot, and use any IO in the game, provided they had a legal spot to put it. So a lvl 50 could visit the university, create a lvl 10 IO and then use it if they wanted. This is of course all subject to change between now and I9's live date but I see little reason why it would.

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If you have 3 level 50 DMG SOs on your level 50 Hero or Villain, and You add 1 IO for DMG and something else ... You get a whole 1% difference.. for the DMG it got from like 95% to 96% ....

So I REALLY wouldnt suggest putting Lower than your level IOs in. Unless You have already got all the set pieces... so you can get those extra bonuses..

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... but I'm limited in the number of bits of paper carrying recipe instructions I can have on my person?

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Yes, I'm afraid so.

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That is Stupid!

The real problem here is they are adding this crap to late to the game..