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  1. Photonstorm

    Connected Badge

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    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    At which point someone should have informed Aeon that is pretty much impossible for any heroes that switch after level 30.

    They need to recognize that some players will not have a particular contact.
    You don't need Maros as a helper to get the badge. Heroes who haven't run Maros arc will be with Ansaldo.

    For each missions, people just have to follow those steps:

    1- Get the mission from Vincent Ross.
    2- Go talk to the 3 helpers (DuBrowski, Maros, Ansaldo) till one of them gives you a side missionm and you accept it.
    3- Go in the mission. Inside, justby the entrance there is a radio. Click to get the Optional objective of the helper contact.
    4- Make sure to complete that optional objective before finishing the mission.
    5- Once mission completed, exit and call Vincent Ross for the next mission. Repeat all those steps each time.

    If you miss one of those steps somewhere, you won't get the Connected badge. I Ouro'ed that mission with my badger Scrapper. I was given side missions by Ansaldo, then Maros, then Maros, then Ansaldo. Ansaldo was my helper in the mission where you get the badge.


    As for all the difference, it is the new tech Positron had talked about sometimes ago. The game can check if you have a badge or not, even clues and that could change things in missions. Much like the text in some arcs like Lord Recluse will know if you went to the future to beat him from the patron arc, or if you stole artefacts for Darrin Wade when you talk to him.
  2. Photonstorm

    Ghoul death emote?

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    Originally Posted by Rabid_Metroid View Post
    A few people have reported seeing players performing the Ghoul death emote with their characters. Can anyone tell me how they're doing this? So far, it's been seen in the D and Oro, on Virtue.

    Thank you.
    The "Tantrum" emote can be selected as a reward for the Neutropolis Event, if you do it on the Praetorian Police side (you must attack the Ghouls).

    If you do it on the Ghoul side, the emote reward you can unlock is the Ghoul flex.
  3. Photonstorm
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by flipside View Post
    This may have been occurring for some time and I've just missed it, but I just noticed that a character with Fly as a travel power down not project a shadow in Ultra Mode when actually flying. The shadows on the world and characters show as normal, and show correctly when my character simply jumps. However, as soon as I turn on Fly the shadow disappears.

    I logged into characters with Super Jump, Super Speed and Teleport and did not see this problem. When using those travel powers and jumping or teleporting, the shadow appears normally on the ground. It is only with Fly that I appear to lose the shadow.

    Issue in game or issue on my PC?
    When stealthed or invisible, characters won't cast a shadow. So are you using a stelath/invisibility power with that flying character? Or do you have a Stealth proc in Fly? That's the only thing I can think of, since you see shadows with your other characters.
  4. Photonstorm
    Rares ignore 1/2 od ED!
    Very Rares ignore 2/3 of ED!

    Both have +1 level shifts.

    The rest is the same as far as stats modification.
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    I don't really have a problem with that. I prefer they release Incarnate levels more slowly but with more content associated with them.
  6. Photonstorm
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by lucas View Post
    Might be my tired eyes but is the level shift gone now?
    The +1 Level Shift was only on the Rare and Very Rare Alpha slots. We don't know if it will still be the same since they are not activated... yet.
  7. Photonstorm
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EU_Damz View Post
    D.Hill - England [top one] is my favourite out of them all They all do a great job of showing off the zones!

    Well done to all the winners
    WUT? Damon Hill? From England? We have a F1 racing driver playing CoX!!! :P
  8. Photonstorm
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Goliath Bird Eater View Post
    No first-hand experience, but someone in the Beta Testers channel did say they were able to have 3 regular tips and the Halloween tip.
    I confirm too. I had 3 Tips and continued TOTing, qne I got the Halloween Tip. The only thing I don't know yet is if you have 5 fames, will you get the Halloween Tip? I would suppose yes, but you never know.
  9. Photonstorm
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by funnyhalo View Post
    In the recent Issue 19 Teaser, someone mentions the game as Sli Capable, and as long as Ive known, it has not been. Did I miss something?


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFPogTrkvcg

    Around the 5:25-5:40 mark. Someone mentions Sli Working.

    I just want to make sure this is not some sort of misread on their part.
    David Nakayama says at 05:33: "We've also just added a support for Nvidia SLI, which means you can run two video cards at once, and (multiply?) frame rates."

    I'm not sure what he says exactly, I keep hearing "multiply". But yeah, it seems SLI will be working soon so my GTX295 should be happy.
  10. Photonstorm
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Psyte View Post
    Well, I think there's enough story odds and ends out there that they can do things without tying it in.

    That being said? Why isn't the medicom system used with civvies? Be useful if an area has to be evacuated, right? And is Leviathan (whatever that is) a potential military target?
    The way I read it, we will know why in the story arc. Myabe its not used on normal humans because they are weaker and would die or something?

    Leviathan is buried under Sharkhead, and it's tied with the Corallax. We see it in a few story arcs as well as Operative Renault Strikeforce. I guess they are expanding on the lore, and I would also guess the arc will be at least 30+ to put after Op. Renault SF.

    I'm liking i19 more and more.
  11. Photonstorm

    New Aura Preview

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    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    The Red Cap daggers are worse. 333 Redcaps, which only appear once a year, or if you happen to be dead lucky and know someone who has the repeatable missions from DJ Zero. While Blueside has an entire zone of them.

    'Just side switch and do it then!'
    How about go to hell? I have GR, yes. Some people don't. That is not the sort of thing that should be locked out like that. And even if I can do it, it requires even more time and effort investment just to get to Blueside, even on a character I may not even want to take Rogue/Blueside.
    With i18, there is a Villain tip in the level 30-40 range that is full of Red Caps, and a few Tuatha. Plunder the treasure of the Aether, or something like that. They are on the Oranbega map with all the purple colors, where you have to destory a statue/wall at the beginning.
  12. Photonstorm
    The outdoor part took about 4-5 destruction of the Obelisks.

    Once inside, each teams had a Factory Cube assigned to them, with one Brute or Tanker responsable to get there just before the respawns. The yellow lightbulb things on each corner of the cubes are flashing before the respawns. Those Brute/Tankers were basically doing what they do with Yellow Mitos during evac-less Hami raids, getting the agro ASAP so they dont shoot at other people. With all the Rularuu all grouped together, using AOEs was dispatching them quickly, then when your Cube spawns were cleared, people would help on other cubes and then attack the AV right away as the shields were dropping down.

    That method was crucial I think. Deaths on our part was limited, and defeating the Rularuu quickly and almost at the same, was giving us a bigger window of attack on the AV.

    At some point we got out of synch with the cubes, and we had to retreat outside with about 30 minutes left to the timer. Some people decided to quit but we found replacements for them. At about 20 minutes left or so, we were ready to go back in for one last effort. And not sure why, but from that point on, we totally rocked the place.

    Each time we were going back to the AV, his health was lower and lower, and everyone was starting to believe we could beat him, if we had enough time. When we finally managed to get him down to about 10% health (I'd say that took around 10 rounds because he has an insane regen), we had one last go with about 1 minute left. With about 45 seconds left, we defeated him with probably like a few seconds of him becoming invulnerable in his force field again.

    I'm not sure about team compositions. Xeaon was asking for lots of corruptors for debuffing. I think we made sure each teams had some heals, rezzes, one tanker/brute for cube agro (they had to have taunt obviously). Also there was another tank responsable for the AV agro, and trying to lure him away when his forcefield was back up. We had lots of -Regen too. People with -regen click powers were told to use them just before the force field would protect the AV again so he would regenless during the clearing Rularuu phase.

    I think the main point in my opinion, is the 3 agroers getting under their cube just before the respawns, agroing all the Rularuu and then each teams unleashing AOE damage to clear everything. If all the Rularuu die quickly and at the same time, the AV will regen less, and the window of opportunity to damage him is bigger. Agroing the Rularuu also help protect the squishies since they don't get attacked much.

    And my Spines/Regen Scrapper got an Anger Monument. +25% damage for 7 days
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    You know, the ones that regular herd the catgirls into doing successful Hami, CoP, and Mothership Raids?
    I'm leading Hamidon raids, usually the saturday ones although I've taken a break this summer, even though I was attaending them. I restarted leading raids 2 weeks ago.
  14. Photonstorm

    Informal Art Poll

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    Option One!
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zyphoid View Post
    I am still a bit confused.
    The way I understand it:

    I19 will be on the "normal" Test Server. Maybe Open Beta even. I19 will be released this fall.

    I20 will be on the Going Rogue Test Server. It will be closed beta, with signed NDAs. I20 will be released next year obviously.

    Both betas can be run at the same time if it works like that.
  16. Photonstorm
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Avatea View Post
    KNOWN ISSUES
    • Alignment Tips May Lead to Incorrect Missions: There is a chance upon selecting a mission from an Alignment Tip that you will be assigned a mission from a random different Alignment Tip. You may even be given a mission that is heading counter to your goals (Hero instead of Vigilante or Villain instead of Rogue for example).

      When you select your Tip mission, take a close look at the text window to be sure the title matches the tip name and the mission is set to the correct alignment. If you do get the wrong mission, you can abandon it from the Mission tab and select the same tip again.
    • Primal Earth Missions in Praetoria: Some players on Primal Earth are receiving missions that are located in Praetorian zones. If this is the case, you should be able Abandon the mission and retake it to receive a more reachable mission door.
    • Badges which remain Hero/Vigilante restricted or Villain/Rogue restricted: Vigilante and Rogue characters are having issues earning some badges when they first cross over to the other zones. The badges should award to them when they complete the transition (all the way to Hero or all the way to Villain).
    There's also an issue under the Alignment tab of Personal Info. When you do a Morality mission, it will count as 2 instead of 1 if the Morality mission is a reinforcement. For exemple, on one of my scrapper I ran 10 hero tips then a hero reinforcement, then 10 Vigilante tips and a morality to switch to Vigilante. Then 10 villain tips and a morality to switch to villain, and then 10 villain tips a villain reinforcement.

    It says:

    Total Morality Missions Completed:6 Should be 4
    Hero Morality Missions Completed:2 Should be 1
    Vigilante Morality Missions Completed:1
    Rogue Morality Missions Completed:0
    Villain Morality Missions Completed:3 Should be 2
    Hero-Reinforcing Morality Missions Completed:2 Should be 1
    Vigilante-Reinforcing Morality Missions Completed:0
    Rogue-Reinforcing Morality Missions Completed:0
    Villain-Reinforcing Morality Missions Completed:2 Should be 1

    Also, Missions completed count as dismissed missions too.

    I know, not game breaking bug, but since I like stats it would be cool if its fixed.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    By the way, for those of you entering, don't forget that quite a few of the normally crowded "landmark" areas of the game - like Atlas Plaza, for example, can be accessed in peace and quiet via AE
    People can also go on the Test Server to take their screenshots.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EmperorSteele View Post
    Don't you have to ask the SG/VG registar for a base before you can build one even after you've formed the group?
    Worst 75 months vet moment ever! Yes, you have to ask for the base permit. Thanks Emperor for reminding me. Mods can close this thread.

    Let me go hide in shame now
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    I sent a petition in-game about, but thought I would post it here too to see if anyone saw something similar.

    Before Going Rogue, I have one hero group and one villain group, both with bases. One of my scrapper was in the Hero group but when Going Rogue went live, he became Vigilante, and then Villain.

    Once on Villain side, I quit my hero group and went to Port Oakes to create a new Villain group. Everything is fine. I can change the settings and all, go in VG mode to earn prestige, I have the VG characters screen (I am the only person in the VG).

    The problem is when I click the base portal. I dont have the "Enter the Base" button. I aslo made a coalition with my other Villain Group to be able to use the teleporters in there while I build the new base. I can see the button of my other villain group and can enter and use teleporters just fine.

    So I dunno what's going. Maybe the game still see me as a Hero? I would guess that's the bug.
  20. Photonstorm
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ring Mistress Carnie View Post
    Does anyone know how to enter the forum contests for one of these or have one they want to give away or anything? I want one of these outfits so bad! I love the sash belt and top with fur collar. Plus it's just so colorful!
    Beside the contests, you can also be a little patient. According to Noble Nakayama, we will be able to use most of the enemie group costumes. So you will be able to use the Carnies costume, or the parts you like the most. Dunno when this will go live. Maybe they will give more details at PAX Prime in September.
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    There might still be some gems hidden here and there. For exemple, under Hats, Resistance has the WW2 style aviator hat. The one that the Gyro Captain is wearing in Mad Max 2: Road Warrior.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
    True. There was a bunch of artwork for almost 100 AE badges too, but we all know what happened to those. It's not like the Vet badges took long to create anyway. They are all the same with a different number placed on top of it. haha

    Anyway, I do agree they wouldn't change it. At most, they'd simply cut back future rewards, not change the way the existing ones work.. and I don't expect them to either. I was just thinking of how it would have worked better on launch.
    I still don't understand why some people don't like that though... Everyone get a new Vet badge every 3 months, everyone. I think people get fixated on new Vet badges when they are announced because it's "new". I don't see either why the players who have been here the longer should stop getting Vet badges. Like I said, everyone get a new badges every 3 months.
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    Has there been any announcements made so far for the 75 months veteran badge? It's like 2 weeks away or so.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    This has to be the first time in six years I've seen four people answer the same question four different ways at exactly same time. You'd think this was something interesting like NCSoft announcing Desdemona figurines shipping with Gamestop preorders.
    I think people are hungry for GR info
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Obsidius View Post
    New question: will Rogues and Vigilantes be able to use either market due to this change?
    Since everything will be together, its irrelevant where you access the market now, no? The only advantages Rogues and Vigilantes have over the Heroes and Viallains is that they have more trading spots (Atlas Park, Kings Row, Steel Canyon, Talos Island, Mercy Island, Port Oakes, Cap au Diable, St Martial)... and maybe one or more zones in Praetoria, unless Praetoria has a different market system or something... or maybe none at all.