Rajani Isa

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Character slots in the character selection screen can now be reorganized by dragging and dropping. The sort order is stored in a file on the client, but only if "Remember Account Name” is checked on the Log-in Screen

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The information is NOT stored on the client. It is stored on your local hard drive, as a file named playerslot.txt. While it remembers the character order, it STILL ignores the first character on your list, and automatically selects the character that was ORIGINALLY at the top of the list, pre-I12.



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Just for clarification, your local hard drive IS the client. The NCSoft hard drives (and computers) are the server, your computer is the client.

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Yep. Glad I refreshed, so I can just go QFT instead of double posting.

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4. Aegis Psi/Status Res: (3% psi resist/20% status resistance). Always on even if the power is off

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This functions like a set bonus also.

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Yeah, the op might want to throw in a remind about how an always on and a set bonus unique differ.

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I will be inordinately unhappy if that's what the launcher turns out to be. I do not play Valve games, and Steam factors significantly into why. The CoH launcher is lightweight and, frankly, easy to skip. I want nothing to do with the downloading of patches or other data "streaming" in the background at times anything other than of my choosing.


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If I remember right, you can select what you want to update in the background. haven't looked at it in a while though, not since I played in the exteel beta.
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I hate to say it but I think this is a bad business decision. I know too many people like me who aren't going to be interested in a niche tool like this. I'll be happy to be wrong.

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how is an optional feature a bad decision?

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List has been updated via request by Thors_Assassin!

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hmm, an art-related request from TA. I feel blindsided! ;p

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On the empath badge:
"I put one too many zeroes on the thing, and by the time I realized that it was really absurdly hard to get, it was too late because people had already tried to get it and I didn't want to invalidate their play experience or the achievement they had earned. (Castle: That's the first time I've heard that story.) [...] Ten thousand Rikti monkeys changed when we changed the way--a core mechanic of the game changed, which was herding. Ten thousand Rikti monkeys was literally put in because you could herd a hundred Rikti monkeys at a time and kill them all."

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Could we have that extra zero removed anyway? The people that really want it have had it longer than the rest of us

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Energy Manipulator: Chance to Stun has two problems. One is that the text changes from Chance to Disorient to Chance to Stun. The other problem is that when slotting in Lightning Storm it does not proc in PvP. Tested it last night and after 10 minutes of the Lightning Storm zapping it never stunned my target that was standing there unprotected. When I get a chance I'm going to slot it into Lightning Field and see if it's an AoE issue.

Has anyone else experienced this with Energy Manipulator: Chance to Stun?

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It was set to not work in PvP because of people griefing by putting it in Speed boost.

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Do not allow tells (or emails) from any player who has been flagged as a spammer via the /ignore_spammer command.

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The amount of human misery such a griefing tool would allow makes me salivate like a oil-company exec looking at their bonuses while having such understanding for the difficulties of the poor/lower/middle classes.

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So again, I wonder exactly how spammers are getting ahold of character names when they aren't around to be logged in even occasionally.

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And some tha tare bored probably try /friend. Which not only tells you that they exists, but what side they are on ( as you cannot befriend an enemy.

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As for the DJs using the email system, what makes the in game email so special that requests /have/ to be sent using that method? In game tells already handle communication so why is in game email so vitally important? Also all the DJs have out of game emails that could handle requests as well, and far better than the in game email system as most normal email providers these days have spam blockers.

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Tells have one huge weakness - The Chat system. New tells make the system scroll to the bottom - there is no easy way to "bookmark" where you are at in them, and if you get enough, they start disappearing into the void. Emails don't force you to scroll, you can simply delete them as you do them, and don't disappear like tells do. The DJs frequently do stuff in game as they DJ - using the in game email lets them be active in game without having to go and switch back and forth between in-game and out-of-game.

Most importantly, using the in-game email gives the LISTENERS an easy way to request songs.

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I'm praying they are removing email availability from trial accounts. That'd go a long way to stop the spammers, I'm sure.

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A simple yet brilliant solution.

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And that might be what they are doing - but they don't have the system set up to differentiate between trial and subscription yet (only the billing does, and that just tells the game "Active" or "Inactive".)

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...but when you look deeper it has too great a chance for abuse. People could report players that just tick them off ingame, possibly causing an unfair, unwarranted cacelation of their account. Yes, devs would try to review the emails...but in truth, there is only so much time in a day.

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No, the developers would not try to review the emails.

NCSoft has a support staff for just this kind of thing - and they check every petition out.

The only way I can think of that gets someone banned without review is a credit card doing a charge back against NCSoft, as then it is assumed to be Credit Card Theft. And then your account is banned irrevocably, as far as I know.

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And only pay accounts can use the tell system

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If WoW had done that, I would of simply logged off and uninstalled the game right when I found that out, instead of seeing it to it's conculsion and deciding I "m3h" on WoW with the trial account.

As it was, being unable to answer questions I knew the answers to in broadcasts, etc, was annoying in the extreme. I say no to this.

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2. a request made for something desired,

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Actually, that is exactly the sort of petition that is against the forum rules.

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http://www.plaync.com/us/support/ask.html.

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AM I the only one getting a dead page with this link?

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I think it is because the period got put in as part of the link (so it's a .html. file, not a .html file).

Mods, please fix the link in Lighthouse's post!

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Sorry bout that. Link is fixed.

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Np, after all, periods can happen anywhere.

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http://www.plaync.com/us/support/ask.html.

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AM I the only one getting a dead page with this link?

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I think it is because the period got put in as part of the link (so it's a .html. file, not a .html file).

Mods, please fix the link in Lighthouse's post!

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I probably be flamed for this because it is a radical idea. But ...


Why not remove the e-mail system all together? All MMOs have e-mail which is why I say it is radical. But, it's usage here is limited compared to some others. We cannot transfer influence, enchantments, salvage, or recipes like other MMOs. It is really only text based communication. In my opinion communication is handled much more conveniently with tells and offiline messages. It would be curious what the actual usage numbers for e-mail would be without those reported for spam. My perception (which is limited and quite possibly wrong) is that it is not used much outside of sending RMT and now p0rn messages. Removing it would stop one of their more powertools, the ability to send spam while the player is offline.

Just my .02 influence.

--Rad

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Many SGs use it as well. It would be screwing over those who use it legitimately. Especially in big SGs where, say, they kick someone for inactivity, and can't recall the global name (if they even knew it) - only global tells get saved as offline messages.

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The only problem with using the /ignore_spammer command I see is the continuous use of nonsensical names used by most spammers, that makes it often impossible to correctly ignore. For the email that has been flooding our accounts specifically could the Dev's please add an in-game email address (per server) that we can forward the emails to (IE Email Petitions; Pinnacle Spammers; Virtue Petitions, etc). The player base can then easily forward the email along to the support team for their review/actions. Or add a button to the current in-game email structure to forward the email as a petition.

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For tells, just hit backspace three times (one to bring up the reply, two to delete the space and comma), then replace /tell with /ignore spammer.

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you live in space man, Dragon_King you probally have 12 level 70 characters on Victory right now. And you have all the items in your base. Raise the level cap to 100? NEED more POWER!!!!!

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Someone get this boy a sedative.

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Won't work.

We already used up all the elephant tranqs.

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Why does it cost less to add a whole new slot then it does to move around characters? or rename them?

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The cost in the two currently live features is to discourage abuse. And this way, we don't have to remember any funny timing rules.

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yeah - you assign on a one-slot-at-a-time (it looks like) basis.

And they can't give too many freebies, or some people will never use it :P

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Ok. And my issue isn't it's just 2. It's that they're 2 picked per server. I think the 2 associated with I12 improvements should be across all servers due to increased powers...but it's a minor issue I have. I still plan on buying 5 for $20.

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But the system isn't set up to just give x per server, it is set up to give out x to be distributed. So that's why they can't jsut give 2 per/

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When you buy slots you get 1 slot to assign to a server of your choice (or more than 1, depending on how much you spend). Like the Rename and Server transfers, once done it's permanent.

The free slots (both i12 and vet reward) are simply free uses of the purchase system. So 2+ freebies to distribute as you choose.

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Ok, so the 5 I buy with $20 will be selected too? I ask because I don't see that on the announcement. It seems omitted in this case, but it's there for the previous freebies.

My only issue is the 2 free initials, but I'll be able to survive

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yeah - you assign on a one-slot-at-a-time (it looks like) basis.

And they can't give too many freebies, or some people will never use it :P

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My only justification is that I don't really understand where the money is going.

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First of all, it's more messing with the live database. It means they have more to back up if something goes [censored].

Second, they get charged a fee for processing card info. Even Visa and Mastercard charge a noticable amount, especially on amounts five dollars or less.

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Will these server of choice options be a one-shot deal? In other words, if I select Champion x 2 then will I never be able to select other servers with these 2 free slots?

I'm planning on buying at least one 5 for $20, but I'm concerned about that free slot server choice. I really feel that should be free across all servers.

Also, will the purchasable slots be server of choice or across all servers?

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When you buy slots you get 1 slot to assign to a server of your choice (or more than 1, depending on how much you spend). Like the Rename and Server transfers, once done it's permanent.

The free slots (both i12 and vet reward) are simply free uses of the purchase system. So 2+ freebies to distribute as you choose.

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This is awesome !!!!!!....but I am waiting for "Oeh Noes Villaines got teh hosed" action on this as it seems to follow every I12 announcement...LOL

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I'm SO biting my thumb to keep from editing Posi's post and inserting "except villains" in random locations.

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Just in from closed beta - Villain Epic Archetypes take two slots each!

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*feels silly for the post he made the other day* Thanks Posi. Free slots is awesome. Now just to choose between Pinn and Virtue..

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You'll have four years when this goes live, right? That's three each!