SpaceNut

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by elvnsword09 View Post
    I will be looking into getting a semi-private area reserved for us Saturday the 18th of February. I am going to go ahead and ask for this day off from work as well, take a leave/pass day if I need too.

    I hope this day works for everyone, and thus far it seems to be an ok date, (past the mid point, on a Saturday, etc etc...) and I am taking Quasadu's advice, This is when it is, I will announce times asap...

    Hope to hear confirms from you soon, I will begin advertising to the other servers en-masse when I have the confirmation from D&B.

    Elvnsword/Liberties
    Do we have confirmation from D&B yet? I just got my new calendar and want to mark it!
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by EU_Damz View Post
    Whats wrong with the dev digest showing previews by the way? I personally prefer it.
    My biggest gripe is that it shows a vastly reduced number of threads on one screen, since each one has a preview box, instead of just the title. It was a lot easier to scan through them fast when you could see 20 at a time and tell what was part of an ongoing conversation.
  3. I was hit by this bug the first time I zoned.
  4. Calendar marked and looking forward to it!
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn View Post
    The last one of these we did was a few years ago, so another one would be nice. The first one we did at a Dave and Busters, and it worked out really well. The second one was a picnic at a park near DC that I tried to help organize, but wasn't able to attend.
    The second one was actually cancelled because attendees started to evaporate. :-(

    I'm totally up for whatever gets planned, but I wouldn't be able to be involved in organization since it's a bit of a hike from where I am.
  6. My ice tanker was born with a mutation that caused his skin to draw heat from the environment around him, so the moisture in the air that gets cooled turns to ice. (Sad story: He unknowingly killed his mother when he was born, as the stress of childbirth activated the mutation and literally froze her inside as he was being born.)
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gemini_2099 View Post
    50 PP sounds fair as compensation.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FopyRHHlt3M
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nelm View Post
    What kind of router do you have? I have an ASUS that allows me to throttle everyone else that is connected and give priority to my gaming machine. It might make their Netflix run at a slightly lower resolution but I get good network traffic.
    Yeah, it sounds like the router is prioritizing wireless traffic over wired traffic, but I have no clue how to change that kinda stuff.
  9. SpaceNut

    WSF Nerfed?

    It gives UP TO a half level of XP, depending on the length of the TF. The respec trial is fast and easy, so it gives less of a reward than, say, Lady Grey. Please don't be so quick to call nerf.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kheldarn View Post
    He's already Level 50. He shows up in the Villain Morality Mission.
    That was my point - we can't recruit him in the teens when he's still the leader of the Outcasts, or in the 20s when he's working with the Freakshow. We have to wait until he's 50 and becomes a full-fledged hero.
  11. Was just messing around on his map, and decided to see how long I could slide in that U shaped ice area on the stairs. I started sliding back and forth and to my amazement I slid a little higher each time, until I popped off the edge. Do you realize what this means?

    Frostfire has invented a surface with a negative coefficient of friction! In other words, perpetual motion.

    Forget protecting Terra Volta! Someone hire Frostfire (once he's reached level 50) and all our energy worries are over!
  12. My protective instincts kicked in as I flashed by at 1:07!
  13. Was respeccing a stalker of mine, and found that the stalker version of Darkness Mastery -> Nightfall accepts ToHit Buff IO sets instead of ToHit Debuff and Accurate ToHit Debuff sets like the rest of the Darkness Mastery powers!

    (I /bugged it of course, and I'll probably have to wait for a fix to slot stuff - ToHit Buff sets are expensive, and ToHit Debuff sets are cheap!)
  14. You'll get your token at the end of the billing month. It was originally planned for the beginning of the billing month, but there was a problem.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tyger View Post
    I imagine most just dump their 'junk' salvage on the market because it's easier than carefully clicking in the vendor. In the above example I bought about a thousand kin weapons. The next day I logged in there were 2000 more.
    Exactly. I only did this with salvages that had thousands for sale and no bidders, and my highest bid (my only bid) was 100 inf. I'm sure there are hundreds more available for 250 inf. With one of the pieces (forget which one), I started out with about 10600 for sale, and when I had exhausted all the ones for sale at 100 inf or less, there were still about 7900 for sale.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Melancton View Post
    My goodness, that is dedication. Making 1.5 million that way seems like filling a swimming pool with an eyedropper. Yikes.
    Yeah, it was definitely not the most efficient way of making inf, but the character I was on had gone from 17 to 27 in a couple of days, and I needed a break from combat but didn't feel like logging off. At my peak, I estimate I was buying 150 salvage per minute.
  17. For less than 100 inf, it's been bought. I'm talking about the super common invention salvages. You know the ones, with 10000 for sale and 0 bidding. If you had it listed for 100 inf or less, I bought it yesterday. I was really bored, and wanted to see how much I could make without selling anything on the market, so I started buying commons for 100 inf and selling them for 250 inf at the vendor. 2 hours later I had purchased an estimated 10,000 pieces of salvage and made about 1.5 million inf.

    So yeah, go get your inf.

    (I just wish there was some way to see if I show up as a spike on the auction server logs.)
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dispari View Post
    Bah, she's not on the wiki yet. For shame, wiki.
    I ran through all of the First Ward content yesterday, and it took me about 8 hours. Double that to copy and paste it all over to the wiki, and then double it again to format and include all the villain groups in the zone. It takes a LONG time to write all the wiki articles for a new Issue.

    See this article? http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/In-game_timeline

    I spent 10-15 hours editing it and getting references in the correct format. Not even creating the page from scratch. Just editing. The First Ward content and villain groups are probably 2-3 times more data than that page.

    Be patient. Or grab a hammer and start helping.
  19. Awesome promotion, except for the fact that it popped up in my face as I was fighting Requiem!
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
    CoH Helper dump please? So we know what your current system specs are?
    Also, any preference for ATI or nVidia?
    I don't really have a preference, but I've always used nVidia, so I'm a bit more comfortable with them. Here's the dump from my system right now:

    ---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

    DxDiag gathered at October 3, 2011 14:36 (-04:00)
    Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
    System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
    System Model: MS-7528
    BIOS: Default System BIOS
    Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz (2 CPUs)
    Memory: 3072MB
    .Net Memory Report: 2105MB out of 3071MB available
    Page File: 3918MB (1042MB currently in use)
    C Drive: (ST3250823A) 42166MB out of 119232MB (35%) free
    D Drive: (ST3250823A) 118718MB out of 119232MB (99%) free
    E Drive: (Hitachi HDP725050GLA360) 356277MB out of 425000MB (83%) free
    F Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS40) zero-size drive
    G Drive: (FgF CDDVD+tech-200x SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
    Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
    DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)

    Display Notes: No problems found.

    No problems found.
    Sound Notes: No problems found.
    Input Notes: No problems found.

    Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
    Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
    Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
    Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 8600 GT
    Video Memory: 512.0 MB
    Driver Version: 6.14.0011.7519
    Driver Date: 5/16/2008 2:01:00 PM
    Driver Language: English

    Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
    Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
    Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
    Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 8600 GT
    Video Memory: 512.0 MB
    Driver Version: 6.14.0011.7519
    Driver Date: 5/16/2008 2:01:00 PM
    Driver Language: English

    Sound Device Description: Realtek HD Audio output
    Driver File: RtkHDAud.sys
    Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5268
    Driver Date: 6/13/2006 11:04:12 PM


    WMI Information
    Motherboard Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
    Motherboard Model: (empty)
    Motherboard Product: MS-7528
    Motherboard Version: 1.0
    BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
    BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
    BIOS Version: 7528MS - 20081020
    BIOS Release: 20081020000000.000000+000


    Registry Information for Current User
    Resolution: 1680x1050
    3D Resolution: 1680x1050 (Not using renderscale)
    Full Screen: Yes
    Maximized: No
    Screen Position: 0, 0
    Refresh Rate: 60Hz
    Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


    Physics Quality: Medium
    Maximum Particles: 50000
    Max Particle Fill? 10.000
    Physics Card Enabled: No


    Anti-aliasing: Off
    Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
    Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
    Water Effects: Medium quality
    Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
    Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
    Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
    Shader Detail: Medium?


    World Texture Level: Very High
    Character Texture Level: High
    World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
    Entity Detail Level: 1.000
    Shadows Enabled: Yes
    Shadow Mode: Stencil shadows
    Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
    Environmental Reflections: Disabled
    Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
    Ambient Occlusion: Off
    Occlusion Strength: Off
    Blur: Bilateral
    Ambient Resolution: Performance


    Gamma Correction: 1.000
    Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
    Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
    Close Suppression Range: 3.000
    Show Advertisements: Yes

    Audio Mode: Compatiblity
    3D Audio: No
    FX Sound Volume: 0.302
    Music Sound Volume: 0.297

    Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
    Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
    Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
    Save Login Username: Yes
    Transfer Rate: 1037099 bytes/second
    Current Game Version: 1950.201102120907.1
    Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

    Mod files in the Data directory
    No modifications found
  21. Thanks for all the suggestions, folks! While I may be in the market for a new graphics card, the problem may in fact be the motherboard or another part. If I turn off my computer and restart it right away, there are no POST beeps, and no monitor signal. If I let it sit off for a while, it starts up normally, or so it seems. Looks like my problem may be more complicated than a simple graphics card swap.
  22. I saw that thread, but I was hoping for a more specific recommendation.
  23. My graphics card apparently bit the dust overnight. Turned on my monitors this morning, and neither of them got a signal from my computer. I'd been seeing some weird graphics blips over the last couple of weeks, so it looks like the card finally failed.

    So, I'm looking for recommendations for a new graphics card. I'd like to be able to run Ultra Mode at 30 fps with most of the settings turned on, and I'm treating this as my early XMas present, so I'm willing to spend a little money to get something good. I do run my system with 2 monitors, and bonus points if the card also has an HDMI port, as I'd love to be able to hook it up to my TV for streaming movies.

    Suggestions?
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aggelakis View Post
    No. Without the Invention license or reward unlock, nothing having to do with the Invention system is active. No salvage drops, no recipe drops, no crafting, no slotting, nada.
    See my edit. If the invention system doesn't unlock until Tier 7, what's the point of the inventory bonuses at lower tiers?