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Quote:Actually, it's highly likely that the people able to post the ADMIN messages in the game don't have posting privileges on the forums, at least not on an official account or one that would show up in the Dev Digest or Community Digest.Originally Posted by Atomic Gadgeteer
Well, you know, posting a note on the forums requires trekking five miles through the Malaria Jungle, climbing hand over hand one thousand feet up the Cliffs of Scratchy Fiberglass Insulation, and then sacrificing your kitten to the Gods Of Forum Software.
Its not like it just takes a few mouse clicks and a few minutes typing to post a forum note. You have to recognize the sacrifice involved. You have to realize they issued a patch last Thursday. Just expect maintenance every morning for the next two weeks.
Save the kittens!
I'm pretty sure Zwontyoucomehomebillbailey, Freitag and Hit Streak aren't getting up that early just to post a notice.
I think the part about checking the forums is part of a macro they've had for several years and haven't bothered to change. -
Quote:If the character has completed the TPN Campus Trial, yes.Originally Posted by Miakis
Wait, can you unlock his pistols with Emp merits now? Cause I've got a DP Fender sitting at low incarnate that might be worthwhile on. Not that I ever play her, storm isn't as fun as i thought it might be...
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Quote:Entirely possible since it is calling an Echo of Statesman and not Statesman.Originally Posted by Codewalker
Hmm, hadn't thought to check since I never use them, but does this still summon Statesman for the tanker one?
All of the Signature Summon powers summon Echo versions.
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D'oh. Misread. Nothing to see here.
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Quote:Well, we got word about this in the other thread.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
There are a couple contacts there that seem to not be restricted (Trilogy and Fireball) (this may be a bug). AFAIK the rest are still restricted.
So ... I don't know why it would be in the market.Quote:Originally Posted by Arbiter Warrant
Just checked this with the mission designer, who confirmed through the mighty War witch her very own self that this is working correctly. These missions are all access content.
Thanks for asking!
The Belladonna Vetrano arc is for Incarnates only, so it seems Smersh has run into a different bug if non-VIP's can get the popup, access the contact and accept the missions without VIP status.
Hopefully Smersh filed a /bug report in-game.
EDIT: And it's not in the market, at least not according to the newly posted Featured Items post. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Cende
Sorry, no, you have to have unlocked your Alpha slot to run Apex and Tin Mage. You don't have to have anything slotted in it, but if it's not unlocked, you can't run it.
Quote:Originally Posted by Scythus
Funny, I seem to recall accounts of basic 50s being invited into Apex/Tin Mage teams but being subjected to the -4 level debuff.
Well, why don't we look to see what the Patch Notes say about it?
Gee. Looks like it is Incarnate Only content for those two.Quote:Originally Posted by Avatea
Patch notes & known issues for the release of Issue 19: Alpha strike.
Incarnate System
- Once youve started your Incarnate journey, you can attempt the new Apex and Tin Mage II Task Forces which will reward Incarnate Components for those tough enough to handle the first taste of the Praetorian Alpha Strike.
- We have added two Task Forces for characters who are level 50. These TF's should be tackled by characters who have slotted the Alpha slot with a power. Emperor Cole has perfected a debuff that affects characters who have no Alpha Abilities slotted. Characters without an Alpha Ability can still attempt the TF but it will be significantly more challenging.
- Apex Task Force see Apex in the Rikti War Zone to thwart an attempted invasion from Praetoria
- Tin Mage Task Force see Tin Mage Mark II in the Rikti War Zone to take the battle back into Praetoria
Tin Mage is the WST beginning June 19. This week it is the 24-33 Respecs.Quote:Originally Posted by Cende
Well, tell you what. Tin Mage is the WTF... this week, I think? We'll get a team together and you can find someone with an unlocked 50, and we'll see what happens.
If it works, we'll tell the Wiki to update, and then ask the devs if we should /bug it.
Don't ask the Wiki to update if an unlocked 50 can do it (unless they put in a note that there is a bug allowing unlocked 50's to run it), but definitely /bug it if an unlocked 50 can run it as that is counter to what is in the patch notes and what the Devs told us their plan for those two was. -
Test and Beta are once again available.
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Quote:You asked this:Originally Posted by Moonlighter
What I mean is what setting would affect something like that? I didn't think my personal settings mattered.
I can't see what your settings are so can't tell you what might be wrong. Following the instructions in that thread should let us see exactly what settings might be wrong.Quote:Originally Posted by Moonlighter
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Quote:Then you should have edited your post to reflect that or made another new post.Originally Posted by T_Immortalus
I saw that after my post.
As it was, I corrected your misinformation so that others not bothering to read further up the thread would see the correct information. -
Quote:Nope.Originally Posted by T_Immortalus
While I think the actual intention is "Monster ranked enemies",
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Quote:Since I know of at least one Magisterium run that not only finished the trial but also earned the Really Hard Way badge, I can't agree with your assessment. Note that most of the participants of that badge run had been on at least one successful regular run before attempting the badge run.Originally Posted by makerian
My sense of MAG is that it's either broken, there are hidden tricks, or it's not scaled properly. I was excited after the article, but stumped after my first couple runs of the trial.
I think nothing else would need to be adjusted except the lightning attack. It's either too big, repeats too often, or lasts too long. Yes, there are ways around it. But there's nothing simple about 24 random players in a PUG running around with their heads cut off every 10 seconds either to get a light or to avoid the lightning. If players didn't get rooted when attacking, it might be different.
As it stands, this has been a very unfun experience. It didn't feel epic, it feels like I don't understand the game mechanics. Rather than being simple, it feels exceedingly complex (or just obfuscated so that the absence of clarity results in confusion). There are at least 5 major mechanics going on: his tendency to fly and move around, his lightning strike, his eye beams, the lights of the well, and the favor of the well. Potentially, there's something about Olympians buffing him, dying when health is >50% or <50%, etc, but I haven't confirmed it.
I do hope this was just released prematurely and it's being evaluated.
I do understand that first week trials can be hard and people get better. Unlike almost every trial so far, though, I don't see what we're supposed to understand.
With BAF it was understanding that LT prisoners don't get mezzed and turrets are bad so stay away from them (or disable them).
With LAM it was a fix that made him easier to defeat combined with players learning how to use the temp powers.
With KEY it was not to attack AM during reactors, how to use temps, how terminals stopped his regen, how dying during last fight really boosted his health.
etc. There were mechanics added in almost every trial that may not have been intuitive, but could be taught.
I suppose if the only lesson in this trial is keep running around and neglect dedicated damage because dying is worse than attacking once in a while, then maybe I can teach that to new players. But to expect entire leagues of PUGs to be able to avoid being killed as often as I'm seeing on my trial runs, then you've just set a very high bar for PUGs for a game mechanic that is very hard to teach. I'd rather them have to use 10 different temps in sequence within 20 seconds or something than have people survive for 15 minutes running around without dying despite massive unresisted dmg being sprayed all over the screen every 30 seconds.
Perhaps when mostly players are +6, this might be more enjoyable.
As you noted, however, during the first week the trials can be hard and people get better.
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Quote:It's not a newly created clause. It was a clause in the previous version of the forum rules that The Ocho had posted on August 4, 2010.Originally Posted by Casual_Player
3) I fully expect this post to get deleted, under the newly-created "Inappropriate discussion of the aesthetics of the human form, subject to moderator discretion" clause. Hmmmmm. I wonder why that clause was instituted just now?
See my conclusion from point 2). You knew you were about to start using softcore porn to sell your product to teenagers, and you decided to institute a policy enabling you to delete or modify the posts that call you out on it.
How do I know that? I have a printout of that post at home and at work. I'm looking at it right now. I also have a printout of the new version of the rules. I wish I'd had enough foresight to do that with previous incarnations of the rules just so I could post them somewhere to show how little they've actually changed over the years. Then consistency of the enforcement of the rules is all that has changed very much in all that time. I doubt anything will change in that regard in the future.
The only new part of that is the written addition of "subject to moderator descretion" which is an out if they WANT to leave a discussion up. The "discussion of the aesthetics of the human form" was in the old rules with the additional part that they removed in this version "(particularly that of models, actors or actresses)". Several of us referred to that as the "Christina Hendricks" rule.
You are just cheesed off because they enforced the rule that had been there for almost 2 years.
It broke the old version of the rules and it breaks the new version of the rules. The new version just removes one specific aspect of the wording and implicitly states that they have discretion about whether to remove the posts or not.
Your incorrect conclusion has been proven wrong. -
Still waiting on update for Beta to finish. Then I'll have to wait on the update for Test.
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She's trying not to show you the come back later string.
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*looks at Moonlighter's settings*
*has too much difficulty seeing them and gives up*
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Quote:And ... they have corrected the patch notes.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
"Monster" is another word for "critter" which is another word for "NPC". Just a bad word choice in the patch notes.
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Quote:I got TJ (SO/HO build with a couple of Common IO's) from Alpha Unlocked and slotted with T1 Spiritual before I22 hit to switching over to Cardiac in Alpha and having all 5 slots unlocked and slotted with T3's. I've gotten at least a second T2 going on Alpha, Interface and Lore so far and am working towards getting the T3's in Interface and Lore.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Out of curiosity, how are the solo-only players doing Incarnate-wise? Everything unlocked yet? +3? T4s yet?
I'm not that worried about the T4 since I know I'm going to have to burn Empys to do it and that will take quite a bit of repeating the arcs in DA to get my weekly 2 Empys. Unless I get stupidly lucky on a reward table roll. So far, it's been only Uncommon or Common with one Rare somehow dropping.
I've also started working my Controller through the Arcs but things have picked up at work so I haven't had much time to put into her yet. -
Quote:First off, I've seen reports of Premium accounts being able to access Missions and Arcs there even though it is supposed to be Free-for-VIP/Purchase-for-Free-and-Premium.Originally Posted by Hopeling
Because it's not currently in the market, and premium accounts do not have access to it without purchase (like First Ward).Quote:Originally Posted by Smersh
Why in the world would they put Night Ward in the market?
I've started running an arc in there, no purchase necessary.
Second, Smersh is on a Premium account and is running an arc there. White name on the forums means not a VIP. -
Quote:"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke.Originally Posted by Mr_Morbid
Maybe they're robots and the BP are really a bunch of high tech guys that only pretend to be using magic!
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The Game Account Details page only shows Paid Time. It doesn't count free months from purchasing box versions of the game, free time from the 12+2 or 6+1 programs they've run in the past, free time from the old Refer a Friend program or free time from the old Bring a Friend Back program.
Annual badges are not being awarded since Freedom launched and it's unclear as to whether or not they ever will be again.
The character slot awarded for each year of subscription time appears to still be awarded.
As an example, my account has been active with only a lapse of 1 day due to an incorrect fraud alert on the charge since the game launched. My Game Account Details page shows my Paid Time as 7 years 0 months.
If you want to contact someone to verify the time, you will need to open a support ticket using /petition in-game (since you are a VIP you can do this), using the Ask A Question tab at the https://support.cityofheroes.com site, using the Live Help tab on that same site (only available from Noon to 5 PM Central time Monday through Thursday and Noon to 3:30 PM Central time Friday), or by sending an email to support@coh.com -
nProtect needs to be shut down from Services, not by looking for it as a running program.
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They had to post it here because someone beat them to it in General Discussion.
Thank you Devs! Tyrant's personal story. -
If they deny the /petition, I'd ask (politely) that it be escalated to a senior GM and send a PM to the members of the OCR team (Z, Freitag, HitStreak) and ask that they assist with getting it corrected.
You can get the exact spelling of their names from the Community Digest page. -
My suspicion would be that it is one of the pieces of the AVG system that is blocking access to the registry.
I don't run AVG anymore at home and don't have any systems here with it installed so can't check it myself.
An easy way to check would be to open the AVG interface and go into each item and disable it temporarily, try running CoH Helper to see if you can get the registry entries and then re-enable all of the AVG items afterward.
The only other way I know of to see the game settings would be to take screenshots of the following registry keys' entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cryptic\CoH
Be sure to blank out the entry for Account Name or just do the screenshot of all of the entries in the right-hand pane after that one by scrolling so that it has "just" gone off screen.
EDIT: It is also possible that the nProtect Game Guard Service is blocking access to the registry. You should be able to simply Stop that Service and check to see if you can access the registry with CoH Helper. -
Quote:Originally Posted by UberGuy
You may have missed this earlier in the thread, but the Lights do nothing to Tyrant. His regeneration is only a function of his current HP. How many Lights are on have nothing to do with it.
The Lights are supposed to suppress level shifts granted to players, so that when all lights are out, everyone (in theory) is +6. This doesn't seem to be working right.
Edit: I have noticed the damage after the visual for the flow lightning fades, and do agree that's quite frustrating. I wouldn't complain one bit if they fixed that.
Oops.
Wrong lights.
So sorry.