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I hope Thor is okay Turg! Take care of ya puppy!

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Thanks. Short version: Thor's got a ruptured disk on his upper back, between C6 and C7. It's impacting his spinal cord, which is causing loss of control on his limbs, requiring surgery. He goes under the knife Wednesday morning.

Sucky part is that this'll run us $7K when it's all over. There goes Turg's wedding fund. Tina and I are earnestly discussing eloping now.

...anyone have $7K lying around?...

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Will I get an award when my post-count exceeds Turg's? He's got the highest count between everybody in the thread so far... but a couple more days in the Tech Issues and Player Questions forums should fix that. lol

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As I tell the IRON crew on our boards: It's not about how much you say something, it's what you actually SAY that distinguishes you.

(Heh. Maybe THAT'll keep his post count down so I win the boards posting ladder...)

*scrolls up* WTH do you people do with your day that you all jam-pack in so fast? I saw UP in 3D today, shopped, took care of the ailing dog, went to a BBQ, and I come back to see THIS?

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Sign me down for the Saturday run. Supreme Soviet, bots/traps. Granted, you're running a bit heavy that night...

Granted, it restricts the costume contest to people who buy the pack, which won't blow over well, but to heck with it, do it anyway.

Hmm. If you can take a lowbie into this, I'd like to bring my elec/elec brute along, Red Rayne. She's lvl 30 ATM.

Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing Scirocco, I've not done that arc before.

But if it's between Mako and Scorp: Mako.

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Anyone know offhand where (if anywhere) the happy couple registered for wedding gifts? It'd be nice to send them something...

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I'm guessing "refer a friend" codes for his wife are outta the question.

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Turg friggin' loses by default.

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Still better'n you tho. Is true. I did the math.

*Chatted with J last night and officially withdrew from the debt run contest, but will prolly do a "makeup" run later this summer just to say we finally did it. *

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Was there a winner yet or is Turg still holding up the show?

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Turg is holding up the show. Crap, I didn't see J's response...

If it's easier, count me out as the terrestrial embodiment of utter Fail. The next few weekends will be weird. I coulda done you guys this weekend too, but I forgot...

Throw me down for this. Crab or bots/traps MM, depending on what you need.

Rex Obscura: Lvl 50 Crab Soldier
Supreme SOviet: Lvl 50 Bots/Traps Mastermind

(A possible, if you'll take a lvl 45 or higher, depending on how fast I level him):

King Legbah - Lvl 45 Thugs/Poison Mastermind

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Awww, no one else wants to come and do the Posi TF? It's not too late to sign up!

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You have morning person syndrome. Some of us capes're workin' folk.

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Congratulations! I'd say pics or it didn't happen but that might be a very, very bad idea

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Or a very, very good one?

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Have you seen what most code monkeys look like, much less nekkid or only recently coming out from underneath their box? Bad idea. Very bad idea.

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At least now we know who's been going to unboxednekkidcodemonkeys.com.

pohsyb: Congratulations, and enjoy the honeymoon.

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Oh my gosh! I luvs da kitteh!

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I have it on good faith that Rawrkitteh loves all of you too.

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To help clear up any confusion I might have caused and hopefully help others to get their glitched characters back in the action. Heres the entire e-mail I received:

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Hello,

Thank you again for being so patient during this ordeal. At this time the Development Team is still unsure what caused this to happen but it does seem as though powers and items that may have been lost are being corrected automatically. This means that anything that you may have lost access to should have become available again. If you lost access to something that you've paid for that you have not regained access to (powers, costume parts, etc), please let us know as soon as possible and please include the specific items that are missing.

We are aware that certain Vet Rewards have also been affected as a result of this issue. While it doesn't appear as though access to Vet Rewards was lost, we are aware of some cases in which players gained access to Vet Rewards that they were not yet eligible for. If you have gained access to such rewards, we encourage you not to use them as they could cause problems with your character in the future when the bug is corrected. It is perfectly fine to use the characters themselves, however.

Please let us know if you have any additional questions or concerns.

Take care,
GM Alura
City of Heroes Support Team
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Hope its helpful!

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Alura's good people. If she's involved, you can count on straight up info and a willingness to help.

As these don't run very long, I can likely make this as well. Please hook me up.

Prolly bring King Legbah (thugs/poison) for this one, but I can also roll Rex Osbscura (crabbie) to fill out some damage potential.

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We did have quite a few deaths - mostly me - we were running on difficulty level 3 & running from Turg's arc (who was a couple levels higher than the majority of the team). I wanted to make the fights interesting!

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Yeah, you were one fragile little brute. Definitely a "JFS" student, that one...


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Team #1:

Mr E-Lectric: Elec/Elec Brute
Gabriel Keats: Fire/Rad Corruptor
Kin Rothko: Rad/Kin Corruptor
Longbow Spy-duh: Widow
Wong Son: Ninja/Poison Mastermind
King Legbah: Thugs/Poison Mastermind

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Fixed. And thanks to Wong Son for being such a good sport about having fun with his name ("You know, two wongs won't make a wight.", etc)!

Had a great time, looking forward to the Airlia arcs, if my schedule permits.

Hey.

Me too?

*tips his hat to Fleeting Whisper* Thanks for the kind words, and taking the time to review my arc! I'm glad you enjoyed the story!

I should publicly make an addendum to FW's review: This arc is currently waiting for Issue 15's MA enhancements (powerset tweaking, greater mob inclusion flexibility, both of which will lead to me being able to squeeze in a bit more story info to smooth out the ride). I've NOT advertised the arc publicly for this reason, but will do so once those changes go live.

Cheers, all, and nice Scoop all around!

Sign me up. I have a need to show you kids how tackling the outer gods is done.

Toon pending, I'll see what the team needs. Prolly Turg. (Edit: Then again, BL does look like a good fit...)

Eligible toons who want the badge tho:

Cerulean Skie (Lvl 50 elec/nrg blaster)
Blackest Light (Lvl 50 Warshade - good build for Shard team travel)
Dr. Turgenev (Lvl 50 Illusion/Storm)

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I always wanted a magic blaster set like the temp power "Rune of Warding" with the rune/sigil letters apear and stuff like that. You can do a lot with a magic set really…

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It would be awesome, but remember that the powersets have to apply to all five origins. Long term, it'd be nice if a particular origin gave you default unlocks for custom power FX (as in your example, a tech energy blaster might have a rifle for effect, but for a magic blaster, it could be cast from a hand gesture, etc).

...and hi, aZa. LTNS.

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What else was I going to do with an undergrad degree in philosophy?

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Prolly cuz I just got this movie on blu-ray, but your quote made me think of Mr. & Mrs. Smith:

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John Smith: I never went to MIT. Notre Dame. Art history major.
Jane Smith: Art?
John Smith: History! It's reputable.

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So, your solution: Become an assassin. They obviously can work with all sorts of degrees.

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In the badge drop-down menus your current badge title will be highlighted green. I believe you still can't use gladiator badges as a title.

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but you can still use the "/settitle #" code for any gladiator badge you have earned.

A list of all the gladiator badges, and their title codes can be found here:
http://badge-hunter.com/view_badge_bytype.php?type=6


For example, I have a Widow named: Longbow Spy-duh
I created a couple Longbow outfits for her, one of them being the Longbow Spec-Ops
For added effect, I set my badge title to the gladiator badge with the same name by using this command:
/settitle 118

You could even expand their usage by creating binds that combine the costume changes with the settitle commands.
Come to think of it.. I like that idea. I might just have to set up such a thing. lol

Workspace:
/bind numpad7 "cce 0 CCPrestoChango$$settitle 102" (Night Widow)
/bind numpad8 "cce 1 CCPrestoChango$$settitle 0" (Longbow Guardian*)
/bind numpad9 "cce 2 CCPrestoChango$$settitle 118" (Longbow Spec-Ops)

*Longbow Guardian doesn't have a Gladiator, so I'd have to find something else funny like "Loyal" to put in there. haha (For some reason, I thought the /settitle codes for regular badges were listed somewhere too. hmm)

Now all I need is a Longbow Rifleman (94) and a Fortunata Seer (83) costume too. haha j.k
(I would omit Longbow Warden because they are labeled as 1 and 2)

I suppose I could even link them to specific powers too:
/bind RShift "cc 2$$settitle 118$$powexecname Mask Presence"
(Simulating a Longbow Spec-Ops using their [Cloaking Device])

OK, now I'm taking this a bit too far. ROFL
Stopping.

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It's official.

You made my head hurt.

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So far, I'm not getting a lot of quality suggestions.

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How about a nice /em facepalm?

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I thought I saw you guys in the redside Ouro last night.

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We were in Ouro a few times between missions.

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I have a good number of you five-starred, so as I was pokin' around with my MM, I'd see a bunch of you login at once, but before I could read the names... *poof* Gone.

I thought I saw you guys in the redside Ouro last night.