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You do have to wonder though, will we still get the free booster pack if we get the Architect edition as a download?

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Yes. The digital version grants the free booster as well.

[/ QUOTE ]Not to sound funny but isn't that a bit pointless?

If we get the digital download then we already have the Architect edition as the updater will update us to i14 anyway.

So I must be missing something... aside from getting the month playtime of course.

No. Hero to villain direct transfers are not possible.

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I hope they do one per Issue

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More likely they'll bleed the humour dry from over-repetition.

Well the first thing that hit me was that it was in Atlas till I read that it's in 19 zones.

And possibly the best part is picture 8 where you can set whether or not your boss runs away. That will be set to 'does not run away' for every mission for me.

Now that is odd, I will make a few search attempts myself to see if I can check this out.

On the flipside; this highlights the possibility for villains on hero search so finding members for co-op zones should be possible no matter which side you belong to.

Happy Cake Day Mech, hope you have/had a great one

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Clicky

[/ QUOTE ]Not forgetting to change the parts where it says US to EU for the download so we can access our test server

I got an invite from the refer-a-friend program but when I go to apply it to an existing account, I'm prompted to create a new one.

My first thought is that the refer-a-friend is different to the invite-back one; would I be correct in thinking this?

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Checked which powers don't draw so far on my Soldier when used first:
Single Shot - no weapon
Burst - weapon
Wide Area Web Grenade - no weapon
Heavy Burst - weapon
Web Grenade - no weapon

Equiped with C model weapon

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Actually, this is already happening (to some extent) with the 60 month vet reward:

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I did not even know that one, I do not tend to read about the things I can not get.
I doubt that that I will ever make it to 60 months, it is still another 3 and a half year away for me. Further more I do not find the argument “you only have to wait 5 years to be able to get a travel power with one power choice” a valid argument. If that solution is technically possible it should not be limited to 5 year veterens. If anything it should be a argument for redesigning the 60 month vet reward.

[/ QUOTE ]Well I don't find your arguement that they should change how the travel powers work now valid either. I'm still a year off getting that badge and I find the current setup just fine.

You describe the requisite power as a 'throw-away' but I find that there is always one useful power in all the travel pools:

Leaping/Flight - The attacks for both have a form of knockdown which stops foes attacking you and the other combat toggles provide a small amount of defense to ALL damage types.

Speed - Hasten is not only good for increasing your attack rate but counteracting those slow powers that get throw about by various foes, usually in the form of ice or psychic blast.

Teleport - Recall friend can make you the toast of the team, brining people quickly back to the fight and TP-Foe can help to pick off enemies that you want to fight first.


If you team often (like the aforementioned sewer run) and stick to one alt at a time then you will get to the current travel power level of 14 before you know it.

How about in the Abyss?

Actually, this is already happening (to some extent) with the 60 month vet reward:

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For the 60 month veteran reward, players receive the City Traveler badge, an additional Character Slot, 5 Reward Merits, and will be able to access the Flight, Superspeed, Teleport, and Superleap Power Pools at level 6 without having to take a tier 1 or 2 power in that pool.

Note: that the Tier 4 powers (Team Teleport, Group Flight, Whirlwind and Acrobatics) are unaffected and their availability is unchanged by this.

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I have recently re-activated my account. One of my toons is at Bloody Bay. It is a large room with a door, however I am unable to exit this area. According to the map, I am at hospital or near to it. Can any one verify were I am?

Many thanks in advance.

[/ QUOTE ]Well firstly, welcome back.

Second, the above commands tend to fix the problem of not being able to move, usually plopping you where you first entered the zone.

Thirdly, the only thing it might be is a place where there are big doors; most of the entry/exit doors are single-width.

If all that fails then you can petition the GMs under the option of 'Stuck' and they'll move you back to Mercy so you can get your bearings. They did it for me when I had similar issues while zoning.

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He gets 7.5% global rech from it...

[/ QUOTE ]My mistake, mistook it for a recharge not the global recharge

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We are doing something wrong. The best and only European in that list is Salacious (go go Sal) and at the 25 position. So where are the other badgehunters of EU?? DO we let the yanks claim this victory?

[/ QUOTE ]I'm working on it.

All my defeat badges are done, most of my achievement badges, I've just worked all my Ouroboros condition badges for the first 4 level bands. Only the PvP and healing badges (plus miscellaneous TF badges) to go.

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Level 10: Combat Jumping <ul type="square">[*] (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed[*] (11) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range[*] (11) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance[*] (13) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)[*] (13) Kismet - Accuracy +6%[/list]
[/ QUOTE ]Only thing I'd say about this is maybe a common IO instead of LOTG. No need to waste rare salvage when you get no set bonus from it.

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563 available to villains.

[/ QUOTE ]Wah, I only just hit 490 today. Ah well, still have a while to go.

[/ QUOTE ]Less than me, I only just hit 538, still got 100 to go.

Although they might be a couple you can't get like Passport and Bug Hunter or any Anniversary badges you might not have got already.

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For both heroside and villainside, what is the theoretical maximum amount of badges a single toon can earn in total?

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563 available to villains.

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*LMAO* You actually fell asleep at the computer whilst trying to complete a Task Force? That doesn't need an apology, that's awesome.

[/ QUOTE ]Okay, so what about falling asleep during a Hami-raid?

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Time to move.
We merge completely with the US. They make place in their server racks and we and the americans get a lot more servers to play with. Plus we can start nagging them on the merged servers.

A new apartment.
Bye bye forum bye bye trusty servers. They make space for us on the lesser populated US servers and we try to pick up where we left.

[/ QUOTE ]Either of these two. Hopefully knowing how much effort some groups have put into making their bases will be transfered as well. At least I'll be able to have my villain US side and access to the VEATs on one account anyway.

If I did have to move, I might settle back on Infinity where I already have characters and a group. The population was quite similar to peak-time Union on re-activation weekends.


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Uh....are you mental? They've moved all development positions in order to centralise their operations. It makes everything run smoother and cheaper. They'll leave basic support staff in place to run and administrate EU servers, but the most that'll happen to us is getting the forum merged into the US one so they can roll all community support together.

Essentially, now that money isn't so easy to come by, NCSoft are, like many other companies in the current environment, streamlining their operations and trimming the fat in a way they frankly should have in the first place but never bothered to when things weren't so difficult.

City of Heroes is still an NCSoft moneymaker and marginal as we may feel or possibly even appear, the EU servers aren't going anywhere because of that. NCSoft is cutting its overheads, not us.

[/ QUOTE ]I have to agree with the ruggedly handsome barbarian in that so far it's mostly the development staff that are going. They were there mainly for Tabula Rasa which isn't even going to see March. City however has always been managed in the US, as per our odd mid-afternoon updates to co-inside with the devs being awake in case the worst happens. The servers themselves are probably maintained by a team already, located in Germany somewhere and the dev team has remote access as we all do.

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Just logged onto my crab spider. Works perfectly. Maybe your character or the zone it's in is broken?

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Couldn't get to char select...

Worked eventually tho, after like 10 tries.

[/ QUOTE ]That happens to me sometimes, Saphi. You are not alone. Happens late at night for me after a long play session and I try to alt.

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It hasn't really changed much the last two years, has it? My first Valentine's was the same as the last one and the redux. The one before didn't have the reward menu but I gather was the same mission.

I'm actually glad there's nothing new. Yes; the new larger dev team could spend time making new stuff but for what? A two week event that has to be made fair for every alt from 1 to 50?

I understand the idea that new is better but last year it felt nice to catch up with all my badge collecting on my alts and not have to worry if my main was missing out.

I'd rather they keep the events the same from now on. At least if you've got all the badges you want, you can help out the new players, ignore the event and do some regular teaming or nab the badges on your alts.

Well how about alternating or coupling the heal farm with a PvP session? Either together or apart. Get people in the zone battling it out for the Disruptor badge while those with the badge can either join the heal farm or help others get the relevant badges.

Firstly, welcome to the forums.

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While playing the radio mission involving stashing the outbreak in the Hero city, after a few minutes the game crashes abruptly switching off my monitor.

[/ QUOTE ]Definitely a bug, one of the most bizarre I've heard of. Basic tech response would probably be along the lines of checking/updating your graphics drivers to the latest edition and then trying again.

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It only happens there, I haven't been able to complete it yet (got me 3 stashes done missing the last one) and I can't drop it.

[/ QUOTE ]You can't drop it because the Outbreak mission from Radio is a badge mission. Once it's completed you'll get the Plague Carrier badge.

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Checked which powers don't draw so far on my Soldier when used first:
Single Shot - no weapon
Burst - weapon
Wide Area Web Grenade - no weapon
Heavy Burst - weapon

Equiped with C model weapon