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Well, like I said. There may not be a tag in the *database* with that name. But it's how it was introduced and described to the playerbase, and it's what it's been called since then generally. Not the first time (see City of Data, internal vs external names, stun/disorient/immobilized/snared....) More fussing at you for calling the wiki wrong when that's the terminology presented in the whole shebang to the player base at the time. 😉 Though that will need updating when this goes live. (Or a second page? I don't know which would be less confusing if someone looked up information on it, with the obvious differences - after all, live but unplayed characters on active accounts are getting flagged in the system here.)

It *shouldn't* be - unless something new is going on with it.

Um. So... no, when I say "the account/name system isn't different," I wasn't referring to what you're doing. More to how the accounts and names are (or aren't) linked, which in a previous (or several previous) discussion on this same topic I'd had devs tell me flat out they couldn't see that the account itself was inactive and/or limit running this on inactive accounts. And yes, it was referred to generally as a name release, regardless of it being a script. And the page describes exactly when and why it was - and wasn't - run. Also, for your second post, no, that link is not incorrect. The *database* may not have something called "unreserved," but that is exactly how it was labeled in their announcement post - see https://web.archive.org/web/20051013070956mp_/http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/archives/2005/10/city_of_heroes_22.html for an archive of the page.

I'm frankly against anything that allows turning off other peoples' powers. (Besides, I can just hear the "Add KB to that list!")

The account / name system isn't different. Live had two name releases. The first one was very much like this. The second one pretty much just pertained to low level characters, as that's where most of the names freed were. It really didn't do a lot. https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Character_Name_Policy (this'll probably need to be edited to show "legacy" versus "HC" now. )

People *already* aren't supposed to be multiboxing on mothership or hami raids. And have gotten kicked for doing so.

Fold space doesn't do knockback or scatter particularly, and gathers them quite nicely. Especially if used by a 50+ also using super inspirations - which grabs even higher ranked enemies. Sure you aren't thinking of Wormhole? And generally - all it takes is a warning a second or two before you use it so people know what's going on. The people I see using it generally dump mobs in th emiddle of a killing spot. (Or it's an MSR and they're dropped right in the bowl.) Just communicate. Problem solved.

As far as I'm aware, they're *only* available via the market, seeded at 25m. I don't *remember* seeing them as rewards. (And they no longer go on sale for 10m over the winter event.)

I have exactly 0 doms with permadom. it's not needed in the least. It's a "nice to have if you want it."

Tip (which I think I mentioned earlier) to pass along if this happens. You don't need to pass lead (which can get confusing if the team's not fully formed yet and invites might still be coming in,) at least for open world stuff. Just pick one of the 50's missions - everyone will get SK'd up and you can GM hunt or whatever's going on at 49-50. Granted, it doesn't work that way for mission teams under 50, but for open world stuff I've had many, many "Wow, I didn't know that would do that" responses when I've done it.

... did you say something? 😉

There used to be SG "recruiting events" - granted, they tended to be kind of RP heavy. I'm not sure when the last one was, or when the next one is, but that could be handy. And, of course, you can always start your own and tailor it to just what you need. Leading one can be a bit of fun on its own. (Just remember you don't have to do it *all* on your own. Delegate.)

I'm going to say "Temper your expectations." Especially depending on what the name is. If it's something... "sort of obvious," it may well be someone active who has it, or be on a 50. We don't have a way of looking up if they're on a 50 or when they were last on, after all. Not saying "don't try," but at the same time... don't build yourself up too much in thinking "I'm going to get THAT NAME finally!" (After all, this didn't do much on live when they ran it.)

... as picky as I am on lore, especially when it comes to Epics... for the *most* part I'd have a hard time making this argument, as I think about it. There are some, sure. I mean, we can get "Emperor for a day" by doing a run of explore badges. *Some* certainly wouldn't make sense at first glance - "Son/Daughter of Praetoria," for instance, because the Khelds never had anything to do with Earth (per the live devs) in Praetoria. Plus, non-lore-wise, that one (as an example) would take away some from "Uniqueness for a Praetorian." Though really looking through the list for a lot of these? I'd have to really stretch to make lore-based arguments against them. Yes, they mention things like "The resistance would call you a real slammer" - which... would be true regardless. And some of them, as written, don't make sense for a lot of *Praetorians,* if we're sticking with the descriptions. The first damage badge (Repaired) says "If you were any ordinary clockwork, you'd probably have been scrapped by now." And how many people play clockwork? Heck, read through the Held badges.. ..they even get to the game mechanics ("One of these days you'll remember you can buy a break free.") So... honestly, I've kind of shifted over to being somewhat torn. On the one hand, there should be things unique to Praetorians, IMO. On the other... it's really hard to nail them down for the most part to "This only makes sense for a Praetorian, and even then it's in the description, not the actual title itself" for a reason - and it's kind of a weak reason as you read the descriptions. Honestly, those are perfectly in line with in-game examples. Heroside, you go rescue "one good spider," and it sounds like something that's been done before. For Khelds? Fullalbedo. Brightshift. Lightburner. (And it could be argued "and Warshades overall.") You lose access to your *arcs,* but being on the "wrong" side's definitely *there.* Very in your face just through playing the game (granted the Kheld examples are in Kheld arcs, not general ones.) ... so, yeah. Like I said. Opinion's shifted a little, and my main feeling of opposition involves Praetorians losing some of what makes them unique because of their starting choices.

So. I join an MSR on a 50. I'm early, so I'm slotted in as one of the team leads, so there's a 50 at the head. People get added/removed without my input. I can be AFK or concentrating on trick or treating. I can do... essentially nothing leading-related (since we have a league leader.) How is that worth an extra reward? I just got lucky to get slotted into slot 1. That's just one way to game that. Or, I - as a level, say, 25 - see Jack and Eochai in Croatoa. I spend several minutes getting a team together, and just before we attack, I give the star to FiftyDude, who's a 50. They would get those rewards, not me. How would that be fair? (And yes, *I* know I can just pick one of their missions at 50 as active to bump up the rest of the team - but quite a number of people don't know that.) So... no. Let leading the team be its own reward. Do it enough, do it well, you'll be recognized and have people waiting to join whatever you run.

Honestly there's a lot that could be (in some cases, you could even say needs to be) added to the AE. It *does* sometimes gete there, but still. (Honestly, I still want an Unbound Nictus for a contact for ... several AE arcs I have in mind. Both Kheld forms in both flavors, and so forth. I'd like to be able to start players in a jail/holding cell for stuff. And... yeah, several enemies would be nice to have in there. I don't think Spetznaz is in there, for instance.)

maybe? And I've almost never seen that happen. I *have* seen it, but it's exceptionally rare for them all to have boss turrets.

Right, you found them with a boss turret. They don't all spawn with that. And yeah, it's a 5 minute respawn time - even on live. You do sometimes have to "base shop" for where to do this. But this was a normal stop for me on a character hitting 15, and I made plenty of controllers and defenders.

... actually, yeah, everyone CAN if they know how the respawns work. 1. Find a firebase with nothing but minion and lt turrets (low level dual and quads, no boss missile turrets.) 2. Take *all* of them down to a sliver of health. (If you're low damage, the hardest is probably the MG turrets in the middle, actually, because you get fired on from at least three sides.) 3. Defeat ONE outer turret, preferrably one of the weakest ones (dual gun.) 4. Wait for that *one* to respawn. You now have the full 5 minute timer to take it, plus all the weakened ones (they don't respawn or regen) out. Been able to do this with at-level (15) low damage characters since live. Given there's almost no chance of anyone actually attacking you in the PVP zones with how dead they are now, usually the biggest threat is whatever NPC is around.

Pfft. Arachnos is all about stabbing each other in the back. You should just be happy your pets help you at all. *nods* 😉 That said... I seem to recall the original intent was that MM pets aren't "pets," they're minions or henchmen - and they're the focus of the mastermind, to the point they give up two extra potential attack powers to buff them. That control is part of the tradeoff for making a mastermind. (Yes, I'm aware of petless MMs. I'm also aware they're not very common for a reason.) Controllers, doms, crabs - and *certainly* not folks who have gotten Lore pets unlocked - are nowhere near that dependent on them. While I'm not against a "No, bad, come here" that's not just a resummon, I really doubt you'll ever get full control or anything near what a MM has.

I seem to recall mention that no, a rename wouldn't work. You'd have to create a new character. But nothing stops you from deleting that character right after and renaming the original.

If your broadsword is depressing, you're using it wrong. Use the pointy end or the thin side, don't push the enemies with the flat side. *nods* ... ok, smartalec-ness aside, I don't mind broadsword. The only difficulty I had with it when concentrating on it - mind you, this was on live with SOs - was that my BS/SR scrapper just chewed through their END like crazy. (Said scrapper saying hi from the old comic... third from left on the ledge.)

Ehh... I mean, the ones most "in danger" are level 1-5, given that's a 30 day timer. 6-49, you have a year. Plus it takes effect in just under a month. That's a *lot* of time - and I say that as someone with a *lot* of characters. On top of that, you kind of have to look at the character name itself. If it's "UltraGuy," it's more likely to have someone wanting that than "Juan de Santa Domingo ESQ" or "Supergroup base editor 1234."

Depends. Are you counting the holiday event badges? Exploration: 2 Day job: 5 Spring event: 7 (if I'm counting correctly on the wiki) Chalet ski/ramp runs: 6 Candy keeper: 8 (which I believe also duplicate ones from the winter event?) Probably missing some.

Called it. 🙂 (Mostly from experience, and because I know full well it has to be like that for that exact reason.) Seriously though - for all the questions about "Is this ok," before you ask, ask yourself "Can it reasonably be called disruptive?" The raid zone thing has been long since established. Event criers I don't think have ever been an issue (short of a new one, say, spamming chat in multiple channels every minute, and I can't think of any instances of that.) If you (say) somehow went AFK in a way that blocked a portal, expect to be moved (for instance.) "AFK Farming" in AE? It's in AE, nobody sees it except people in the AE, and so forth.