Greycat

I feel the same way about the Nemesis ambushes (probably the most... blah, ad-hoc, slapped together feeling "invasions" in the game.) And, frankly, about the halloween event by the time the "eternal night" is about a week old. The Rikti invasions, by contrast, I happen to like. They feel like an *event* is going on. They're timed. They have a start date and an end date, which are typically announced. Just sit tight. Now, if you want to talk about bad dropship pathing, where you can't (for instance) exit the hospital in Skyway without getting blasted by a train of dropships, that's something else, and I'd say absolutely, ask that to be looked into. They *shouldn't* be getting that close to the hospital or trainers, and it's especially frustrating for a low level trying to get somewhere "around" the invasion. But otherwise, just remember it's timed and will be over soon.

It's rare that I see ambushes outside of (a) the costume missions (where I'm waiting for them) or (b) a task force where the leader has to go take "evidence" or whatever somewhere and the rest of the team is at the mission door waiting for the fedex to be done.

Of course, you could also just edit playernotes.txt I suppose, if you wanted to do this offline. Looks like the format is "Global" "Stars" "Known character names, with commas for each" "Note" Probably have to log off an dback on to the game for it to take effect, or at least get to the character select screen.

Of the two, physical storage is insanely cheap. And when I look at demorecords of old bases - some of which could get pretty complex - none of those (uncompressed text files, honestly) even approach 1 Mb in size. Mind you, 1 Tb hard drives are under $100. So even if we had everyone back from live (what was the max, 250-300,000 players) and each of them managed to build three massive bases, and they were stored they way demorecords are (mind you, they're probably compressed instead,) we'd ... still be able to have them all on one cheap drive. Even if we found the most expensive 1 Tb drives with all the enterprise relaiablity features, etc, *plus* backup drives that were complete images... it'd be cheap. I don't think space taken by bases is honestly an issue. (Oh. Looking at a demorecord? After a header filled with gibberish (to us,) you see things like: 0 1 NEW "Mystic Advisor" 0 1 NPC v_base_object 0 1 DYNLIB basecntrlauxarc_advisor01_f_N_P 0 1 POS 328 0 360 0 1 PYR 0 -2.343922 -0 0 1 MOV READY 0 0 2 NEW "Magic Axis" 0 2 NPC v_base_object_unselectable 0 2 DYNLIB basecntrlarc_sngstones_f_N_P 0 2 POS 334 5 384 0 2 PYR 0 1.583068 0 0 2 MOV READY 0 0 3 NEW Carolyn 0 3 NPC Citizen_Biz_Fem_33 0 3 DYNLIB Vanguard_TrainingDummy_Rikti 0 3 POS 310 0 377 0 3 PYR 0 -1.570796 -0 0 3 MOV READY_2HIPS_LOOK 0 0 4 NEW Gregory 0 4 NPC Citizen_Biz_Male_05 0 4 DYNLIB Vanguard_TrainingDummy_Rikti 0 4 POS 310 0 391 0 4 PYR 0 -1.570796 -0 0 4 MOV READY_XARMS_LOOK 0 0 5 NEW "Icon Employee" 0 5 NPC Model_IconEmployeeB 0 5 DYNLIB Vanguard_TrainingDummy_Rikti 0 5 POS 311 0 384 0 5 PYR 0 -1.570796 -0 0 5 MOV READY_XARMS_LOOK 0 ... and so forth. Oh, but what about storage? That's likely not adding that much - just databases saying what's where and who can get it.)

Currently running a Ryzen 7 1700 and (regular) 1080, so... (And I'm thinking more of multiple, multiple GPU setups.)

Just so you know, there are three "Categories" mentioned in the first post - The top 10 contributors to the team each month will receive 500 Reward Merits and a permanent costume power of their choice The #1 contributor each month will receive an additional 500 Reward Merits The #2 and #3 contributors each month will receive an additional 250 Reward Merits 10 randomly chosen contributors with at least 5 Work Units complete (outside the top 10) each month will receive 500 Reward Merits and a permanent costume power of their choice 10 randomly-chosen contributors with at least 1 Work Unit complete (outside the top 10) each month will receive 500 Reward Merits and a permanent costume power of their choice I finally cracked 10 million last month, and have sort of crawled back from 50 somehow (not sure...) so, for me, at least, I have to cross fingers about the last two categories 🙂 Basically, as long as you didn't start in the last half-day of the month and had the client running, you *probably* have at least 1 WU (assuming, of course, one was assigned - not always guaranteed) you're in for at least one possible random win. Yeah, I can't put the money (or space, or money for power...) to set up a 'mining' type setup to get anywhere near the top 10. (Even if I had the cash to throw at it, I don't think I could get one set up - not technically, but space and noise wise! I am *literally* renting a master bedroom in someone's house, which serves as bedroom, work-at-home PC office, my normal PC, bookshelves, guitars... no room for that sort of thing.)

May want to say hi down on the Everlasting server board - it's the unofficial RP server here.

Were they online at the time or off? I didn't see those, but nobody was on from my list at the time.

They know, they're just asking for the ability to add a note. All you can see is if they're on/offline, what server, teamed, etc. RIght click and you can only remove them or send them a global message. Local, by comparison, you can right click and "edit note." I think that would be useful, yes. Or at least tie the two together - if you have a local note already, you can see it in global, otherwise you can add it.

Yeah, in my experience, practically instant. And I agree, verify you sent it to your @global name.

Yep. One of the ones that got me well before patron arcs was one of the villain morality missions - where you're told you had the choice to share power with frostfire or take it all, regardless of what it meant. I *believe* it even said that at the time, you knew sharing would make the mission go better or something... Didn't fit my characters at all.

Back on live, my... third? Maybe fourth character was an electric/electric blaster. Therra Arcson. Created in Issue 3. First screenshot is dated 2/26/2005. If I'm reading the time right, 8:29 PM. This is .. the third. She's there in low res innocence, not knowing a debt cap wasn't a form of headwear (and that the busses do not run in Paragon.) I nearly deleted her early on since I felt bad about accidentally killstealing at one point. As in, she was still in the single digits. I'm glad I didn't, as she became a vehicle for really experiencing the best of the game. I made friends through her, co-led a supergroup (Shadow of the Storm, Pinnacle,) got into RP through her. Found that I'd helped someone with some personal issues deal with them through her - they could talk. It was odd, but rewarding. She was a blaster, so of course, she hit the debt cap. Stayed there through level 38 and 39, which was a slog - I'd run out of content. And of course, she was my first 50, early early on my birthday, july 14th, 2005. I then continued her story, rolling her up as a Peacebringer - and leading to an even more involved storyline. (Plus falling in love with Kheldians. Yes, even with old-school Qs, Voids and Cysts.) She's also the subject of one of my favorite pieces of artwork - think it's in my "old and new" thread, by Graver13. So, fast forward to homecoming. I'm heavily alted. New characters and old. I have a couple in the 30s and 40s... and Therra. Here, an Elec/Elec/Fire sentinel - she volunteeers to fly top cover during rikti raids, since she can deal with the blasts. Debt cap? Haven't come close. Time-wise? Old T hit 50 in something around 300+ hours... I want to say 380, but I didn't record it. Here? 58. >.< Working her way up it honestly, not just sitting in AE. Mind you, I do have some that sit in AE for a spell. I've seen this content a *lot,* after all. So remakes with the same sets tend to get a boost. Anyway. Here's to doing it again. (And just being able to.) 🙂

I went through and refreshed my memory on paragonwiki. The entry mentions this: Bug! The Hydra Enhancement award option can be selected by any character that successfully completes the trial; however, only characters within the 38-40 level range will actually receive it. Characters above level 40 who select it will not receive the Enhancement or any Reward Merits. ... was that ever fixed?

I *did* say "According to google translate." 🙂

I want to say it's a max of 150 characters.

Possibly by having a dropship kill them. You know, like the thing the OP was complaining about to begin with... Not if they're getting killed, which happens when a dropship flies directly over and kills them. And going to another zone does not let them finish the missions they have *in the zone.* Also, the bombs these drop do quite a bit of knockback - not a worry for a higher level character with some resistance, but for a lowbie (level 7 was mentioned,) the possibility of "Try to avoid - get blasted - get bombed and get knocked back - get killed by NPC or second blast (or dropship right behind the first)" is very possible.

However, some missions and content take you to zones which are being invaded. There is no option to, say, complete your "Talk to Kung Bao" mission in any zone other than the one that contact is in. If the person cannot, say, get to the train station, does not have one of the various teleporters, etc. they're pretty much stuck in the zone... the one being invaded. You cannot choose where your mission door is. So, no, other than logging out entirely, there's no 100% "I choose not to participate" option. As far as the request, No, as they happen zone wide, just like you cannot opt to not be engaged in PVP if you're in a PVP zone. That said, you can *dodge* invasions - more so in some zones than others - by being under "things." Overpasses, building edges, etc. No, it doesn't help with trainers - since most of them are right out in the open (I can't think of any off the top of my head who aren't, other than War Witch in Pocket D,) but it's certainly worth requesting that the dropship paths be reviewed and changed to *not* hit people who are at the trainers. There are already police drones by them to hit hostile mobs that come too close, and now most NPC trainers will fight, as well, so the idea of a trainer being a "safe zone" (especially since you're in a full screen interface that blocks the world) is not unreasonable. Alternately, let them kill you, but have a rez station in your base. Don't have a base, make one - doesn't have to be fancy, a plain room with a medporter, trainer, quartermaster, etc. there will work. Die, choose to rez in your base, use the trainer there, and either wait or use a teleport to go elsewhere. And of course, you don't get debt by getting killed during an invasion. Edit: There's one sort of "opt out," if you're trying to do tips and alignment missions - do them in Atlas. If the alert comes up, dodge over there and run them, as Atlas will not have an invasion, ever, but you *can* turn in your tips and such there to get door missions. *Usually* they will show up in the same zone. So you can make some progress there while waiting for an invasion to end in the zone you want to go to.

Love that on Win10. Had a wallpaper switch to another instrument! My Schecter 5 string. (Have some made of my other instruments, as well...)

This isn't roleplaying. You do have the choice to not read it if you don't like it.

Well, they're not in every zone. Several, yes. And there are decent pauses between them. As far as the dropship blasts - having the paths reviewed would probably be a good idea. What's frustrating is getting killed by a blast, going to the hospital, stepping outside the door and getting killed immediately again (Skyway.) "IC," it makes sense, but for playing it's really annoying. Some degree of a safe area around trainers, transportation and hospital areas It did make me happy I was (still am) working on getting my elec/elec sentinel the rest of the way to 50. With the energy resists, she can fly top cover while she blasts, absorb the blasts and let others, especially lowbies, enjoy the rest of the fights.

Serif don't like it. (Rock the casbah, rock the casbah.)

Haven't remade Ammo of ACG yet...

.... Tangent. I really kind of wish we DID see more Crey at low level. Remember the Outbreak tutorial? What did we see... Crey scientists working on Rikti drones. Then they vanish, aside from some billboards, until the 30s, when we're suddenly fighting (but occasionally rescuing) them. Lot of lost potential in not having them "help" heroes along the way... before finding out about the Revenant Hero project.

There's another point where it was broken - but that didn't make it to live, as the devs decided they *liked* not being tarred and feathered. On live, they were initially going to make changes to "unused" or "underused" powers in the Patron pools - outright replacing one power with another. Player pushback when it dropped on beta was *so* hard that they worked out how to make the pools hold five powers instead.

Those are perfectly legible. Just not English. That's "Ray Mirage," "Steel Virgo, " "Archer" and "Sprawl," according to Google Translate... just in Russian.