[Fire Farmer and Accolades?]

Many thanks for all the inputs guys 👍

 

I guess I was really asking out of curiosity about the benefits of having all those accolades on a farmer and I think the general consensus is that for a tricked out farmer they are mainly just bragging rights.

 

I can now go on blundering through my farm map on my truly average farmer gently PLing my own alts without fretting about power output sans accolades.

 

And also continue to play my main fully accoladed and just 2 badges from a complete set alt to enjoy my bragging rights. 😎

 

Thanks again, keep safe all 👏👏

[Fire Farmer and Accolades?]

Hello,

can a dedicated/specialised fire farming alt also be a contributer as a team member outside of AE?

I ask because I am curious how all the fire farmers I see also usually have all the accolades as well and wonder just how they got them?

My farmer has no travel powers or team support powers (unless they are a valid gain to me as a farmer) and no stealth or ATT or TT et cetera!

So what is the methods they use to get the accolades, do they doorstep teamed up with a 2nd account regular alt that is doing the missions or do they use a non farming build as they level up then respec into the final build?

Do they just go team up with a farm build to level and do what they can and die a lot?

Can/do they run a Maria Jenkins and are they a leader or a member?

Would love to know how you did them 🤔

Would love to know which ones were the most painful or just awkward or even a breeze to get for your farmer.

Thanks

 

[Macros for the Masses(and keybinds too!)]

2 hours ago, SuperPlyx said:

@Jacktar  Try this and see is it works:

/macro OilFire "powexecname Blazing Arrow$$target_name Oil Slick"

Hello SuperPlyx, thanks so much for the info, going to make my gameplay time so much better.

The macro is only doing the targeting bit on first click and I have to click again to get it to fire Blazing Fire.

However doing two clicks and a guaranteed fire lighting moment is just brilliant compared to what I was messing about before 👍👏😀

I are a happy bunny, thank you again, cheers

[Macros for the Masses(and keybinds too!)]

Hello,

running a lvl 50 Archery/Tactical arrow blaster.

Want to do:

Fire off my Oil Slick Arrow

Target the Oil Slick

Fire off my Blazing Arrow to set it alight

 

self targeting the oil slick in combat is difficult for me with all the other members powers going off so I would like a macro or bind to target it for me.

Similiar to finding sappers and named bosses but am not sure how do do that as the oil slick is a pet not a foe.

In a perfect world I would like the macro to target the slick and fire of Blazing Arrow but have no idea if this is possible.

The most important bit for me is the targeting help.

 

Any help/advise/alternative solutions will be gratefully received.

Thanks guys

[Group Fly - Perfect or Pointless?]

Hi guys, just because it was quiet I rolled a new Mm and took Group Fly for first time on any alt.

It seems just so bad in every way that I kind of think I am doing it wrong!

Firstly two other power picks just to get it and then when in use I am flying so much faster than pets that I lose them after about 10 seconds.

So it is a fly backwards job to keep an eye on them combined with a stop start method to try and avoid having to forever go back and get them.

I have not enhanced any slots just to keep a level playing field as far as buffs go.

I have to assume that the original concept of Group Fly was majorly aimed at Mms and pets so am baffled why it is completely borked in something as simple as co-ordinated flight speed?

So as title, is Group Fly power Perfect or Pointless or as when using it mainly for the Mm, petless?

Thanks

 

Edit, maybe it should just be renamed “Ultimate Herding Cats” power

[Partygoer and Heart of Darkness]

1 hour ago, Clave Dark 5 said:

 Plus it seems like I never see people sending out invite posts for them either.

Hi, I guess this is a knock on effect of insta alignment changes in same location as mission starts.

Just so much quicker and easier to hit up the Gull.

[Problem with Mr. G Badges]

Hi, from thread last june in Badges section.

 

Hi, did the three arcs for Mr G by flashback last night and got all the badges so everything is working okay if you do what is needed at the right times.

The wiki for the badge is the one to follow which states:

Do the Macarther arc in its entirity first or you will not get the Mr G stuff for him.

Mr G first arc is (Criminals of War) (Oro flashback in the level 50 section)

You then have to pay attention during the second mission of the first arc of Mr G and see if you get NCP chat from Dean during the mission.

If you do see that then when you exit the mission (Steal a helicopter) AND BEFORE you start the next mission you need to travel to Sharks and talk with Dean who will greet you and pledge to support you later.

YOU GET NO INGAME MESSAGES TO DO THIS WHICH IS WHY IT GETS MISSED!

Then carry on and at the end of the first arc you will get Dean in the cutscene.

If you do not do/see this you will not get Dean to rescue in second arc.

If all is well then run the Second arc for Mr G (Sweeps Week...) and in the third mission of that section (in the instanced Carnie map with all the tents) you will find Dean as a hostage to be rescued. Do not do the bombs in this mission til you find him as they will complete the mission.

It is real easy to dial back the diff and run these Arcs solo that the whole thing can be done in an hour, all three Mr G arcs with all the badges, so if you do miss something it really is no biggie to restart and rerun. Good luck and enjoy

 

Hope this helps 👍

[Different icons for all/part explore badges got in LRTP lists]

Hello, given the changes to our travel methods and the newish LRTP mechanics, on new alts I now do a very quick visit to each zone to grab one explore badge to open up that location for fast travel.

Then in slower time and as I progress in levels and work new zones I collect all the other explore badges and get the accolade and merits.

So it can be a non linear zone visit schedule if I get an invite to say PI as a lowbie.

Currently if you use the drop down menu system to check which zones you have unlocked you see the same icon for having one badge as for having all of them.

It would be great if when I do a whole zone collection the Icon changes to the Accolade icon.

You could then see exactly which zones still need collection work instead of having to try and get my old brain to remember across multiple alts.

 

So ordinary badge icon for part collected and accolade badge for fully collected.

Thanks

[New oro badge ideas]

Hi, I have asked for exactly this in a couple of other threads about new badges and support your post 100%.

And it will do no harm to ask again, thank you 👍😀

[Minimum or no graphic Fx option for Leadership pool.]

Hi, as title.

If you take Maneuvers and or Tactics from Leadership pool then whatever you do in the tailors you are stuck with chest height coloured symbols .

In the case of Maneuvers these are four largish purple shields with a rolling graphic atop each one.

In the case of tactics they are yellow circles?

I do my best to minimise all costume graphics (glowie hands and feet aaaargh) and recolour to faintest effect.

Leadership has 3 options, original dark and bright. None of which affect the glowie symbols.

My current alt is an inv tank and I have 3 toggles running from that set with no graphics whatsoever which makes toggling on Maneuvers just so much more irritating!

Any way to hide/delete these shields would be wonderful.

Thanks guys, keep safe

[Reunion shard flagged as Offline?]

Hi, usual apologises if this is not new news.

As title says on main launcher page at bottom I see Reunion shard in red and popup says offline.

Been like this for at least two days and seeing same status on three different machines.

The shard is definitely not down.

Cheers

 

[Making the change from SO’s to IO’s after update?]

Thanks for info, had not realised that auto sell had been removed, I wonder what prompted that?

Still,  not a problem dropping them into the trays just weird we now have to do that!

Cheers 👍😀

[Making the change from SO’s to IO’s after update?]

Hi guys, am rolling my first new alt since i27 and have been using the new SO upgrade system.

Started slotting them as soon as I could and have upgraded them as they went red.

I am now at lvl 27 and have 46 slotted SO’s all at lvl 27.

I like to build my alts as I level so virtually never have to respec them.

Consequently I always end up with many Respecs unused at lvl 50.

I always change from SO’s to crafted lvl 30 IO’s at 27.

I am wondering if it would be of any benefit to do a respec now and leave all my SO’s in the tray to have them sold when I complete the respec.

Then use the inf I get from the sales to part fund the crafting of the 46 IO’s?

So just to clarify I would end the respec with a fully slotted but unenhanced build and a bag of cash (no idea how much I would get from the sales).

Thoughts? Thanks

 

[Logged out in wrong place, what happens?]

Hello, mainly for my future info question.

At start of winter event I visited the new winter island area and then logged out.

I just remembered and have now moved to a regular zone.

I wonder what happens if I had not remembered and left alt in the event zone when the event ends?

Does the alt get trapped there till it reopens next year?

Does it get moved to a random zone?

Have been trying to remember what happened to alts left in the ski chalet area back on live when it got closed up?

I am also assuming that any instanced area like the Lord of Winter zone is treated like a mission so if I did the fight and then logged out still in the fight zone I would be logged in near the entrance  (where ever that is in this case!) next time time I used that alt?

Thanks

[All Story Arcs Completed?]

Hi, I have 100% completion on blue and red sides using oro.

I have posted elsewhere that it would be good to get an accolade or two for those completions.

I made a ton of merits and saw a lot of content I never visited on live.

Really enjoyed the Wards and a fair bit of redside stories.

I levelled my main to 50 as usual then used Oro to fill in all the missed content starting low and acending.

Enjoy your journey.

Oh and the vast majority was done solo on my Fire/EM Blaster.

[What kinds of badges would you like to see added?]

Having just read the “Honours List” of the award of Bug Hunter to a select number of the player base that participated in the last beta (and best wishes to them!), I would like that badge to be kept for and in the spirit of it’s original conception saved.

Given that beta’s are far more prone to bugs and so also the discovery of such, I feel that no Bug Hunter badges should be awarded for errors found during such periods.

I would consider any deficiencies noted during these tests should be rewarded by a “Beta Tester Sleuth” or whatever name sits more correctly with the task and most certainly not “Bug Hunter” which should continue to be the single most valuable and difficult badge ingame to achieve.

So to my badging community collegues, see you all in the next beta test sessions cause there be badges to be had!

[Moving/Stopping onscreen messages?]

Hello, specifically the explore badges discovered  and zone area entered messages.

At the moment both these messages and a few others pop up in the middle top of my screen.

I find them intrusive during normal play and hidden behind map when I am using vidiotmap overlay to navigate to them.

Is there any way to stop the messages appearing at all or else move them to a more suitable location for me please?

Not a game breaker but if I can I shall.

Thanks

[Lock Power Trays]

Hi, I know that the Have Cake guys have just brought this Lock Tray QOL into their server last week.

I was going to go check it out and see if I could answer the above queries but cause I am stupid I have lost my login details for their server.

Maybe if any body else has used them they could go check?

Cheers

[Zone Travel Updates in Issue 27]

4 hours ago, Doc_Scorpion said:

Unlocking that first Accolade is a bit of a PITA though if you aren't a flyer... Atlas Park has three badges way up high.  (You can just manage Top Dog with a free jump pack.)  That's my only complaint, the barrier to entry is a wee bit too high.

I don’t recognise this problem at all.

I am really very old with very old twitch skills, and if I make a new alt ( two more just last night) I proceed at lvl one to the P2W vendor and get the freebies including the jump pack.

I then do a three badge jump in one go.

Straight up for the Top Dog and then straight across to the flag for that one and then straight across to the doors of AE building.

All in one long hop.

The jump pack will get you to the AE ledge np. Pop inside and get that badge (not needed for explore accolade but just because it is there.)

By the time you get the badge and then pop outside the jump pack is ready to go to the explore badge up by the water tank..

Drop down from that and all the others (four left) are just a run and jump job.

The whole eight explore badges in Atlas take about 5 minutes in total.

If I feel like it I may down a few foes on the way and at the end hit up Ms Liberty to level to 2 as a bonus.

Cheers

[Sappers for new badge needed]

Hi guys,

many thanks for all responses and great included info.

Lol I actually printed out that hunting guide about a year ago, but the only hunt I failed was finding out where I did that from when I looked earlier this week to update it. Duh 👍

I ran through the whole Crimson arc as suggested by Placta and at -1/+3 amassed 136 Sappers by the end.

My extra ones came from having to log out a couple of times (weekly server maint and real life) and so redid a a few of the arc missions.

And purely cause my brain is old (Apparently I am the second oldest player ingame that also reads the forums as determined in another thread in General 🧓🏻🧓🏻🤣) I had forgotten to use the target macro but I will certainly now set it up for the remaining 64 Sappers needed.

 

So thanks again guys, keep safe and enjoy the winter event 🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻

[Sappers for new badge needed]

Hello, 

so got all the new badges except as above.

Am looking for some good missions/arcs/TF that I can solo for them sappers please.

Red or Blue no problem.

 

Just as an aside, two runs of Yin got the 50 Super Stunners, quick and easy.

Needed 3 runs of new mission for the mini protectors, just reset it so not to bad.

Farmed Pandora’s Box part 5 for Warhulks and Jaegers.

The Chantry for the Rularu

Fire base Zulu for the Natterlings

 

Cheers

[Got my new laptop, need help with settings]

Hi, agree, looks like Santa arrived early 🎅🏻

Don’t mess with it, just enjoy turning CoH settings at max from ingame.

Have fun 😃

[TF/Mish Arc Progress bar!]

Hi, you know the ones, as seen in your contacts box that changes colour to blue as you work through the missions.

They really wind me up because they are always wrong.

They will show you at 100% complete when the task is not complete and the contact is still giving you missions.

How many times have you seen the plaintive ask in team chat “last one?” or “how many left to do?”.

Now even the two brand new missions we got in last patch are doing it wrong as well.

I was at a fully coloured bar three missions before end of arc!

And being new content with not a clue how much (time wise) was left to do.

Every TF and mish arc ingame has a fixed number of parts and I would love to see the display show eg 0/7 (whatever) instead of some inaccurate colour filled bar.

Old type download screens were the same, just a crawl along a line with no proper data, thank goodness we now get both the old progres colour and either a percentage downloaded or estimated time left (albeit that can be just as whacky)

 

So can we get a parts completed counter either in place of or as an addition to the colour crawl bar?

Thanks

[[Beta] Patch Notes for November 27th, 2020]

Apologies if this is in the wrong place, just cannot keep track of what goes where.

Just collected the new Natterings badge in Zulu and noticed that in the last page notices the badge is called “Winged Nuasances” but the badge as awarded is named “Flying Nuasances”.

Not good at spelling either, sorry

[Zone Travel Updates in Issue 27]

3 minutes ago, Jacke said:

As I mentioned above, I'm working on a Badge popmenu.  They work by using the internal badge names in the popmenu file structure.  As far as I know, the same can't be done for Souvenirs at least at this moment.  I'll make a note and ask about it.

 

However, I think most (all?) Souvenirs are from arcs or important single missions in Ouroboros's Flashback system.  Try taking a look at the listing in a Pillar of Ice and Flame.  If the arc or important single mission is in gold type, you should have the Souvenir from it, if any.

Hi, thanks for the info, daft thing is I have actually 100%ed both blue and red flashback systems so everything is gold but it just never occured to me to link the souvenirs to the flashback system as a collected check.

Really good info for the future and does help. 👍👏👏

Thanks again.