Rudra

I'm pretty sure I've used every stealth power in the game, and I've never seen my characters go completely invisible. Only enemies go completely invisible that I am aware of, and only until they are detected. What stealth power(s) are you using that makes you completely invisible?

Until then, there is a method to sell stacks. Right click the stack and select to sell all.

While I don't remember when relative to CoV launch newspapers became a thing, maybe it was at launch, I don't remember, I do remember that radios were not a late beta or early after launch addition to CoH. I'm pretty sure radios/newspapers were added to the game after CoV launched, but I'm only really sure about radios being added later.

Did you transition through a door exiting a building? If you did, this is a well known bug.

That's fair. And there are multiple contacts like Billy Heck who won't talk to you at all unless a broker introduces you, but again, I'm not arguing against @gameboy1234's post.

That's not the point of my comment. I am not arguing against anything here. The sole point of my comment was to respond to the "obviously padding and filler" part of the comment I quoted. That comment led me to wondering if the author understood that the purpose of radios and newspapers in the game was to be optional padding and filler.

This is a straightforward request prompted by another bio window request. Every time I go to read a player character bio and it isn't just a quick blurb bio, I have to resize the bio window to read it. While on the same character on the same day I've already done so to other bio windows. So my request is that if a player resizes the PC bio window to read someone's bio, it either retains the shifted size or we get the scroll bar back. Thanks.

Then what are you asking for? Character counts in text have always included special characters like line breaks. And as for resizing the window, I do. Every time I go to read someone's bio because the window keeps shrinking back down to default size. So if that isn't your request, I'll go make a request for it.

No, it is because the mentioned bio is not a single paragraph and the bio window doesn't have a scroll bar any more. All it takes is a few line breaks and the written bio goes past the provided window. This is remedied by expanding the bio window, but players used to be able to scroll bios to read them. And I personally find it annoying to ahve to expand the bio window every time I go to read someone's bio because the window keeps shifting back to its default size for me.

That's not the problem. The problem is that the scroll bar for bios that are longer than the basic bio window isn't there any more. So unless someone remembers to resize the bio window when they read someone's bio, they see a bio that doesn't fit. Yes, the character count for bios includes everything. That includes spaces, line breaks, and other special characters. (Worse, it counts those special characters as their ASCII format which is 2-4 characters after the bio is initially written.) However, it isn't the character count that the author is citing to the best of my understanding. Edit: Aaaaaaaaannnnnnnnd... others have already pointed that out. Apologies for the repeat.

Just to be clear, you do know that radios and newspapers were added specifically to give players repeatable missions to help them level between contacts and weren't part of the game at launch, yes? (Edit: They also point players to contacts they may not know about because of how the contact system works.) (Edit again: With papers and radios, and the Safeguards and Mayhems they lead to, players were given an alternate means of leveling without having to go through the same contacts. So there aren't any stories in them, just repeatables with randomly filled in enemies from a level specific pool to give players some variety.)

I didn't check against the winter sets for lack of overlap, but using regeneration set bonus as the comparison, Overwhelming Force's bonus was 1.5x better than the non-unique sets. Which explains to me why the set is unique.

Because even pretty useless idiots have souls to be taken and can be leveraged to accomplish tasks in the world without drawing attention to the demons that need that task/those tasks done. Aside from the Circle of Thorns, at least as far as established factions goes, there are no allies that are willing to trade away their very souls for a questionable gift of power. (Edit: With the Circle constantly looking for loopholes and other ways to get out of their agreements while retaining their power.) And for the most part, the powers the Hellions get are questionable at best for their value in exchange for a soul. Who else is this easy to manipulate with paltry payments to open a path for the demons to come? Yep, and that it makes it almost free for the demons to keep using the Hellions. And having the Girlfriends from Hell on hand to keep an eye on the idiots for their demonic masters serves the dual roles of offering more temptations for the Hellions to commit ever more heinous acts in the name of their demonic masters while also establishing a foothold in the world. I get its your preference, I'm pointing out how the gangs are explained in the canon though. The Hellions and the Skulls are jokes to other gangs, but both gangs have lots of untapped potential as threats because of the bargains they pursue for their questionable increases in power. The Hellions with demons and the Skulls with darkness, possibly aspects of Death. And as the expanded rosters for the Skulls show with the Lords of Death arc, the Hellions and Skulls can grow into actual threats through their deals. So what would happen if the Hellions and/or Skulls actually managed to open a path for the powers they are bargaining with? The Circle of Thorns is already keenly aware of both groups, though they tend to write them off. However, why would they have even bothered to learn about either group if they were so ignorable?

That would most likely render the Sudden Acceleration set suddenly unique. (Edit: Or at least its proc. Also, given the set bonuses from Overwhelming Force, that is probably why the entire set, and not just the proc, are unique. The Superior set bonuses.)

Oh there are more qualifications besides just "ask for a new set"? How convenient that you forgot to mention this when laying out what is OK for us to request. I did lay out the qualifications. You simply chose to not review them. I've been against global KB to KD this entire thread. Why would that change just because it is being moved to an enhancement set? Edit: And as far as "what is okay for you to request" goes? I'm not stopping anyone from requesting anything. However, I will argue against things I disagree with.

I'm guessing the set is unique at least partially because of the proc. That proc is doing a whole lot: increasing damage, changing existing KB to KD, and adding a KD proc as well. So I'm willing to bet it will never be made not unique. More damage sets that aren't unique and have a KB to KD proc in them though? Should be fine to ask for. Edit: And as for a Superior version of it? Looks to me like it is already granting Superior set bonuses.

If it is a global KB to KD effect, I will always oppose it regardless of type/source. If it is an additional enhancement set that makes players like you happier with a KB to KD proc for the power slotted in, I will support you.

The thing about the Hellions is they are a gang trying to bargain with fiends for power. Incompetently. The Girlfriends from Hell aren't so much their girlfriends as they are envoys to help the Hellions finish their fall to demonic enslavement. Aside from being in their bio that players can read in game, it also shows up in the Matthew Habashy arc where a Girlfriend from Hell is responding to her master speaking to her through the altars and the Hellions mistake her comment as being a request to do something for them.

Because it was a global.

Asking for more sets with a KB to KD proc follows established precedent in the game. Asking for a Null the Gull option bypasses what was done in the game for that purpose. So yes, asking for more sets is perfectly fine while asking for a global option in Null the Gull is not.

Which is why the requesting player should identify himself/herself/themselves instead of hoping that someone in the league will be able to quickly find them on the league list. This has nothing to do with the MSR leader.

You know, a funny thing just happened. There have been comments on previous KB threads that slotting the Sudden Acceleration set works against the proc. With the implication that you can't slot the set without losing the benefit of the proc'. So I just hopped on the test server, threw together a level 50 energy/energy blaster, slotted 5 Sudden Acceleration sets and 1 Overwhelming Force, and then did a mission. The funny thing I mentioned? With a full Sudden Acceleration set slotted, the powers still did KD, not KB.

It already is being addressed with a means of not having KB in attacks for those that don't want it. Make use of the available options the game provides. If that isn't enough, then ask for more sets for more options. That's why those sets exist is to be used and give players that option.

Depending on your character and build, you won't need a team for most of the content. Even several TFs can be run perfectly fine while solo. The Advanced Mode TFs/SFs, trials, and raids are pretty much the only time you need a team. Other than that, you can always join a team and run the game at a higher difficulty if you want.