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*insert standing ovation GIF here for ROBOKiTTY*

Would it be Temporary based on Charges, Game Time, Real Time, or some other metric? I can't imagine it being made permanent.

For what it's worth, and it is perhaps a little too early to say, but this is another excellent learning opportunity regarding the -very- diverse group of people who call City of Heroes "Home." I don't want to presume that I know the intention behind these temporary changes to the game. I think it's a pretty fair estimate to say that they were pure and meant only in jest. I would like to believe that Jimmy and the Homecoming Team wouldn't do something out of pettiness or a desire to do harm to others. But I have a feeling that the plans for everything which happened these past few days perhaps didn't have enough time to go through internal quality assurance. I know that the Homecoming Team has some excellent experience in many aspects of game development, though I believe there are some gaps as to community engagement which could stand to be looked at a little more closely. There are definitely members of the community which align with the vision and style demonstrated by the Homecoming Team, but they're certainly not everybody, as evidenced by the reaction and feelings expressed by people here. I'd really like to see an expanded effort to commit to the part of the mission statement which reads: "we want everybody to feel welcome." I apologize if I'm sounding too critical. I provide these opinions of mine as feedback, with the genuine belief that my thoughts could do some good, at least as a prompt to do some exploration and examination of some of the decision-making process going on behind the veil. I know I probably don't emphasize the good work that the Homecoming Team does, nor my appreciation of that work . . . so; apologies for that. Homecoming has done better than a lot of other companies and studios out there. Bearing in mind that those are for-profit companies. Thank you for bringing City of Heroes back, and for putting so much effort in to continuing to develop it. I'm just passionate, and I'd like to see the challenges (like those illustrated here) overcome.

Which Manifest are you using, Lyneham? Try https://manifest.cohhc.gg/testing.xml

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Take a close look at the surroundings. You enter from the mouth, and proceed in to the stomach, which has lava instead of stomach acid. The textures are low-res, but they're flesh and bone. Other than the mechanical components and pipes, which are the PTS tubes which Aeon drilled literally through Bat'Zul's skull.

Run the Villain Strike Force in Cap au Diable, RikOz. You actually go inside the demon, and then fight the demon's manifested avatar inside its own stomach. https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Virgil_Tarikoss And then there's an arc in Cap au Diable, Level 15 to 25, or thereabouts. The Contact -is- a Luddite. https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Brother_Hammond

I would be banned so hard and so fast if I shared my desktop background images . . .

A good step in a positive direction. A lot of "meta" has changed in the game since inception. The community has generated a LOT of great and helpful tutorials, but they're all external to the game itself, which creates a pretty sizeable barrier to entry. Having those tutorials in the game itself would be a huge help!

How many roleplayers are there on the Homecoming Team? Not the GMs, mind you, but specifically the core team. Something I've been wondering with growing curiosity. Who do we have on the Homecoming Team that represents us? Who steps up to bat when changes and additions are being discussed and speaks on behalf of the roleplayers?

It's not Echo: Mercy Island Golf Course, but the current behaviour from Brawl is pretty -out there- right now. So . . . what's the verdict? Are we counting this as a win? Did we successfully convince the Devs to Officially Approve Hellion Golf, if even only for a single day and not isolated solely to Hellions, or using a golf club?

I mean, at the very least, shouldn't it have used the doppleganger code to actually look like our own characters? And have been walk-through-able, like Mastermind Henchpets are supposed to be? Baby New Year is just creepy. Baby New Year stalking us is extra creepy. Piles of dead Baby New Years in Ouroboros . . . What was the planning behind this one? What did the pitch meeting sound like?

So far, I gotta say: Party Kake's in the lead.

Wait . . . I haven't logged in yet . . . This stuff is seriously in the game?! Whaaaaat!?

Mayhaps a smidge premature given the physical location of the majority of the playerbase . . . However, I -do- actually like the idea of Take Your Child to Work Day! I'm all-for that being a new mission/holiday event!

@Jimmy: "In brief: Our goal is for all playstyles be valid, worthwhile[,] and enjoyable. That's what we're working towards." I realize I'm in the extreme minority here, but my personal playstyle includes decidedly -not- racing to 50. The removal of bonus Inf hits my playstyle pretty hard, as it was basically one half of my sense of reward and progress in the game. Unless I've misunderstood (as I haven't had a chance to log in yet, and for-example the removal Double Inf thing instead only affects level 50 characters), then I feel you've missed the mark on your express intended goal with this change. You also said: "The imbalance wasn't in the market though - it was in the means of earning currency" after the statement of "We’ve made this change to reduce the influence income gap between players who farm and those that do not. The amount of additional influence gained by abusing level 49 missions simply wasn’t healthy for the overall economy of the game, and generally unfair towards those who play standard level 50 content instead of farming." If it's a matter of there being a wealth gap, why not create incentives for high net worth individuals to engage in more charity and in-game financial community support? Why not boost the Inf gain across all levels prior to 50? If there was an exploit, why not repair the exploit instead of specifically targeting the Double Inf Option? I would really like to see the Homecoming Team's math behind the decision-making for this. I realize my own perspective may be too narrow or outright skewed, so seeing the hard numbers might help me understand how the Team came to their present conclusion.

Except there's a flaw in the "worth more" thing . . . the fixed price items in the game are still set to fixed prices. The reduction to Inf earnt means those items are now -more- expensive. When there's an imbalance in the player market, I think it's the market that should be changed, not the means of earning currency.

As I understand it; the Leaderboard calculation doesn't include the Rep which users inherited from the forum software changeover.

All account management is handled right here, in the forums. You may only have one Game Account per Forum Account; so to make additional Game Accounts, you need additional Forum Accounts. And as explained through the rest of this thread, calcoop; you will need different email accounts to register your Forum Accounts, but some services allow you to make "trick" accounts from a single email address.

Also, I'm pretty sure that we should be seeing the option for multiple Auras being added in a relatively short time. Unless that particular bit of hackery had unintended consequences which got it pushed back, one of the Homecoming Devs had some proof-of-concept posted in this forum for it.

I very much may well be wrong, but I believe @Shadowsleuth has provided the most positive Rep of any single member of this community, with over 3,000 up-ticks shared with all the rest of us. That kind of silent encouragement deserves a little encouragement in kind. So; thanks Shadowsleuth! I appreciate being appreciated.

I gave you that Like for one reason: Rhinox Best series. Will hear no dissent! Yesssss . . . . . . ahem, anyway. Also would have Liked for the extra attention and validation given to the Huntsman build! Seriously, I kind of wish it were an official Build that unlocked something unique which neither the Crab nor Bane could get. Some kind of Huntsman Signature Power.

Which Board are you looking at, Scorpion? This one? It rarely gets used. The Game Suggestion Board, on the other hand . . . geez, stuff rarely lasts a couple days per page there.

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/17064-homecoming-server-update-march-28th-page-5-testing-anniversary-badge-and-more/ The time comes soon! I don't have enough Merits for the Badges yet . . . hmm . . . that's going to take some effort. They ain't cheap.

The way the game is programmed, it's impossible to get them all. Simple as that, regrettably. You get a limit of 5 Contacts per 5 level range, but there are 10 possibly Contacts in each range. You're always going to miss out on at least half of them on a single character.