[Patch Notes for December 3rd, 2019]

yeah,I am downloading what I assume are big geobin_xxx.pigg files

[Patch Notes for December 3rd, 2019]

nice update,but man oh man,it is slooowww to download and update.

[Tequila and CreamSoda Security Issue? Launchers compromised? [Mod Edit: They aren't.]]

Thank you for the response,it was really my main reason for posting.I have had a couple of people asking about it since it was posted elsewhere.

 

It seems to me to be a simple question of trusting the manifest file, 

[Tequila and CreamSoda Security Issue? Launchers compromised? [Mod Edit: They aren't.]]

So wondering if the leaders of Homcoming have any comment on the security issues posted elsewhere about the launchers we all use.

From Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cityofheroes/comments/debb98/sweettea_new_launcher_due_to_major_security_issues/

 

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 Tequila and Cream Soda allow manifests to have absolute paths in them. An absolute path is different from a relative path, because it is the full path to a file from the drive letter (C:) to the file name. This means a bad manifest could put files anywhere on someone's computer, and overwrite any file.

Another big issue is that files in a manifest can have a size of zero. I've found that these zero sized files tell Cream Soda and Tequila to DELETE a file instead of download the file. That means, with an absolute path to a system file or important documents, you could delete or overwrite those files.

 

[Another Update from The Homecoming Team]

11 minutes ago, Jimmy said:

The Force of Will power pool

How close is it to what is listed on ParagonWiki? Force of Will

[Please (let us) copy our characters to Pineapple]

This seems like such a simple no-brainer idea.It makes you wonder why it hasn't already been implemented.....Which makes me suspect there is a serious issue with making it happen.

 

Would dearly love to see it happen tho,and I think it would clearly get more people to test.

[Help Needed: Which melee AT *really* is the 'strongest'?]

Reading through this thread I wonder if their is any concern about the 4 melee ATs becoming to homogeneous? I mean a nerf here,a boost there and soon a AT loses it's distinctiveness.

 

The changes to Stalkers are case in point... I see in-game now are comments about how it's a more team friendly AT now because it does AoEs, that's not what I think of as the stalkers skill set.

[An Update from The Homecoming Team]

1 hour ago, justicebeliever said:

Seems like big news...and silence is always worrisome in those situations.

This.

 

Altho,I can see A delayed response with TonyV saying one thing last night,and then this morning this other guy Sekoia saying the complete opposite. 

This makes me wonder about the negotiations too  .....I mean how the hell you can't figure out what to do with your own organisation? 

[Focused Feedback: Rikti Mothership Raid]

3 hours ago, Leandro said:

Once the time on the ship is over, the shield will not come back up. The trial ends with the shield still down and no enemies on the dish.

So,I'm confused ...do the rikti just stop spawning?If so when?  When will the shield go back up? Is the raid now an instance? Are the timers the same?

[1 power swap respec]

Just an idea to be able to swap just 1 power instead of doing a whole respec .My thinking is,as it would solely be a convenience it should only be purchased for alot of Inf. 

The recent change to Snipe got me wondering about this,doubtless there will be further dev tweaks,be nice to swap just one power instead of doing full blown respec.

 

Now the main problem with this idea is the slots.....and to be honest I'm not sure what the answer to that would be  .Just throwing the idea out there.

[Best secondary for Dark Melee?]

Interested in rolling a Dark Melee scrapper and wondering what the best secondary would be? What works best? Is there secondaries that you would absolutely not pair with DM? 

[MM pet slotting]

Thanks for post like this...new to MM so this very helpful

[Farming ?s]

Yeah,I run the Warrior farm on my Fire/Kin Troller from time to time...It's how I powerlvled my Spines/Fire farm Brute 😛

[NPC chat dialogue bug]

Did a quick search for this here but didn't see anything.

 

Tina Macintyre

-The Anti-Matter Collision / The Instant Army

  -5.1.5 Part Four: Stop the battle

 

[NPC] Fallout: If CWK.SEE[CoL] == True CWK.ATK(CoL)

[NPC] The Charming Cassandra: Why are they after us?

[NPC] Fallout: TGT.CUR == Zyx.; If TGT.CUR != CWK.ALY Then ATK[CUR.TGT]

 

Later same mission:

[NPC] Free Radical: ?DNG_LEV(TGT.NEW) > CON.RED; INT[CMB(TGT.CUR)]

[Ashlocke's Handy Menu]

So I accidentally lost the Handy Menu button. I went to drag the menu window and somehow grabbed and dragged the Handy Menu button out of the window.I don't see it any of my trays.I look into the install folder and it's still there.Is there a way to reload it?

[Pine's Hero Designer 2.22]

Forgot to add that Pine's will sometimes let you place 2 of the same Archetype Enhancements Sets if you make one of them Superior.

Example is the Sentinel..I was able to place Superior Sentinel's Ward set in one power and a regular Sentinel's Ward Set in another power.

The game will not let you do this.

[Pine's Hero Designer 2.22]

I have come across 2 problems with Pine's

 

 

On Sentinel the Refractor Beam power is not showing up right in the "info"window.You can not switch the enhancements to alternate either.

It appears to think Refractor Beam is the power Penetrating Ray which is not an available power for a Sentinel.

 

 

On Dominator Proton Valley power is also not showing up right in the "Info" pane. The enhancements placed are not showing up.Also can not change to alternate.

 

[Sniper Beta Patch Notes, June 1st 2019]

I am questioning the fast that I have to download this whole Beta patch thing when I do not have any interest in it.My hats off to those who want to help and test things.But what about those who don't want to or have limited time or even limited storage space?Why are we being forced to download files for something we won't use? I think participating in Beta should be a choice,some sort of opt-in.

[Build Advice for Spines/Fire Brute]

Get an updated version of Mids' a/k/a Pines'

 

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,3093.0.html

[My farming fire/kin build]

Well,one suggestion since Inf is not an issue.If you don't mind losing Aegis set bonuses in Fire Shield I would consider loading it up with all the Resistance Procs/Uniques;

Gladiator's Armor:Teleportation Protection, +Def(All)

Steadfast Protection:Defense to Al

Impervious Skin:Resist Mez

Impervium Armor:Resist Psionic Damage

Unbreakable Guard:+Max HP

And the Aegis which you already have.

 

 

[Incarnate Alpha slots working correctly?]

So I am wondering why the bonus from slotting an enhancement in my alpha slot is not showing up in the Combat Attribute window?

 

[Homecoming Server Update: Super Packs]

Holy shit did I misread that post....only 5 things? really?

[Homecoming Server Update: Super Packs]

So after buying at the Auction House. Do we need to do anything else to claim our pack?How will we know we got it?