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Except they neither gain nor lose anything by licensing it for free. They aren't paying for the servers, they aren't paying for developers, community managers, support staff, etc to support the game. They don't really have any financial incentive to shut down Homecoming even with declining sales unless they think that the game would generate enough profit so as to change that for their investment in all of the above, for let's be honest a niche, (almost) 20-year-old game. Could they shut it down? Yep, they own the IP. Will they shut it down? At least not in the immediate short term unless Homecoming messes something up and breaks the license terms. Longer than that, say at the end of the terms of the agreement, we don't know there. Hopefully, they just renew the terms for another period (however long that may be) because there is still really nothing to lose or gain by doing so.

This. It was said over a year ago that this would be changed.

There are multiple base portal powers which can be used most places.

That they follow the same model as Paragon and most other development studios when they are closing what they consider and exploit? Seriously, adverting an exploit before closing it is not a good model.

I doubt it is UniqueDragon. UD made sense. He used some... strange phrasing. But, I at least understood what he was trying to say. I'm at a loss here.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Yay! Was able to donate this time!

That is how you would have to do it. Talking to Null The Gull in Pocket D is the fastest way to do that. You can also do tips to change your alignment.

My favorite used to be Controller. It still is but it used to be too.

Maybe a stupid question, how is what you mention above done? Who you talk to depends on if you're a Hero or a Villain. But there's an NPC you talk to, that adjusts your Notoriety. You can set it so that Door Missions spawn as if you level was -1 to +4 compared to what you actually are, and so that the minimum team size is anywhere from just you (x1) up to a full eight members (x8). Two people, same mission; one is at -1/x0 - most of the enemies will con Blue, some White, and an occasional Lieutenant might be Yellow. The other is at +4/x8. EVERYTHING IS RED AND PURPLE, and there's six or more times as many of those things. :) You can talk to the Field Analysts or Fateweavers but, you don't need to. Notoriety can be changed by clicking on the Chat Bubble icon on your chat window.

Sorry you had to go through that. Glad to hear you're in remission, though. Welcome Home!

** POOF ** Brilliant as always. Welcome home, Arcanaville!

Nothing preventing you from doing so.

I don't know how much weight I give to the theory that City of Hero's failure (in 2005) related to City of Heroes shut down (in 2012). I say this considering it had no impact on on them purchasing the full rights in 2006 and doesn't seem to have an impact 6 years later when they shut the game down. It is clear the NCSoft was no longer interested in running the game. And they did claim at the time that they wanted to focus on the Asia market more. As for letting Homecoming and the rest run in order to drum up business, I think they missed their opportunity to sell to anyone but the community at this point. The code base is out in the wild and we don't need a company to run it. What company would waste the money to the rights to a game they cannot control? The problem with cracking down is yeah there is only 5 known servers now. But, there is nothing preventing more from popping up. It would be playing whack-a-mole on that investment, and each pursuit would be more investment spent. It would not be worth it. I think they are doing nothing because it is not worth it financially to do it. Pure and simply, bottom-line motivation.

I too was there and had a blast.

You have two solutions. In Sky or Steel. Open up contacts and click the find a contact button. Or second, run radio missions until you get a safeguard. Run then and be introduced to a new contact by the detective. The former being the easier of the two :)

I playing on Torchbearer and Excelsior. Quite a few ex-pinnacle players are on EX. Of course, PinnBadges exists.

Haven’t seen her on yet. But, I totally agree it would be great to have her back on with us!

Overglocked is a Dual Pistol wielding Kinetic using cyborg Corruptor.

I'm certain that is what it is. But, I'd contend the placement of the pet in reaction to fighting mobs is still a bug. And that bug could be used for griefing.

Has anyone else had a difficult time starting this TF be directly interacting with the contact? It appears she has a healing pet spawned right on top of here that makes it so you can only click on here from weird angles. At leat that is the case on Excelsior. Probably a simple fix to move the bit forward a few ticks.

As I have tried to tell people, the only server intensive thing in a AE farm is ambush farms and that is due to how the map/spawn points/spawns are loaded. But all I ever get told is that I'm stupid and all farming bad. So which is it, am I wrong or are ambush farms the only bad thing? I'm with you on this. People are just rude to the ones that support AE and level with it. They rather force their play style on everyone else " sounds like real politics in the world". First, it was to give the servers a break from being overloaded and I agree it needed to be done but we where told it was just a temp thing until it calmed down. Now It's we are going to force you to level our way because you level to fast. Funny thing is people are still power leveling outside of the AE. I did it last night lvl 10 to 40's faster then it would of took me to solo do it. I joined a level 50 brute and He ran me through an end game TF. and what wasn't posted here is the GM saying it causes grief to other players that can't find a group because everyone will be in AE missions, which is funny. If you are really trying to find a group you won't have trouble finding one. LFG chat is proof of that LFG is proof you can find a DFB team. Powerlevelling doesn’t bother me but, I couldn’t pass up the quip. Sorry, this is BS. Sure you can get DFB teams in the LFG chat, you can also get all the TFs, DIB, Trials, Tip missions, etc. Today I ran a Yin, a Posi, a Numina, and 2 trials through LFG chat. Yesterday I ran some DFBs, trials, an ITF, and some Hero tip missions via LFG chat. I cannot even believe people are complaining about using LFG chat to form DFB teams. A month ago you couldn't play at all and now people are complaining about people using LFG chat to get DFB teams and using DFB to level fast. Here is a clue: the LFG chat is to look for teams. People running DFB are looking for teams. DFB was designed by the real developers as a trial to quickly level lowbies. Paragon Wiki states "Death from Below (DfB) is a "sewer trial" introduced in Issue 21 available to both Heroes and Villains, but not Praetorians. This trial can be run at any level and provides exceptional rewards, including experience point bonuses and Single Origin Enhancements, making it an excellent and popular tool for players looking to level new characters quickly." While I can understand the AE nerf due to the server issues caused by the way the AE missions were created, I have not heard anything stating DFB replicates those issues and doubt that it would since this is official content. There is quite a bit of DFB going on right now because people are trying out various ATs and power combinations to see what they want to main or to recreate their old characters. I don't see the issue with it and would not like to see official content nerfed due to a small number of complaints. My take is that in a month or two the DFB craze will have died down significantly. the only negative impact I see is that you have to scroll through LFG chat to find content you want to do. Guess what? That is a good thing because it means a lot of people are playing and teaming. Unknot, man. It was a joke and I said as much.

I have done several MSRs on Torchbearer and plan to do some on Excelsior soon! I’ve had one disconnect. I know I’m lucky there but, it really hasn’t seen different from live for me.

As I have tried to tell people, the only server intensive thing in a AE farm is ambush farms and that is due to how the map/spawn points/spawns are loaded. But all I ever get told is that I'm stupid and all farming bad. So which is it, am I wrong or are ambush farms the only bad thing? I'm with you on this. People are just rude to the ones that support AE and level with it. They rather force their play style on everyone else " sounds like real politics in the world". First, it was to give the servers a break from being overloaded and I agree it needed to be done but we where told it was just a temp thing until it calmed down. Now It's we are going to force you to level our way because you level to fast. Funny thing is people are still power leveling outside of the AE. I did it last night lvl 10 to 40's faster then it would of took me to solo do it. I joined a level 50 brute and He ran me through an end game TF. and what wasn't posted here is the GM saying it causes grief to other players that can't find a group because everyone will be in AE missions, which is funny. If you are really trying to find a group you won't have trouble finding one. LFG chat is proof of that LFG is proof you can find a DFB team. Powerlevelling doesn’t bother me but, I couldn’t pass up the quip.

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