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I have a degree in computer programming and I have plenty of experience with information and how easily it's lost in translation. I don't write programs anymore but *all* of the programs I wrote had *very, very tight* controls over data in order to prevent information from being corrupted. Wait... You don't understand "data" vs "information?" It's pretty simple. "Data" can be simply defined as "too much information." Something I'm sure everyone is familar with. But "information" can be called "actionable intelligence." Neat term, this "actionable intelligence." It was created by General Michael Flynn before his disgrace to mean "information that we can act upon intelligably." Data won't get you anywhere. A list of random phone numbers in no particular order is not useful at all. But when it's organized into *information,* let's say "alphabetical and by city/state," then you can use it to act intelligently. Simple, right? That said, I have no understanding at all why a player would say "here" during a team mish or (ESPECIALLY!) a league mish! Oh, yeah. Sure! You can right-click their name (even in the chat) and click "Follow" and magically be transported to their position. And your conscience is clear! But what if your team consists of complete newbies? That's *defintely* something to consider in this modern age of CoH/CoV when new players arrive all of the time! What if you're in a League and have *no idea* what team the player said "here" is on? Now you have to spend forty-five minutes to three hours checking and rechecking each team (because you forgot to grab your reading glasses) to find that player and interpret the "cut off" of their name in the roster because their name is too long to show completely and *finally* click on them to "Follow." Ok, my time line is *heavily* exaggerated. But you know what I mean! As opposed to simply typing "$loc" to broadcast their position far and wide for anyone to simply click on and create a waypoint to easily find. Why is this so difficult? I try to explain to players the advantages of this and they "tut-tut" me with "there's nothing to see here."

To begin with, I want to leave out the TFs for this. Except maybe for the "Rescue the Mystic" mish. It's pretty quick. NOTE: The Mystic *can* be affected by ATT and similar tp powers as long as she's attached to a player. So an *excellent* strategy would be to leave a player at the entrance who has TP Target, ATT or any way that they can get the player who has the Mystic attached to them back to the entrance as quickly as possible. I guess I'll start in Atlas Park. This version tries to be as sequential as possible. It also assumes that the player wants to run the Spelunker mish. None of the TFs are included in this list, although the possibility for hunting defeat badges is included. Any corrections would be appreciated. Atlas Park Exploration on top of the Atlas statue: /thumbtack 134 314 -340 Plaque below the train: /thumbtack 511 5 -1151 get on the train Steel Canyon (north) Exploration badge: /thumbtack -2428 48 -3408 get on the train else, Ouro to Flashback the Spelunker badge Flashback Select level 10-14 Select Rescue the Mystic (0.02) Teleport to contact take the zone gate nearby to Perez Park skip to Perez Park Steel Canyon (south) Spelunker: Dr. Trevor Seaborn /thumbtack -1611.5 0 1378 take the zone gate nearby to Perez Park whether you're doing Spelunker or not Perez Park Exploration Badge: /thumbtack -1174 -29 2252 Spelunker (note: the exploration badge will likely be very near the entrance to Spelunker which is very convenient.) base portal to Skyway City Skyway City Exploration badge: /thumbtack -1085 -16 -7612 base portal to Boomtown Boomtown Exploration badge: /thumbtack -448 42 2170 base portal to King's Row King's Row Plaque: /thumbtack -170 -42 -1467 Plaque: /thumbtack -400 4 1760 Exploration badge: /thumbtack -940.5 -41.7 2977.4 Exploration badge: /thumbtack -2175.9 97.0 1142.5 get on the train Talos Island /thumbtack 1777 22 7843 get on the train Independence Port (north) Plaque: /thumbtack 910 100 -4175 Plaque: /thumbtack -1035 36 -2441 Exploration badge: /thumbtack -1615 80 -1872 Terra Volta Plaque: /thumbtack 351 196 -3605 Tank Buster badge: Freak Show are rumored to be plentiful here and Vidiot Maps seems to confirm this. They're supposedly not going to be greater than level 29. base portal to Faultline (if you want to pick up the Gear Smasher badge) else, Ouro Faultline Hunt until you get the badge ATT + Ouro Echo: Dark Astoria Plaque: /thumbtack 3420 46 3038 Echo: Galaxy City Plaque: /thumbtack -752 5 -1550 Plaque: /thumbtack -1184 63 -936 If you didn't do anything but plaques and exploration badges, then these are the remaining badges you need: Spelunker Gear Smasher Tank Buster Unveiler Silver Bullet Slayer

One day I saw a LFM claiming to go after the "Received the Atlas Medallion" and "Freedom Phalanx Reserve Member" accolades. I assumed we were going to get one then the other. Little did I suspect the *real* agenda the team lead had! The person had came up with the idea of getting both of the Accolades in a single run!? Mind! Blown! It took me a while to realize that was what they were doing because it was pretty messy. Obviously their first attempt. But a great idea, nonetheless! In this thread I'd like to explore ways to make the process of getting these two accolades at the same time in the most efficient way possible. Meaning, as new posts add ideas, I'll probably continue editing the original pathway. First, let's explore the shared zones. The number in parenthesis indicates the number of exploration/plaque badges available. The Spelunker badge might be a challenge to mix into this because players might use the contact *or* they might use Ouro. Received the Atlas Medallion Freedom Phalanx Reserve Member Echo: Galaxy City (1) Echo: Galaxy City (2) Kings Row (2) Kings Row (2) Steel Canyon (1: Spelunker) Steel Canyon (3: Exploration badge, Posi 1 & 2 for Gear Smasher and Heldenjaeger for Unveiler) Skyway City (1: Spelunker) Skyway City (2: Exploration and Synapse for Gear Smasher) The remaining zones are not shared but I wanted to add them so that maybe we can develop a path with a mix of shared and unshared zones to increase efficiency overall. Received the Atlas Medallion Atlas Park (2) Perez Park (2: 1 plaque and Spelunker) Striga Isle (2: Silver Bullet and Slayer) Freedom Phalanx Reserve Member Boomtown (1) Talos Island (1) Independence Port (2 or 3: exploration badge, plaque and maybe a Yin or two for Tank Buster) Echo: Dark Astoria (1) Terra Volta (2: 1 plaque and Tank Buster) Faultline (1: Gear Smasher) Whew! I get by with a little help from my friends! Also, I'd like to put this "arc" together using the lowest levels possible! Any ideas to start?

What category is that in within the base editing interface?

Below level 50.

Can the End-draining critters be exempted from self-rez? I'm running a Sister Psyche right now and the Juicer Freak self-rez is 100%. I don't think that's fair at all because most of the toons on my team are lowbies. Same with Malta. Edit: In fact. Can we tone down the self-rez at lower levels? It's completely out of control.

In this particular case, it was. Not because I needed the extra storage per se... Only because getting the extra storage is partially the result of badging and it's my badging toon.

So I noticed that my badging toon can hold 200 salvage on the Invention tab. Honestly, I never paid attention and was going to come here and beg for answers. But then I had this *brilliant* idea! Search the (unofficial) Homecoming wiki! How amazing is that? I was so proud of myself! I forget which rabbit holes I dove into exactly. But I *found* my answer! Yay! This page breaks down all your Salvage capacities (not just Invention) and how they're achieved. Side note: the "Transaction Capacity" is how many items you can sell at once on the Auction House without getting *all* of your channels spammed with the message "you sold too many items, peasant!" https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Invention_System_Capacity

I have all of the clues except Shady Crey-d and Bell's unique clue. Is this enough to badge? How do I get Shady Crey-d? I've been back and forth from Number 6 to Uqua and couldn't get it... Sigh... I finally stumbled across the Shady Crey-d badge but in the process got the "Not so Pointless Death" clue. The instructions say to go back to Uqua but I can't trigger it. I did it once already trying to get the badges but this time I can't seem to find it. Can someone help me, please?

Yay! I finally got the Truth Seeker badge! Something I'd like to clarify about the clues needed to get it: it doesn't matter if you have "Pointless Death" or "Not so Pointless Death." Either clue will get the badge. Also, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTmA1C_7m5g

BTW: Is it even possible to defeat Nemesis?

Thanks! I played it yesterday in Ouro with a team and someone who already knew about the tv completed the dialogue. Then, when I *very* clearly asked where "Piecemeal" was in the chat, exactly no one answered. This morning, after posting this, someone in the Help channel told me.

I'm on a contact mish from the new content. Dat-Dat. I'm on the next-to-last mish called "Negotiate(?) with Nemesis." I've already talked to the three NPCs. My new objective is "Talk to... Piecemeal?" There is no such NPC as "Piecemeal" on this map. I've used a targeting macro and scoured the entire map. Multiple times. Can someone please help me?

I always create a "NPC" tab in my chat window for every toon and include these channels: 1) Cutscene Captions 2) NPC dialog 3) Pets I originally did this because I got tired of the chat bubbles disappearing before I had a chance to read them. Why do I bring this up? I found this tab to be immensely helpful with all of the "such and such liked that" popups. It also showed my speech boo-boos (captioned when I selected them) in red. This helped me to catch on much quicker. I don't expect to be getting all of the badges in a single run. But I don't mind. I would do more runs to see the different endings, anyway. PS: I've never figured out what the Pets channel is for. Everyone I ask tells me it's for pet messages. But I've never seen a single one. Even on my MasterMind.

Also, I appreciate the opportunity to tell the 5th Column that they're lame compared to the Council! Lol!