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We ended up with 24 MMs in the league of 48, so pretty good, I think. As far as I can tell the servers didn't melt. We may try this again in the future and see if we can get even more MMs!

Not a lot of interest shown here, but I’m going to go for it anyway. If we can’t get a full league we’ll invite others with pets, then fill in as best we can. Pass the word.

OK, misunderstood. The thread is about changing the base entrance direction, so when I read you could rotate the plot I thought that would change the rooms with it. In the case of this particular base it would be a huge PITA to move the rooms around - as I understand it I would need to take everything off the walls. Guess I'll just deal with the minor inconvenience of coming in facing the wrong direction.

What am I doing wrong?

I did search the thread, but I didn't read through 8 pages to see if this has been asked for already. Sorry if it's a duplicate. I'd like NPCs that can cheer, wave fist, victory, etc.

No definite time yet, but I wanted to see if there is interest in doing a MM only Rikti Mothership Raid this coming Friday? Probably around 1pm Central. And, yes, legend tells of servers from the olden days going up in smoke at the mere mention of such a thing. I asked about this previously in a more general setting here: Who is interested?

I replied here: To restate, I misunderstood what you were looking for. Major changes like gender, body build, etc. currently do not have an NPC in place for base use that I am aware of. However, you can adjust some items with your character, which is what I thought were you asking about. Sorry for the confusion.

I think I see where the disconnect is here. I misunderstood what you were wanting to do. Yes, you can make *some* changes to height, body, etc., but not major changes like gender, body build, and so on. I'm uploading a video right now that perhaps helps. Again, it appears to me that Icon and Facemaker do the same thing, they just look different. But neither can provide the cosmetic type of changes you are asking about. Sorry for the confusion.

I just placed a Facemaker NPC in my base to check, and I was, in fact, able to adjust height, body, etc. For what it is worth, I could do the same stuff with an Icon NPC, so I'm guessing these are just interchangeable? Maybe there is some reason your character could not adjust height, body, etc. Level, perhaps?

For what it is worth, I've run several MSRs recently on the 64 bit client with no crashes. If I do back-to-back MSRs I do get much more of a slideshow on the second run, but still no crash.

Have you never participated in a Rikti Mothership Raid before, or has it been a few years? I made a short 5 minute video to familiarize you with the basics of participating in an MSR. Note that your server, or even your individual raid leader, may run things slightly differently, so pay attention to League chat. Make sure to grab a jet pack (if you don't have flight) and your Double XP booster before heading out! Also, if your character is level 35 or above, it's worth your time to visit Levantera in the base to earn the MEMBER OF VANGUARD badge. This will let you earn Vanguard Merits during the raid, which you can convert to Award Merits at a vendor or used for other items. Be safe out there!

Below is a video demonstrating how you can set up a solo supergroup and build a useful base in about 15 minutes. This will allow you to rez to your base; includes NPCs to level up, buy/sell, and Icon; and teleport to a handful of zones. Also includes instructions on how to create a base passcode and use that (until it is removed) to teleport to your base from anywhere within the game. This guide is just meant to get you up and running quickly. I recommend the excellent Base Building Video Guide from @Dacy from here to add to your base.

Could be. I'm on Everlasting. I've been using the 32 bit client just for MSRs the past couple of days with no issues.

I came here to see if anyone else was having the problem I am seeing. I run a lot of MSRs, and I use the 64 bit client. What we have noticed is that before and during the raid we tend to have people crash to desktop "in chunks" - usually several players at once - and the common denominator seems to be the 64 bit client. Yesterday, while running MSRs I crashed to desktop 3 times. Twice was after the pylon phase during the raid, but the other was at PDH as we were recruiting. It "feels" like when this happens the client gets overloaded with chat and/or increased player activity. Yesterday it seemed to be worse than usual - we had several players crashing at about the same time, making it very difficult to assemble teams. Is there a way to capture something that would be helpful with this?

Yesterday on Everlasting, Krow tried to run this via LFG and I wanted to give a little feedback. In short, it didn't work. From a technical standpoint, only about half the league actually got transported into the trial. We were unable to figure out how to resolve this and ended up just moving to RWZ to run it as usual. I was surprised that the doors at PDH would open and take me back out of the trial to KW where we started, but I could go back into the trial through LFG. So, while I was able to bounce back and forth between KW and PDH, half the league couldn't get in at all. I'm not sure if the doors at PDH were supposed to function that way, or if it was a result of ToT. From a more practical standpoint, it was very difficult on a Saturday afternoon to get a full league of 35+ WITH the Member of Vanguard badge. In fact, I think we started with just 5 of the 6 teams filled, after lengthy recruiting. While we could easily identify players that did not fit the LEVEL requirement, there wasn't an easy way to figure out who didn't meet the BADGE requirement. It would be wonderful if every player who signed up read and understood the requirements in advance, but alas, twas not the case. The overall sentiment I heard from the group was "Why go to the trouble versus just running it regularly?" Most people seemed to understand the intent of doing the trial this way, but questioned whether it was worth the extra effort. During the regular raid, we noticed Priests involved and do not believe they had been included before. The timer appeared in the Nav bar at some point, and sometimes would disappear. Time was still manually tracked by some players, and did seem to align with a 34 minute raid as indicated by the timer in the Nav bar. Overall, I think the sense was that the raid was harder due to the presence of the priests, but not overly so. Of course, at that point, we were primarily running with a 35+ team, compared to a normally recruited team that probably would have included lower levels. Personally, I do not see myself leading a raid via LFG. The LFG system itself seems somewhat unreliable, and it would be more difficult to recruit a league given the extra requirements. While there might be additional benefits in terms of vMerits getting shared evenly among the entire league, and possibly higher rewards overall given the higher level of the NPCs, having to work harder to recruit and rely on the LFG system to work correctly outweighs that. Even if LFG worked perfectly, the additional recruiting needed would make me less inclined to lead one via LFG. Either way we have the timer, which is welcome. I also recognize that overall recruiting may be challenging at this point given the additional Halloween events going on. Lots of people are choosing to ToT. I would really rather see the zone cap for RWZ raised to perhaps 60 - or perhaps a contact at PDH who can create a new instance of RWZ on demand from someone who intends to run a raid, if that's a possibility. None of these comments are meant to imply in any way that I do not appreciate anyones work on this at all. I very much appreciate each day I get to play CoH, and I appreciate everyone who is investing time in improving it.

Just curious if any of the US based servers don't feel like they have enough people running MSRs? I enjoy running them, but it's increasingly crowded on my home server. I was considering transferring one of my other 50s to another server to lead MSRs if there is a need.

If I understand this correctly - I can lead raids as I have in the past (any levels, etc), so long as I am willing to deal with the zone cap - OR - I can run it through LFG in which case the above rules apply, correct?

I frequently run MSRs. I've found that sometimes I am unable to invite someone to the league, even if they are literally standing in front of me, but one of my Team Leaders can. I consistently get this error with one player in particular, and we've wondered if it is an alignment issue. My character is a Vigilante, while his is a Villain. I will try to capture the exact error next time I form a league and can see it, but it's something along the line of "can't create a co-op team unless all characters are on the same map." Anyone else forming leagues have this issue? I searched and didn't immediately see another thread started on this. EDIT: The error reads " Could not Invite {Player}, You cannot make a co-op team unless all teammates are on the same map." {Player} can be standing directly in front of me. Seems like most are Rogues, but I also had it happen with a Villain.

That was me - thanks for confirming! Also sounds like people gathered in Pocket D for the raid, so that answered another of my questions. I'm still not really clear what zones have higher zone caps than RWZ, but so long as there is at least 1 that everyone can get to, we're golden. I tried to make it for the raid but just couldn't make it work with RL. Plus, for me, the Beta server is VERY choppy for some reason. Not sure I could have effectively participated anyway. So the comments I am left with, without actually having tried it on the beta server, are: I would rather all levels be able to participate in the raid. Let league leaders deal with that. I'd like the Nav bar to show how much time is left. I'm not enjoying the mystery aspect now of how long the raid will be. That's it! Looking forward to this going onto the live servers. Thanks again to everyone who does anything to keep these servers going and improve them!

Not sure if that is meant as a direct response to my post or just everyone in this thread, but just wanted to say that I do appreciate all the work that you and everyone do for Homecoming. We have the game back, and everything else is gravy. Period. Full stop. I don't have a lot of time to play as-is, and to split any portion of that time off into going into a test server and setting everything up there is hard for me to justify. But, I will make every effort to try to do that this weekend and give more feedback.

I lead MSRs whenever I can. I like the idea of running it through LFG. I would much rather see 2 full MSRs going on at the same time than 1 oversized one. I'm not a fan of the level 35 and Member of Vanguard badge requirement. I understand both sides of the argument, but if people are going to PL (and you know they will) I would rather they PL in an MSR than AE. Personal preference. I'd prefer it to be left open. I'm concerned with the ending of the trial... or non-ending, as it were. Personally would like to see a countdown in the Nav bar or something so we all know how much time is remaining. I like the patrol ship idea spawning on the first pylon. Would prefer the minimap. Can we put a hospital at Point du Hoc so people go there after dying? Honestly the main reason I would want the minimap is so I can proactively TP people back from the current hospital. If the hospital were at Point du Hoc I don't think I'd even bother looking for people coming back from the current hospital. So, if you LFG for something like the blockbuster event, everyone needs to be in the same zone. Are we looking at teams having to form somewhere with a higher zone cap (I honestly don't know if there are higher zone caps out there or not) if you want to have a full league?

What he said. and more Epic power pools. but mostly what he said.

I enjoy running, or participating in, BAFs, but you are absolutely correct with regards to the time involved. A BAF does have the benefit of getting you Incarnate XP, threads, inf, etc. on top of the Salvage Roll. Personally, I’d participate in Rikti mothership raids, which get you everything except the Salvage Roll. Those run pretty regularly and the rewards a pretty good. Then, do this trick to get your components.

While we’re at it, when you toggle off flight can afterburner toggle off too?