MWRuger

Well, that sucks!

I thought maybe there wasn't a new badge but just last year's, but I created a toon 11/01/22 and tried with him, no go. BTW, I just did this.

OK, maybe I missed it. Along with no dev announcement that the event is live. No Holiday Badge for 2022? Every other year, you long in, you get the badge. Do we need to do something different this year, if so what? I will feel like the Grinch stole my holiday without a shiny, new badge. Help a badger out!

Thanks! I still want moar though!

I figured. I did a cursory search and couldn't find anything.

Hi There! My suggestion seems simple enough, but the devs will know if that is so. This is a QOL suggestion. Put a sort button on the character selection screen that allows players to sort characters by selectable criteria. So, it would work like this. Pressing the button takes a snapshot of the character file that is local or creates a temp backup of the file. Then player selects sort order. Sorting could be: Name Level Last played Faction Origin Archetype Custom (this restores the list to the local sort) When the player exits to desktop or changes server, backup file is restored and everything is reset. If you wanted to get extra fancy, you could allow for the sort button to rewite the local file if the player wants to save the new sort. The backup file is then renamed to oldsort and retained, should it be needed. It seems to me that this would be very useful if you initiate the naming rules that you are discussing on the beta board. But even without that, those of us with a hundred or so characters would get use out of something like this.

I always create bios for my characters, usually as soon as I start playing them. I usually write them in Word, edit them to fit into the wholly inadequate text editor that CoH provides. Once i decide on a final costume, I take screen shots and save it as a word document. I probably have 150+ characters between live and now. For me, bio creation is very easy and enjoyable and essential to my play of the character. But I've been reading comics since the late 60's, roleplaying since the 70's and storytelling my entire life, so your mileage my vary. If you really want a Bio, I can help. Back on Live I used to write bios for people who got stuck.

Awesome job team! I loved all the little islands with bits of the game spread all over. Would be cool to go into City Hall/Arachnos base and snoop around. Also, could we get a TP beacon for Echo Park so we can access it from the Bases? I know there are plenty of ways to get there, but what's one more? Also was thinking that maybe you could put portals into the Echo zones. It would really tie in thematically. "All that is lost is hidden"

Late, but for others who read this thread: The missions are not given in linear order and can be/are interspersed with the story arc the efficiency expert gives are. Just keep doing his missions until you get the last timed mission.

Thanks!

Hey all, I am looking at trying to learn how to design costume pieces and art assets and I was wondering what tools I need and how I go about getting under the hood of COH. I really want to design a zone with dinosaurs and nazis (fifth column) just to see if I can. I can set up a private server to play with it, but any help you can offer or suggestions would be appreciated. Anyone written any guides for this kind of thing?

Also, when I start a TF that I know will benefit from team teleport or some other power like Envenomed Daggers, I always offer to pay for them. A lot of times people don't know about them or just haven't done it. Only one person ever took my offer up although most people did buy.

How about bringing back Pocket D VIP as a purchasable power? It would automatically unlock fast travel. I used to buy it on all my toons, still would for new guys. I'd gladly pay 10 million for it.

Wow. I guess by now I should expect people to get upset anytime anything is changed. I don't see the big deal. If you are running content and TF and Trials and the like you will get those exploration badges, just by playing. I hit 50 on Sword of Faith and she had about 10 or so zones unlocked already. I suppose if every toon you play is PL'd then it could be a problem. Really, if it was an exploit that they said they were going to close, then that's fair. Reading this, it seems that that functionality was never meant to be in the game. Sorta like Hot Coffee in GTA: San Andreas or when Rikti Monkeys were a goldmine for XP. When rikti monkey farms were all the rage on live, we all knew they would get closed, it was an exploit. We certainly used it when it was around and we certainly didn't bitch when it was closed. I never used it, mainly because I didn't know about it, I get why it was cool, but it's just not that big a deal. There is a lot to like in this issue. I look forward to enjoying. I'm sorry that some people are so disappointed. People are always threatening to leave or predicting the death of the game. Every time any change is made. Remember when disabled Double Inf when XP was disabled? Pages of people complaining and saying that it would ruin the game and that no one would farm anymore, etc, etc. Well, I still farm and I sure see people begging for it chat, so I guess that didn't happen. If people leave because an exploit was closed, then I am sorry to see them go, but that is one them, not the devs. The only thing I would suggest is making LRT purchasable at a P2W vendor for whatever it used to cost to get Pocket D VIP. Then people can spend inf so they can avoid badging 1 zone for an accolade.

Same here, it's why I farm and market. I have 70 something alts, intention to level every one and with purples and Winter sets, enhancement boosters and all the fun stuff. I want it now so I buy it. When I sell, I try and sell below the Buy It Now (BIN) price so it will sell faster. I am sure I have bought some of your stuff and you have bought some of mine. And that's freaking cool. It's not my fault if people don't understand how to use the market or use converters. I have given away millions and lessons to anyone who wants them. Some get it and some don't. BUT, any content in the game is designed to be played with SOs. So you don't have to market at all other than to sell your stuff to us marketers for BIN prices. You want to sell me a purple? I'll buy anyone you have for 14 million, no questions asked. Pure profit to you since you probably punch a lvl 50 COT goon to get it. Or maybe you want to invest a couple of million and craft it and flip to to a Ragnarok. Someone will likely buy it for 24 million. So to all you market haters out there, your welcome. I was glad to buy your crap and make it into something that someone else wants.

Already got mine saved for my Badger! (what badges at midnight)

BY the way, I never said but thanks Dev's for all the cool stuff in the update. Great work. I already got one of the new I/O's and there is some fun things to try. I'm not saying you should ignore all the whiners and doomsayers, but most people will likely never notice the change and will certainly not come here and praise or bitch about it because the forums are only for the truly dedicated in the playerbase, otherwise Facebook wouldn't be filled with posts every Tuesday asking if the game was shut down because they don't know about the server status page.

This is damn funny. Good one. All that does is move from one player to another and doesn't generate inf. In fact, it removes inf from the game. You can't really corner a market when you can really just punch a Nazi to get more salvage or whatever. Or run an AE arc and spend tickets to get salvage or recipes. And PvP? Until a marketeer calls me gay and and accuses me of intercourse with my mother, it ain't PvP.

Oh, the farming nerf? Who the freak cares? I made 16 million last night running the exmplered farm, I got two purples. Now, that's not typical, some days I don't get any purples, but how is that not a good enough return on investment? Sure last week it would have been 32 million and I need the money because I gave away 1.2 billion to a couple of friends who wanted to start farming characters, so I gave them seed money and explained how it worked, they probably won't do it, but why not. But, I like playing with fake money and the market and converting and running task forces and building bases and designing characters and everything else. You actually worry about wealth inequality in a game? Try fixing it in the real world where it can actually kill people.

Wow. I have read all 25 pages of this thread and there are a lot of people who don't understand how the market works. I shan't bother trying to explain it, most won't believe it anyway. I was a marketeer on live and had about 25 billion salted away. Nothing compared to some. But here's the thing, I couldn't afford to purple out all my alts, there just wasn't enough supply and too much money chasing what was there. Flash forward to Homecoming. I am rocking about 4 billion, I make enough each week to feed my hungry alts, I never have to wait more than a day for bids to fill and can usually buy it now. If I don't I can get it with merits. If I don't get it that way I can flip with converters. It is very easy to get the good stuff if you want it. But here's the thing, you can play all the content with SO's. Every bit of it. I know people who do and they have fun with the game. Every user can play every bit of content. So they already have vendors who sell enhancements at fixed prices. Oh you want extra special stuff, well then you have ways to get it but it isn't as easy as the SO's. Do you have to play the market? No, you can get them by doing tip missions for a few days. Just running missions. Is there a faster way? Sure, but you can get it. If you want a "Push to win" button, fine, but to me that would be boring. The game is easy enough already

I had this problem over the weekend! I'm sure you fixed it just for me!

Remember that memorization badges cover a range, for example 25-30. In many cases, you need 1 more of certain level than the other. For example 8 25's and 9 30's. Try crafting one for Re-animator in the other level range. Also some badges allow you to craft different badges to meet the requirements. Travel powers for instance. Try crafting different badges.

Yeah, you need more content at the two end points. Every toon needs to go through those levels but some stall out in the 20's. Once you hit 50, you also need more content so you can still find things to do with your 50. There is plenty to do in the mid levels. At least I think so.

I like all of this! My wish for new content is for alternate lower level paths. I know most people blow through the 1st 14 levels by DFB, but I like doing missions more but there could be some more options for low level arcs. Maybe raid AE for some interesting low level stuff?

I didn't read the entire thread, just the first 9 pages. Honestly, I'm somebody who created all his old alts on the first few days to get their names. Likely, It wouldn't have mattered, but I did. So I have about 35 guys named and most at level 2. I play just about every day, but usually play a handful of characters at one time. But this naming policy seems OK to me. I'll just do an excel spreadsheet and make sure i login. Oh wait, I already did one to keep track of day jobs! Never Mind. I'm sorry people feel this is a deal breaker and need to leave Homecoming, but pursue your bliss. I like having a lot of people on, but I can always just run my own server for my friends and me, the main thing is the game will never go away again. That said, I'll stay here as long as it remains open. I like the mix of powers and diversification that Leandro came up with for I25, the QOL changes and the other things that the Homecoming team have implemented and adherence to the original spirit of the live servers. Thanks for letting me play again before I died. It's all I ever wanted when the game left and you guys made it happen. It may sound weird to attach so much to an ephemeral object like an MMO, but this came makes my life better!