CountZero Posted Thursday at 09:59 PM Posted Thursday at 09:59 PM With a toon that wasn't around last year, I was doing a "little" door knocking to try and get the Halloween tip mission. But to get all the badges you need to run it 6 times. So far this toon has picked up 51 classic\holo costumes plus 64 event salvage costume items. With a rough estimate of 1 in 4 doors giving a treat, that would be someone in the region of 450-500 doors knocked on. Number of mission tips - ONE! A 1 in 500 chance of getting a tip mission? That can't possibly be working as intended (or if it is, then someone needs to give their head a wobble)
Glacier Peak Posted Thursday at 10:31 PM Posted Thursday at 10:31 PM (edited) 33 minutes ago, CountZero said: With a toon that wasn't around last year, I was doing a "little" door knocking to try and get the Halloween tip mission. But to get all the badges you need to run it 6 times. So far this toon has picked up 51 classic\holo costumes plus 64 event salvage costume items. With a rough estimate of 1 in 4 doors giving a treat, that would be someone in the region of 450-500 doors knocked on. Number of mission tips - ONE! A 1 in 500 chance of getting a tip mission? That can't possibly be working as intended (or if it is, then someone needs to give their head a wobble) https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Mission:Tip_-_Whispered_Rumor You need to be wearing one of those dropped costumes for the tip to drop. Edited Thursday at 10:33 PM by Glacier Peak 1 1 1 I lead weekly Indom Badge Runs / A newer giant monster guide by Glacier Peak / A tour of Pocket D easter eggs! / Arena All-Star Accolade Guide! Best Post Ever....
Clave Dark 5 Posted Friday at 07:11 AM Posted Friday at 07:11 AM And there's only one of them too, so you can't say have it six times on your list at once. You'd have to get it, run it, the get it again and again (which, I don't know if happens really).. Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney: Matt (Posi) used to say that players would find the shortest path to the rewards even if it was a completely terrible play experience that would push them away from the game... ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Skyhawke Posted Friday at 11:37 AM Posted Friday at 11:37 AM 13 hours ago, CountZero said: With a toon that wasn't around last year, I was doing a "little" door knocking to try and get the Halloween tip mission. But to get all the badges you need to run it 6 times. So far this toon has picked up 51 classic\holo costumes plus 64 event salvage costume items. With a rough estimate of 1 in 4 doors giving a treat, that would be someone in the region of 450-500 doors knocked on. Number of mission tips - ONE! A 1 in 500 chance of getting a tip mission? That can't possibly be working as intended (or if it is, then someone needs to give their head a wobble) Glad (?) I'm not the only one with abysmal luck here. I ran on a ToT league til I got the badges and then ran around the area near Mirror Spirit in Faultline for an hourish and never saw the tip drop once. I was also wearing one of the bazillion costumes I'd manage to get. RNG can be a cruel mistress. Sky-Hawke: Rad/WP Brute Alts galore. So...soooo many alts. Originally Pinnacle Server, then Indomitable and now Excelsior
Ukase Posted Friday at 01:39 PM Posted Friday at 01:39 PM I think it's important to recognize that while I wasn't in the OP's shoes, rng is a fickle mistress. Rather than reveal 6 paragraphs of my own stupidity in prior years: Make sure you don't have a tip already. All the chaos, it could drop and you missed it, or maybe it didn't tell you. (Not my experience that it won't tell you, but who knows?) As stated, make sure you have a costume on. No costume, no tips. Make sure if you need one last tip because you want that last badge that you've changed your alignment to rogue or villain, and ToT in villain or co-op areas like KW. Other than that - it's ABCD, as a league leader told me yesterday. "Always Be Clicking Doors".
High_Beam Posted Friday at 01:47 PM Posted Friday at 01:47 PM 6 minutes ago, Ukase said: Make sure you don't have a tip already. All the chaos, it could drop and you missed it This. So many time this. 🙂 Girls of Nukem High - Excelsior - Tempus Fabulous, Flattery, Jennifer Chilly, Betty Beatdown, Totally Cali, Two Gun Trixie Babes of War - Excelsior - High Beam (Yay), Di Di Guns, Runeslinger, Munitions Mistress, Tideway, Hard Melody, Blue Aria Many alts and lots of fun. Thank you Name Release For letting me get my OG main back!
Bionic_Flea Posted Friday at 02:15 PM Posted Friday at 02:15 PM Also: Keep an eye on the chat channels. Many people are nice and will announce that they are about to run the tip. You don't HAVE to get them all by yourself. Finally, your name CountZero, had me imagining you counting Doors, Costumes, and Tips like this: AH HAHAHA! FOUR BEAUTIFUL TIPS!!! 2 1
Troo Posted Friday at 03:36 PM Posted Friday at 03:36 PM Hmmm.. got a number of characters all done. Was using Windfall while Trick or Treating. Just kidding. It's only barely day 3. There's time, it doesn't have to be a grind. "Homecoming is not perfect but it is still better than the alternative.. at least so far" - Unknown (Wise words Unknown!) Si vis pacem, para bellum
Ukase Posted Friday at 04:05 PM Posted Friday at 04:05 PM (edited) I did want to add this: perception is crazy. I have my 50 out, the character is already rogue. For whatever reason, he has no tips of any kind. I finally get a tip, and it's 3 tips in one. Wizard's weakness, a window of opportunity, and a standard alignment tip. Click/knock on a few more doors, I get another tip. Another alignment. A few minutes later, another. Oddly, set to 0/1, I've gotten 1-2 of each EB, 6 costumes, 20 of those 4 special event salvage - but no Whispered Rumor tip. I've been at it a good 20-25 minutes. I just figured I'd share that to let the OP know they are not insane, and the rng, while maybe not FUBAR, is certainly fickle at times. And I'll add this: I was up to 16 costumes collected, and still no tip. But I'd forgotten that an Arisen Mummy killed me, and I neglected to put my costume back on. I did, and 2 doors later, I got my tip. Don't be like me. If you get clobbered, put the costume back on! Edited Friday at 04:34 PM by Ukase
CountZero Posted Friday at 05:08 PM Author Posted Friday at 05:08 PM 1 hour ago, Ukase said: I was up to 16 costumes collected, and still no tip. But I'd forgotten that an Arisen Mummy killed me, I have a special technique for dealing with EB's Spoiler Run like hell to the nearest drone and let them sort it out 1 1
Echo Night Posted yesterday at 06:14 PM Posted yesterday at 06:14 PM I've had several 10's of characters get all three costume badges before the tip dropped. I even thought that maybe swapping costumes out from time to time might help "reset" the rng. But I've got no sensible reason to believe doing that would affect rng. I was getting so pissed off that I tried stupid stuff to "push" rng in my favor. Rng is indeed a fickle #%%&^%$!$#*!
Triumphant Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago On 10/3/2025 at 9:15 AM, Bionic_Flea said: Also: Keep an eye on the chat channels. Many people are nice and will announce that they are about to run the tip. You don't HAVE to get them all by yourself. Finally, your name CountZero, had me imagining you counting Doors, Costumes, and Tips like this: AH HAHAHA! FOUR BEAUTIFUL TIPS!!! The name is likely a William Gibson reference. The second book of his Sprawl Trilogy is called Count Zero.
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