Just wanted to say thanks and Kudo's for adjusting the Interlock timers on the Code Nuke and Logic Bomb.  That split second makes all the difference.  Thanks to 9mm or rare or whomever made the adjustment....  

Anyone know what's happened to some of our supreme vets and natural born killers...  A few of the most infamous

Illface

Krytical

Untouchable

The timers on these two abilities in interlock have always seemed a bit off to me.  You should be able to cycle back and forth between the two of them while fighing in Il, but more often than not what happens is you can get a code nuke off then a logic bomb then the timer for the code nuke hasn't come around yet so you end up missing out on a IL roll which usually give the advantage to the MA, MKT, or Gunmen your are in IL with.

If they were shortened by even less than half a second it would work out. 

So I went to fo find a few luggables today...

So I was like whoa this must be some type of new exploit...  /ccr

I have attempted to find the luggables in International but have been unable to do so. I tried to traingulate their location by going to the following hardlines; Murasaki NW, Furihata S, Ikebukuro NE and the waypoints did not change from each location but stayed on one of two signal boosters. At Kowloon NE the waypoint changed to way off the normal map to an area not accessable by players. I am assuming the luggables are bugged or a player has them in the white room or something?

Yeah it appears that someone has found an exploit to place the luggables out or reach of other players. I found all the ones in Downtown in Chelsea at the bridge and I can target them but can not reach them. Keep getting "target is out of range"

Same thing for the luggables in Richland and Westview. They are all on the bridge in Manssen Park but are totally unaccessable....

AND THE RESPONSE I GOT BACK

Hello Broin,

Senior GM ##### here. We actually had a report of this in the past from another player and forwarded it our quality assurance and development teams to take a look at. The reason for this is that from a recent update, there as a bonus to the Tin Can collector hat called "Jump (20)" that would increase the height a normal (non-hyper jump) player's jump could achieve. Using this item would allow you to jump to an area that is otherwise inaccessible and drop a luggable. Our developers see no problem with this as it's all done within the game's mechanics. Thanks, though, for bringing this to our attention.

If you have any other questions or concerns you'd like to discuss regarding this issue, please reply. Otherwise, if you require further assistance from in-game customer service regarding a new issue, please do not hesitate to submit another ticket.

Regards,

Senior GM ####The Matrix Online
Sony Online Entertainment LLC

SO I THOUGHT OKAY I'LL TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT WHICH I DID AND SENT THIS RESPONSE BACK

Seriously are you kidding me? Finally figured it out and if that isn't putting a player and or object in the game where they are not regulary allowed to be then I don't know what it is.

If the developers don't think that's an abuse of the game mechanics and system then quite frankly, they are full of *poop*.

Let me emphasize that last point for you FULL OF *poop*. 

Come on guys there is no way that's not using the game mechanics to place things where they were not generally allowed to be placed.  Fix it.  Oh and look at the luggables in Inernational.  Tell me that's not way way way outside the scope of a hyperjumpe or tin can hat jump.

## Broadcast Depth
## Incoming Transmission...
## Broin // HvCFT Libertas
## Relay Initialized

This is a Zion Priority alert to all operatives within the simulation.  Repeat a Zion priority alert to all operatives within the simulation.  Zion command has deemed the following previously Top Secret intelligence be declassified and provided to all operatives within the simulation.  With the Intruder threatening Zion, Machine, and even Merovingian operatives this previously classified intelligence is being declassified for all operatives within the simulation.

It is possible that the Intruder himself may be from some as of yet unknown human colony involved in this early trade with the machine city.  Perhaps they were left alone by the machines and yet still survive, or somehow have managed to remain hidden from the machines all this time.  Speculation suggests that with the recent events involving Hypatia and Agent Gray that the Intruder is seeking out the information uncovered by Hypatia concerning the code structures.  Possibly even seeking the intelligence that she gathered concerning the Predecessor.  Without further intel all suppositions remain speculation only.

Good luck operatives, it appears we all will need it...

## End Transmission...

Second Verse Same as the First....

On January 27th 3:00-4:30 Mega City Time you'll find us waiting once again within the Matrix.  We will pick our spot as before but this time, because you demanded it, combat will be conducted outside. 

As before this is Vector so we don't need no stinking rules...  Bring what you got, and see if you can take our perch from us.  Come on, you know you want to clip some wings... So join the challenge.

Since the servers all crashed last week I haven't been able to log into Broin, which was the character I was on when Vector crashed.  Message is "Character is already in use according tot he object server supervisor."  Anyone else having this problem.  I've been told it's server side and have to wait for a restart.  Hopefully that'll be sometime soon...

http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/..._id=36300018933

Ready to clip some wings?  Think you have what it takes?  Well folks words will only take you so far in this world and the rest falls to deeds and actions, so if you're up to the challenge, and think you got what it takes, then it's time to go and show.

On December 14^th from 3:30-5:30 Mega City Time You'll find us waiting for you inside the Matrix.  We'll pick our spot and if you think you can muscle us out, AND keep us out during the time indicated... Well then, just give it a shot.

What's in it for you?  Other than the fact that you get to come back here and post that you beat us at our own game.  That is... if you can.  Well, just keep track of all your kills through time dated screenshots.  There will be in game rewards and if you're really good maybe Santa will send you something from the real.

What are the rules?  Rules...?  We don't need no stinking rules.  This is VECTOR people... PVP central.  Anything goes.  So you only have to answer one question.  Do you think you have what it takes?

Alright you guessed it...

What's the deal with Viral Accuracy?  I've got *CENSORED* loads of MA's just bouncing my hacks off of them left and right while they casually stroll down the street.  Yeah that's right they just stand there look at me wave, and either walk (yeah walk) towards me or away from me.  While I continue to bounce 80%+ of my hacks off of them. 

Now with my upgrade attacks running and the right build I can get my Viral Accuracy to the 260 yellow max and above and still the hacks just bounce.  Now post all you want about how MA's are the hackers bane or whatever...  Personally I don't give a crap.  If I can kick my accuracy up that high and remmeber it's for a short amount of time, I should be hitting alot more than I am. 

... And yes it's not just MA's, I've been having fits with MKT's as well, which hackers shouldn't have that much problems with.  I'm just if a properly stated MKT can get his defense up enough to bounce my hacks like these MA's are but I can't in turn get enough accuracy for that short burst of time to counter it... Well let's just say

I'm calling shenanigans....

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****CASE IN POINT FROM SOMEONE WHOSE BEEN GONE FOR AWHILE AND CAN DO THIS WITH EASE NOW*****'

http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/..._id=36300017667

qoute of the day... Favourite moment so far?  Discovering that Aikido + block tactics = nerfed hackers. :p 

I've started re running my Pandora Boxes again the other day... Ran through PB1 last week and ran through PB2 this morning... However the PB2 is not spawning the NPC's when I activate it.   It shows the animation for the spawn and the sound but now spawn comes out on the first wave.  The second wave does spawn but the final wave never spawns.  I've run through it twice now with the same results...  Something up or am I just getting old and senile?

Okay selling a few surplus Halloween masks from last year...   As far as price hell I don't know... Let's go 500 K for each one.  These are the ones I have.

Bathial Mask

Warrior Mask

Ethereal 1 Mask

Taskmaster mask

Just send me a in game email with the ones you want...

Anyone know the difference between these two things...?

I have old item boots that give IS cost modifiier bonus which I thought mean they would modify the cost of the IS use for a particular ability, but when I tested them out it didn't change a thing.  Now I have abilities that suppousedly are catagorized as IS cost reduction % which sounds about the same as the other... However it also didn't seem to modify or change the amount of IS that it took to cast an ability? 

In other words...

WADS UP WIT DIS AND DAT?

The Master Shadow ability needs a bit of tweeking.  This is the only ability in the game that allows you to negate putting yourself in a bad combat situation.  With this ability loaded you can attack with impunity and 9 times out of 10 if you don't like the way things are going you can activate it and be immune from any attacks. 

Not only that but with this ability if you are hit with any type of damage over time attack you can negate the damage by simply turning on Master Shadow and waiting until the DOT timer runs out.

Along with this ability, in the same tree's you have to go down, you also get several abilities that help you exit out of interlock.  This combined with the extreme short cast timer of Master Shadow (about 2 seconds) means that you can interlock someone, or disable their evade and do an attack, then if things are looking bad use one of your abilities to get out of IL and activiate Master Shadow and 9 times out of 10 you can do this before someone gets you powerlessness, stunned, etc.

I can understand the need for an ability like Master Shadow.  I've always seen it as an ability that would allow you to get into areas with some level of comfort that you know you won't be attacked.  It's more of an ability to use as a defense to get you in somewhere and keep you out of combat.  After all it is in the Spy-Infiltrator-Shadow-Master Shadow tree.  Just the names of those tree's should tell you what it's main use should be. 

Should there really be an ability in game where you can attack and immediatley (2 Second Cast Timer) keep yourself from being attacked?  An ability where you can enter into combat and be hit by another players DOT attacks and then just be able to turn that damage you are suffering off? 

An easy fix for the ability is to make it so that you can not activate it while in combat stance, increase the cast timer to about 4-6 seconds the same as many other abilities, and or put a reuse timer on it that is effective. 

I've been looking at different builds weakness, strenghts, etc.  And I really think that Serene Calm is a bit overpowered.  Serene calm is in the Aikdo Master tree and for those who do not know gives the following buffs. Melee, Thrown, Viral, Ballistic Defense (37 pts) for all for 40 seconds.  IS Cost is 50 with a resuse timer of 180 seconds.  Now that's a ton of defense for an extended period of time. 

Now if we look down the hacker tree at the Artillerist tree you have Combat Hacking which gives the following buffs.  Ballistic, and Melee Defense (20 pts) for both; IS cost reduction (15%) for 32 seconds.  IS cost is 20, reuse timer of 298 seconds.  Now it is decent ballistic and Melee Defense, but no where close to the full boat that Serene Calm gives.  Now it doese give good IS cost reduction and doesn't cost as much IS, but for hackers who live and die via IS out of, and especially in Interlock it makes a difference. 

When you add Serene calm to the general free 47 pts of viral defense that you get from hyper deflect (When I say free it's because you can run that defense along with another of your choice, making the viral defense an easy pick for people to have along with their choice of the melee, ballistic, or thrown defense from the other awakened abilities)  You add the basic free hyper deflect 47 pts, plus what you pick up from awakened and what not, then add on another 37 pts for 40 seconds.... Well in my opinion it makes it unbalanced.  Heck I think just being able to run the hyper deflect plus another defense of your choice is unbalanced.  I say give us the choice of any two and be done with the bias against hackers. 

I seriously think that they need to do a few things here.  I don't like the idea of cutting back on abilities so I propose that you bump up combat hacking to include all defenses at 25-30 pts of defense and get the IS cost reduction down to 5-10% and increase the duration to 40 seconds, reduce the reuse timer from 298 seconds to 180 seconds, and increase the IS from 20 pts to 30 pts. 

I also don't think it'd be to bad of an idea to increase the duration of upgrade attacks, but somehow I don't think anyone would go for that.  I'm just saying there are times when I've had full, and I mean full Viral Accuracy... All viral clothing, with upgrade attacks running, and you just can't hit these guys running with that ability.  40 seconds of that much defense is a long long time, by the time it runs out my IS in or out of interlock is gone.  There needs to be a balance for this.

I know I'm coming at this without very good examples, but since the last patch my viral accuracy just hasn't been the same.  I'm missing people that I usually dont miss.  I throw on upgrade attacks, hit someone with a Viral Def buff or even two and then miss every single one of my next 4-5 attacks. 

I thought it was just on my Recursion toon, but I've really started noticing it on Vector as well.

Is there anybody else out there who has noticed something kind of a bit off with their Viral Accuracy?  Was something done with the accuracy during the last patch?

Upgrade Attacks, Overclock, and combat hacking can all be activated in IL.  Why not Range Booster?  Upgrade attacks increases Viral Accuracy.  Overclock increases Viral Damage.  Combat Hacking increases defense and IS cost reduction.  Range Booster increases Area Radius.  I say have Range Booster useable in IL like the other abilities listed.

Over the past several, several months I've noticed a marked decline in the Zion Events. I decided to take a look at the live events that have taken place on Vector and other Servers.  I labeled the events as follows RED = Merovinigan event / Blue = Zion + EPN / Yellow = Machine + Cypherite / Normal text = All Org event (I have attempted to isolate out EPN and Cypherite events where it was mostly EPN or Cypherites that were engaged in the RP by the Live Events characters these will be noted with a *****).

I have specifically emphasized events with Merv., Machine/Cyph, and Zion/EPN that involve a good RP between Live Event Characters and members of the specific org for example meetings in org locked buildings, Live Event characters personally speaking with and tasking orgs, factions, or players to do specific tasks to complete in the RP event.

DUE TO LENGHT OF POST I HAVE TO POST EACH SERVER SEPERATLEY

RECURSION
06/23/06 RECURSION - This might be a good spot: A EPN only event involving L.E.T. TheKid. During this event TheKid held a operative meeting with EPN's in an org locked building. The kid advised the operatives that he needed their help in searching the Zero One construct. The Kid lead the EPN operatives into the Zero One construct where he examined various areas. A battle with a spawn of Special Agent's ensued as well (***THIS EVENT WAS SPECIFICALLY A EPN EVENT***)

06/28/06 RECURSION - Termination of terrorist Casque confirmed: A all org event involving L.E.T. Agent Pace and Casque. During this event Zion, Merv, and Machine operatives were tasked to search a specific building looking for one of Anome's crew a spy by the name of Casque. After the event Agent Pace held a meeting with all orgs to discuss the results inside.

07/07/06 RECURSION - They are allowing themselves to be manipulated for an evil purpose: A all org event involving L.E.T. Seraph. During this event Seraph was found in Downtown fighting PB4 angels. Merv, Machine and Zion operatives joined in combat with Seraph against the PB4 angels

07/11/06 RECURSION - The very young don't seem to think about peace much: A Machine event involving a specific faction with L.E.T. The Oracle. During this event the Oracle was found at Debir Court where she engaged in RP with all orgs. Subsequently the Oracle joined the mission team of a specific Machine faction and entered a mission area (her apartment) for one on one RP with the faction members. (This falls under the heading of a random Live Event Character entering the game for RP, however a single org and faction is singled out for a special one on one with the Live Event Character)

07/14/06 RECURSION - Study their patterns. Learn their powers: A Machine/Cypherite only event involving L.E.T. Cryptos. During this event Cryptos held a Machine/Cypherite operative meeting in an org locked building. During the meeting Cryptos advised the Machine/Cypherite operatives that they needed to study their Unlimit enemies. He then lead the operatives on a battle fighting unlimits (This event did appear to be a combined Machine - Cypherite event with no special consideration given to one specific group)

07/25/06 RECURSION - I play rough, baby: A all org event involving L.E.T. Anome. During the event Anome was found in downtown Megacity spawning unlimits and fighting with various org operatives

07/20/06 RECURSION - We have a report of unauthorized access on the Merovingian's systems: A Merovingian event involving L.E.T. Maxson (Unlimit). During this event Merovingian operatives received a org message from Flood advising them that Unlimts had been seen downtown. Mervs tracked down the unlimit Maxson and a battle ensued. All orgs were able to participate in the fighting against the Unlimits

07/27/06 RECURSION - We estimate 30 minutes to firewall failure in the assaulted sectors: A Machine event involving L.E.T. Agent Gray, and Unlimit. During this event Agent Gray met with specific Machine operatives and informed them of Anome and his Unlimits attempts to disable hardlines at various places throughout Mega City. Machine operatives began receiving org messages advising them of hardlines in various sectors and a time deadline to firewall failure in the different sectors was initiated. After the event Agent Gray again met with specific Machine operatives.

07/28/06 RECURSION - The Effectuator no longer has an excuse for delaying his search: A Merovingian only player specific event involving L.E.T. Flood. During this event Flood met with Merv operatives in a org locked building. Flood advised the Merv. operatives that Anome had targeted specific business throughout Mega City and tasked operatives to go to the specific businesses to gather information in hopes of tracking down the unlimit Phenora. After finding a survivor at one of the business the Merv operatives were able to find and dispatch Phenora.

08/04/06 RECURSION - Today's the day we get Niobe back: A Zion event involving L.E.T. Niobe, Ghost, and The Effectuator. During this event Ghost held an Zion meeting in an org locked building advising Zion of the rescue attempt to be made to get Niobe back. Zion and Merovingian forces battled Unlimits in various sectors of Mega City resulting in Ghost and numerous Zion, Machine and Merv, operatives freeing Niobe from Bishop Imports in International.

08/11/06 RECURSION - Our duty is to survive. There is nothing more than that.: A Merovingian only event involving L.E.T. the Merovingian. During this event the Merovingian had a meeting with Merv operatives in a org locked room involving extensive RP about rescuing Niobe and the Vials now in possession of Anome

08/16/06 RECURSION - I've got to find him before he hurts more people: A all org event with L.E.T. the Kid. During this event the Kid was spotted searching Mega City for TaeCross who had apparently gone rogue

08/18/06 RECURSION - Neo wanted everyone to have the freedom to choose: A all org event involving L.E.T. The Kid, and Agent Gray. During this event code bombs were set off at various churches in Mega City during some of the activity Tactical Security spawned and attacked players. After the bombs had been detonated The Kid came in for RP as did eventually Agent Gray.

08/22/06 RECURSION - "She doesn't get in touch with me just to play cards": An all org event with L.E.T. TheMessenger. During this event TheMessenger is spotted running around to different districts in Westview and Richland warning RedPills of impending danger

08/24/06 RECURSION - This Sector will soon be under control: A Machine and Merovingian event with L.E.T. Agent Gray, Anome, Club Guard. During this event a selected group of Machine players lead a assault on a Merovingian party as a distraction, while the main Machine assault took place against the Mervs at Club Hell. Club Guards were spawned to help hold the Machines back from Club Hell, Agent Gray was involved in the Club Hell assault where Anome showed up and spawned Unlimits. All orgs were able to participate in the combat at the various places though this was mostly a Machine / Merovinigan event

08/31/06 RECURSION - My dears, that was simply too easy!: Machine Cypherite only event involving L.E.T. Veil. During this event Veil took a group of Machine and Cypherite players into Zero One archive storming the platform and killing all the Hostile Players most of which appeared to be Zion.

09/08/06 RECURSION - Unlimit Soldiers are attacking power stations in Guinnesss Lake: A Machine event involving L.E.T. Agent Gray, Agent Pace, The Oracle, and Various Blue Pills. During this event Machines received an org message that Unlimits were attacking power stations in Guinness Lake. During the battle other orgs were able to participate and did. At the end of the event an all org meeting was held with Agent Pace and The Oracle

09/13/06 RECURSION - That freak going after people's Tastee Wheat: A Zion event involving L.E.T. Niobe and Tungsten. During this event Zion operatives where sent to Penhurst-Amaranth HQ downtown to battle Tungsten. During the event all orgs were able to participate in taking Tungsten down.

09/14/06 RECURSION - For your power, of course!: A Merovingian only event involving L.E.T. Peresephone and Beirn. During this event Persephone holds a meeting with Merv operatives and specific Merv players who Persephone tasks to bring her Beirn. These operatives and Persephone then take Beirn into custody and lock him into a Merv Construct

09/21/06 RECURSION - But if it's a warning? A all org event involving L.E.T. Seraph. During this event Seraph meets up with Ghost at the Twin Azimuth Monument. After Ghost leaves Seraph stays and conducts a role play session with operatives who happen upon him

09/29/06 REURSION - I don't fancy my odds in this one!: A all org event involving Seraph and Cryptos. During this event Seraph is holding a meeting with operatives in International District and dueling them. Cryptos shows up and duels Seraph as well

10/02/06 RECURSION - Increased gang activity at Pendhurst-Amaranth's Southard plant: A Zion event involving a specific Zion faction with L.E.T. Marcel Petiot. During this event a specific Zion faction is tasked by Tyndall to investigate the Guillotine gang in Southard. The faction proceeds to the area and a RP event with Marcel Petiot takes place

10/06/06 RECURSION - The true Anome may be even harder to hit!: A Machine only event Faction Specific Event involving L.E.T. Agent Pace. During this event a Machine faction is taken into the Machine construct by Agent Pace who helps them battle and defeat an Anome spawn.

10/09/06 RECURSION - He is to be apprehended, but not damaged: A Machine only event involving Agent Gray and Unlimit Meillak. During this event Agent Gray holds a Machine meeting in an org locked building and tasks the Machines to find the unlimit Meillak. When Meillak is found a RP event begins and eventually Handgun Sims are generated and a battle where Agent Gray engaged ensues.

10/13/06 RECURSION - Sounds like he's probably got mother issues too: A Zion only event involving specific players and L.E.T. Niobe and P.A. Security Guard Tancred (Unlimit). During this event L.E.T. Niobe tasks specific Zion players, disguised as Guillotine Gang, to gather information about Brenda Utley. The operatives engaged in RP questioning with L.E.T. Security Guard Tancred who spawned a group of Corporate Security Sentinel's when the questioning goes bad, only to reveal later that he is an Unlimit. Later a Zion meeting with Niobe is held in a org locked building

10/17/06 RECURSION - It was late at night. In the middle of the projects: A all org role play event involving L.E.T. The Bag Lady. During this event the Bag Lady turns up at the Azimuth Monument and conducts a role play event with all orgs

10/23/06 RECURSION - The guards have been far to lenient with them: A Merovingian only event with L.E.T. Flood, Half Twin, and Digger. During this event Flood held a meeting with Merv operatives in an org locked building. Flood advised operatives that the exile contact Digger should be contacted to obtain additional information about the twin and pieces of him. Merv operatives were dispatched to find digger and then to Creston Museum where Mervs fought spawning elite guards. The end of the event resulted in the Mervs obtaining an additional body part of the Twin and returning all back to Flood at the original org locked building

RECURSION
received a total of 27 varying events

Zion specific events totaled 3 (all these events were geared RP events towards Zion and not random Live Event interaction)

EPN specific events totaled 1 (this event was geared towards EPN and not a random Live Event interaction)

Merv specific events totaled 4 (all of these events were geared RP events towards Mervs and not random Live Event interaction)

Machine specific events totaled 7 (One of these events was a random RP where a live event character was in game and extended a special invitation to a Machine Faction for direct one on one RP / One of these events was a specific faction being singled out for special one on one time with a Live Event Character / One of these events was a Live Event Character leading a specific org in non RP battle in Zeron one. Four of these events were geared RP events towards Machine and not random Live Event interaction)

Don't know why I didn't see this earlier, but if you have the Upgrade Master buff running and you activate the hacker buff Overclock... Well Overclock removes the Upgrade Master buff.  I know this has to be a bug as Overclock only upgrades Viral Damage and lasts for 20 seconds while Upgrade Master buffs alot of stuff and lasts for 600 seconds or is it 300 seconds.  Either way I did a /ccr bug report and thought I would bring it here so everyone could be aware of it. 

I know that the DEVS are ramping up the Zero One Construct, but I think it is desperatley time to go back and revamp all the construct drops.  Many of the items are really not very useful, and are way below many of the Enhanced Items that can be found out and about in the Market Place or from other players.  It takes alot of time to get the construct drops and it honestly just doesn't seem to be worth it.  Post your thoughts and suggestions as you deem necessary.

Just to let you know this is a decent sized download at 189 MB's however I couldn't justify cutting it down further as the quality of sound and video started dropping significantly. Enjoy the movie and feel free to comment and critique.

Just to let you know this is a decent sized download at 189 MB's however I couldn't justify cutting it down further as the quality of sound and video started dropping significantly.  Enjoy the movie and feel free to comment and critique. 

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