VALENTINES EVENT LIVE!!(and patch notes)

[B A D]

One year ago at Valentine's Day, DJ Zero reopened Pocket D to great success! It was imagined as a space where heroes from Paragon City and villains from the Rogue Isles could share a drink, have a dance, and call a temporary truce. Not only could rival forces socialize and get down on the dance floor, but they could even team up for special missions!

To celebrate the One Year Anniversary of Pocket D, DJ Zero is instigating the time warp – last year's Valentine's Event was so much fun, let's do it again! However, to encourage heroes and villains to work together again, the event will result in a brand new reward for those who complete the mission – a festive heart pattern costume set (unique for male and female characters)!

Ganymede, Emissary of the God Eros, will come  to Pocket D, the space between Paragon and the Rogue Isles, hoping to harness the primordial force of love, allowing hero and villain alike to lay down arms and join together! But be warned; like a bad penny that keeps returning, the dreaded redcap Snaptooth returns.

The event begins Tuesday, February 13th

Event Timing:

Start: Tuesday, February 13th at 8:59am PST / 11:59am EST
Finish: Sunday, March 4th, 8:59pm PST / 11:59pm EST



HEADLINES

Pocket D Jubilee!  One year ago at Valentine's Day, DJ Zero reopened Pocket D to great success! To celebrate the One Year Anniversary of Pocket D, DJ Zero presents more of the same fun from yesteryear!
Graphical effects changes to improve game performance.
Power revisions.
COMBINED NOTES

Powers

Burn: Normalized all versions of 'Burn' to now have a recharge time of 25 seconds. This is a reduction for Tankers, and an increase for Brutes and Blasters.

Performance: Made changes to the following graphics effects for performance improvements:

Psychic Shockwave
Drain Psyche
Oppressive Gloom
Death Shroud
Whirling Hands
Foot Stomp
Stalagmite
Circle of Thorn Crystals
Devouring Earth Eminators
Poison Gas Arrow
Other Power Changes:

Invincibility: Brute and Scrapper versions of Invincibility taunt effect should now work properly.
Animate Stone's attack powers now use knock down, not knock back. Really. We mean it this time!
Power Thrust: Corrected an issue with PvP Knockback suppression.
Assault Rifle Sniper Rifle animation: Fixed the 'hitch' that happened if used in conjunction with Targeting Drone.
Assault Rifle will no longer root the player while being drawn.
Assault Rifle/Sniper Rifle power animation will no longer interrupt itself, which will prevent the power from appearing to be interrupted when it's really not. This was specifically reported as happening with Targeting Drone active.
Will Domination and Dominate rooting time while flying is now the same as standing.
Drain Psyche's rooting time has been reduced and changed to work more consistently.
Added priority values to help correct Mastermind Thug pets from wearing the incorrect costumes and Kheldian from slipping back into "human" mode.

UI

Base Salvage is now all categorized under "Base". This is done to clean up the lists for when Invention Salvage is added.
Game

The storm that had blown over Founders Falls and Croatoa has moved on and the more appropriate sky should now be seen there.
The sky in Steel Canyon has been reset to display the correct "bright" sky for the area and correct an issue that could allow players to fly outside of the zone area.  Hey, it's not safe out there, even for the super powered!
Corrected a server issue that could lead to instability.
Improved Game Stability, including correcting a possible issue with capes that could lead to a client crash.  We are still evaluating this issue, so if you do experience an issue that brings up a client crash report, as always it will be helpful if you choose to submit them.

[MJB]

Whoo! Feel the love.

-MJB

[B A D]

Let the badge-whoring commence!

[mikeeboy79]

i wanna do this  :thumbup:

[Tortuga]

So what are all the rewards exactly?  I've been away all week and I'll need to prioritize.

[Alaric]

So what are all the rewards exactly?  I've been away all week and I'll need to prioritize.

For characters who didn't pick up the Handsome/Beautiful badge durring the previous Valentines event, you can get the badge, the Nectar temp power, and open DJ Zero as a contact the same way as before; do both teh aphrodite's Girdle mission (given to heroes, but needs at least one villain on the team) and the Destroy the Cauldron mission (given to villains, but needs at least one hero on the team). If you already have that badge, DJ Zero is already a contact, and you can skip to the Sanptooth mission- which you can also do by paticipating in someone else's Snaptooth mission, of course.

For completing the Snaptooth mission, you get a choice of 5 rewards, a couple of which some of your characters may already have. The rewards are; a) the toga, b) laurel wreath and sandals (two seperate costume pieces, awarded together), c) a new heart-based costume pattern, d) a new badge (Partygoer), and e) the Heart of Light/Darkness badge that was awarded in the previous V-day event.

[GhostMachine]

So what are all the rewards exactly?  I've been away all week and I'll need to prioritize.

For characters who didn't pick up the Handsome/Beautiful badge durring the previous Valentines event, you can get the badge, the Nectar temp power, and open DJ Zero as a contact the same way as before; do both teh aphrodite's Girdle mission (given to heroes, but needs at least one villain on the team) and the Destroy the Cauldron mission (given to villains, but needs at least one hero on the team). If you already have that badge, DJ Zero is already a contact, and you can skip to the Sanptooth mission- which you can also do by paticipating in someone else's Snaptooth mission, of course.

For completing the Snaptooth mission, you get a choice of 5 rewards, a couple of which some of your characters may already have. The rewards are; a) the toga, b) laurel wreath and sandals (two seperate costume pieces, awarded together), c) a new heart-based costume pattern, d) a new badge (Partygoer), and e) the Heart of Light/Darkness badge that was awarded in the previous V-day event.

You can read all about it and see the heart costume pieces here:

http://paragonwiki.com/index.php?title=Valentine%27s_Day_Event_2007

Yeah. What sucks about the heart pattern is that its just that; an overlay pattern. And it only goes on certain torso, legs, and boots. Why no gloves, I don't know. I wish there was a heart belt and cape.