Returning player stymied by problem in the Powerhouse.

molemaiden

I posted this in the "Bugs" forum, but that one seems to get very little traffic, So I'll risk community anger over crossposting (sorry in advance!) and post it here, too. I really want to get back in the game!

Returning player/CoH refugee here, and for the time being, Silver level. I converted one of my roster from my previous time in the game from Gold to Silver to get re-acquainted with the game while I'm budgeting for the upgrade to Gold. I selected an Archetype (the character was previously Freeform), and entered the game in the Powerhouse.

That's where I've run into my problem. The power tray is empty, so I opened the Powers window, and the character's previous list of powers was there. However, it won't allow me to drag any of these powers into the tray. I figured I might need to use the free retcon to clear her powers list and pick from scratch...but when I open the retcon window at the Head Trainer, there are no powers listed for her to retcon out of, and clicking the "Remove All" button and confirming just results in a "Retcon failed: no powers to remove" error message.

None of her previous powers are available to buy, either. So it seems like I have a catch 22: the retcon window thinks she has no powers, but both the Powers window and the power purchase window at the Head Trainer seem to think her previous list still exists. The in-game help doesn't cover anything like this, and couldn't find anything with the search function here on the forums (at least not with a fairly basic search...).

Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

cptvanor

Two thoughts.

One, as a AT can you even retcon? I'm a lifer and never played a AT, so I've never tried to retcon one. But their power choices are to a point locked in, other then a couple options between X and Y.

So you might not have any powers you can retcon out of.

The other thing is, on the powers window, there's a padlock at the bottom, if you clicked that then you can't drag powers in/out/around on the power bar. Check that you don't have your bar locked?

zahinder

You need to Train, I think. You should be able to do that in the powerhouse by talking with someone or there may be a basic 'Z: train' option.

The powers in your list are probably grayed out because they are in your list but not currently unlocked.

sockmunkey

Bah, got ninja'd. My previous replay was already stated better. Once again, ignore the munkey

molemaiden

Thanks, forks, for the help! I've got her going now. I purchased a power she was eligible for, made sure the power tray was unlocked, and did a bunch of other button mashing and clicking...and at some point, the tray populated. I have no idea what actually did it...but I'm not going to ask questions!

Now off to get back up to speed on playing the game. I played in Beta and for six months after launch...but I've forgotten most everything. Almost like a brand new game!

Thanks again.