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eviltwintwo
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When did the orbs stop stacking duration? I ran over 3 red ones expecting to get 1m 30s of increased damage, but it only refreshed to 30s. Why on earth would that get changed? The buffs from these things weren't particularly significant to begin with, but they did last a while if you got 3 or 4 of them. Now only the greens & blues (health & energy orbs) seem to really be useful. Still, the reds & yellows weren't that much of a buff so far as I could tell, so now I just have actual incentive to ignore them more often.
And now for a really nasty surprise. I'm a silver player, and I ended up with more than one account. I have a hideout on my primary account, and I like it a lot. (Only negative is it's a moonbase and not a penthouse, so no warp to Millenium City--but since the zones aren't that big it's not that big of a deal.) Well, I bought three freeform slots for my second account and had zen left over b/c of the zen bonus active at the time. I thought that I might as well get a hideout, they're so useful for storage & trading things b/t multiple characters, so why not? Unfortunately, this hideout came with only 20 storage slots, much less than the first one, which I found really disappointing. Now I can't store too much, though all the other perks of having a hideout are of course still there. But storage was one of the things I wanted the most. I had zen left over, so I bought some more slots, but I still don't have what I got the first time. As I said, disappointing.
Edit: Some people have told me below I may be wrong about the initial number of hideout bank slots. I acknowledge what they're saying, it is possible I'm just remembering wrong.
And now for a really nasty surprise. I'm a silver player, and I ended up with more than one account. I have a hideout on my primary account, and I like it a lot. (Only negative is it's a moonbase and not a penthouse, so no warp to Millenium City--but since the zones aren't that big it's not that big of a deal.) Well, I bought three freeform slots for my second account and had zen left over b/c of the zen bonus active at the time. I thought that I might as well get a hideout, they're so useful for storage & trading things b/t multiple characters, so why not? Unfortunately, this hideout came with only 20 storage slots, much less than the first one, which I found really disappointing. Now I can't store too much, though all the other perks of having a hideout are of course still there. But storage was one of the things I wanted the most. I had zen left over, so I bought some more slots, but I still don't have what I got the first time. As I said, disappointing.
Edit: Some people have told me below I may be wrong about the initial number of hideout bank slots. I acknowledge what they're saying, it is possible I'm just remembering wrong.
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I believe in 2017 Kaiserin said they stopped the stacking of orb buffs. Now you can just refresh the 30 seconds. The only way to improve the duration is to get the Booster temp power.
Oh, yeah, I would occasionally get 2m 30s out of a bunch, though that was rare. The most common time you see a bunch of orbs pop up is when you attack multiple Lemurian eggs on Monster Island (or whereever), other than that it did happen but not very often.
I remember farming Angels In the final Mission of Vibora Bay Apoc. I'd have hours of buffs after hitting 5k perks.
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Really? I don't know, it's possible I'm not remembering right, I've only ever had 2 hideouts. I was fairly sure there were more, I don't remember buying that many for my moonbase, though I have bought some at least twice.
I didn't say greens were a buff. I specifically mentioned the time limit on reds and yellows having changed. And I also said they weren't that significant, especially if they last only 30s. Don't know why you're repeating what I said.