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What to play where?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:09:26 +0000

Last night I ran into a little problem. I have no heroes on Freedom below 50 and couldn't join in on the one open team going. I am one of those people that tends to shelf characters once they hit 50.

So I figured I should get something going on each side for RO servers so I have something to play. Especially now that SK's and LKs are not a problem. I turn to the good people of RO for help. I just can't think of what to play.

I want something that can solo at a fair clip as sometimes I only have 30 mins to play and I feel bad joining a team for two missions and bailing. But if the character can be helpful to RO teams too then that is a bonus.

Freedom Hero- Nothing
Freedom Villain- I have a 32 Fire/Therm in progress

Justice Hero- I have a 21 Fire/Storm Controller
Justice Villain- I have a 41Crab in progress, but he is for ROCZ only.

Virtue Hero- I have several here, my 38 Earth/Storm is the main
Virtue Villain- Nothing.

So most pressing would be something for Freedom Hero and, Virtue Villain.

Any ideas/suggestions?

Beware!

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:01:42 +0000

So here I am all excited in looking at my Veteran Rewards right? Looking at my account to see when the next one is. I have the 42 month right now... I should be getting the 45 month in April right?

Wrong.

My total Vet Status is at.. correction, was at 3 years 11 months. So I began thinking... mmm, I should actually be getting my 48th Month reward in April!!!! Wooohooo! So I submit a help ticket to get some clarification.

I am sent a response by a "GM" stating yeah, my account status is all crazy, so he said I am actually at the 45 month. I am thinking, awesome. Cause that means that next month I get the 48 month reward, right?

Wrong.

I look at my account information and it all kinds of screwed up. I lost over a year from "time paid" and my Veteran Time is now at 4 years 0 months. Wait a second... that's 48 right? That's odd.

Then I look at the bottom of the page that says when I received the reward and when will I get my next reward. It shows the reward being given now for 45 months... ok. the 48 month is in June! How is that making anything better? I actually lost months.

So a word of warning... be careful when it comes to your account.

Remember when...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:42:07 +0000

Remember when....

...you had to go to the Hollows at level 5 and instantly learn how to navigate a map without dying?
I gained some serious travel skills during that time.

...fulcrum shift didn't have a target limit and icons would fill the screen and make people's game crash?
I also miss the whip crack sound (you can hear it on Siphon Power).

What do you remember fondly about the old days of CoX

Double XP 2010 -- The Results

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:04:51 +0000

The 1st Double XP Weekend of 2010 has just concluded...So what did you accomplish?

I created 6 Dual Pistols alts, my goal was to get each one to SB level or close to it.

Freedom
LVL 20 Triple Shot Latter
LVL 19 Spec Ops Caliber
LVL 19 Pistol Packin' Momma
Justice
LVL 24 Spec-Ops Caliber
LVL 14 Gunshot Wound
Virtue
LVL 22 Pistol Packing Momma

I still have a couple more DP alts to make but I wanted to focus on these first.

That brings my grand total of Kinetics alts to a baker's dozen (13) .

Dual Pistols - what to leave out?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:26:18 +0000

When designing a toon, power choices are often tight--unless either primary or secondary power set has, shall we say, some underperforming powers (I'm looking at you, Dark Pit!). Unfortunately with Dual Pistols, we have what looks to be a wealth of good powers. Still, if you have to leave one out (especially as a secondary), which one would it be?

I'd say it would be Piercing Rounds. It's about the same damage as Executioner's Shot with twice the range (good!) and twice the recharge (bad!) for about 65% more endurance (horrible!). It's a cone but it's only 5 degrees wide and can only hit 3 targets; at 80 ft full range the cone is 14 ft wide, so it's like a long-distance Sands of Mu. Selecting the far target and lining up another in the line of fire will probably get you 2 hits. The 20% -Res needs standard rounds and lasts only 10 seconds, half the recharge of 20 seconds, so you'll need a lot of recharge reduction to make it close to perma.

It may work better for Blasters, but Defenders likely have a better power to include from their primary that may need less slots to shine. And I suspect it will work better doing soloing or slow missions where you can line up 2 targets and hope for a 3rd. But I'm thinking it's the power to pass.

Lightning Field + Performace Shifter Chance for End?

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:06:26 +0000

Toon: Energy/Elec Brute (OMG I HAVE A BRUTE)

Lightning Field takes the Performance Shifter set.

On many toons with Stamina I use Performance Shifter, Chance for +End as the third slot.

It appears I can add this to both Stamina and Lightning Field at the same time.

However, I know that sometimes the wrong target gets the proc.

So I'm ASSUMING that the Chance for +End is supposed to apply to ME, and not potentially boost the end of my opponent.

Does anyone know if this is how it's *actually* working right now?

Thanks all :]

Official Mid's I16 out

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:03:49 +0000

Download from:

http://www.cohplanner.com/

I gave it a quick spin, seems to work just fine.

/w

Tip of the day

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:53:05 +0000

I made a small slap-my-forehead discovery the other night that I can't believe never occurred to me before.

When facing a group that uses a targetable buff item (like the Sky Raider's FF Generator) - place a hold or immobilize on it. Then move out of range of the item, letting the enemies follow you. Now you can take them down without them benefitting from the buff item, which you can go destroy at your leisure later.

Soloing some SR missions on Glaiza it was a great help, and I moved through things a lot faster.

And that's the tip of the day!

Funny NPC Dialog

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:54:37 +0000

Ran across this little interaction between some Nemies and Freaks last night. What have you seen recently that made you laugh?

[NPC] Lt. Fergusun: I assure you, my good man, Nemesis is most definitely 'down with the street.' Word up, my homie, as it were.
[NPC] Dap-Dap tha Deal-maka': Don' front, money, how much a dis whack tech can we get?
[NPC] Lt. Fergusun: I most vehemently concur. A'ight?
[NPC] Dap-Dap tha Deal-maka': This is whack, y'all!

/w

Heroes of the City | Destined Ones 2010

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:10:49 +0000

The road was rough and you faced many defeats, but were able to learn from your mistakes.
You've succeed on many mission/capers, task/strike forces and made a name for yourself with many contacts.
You've mastered your powers and have finally become Hero of the City/Destined One.
It is time to celebrate your victory!

Post the name of your latest Hero or Villain and we shall rejoice!

How to change the forum skin

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:55:33 +0000

To change the skin (look) of the forum....

Scroll to the bottom of the forum.
Locate the drop down menu with the list of the skins. It is next to the menu selector named 'English (USA)'
Select the skin of your preference.

See attached image for location of the skin selector.

The skin selector menu is available on EVERY page of the forum.

We have 7 different skins available.

IP. Board -- Light
IP.Board Lo-Fi Light, no graphics
Clean Cut - Light
iSkin - Light with darker backgrounds
Going Rogue - Dark with background image
Dark Rogue - Dark without background image
Iconic - Dark with icons, no background image. (default skin)

Using items from the SG's' bins

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:35:49 +0000

I imagine this might be different for different SG's, but I'm wondering overall about what SG's' policies are about dropping off and picking up salvage. I'm not talking about the SG base setting, which limits what you can do, but the effective social policy, which is what you may and should do.

I imagine if you can drop off salvage, you can. And I've heard many SG's say that members are open to pick up and use standard IO's. But what about other enhancements, salvage, and inspirations?

I imagine as long as you are dropping off more than you're using, it's all good. But I'd thought I'd check before grabbing anything.

(It would be nice if our vaults were larger and could hold enhancements and inspirations as well.)

Double XP and Reactivation Weekend Mar 4-7

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:10:11 +0000

http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/news_archive/double_xp_and_re-activation_we.html

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Get excited because one of your favorite times of the year is quickly approaching - Double XP Weekend! All the fun begins on March 4th!

What is a Double Experience Weekend? It's a three day stretch of time during which all participating Hero and Villain characters receive double the XP, Influence, and Infamy for their accomplishments in game. All you have to do is log in and take advantage of this opportunity to level up your favorite characters twice as quickly as normal! And if you pre-purchase Going Rogue, you'll be able to take advantage of all that Double XP has to offer while wielding the Dual Pistols power set!

But it doesn't end there. We're also having an Account Reactivation at the same time! This means that all inactive accounts in good standing will be re-activated free of charge and given access to City of Heroes and City of Villains� during Double XP weekend! So grab your friends and loved ones and get them back into the game so that you can play and rack-up the phat loot together!

If you or any of your friends haven't played in a while, visit the City of Heroes Website for all the latest game news. Download the PC game client or the Mac game client, or visit our official message forums for a wealth of other information.

Double XP and Re-activation Weekend Start: Thursday, March 4th at 8:59am Pacific Time (11:59am Eastern Time / 8:59am GMT / 9:59 Central European Time)
Double XP and Re-activation Weekend End: Sunday, March 7th at 11:59pm Pacific (2:59am Eastern Time / 11:59pm GMT / 0:59 Central European Time)

Please note: if your account expires after the reactivation weekend has started, it will not get automatically reactivated. To participate in the Double XP Weekend, you will need to reactivate your account via the usual method. Please check our Knowledge Base (European Knowledge Base available here) for more information on how to reactivate your game account.

We hope you take advantage of all the advantages a Double XP/Reactivation Weekend has to offer! Enjoy and have fun...see you in-game on March 4th!

Yay.

Alty's AT Challenge!

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:23:57 +0000

Last year or so, I decided to try and get a 50 in every AT and posted my progress in my signature. Well, some of you wacky ROers took that as a challenge and decided to take on the goal yourselves.

It is my pleasure to report that Quasar Lad is the first to complete the AT challenge!

Coming in a fast second is Dr. Genkidesho

In the home stretch is CMOT Dibbler to snag

If anyone else is taking on this challenge, please post here and let us know your progress! Also list all alts and powersets!

The Sounds of Silence

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:48:17 +0000

I started using Stealth on toons (those without /Devices and its amazing Cloaking Device). And complained to Graywalker last night that I hated the whine it makes. He commented that Oppressive Gloom is the same.

I'd remembered seeing a post about how to change certain sounds in the game. So I looked today and found this one by Impkin:

How to silence specific game sounds

It explains how to install Audacity and make a 1 second OGG file of silence (even easier now that when originally posted as the latest Audacity can make a 1 second file directly). It then explains where in the data customization subdirectory you copy and rename the file to have it replace the standard game sound.

It's fairly straightforward, simple, and a legitimate modification. Searched for Stealth and found where to put a copy of my silence-1s.ogg file. And it works! Silence is truly golden.

You can search for your own particular irritating sound (like the Portal Corp portals). But here's a entry in that thread where Impkin gathers together the sound information already determined:

List of values for specific sounds

Unfortunately, Oppressive Gloom isn't listed and I couldn't find it by searching. When I get to that level on the toons taking OG, I may have to PM to get the information.

Double XP Weekend!

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:50:43 +0000

It is up.

FAQ:
How come my patrol xp isn't changing?
You don't use patrol XP during double XP events (except maybe to avoid debt). You simply earn double XP.

How come my XP gains are slow in this AE mission?
They turned off double XP in the AE during the last double XP weekend. They have done the same this weekend. If you want double XP gains, enjoy normal arcs for this event.

How come common salvage is so expensive!?
The market flucuates wildly during these events. Some salvage may become practically unavailable due to marketing antics. Simply bid a relatively fair price and leave it for 24 hours. It will fill, just maybe not during double XP weekend.

That's about all I can think of. Have fun!

Apology

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:54:48 +0000

To the members of the RWZ team I lead last night I want to simply say - I'm sorry. I was a horrific leader and while I have lots of "reasons" the bottom line is I let the pursuit of my personal enjoyment impact the enjoyment of the team. To me that is a cardinal sin for a good leader (something I've always considered myself until now). Particularly egregious was my lack of awareness regarding Merryl's D/C and subsequent return.

In any case, all I can say is I'm sorry and it won't happen again. See you in game.

Sean (aka TheWeaver)

New Skin Installed -- Iconic

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:08:33 +0000

A new skin has been installed. Iconic has a different look but a familiar one. It uses image icons and a two column layout on the main forum page. For those who missed all the icons on the forum, Iconic is for you.
We currently have 3 light skins (IP.Board, Clean Cut, iSkin) and 3 dark skins (Going Rogue, Dark Rogue, Iconic) available.

For posting builds using mids, please see Color scheme editing in Mids for information on adjusting color schemes to work on both light and dark skins.

You may notice a number count ( X ) next to each skin name. This shows how many members are using each skin. The current default skin is Iconic, which is why it has the larger amount of members.

For those who do not know how to change the skin, please see the attach image. The skin drop down menu is always at the very bottom of the forum and available on every page.

Please report any bugs or errors here or send me a PM.

Enjoy!

Going Rogue - Pre Purchase Available Now

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:34:19 +0000

No official post yet but as I was camping the NCSoft Store page, it popped up. (I'll update this post when the announcement is made)

https://secure.ncsoft.com/cgi-bin/Store.pl

It's on the Featured Tab.

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New Power Set: Dual Pistols

We are pleased to introduce the first of the highly anticipated Going Rogue initiatives, Dual Pistols. Players who prepurchase the Going Rogue expansion will gain access to Dual Pistols with this release.

The set is a primary power choice for Blasters and Corruptors and a secondary choice for Defenders. Dual Pistols is also the power set of choice for the Going Rogue signature character Maelstrom.

What differentiates Dual Pistols from the Assault Rifle power set is the ability to modify every attack's secondary damage and the effect that has on your target. 70% of damage dealt by most attacks is lethal, the other 30% is modifiable from pure damage to cold, toxic, or fire. This versatility comes at the cost of slightly weaker secondary effects when compared to other power sets. In short, Dual Pistols is a set that can adapt to most situations by bringing a wide variety of debuffs and damage types.

The Dual Pistols Power Set is comprised of the following powers:
Pistols
Dual Wield
Empty Clips
Swap Ammo
Bullet Rain
Suppressive Fire
Executioner's Shot
Piercing Rounds
Hail of Bullets
[snip]

Evil Versions of You

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:51:37 +0000

How awesome would it be if the Dark Mirror enemies had your powers, AT, and costume, but with an added goatee? I feel like it's more likely that we'll see what are effectively custom mobs from AE as Preatorian loyalist heroes showing up in the Isles and City to tease in GR.

It is my understanding that Posi was always supposed to be a two parter, with the second part taking place in the south end of Fault (which used to be off limits) and the last mission in the dam itself. The tech at launch couldn't handle this, which is why it got smooshed together into its current un-fun (for many, myself included) form. I am excited to see what they do with it, since I find that most of the original hero TFs pale in comparison to the ones created since Villains landed (including all the SFs.)