Aggelakis

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  1. I didn't even need to see HER to know it was Cinderella - the working mice made me go, "'Cinderelly, Cinderelly', night and day it's 'Cinderelly'!"
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolphin View Post
    To the CoX Forum Admins and Moderators:
    I apologize that this caused a 'to do' with others on the board. I just wanted something nice for everyone.
    "To do"? Hon, you ain't seen a "to do" yet!
  3. Immunity works up until there's two people in the running.
  4. The damage is unbuffable, but the tohit can be buffed! And more tohit means more dudes hit means fewer misses means YAY!
  5. Aggelakis

    Going Rogue

    One of my friends bought a complete machine from iBuyPower. I bought a barebones case and basics (PSU, mobo, CPU, RAM, HDD) from CyberPowerPC (basically the same as iBuyPower) and added extras purchased from Newegg/TigerDirect. Both have had no issues so far. My computer ended up better than his for less money since I was willing to buy pieces (often waiting for sales) and install them myself.
  6. Aggelakis

    Not impressed

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mad briar View Post
    I'm not reainstalling and starting all over again just to play on US servers. If no one in the UK/EU is playing on local servers then that's just too bad. If the game is more popular in the states then fine. But i'm not mucking around on the offchance it won't have lag problems (because it will).
    First: YOU DON'T HAVE TO REINSTALL. Please read the post I made above. You don't have to do ANYTHING other than download the NA updater. Everything in the base files is THE SAME FILES as the EU install. It only has to fix localisation! Let me repeat that again, because you have ignored it at least three times now: YOU DON'T HAVE TO REINSTALL. Changing an EU install to an NA install takes, at most, 10 minutes.

    Second: I will repeat - this seems to be a common occurrence with you - there are tons and tons of people from all around the world playing on both server farms, NA and EU. There are people in the EU who report BETTER CONNECTION to the NA servers, and WORSE CONNECTION to the EU servers. This is because Germany - where the EU servers are - is not connected to the internet as well as Virginia and California - which means it's fairly common for non-NA people to have better connection to NA stuff than EU stuff. If you're not even going to try it out, you are not allowed to say what will or won't happen.

    Second and a half: Yes, the game is "more popular in the states", but that's because it was released here first. A lot of the EU players had a few years' worth of gameplay and effort put into their characters, supergroups, and circles of friends when the EU servers came out. The game did not start with EU servers available. They did not want to abandon them, so they stayed with the NA servers. That's one reason why the EU servers have a much smaller population, and likely are not going to grow to be as big as the NA servers.

    Third: This game is based on instanced maps. About 85-90% of the game takes place inside personal/team-only maps. The reason you don't see a lot of people standing around or killing dudes on the streets is because the game generally isn't played out in the open world. Complaining that you don't see a lot of people out and about doesn't make much sense when you think of it in that light.
  7. Aggelakis

    Not impressed

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mad briar View Post
    But I won't be reinstalling a NA client, it's too much hassle
    It's no hassle at all. Download the exe I linked above; tell it to install to your current directory; it'll do a little twiddling, but you've already downloaded all of the necessary files, so all it needs to do is fix localisation.

    Quote:
    and the connection will suck over that distance
    Over 100,000 players from around the world play on either set of server farms. Players in the EU play on the NA servers. Players in NA play on the EU servers. Players in Australia play on both. Players in South America play on both. Players in Singapore play on both. When I say "around the world", I mean "around the world".

    Hell, there has been multiple times when folks in the EU comment they get *BETTER* response from the NA servers than EU because of the internet structure (NA is much better connected than Germany, which is where the EU servers are located).
  8. Scrappers have great damage and decent damage mitigation.
    Tankers have great damage mitigation, making them durable, but some attack sets are low damage.
    Controllers generally have somewhat lower damage, but some sets mesh very well and create unstoppable killing machines, not to mention standard solo mob sizes are small enough that you have plenty of crowd control to be safe.
    Defenders are fairly low damage and generally lots of team support. However, defenders CAN solo, it's just slower.
    Blasters have EXCELLENT damage and virtually no defenses - the proper term for this is 'glass cannon' - if you kill them fast enough, you're totally safe! If you don't, you're taking a dirt nap.

    All of the redside ATs are good at soloing. Brutes are probably the easiest. MMs, if you like being the battle commander, are also very easy.
  9. Congrats to all involved. We've got a promising year, once again!
  10. Aggelakis

    Not impressed

    http://download.cityofheroes.com/US/CoH_NA_Setup.exe - this includes the NA updater. Download it to your desktop (not to your City folder). Run it and tell it to install to your City folder.

    Note that to play on the NA servers, mad briar will have to start over on a new, NA trial account.
  11. Just showin' ya that you had indeed.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
    Maybe I overlooked it when I read thru the posts but I didn't see any mention of Ninja Run from the Natural Booster Pack for $9.99.

    Also players can buy the Mini Booster for $5 bucks and get the 30 day temp jetpack on all of the characters on their account.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper View Post
    Travel at level 1:
    ...
    Purchase of a 30-day Mini-Booster will give all characters a flight jetpack for 30days (real time)

    Travel at 4:
    Super Booster IV: Martial Arts gives Ninja Run (slightly weaker than Super Speed + Super Jump) to all level 4+ characters on your account.
    ...
    yay reading
  13. *coughs and points at my previous link in thread*
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master View Post
    the LOLBAT one is a guest author arc which means it follows the same rules as player created arcs.
    Well, then my comment still applies, just replace "Dev Choice" with "Guest Author". The guest authors work very closely with the devs to make good arcs.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Radubadu View Post
    Thanks, unfortunate but that's kinda what I figured. If nothing else at least it's a safe assumption that if it's rated highly with numerous ratings (as LOLBAT is) it's entertaining regardless of xp.
    LOLBAT, if I'm remembering right, is a Dev Choice arc, meaning it will not give less XP anyway, because the devs have yet to choose any arc that isn't built correctly to yield full XP (and full story!).
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rajani Isa View Post
    Didn't they nerf those three dropping SOs, or am I thinking of a different trio, because of farming?
    You don't get SOs from any of those three unless you did a bunch of damage to them. Since they're fighting each other, it can be iffy about getting all three SOs. You can get one or two fairly easily though.
  17. Those are the really thin blue lines. For instance, the ferry between PI and Talos has a blue line. The tunnel between Atlas and Skyway has a blue line. The gate between Atlas and Perez has a blue line.
  18. I'm having trouble figuring out if a question that a player can answer exists in your post. If you don't have one, you should post in General Discussion, perhaps...
  19. Aggelakis

    Propel

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Prof_Backfire View Post
    If only it was nearly useful enough to be worth it on Dominators.

    *has a Grav/En*

    *hates self*
    My grav/fire has it, and uses it every time it is recharged. Because it is awesome. And should never be ignored. Who cares if my teammate(s) have killed my target before it finishes animating, I AM THROWING A FORKLIFT AT HIS DEAD BODY. JUST TO BE SURE HE'S *REALLY* DEAD!
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by NightshadeLegree View Post
    3. Soul Storm. That it's Ghost Widow's signature power is quite awesome in itself. That it puts you in the ultimate megalomaniac villain pose when you use it is extremely awesome.
    This is even more awesome if you do it while flying/hovering. AWESOME!!!!!!! AAAAWWWWWWEEEEEEESSSSSSSOOOOOMMMMMEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!