Zombie Man

Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!

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That's some good tips. I disagree on using more than 3 colors. 2 should be considered the standard, 3 only with the third color used very sparingly, and using more than 3 colors only in very special circumstances where the creator knows exactly what he's doing.


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Well, I disagree with that. And see, that's what I mean about other guides that give those simple rules: "Use contrasting colors." "Don't use more than two colors."

Those rules sound like they will provide a safe path that will keep people from making horrible costumes, but they don't. Because players will use those rules and create a costume with two *clashing* colors (contrasting colors of equal hue and saturation clash) that's an eyesore.

So, rules of using one, two, three, or four or more colors is really a useless rule unless you talk about *how* to make one, two, three, four or more colors work together.

Soulie described how to add extra colors as accents or neutrals to buffer contrasting colors, which are excellent design tips.

Don't tell the others, but I usually cringe at the style suggestions most players make because they say things like "use contrasting colors!" without realizing the many, many ways that that statement is just wrong.

However, you've got a great eye and good handle on theory of design.

Five stars.

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[*]The Devs have gotten lots of feedback on this already in numerous threads, so this isn't condescending to thanks for feedback. This is an announcement, not a request for feedback. In fact, this was announced earlier, look at the date of the patch note. It was discussed on the board then.
[*]Setting levels of rewards seems to have coding difficulties. When they try to close one loophole another appears. That's why HOs and SHOEs are hardwired to be only level 50 now. And so, no, you can't get a SHOE or HO reward from these trials/tfs. And you're going to have to live with a level 40 Titian-O if you're the right level. However, consider that....
[*]A Titan-O is a horrible reward. In my opinion. Even if at level 42 you got a level 45 Titan-O (that's +3 to you), you would outlevel it at level 49 and be forced to discard it. With the xp and other rewards of this tf/trial, you can easily buy a high level multi-aspect IO which won't ever be outleveled.
[*]No "Giant Monsters" here. Just Monsters. They're AV ranked foes. A team of 8 couldn't beat a Giant Monster unless its HPs were severely crippled.
[*]Rare Recipe Drops: I know for sure that the Eden Trial does give the choice of a rare recipe. I'm not sure though if it's a Trial Pool... it should be. If it isn't, bug it. Does anyone who's done the Sewer Trial recently know if there's a rare recipe option at the end? And if yes, if it's a Trial Pool?[/list]

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[*]Actually, don't know why the Sewer Trial was lumped into this announcement. The patch note had nothing to do with the Sewer Trial. Why was it mentioned?
[*]I'm kinda siding with some of the flak with regard to letting 'legacy missions' go unretouched. The devs beefed up Faultline and the RCS and got rave reviews. Positron admits the Positron TF is flawed and need revamping 'someday.' Do you guys really want a bunch of legacy missions and TFs cluttering up the ladder of advancement for new toons with klunky and kludgy design? I'd be happy if a whole new zone gets bumped back an issue if you spend one whole update revamping and cleaning up the problems in the legacy missions and TFs.[/list]

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Is the enhancement table scalable? The base storage one.

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Haven't found a window name for it. Looks like no. It scales to the Health window.



And you're welcome RagMan.

Any new HOs are now only level 50. If you're under level 47, then you won't even be offered a HO, just a rare recipe or a +3 SO.

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What about all the other posts, like the ones in the "Blaster", "Controller", "Mastermind" groups? The history on those only go back like 4 pages worth. What happened to all those old posts? It was extremely useful to be able to search for a topic over a years time frame. Why even have a search function that looks for posts that are at least x amount of months or years old when the oldest ones are only a month old? There was alot of useful "guides" in those forums that were never submitted for addition to the "Guide of Guides". Is all that info gone forever now?

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They were deleted in the last forum purge. About a week ago.

For the longest time people have been warned that only the Players Guide forum was immune to age-out during forum purges. Forum purges are necessary to keep the database from becoming too unwieldy (darned slow) and buggy. If there were important threads in other forums someone should have alerted the mods to move them to players guides.

We lose a lot of red name (developers) posts that way, too, unfortunately.

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Ah, there indeed is the problem. The links pointing to the other sections of the thread are broken, but the sections are all there with the sublinks for the individual guides. Yes, that will require some serious editing. At least I can fix the link on my SG's site (which caused me to find this problem), but Ex or LH may have some work cut out for them

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Yeah, they're broke for me, too. Don't know how that happened since I checked each link in the first post and opened up each section in it's own tab when I first posted it. Now, instead of the link having the right thread number and post number, both numbers are identically pointing to the post number, which brings back an 'access denied' error. Either there's something buggy with the forum software or some moderator thought they'd 'fix' things on me.

I'll get it updated. Thanks for the alert.

And yes, all the subsections *are* there. If the link doesn't take to you "VI. Combat Mechanics" then just do a quick browser search (Edit / Find) for "VI." or for "Combat" while you have that first post of the Guide to Guides open in your browser. Everything off of the first post is all in that one and same thread.

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Is the Power Boost guide here or is that in an AT subforum?

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Guide to Power Boost v1.0 [I8] F22Major


Here it is. Sorry I missed it. Wouldn't hurt if it also got linked in the appropriate AT guides, too.

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Please add WittyLibrarian's excellent Lady Grey Task Force Guide to this list.

That is, assuming WittyLibrarian's ok with this.

Edit: All right, he's given the ok in a PM. Is it a problem that his guide is off-site?

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Next time the top level posts are updated, all the links added to this thread will get folded in. Thanks for the link.

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Please use this thread to discuss the below announcement:
<ul type="square">[*] The combative inhabitants in a zone will move off the streets and to safer locations when a Rikti Invasion takes place. [/list]

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That was a bad idea.

Take a look at this pic of too many citizens in Kings Row during an invasion. That's about 50 being rendered (the cap), the whole length of the street had about 300 more.

*These* you should be taking off the streets in an invasion, you know, because all non-combatants were advised to seek shelter, perhaps.

Was this an internal miscommunication? Like so, maybe:

Lead Developer: "Too many critters during an invasion creating lag, get the NPCs off the street." &lt;lead developer is thinking of civilians and traffic&gt;

Coder: "Okey dokey!" &lt;coder gets rid of just combatant NPC foes/factions&gt;


I thought it was great that combatant spawns were joining the fight to save earth, you know, like how Vanguard recruited villains? If you didn't want combatant foes on the streets, then why did you fix the Scrapyarders so that they con as enemies to the Rikti?

Was this because you couldn't get city-spawn Rikti to con as friends to invasion Rikti? (You should fix that because it's still a problem within missions as ambush Rikti battle mission spawn Rikti.)

Was it because you thought players were exploiting city-spawn foes that conned grey to fight the Rikti for them? (It can't be exploited because rewards are proportional to damage done.)

Was it because you're trying to alleviate lag? I've never experienced combatant foes creating lag outside of the ship raid (which, by the way, I've seen no reduction in Rikti on the ship raid, even though the last patch said so). Combatant foes are in small groups spaced out that you never see more than four to five spawn points at once... that doesn't make lag.

Fifty or so civilians all in one place create lag... all the time. Whenever they start piling up on the walkways or by the trams. Get them to despawn once in a while.

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IV. [u]OPERATING YOUR GAME – HOW TO MAKE THINGS GO[u]

BINDS &amp; MACROS[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]How To Bind &amp; Macro

The Complete List of Key Names Black_Specter [I9][/list]
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ERRATA:

This is the correct link:

The Complete List of Key Names Black_Specter [I9]

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What's up with not being able to heal the RV heavies? Is this part of the "There were additional changes to the heavies that didn’t make it into this build. Look for them in the future" type things that didn't get put in with the last patch? If so, there's no mention of it at all in today's patch notes.

After fiddling around with it today for a bit it seems like a tolerable change, so I'm just wondering, mostly, since I know the players hates it when changes are made all stealthy like.

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Response made in your other thread, including link to dev post on change.

-- War

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Response made in that other thread: There is no dev post on the change. Not healing is not mentioned in the patch and we have no dev confirmation whether this is a bug or a secret nerf.

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Rewards

Characters over level 40 cannot select the Multi-enhancement from the Eden Trial. Added SO Enhancements to the Eden trial choice dialog box.



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The problem I have with this is that the level range for the Eden Trial is 39-41. Why should a hero who is in the correct level range (Level 41) not have a chance to receive the Multi-Enhancement that is the original reward?


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Personally, I see almost no value to the Titan-Os. You get a multi-aspect enhancement that you outlevel soon enough. OTOH, you can chose the rare recipe that makes a multi-aspect IO that you'll never outlevel and, if you don't want it, is worth more on the open market because it's part of an IO Set.

I think the Devs are doing everyone a favor by restricting the availability of Titan-Os.

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Since this is a guide and not a discussion thread, please don't start the debate here. There have been several such discussion threads in the past over this issue. If you want to discuss it, one should go either to the Dominator forums or the CoV General Discussion Forum and provide a link back here.

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LMAO. Except you felt compelled to "start" it here yourself. Laf @ u.

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Really? I wonder what side I was on.

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I think this is exactly how I began playing. My boyfriend implemented your "PLAN" on me. And it worked brilliantly. I'm as hooked as he is. I probably play more than him now. If this thread was 6 months old, not 2 weeks old, I'd have to give you guys credit instead of him.

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ZOMG! It's a girlfriend in the thread!

Quick, everyone, brush your teeth, wash your hands, and get your pants back on!

Excellent guide.

However, I'm sorry to cast a shadow on this, but in the past such strategies of making things 'perma-' wound up eventually being 'nerfed' by the Devs so that they were no longer 'perma-'. Hasten itself is an example of that.

Thus, Dominators beware: if you burn a respec to create perma-Domination, do so with the knowledge that one day Domination *may* be changed to prevent perma-Domination. Until then, enjoy!

I'm not advocating one way or the other whether perma-Domination should or should not be in the game. Just raising the possibility so that if it happens, it's not such a big surprise.

Since this is a guide and not a discussion thread, please don't start the debate here. There have been several such discussion threads in the past over this issue. If you want to discuss it, one should go either to the Dominator forums or the CoV General Discussion Forum and provide a link back here.

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I'm still working on an updated and cleaned up version of this guide. It has a lot of historical junk in it that was there to forestall questions, because a lot of this stuff was debated at a time when there were multiple conflicting sources of information for various numbers. But actually, this *is* basically the source for this stuff these days, so I am working on a version that eliminates some of the historical and outdated stuff, and collapsing the guide to current information only. This version, being in the guides section, will always be around for historical reference any way. Its taking a bit of time to come up with a format I'm comfortable with, in terms of readability. But hopefully, sometime before Issue 11 rolls around, I should have it done. It might even fit in one post: that would be the first time in several versions.

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Just express it as one equation that fits all situations.

FYI: Product that allows one keyboard and mouse to operate multiple computers.

And a PC Mag review of it.

All the generic links of this thread and the Guide to Issue 9 Guides have been subsumed into the updated Guide to Guides, see link below. Please do not post anymore in this thread. Please post links to all new or updated guides in the thread linked below. Thanks.

New Guide to Guides -- Issue 10 Comprehensive.

The Guide to Guide keeps track of all guides except Archetype Guides. If you have a new or updated AT Guide (e.g. a guide for a Dark Melee/Regen Scrapper), then please:

1. Put your AT Guide in the Player Guides Forum (and not the AT Forum). The Player Guide Forum is the only forum which doesn't age out old threads.
   
2. Put a link to your AT Guide in the Guide to Guide threads simply because many people keep an eye out on that thread.
   
3. Put another link to your AT Guide in the appropriate thread which has the Guide to AT Guides (e.g., put in the "Guide to Scrapper Guides" a link to your Scapper Guide that your wrote). Eventually, your guide should become incorporated in the list of guides at the top of the thread.

All the generic links of this thread and the Guide to Issue 9 Guides have been subsumed into the updated Guide to Guides, see link below. Please do not post anymore in this thread. Please post links to all new or updated guides in the thread linked below. Thanks.

New Guide to Guides -- Issue 10 Comprehensive.

The Guide to Guide keeps track of all guides except Archetype Guides. If you have a new or updated AT Guide (e.g. a guide for a Dark Melee/Regen Scrapper), then please:

1. Put your AT Guide in the Player Guides Forum (and not the AT Forum). The Player Guide Forum is the only forum which doesn't age out old threads.
   
2. Put a link to your AT Guide in the Guide to Guide threads simply because many people keep an eye out on that thread.
   
3. Put another link to your AT Guide in the appropriate thread which has the Guide to AT Guides (e.g., put in the "Guide to Scrapper Guides" a link to your Scapper Guide that your wrote). Eventually, your guide should become incorporated in the list of guides at the top of the thread.

Ignore this post. It's a buffer in case I need to add to the Big List.

XVI. [u]GETTING HELP AND OTHER RESOURCES[u]



OFFICIAL CHANNELS[/b]

City of Heroes Official Website

City of Villains Official Website

CoH/V Knowledge Base (FAQs)

PlayNC Support Website

End User License Agreement (EULA)

Understanding /petition (FyreGoddess)

What to do if you fail a buggy badge mission (Snow_Globe) [I7]

City of Heroes and City of Villains Current Patch Notes List

City of Heroes and City of Villains Chronological Patch Notes List (Archive)

Prima's Free I7 Update Guide New Web Address Zombie_Man [I8]

US Server Status RSS Feed Tiggy [I8]

Dev Digest RSS Feed doorslam [I8]



USING THE OFFICIAL FORUMS[/b]

NightOwl's Guide to Guide Writing [I5]

Guide to Writing Guides AnotherDeadHero [I3]

Kiwi's Unofficial Forum Etiquette Guide KiwiLi [I5]

How to positively participate in the forums Project_Robobot [I7]

Search Feature Guide (ZealotOnAStick)

How to determine a post's URL Balshor [I5]

A Guide on Shortening Forum links for Reference tpull [I5]

How to Make Tables for Posting at This Forum Black_Specter [I9]

How to Complain: A Primer Boondocker [I2]

Guide To Getting Yourself A Forum Avatar (Viga_Axe)

Make your own avatar.. using only MS Paint! Miss_Kitty [I6]

AstroLad's Screenshot Forum Guide V. 2 AstroLad [I4]

HOWTO: Animated Avatar The_Spinning_Top

Guide to making animated heart avatars with GIMP Retrogression

Avatar Hosting Sites AnotherDeadHero [I2]

Forum Color Guide by Golden Ace Golden_Ace [I8]

[See also jargon guides under Communication Section.]



OTHER WEBSITES WITH GUIDES AND FURTHER INFORMATION[/b]

Paragon Wiki

Red Tomax’s “No Future” &amp; City of Data CoH Site

Dread Tomax’s “No Future” &amp; City of Data CoV Site

Coldfront City of Heroes

Fellowship of Paragon Library Archive

City of Heroes Online

XV. [u]LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD – ADVANCED MECHANICS[u]



3RD PARTY CUSTOMIZATION (maps, graphics, sounds, fonts)[/b]

Vidiotmaps Map Patch

Paragon Maps Map Patch

TweakCoH Offline Graphic Options Settings

How to Silence Specific Game Sounds (Impkin)

Better in game font - 'Arms' are your friends! Kari_Trishfall [I8]

CoX Log Cleaner and Costume Extractor Crimson_Tao [I8]

City Game Tracker

Hero Stats

[Please note the above programs and customizations do not 'modify' the code of the game, which would violate the End User License Agreement (EULA) you all agreed to when you bought/registered the game. These are more 'overlays' or 'readers' than 'modifiers'.]

A note about client modifications



SCREENSHOTS, DEMOS, VIDEOS[/b]

Screenshot Guide ParagonWiki

Guide to Demo Guides &amp; Tools Scuzzbopper [I6]

Screenshot And Demo Guide V2 (Zloth)

Screenshot And Demo Guide V3 (Zloth)

Zloth's Screenshot and Demo FAQ

Demo File Format FAQ (Zloth)

DEMO File Format: Addendum (character parts) Djeannie [I7]

Paris' Demo Guide [I6]

Tutorial: Making CoH videos - Everything You Need (Storm_Knight)
[Note – Storm_Knight’s links to off-site files and programs have been stale for a while. We hope they come back some day.]

A Kitty's guide to making CoH movies! IttiBittiKitty [I2]

Custom Demo Creation Guide (MasterMarbles)

Demo Editing and Videos - The end-to-end guide Majik [I4]

CoH Demo Analyzer v1.0.0.0 Circeus [I4]

Demo Editing: Map Codes? IanTheM1 [I4]



COMPUTERS &amp; PERIPHERALS[/b]

Guide for Moving CoH or Installing Test BillZBubba [I9]

Guide to running CoH/CoV on an Apple Macintosh CuppaManga [I9]

The Beginner's Guide to Two Boxing Brillig [I7]

Parts is Parts! A Guide for new computer builders houtex

System Performance Guide v.3.0 BillZBubba [I8]

Consolidated ATI Settings Guide BillZBubba [I8]

Known ATI Issues [I8]

Guide to lag Noumken [I8]

An Informative Guide to "Lag" Demobot [I6]

Balorn's Guide to Lag, 1.0 Balorn [I4]

A Guide to Lag Ramia_Angriffe [I6]

Using an X-box S-Type Controller with COX Ill_Oreilly [I8]

CoH Dance Pad Guide Chriffer

Playing with a Logitech Dual Action Controller The_Alt_oholic [I5]

XIV. [u]THE OUT-OF-CHARACTER EXPERIENCE[u]


COMMUNITY HISTORY, CUSTOMS, AND CULTURE[/b]

CoH/V FTP Site: Movies; Music; Fansite Kit; Interviews

Launch CoH as CoV (and bypass updater) _Freya [I6]

Zloth's Issue History [I7]

Complete guide to Costume Contests Greystar [I6]

Cuddles’ Guide to Extended Gaming Cuddles [I5]

Jordan’s Town Fansite Guide for the Casual Gamer Jordan_yan

Guide to the original COH trailer Memphis_Bill [I7]

The original Kill Skuls post StarGeek

How to Speak Jerkhacking 101 WatchItGo [I3]

LORE: Back Alley Brawler: Oil Slick? WTH? (also: RUN FASTER!) Zombie_Man [I9 Beta]

LORE: Quinfecta! The_Boresight [I9 Beta]





LEADING BY (BAD) EXAMPLE[/b]

What NOT to do in CoX PSLAnimal [I6]

The Critter's Guide to EvP Arcanaville [I6]

CoV Bad Player Guide(orginized by class!) Candlestick [I6]

Bogus Guides I would love to read foucault [I5]

Guide to Quiting Teams Iguane [I5]

FAQ: R U H34lar? TheMightyScourge [I4]

A Guide to Regenisms Masterful [I9]




COMIC BOOKS AND ‘THE INDUSTRY’[/b]

City of Heroes Comics, Online Version, FTP site

Guide to Player Cameos in the CoH Comic Razoras [I7]

Collecting Character Art (CCA) Bayani [I9]

Doc's Guide to the Golden And Silver Ages of Comics for CoH (Doc Atomic) [I2]

Golden Age is not just a look Dogface [I6]

Bayani's Guide to Collecting Original Comic Art (Bayani)

Cuppa's Guide to working in the Game Industry CuppaJo

Guide to webcomics featuring CoH Scuzzbopper [I5]

CoV Tips for the SWG Refugee SpectralDaisy [I6]