Zombie Man

XIII. [u]THE IN-GAME WORLD – A TALE OF TWO CITIES[u]



BACKGROUND, STORYBOOK, LORE[/b]

CoH Lore Manual (Xaster) [Pre-I1]

Guide to Villain Backstories (CoH) sun_tzu [I5]

Guide to Villain Stories, Rogue Isles Supplement InfamousBrad [I6]

Memphis_Bill's Kheldian backstory guide [I6]

The Azuria FAQ Demota [I4]

NPC Citizens And Their Uses (Sartorius) [I1]




AREAS AND ZONES AND OTHER PLACES[/b]<ul type="square">

[*]Finding yourself

Location! Location! Location! - Coordinates &amp; You Visceral [I5]



[*]Hero Zones

The Complete(ly Useless) Guide to Outbreak (Kallah) [I2]

A Tour of Atlas Park McBeast [I3]

A Tour of Kings Row McBeast [I4]

The Perez Park Group XP Guide (Arcas) [I1]

The Striga Isle FAQ (Lady_Sadako) [I3]

SuperSpeed guide to Terra Volta(Terrorus Sadistus) _Ilr_ [I7]

Speedster's guide to reaching the Reactor RedwoodTheElf [I4]

Super Speeder Guide to Terra Volta Reactor door JaZonZ [I4]

Shadow Shard Tips Zloth [I8]

Shadow Shard Theory Zloth [I7]

Shadow Shard Guide and FAQ Fritzy [I6]

COH BUSINESSES AND BILLBOARDS Black_Specter [I7]



[*]Villain Zones

A guide to Grandville Samuel_Tow [I8]

DISCUSSION: Thank you for Villain Monster Island community [I9 Beta]




[*]Inter-Factional Zones

PVP Zone Guide v2 ColJasmine [I7][/list]

XII. [u]OTHER GAME SYSTEMS[u]



BADGES<ul type="square">


[See Badge Forums FAQ Snow_Globe [I8].]


[*]Setting Badge Title

Setting your Badge Title - /Settitle for Villains (Hugues_de_Payen) [I6]

How to Set a Badge Title (Saga_) [I5]



[*]How to get a specific badge

Map to the Fortune Teller &amp; Spelunker Badge Blackavaar [I10]

How Farm Rep Badge LightBill [I8]

TopDoc's Damage Badge guide [I7]

A guide to the Banisher Badge - version 1.0 Zubenelgenubi [I5]

Mini-Guide to Banisher AKA Spirit Mask Badge (Geoff) [I3]

How to: Get the Illusionist badge (IanTheM1) [I7]



[*]How to get a specific badge set

Accolade Hunting for Heroes Starfox [I7]

Accolade Hunting for Villains Starfox [I7]

CoH Level-Restricted Badge Checklist Snarespawn [I9]

Magical Act's guide to Croatoa:Monsters and Badges Gamer13 [I6]

The Minimalist's Guide to CoV Mission Badges 1.0 Chromium_Man [I6]

CoV guide to KILL BADGES Super [I6]


[*]Badge Lists


Red Tomax’s Guide to City of Heroes Website [I10]

Badge-Hunter Website at Vidiotmaps [I10]

City Info Terminal Badge Tracker [I6]

CoV Badge Mission and Contact List (Tsukiyomi) [I7]

I9 Badges Spreadsheet (printable download) Star_Seven [I9]

Stalemate's Guide to Badges [I5]

Badges and Plaques Locator [I4]

Badges and Plaques Locations and Requirements Grazel [I3]]

Badge Guide (RonLHiler) [I3]

New Fun Badge Guide Dollymistress [I8]

Current PVP Zone Exclusive Badges Snow_Globe [I8]



[*]Badge Trackers

Badge Hunter Website

City of Info Terminal

Quickly /Settitle all of your badges! (for use with City of Info Terminal) Plasma_Welder [I8]

[see also section Third Party Badge Tracking Utilities.][/list]

ARENA &amp; GLADIATOR [/b]

Edict's Intro to Gladiator Matches [I7]

Gladiator Guide 0.3 (Incomplete) Minmin [I8]

Friggin' Taser's Guide to Gladiators [I6]

Skysaurus's Guide to Intern Battle Royales [I4]

[See also Binds Section for gladiators binds and controls (mostly the same as MasterMind pet binds).]

XI. [u]ISSUE 9: INVENTIONS – ENHANCEMENTS, RECIPES, “LOOT,” &amp; THE MARKET[u]


INVENTIONS IN GENERAL

City of Heroes Videos: Inventions Tutorial Video (4:10) Developers, Hosted by MMORPG.com [I9]

Guide: Introduction to Inventions 1.0 TerraDraconis [I9 Beta]

Inventions at Paragon Wiki Paragon Wiki [I9 Beta]

IO and U - a basic guide Brimstone_Bobby [I9]

Analysis of Basic IO Costs Protea [I9 Beta]

Guide: What level IOs should you get? Eldandil [I9]

Don't Panic! Budget IOs (I9 edition: First draft) Euler [I9]

IO's, SO's, HO's and ED--a brief overview Grumble [I9 Beta]

Invention Enhancements and You _Castle_ [I9 Beta]

The No Numbers Guide to I9 for the Casual Player peterpeter [I9]

The Viva Las Vegas Intermediate Guide To IO's Fulmen [I9]

GUIDE TO IOs, SOs, AND ENHANCEMENT BONUSES Black_Specter [I9]




INVENTION SALVAGE, RECIPES, AND DROPS

Red Tomax’s Guide to City of Heroes Website [I9]
- Inventions and their components.

Guide: Invention Salvage and You! (Version 2) InfamousBrad [I9 Beta]

Guide: What the drop rates mean Coulomb2 [I9]



INVENTION ENHANCEMENT (IOS) SETS

EverydayJoe™ and his Set IO’s (v.1.2) Seldom [I9]

Invention Origin (IO) Enhancement Sets List Paragon Wiki [I9]

Invention Sets - Printable Spreadsheet Blargeth [I9]

IO Set Bonuses Shinobu_Maehara [I9]

Consolidated Thread: Which Pools Recipes are in _Brev_ [I9 Beta]

IO Set Enhancement Percentages Chart CaptainSpud [I9]

IO Checklist: Enhancements by Set &amp; Pool with Bonuses _Lohr_ [I9]

INFO: Invention Salvage Distribution Blondeshell [I9]

The Road to 22 (Leveling with IOs without outside inf. help) Venture [I9 Beta]

Planning Builds for IO Set Bonuses Scrapulous [I9]

IO slotting example: How to slot an AOE hold Scrapulous [I9 Beta]

IO slotting example: Health Scrapulous [I9 Beta]

IO slotting example: Combat Jumping Scrapulous [I9 Beta]

IO slotting example: Melee Attacks Scrapulous [I9 Beta]

Assessment of Pet set aura IOs (preliminary) Scrapulous [I9 Beta]

DISCUSSION: Return of (almost) Perma-Hasten? Kage [I9 Beta]



THE CONSIGNMENT MARKETS AND ECONOMY

Using The Consignment Markets (Wentworths/Black Market) Zombie_Man [I9]

Protea's Guide to Market Participation Protea [I9]

Making Money at Low Levels TopRamen [I9]

Guide to influence and infamy Gilfred [I8]

X. [u]POWERS – ENHANCEMENTS &amp; RESPECIFICATION[u]


ENHANCEMENTS[/b]

A Short Guide to Enhancement Strategies Catwhoorg [I7]

Lots of Slots: Choosing *When* to Slot Powers (Kallah) [I4]

Negami's CoV Enhancement Price Guide [I6]

Guide to Enhancement Cost The Laughing Man [I6]

Enhancement Chart (Winged_Nazgul)

Universal Enhancement &amp; Store Guide V1.2 (ZealotOnAStick) [I1]

Improved Enhancement Calculator (_Havok_) [I1]

Enhancement Diversification Calculator and Guide Circeus [I8]

Enhancement Diversification From I6 Patch Notes Screwloose [I6]

Enhancement Diversification: A Player's Guide Pilcrow [I6]

Enhancement Diversification Spreadsheet - ZIP File (Circeus) [I6]

Correct ED Formulas Ian_Of_Moore [I6]

Updating Hamidon Enhancement Guide v 2.0 HeyTiny [I8]

The Guide to Hamidon Enhancements Version 2.0 UpLink_OoT [I4]




RESPECIFICATION[/b]

R_M's Guide to Using Respecs Robotech_Master [I8]

How To Plan a Build/Respec By Example Plasma_Welder [I8]

A Respecification Guide (AnotherDeadHero) [I3]

Respec 101: So You Wanna Be A New Hero? (Sir_Payens) [I2]

[See also section on Respecification Trials.]

[See also section on Hero/Villain Planers.]

IX. [u]TEAMS, GROUPS, AND BASES[u]



TEAMING[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]How to form a team

Setting your search status with /lfgset superfurrycat [I7]

Cure for the common PuG! Roy_Matsuya [I7]

How-to-invite guide MeltingKiss [I6]

Guide to Team Invites and Team Search/Seek (AnotherDeadHero) [I3]


[*]How to run and care for a team – leader tips

The Many Qualities of the Pick-Up Group Leader Arcas [I6]

Some tips to make leading a PUG more enjoyable Raura [I6]

How To Lead a Team (Valdis) [I5]

guide to Team Leading ladiestorm [I3]



[*]Team Strategy

Red Tomax’s Guide to Division of Team XP [I9]

The Anti-PUG: The 10 Commandments of Good Teaming Colette [I7]

City of Villains Teams in a Nutshell South [I6]

Santa Laws' Book of Mentoring Redesigned [I9]

How to know you're in a *GOOD* Pick-up Group Neuberg_Crowley [I5]

A Guide to Team Tactics Backstab [I5]

ladiestorm's guide to good teaming ladiestorm [I3]

The SuperTeam: Advanced Grouping [long] Arcas [I2]

Guide: What to do re: Bad Teams Enantiodromos [I7]



[*]Knowing the ATs, Powers, and Abilities of your Teammates

When to use What you have (Guide to Team Roles) (Ebon_Angel) [I5]

Guide to playing with a Healer in your team RedCrosse [I5]

The 6 most important things to know about Khelds Zeke_Thorn [I3]

Guide: So you want to team with a Defender aisais [I3]

So why should you team with a storm defender? Lady_Sadako [I3]



[*]Voice Communication

FREE high-quality voice server Schnibbley [I6] [/list]

SUPER (VILLAIN) GROUPS &amp; BASSES[/b]<ul type="square">

[*]Creating a group

Creating and managing a Supergroup VoodooGirl [I6]

Guide To Getting a SuperGroup Off the Ground (Moncro) [I2]




[*]Creating a base

The Teqnikal Way to Build a Base v1.0 _Teqnikal_ [I7]

Falcon Blasters Guide to SG and Base Success magglecrisp [I7]

List of Base Room Costs and Functionalities Maldini [I6]

The Lil_Miss' Guide to Bases (Super_Villain) [I6]

Some Basic Tips For Base Design Takarik [I6]

Guide to stacking items in bases CaptA [I8]

Guide to base building for the small SG born2luz [I8]

A Guide to Small Bases in Issue 7 Jagged [I7]

Single-member and/or Starter Base Building Guide tiredinnuendo [I7]

A guide to giving your landlord the shaft! Dark_Tower [I8]



[*]Base Salvage and crafting

Red Tomax’s Guide to City of Heroes Website [I9]
- Contains listing of all base items and components.

A List of Base Items in a Spreadsheet (MadScientist) [I8]

A List of Base Item Costs (Justice Corps of Paragon City) [I6]

List of Base Item Costs Maldini [I6]

Sapph's Salvage Chart [I6]

Guide to Salvage &amp; Crafting (_Brev_) [I6]

Salvage Rarity guide (MadScientist) [I6]

A List of Salvage Types (Justice Corps of Paragon City) [I6]

A List of Tech Salvage Recipes (Justice Corps of Paragon City) [I6]

The Salvage Trackers' Guide (Balanced) [I6]

What To Do With All That Base Salvage : Prototype Dragon_Surge [I7]

What To Do With All That Base Salvage :Hardware Dragon_Surge [I7]

What To Do With All That Base Salvage : Material Dragon_Surge [I7]

What To Do With All That Base Salvage : Power Dragon_Surge [I7]

PDF Recipe List – Tech &amp; Arcane Altoholic_Monkey [I6]

The guide to Arcane Salvage (download) Arinara [I6]

Guide to Empowerment Stations (pudds) [I7]


[ See Mission Section for SG/VG-only missions.][/list]

VIII. [u]MISSIONS[u]



CONTACTS, DIFFICULTY, AND MISSIONS IN GENERAL[/b]

Red Tomax’s Guide to City of Heroes Website [I9]
- Contains Story Arcs and Contacts List for CoH and CoV.

Contact Guide (RonLHiler) [I3]

How Contacts Work (or, "Getting Specific Mission") SinisterStairs [I4]

CoV Contact &amp; Storyarc Guide trekain [I7]

CoV Contact Flowchart Balorn [I8]

Hermod's Guide to Unlockable Contacts [I6]

Mission Difficulty Level and Notoriety v0.1b Zombie_Man [I8]

Impromptu Guide to Missions &amp; Difficulty Settings Dwimble [I4]

Task Forces/Trials, Reputation, and you (Part_Troll) [I8]

List of Task Forces and Story Arcs (SirBruce) [Pre-I1]



MAYHEM &amp; SAFEGUARD, SCHEMES &amp; POLICEBANDS[/b]

Mayhem Missions Guide (Ultra_Violence) [I7]

Guide to Mayhem (Veth) [I7]

Silverpsar's Guide to Mayhems Silverspar [I7]

Guide To Mayhem High_Beam [I7]

How to sucessfully complete a Mayhem Mission] Muad_Dib [I7]

SafeGuard Guide Tiger_Brute [I8]



SPECIFIC MISSIONS [/b]

Cape Mission Tips (Spoilers, from Training Room) TheCheshireCat [I2]

Aura Mission Guide (AnotherDeadHero) [I2]

How to get Shivan Pet temp power Flying_Carcass [I6]

Soloing the Bloody Bay Meteor Mission Robotech_Master [I6]

Guide to getting the Warburg Nukes (TopDoc) [I6]

Guide to Doc Delilah mish Find The Recording deathkill [I7]

Guide to Sirocco story arc Pt. 1 Crush_Stalker [I7]

Mini guide to Sweettooth and nothing but the tooth Head_Kracker [I6]




TRIALS, RAIDS, EVENTS, AND TASK/STRIKE FORCES[/b]<ul type="square">

[*]Trials, Raids, Events and Forces for Both Factions

Guide to TF courtesy and strategy SailorET [I9]

Rikti Invasion Zone Events Zombie_Man [I10]

The Mothership and You- Raiding the RWZ Powerhelm [I10]

VALENTINE EVENT GUIDE: (warning - Spoilers!) Zombie_Man [I8]

Guide to Defeating Snaptooth (Valentine's Event) Boegs [I8]

The Newbie Guide to the Cathedral of Pain Trial Magia [I7]

Guide to the Cathedral of Pain Trial Lady_Sadako [I7]

Task Force and Trial Guide (Gleep_Wurp) [I5]


[*]City of Heroes Trials and Task Forces

TRIAL OF TRANCENDENCE…A Guide Energy_Aura [I5]

Positron Task Force Guide For Newbies (CB_GB) [I1]

Synapse Task Force Guide (Juniper_Laine) [I1]

Immortal-Nite's Hess TF Guide **SPOILERS** ImmortalNite [I5]

Spacekitten's Guide to the Moonfire Task Force (SpaceKitten) [I3]

How to Beat the Sewer Trial In 10 Minutes Or Less (aaronz) [I3]

Sewer Trial FAQ (No Spoilers) (Backstab) [Pre-I1]

Eden Trial Guide Shirai_Ryu [I8]

Eden Trial I7 in depth guide FMIST [I7]

Cascades TF Guide - Sara Moore Saradin [I3]

Shard Task Force #2 - Ruladak the Strong (Trixi) [I3]

Shard Task Force #3 - Saga of Faathim (Suikoden) [I3]

The Saga of Lanaru (4th Shadow Shard TF) Guide blzneh [I3]


[*]City of Villains Trials and Strike Forces

Virgil Tarikoss Strikeforce Quick Guide infoseeker [I6]

Guide to Virgil Tarikoss SF Dirtball [I6]

Operative Renault Strike Force Quick Guide infoseeker [I6]

Silver Mantis Strike Force Quick Guide infoseeker[I6]

Ice Mistral Strike Force Quick Guide infoseeker [I6]

Ice Mistral Strike Force (Osskask) [I6][/list]


RESPECIFICATION TRIALS[/b]

Kiloton's Guide to Saving Terra Volta Kiloton [I6]

Murph's Tricks and Guide to the COV Respec Trial! Murphy [I6]

HeroVorkk's Respec Guide - July 05 HeroVorkk [I4]

Respec Trial Guide – Levels 33-42 (Karon) [I2]

COV First Respec Trial hehateme [I6]

The First Villain Respec (Blastblaze) [I6]



THE HAMIDON RAID[/b]

NOTE: With Issue 9, The Hamidon Raid has been drastically altered. Any previous guide is now mostly moot. The old guides are kept here for reference. If you’re going to participate in a Hamidon Raid, do not go by an old guide, but instead use the guides labeled for Issue 9 or later.

FashionSense's Issue 9 Hamidon guide v1 FashionSense [I9]

Hamidon: The Raid Experience (Hero-side) Sandolphan [I9]

Hamidon Raid Strategy: Villain-side Adaptations Sandolphan [I9]

Guide to the Hamidon Raiding Experience Sandolphan [I9]

A quick guide to I9 Hamidon Shadow_Fire [I9 Beta]

The Hive—Hamidon Encounter Map Mister Laser [I9] (Please download once and save locally.)

The Abyss—Hamidon Encounter Map Mister Laser [I9] (Please download once and save locally.)

Strykers Guide to Issue 9 Hami Raids Dirty_SFr [I9]

Rooftop's primer on Hamidon Raids: (beta 0.2) Rooftop_Raider [I9]

A quick guide to I9 Hamidon Mjorn [I9 Beta]

Issue 9 Hamidon Overview, 4/3/2007 Kossy [I9 Beta]

I9 Hamidon Strategy, Mark II - WARNING: SPOILERS Marut [I9 Beta]

Strykers Guide to Issue 9 Hami Raids Dirty_SFr [I9]

Guide to the Abyss and Hamidon Silverspar [I9 Beta]

DISCUSSION: Consolidated Thread: Hamidon/Abyss (Villain-side) community [I9 Beta]

DISCUSSION: Consolidated Thread: Hamidon (Hero-side) community [I9 Beta]

Teleport powers at Hami raids Rooftop_Raider [I9 Beta]

Issue 9 Hamidon Raid Tanker Tactics Cannukk [I9]

[See Powers -- Enhancement section for Hamidon Enhancements.]


These are the archived Hamidon Guides that are largely inapplicable to the revised Issue 9 Hamidon:

Updated Guide to Raiding the Hamidon Seyda [I8]
First Time Hamidon Raider's guide for issue 7 (Call_Me_Awesome) [I7]
Hamidon Raids - a Main Taunt Tank guide (Call_Me_Awesome) [I7]
Guardian's Hamidon Guide to a Drop Team Neuttrino [I7]
Aggro Team Healer Survival NeoSporin [I7]
CrimsonShadow's Updated Hamidon Raiding Guide (CrimsonShadow) [I6]
Hamidon Raid Strategy, Revised and Finalized Marut [I3]
Hamidon Strategy (Spacekitten) [I2]
How to Run a Hamidon Raid Teleport Train V1.0 (Robotech_Master) [I5]
Voidbait's Guide to Hamidon Bubbling [I8]



LORD RECLUSE STRIKE FORCE[/b]

Tips for Completing a Buggy Post-I8 RSF... Darque_Duce

Recluse Strike Force Guide (CrimsonShadow) [I7]

Lord Recluse Strike Force Guide v 1.0 (Geek_Boy) [I7]

Lord Recluse Strike Force Guide (The_Yui) [I7]

The perfect RSF team Blue_Pulsar [I7]

How to Fail the LRSF (Inspector6) [I7]

Lord Recluse Strike Force Guide with pic and video RocknStomp [I7]



STATESMAN TASK FORCE[/b]

Guide to the Statesman Task Force Call_Me_Awesome [I9]

Statesman's Task Force: Mission Details Red Tomax [I9]

Statesman's Task Force - Issue 9 Beta Linea_Alba [I9 Beta]

A Statesman's Task Force Guide! (Beta version) Robot_Apple [I9 Beta]

VIDEO: Statesman's Taskforce Neutra [I9 Beta]

Statesman Task Force Guide TrueShadow117 [I9]

Combat's Guide to the Statesman TF Combat [I9]

VII. [u]FOES[u]


COMBATING THE ENVIRONMENT (PvE)[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Giant Monsters

Official Game Info Guide: Giant Monsters [I7]

A Guide to the Paladin (IanTheM1) [I3]

So you feel like some Sushi... Fighting Lusca Memphis_Bill [I6]

Guide To Hunting Sally Lime_Jello24 [I5]

COV Giant Monster 101 hlkjn [I6]



[*]ArchVillains (and Hero Class)

DISCUSSION: Any numbers on the -regen and AV/GM res change community [I9 Beta]

Darke's Guide to Soloing the Archvillain (Darke) [I3]

Arch Villain Guide V1.0 (TheSpeedingSkull) [I3]

5 Easy Steps to Defeating the Psionic Clock King (Hero_of_Steel) [I5]



[*]Foes in General, and Other Specific Foes

Red Tomax’s Guide to City of Heroes Website: Factions Listing [I9]

Volcano Juice's Guide to Killing Malta... Black_Specter [I7]

The Brief Shadow Cyst Guide Sooner [I7]

Storm Elementals Guide - Review, Please? Kangaroo [I7]

A Guide to the Skulls Mighty [I4]

See Task Force and Raid section, esp. for Hamidon.[/list]


COMBATING OTHER PLAYERS (PvP)[/b]

PvP FAQ and GUIDE TO GUIDES Maintained by NotPutzing Please PM for updates.

Sing’s Guidebook to PvP Shallow [I8]

Sing’s Guide to Vengeance in PvP Shallow [I8]

Guide to Misconceptions of Zone PvP Dubya [I8]

An Introduction to PvP]An Introduction to PvP Black_Snake [I7]

PVP 101 (Nicci) [I6]

The Harsh Reality of PVP BuffyASummers [I6]

Basic Guide to PvP CuppaLythos [I6]

Perception in PvP zones ConcreteDragon [I7]

The PVE'ers PVP Survival Guide 2.0 Memphis_Bill [I9]

PvE players: how to survive in RV (Avoiding PvP) Zasriela [I7]

The PvP (and PvP Avoidance) FAQ v.1.0 Lady_Sadako [I5]

[See also PvP Zones and Arena sections.]

VI. [u]COMBAT MECHANICS[u]


INTRODUCTION TO COMBAT[/b]

Survivability: Game Mechanics Explained Beau_Hica [I8]

Catwhoorg’s DRR theory of Survivability [I7]

The Combat Handbook v2.0 (PhiloticKnight) [I7]

Between Death &amp; You 3.0 Starsman [I7]

Utilizing Terrain Flying_Carcass [I8]

Dark Invado's Simple Steps To Avoid Debt [I6]

How to Die Properly (or not at all) McBeast [I5]

The Basics Primer MMORPGboy [I3]

The CoH Survival Guide 1.4 SunderX [I3]

10 Habits That Will Save Your Life Someday Moncro [I2]



DEFENSE &amp; ACCURACY &amp; TO-HIT[/b]

Frequently Asked Questions about I7 DEF Scaler v2 (Arcanaville) [I7]

Arcana's Guide to Defense v1.4 - Updated for I7 (Arcanaville) [I7]

Enemy Resistances - Damage and Mez (Culex) [I7]

Guide to Villain Resistances V2 (Pitho) [I2]

Issue 7 Spreadsheet (Enemy Accuracy Calc) is here! MrQuizzles [I7]

Accuracy and Defense the Simple Explanation (_Havok_) [I1]

A Brief Guide to Level Scaling (Pippy) [I6]



DAMAGE &amp; EXPERIENCE &amp; REWARDS &amp; LEVELING[/b]

Comparative Analysis of Damage Mitigation... Tic_Toc [I8]

R_M's Comprehensive I7 XP Gain/Debt Loss Guide (Robotech_Master) [I7]

Incomplete Brawl Index Database (Ian_Of_Moore) [I2]

Power Data Standardization/Brawl Index Replacement (iakona) [I6]

The MinMax Army's Guide to Sustained DPS (da5id) [I6]

Beginner's Guide to DPS and Chains (Leprechauna) [I3]

CONFUSION AND XP/Time (v2) (Enantiodromos) [I6]

45 Second Guide to Getting Lots of Infamy in CoV (wackodraco) [I7]

Leveling Chart (AnotherDeadHero) [I2]

Philotic Knight's Mini-Guide to Debt [I6]

CoV Guide to leveling - contacts-newspaper-xp tips Plater [I6]

Feeling like a powerhouse levels 1 through 15 Az005 [I7]



HEALTH &amp; ENDURANCE[/b]

Calculator for HP Regen (Stupid_Fanboy) [I7]

Endurance Management &amp; Damage per Endurance Chart (Linea_Alba) [I7]

Endurance Management Guide Gilfred [I7]

A Short Guide To Endurance Management (hudsonsmith) [I6]

Easy to use habits to save endurance digdug [I3]



OTHER MECHANICS OF COMBAT[/b]

Guide to Calculating Recharge v1.0 Arcanaville [I8]

#'s of Perception/Stealth Peritus [I5]

Advice on Inspirations Elijah_Perkins [I7]

Lucks and Insights do not work the way you think Arcanaville [I7]

Candy Popping Your Contacts for Solo XP Jim_G [I2]

Follow: the Secret Power McBeast [I5]

Assisting Kridina [I5]

Guide to Anchor Powers (FAQ &amp; Screenshots) deadboy_champion [I2]

Magnitude - or, why Johnny can't hold Dr. Vahzilok GlaziusF [I1]

BluShield's Guide to Holds BluShield [I8]

Comparative Analysis of PBAoE and Ranged AoE Holds Mystic_Amethyst [I7]

Guide to Confusion v.1.0 cforce [I6]




CONTROL AND AGGRO AND STRATEGY[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Pulling

The Art of the Pull Circuit_Boy [I9]

Pulling - A lost art? Mageman [I6]

A Small Guide To Pulling (Dwimble) [I3]

Pulling Singles In CoH (SomeLameDude) [Pre-I1]




[*]Managing Aggro

Agro Chart 1.0 (Dracomicon) [I6]

Aggro" - a beginner's guide Cerebris [I2]

So you want to know about Taunt... Circeus [I8]

Taunt Myths Debunked Aett_Thorn [I9]

Let Fly! - A Guide to Knockback Control (Midnight_Flux) [I6]

How to herd and play on a herding team PolarMama [I7]

Emnity's Guide to Anchor Pulling and Mgmt. Emnity [I7]

Travelling The Hollows (and elsewhere) safely Nekoran [I7]

How To: Traveling without dying Mr_Multiplicity [I2][/list]

V. [u]COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS[u]


PLAYING NICELY[/b]

Courtesy South [I5]

Mind Your Manners! peterpeter [I3]

Player Etiquette (Demon_Dono) [I1]

A Guide to Anti CyberStalking Compiled by TheRing

[See also section on Getting Help and Petitioning.]



KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO SPEAK[/b]

Global Chat Guide (text version of PDF file) (Robotech_Master) [I3]

Global Chat Channel Tabs Tutorial (Robotech_Master)

Sending to Global Channels: A Microguide Robotech_Master [I3]

Guide To Chat Tabs Sam_Fetisher [I9]

Making your info appear next to your name-channels Camo_Fire [I9]

List of Global Chat Channels

How do you repeat the last line that was spoken?

Making your info appear next to your name-channels Camo_Fire [I9]




UNDERSTANDING ONE ANOTHER[/b]

In game Abbreviations Golden_Ace [I4]

Guide to Jargon &amp; Abbreviations (Plasma_Fury) [I1]

Official Noob Guide To Abbreviations And Jargon (Discobug) [I1]

Noobers Guide to CoH Abbreviation and Jargon] AmericanArgonaut [I1]

Guide to CoH L33T-speak 101 (semi-long -- for fun) RayOfHope [I5]

Jordan’s Town Fansite Glossary List Jordan_yen




SAYING IT WITH STYLE[/b]

Blood Wolffe's Guide to Better Writing Blood_Wolffe [I8]

Mantid's Animated Emote Guide (Mantid) [I9]

All Known Emotes! (Luscinia) [I7]

I6 Guide to Emotes (The Laughing Man) [I6]

Emote Randomising Guide v. 0.1 Skarmory_the_PG [I7]

Flight poses for Issue 9 (and binds) Grumble [I9 Beta]

Your Guide to Dynamic Flyposes Duck_LOrange [I9]

Making Your Speech Bubbles In TechniColor! (Leatherface)

The TMI Guide to Chat Bubble Coloring (zdegrees)

Guide to Random Phrases! Starmor [I3]

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



COMMANDS [/b]

List of Slash Commands (Colder, Grotus, AnotherDeadHero) [I7]

Motorhead's Organized List of Commands (m85021) [I6]

Guide to COV /Commands (Lunar_Girl) [I6]

Complete Cov Command List nyditch [I6]

Suppressing Personal GFX: /suppressCloseFx Zombie_Man [I10]





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

The Incomplete and Unofficial Guide To /bind (Curveball) [I1]

Advanced Bind Guide (updated and off site) Black Specter [I8]

ADVANCED BIND GUIDE v1.3 (Black_Specter) [I6]

Troubleshooting Binds Black_Specter [I10]

The Complete List of Key Names Black_Specter [I9]

Wonderful, Wise, Winza's guide to binds! (Winza) [I3]

Key Names Storyteller [I2]

"Custom" Macro Icons (Mantid) [I6]

CityBinder Beta Version 0.3 (Monorail)


[*]Binds for Specific Purposes

Collection of /bind Ideas (Grotus)

Post your /bind's here

Scaling the UI, or, Make Windows Big or Small! Zombie_Man [I7]

Plant-the-Bombs missions got you down? (targeting bombs) SkunkWerks [I6]

Bomb-planting mission tips and coordinates Drastic [I6]

Hunt Target Macros/Binds (esp. for Badgers) Snow_Globe [I8]

Dial G for Glowie McBeast [I6]

The TMI Guide to: Costume Change / Changing Binds AnotherDeadHero [I3]

Khaiba's ARENA Gladiator Pet Controls (Sandolphan) [I6]

[See also the MASTERMINDS Guide to Guides in the MasterMind forum for MM pet binds.]

[See also the Arena section.]


[*]Travel Binds

The Best Hover/Fly /bind Ever! (Sinabyss) [I2]

The Second best Fly/Hover bind Acidic [I6]

The Penultimate Flight/Hover Bind (for Joysticks)--WIP HeartBurnKid [I7]

The New Ultimate Teleport Bind for Laggers DrLetharga [I4]

The Ultimate Teleport Bind - The Program DrLetharga [I4]

Teleport Bind (Yea I know it's posted elsewhere..) CockAroach [I3]


[*]Remapping

Pulsewave's FPS Keybinds Pulsewave

Numpad Binding (AnotherDeadHero)

Playing without a Mouse and SuperJump Keybinds 010101 [I3] [/list]

III. [u]ARCHETYPES, POWERSETS, POWERS, AND BUILDS[u]


GUIDES TO ARCHETYPE AND POWERSET GUIDES[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Heroes

TANKERS

CONTROLLERS (Be sure to check the Defender guides for your secondaries!)

DEFENDERS

SCRAPPERS

BLASTERS

KHELDIANS


[*]Villains

BRUTES

CORRUPTORS

DOMINATORS

MASTERMINDS

STALKERS[/list]
The Villain Epic AT FAQ v1.0 Hellguard [I10]



POOL POWERS[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Travel Powers

Travel Powers &amp; You: A Beginner's Guide Kikker [I6]

TopDoc's Complete Movement Guide (TopDoc) [I4]

Travel Powers Essay Navar [I6]

Get a Travel Power by level 8! Airman_America [I6]

How to skip travel powers (Villains Only) (Direwolf21) [I7]

Teleportation Tips (Grotus) [I2]

The Teleport FAQ (Erlkoenig) [Pre-I1]

One-Handed Teleportation Guide! JonahY [I10]


Teleport Foe, and why it rocks(PVE!) (BlackCarnage) [I7]

Using Team Teleport Colette [I7]


[*]Other Power Pool Powers

Endurance Costs for Toggle Powers (Vennom) [I1]

Power Pool Defense Calculator (hudsonsmith) [I7]

Power Pool Attacks: Damage At Level 6 (_Sinnyil_) [I1]

Leadership Pool (_Sinnyil_) [I1]

Guide to Aid Self 1.0 (Dracomicon) [I6]

Guide to the Medicine pool v1.0 Terminotaur [I4]

Epic Power Pools/Ancillary Power Pools (A Complete List) AnotherDeadHero [I3]

Unofficial Ancillary Power Pools Database Storyteller [I2][/list]

SPECIFIC POWERS &amp; CHARACTER CONCEPTS[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]What Archetypes Can Do

Jordan’s Town Fansite Guide to ATs Jordan_yen

City of Hybrids: Understanding the Vision of CoH Pitho [I1]

Powerset Selection Guide mk III Starfox [I8]

CoH &amp; CoV AT Comparison Guide DrRock [I6]

Why Defenders are better than Healers Linea_Alba [I8]

The Least Common Powerset Combo TiempoVola [I9]

Controllers and Defender Powers Blueeyed [I6]

[See also section on Team Strategy.]


[*]Powers Used by Several ATs


Quantification of Powers (the numbers!) Red Tomax City of Data [I9]

Temporary Powers Red Tomax City of Data [I9]

Attribute Modifiers by AT and Level Red Tomax City of Data [I8]

Apprentice Charm Guide (wackodraco) [I7]

More than you EVER wanted to know: Build Up &amp; Aim Mystic_Amethyst [I9]

Dull Pain Guide: post ED &amp; I6 (Stupid_Fanboy) [I6]


[*]Character Concepts

The Lazy Player's Guide stageIII [I3]

How to Make an Anti-Stalker Fury_Flechette [I7][/list]

II. [u]BEFORE YOU START – PREPARING TO PLAY[u]


MANUALS, NEW PLAYERS’ GUIDES, &amp; OVERVIEWS[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Official Online Manuals

City of Heroes Manual (Zipped PDF)

City of Villains Manual (PDF)



[*]Beginner Guides

Beginner's Guide to City of Heroes _Tog_ [I10]

(New) Player Guide Roughneck_Doc [I3]

A New Player's Guide to the Post-Winter-Lord World Amberyl [I3]

The Little Guide To CoH V0.9 Nova_Ankh [I1]

A Guide to CoH For New Players From Old MMOs Adam7 [I6]

Jordan’s Town Fan Site New Player Guides Jordan_yen

Jordan’s Town Fansite Basic CoH Gameplay Jordan_yen



[*]Tips

Useful Tricks/Features for new and old players Starflier [I6]

Little Things I Wish I'd Known MikesMind [I1]



[*]Guideposts to look for / Long range planning

Issue 10 Guide- Comic Book Style ChaseArcanum [I10]

The 60 Second Guide for Returning Player New to Issue 7 Pilcrow [I7]

Guide: List of things to do at each level Eldandil [I9]

Thresholds CoH: What to do When cohRock [I7]

Guide to Level Unlocks and Bonuses ParagonParagon [I6]

How to avoid The Grind TonyV [I8][/list]


CHARACTER CREATION[/b]<ul type="square">

Jordan’s Town Fansite Character Creation Guide Jordan_yen [I10]
[Discussion thread here: Jordan's Character Customization Guide Jordan_yen [I10] ]


[*]Names &amp; Titles

Demonweed's non-dairy naming guide Demonweed [I9]

Guide to naming without replacements Harry_Canyon [I8]

Naming For Noobs: A Guide To Originality! Tyrantula [I7]

Naming your Character (Speed_Bump) [I6]

A Guide to Creating a Name for New Hero Characters tpull [I4]

MrMarvel's Quick-and-Dirty Guide to Naming Heroes MrMarvel [I4]

Villainous Titles Proserpine [I6]

The Adjective-less Naming Guide! ThornWeaver [I9]



[*]Rolling Roleplayers

Guide for the Beginning Roleplayer Colette [I8]

Guide to Creating Roleplayable Characters (Lotus Infinite) [I6]

Character ID and Battlecry Creation Guide (stuttermonkey) [I6]

Arrr, Matey: A Guide to Pirates CannonballJack [I6]

Roleplayer's Guide to Fascism and Naziism AmazingMOO [I6]


[*]Origins

Natural Concept Characters Enantiodromos [I6]

Picking Origins by Desired Enemies (stageIII) [Pre-I1]

Jordan’s Fansite Origins Guide Jordan_yen


[*]Alt(ernative) Characters

Altaholic setup script PHGraves [I8]

Altaholics Anonymous, a Guide to Kicking the Habit (Naughty_Nadya) [I7]

So You Want to Make a Random Character? _Vidicate_ [I6]

The Graceful Exit Guide Heraclea [I5]


[*]Costume

Jordan’s Town Fan Site – Character Creation Guide Jordan_yen

160 Named Colors for the Color Blind (CoH/V) Altoholic_Monkey [I8]

How to "transfer" old costumes to new characters marqaha [I3]

Guide to making an AWESOME costume crashfreeze [I8]


[*]Hero/Villain Planners

Midnights’ Invention Compliant Hero Builder website &amp; download page [I9]

Midnights’ Invention Compliant Hero Builder US Discussion [I9]

Midnights’ Invention Compliant Hero Builder UK Discussion [I9]

CoX Character Planner Red Tomax [I9]

Web-based Hero/Villain Planner (Sucker_Punch) [I9]

CoHPlanner.com - Now with Invention Support! - Discussion SuckerPunch [I9]

Inventions Build Planner (version 0.94-beta) for Microsoft Excel (file download) iakona [I9]

Inventions Build Planner (version 0.94-beta) for OpenOfficel (file download) iakona [I9]

Inventions Build Planner (discussion) iakona [I9]

Hero Builder (Sherk Silver)

CoH Planner (Joe Chott)

COH Script Builder Utility for CoH Planner Cheekers [I5]

Designer Hero (Ron Hiler)
[/list]

I. [u]AN INTRODUCTION AND GUIDE TO “GUIDE TO GUIDES”[u]


Updated: August 10, 2007



"PLAYER GUIDES" FORUM &amp; THE "GUIDE TO GUIDES" THREAD

This *forum*, [u]Player Guides[u], is a place for players to share their guides with other players. Unlike the other forums on this bulletin board, the threads in this forum do not automatically 'scroll off' or get 'aged out.' They stay until the time comes when the forum moderator decides they should go. Right now, threads go all the way back to May of 2004.

If you make a player guide, we ask that you place a copy of it in this forum in a separate thread, even if you are hosting another copy off site. This will help to reduce broken or stale links.

This *thread*, [u]Guide to Guides[u], is an effort to organize all the player guides. This thread contains links to the guides that are not specifically written for an Archetype (AT) or powerset. There are guides for each of the ATs in their own forum (a link to the AT guides can be found in this thread below). The AT guides are stored in this forum, but the guides to AT guides are in their AT forums (in other words, the Guide to Scrapper Guides thread can be found in the Scrapper forum, but the the actual Scrapper guides are stored here in the Player Guides forum).




WRITING GUIDES

If you have written a guide, please let us know by posting a link to it at the bottom of this thread. If you don't know how to do that, don't worry, this thread has links to guides on how to write guides and how to make links in the forums. See how handy this Guide to Guides is?

If you write a guide for a particular AT (Archetype), then post a link to it both in this thread and the appropriate Guide to AT Guide thread (for example, if you write a Scrapper guide, post a link both here in the Guide to Guides thread and in the Guide to Scrapper Guides thread in the Scrapper Forum).

If you have created a guide, then please do not post the guide itself in this thread. Start a brand new thread in this forum ([u]Guide to Guides[u]) for your brand new guide.

When you title your guide, it's helpful to be as clear as possible what the guide is about. Fun names like "Guide to BOOM!" don't really explain what that guide is about. Instead, something like "Guide to BOOM: How to make exploding objects work for you" is clearer. If your guide is dependent on certain game mechanics that might change over time, it is also helpful to indicate what Issue your guide was written for. For example, putting [I7] in the title lets us know about when your guide was written (during Issue 7's release) and for what game mechanics it applies.




FINDING GUIDES

Please do not make a request for a guide or ask if a particular guide exists in this forum. We don't want to save all those extraneous threads in this archive-only forum. If you have a question, please post it in the [u]Player Questions[u] forum. If a guide exists, someone will probably give you the link to it, else, they can answer your question directly. If you have a suggestion for a guide, please don’t post the suggestion here; place your suggestion in one of the General Discussion Forums: [u]General Discussion – CoH[u], [u]General Discussion – CoV[u], or [u]Suggestions and Ideas.[u]

Tip: Use your web browser’s search function (usually Edit / Find...) to search this thread for the guide you're looking for. So, for example, if you want to find a guide on Hamidon, just search for ‘Hamidon’ in this thread.

If that doesn't help find a guide you're looking for, try the Search function of the forum (there's a guide linked in this thread that tells you how to use the Search function of the forum!). You can limit your search to the [u]Player Guides[u] forum so you find just guides.

As players add links in this thread to the new guides they’ve created and posted to the forum, we’ll try to edit them into the first pages… but that may take weeks or months to get around to it. It should be understood that anyone coming to this thread take a glance or do a search of the entire thread in order to catch the most recently added guides.




READER BEWARE

It is important to remember that almost all of these guides are written by players for players. They are not official guides from Cryptic (the game developer) or NCSoft (the game publisher and owner of the forums).

Some guides contain straightforward factual information. Much is easily verified or has been confirmed by the Developers. Some information is simply the best guess of the player because we don't know all the secrets of the game mechanics. There's a reason the company is called Cryptic. So, use the information at your own risk.

Some guides are more advice, suggestion, strategy, and opinion. As such, feel free to disagree. People are attempting to be helpful, but you don't have to take their advice. Play any way you like as long as you don't break the EULA (there's a link to that below).

Some guides get better with feedback, but only if it's constructive feedback (see the guides on forum etiquette). If you wish to discuss the content of a guide, please do so in that guide's thread, not in this thread.

Also keep in mind that some of these guides might have become outdated. That's why we include an issue number with most of them. Some guides are timeless (like good etiquette). Some become stale as game mechanics change, for example, a recent buff to the strength of Archvillains might make many of the older guides to defeating Archvillains no longer helpful. Here are the dates for the issue releases so you have an idea of how old a guide might be....

I1: 6/30/04
I2: 9/17/04
I3: 1/5/05
I4: 5/5/05
I5: 9/1/05
I6: 10/28/05
I7: 6/6/06
I8: 11/28/06
I9: 5/1/07
I10: 7/24/07

(Issue highlights link ParagonWiki.)




UPDATING GUIDES

We strongly encourage authors of guides to revisit their guides to keep them fresh and updated. A recent call went out at the beginning of 2007 for everyone to update their guides. If you authored a guide, please go back to make sure the info is updated. It would be nice to change the [I2] tag next to your guide to a [I10] tag! You may find that other players have contributed to your guide with corrections, suggestions, additions.

So, go ahead and create a brand new thread with your updated guide and include all their amendments and give them a credit and thanks for their help. This will especially help guides that generated lengthy discussions or for those where you wanted to edit the first post but were no longer able to. Don’t forget to post a link to your updated guide in this thread. And don’t forget to put a link at the end of the old guide pointing people to your updated guide.

If you see a guide (or a group of guides) that have become outdated and stale and the author hasn't updated them recently, well, you're certainly welcome to update it yourself if you'd like. Just simply cut and paste the old guide into your new guide and update it. Then it would be nice if you linked back to the original guide(s) with a thanks to that author's initial work. There, everyone benefits.




REVISION HISTORY

[u]March 21, 2005[u]: CuppaJo, the Community Rep started the first Guide to Guides thread. (Please do not post in this old thread.)

[u]September, 27, 2005[u]: After the original thread above got too unwieldy, CuppaJo created an updated Guide to Guides here.

[u]January 10, 2007[u]: Lighthouse, the new Community Relations Manager, puts out the call at the beginning of the month for everyone to update their guide in preparation for a new and updated Guide. Thanks to milk_weasel, everything in the lengthy Guide thread was organized and given to Lighthouse so that the first post of that thread now included all the links added to the thread.

[u]January 30, 2007[u]: Zombie_Man combs through the Player Guides forum for all that threads that never had a link posted to the Guide to Guide threads. After going through over 4,300 threads (two and a half years’ worth of threads), ZM created a much enlarged Guide to Guides that covers everything up to and including Issue 8. Ex Libris takes over caretaking for the guides as the Community Coordinator.

[u]April 4, 2007[u]: Ex Libris creates the Issue 9 Guide to Player Created Guides. It is filled by contributors who start getting rewarded for writing guides with a special forum title by their name. Last update to the main page of this thread was June 28, 2007. (Please do not post to this thread anymore, the new Guide to Guides contains all the I9 Guides now.

[u]August 8, 2007[u]: Zombie_Man creates this thread, the new Guide to Guides which contains everything in the previous Guide to Guides thread, everything in the Guide to Issue 9 Guides thread, and as many guides that were posted in the forums as can be found for which the originator unfortunately did not post a link. Also, Issue 10 Guides are included. All the links were made cityofheroes / cityofvillains neutral, i.e., if you’re on the blue heroes version of the boards, all the links will keep you in the blue, and likewise for the redside of the boards.




NOTES FROM YOUR EDITOR

Editors of the AT Guides should go back over the history of the previous Guides listed above to include the appropriate links to new guides in their Guide to the ‘X’ Archetype Guides.

In looking for guides whose owners never posted a link, I did use my judgment in not including certain guides which were only little tips, terribly incomplete, rants against ‘bad play styles,’ or hopelessly outdated. If the authors of those guides are put out by that, they are free to update their guides and post a link of them here for inclusion.

Any feedback would be welcome on the structure, or grammar, or typos, or whatever.

Thanks all. I’ve learned so much from doing this and reading all of your wonderful guides! – Zombie_Man

This is a compilation of Player Guides put together by the Players for the Players. A big thank you to everyone who contributed!

If you are interested in writing a Guide or becoming involved, click the Section I link to the Introduction Post.

This post contains an outline of the organization of the guides which are grouped by category in the following sixteen posts. Click on a section heading to go to the corresponding post. Click on the link in that post to read the particular guide you’re looking for.


“PLAYER GUIDES” FORUM &amp; “THE GUIDE TO GUIDES” THREAD

This *forum*, [u]Player Guides[u], is a place for players to share their guides with other players. Unlike the other forums on this bulletin board, the threads in this forum do not automatically 'scroll off' or get 'aged out.' They stay until the time comes when the forum moderator decides they should go. Right now, threads go all the way back to May of 2004.

If you make a player guide, we ask that you place a copy of it in this forum in a separate thread, even if you are hosting another copy off site. This will help to reduce broken or stale links.

This *thread*, [u]Guide to Guides[u], is an effort to organize all the player guides. This thread contains links to the guides that are not specifically written for an Archetype (AT) or powerset. There are guides for each of the ATs in their own forum (a link to the AT guides can be found in this thread below). The AT guides are stored in this forum, but the guides to AT guides are in their AT forums (in other words, the Guide to Scrapper Guides thread can be found in the Scrapper forum, but the actual Scrapper guides are stored here in the Player Guides forum).


I. [u]AN INTRODUCTION AND GUIDE TO “GUIDE TO GUIDES” [u]

Find out what these guides are about, what to do if you want to write or update a guide, finding the guide you want, and the history of the guides.[/b]




II. [u]BEFORE YOU START – PREPARING TO PLAY [u]

MANUALS, NEW PLAYERS’ GUIDES, &amp; OVERVIEWS[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Official Online Manuals
[*]Beginner Guides
[*]Tips
[*]Guideposts to look for / Long range planning[/list]CHARACTER CREATION[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Names &amp; Titles
[*]Rolling Roleplayers
[*]Origins
[*]Alt(ernative) Characters
[*]Costume
[*]Hero/Villain Planners[/list]


III. [u]ARCHETYPES, POWERSETS, POWERS, AND BUILDS [u]

GUIDES TO ARCHETYPE AND POWERSET GUIDES[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Heroes
[*]Villains[/list]POOL POWERS[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Travel Powers
[*]Other Power Pool Powers[/list]SPECIFIC POWERS &amp; CHARACTER CONCEPTS[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]What Archetypes Can Do (See also Team strategy sections.)
[*]Powers Used by Several ATs
[*]Character Concepts[/list]

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

COMMANDS [/b]

BINDS &amp; MACROS[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]How To Bind &amp; Macro
[*]Binds for Specific Purposes
[*]Travel Binds
[*]Remapping[/list]


V. [u]COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS [u]

PLAYING NICELY[/b]

KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO SPEAK[/b]

UNDERSTANDING ONE ANOTHER[/b]

SAYING IT WITH STYLE[/b]




VI. [u]COMBAT MECHANICS [u]

INTRODUCTION TO COMBAT[/b]

DEFENSE &amp; ACCURACY &amp; TO-HIT[/b]

DAMAGE &amp; EXPERIENCE &amp; REWARDS &amp; LEVELING[/b]

HEALTH &amp; ENDURANCE[/b]

OTHER MECHANICS OF COMBAT[/b]

CONTROL AND AGGRO AND STRATEGY[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Pulling
[*]Managing Aggro[/list]


VII. [u]FOES [u]

COMBATING THE ENVIRONMENT (PvE)[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Giant Monsters
[*]ArchVillains (and Hero Class)
[*]Foes in General, and Other Specific Foes[/list]COMBATING OTHER PLAYERS (PvP)[/b]




VIII. [u]MISSIONS [u]

CONTACTS, DIFFICULTY, AND MISSIONS IN GENERAL[/b]

MAYHEM &amp; SAFEGUARD, SCHEMES &amp; POLICEBANDS[/b]

SPECIFIC MISSIONS [/b]

TRIALS, RAIDS, EVENTS, AND TASK/STRIKE FORCES[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Trials, Raids, Events, and Forces for Both Factions
[*]City of Heroes Trials and Task Forces
[*]City of Villains Trials and Strike Forces[/list]RESPECIFICATION TRIALS[/b]

THE HAMIDON RAID[/b]

LORD RECLUSE STRIKE FORCE[/b]

STATESMAN TASK FORCE[/b]




IX. [u]TEAMS, GROUPS, AND BASES [u]

TEAMING[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]How to form a team
[*]How to run and care for a team – leader tips
[*]Team Strategy
[*]Knowing the ATs, Powers, and Abilities of your Teammates
[*]Voice Communication[/list]SUPER (VILLAIN) GROUPS &amp; BASSES[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Creating a group
[*]Creating a base
[*]Base Salvage and crafting[/list]


X. [u] POWERS – ENHANCEMENTS &amp; RESPECIFICATION [u]

ENHANCEMENTS[/b]

RESPECIFICATION[/b]




XI. [u] ISSUE 9: INVENTIONS – ENHANCEMENTS, RECIPES, “LOOT,” &amp; THE MARKET[u]

INVENTIONS IN GENERAL

INVENTION SALVAGE, RECIPES, AND DROPS

THE CONSIGNMENT MARKETS AND ECONOMY]




XII. [u]OTHER GAME SYSTEMS [u]

BADGES [/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Setting Badge Title
[*]How to get a specific badge
[*]How to get a specific badge set
[*]Badge Lists
[*]Badge Trackers[/list]ARENA &amp; GLADIATOR [/b]




XIII. [u]THE IN-GAME WORLD – A TALE OF TWO CITIES [u]

BACKGROUND, STORYBOOK, LORE[/b]

AREAS AND ZONES AND OTHER PLACES[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Finding yourself
[*]Hero Zones
[*]Villain Zones
[*]Inter-Factional Zones[/list]


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

COMMUNITY HISTORY, CUSTOMS, AND CULTURE[/b]

LEADING BY (BAD) EXAMPLE[/b]

COMIC BOOKS AND ‘THE INDUSTRY’[/b]




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

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

SCREENSHOTS, DEMOS, VIDEOS[/b]

COMPUTERS &amp; PERIPHERALS[/b]




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

OFFICIAL CHANNELS[/b]

USING THE OFFICIAL FORUMS[/b]

OTHER WEBSITES WITH GUIDES AND FURTHER INFORMATION[/b]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]

<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>Unyielding Relentless Same as Tenacious, but spawns are one level higher than base
Invincible Ruthless Same as Unyielding but all spawns are TWO levels higher than base.
</pre><hr />

[/ QUOTE ]

Hang on a second, Invincible is not double mob sizes. Without more testing I can only speak for soloing, but when solo the spawn sizes are the same as heroic.

Also, Tenacious/Unyielding isn't really "double" the number of critters. My personal theory is that it uses the spawn size for a team with +1 members.

[/ QUOTE ]

Your correction is 100% correct. It can seem like Difficulty Levels 2 and 4 are doubling the spawn size if you're going by what it does for a soloist. Since those Difficulty Levels (2 and 4) treat the size of your team as having an extra person, then for a soloist, it *will* double your spawn size since the spawns are geared for two players and not one.

However, if you're on a team of 7 and you bump the Difficulty Level from 1 to 2, then you're going to cause spawn sizes generated for a team of 8 (i.e., 7+1) and not for a team of 14 (7 x 2). That does *not* double spawn size.




[ QUOTE ]

Is there a "red name" confirmation or denial on whether or not reputation has an effect on Task Forces? We are attempting to complete the STF, and are seemingly unable to get past the Defeat Dr. Aeon mission that has him, and his many clones. I've suggested to our leader that we lower our reps, but he doesn't really want to because he isn't sure whether or not its going to make a difference, and he feels that Invincible is "fun."

[/ QUOTE ]

Not needed. Three years of player experience has confirmed that mission difficulty is adjusted by the leader's difficulty setting, even for missions in task forces and trials. (This is discounting the occasionally bugged TF or Trial where that did not happen.)

I think I've been on the STF with the leader who runs on Invincible for 'fun,' as if lots of team wipes and two extra hours is 'fun.' We had a heated argument and I refused to continue to participate until he lowered the difficulty (he never advertised that he was running an invincible TF, and he had the choice of disbanding and restarting with new players who wanted an invincible TF). So, he lowered the difficulty and after that, he continued to whine about how 'easy' it was even though we had two wipes in the final mission. Grade A Jackass.



Here is my guide on difficulty levels.

This was a very old and outdated thread. Check my sig for a link to the Guide to Guides and in it, look for the list of Demo guides for the more recent and more comprehensive guides.

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wanted to give you a heads up that they're fixing bugs with this feature in the new patch on test. Might want to go see the changes to update your info.

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Yeah, I saw it.

The good news is that it really is fixed! Although, slightly buggy in that a few gfx still display. Those should be /bugged.

I created a new guide explaining how it works now. See the new guide here.

Please note the fixed version is still on Test and hasn't made it to Live yet.

Thanks to all for the feedback!

THE TOGGLES! THEY DO NOTHING!

If you look under your Graphics Options (Menu / Options / Graphics and Audio Tab) you'll see in the Advanced Graphics Settings these two items:

Suppress Extra Player FX
Suppress FX When Close

When you enable these two options you'll find that one apparently does nothing and the other does nothing unless you know what to look for and how to modify it. In this guide, I'll show you how to make the one that does work actually work, namely, the Suppress FX When Close.



SUPPRESSING YOUR PERSONAL GRAPHIC EFFECTS (GFX)

What the Suppress FX When Close option is supposed to do is to shut off all the FX (graphical effects) of your character when your camera is close to you. The advantage of this is that when the camera is looking over your shoulder, you don't have to try to see past all blinding FX emanating from your body. The FX stops displaying when the camera comes in close.

However, right out of the box, when you enable Suppress FX When Close this option seems to do nothing. Why? Because the default distance between you and the camera at which the FX turns off is zero. That's right, no matter how close the camera pans in, the FX stays on until you finally snap into first person view. When the camera snaps into first person view, then will your personal FX no longer be seen by you.

But there's hope to make this more useful in the form of a slash command called /suppressCloseFxDist whose description is "Within this camera distance, personal FX will be suppressed.'

The format is...

/suppressCloseFxDist <feet>

So, if you input /suppressCloseFxDist 30, then when your camera gets within 10 yards of your character, all your special effects will stop displaying (the powers will still be working, of course).

This is good news for people who are finding their FX to be too much or headache inducing &lt;coughsoniccough&gt;. Just input a large number, like 300, and you won't ever see your personal FX again.



ADVANCED CONTROL

Now, you can go into your options menu to enable or disable Suppress FX When Close, or, you can use the slash command, suppressCloseFx, whose description is "Hide all personal FX when the camera is closer than the suppressCloseFxDist."

The format is...

/suppressCloseFx <int>

Where the integer is either 0 (disable) or 1 (enable).

Using the slash commands to turn Suppress FX When Close on or off and setting the suppression distance can then be set up in binds or macros allowing you to quickly turn the option on or off, or to switch the suppression distance. Since these options are sticky from character to character, you'll have to set up binds for each character so that you can turn it on or off easily when you switch toons.

If you set the camera suppression distance to a medium number like 90 (30 yards), then it's easy to turn the display of personal gfx on or off simply be panning your camera in or out.

SuperJumpers are particularly annoyed by personal gfx contrails that block the camera on each downward arc. A quick bind will set up SuperJumps to happen with personal gfx switched off.





DARK HISTORY OF THIS OPTION

This feature was, until a recent patch, not working correctly. Here is the thread to my previous guide which explained how this function used to work: Click here.

A patch on the Test Server, version 15.20070803.0T, on August 8th, 2007 had this note:

Before you go stacking things, you should first get an appraisal from Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things

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Ah hell. The edit window's closed.

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Consider this a beta version.

Keep posting the revised list in the thread.

When it's finally finished and formatted and got all the input it's going to get, then create a new thread for the "final [I10]" version.

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Updated paragonwiki.

Are the limits still .64 and 1.54? I seem to recall setting the scale up to 1.9 through the Options dialog since I9 hit.

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Hey, an undocumented change. We hardly see any of those! &lt;rolls eyes&gt;

The slider in the option menu now goes between 64% and 199%.

The /windowscale command can now take an effective argument of .65 to 1.99. That's not a typo, .65. In the /windowscale command, changing a window from .65 to .64 had no effect on size. This is opposed to the sliding scale in the options menu where going from 65% to 64% had a visible effect.

Anyway, once you get to the extremes, you're basically either trying to make the window as large or as small as it can be. The command /windowscale can take an 'overshoot' argument. If you use .5 or .1, it will scale the window down to the minimum of 65%. And if you use 2 or 10 in the argument, it will scale up the window to the maximum size of 199%.

New and improved ParagonWiki article on /Windowscale. The above link is stale. And I updated the article to include all the info in this thread. Thanks to Konoko for creating the original article on the wiki.

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Is there any way to re-size the map window?

I do mean re-size, not rescale.

I keep my map undocked and off the the side at .75 for easy navigation in those pesky mine/tunnel maps, and I would like to be able to resize the window at the same scale to get the bigger picture. Kind of a jury-rigged mini/max map at a keystroke. scale sort of works but every time it scales back down it moves the position of my map back to the center of the screen.

Barring a resize option, any way to define the window position for when it scales back down?

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There is no known window positioning commands, as much as they've been asked for, since that would allow us to create binds that would auto-setup all our windows they way we want, and change it on the fly even!

I keep my undocked map in the upper right corner at .75 scale, too. I sometimes use the slider to magnify. And if I have to, I just grab the lower left corner of the map and click-and-drag it to expand it. Then click-and-drag that corner to shrink it. This keeps the map in the same position.

I do a similar thing, but since I like to tap a key to find my targets rather than click on a macro button, I've created a macro that rewrites my hunting key!

/macro A bind a "targetcustomnext xx$$targetcustomnext xx$$targetcustomnext xx"

This creates a macro button labled "A". When I click on the macro "A" it binds to the 'a' key the targeting bind.

If I'm in a RWZ mission and I'm trying to find Fusionette or Faultline, I edit the macro replacing one of the "xx" with Fus and the other with "faul" and then I click the macro. Then I can run about the mission tapping the 'a' key to find them. (I moved my movement keys, so that 'a' and 'q' would be available for binds to the left of movement hand -- use whatever key you'd like.)

Then if I'm in a Malta Mission, I edit the macro for "sap", click it, and 'a' is rebound to find Sappers.

Remember, when you link commands with the '$$' delimiter, the commands to the right are executed first. So, on my Scrapper, I put the name of the boss class in the rightmost position, then lieutenants next. This way I can find the higher threat targets first in a mission.




If you ever team with a Kheldian, you'll want to create this bind or macro:

/bind K "targetcustomnext quant$$targetcustomnext void$$targetcustomnext cyst$$targetcustomnext nova$$targetcustomnext dwarf"

/bind Ctrl+K "l Watch out space friend, it's a $target!$$em whistle"

Once the 'K' key finds and targets a Kheldian enemy, "Control-K" will announce it in /local with a whistle emote.

Good job.

You might want to coordinate your info with these two guides:

Thresholds

When you level

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I still want to know how they are going to identify those people who have had to be inactive due to hardship beyond their control.

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I imagine NCSoft isn't going to keep track of that at all, because the only thing these people in unfortunate situations is going to lose is *possibly* the name of their level 1-5 characters.


Which is precisely why everyone in this thread who is saying...


ZOMG!!!!!! LEVEL SIX IS TOO LOW!!! IT'S NOT GOING TO FREE ENOUGH NAMES!!!!!!!!!!! I MUST HAVE MORE NAMES AVAILABLE TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SCREW THE DEADBEATS WHO MAY COME BACK AND WANT TO KEEP THE NAME OF THEIR LEVEL 20 CHARACTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !


are just adapting an overly harsh and punitive stance which is hard for me to credit to anything but self-centeredness.

NCSoft knows how many people reactivate accounts when there's a new issue or double xp weekend and NCSoft knows how many people they don't want to tick off by freeing up the name of a level 20 toon that the player is willing to pay to play again.

As I mentioned above (as if half the hysterical rants here are posted by people who have the courtesy to read a thread before posting in it), I can easily see 300,000 names being 'freed' by this move.

I would love to know the actually datamined count of have many names fall into this category... but I know I that I don't have a right to demand it. And without numbers, anyone who says definitively "it's not enough" is just looking silly making judgments based on insufficient data.