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Three quick things.
1. The guide listed for basic game play by Map_severed should be Changed to Tog, or _Tog_.
2. It's actually pretty much current through I7 now, but I'm having some trouble with the newest version. Hopefully, it will be current through I8, with better navigation, and a far less annoying "bookshelf" page, just in time for the release of I9, which will make it far out of date again because inventions is really gonna mess things up for it
3. Cool avatar, Mantid.
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Got it updated, Tog.
May I offer a suggestion for your site? When I first visited it, I didn't realize I had to click on a book twice in order to get into the meat of the site. After clicking on a book once for a description of its contents, you may want to add to the initial text something like, "click on this book again in order to..." -
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2) Can we change the urls to relative so that they don't force us onto the City of Villains boards? If you can't do than then please change them to City of Heroes instead. Most people use the heroes style and the villain colour combination would fail the "accessibility" tests we put our web sites through.
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I think relative urls of cityofheroes v. cityofvillains are only generated by the board for the listing of threads in the forum menus. Once any of us put a link in a thread, we have to choose heroes or villains and that link is hard coded.
However, if you go to My Home / Edit Display Preferences / Which style sheet... and choose City of Heroes (rather than Default), then you'll always get the blue background (the border might still be maroon). You may have to exit your browser and come back in for it to work. You may also have to login to both the heroes and villains versions of the boards. And you may have to clear cookies in order to do that (yeah, stupid boards). But once I did all that, I get the maroon background even for urls that have cityofheroes in them (I prefer the villains skin myself). So, it should work the other way around.
Hope that helps.
Now, a question regarding 'accessibility'... are you saying that the heroes' skin passes accessibility tests with its green links on a blue background? Isn't green-blue color blindness rather common? -
With regard to ordering by Issue release:
I'll try to switch up a few of them when they address the same topic and put the more recent first, but there aren't that many guides which address exactly the same topic. E.g., the 'best fly bind ever' guide is technically older than than 'the second best fly bind' guide, but thematically, it should still go first. Also, even though the 'best fly bind ever' guide has an early issue date attached to it, it has a lot of more recent additions. The following discussion and follow-ups in a guide's thread may make it a lot more current than the issue date would have you believe. Also, a guide may have an early date, but if the mechanics it discusses haven't changed in the game... then it's up to date; meanwhile, a guide may have a more recent date, but if the mechanics it discusses were changed even more recently... then it's out of date.
All this to say... issue dates are not a very reliable way to know if a guide is out of date or not; therefore, using issue dates as a primary sorting factor is probably not the best way to sort the guides. -
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I've actually got a third version of my screenshot/demo guide. However, that 'guide' is just a link to my online guide. You're welcome to link to either or both.
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Darn, I missed one! You're just so prolific.
Anyway, I updated the guide (still got editing rights) with V3. I'm leaving both threads up since the discussion of your guide is as enlightening as the guide itself. -
And... it's finally done.
This guide contains everything the old Guide to Guide had (thanks again to milk_weasel for updating that). But the old Guide to Guide included only those guides which Cuppa put in and those that were posted to the thread. There were lots and lots and lots of other guides that were in the forums but never included in the Guide to Guides or posted to its thread.
So, I went back through all the threads in the forum. That's two and a half years and over 4,300 threads. I can't guarantee I got everything that should be included. Luckily for me, the vast majority of threads consisted of AT guides which were outside the purview of this general Guide to Guides.
I did use my judgment in not including certain guides which were only a little tips, terribly incomplete, or hopelessly outdated. If the authors of those guides are put out by that, they are free to update their guides and post them here as they were asked to do.
Any feedback would be welcome on the structure, or grammar, or typos, or whatever.
Certainly, many of these guides that did make it could use a good updating and replace the old ones altogether. Maybe even combining similar ones. If the author didn't respond to the call to update them... then their loss. Feel free to tackle them.
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XV. [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 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]
Red Tomaxs No Future
City of Data
Coldfront City of Heroes
Fellowship of Paragon Library Archive
City of Heroes Online
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XIV. [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]
Guide to Demo Guides & 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)
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 & PERIPHERALS[/b]
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]
CoH Dance Pad Guide Chriffer
Playing with a Logitech Dual Action Controller The_Alt_oholic [I5]
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XIII. [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]
Guide to the original COH trailer Memphis_Bill [I7]
The original Kill Skuls post StarGeek
How to Speak Jerkhacking 101 WatchItGo [I3]
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]
COMIC BOOKS AND THE INDUSTRY[/b]
City of Heroes Comics, Online Version, FTP site
Guide to Player Cameos in the CoH Comic Razoras [I7]
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]
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XII. [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 & 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]
[*]Inter-Factional Zones
PVP Zone Guide v2 ColJasmine [I7][/list]
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XI. [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
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]
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
CoV Badge Mission and Contact List (Tsukiyomi) [I7]
City Info Terminal Badge Tracker [I6]
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]
[*]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][/list]
ARENA & 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 Binds Section for gladiators binds and controls
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X. [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
The Anti-PUG: The 10 Commandments of Good Teaming Colette [I7]
City of Villains Teams in a Nutshell South [I6]
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 teamRedCrosse [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 & 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]
A Guide to Small Bases in Issue 7 Jagged [I7]
Single-member and/or Starter Base Building Guide tiredinnuendo [I7]
Some Basic Tips For Base Design Takarik [I6]
A guide to giving your landlord the shaft! Dark_Tower [I8]
[*]Salvage and crafting
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 & 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]
PDF Recipe List Tech & 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]
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IX. [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]
List of Global Chat Channels
How do you repeat the last line that was spoken?
UNDERSTANDING ONE ANOTHER[/b]
In game Abbreviations Golden_Ace [I4]
Guide to Jargon & 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]
SAYING IT WITH STYLE[/b]
Mantid's Animated Emote Guide (Mantid) [I8]
All Known Emotes! (Luscinia) [I7]
I6 Guide to Emotes (The Laughing Man) [I6]
Emote Randomising Guide v. 0.1 Skarmory_the_PG [I7]
Making Your Speech Bubbles In TechniColor! (Leatherface)
The TMI Guide to Chat Bubble Coloring (zdegrees)
Guide to Random Phrases! Starmor [I3]
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VIII. [u]MISSIONS[u]
CONTACTS, DIFFICULTY, AND MISSIONS IN GENERAL[/b]
Contact Guide (RonLHiler) [I3]
How Contacts Work (or, "Getting Specific Mission") SinisterStairs [I4]
CoV Contact & Storyarc Guide trekain [I7]
Hermod's Guide to Unlockable Contacts [I6]
Mission Difficulty Level and Notoriety v0.1b Zombie_Man [I8]
Impromptu Guide to Missions & Difficulty Settings Dwimble [I4]
Task Forces/Trials, Reputation, and you (Part_Troll) [I8]
List of Task Forces and Story Arcs (SirBruce) [Pre-I1]
MAYHEM & SAFEGUARD, SCHEMES & 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 Scirocco story arc Pt. 1 Crush_Stalker [I7]
Mini guide to Sweettooth and nothing but the tooth Head_Kracker [I6]
TRIALS AND TASK/STRIKE FORCES[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Trials and Forces in General
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]
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]
See Powers -- Enhancement section for Hamidon Enhancements
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]
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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)
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
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 VII. [u]FOES[u]
COMBATING THE ENVIRONMENT (PvE)[/b]- 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)
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
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.
COMBATING OTHER PLAYERS (PvP)[/b]
PvP FAQ and GUIDE TO GUIDES Maintained by NotPutzing Please PM for updates.
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 Memphis_Bill [I7]
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
Edited by Ex Libris to make Hero/Villain Friendly!
- Giant Monsters
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VI. [u]POWERS ENHANCEMENTS & 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 & 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 [I4]
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]
Edited by Ex Libris to make Hero/Villain Friendly!
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V. [u]COMBAT MECHANICS[u]
INTRODUCTION TO COMBAT[/b]
Survivability: Game Mechanics Explained Beau_Hica [I8]
Catwhoorgs DRR theory of Survivability [I7]
The Combat Handbook v2.0 (PhiloticKnight) [I7]
Between Death & 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 & ACCURACY & 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 & EXPERIENCE & REWARDS & LEVELING[/b]
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]
Levelling 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 & ENDURANCE[/b]
Calculator for HP Regen (Stupid_Fanboy) [I7]
Endurance Management & 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]
#'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 & 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
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]
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]
Edited by Ex Libris 5/1/07 to make Hero/Villain Friendly!
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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]
BINDS & MACROS[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]How To Bind & Macro
The Incomplete and Unofficial Guide To /bind (Curveball) [I1]
Advanced Bind Guide (updated and off site) Black Specter [I8]
ADVANCED BIND GUIDE v1.1 (Black_Specter) [I6]
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]
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 the
MASTERMINDS Guide to Guides in the MasterMind forum for MM pet binds.
-See
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]
Edited by Ex Libris 5/1/07 to make Hero/Villain Friendly!
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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]
POOL POWERS[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Travel Powers
Travel Powers & 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]
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 Ancilliary Power Pools Database Storyteller [I2][/list]
SPECIFIC POWERS & CHARACTER CONCEPTS[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]What Archetypes Can Do
City of Hybrids: Understanding the Vision of CoH Pitho [I1]
Powerset Selection Guide mk III Starfox [I8]
CoH & CoV AT Comparison Guide DrRock [I6]
Controllers and Defender Powers Blueeyed [I6]
See also
Team Strategy section.
[*]Powers Used by Several ATs
Apprentice Charm Guide (wackodraco) [I7]
Dull Pain Guide: post ED & I6 (Stupid_Fanboy) [I6]
[*]Character Concepts
The Lazy Player's Guide stageIII [I3]
How to Make an Anti-Stalker Fury_Flechette [I7][/list]
Edited by Ex Libris 5/1/07 to make it Hero/Villain Friendly!
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II. [u]BEFORE YOU START PREPARING TO PLAY[u]
MANUALS, NEW PLAYERS GUIDES, & 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_ [I7]
(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]
[*]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
Thresholds CoH: What to do When cohRock [I7]
Guide to Level Unlocks and Bonuses ParagonParagon [I6][/list]
CHARACTER CREATION[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Names & Titles
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]
[*]Rolling Roleplayers
Guide for the Beginning Roleplayer Colette [I8]
Guide to Creating Roleplayable Characters (Lotus Infinite) [I6]
Character ID and Battlcry 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]
[*]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
160 Named Colors for the Color Blind (CoH/V) Altoholic_Monkey [I8]
How to "transfer" old costumes to new characters marqaha [I3]
[*]Hero/Villain Planners
Hero Builder (Sherk Silver)
CoH Planner (Joe Chott)
COH Script Builder Utility for CoH Planner Cheekers [I5]
Designer Hero (Ron Hiler)
Web-based Hero/Villain Planner (Sucker_Punch)[/list]
Edited 5/1/07 by Ex Libris to make it Hero/Villain Friendly!
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I. [u]AN INTRODUCTION AND GUIDE TO GUIDE TO GUIDES[u]
Updated: Jan 30, 2007
PLAYER GUIDE FORUM & 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, 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 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 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 a for a guide or ask if a particular guide exists in this forum. We don't want to archive all those extraneous threads. Instead, please post your question or requests in the forums of 'Suggestions and Ideas,' 'Player Questions,' or one of the General Discussion Forums.
Tip: Use your browsers search function (usually Edit / Find...) to search this thread for the guide you're looking for. 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!).
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
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 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 with a thanks to that author's initial work. There, everyone benefits.
Speaking of which, thanks to milk_weasel for updating the previous Guide to Guide threads which can be found here. That was a big help for this guide.
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The 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 fifteen posts. Click on a section heading to go to the corresponding post.
PLAYER GUIDE FORUM & THE GUIDE TO GUIDES THREAD
This *forum*, Player Guides, 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*, Guide to Guides, 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).
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 a Guide, finding the Guide you want and how the old guides are ordered.[/b]
II. [u]BEFORE YOU START PREPARING TO PLAY [u]
MANUALS, NEW PLAYERS GUIDES, & 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 & 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 & 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 & MACROS[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]How To Bind & Macro
[*]Binds for Specific Purposes
[*]Travel Binds
[*]Remapping[/list]
V. [u]COMBAT MECHANICS [u]
INTRODUCTION TO COMBAT[/b]
DEFENSE & ACCURACY & TO-HIT[/b]
DAMAGE & EXPERIENCE & REWARDS & LEVELING[/b]
HEALTH & ENDURANCE[/b]
OTHER MECHANICS OF COMBAT[/b]
CONTROL AND AGGRO AND STRATEGY[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Pulling
[*]Managing Aggro[/list]
VI. [u]POWERS ENHANCEMENTS & RESPECIFICATION[u]
ENHANCEMENTS[/b]
RESPECIFICATION[/b]
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 & SAFEGUARD, SCHEMES & POLICEBANDS[/b]
SPECIFIC MISSIONS [/b]
TRIALS AND TASK/STRIKE FORCES[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Trials and Forces in General
[*]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]
IX. [u]COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS [u]
PLAYING NICELY[/b]
KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO SPEAK[/b]
UNDERSTANDING ONE ANOTHER[/b]
SAYING IT WITH STYLE[/b]
X. [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 & BASSES[/b]<ul type="square">
[*]Creating a group
[*]Creating a base
[*]Salvage and crafting[/list]
XI. [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 & GLADIATOR [/b]
XII. [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]
XIII. [u]THE OUT-OF-CHARACTER EXPERIENCE [u]
COMMUNITY HISTORY, CUSTOMS, AND CULTURE[/b]
LEADING BY (BAD) EXAMPLE[/b]
COMIC BOOKS AND THE INDUSTRY[/b]
XIV. [u]LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD ADVANCED MECHANICS [u]
3RD PARTY CUSTOMIZATION (maps, graphics, sounds, fonts)[/b]
SCREENSHOTS, DEMOS, VIDEOS[/b]
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS[/b]
XV. [u]GETTING HELP AND OTHER RESOURCES [u]
OFFICIAL CHANNELS[/b]
USING THE OFFICIAL FORUMS[/b]
OTHER WEBSITES WITH GUIDES AND FURTHER INFORMATION[/b]
Edited by Ex Libris to make Hero/Villain Friendly Version 5/1/07
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Actally the red background is gone now for villain side. it only has a red border so 244A7A will work great for either side.
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Huh? I have a red background. The red background is not gone. You sure you're looking at boards.cityofvillains.com?
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yep only difference for me is the top where it has all the villains, and the borders where it is red. I'm in Villain a lot of the time, and the background is not different anymore like it used to be.
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Actally the red background is gone now for villain side. it only has a red border so 244A7A will work great for either side.
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Really, what would be the problem if IR's description said "unlike other click powers, this power does not root you in place while activiting."
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Well, it seems to fly in the face of the idea of standardizing buffs. If that click self+ally power becomes unrooted, then why not all the other click self+ally powers? There needs to be a compelling reason to except it from the rule.
Which leads me to question why click self+ally powers should root except for healing auras? The healing aura is an exception to the rule. So, in this regard, I'm on your side in questioning the new policy for click self+ally powers. If they want standardization, then standardize. If they start making exception for the team heal buff, then why stop there? Make IR and Group Invisibility and Recovery Aura and Accelerate Metabolism and Vengeance all unrooted, too. If I can heal myself and my teammates while running, why can't I make myself and my teammates invisible while running? -
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Hey everyone. The changes to toggle power animations and the standardization of what does and doesnt root you should now be up on live. I just wanted to clear up any confusion about some other changes to click powers that also happened at this time. The only intended changes to rooting were supposed to be for toggle powers at this time. Were in the process of standardizing click powers to follow their own set of rules, but theyre not going to be slightly different than the rules for toggles.
Right now, our intent is to use these rules for click powers:
1. AOE Heals will not root
2. Self Buffs will not root
3. Self Heals will not root
4. Everything else will.
You may have noticed some click powers that used to root you and now dont. These powers snuck their way into the wrong build (see what happens when we dont root them), and most of these will change back in the next build that makes it to live. Consider this an official heads up.
Again, sorry for the confusion this has caused. Well get it all sorted out shortly and we thank you for your patience and understanding.
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Out of curiosity just how far does this new balance idea extend? It is clear that rooting times for powers mentioned above were not standardized for balance, no does it appear animation times were/are. The rooting portion seems to be on the fix boards, atleast for the powers you mentioned. However:
1) Can we expect such a fix to trickle down into the attacks also?
2) Is there any thing in on the plate that would suggest the rooting fixes will continue and we will see some sort of animation standard for balance issues?
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It is my understanding that when it comes to attack powers, animation time has been included in the balancing of the power. If a power takes a long time to animate, e.g., then they've already compensated for it in some other way by reducing its END, or Recharge, or increasing its ACC or Damage. So, for attack powers, it's a little bit more difficult to standardize animation time since many other factors come into play.
That's not to say animation times haven't been tweaked in the past or that they won't revisit animations of attack powers and rebalance them in the future. If you think certain powers have inordinately long attack animations, the best thing to do is to find some other attack that has similar END, Recharge, ACC, and Damage but a shorter animation and complain that the one with the longer animation time is unbalanced. Right now, the onus is on the players to make the case that the animation is too long and unbalancing and to do so with numbers, not simply saying 'I wanna shorter animation just because.'