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My friend has been gone for< I would have to guess 2 years - he says he cant log in - there is nothing he needs to do right? Its automatic? He has been playing around with his NCSoft account area, emails etc - yeah he is kind of clueless when it comes to this stuff. He just needs his name and password right? He says he is getting a message his account has expired.

Thanks MB! Yeah it was a pre-assembled purchase from Best Buy called a Gateway Phenomenon at the time. A few years old and the OS is Vista. I run at lower graphics settings - I would be curious to see what "Ultra mode means"

Minimum
* Windows® XP/Vista/7
* Intel® Pentium® 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+
* 2 GB RAM or more
* DVD-ROM drive
* 5 GB available hard disk space
* NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX 5600 Series (or higher) or ATI® Radeon® 9600 (or higher)
* DirectX® 9.0c
* 16-bit sound card
* Broadband Internet connection
* Keyboard and mouse with wheel

Recommended PC Ultra Mode Requirements

* Windows® XP/Vista/7
* Intel® Pentium® 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+
* 4 GB RAM or more
* DVD-ROM drive
* 5 GB available hard disk space
* NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8 Series (or higher) ATI® Radeon® HD 2000 Series (or higher)
* DirectX® 9.0c
* 16-bit sound card
* Broadband Internet connection
* Keyboard and mouse with wheel

MY SPECS
ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics
AMD phenom 9550 Quad Core Processor 2.20 Ghz
6 GB Ram

As an on and off again player, I would like to take a look at the idea of "Heroes for Hire". Sometimes I can be on for hours looking for a group or another player to team up with. Life for me is such that I am not on as much as Supergroups would like - so I get booted from Supergroups for attendance.

I think this could add more content to the game as over ones career players associate themselves with Longbow, the PD, Midnighters Club and so on. Lets say you had the ability to give orders to the NPC like in Neverwinter Nights: Stay close, only use missiles, run instead of fight that Vahz horde.

Lets say you can hire more than one? Lets say when you go down the Hired Hero has "one" awaken they can give you?

No AI isnt the greatest - but it beats sitting around for hours or plinking away at mobs you can handle but takes forever to take down or make headway.

Casual gamer who has been following CoH since late beta and have returned looking to join a Super Group to enjoy all that CoH has to offer. Highest level is a 22 Scrapper. I am a bit of an alt aholic and I have taking break for long periods of time as my friends never got into CoH and play other MMOs. So I need to find a group that is more laid back and likes to have fun who helps each other. I wouldnt mind PvP but was never into it much on any MMO I played. I am not a power gamer and my lifestyle is such that the game serves me, I dont slave to the game or guild masters. Looking to have fun.

I have lost 80lbs in 8 months! Seriously. My name is Bob and last april I decided to, well 1) Decide 2) COMMIT 3) Achieve. How did I do it? What do I eat? well we all know the answers to these - our media has been talking about it for decades. All I did was make a lifestyle change by eating healthy and doing an hour of exercise a day. Thats it! I kept a blog but I dont think its permitted on the forums. Dr Oz on Oprha has nothing knew, people just listen to him. So you can follow his satying young advice or go over to MSNBC and read about the ABSDIET. A is for almonds or nuts, B is for Beans (fiber), S is for Spinach or greens, D is for Dairy like Yogurt (bacteria), and so on. Peanut Butter is good. Whey Protein, Oatmeal with Blueberries. Turkey, Chicken, and other protein meats. Cut out all Sugar, Salt and Soda as much as possible. Drink Water, Green tea and Juice like Hi C. Get in a binge food and slowly cut out all your bad habits. Than get strict on your portions. Eat a choclate bar now and then or an ice cream. Since December I havent followed my plan and I havent lost any more weight. But I did lose 80lbs in 8 months. I am 192 looking to be 175 by end of August. Weather stinks and I had to cut my Gym membership (economy). Start walking and keep walking past the aching shins and soon it wont bother you. In months you WILL be jogging.

Your really do have to like the DEVs for this game, they do thier job(s) better than any that I have encountered.

I am curious if this what people mean by using strategy now. Finding ways to dimantle the groups? IN EQ, you had to not OVER pull. If you did you needed and enchanter for crowd control so you were not overwhelmed. So is this now the tactic or strategy for CoH? Find a group, look around at your enviornment. Find a way to screw up thier pathing, channel em through a gate like cattle to the slaughter house? Find ways to single pull em? Or...Group withthe proper powers and "skilled" players? Or have a much higher level healer type keep you alive while you battle? Or kill some, use travel power run away (repeat)?

Actually, the "good" players or experts should be planning for the future now with the new release. This items and services should be prime for going up in price. So dont chase away players (who arent as good) - you should be digging into thier pockets.

http://search.ebay.com/City-of-Heroe...ectZ1QQfromZR8

http://www.mpsgames.com/coh/City-of-Heroes-Cheats.cfm

http://www.cheatbook.de/wfiles/cityofheroes.htm
actually a free read

You should run a leveling service and have players pay per level. Dont scoff them, encourage them to buy your services.

My brother and friend went back to EQ. They have played for 5 or is it 6 years now? Then can solo (55 to 65) , depending on where they go. Not everything is soloable, but they can do it in some areas. I believe EQ is expanding now and you can get to 70 as well?

Wish we had a bean counter to say where the player base is at in levels, or at least a /who all 50 or so like EQ.

I logged in, got alot of recieved badge massages. I have 4 task force missions with question marks as unknown. I never did any Task Force missions yet

Yep but I can see this game now leaning toward Supergroup building and screening players for their power and strategy. And than later, Uber Supergroups in order to face the new challenging high level content. Again EQ.

They said missions are going to get revamped. But I am not going to pay and WAIT. I will cancel and wait.

What story lines? I have a few badges - they werent that fun to achieve. I face Dr Vahz once. Friend grabbed the last body bag mission ended before we could face Vahz

Task Forces Missions are probably fun but most pickup groups are lame.

At 20 I can go in and explore Talos and Independent Port now and such. But everything is yellow to orange. Nope, I dont go here.

Ambushes fun? Heading off to marker mission, POW dead. Dat was fun. Oh I should be watching my back and every corner 24/7. Lets just make FF PvP then.

When the game has more of a story feel I might return.

With the people who are 50, are they "happy" they are 50? Dint they have fun getting to 50? With they go "back" now and play a new character and level this NEW and MORE FUN way to play? Or will they get out thier 50s thanking God they dont have to go through what other now have to?

Why are there so many hazard zones to street sweep in if its a story driven game?

Why are missions put into a red area of the zone in which I have to tip toe to get to and than hope I dont get ambushed coming out by +4 reds? Oh, I forgot, its fun.

Sorry, glad you like this game but when Freedom vs the Third Riech comes out - that will be more for me. If you need to step on my game cause I treaded on yours, I understand.

http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/548/548071p2.html

I was in beta for a few wekks before launch. Based on the time I could dedicate to playing, I just decided to try one AT and set about playing the game and filling out the feedback forms as they popped up and to watch out for any bugs. I played a Invul/SS tanker, which I got level 12 before the end of beta. I didnt get to participate in the artificial level boosts as I didnt request to be boosted cause they asked for experienced players to test the upper content.

I would read the beta boards daily and especially the balance issue forum. Now there were quite a few debates on what is too powerful or are things working as intended? One of the debates was "BURN". Most of the beta testers dont participate on this board no more I dont think, becuase of its nature. I dont see Havok or Jesad or Poison or Bugbite or any of those so recognizable names I use to see on the beta boards.

The game was released and I went into a trial and error of finding the AT that fits my style, my time, and my social patterns. I have 7 that I like and they could all have a good bio and theme if I worked at it. They are fun to play. At low levels. Within 2 weeks of release there was a group of players who reached the then max cap 40. TWO WEEKS. I think I was level 7 at that time Back then there wasnt the purple patch and certain mobs in areas were not attacking back Not sure who all exploited that or not. The Hammidon could easily be defeated back then too with 8 people.

Well then it was decided that some "adjustments" needed to be made. And it started with one power and then the next and then the next and then the next, and I dont think it will stop. Though its not mass nerfing across the board its just a slow domino effect. This Power is best so folks use it, okay now this is the bes power so we use it, okay now this, now this and so on. So now folks cant use certain powers to get by, they will have to combo it up or develop "strategy" according to some.

I have a level:
20 Ar/Dv Blaster
17 Ice/Storm Controller
17 Invul/War Mace Tanker
14 Claws/Dark Scrapper
12 Fire/Fire Tanker
08 Fire/Dv Blaster
08 Dark/Regen Scrapper

And since the start I must of tried about 12 other combos whom I have since deleted.

I play casually, most often I have to find a pcik up group which I loath cause folks going afk for this reason or that, plus they dont know how each other plays and you die quite a bit. I have a firned in Michigan I play with and she is a Vet to MMOs and we do well wehn grouped. My brother has played a few MMOs but he is too Kamakazee, he will take on too high of stuff and we die. He usually gets in pick up groups over lunch and sometimes I join and the stuff they try to do is just silly. Theres no way, okay if you want to try, gee we all died Going to have to street sweep a couple of hours to work this dbl death off I got within 20 seconds thanks to the Dark rezzor bringing me back in the middle of combat.

Hey that reminds me of EQ! A death and you setback a couple of hours for a few seconds!

Every time I hit a new level, I check the exp needed and what I get vs what mob and get out the calculator. Gee, this will only take 650 of these to get to next level

Okay, you're just suppose to "play" and not worry about leveling, enjoying the "content". Well I gave up on missions cause they were easy too easy or too hard and not worth the time invested vs the streets - and they werent all that interesting to follow. Some were, most werent.

Task Force missions? Never went on one. I switched to second shift and dont have the time to try and do one before work and other responsibilities, plus again, I dont trust pick up groups. So I could do them on the weekends but my brothers wife is around then and weekend play is out for him. So I could ditch em and just play without em.

So that leaves street sweeping. Which is the fastest way to level but the most boring. Leveling has alos gotten to be quite a time sink and I am only at 20. Yeah, I know, some of you are just so gifted at playing games the rest of us just suck and dont know how to play - funny though how you never post your characters and strategy and what you do. You just say we suck

Now I had alot of fun flying around the city, super leaping, super speed, and watching several of the other power effects and that the game was super heroes was a novel idea. But the game is not worth the investment for me now at this time. And I dont like the EQish style of play its taking on (must group/must fine certain powers/must min max). But its a business and things must change and we know that change wont suit everyone.

I think whatever this surprise event Statesman has announced is a step in the right direction. It should be interesting, though I wonder who will get to face whatever it is and who will have to run away! Though just seeing things is fun (end of beta Rikti Invasion).

Maybe someday the game will take another tuen back into a direction I like. The game will constantly change. With Issue 2 coming up, about the only thing I see for me if I renewed is to get a cape

For me there is not enough adventure. If I wrote a comic about my characters it would be pretty boring. On this page I swatted 12 Hellions, next page I swatted 12 Skulls, next page 8 Lost, next page 12 Hellions, next page 15 Skulls - wash rinse repeat.

So they are making the game more challenging. Okay lets go back to previous MMOs we played and what happens when something gets jacked up. We go to where we can "do something". We will aviod the posionous snakes and the clerics who can cast root and death spells and go find the less rsiky wolves for the same exp.

People will stop playing when they cant do anything anymore. Sure sure, every class can solo, but some at a PAINSTAKING pace. Would you pay to do this or go buy something else for you time and money?

After I cancelled, my brother and friend followed suit. We just want a game where we can hang around in. And we will find one we enjoy until it gets tedious. Where "in order to play" is more annoying than just be able to play.

Its a MMO, its a good one, it will have its FAN base like all MMOs and the DEVs will reward that fan base for thier dedication with the things (style of play) they like.

The DEVs here responded and treated its players very well. Customer service was better than any I have seen, but the game just doesnt fit my style of play anymore, and thats okay. The world will still spin.

This is one reason why I cant wait for Middle Earth Online. Leveling is 'REAL' time. Now dont grind to level. You dont exp per kill. You sepnd your time exploring the game and doing adventurous things. Unfortunately, there will probably be time sinks some other way. In my opinion I would have to say ALL MMOs are not fun to play. Some things in the game are fun to do, but after the novelty of doing certain things has worn off, they become repetitive and boring. Then the new things you run into is more of the same with just different skins or more hitpoints. There isnt enough adventure, boss encounters, etc - there is too much exp farming, time sink, and repetitive play in MMOs. Thats why people power level, thats why they pay to have others level them (check online services), thats why they use Ebay to by already maxed out characters. The "journey" is too boring, too slow. And yep I know, some of you out there have a real good knack for RPing and have good friends who make up for what the game lacks and you still find it fun - all you need is a graphic world and some buttons to mash and you will fill in the rest.