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You guys are grossly exaggerating.

I have a 50+3 Blaster, fully IO'ed out with purple and other great +damage/hp recipes. In Incarnate trials I've learned the hard way that popping my barrier incarnate and ion will wipe one groups minions and lts, but it won't save me from the 2 or 3 bosses left alive who can wipe my face if I don't get lucky dodges in seconds.

I do more DPS than a tank, and I can't take hits from an elite without barrier + inspirations chugged - and even then it's a very situational and temporary matter.

Watch - get a bunch of blasters together in an incarnate trial and ask them to start taking on groups without juggling their barriers so one is always up. They'll eat it quick. Like I said - you guys are exaggerating based on some buffed up trials.

Edit: Oh, and by the way: the design philosophy around city of heroes that says good teamwork negates the necessity for a specific AT in MOST average situations (ie non endgame) is great and has *always* been with the game.

I'd like giant/beefy gauntlets with the two-handed Titan Powerset, but because it wouldn't exactly be a two handed weapon it would require alternate animations and of course totally won't happen.

Would be very cool though.

Sort of like:

I think they new costumes look grrreeeat.
I'd love some similar costume pieces in the character creator!

Awe shucks.. Well thanks for the input maybe someday! I soooo fell in love with the staff Melee concept when playing Aion and I'd love for that to reach this game (which is way better than aion!)

At PAX East 2010 this powerset was mentioned as being on their internal whiteboard - potentially becoming an added powerset (source: http://www.newsarama.com/games/city-...ax-100327.html - there was a video too, I can't find it...)

I'm just sort of returning (from a 3 issue break more or less - which is actually a lot of time) and I was wondering if there was any insight on this? :I When AION launched almost 2 years ago now I know Castle played it and I used to message him talking about how awesome the Chanter staff animations were and he always said he'd love to see a staff heroset. Thanks for any input!

P.S. as I mentioned being a returning hero/villain, I have to say the Incarnate content is way fun! I'm enjoying it. Crafted my first tier 4 today >

Change them please. Two things:

1. Requiring your character to get the kill doesn't feel like an appropriate way to earn an achievement if you PvP on a utility character.

2. And 500 million-2 billion per recipe? Drop rate is insanely low; keep reading: I get the value of rarity, I do. But earning PvP "perks" like these should not be about rarity - it should be about earning or working to achieve them. Right now its all Random Number Generator luck. Some people get seriously shafted.


Main message: RNG and "kill required" is a horrible, grindy, and unfun way to encourage and reward people who enjoy the PvP element to this game.

<3

Could someone help me.. I have the newest version of Mids and when I replace the data folder with the contents in this zip it's fine but when I run Mids I get the following:

"There was an error reading the database. Attempt to download replacement?"
--If you click No nothing happens, nothing loads.
--If you click Yes. It starts loading but a new error emerges

"Enhancement Database file isn't how it should be (Too many bytes in what should have been a 7 bit encoded Int32.)
No Enhancements have been loaded."

-I click OK. Then a new error:

"Unhandled exception has occured in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

--I click Continue and a horribly ugly interface pops up that is broken beyond description. Pwease help

Edit: Also I don't know if it's an issue but I do have Windows Vista (gag).

Just a reminder, Melissa Bianco is coming up next live on the webcast from TopTenHammer

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/83865

They just got done with the GW2 part.


so far the new info:
-Praetoria's streets are lined with Gold, because Emporer Cole's color is Gold. :*D lol
-every aspect of Praetoria is built with the new engine in mind, small features (like mailboxes) to large features.
-you can go back to Praetoria after you leave (if you were born there), and heroes and villains who weren't born there can get there through flashback (for the 1-20 content)

Thanks Melissa <3

If they let the Koreans do the animations and engines and let the westerners worry about the content and lore, I'd be very happy.

:x Sorry.. I just think they are lightyears ahead of the game in terms of graphics and style compared to clunky western games. AoC and CO were two big relatively recent western launches that look horrible. And look at some new ones coming out.. Guild Wars 2 and Secret Planet??? Hideousness compared to TERA Online and Blade and Soul. *sigh*

Did not see. I did a search for City of Heroes 2 not CoH2 - thanks tho. ; ) I don't follow the boards very well anymore.

Creepy tho in't it :O

links:

http://news.mmosite.com/content/2010...heroes_2.shtml

http://supererogatory.tumblr.com/pos...ndup-april-1st

"Supererogatory, an information-sleuthing site and more, today posted their collection of a series of new trademarks, which including EA's Pirates Ahoy, SCEA's Until Dawn, Konami's Adrenalin Misfits and the most important for us - one or two trademarks for City of Heroes 2 filed by NCsoft.



NCsoft has responded to MMORPG's request for comment with the following:

"City of Heroes is a flourishing franchise and continues to be the world’s most popular super-powered hero MMO. While we cannot comment on City of Heroes 2 at this time, NCsoft is proud of City of Heroes’ success and is looking forward to future product launches associated with the franchise, including the City of Heroes Going Rogue expansion scheduled for release this July."

Developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCsoft, City of Heroes (CoH) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the superhero comic book genre.In this City of Heroes, players can confront super villains, aliens, madmen, criminals, and other fearsome foes in a fantastic 3D persistent world. Join thousands of other gamers and take on personalized missions to rid this modern metropolis of the evil that lurks within its walls."

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No idea of the validity of this, just reporting it.

Hola returning from Aion (lols?), I want to respec my blaster for zone fun (I do mostly zone pvp on villainside as is). Looking for consensus on what's better for the following (keep in mind, zone pvp):

1. Snipe - keep for set bonuses or drop?
2. Epics - Cold for snowstorm, FA and hiber or force for PB+PFF, temp invuln, FoN?
3. How are aim/bu slotted these days?
4. /EM - just get power thrust and BU (and PB if force epic)? I have a full set of melee purples, so is it worth picking up total focus just for those bonuses?

Thanks <3 ; )

packetloss and redspikes nonstop are BACK again.

this is so unfun, it's just ticking me off now.

Used to have ATT DSL and had no problems, I moved and now I have Comcast Cable (which is a much better connection) and all I get is rubberbanding. I might have to switch to a west coast server but if that's the case I'll just stop playing, what's the point.

Location: Roseville, California (near Sacramento)
I.S. Provider: Comcast
Server(s) Used: Triumph and Freedom
Problems: Constant ping around 200 but packet losses constantly increasing, delayed power activation, power icon shows as recharged when not or as being active when not (esp. clicks), enemies slide or "poof," teammates will appear to rubberband, etc.

edit: did a trace route to the east coast servers IP and it's timing out after pccwbtn.net router and it's the same hop that AION (another NCSoft game) is having problems with. Any way to fix?

Oh, I forgot to say thank you Niviene.

I think this solution sucks, regardless of whether I get my handle back or not. In the end someone will feel cheated. Just voicing that opinion. When this is posted isn't it 9 hours or more ahead in Europe? Like I have access to the boards here at 1:48 PM at my job, but it's 10 PM or later over there.. doubt they're on the forums.