Bigbrother87

I came in between I6 and I7, and I remember:

Hollows! Oh, the danger of trying to make it ALL THE WAY ACROSS the crater with no travel power! But, everybody was doing it! Everybody was in the Hollows, and if I decided to take the Kings Row route, it was a lonely road to 10.

The old Faultline, but mostly just to get the badges and when a contact sent me there to hunt something.

And...Yeah, those are the major things I remember that have changed. The rest of it? I was just playing and enjoying the game, so I guess it wasn't as important to me.

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Latest comic - Chapter 37 - IT TAKES A VILLAGE PART THREE:
http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/index.shtml?novel=37

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And the Easter Egg from that novel.

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Latest comic Chapter 36 - IT TAKES A VILLAGE PART TWO:
http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/index.shtml?novel=36

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The Easter Egg from that issue.

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Latest web comic, Chapter 27 - WAR BUDDIES PART FOUR :
http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/index.shtml?novel=27

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Easter egg found.

Wow, I'm first to comment.

Loved the guide. It's comprehensive, covering anything and everything any may want to know about an Illusion/Storm Controller. Well done Tal_N.

I'd think about making one, but I'm already fighting enough Altitis Interruptis while leveling Phillip, don't need more characters to play...right now.

(yeah, my third entry in this thread. The other two died away, but this one's just an off shoot for a much bigger group.)

Super group name: Protector Taxi Service
Website: Taxibot homepage
Global Chat Channel: @Bigbrother87
Preferred method of contact: Please read the website first to see what we require, then either post on those forums, or contact Taxibot Brother, Phillip Lynx, or @Bigbrother87 in game for an invite.

About: We're a garage for the Paragon Taxi Service, which has garages on every server. We're here to provide free transport around Paragon City, Advice, Badge tours, Help, Etc...

The website gives everything you need to know about us, and you can ask for our services for special events there.

You know you're in a pick up group when....

Page 1 of 142 pages. enjoy.

Thank you very much for writing this, my super group needs to read it right away.

And thanks for posting the vidiotmaps link, this is also what I needed to find all the ezploring badges.

2 thumbs up.

Just keep coming back...

Logged on this morning to find that there were barely anyone online on Protector, only 14 people total.

Was almost imediatly tell'ed about doing some missions by a lvl 17. Being 13 I mentioned I'd need to be sk'd, and was invited anyway.

Team right then was a lvl 17 mind/emp controller that sk'd me, my lvl 13 Grav/FF, and that was it. But then more people begin trickling in. A lvl 16 warshade, a lvl 17 fire/* blaster that I'd teamed with as another character, a lvl 15 peacebringer, and a broadsword scrapper.

The first mish is in faultline, and I find out I can't go there yet. That's no problem though,a nd since the next missions was going to be Hollows anyway I head over there while they fight CoT.

When I get to the door to the mission we begin discussing what the mind/emp should slot and get at the next level ups.

That conversation continues throughout the mission, with most saying she needs fitness, but some saying only if she wants it. No one died, and what pulls we did went down well enough, though the blaster did open with fireball twice.

I wanted to continue that team, but I had to go. Nice to see people helping and giving advice these days.

* Supergroup Name:The Paragon Herald
* Website (if any): http://tinyurl.com/nolnn
* Global Chat Channel (if any):ParaHerald
* Leader or Recruiting Officers:Grava Teen
* Preferred Method of contact: ingame email to Grava Teen, pm on these boards, or if I'm online at the time just tell Grava Teen.
* Guild Description:
This group's aim is to be the newspaper for the Protector server. Looking for people willing to report on PvP events, costume contests, Hami raids, teaming experiences, monster sightings, etc.

Please use the channel ParaHerald to tell us about any events you find, or to listen in on live reports of said events. Yes this is replacing my earlier group because this one has a better purpose than that one. Also read the forums on the site for articles on anything we report on ingame.

No base raiding, but we do have a small base right now.
Looking forward to getting teleporters and a hospital.

Did I see you under Atlas today in Protector? There was some guy asking about tacos all the time there...

Any way, nice guide, to help I'll tell my origins:

Grava Teen, so his dad was a black hole, mom a mutant, which makes him a natural, right? Well that's how I put him anyway.

Shade circuit, Classic science hero here, zapped so he's smarter, bathed in nanobots to have robots, and attacked by dark energy later on, he's not too lucky at all.

No-Glow, while Shade was robbing a lab he stole a circuit board,a nd later threw it away cause he needed the space. This circuit board used the tech in the bin to become smart, and became No-Glow the Tech hero!

Anyone else?

Bump, and an actual story.

So I'm playing Grava Teen at level 10, and I'm invited to a team, no tell asking, but I was lft.

Join up, and half the team is in the hollows, when I and another are in Atlas. We decide between a mission in kings row and a hollows mish, and the hollows wins.

On the way over I'm boosted by some random kinetic so I'm speeding around having fun till we get there.
We go in, and two have to be sk'd to work, but they leave later. Oh! Had a defender healer, a tank (invul, maybe), a blaster with ice secondary, and maybe another controller (ice) with me as the other when we finished.

The tank needs help learning to tank, and we have some bad pulling times. Plus I attack the wrong guys twice, but it's all okay, we figured out what was wrong and changed it. Never had team wipe, but came close once.

But the rest of the time the pulls are working, we're attacking everything even when they mix in together, and we finish the mission in an okay time.

Got one global friend, and I friended everyone else so I can team with them again.

Now that it's revived, more stories please!

* Supergroup Name: Nice Guys Inc.
* Website (if any): http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.asp...p;TabID=679154
* Global Chat Channel (if any): Not yet
* Leader or Recruiting Officers: Grava Teen
* Preferred Method of contact: Either /tell Grava Teen, /tell @Bigbrother87, or email either of those ingame.
* Description:
I know I want to meet and team with nice people, and I'm guessing that most people want the same.
That's why I started this group, to collect those players, and to give new people a group to join to find good help to make them better palyers.
Please sign up on the website so we can keep you updated on what we're doing ingame.

un-airconditioned computer rooms full of loyal City of Heroes/Villains players? Or are you talking about all the bugs flying in your face while playing? j/k

Yes guys, those did help me, a lot. Playing my mastermind I haven't teamed yet, but I'm leveling pretty fast, so I may not need to for a while.

Let's see, more good advice for new players...?
I forgot this, and every new player should know it. After a contact gives you they're cell number, you don't have to run all the way back to them to finish the mission. Just call them up, and you'll complete it and get another one to boot.

Okay, that's all I can think of for now. Oh wait, read the pages of bad group experiances in my sig. I think someone already said that, but it can never be said too many times if it prevents bad PUG's.

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Please, guys. We have teamseek for a reason. If you are hoping to get on a team with experienced players, type it in your search comments and turn the little white circle or little green diamond thingie on. The experienced players will see it, read it, and invite you. Spamming broadcast for teams only serves the break down the system; it is simple, and effective.

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Unless you don't know how to search for a team using that system. I don't, yet, so maybe that should be added here.

Where did that huge thread of "How to know you're in a pick up group" go? It was wonderful to show me what to NOT do.

Yes, I got the game Tuesdays, and have teamed a whopping 2 times since then. First was just with one defender, then the team expanded to 6. We were doing fine too, until the server hiccuped and spit us out.
Second time was that same mission, but with only a blaster as a team mate this time. We did great, and afterwards I asked if they wanted any help with they're missions. They said no, and that was that.

I know I would have been a better teammate if I'd known how to instantly start typing in the team chat area (enter key), instead of jumping around like a moron trying to type something.