Chad Gulzow-Man

MoBSF is the only one I haven't completed myself, but I've been collecting tips on it as well.

One of the best ones I heard from the last mission comes from a friend of mine known as "TehPyro." He suggests that you fight through the patrons as normal, then when Reichsman shows up, fight through the first ambush. When the second ambush appears, have everyone O-portal out, go back to the mission entrance and then fight your way back through everything that stands between you and Reichs. Pull the ambushes that have made it into Reichs' room back into the hallway and take them out there.

Sure, it takes a while longer, but it'll make the fight go a lot smoother.

(Edit: Somehow I missed Lothic's post that basically said the same thing... )

I should note that Lothic said you need to be a Villain or Rogue, which isn't true... O-portalling as a Vigilante doesn't kick you off the team; it just gives you a much longer commute to get back. Especially since you can't use the Mission Teleporter on a Master TF run...

The drop rate on them is technically unknown, but last I heard it's estimated to be about 1 in 2500 level 47+ minion defeats. It could be more. It probably is, and someone will shortly be along to call me an idiot. (It certainly feels like more when you go 6+ months without a single one dropping.)

Furthermore, in addition to what Dechs has said, the purple recipes can only be slotted by level 50 characters. However, you retain the bonuses given by these recipes no matter how low you exemplar--even if you do the Ouroboros mission that sets you all the way back to level 1.

Well those pics were a little (more) unrelated (than usual). But I actually want to see Tron Legacy because I liked the first one. The other stuff doesn't hurt... at all.

I'd try two things.

First, schedule a disk check on your system drive for the next time you reboot your machine. I can't recall if the process is any different between doing this on an XP machine (which I'm on now at work) or a Win 7 machine (which I have at home), but you should be able to find the option fairly simply by going to Computer, right-clicking on your C: drive and going to the Tools tab. Click on the Check Disk button, set all options on, and tell it to go next time you reboot. Then reboot, and leave the computer to do its thing.

Second, make sure your drivers, especially your video card drivers, are up to date. Just because the computer is new doesn't mean the manufacturers installed the latest drivers. If you don't know what video card is in your system, you can post the results of DxDiag or CoHHelper here and someone in the forums will point you in the right direction.

I disagree with your disagreement.

First of all, if bad weather has any sort of negative impact on players (rain makes fire powers less effective, sunny days make ice less effective, storming decreases player accuracy, snow/ice slows movement speeds), then people will avoid areas with bad weather until it clears up. Similarly, it's not fair to players if one powerset gets a boost (like ice works better in the rain, or fire works better in a drought) when the majority doesn't get those bonuses.

If there are weather-dependent spawning rules (snow makes thugs stay indoors), then it's going to really screw up missions where you're tasked with street hunting, such as the giant hunt in the Numina TF. But unlike the Rikti Raids (that last for what, 15 minutes?), you want them to last THREE TO SIX HOURS?

Your other suggestions for gameplay additions don't really sound fun. Open-zone missions where you have to lead an NPC to an objective (because it's so much fun in Warburg, right)? How would you even handle helping someone's car being stuck in the snow if you're, say, a Defender? Sorry, how would you handle it and make it fun to do?

The only thing I don't disagree with is that yes, weather would make the game more immersive. But, as War Witch has said, she's not going to add weather solely for immersion purposes.

I ended up dating a girl that I met in CoH the week that it launched, though I didn't know it until after a couple dates. (She later went on to WoW, so that had to end. )

There've been a couple attempts to meet up with in-game friends. Last year, a friend of mine from Florida came to my town to visit some family friends... but it was over a holiday weekend when I was visiting my mom. Another friend of mine threw a CoH buddy party this past spring, and I was all set to go to that... until right beforehand I found out he's got several cats, and I'm deathly allergic.

I was going to go to HeroCon this year, but since they downgraded it to a one-day meet and greet, I couldn't warrant spending all that money travelling cross country. Furthermore, marketting's lack of info until right before these gatherings makes it a huge pain in the butt to get plane tickets and a hotel reservation at what I would consider a reasonable price, not to mention time off from work...

It would be really nice if, in future raids, you could give more warning before attacking the GM. Most of my team was running back from the hospital and we didn't get credit.

Other than that (and the lag), it did go very smoothly. I think I pulled in around 400 Vanguard Merits, even with the hospital trips. I look forward to attending the next one.

Are you telling it to run with administrator permissions? (Right click, Run as Administrator)

My Kat/SR Scrapper first (for endurance), followed by my Stalker (for damage), and then probably my Grav/Kin Troller (for either recharge or endurance).

Eventually, I intend to have every boost built for my Scrapper, so I can switch them out situationally. The accuracy boosts have options to increase defense, so I can use that when endurance will be covered by team buffs and extra defense is necessary (Master run TFs, for example)... and more damage and recharge are always nice options as well.

"The little hand says it's time to rock n' roll." "Bring the noise."