ChiBohemian

A have 15 alts - all thematically connected, and created a Supergroup for them.
I have another account and frequently dual box so I can play them together, experimenting with their different powersets. Many were created as 'side kicks' to my favorite characters. I see it as a challenge to create unique and visually different characters.
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Hello all…

Thanks all for the great suggestions in my first post on Playing Two Accounts at Once.
(http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=279069)

I’ve learned a lot. Hands down, this community is fantastic in sharing knowledge and promoting fun exploration of the game. I’ve come to enjoy the game much more, and feel less grind and more strategy in playing two characters at once. More strategy involved and different techniques in handling open spaces to tight confines, and ambushes when you're controlling two accounts at once.

I’ve tried a number of pairings that lend itself to this play style with great success (e.g. Defender/Mastermind, Scrapper/Controller). Boy, those high-damage sniper attacks in general are great for this playstyle… set up the shot and switch to your other character fast to handle the after affects.

Few questions to ponder as I explore this more:

1) I have never played an Arachnos Soldier character ever… what would be a good suggested pairing when playing two accounts at once?

2) What archetype / power set offers the best damage buffs, bar none. I’d like to create a killing machine with a buff-bot that does little more.

3) Last off, if you’ve never tried it, Dual-Accounting is great fun if you like to solo. I’ve set up my own supergroup now with all my alts and already have a transporter with beacons and an inspiration rack where I like to store medium and large inspies for final battles. I have a lot of alts in a world of demon-slayers I'm playing in the style of Buffy / Winchester Brothers as part of the Super Group-- The V Helsing Group. I’ve never had given this a shot without Dual-Accounting it.

Again, thanks for all of your help in the last post. I’m having a blast and look forward to a week off with some major COH time.
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It's happening on Defiant too, sadly.
While entering missions in Steel Canyon - exact same problem - splash screen shows and then freezes at 10% load status.

Never had a problem before last patch either.

Thanks all for your responses.... Really good advice. My mastermind with pets and Defender working together with auto-attack, pets on aggressive and recall friend are eating red bosses for breakfast.
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For lots of varied reasons, I prefer to solo. Being an MMO, COH is actually pretty solo-friendly.

I’ve just started playing two characters at once in two windowed instances, one on each of my dual monitors. I’ve found with a powerful machine and the graphic options cranked down, performance is fine.

Have found it great fun to experiment with combos of characters – sort of classic in superhero lore. Though I do wish COH allowed this on one account instead of two – I’d be happy to pay for that. Masterminds are fun but I hate not being able to customize my pets. Would love to see AI for pets in general beefed up similar to other games where you can actually set a ‘pecking’ order of actions to guide the AI. Or the option for hirelings or the like.

Anyone else out there playing two characters at once?

Any tips from anyone else?…. Things I’ve found:

1) Follow is rather stupid, but if you stick to flat roads, or low inclines you can get both through a zone okay.
2) Team inspirations are an incredible boon if one of your chars isn’t a Defender or no heal.
3) Great way to level a squishy character you’re experimenting with.
4) Queued actions are great! Queue up an attack on one char then switch to another.

Suddenly I have found COH actually takes a little strategy working with the two chars at once.

I’ve never played a Stalker before and got one to Level 12 in Praetoria. I’m seriously considering abandoning the character for the following reasons.

I’ve read about some of the challenges a Stalker faces in Praetoria so realize that’s maybe not the best way to start an archetype you’ve never played.

1) Recharge times on powers. Even with Recharge in two enhancements slots (never done that before on any other character!), it seems painfully slow to get the basic strikes to a playable state against mobs and ambushes. (And yes, I’ve gotten a little spoiled with the faster combat mechanics of that other major player in the MMO Superhero arena.)

2) It seems a one trick pony archetype: Yeah, that first stealthed assassin strike is awesome, but after that, the class seems terribly underpowered so far.

3) I really like the concept of the stalker, but is there any real payoff in the later levels? When I leveled my Scrapper to the top, early on he was hard to sustain, but later on he proved a total blast of a great time to play at the upper levels?

Thanks all. I am always impressed at the great input these forums provide.

Hi all. I'm new to mission architect. I think I'm missing something basic here and maybe someone can point me in the right direction.

I bought Mission Architect bundle, and can browse the user created missions and create my own just fine, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to start them.

When I create my own, I get to the point where it says test mission, then it brings me back to the Mission Architect building and I can't find where to actually enter the mission.

Does it have something to do with the ticket vendors? What are they?

Again, I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, so thanks for your patience and help with one of the new heroes on the block.

Thanks