CoolhandLocke

Wow, thanks for all the replies again lol. One thing I've noticed quickly about the forums are the fact that people are very, very helpful which is a nice change.

Eventually I'll fool around with the bases, so far I don't really have a need for one. I'm more interested in learning the game, and getting to 20 for the cape mission. The architect thing sounds very cool, I started the first missions from that contact, but the place was SUPER crowded so I thought I would just go back later.

I saw the packs and the blurb on-site about getting to use the capes from level 1. I'll probably go ahead and get a booster/add-on pack tonight, just can't figure out which one yet... decisions, decisions

I went through quite a few doors on the frostfire mission, but I may have missed a level. Think I went up to the third floor, never found an elevator to the fourth. I'm going to try to knock that mission out now, if I can stay out of the character creator lol.

Thanks for all your quick responses

I've definitely noticed the differences between content on the two sides, with the Hero side being much cooler in my opinion. I've also noticed that about the missions as well, I've seen several cool looking characters vanish into random doorways going to missions.

I've basically been learning as I go and doing every mission I can get my hands on from my contacts, while killing bad guys in-between on my way to missions. It sucks that I can't use my main guy from the trial account, but I'll just buy the expansion when I get paid again next month. I finally got my secondary character leveled up to 10 last night, so I'm sure different things will start to open up to me now. My villain is only level 3, he's more fun to play than my hero blaster, but the missions just aren't as fun yet...

It's such a massive game and there's so much to take in about it; I'm trying not to melt my brain lol. I still have base-building, super-groups, inventions, recipes, architect, and a ton of other things to take in as well; right now I'm just working on getting leveled up to fly so I can more around a bit quicker, and I want my cape lol. I've solo'd everything I've done so far; luckily I've only hit a few problem areas when I've wondered somewhere i shouldn't have been...

On a side note, I haven't noticed any hooded cloaks in the game yet, but I assume you can get them? Also, is there a site (here possibly) that has maps or walkthrough's of certain missions? I've only gotten stuck on one so far which was the "find and kill Frostfire" mission from the Hollows. I cleared the building but couldn't find Frostfire for some reason. I've also wondered about the age groups in this game. So far the people I've come across seem more mature than with other games I've tried which is a good thing imo...

Again, thanks for all the information, it's very much appreciated. I've been dying to play this game for years, but never had a cpu that could run it until last month. Growing up I was a huge comic fan, so you can imagine how much I love this game lol...

Hey all, finally got a full subscription a few days ago after finishing out my trail last month and have a few quick questions...

I started a character on trial and gave him the dual-gun power set; unfortunately not knowing much about the game I didn't know you had to get the big game pack to keep the power once you subscribed lol. I assume there isn't a way around this unless I buy the full going rouge pack?

I tried to get onto the forums before I bought the standard 9.99 game pack, as I had questions about the others, but I couldn't log onto the forums because my trial had expired which sucked. I will get the Going Rogue expansion next month; I'm guessing I should wait until my current 30 days is close to up, buy the expansion and use the code given to "upgrade" my account?Also, I'm guessing the 30 days of game time coming with the new pack will apply as well?

Are some of the servers better to play villains on? I noticed on my server, the server itself is always crowded but the villains city is usually dead. I'm just in the main zone there, so I guess once I venture out further (take the ferry?) I'll see some more folks.

I'm sure I've got dozens more questions, just wanted to get a few out before I had to head to work; hope they make sense lol....

Customer service just got back to me, and linked me to a different installer package. It's working now, but I still have no idea what the issue was with the installer. Barring any other snags, I'll be zipping around City of Heroes after the massive download is done lol...

Thanks again, for all the responses and help. I'm sure I will be frequenting the boards once I get set up and going in the game!

Lol, unfortunately its not there. I can usually troubleshoot my way out of anything, but this is honestly the first time in 10 years I can't figure something out like this. That's why I thought maybe I missed something with Windows 7.

I uninstalled all the preloaded security crap, as I don't use that stuff anyway. I'm going to reboot and try again, maybe the program was flagged by Microsoft security essentials or something. That's all I have left to go on at this point..

Okay here's the update...

I'm have been using the new launcher the entire time, maybe the old one would work? I have no idea. I went into windows firewall and added the installer to the allowed list, and still no go...

I tried running as adminstrator as well, no luck there either. When I click the icon i get the "working" symbol, then it shows up in task manager. Right after that I get a very brief "flashing" of the setup icon in the taskbar, but after 20 seconds or so the program is gone from the Task Manager..

I do remember (don't know how i forgot), that the first time I downloaded the program I ran it and got some kind of screen, but cancelled as I had didn't have my batter charged on the laptop, and didn't want it dying half way through the dl. Don't know if that will help or not. I'm going to monkey around with the settings a bit more, but I'm clueless as of now.

Once again, thanks for all the replies. I look forward to playing the game...if I can get it to run lol

Edit - Yup, I'm using the 64 bit, but i'm also using the new installer..

Thanks for the quick response, I'm at work so unfortunately I can't call right now and depending on their hours; may not be able to.

Yup, it's frustrating as I've never had an issue I can't figure out when installing a game until now lol. The COH_installer starts to run, shows up in task manager...then just vanishes. Similar to what some programs do when they need permissions, but I have that turned off so I'm not sure what's going on. I am new to Windows 7 (from XP) so I thought maybe checked a box or something that I shouldn't have. If that was the case I wouldn't of thought WOW or Champions would download though...out of ideas for now, but thanks for the response & the welcome.

Hello all, new to the forums and City of Heroes. I've been dying to play this game for quite some time, but just recently got a PC that could run it well. After buying my new system, I immediately went to the site and set up an account. Well, two days later and I still can't download the game...

I've got the installer and when I try to run it I get nothing. I was getting the permissions question (running Windows 7), but turned everything off to make sure there wasn't any interference. Still nothing...except I don't get the questions anymore. I've tried 3 different installers, from different locations, didn't work either.

Just for kicks I tried to install WOW, and Champions online, and both of those installed flawlessly. It's getting frustrating as I want to play City of Heroes, and not those games lol. I signed up for the trail, and now I think I just have 4 days left, and haven't even been able to download the game.

Any help would be appreciated, I'm itching to sink my teeth into this game, but just can't get it going from my end. Still waiting to hear something from support as well, just thought the forums might be a bit quicker.