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  1. Aspect GM in Cap yesterday (EU Defiant Server Redside) fell through the map just north of the midnighters club, near the glowing rune.
    Leaving him about 72ft away and invulnerable due to being out of sight.
    We just had to watch the timer count down to zero.
  2. I just wish...
    1. ToT was working.
    2. That the banners had more time to allow for player organisation. (As was requested during testing.)
    That is all.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ValkyrieRising View Post
    I really hope not, since that is the 40-45 Warshade AT arc. If that is the case, his minimum spawning level needs to be looked at, though I doubt that will happen.


    Nope. The team leader was level 30. All those of us who were SSKed were 29, making that AV much more of an "ouch".
    Err SSK changes to the mission holders level in a mission no matter the out of mission leaders level.

    In which case 29+2+2+2=35 (3 times your +2 setting, OUCH)
  4. 'Suggestions and Ideas' are in the 'For Fun!' section here:
    http://boards.cityofheroes.com/forumdisplay.php?f=603

    As for your suggestion, I would recommend waiting until the Blue, Grey, Red issue which will be caused by GR has settled...
  5. The OP isn't talking about changing that characters AT,
    but about changing their Primary and/or Secondary powersets...

    Things like a Spines/SR Scrapper becoming a Claws/Regen Scrapper.

    Which would also be useful for power proliferation changes, to allow players with a then level 50 character a chance to change to any powersets of that characters AT. (Brute -> Brute)

    Even if the drop was to around level 10/20 ish rather than level 1, and that capes, auras and costume slots already unlocked (level 20, 30 and 40 missions) remained unlocked.

    Additionally it would be nice to keep the 'Call' options for contacts that have already given you missions to that level, even if their mission progress bar was reset.

    This could work by having any known contacts outside your level range listed on the inactive list as now, but also including known contacts you are below the level for.

    With my suggested adjustments above...
    I'd be happy to say... /Signed
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Carnifax View Post
    Interesting. But will it throw error messages in the Combat Log as well?
    Just been able to test this and the only annoying thing in the combat logs from using it are the 'Flying!' 'Not flying' messages as usual.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Santorican View Post
    Yes, +infinity. I'd love to have PPD bots for an MM.
    Suggested them as with GR we should be able to have heroside MM's
    PPD Swat MM with PPD Bot Pets

    IIRC the pets still need to show if they are upgraded for PvP/Co-op, the Assault Bot for example has a (tacky) missile launcher showing, most large bots have missiles, so for non custom top upgrade have the bot's missile bay stay open, or similar.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ValkyrieRising View Post
    My experiences this weekend thus far:

    Level 40 Warshade arc mission set at +1 spawned a level 43 Nosferatu.
    Level 45 team running a Founders Falls Safeguard set at +3 spawned a level 51 Barracuda
    Level 30 team running the Shaper arc set at +2 spawned a level 35 Barracuda

    EBs don't seem to be affected. PCWK was level appropriate as an EB when I ran the Tina Mac mission for him.
    Was the lvl 30 team actually playing as lvl 31?
    As I notice with any setting over +1 it's doubling the +level before adding it to the teams level for the AV.
    45+(3x2)=51 and 31+(2x2)=35 thats 45+3+3 and 31+2+2 for those with poorer maths.
    __________________

    IMO the EB's and AV's need a -1 +0 +1 option, -1 AV only available at +0 Level and above.

    This would give the level 45 team on +3 facing a fixed Barracuda AV (48) a lvl 47 thru 49 AV depending on the above setting.

    This would also help players who have difficulty with EB's and AV's without forcing them to lower the levels of the rest of the mission mobs just to survive and defeat a single EB/AV.
  9. Personal opinion:
    I prefer calling them extended rather than epics, because imo
    H/V Extended AT's suits them better than H/V Epic AT's.

    And the H/V E AT's are imo an extention of the existing AT's.
    (Widows for example are Claws+Spines, Claw and Dart attacks with Lethal+Poison DMG.)

    I say this as all AT's start at level 1 (2 after the tutorial) and progress to level 50, following player selected missions and arc's.
    __________________

    Additionally, I feel that the Epics are the non-AT standard powers in the APP/PPP's.

    Yes I know Kheldians don't directly get these, but they have more standard top end powers, which is where their epicness comes from.

    If for example there was a APP or two, linked to Kheldian powers, this imo would give standard (Hero) AT's a feeling of epicness.
    (A Nicti PPP for non VEAT Villain AT's)
  10. Medic could have a Rez...
    As long as it only targeted your Henchmen and Teammates.

    Cimerorans have Surgeons, Vahzlok have Mortificators, Crey have...

    Give the medic no melee powers and a stay in mm bg mode (follow defensive) effect.
    (I say effect as it would avoid the take damage when the mm does of the true bg mode.)
  11. FYI, The default install for CoH (Win XP) is "C:\Program Files\City of Heroes"
    That with the bypass is...

    EU
    "C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.EU.exe -project eucoh"

    USA
    "C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.exe -project coh"

    ATTENTION
    This bypasses the updater so be advised that any updates will not be installed and may make your game unstable!!!
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by GrinningSpade View Post
    /Unsigned

    Lets not make Radio/Newspaper missions more convenient compared to the normal arcs. I rather see steps taken to promote us to play normal arcs instead.
    You need to do Newspaper and Broker - Bank Mahem missions Redside to unlock more contacts.

    I don't mind Radio listings being limited Blueside as you get more contacts from your previous contacts, but Redside it's not that common and so you have to do Newspaper missions to get new arcs.

    I agree to this turn the page option for the Redside Newspaper mission selection.
    I disagree with it regarding Blueside Radio missions. (Not required)
    As for Side By Side version option in GR, I have no idea... Yet.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Drugfree Boy View Post
    This. You could make it horrendously expensive and I think it would still work. Very good inf sink, even if horribly overpriced.

    In-game gambling would be incredible, as well.
    Gambling would be out, as a PG 13 game...

    The Devs could make 1 month of game time cost 6 billion inf tho...

    3x 2 billion inf inspirations (Replacing the WW/BM non existant insps)
    Combining to make a game time insp.

    Which when used could unlock the 'Limit Breaker' badge and costume piece an 'I beat the inf' cap.
  14. We could ask the devs nicely to incorporate the Vidiotmaps updates as the official maps?
  15. Peacebringers should get light and Warshades dark tinting.

    As for their Nova and Dwarf forms...

    Fire Imps are colourable on a per player basis, basically the summon power passes the selected colours to the Imps as they summon.

    Nova and Dwarf powers are replacement character summons, but technically they should be able to get the colour information from the toggled form power.

    (Devs: As such this should also fix/allow Granite customisation.)
  16. Known bug along with the SSK auto-defeat of pets when leaving a team mission.

    Quickest method to get them back under your control is to re-zone, alternatively getting out of range so they respawn nearer to you also works.

    Note: Sometimes when zoning if they are not 'Active' pets, when you get them back they may have lost the upgrades...

    Hope this helps.
  17. 101) Had a spawn of purples from someone else,descend on you and promptly were kissing pavement as you were running to the train in talos or bricks.

    102) Cussed out the person who caused the purple spawn in broadcast..

    103) Attempted to enter the Train from the exit, and wondered why it wouldn't let you in

    104) Actually teamed outside of AE.

    105) Made a Global Friend.

    106) Made an utter fool out of yourself on the forums.

    107) Taken advice from others that helped you to never do 106 again.

    108) Tried other AT's besides the one they got to 50.

    109) Complained bitterly about someone's playstyle, only to realize that yours has similar elements.

    110) Taken a hint from a more experienced player.

    111) /em flex1 on Atlas' back to help him hold the globe.

    112) Proudly displayed the "Tank" badge on a blaster.

    113) Accidentally bought up a bunch of SO's of the wrong origin

    114) Yelled "Fire in Steel Canyon!"

    115) Ignored Steel Canyon being on fire. Again.

    116) Thought about setting Steel Canyon on fire, since it's always burning anyway.

    117) Gotten lost in Boomtown.

    118) Flown to the dam in Faultline and repeatedly foot-stomped to see if you could make it collapse.

    119) Nearly gotten eaten by the... WHATEVER IT IS... in the water by the dam.

    120) Tried to get Doc Delilah eaten by the WHATEVER IT IS.

    121) Wondered why a cool chick like Mirror Spirit just stands there as a trainer, and we get stuck with Fusionette as an ally.

    122)Teleport Sally around for a adventure on Croatoa

    123) Hosted a Badge Night to take lowbies around and get exploration badges, kill X badges, etc.

    124) Wondered how a ghost got a cell phone (Kelly Nemmers).

    125) Wondered how guys from hundreds of centuries ago got cell phones (The Cimerorans).

    126) Have at least 3 costume slots[/quote]

    127) Auto-ran your team into a team wipe.

    128) Had Ulli eat cookies in celebration of one of your accomplishments.

    129) Forgot you changed characters and enter combat trying to do something your archetype doesn't do.

    130) Respecced and forgot your travel power

    131) Gone out of your way to Kill Void Hunters(Seekers, Stalkers) whenever you are playing your Kheldian no matter how many levels below you they are.

    132) Was sniped in PI...or FF

    133) Respecced in mid-air, only to have fly detoggle when exiting and been unable to find it in your power tray before you hit the ground and drop to 1hp.

    134)Started a solo SG just to store your prized stuff.

    135) Been on a team where more time was spent looking for more people than actually doing things.

    136) Done the Mother Mayhem mission on that dilapidated hospital map and got genuinely creeped out by the dim lighting and the sound effects.

    137) Wormholed/knockbacked/teleported enemies into the lava in Tyrant's throne room.

    138) Accepted an exemp from a player while in mid-flight, only to realize/remember AFTER you crashed to the ground that they were significantly lower than you.

    139) Spent time swimming around the 'underwater' room in the Cimeroran caves.

    140) given influence/infamy to another toon doing the /em panhandle

    141) Got assassin striked in a PvP zone while looking for badges

    142)stood in Atlas Plaza for an extended time answering newbies' questions, even though they were simple and repetative to you.

    143) Follow a noob around Atlas or Galaxy, but refuse to help them, even if they really need it.

    144) Get lost in Orenbagel.

    145) lifting the fog of war from every map by running/flying/leaping over every square inch.

    146) got lost in someone elses base

    147) Changed the colors of the same costume 7 different times.

    148) Changed the color of the user interface

    149) Gotten the Cryptic Lounge - Egg Hunter Badge - In Faultline.

    150) Forgotten how to get to a zone at least once.
  18. Colouring the default MM Pets and their powers would be good:
    1. Bots: Armor plating and powers.
    2. Mercs: Costume colours and powers.
    3. Necro: Zombie skin, armor, etc and powers.
    4. Ninja: Costume colors and powers.
    5. Thugs: Costume colours and powers.
    (Note to Devs, I'm not suggesting removing the upgraded indications.)


    Additionally alternate non customisable pets would be good too:
    1. Bots: PPD Assault, PPD Guardian, PPD Enforcer
      Various Malta Titans... Including the Zeus
      Vanguard Mech's, etc.
    2. Mercs: Malta, Longbow, etc.
    3. Necro: CoT/Ghosts etc.
    4. Ninja: KoA, etc.
    5. Thugs: Various ranked Skulls, etc.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Smiling_Joe View Post
    1) Where's that Nictus?
    Use this one to automatically select quantums, voids and cysts with your tab key without having to think about it:

    /bind tab "target_custom_next quantum$$target_custom_next void$$target_custom_next cyst$$target_enemy_next"

    A word of warning: if there is a quantum, void or a cyst in a spawn, this bind will only select said quantum, void or cyst - even if they're dead - until the body disappears, so once you kill the nictus you'll be forced to either hit a power to select another enemy or manually select them with the mouse.
    Little tip try using 'alive'

    /bind tab "target_custom_next alive quantum$$target_custom_next alive void$$target_custom_next alive cyst$$target_enemy_next"

    For reference thats 125 characters and stating 'alive' should no longer target defeated pre-fade mobs.

    Oh and for WS teleporting...

    /bind shift+lbutton "powexec_name shadow step$$powexec_name black dwarf step"

    This should activate whichever power is available for teleporting at that time...

    Human: Shadow Step
    Dwarf: Black Dwarf Step
    Nova: N/A

    Hope this helps my fellow players with Khelds...
    (I currently have 2 pb and 1 ws.)
  20. Quote:
    I had to reduce the Data drive size, and I haven't formated it since that
    This could be your culprit right here!
  21. Quote:
    Open to legal residents of the United States and Canada (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths, and Québec)
    EU???
  22. Query support, but it may be something to do with the new AE anti-farming measures.

    They stopped allies being full bubblers, and it may be similar with MM allies.

    Maximum MM allies with pets at AV level vs mission AV's would be an easy farm... even for a squishy!

    I hope support changes this to affect >1 MM allies, leaving the first MM ally free to use pets.
  23. Coolio

    City of Cute...

    Thank you very much Psygon.

    And yes I think it's cute too.
  24. Coolio

    Store Shut

    Major Store Unused and Unassigned Slots Vanishing, Prior to i16 allocated but unused slots were available when the store was down, dunno what's happened since... Oh there goes two of the EU Servers.
  25. Coolio

    Server down

    Mapserved several times on Defiant, then saw Union was offline!