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Pretty swift these days. There's not much of a penalty for death anymore so levels can go reasonably quickly. One thing I will say though is that CoH/CoV is not about rushing to the level cap and going raiding as it is in WoW, it's more about enjoying the journey. So although it's easy to pick up XP, it's the experience on the way that counts.

Mostly. With the base game, you are restricted to your gender (Male, Female & Male Huge) but you can easily change your height and build within that. The Science add-on pack gives you the ability to alter your gender and model further. I know plenty of people who played Hulk type characters even before the Science pack came out. Also, you get 4 standard costume slots (5 with some special salvage) so flicking between your appearances is easy, even better with the new costume change emotes.

Epic archetypes at the moment (Peacebringers/Warshades - Hero, Arachnos Soldiers and Widows - Villains) are unlocked at the level cap, level 50. However, we're currently in open beta of Issue17 which will change that to level 20 which can be reached within a week. Soldiers and Widows can choose between a ranged/defence class or a melee/defence class or a mix between the two. They also bring significant team buffs with them as well. They are a new class altogether rather than being an extension of your existing one.

Without wanting to give too mant spoilers, there will be times when you challenge his schemes, especially once you unlock the Patron arcs at level 40. Arachnos is all about in-fighting so although you can be loyal to the organisation, there are a lot of factions that often oppose each other. You will clash directly with Lord Recluse's schemes later on in the game.

I pay by credit card, I've never used a game time card. Hopefully someone else will be able to clarify.

I have never heard of this happening ever. The only time I have ever heard of someone losing their character was due to massive over-exploitation of some of the game's systems.

I hope that helps and that you'll join us soon.

I'm not even going to start hoping that that would ever become a reality. I just know I'd be setting myself up for disappointment. Still, stranger things have happened.

I know not of these heathens! (And I speak as a proud Heathen myself. )


Awesome stuff as always. Your videos are always what I point people towards when they want to know what's so great about this game.

If we get nothing else, this will be enough to make me happy.

As the owner of two Arabic characters, I endorse this idea. Not sure about the Flying Carpet bit, seems a little too stereotypical for my liking. But good ideas so far.

There was?

In general, the public seem pretty accepting of heroes of all origins so to have any overt objections would seem a tad stupid. However, I can't believe that every citizen wanders around going, "aren't heroes wonderful." There are some comments made by civillians in game that suggest that heroes aren't always accepted or admired. So I reckon it's quite possible that even if there's nothing overt, there might be some underlying hatred or lack of acceptance that still permeates society.

In terms of characters or events, The Militia faced off against Pure Tomorrow who were similar to Humanity First in terms of wanting to keep the human genome 'pure' or untained by mutants. On the other side of the coin, my main villain is someone who believes that mutants are simply superior to others. The reason for this is due to lack of acceptance when his mutation first occurred. If he had been anywhere else than amongst teenage boys (because they're always soooo accepting of difference) then he might have not become so militant. However, as that occurred over 30 years ago, it's not so relevant to today's society.

And make sure that you're swift to use them too. I remember taking too long once and having the door slowly slide open in front of me....

Guilty as charged guv'nor. I think I've read too many so the slightest mention of it gets my back up. Plus, I play both sides anyway so it all seems a bit pointless to me.

Can I be Lord Summerisle then?

I'm working on it but my daughter's too young to play yet beyond slapping the keyboard and smearing peanut butter down it.

As much as I welcome the ideas for boosting numbers on the EU servers, I do think this would create more grief amongst the community than good. I remember the hell that was caused when Union got a DXP weekend but Defiant didn't. I feel this would cause some resentment between NA and EU players.

As an EU player, I don't feel that it's unfair that NA players get more servers, they simply have more people to accommodate. It would be like adding an extra server to the EU, all it would do is spread the people thinner. A lure back to try Going Rogue would be good so perhaps a reactivation weekend some time after GR hits would be nice but at the moment, I am waiting to see what 'solution' War Witch was hinting at.

Still, suggestions for helping our community to grow are always good to debate.

The Spoiler seemed flustered. This was a great opportunity! He seemed to become nervous and agitated as if his geek credentials were being tested.

"Oh um... I know these," he began. "Right... number two... Krull! I love that film, um... number five: Bruce Campbell! Yes, love that guy, err... number four... Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, um, Andromeda... um, some of Xena... number one... oh, gah! I know it... der der dum, dum, der... arrgh..."

Behind him, his cronies packed up the photography equipment and the laptop, getting ready to move out.