Demented

Have fun.

Between my n52te and my Naga mouse, I hardly have to touch my G15 keyboard except for communicating...and loading bind files.

I could see possibly being able to totally play with just the n52te and Naga, though luckily my keyboard tray is massive.

Name: The Magnificent Mutants
Leader/Creator: MetalliMan
Colors: None required/needed
Icon: DaVinci man, but also not required

I am a 5+ year player, that generally resided on Victory. Then I started creating more toons on Champion. I was mainly a solo player, but have started missing some good team ups, and thought that by creating my own SG, I might draw some like minded players that are on regularly.

I decided to just go Mutant Origin since IMO, the Mutants are the true heroes. They have been given genetic mutations that they did not ask for, and now must make the choice of how best to serve humanity. While I don't actually role-play persay, I do enjoy creating backstories and personalities for the characters I create.

I JUST created the SG, so at this time it is only me, and as soon as I get around to it, any of my mutant alts.

If you're interested in joining, send a tell to @Midnight Blues, and make sure you mention The Magnificent Mutants!

or are Demon Summoning Masterminds a HELL of a lot of FUN! (Pun intended!) I haven't had this much fun with a MM since my first, a Bots/FF. Maybe it's the Pain Domination secondary that is helping me have a blast, but in about a week I've gone from zero to 28, and it's been so much fun!

Just thought I'd share!

You know, thinking about it now, I don't usually end a 'no thank you' with it, but at the time, I was thinking that my internet connection at work was going to end soon, and wasn't the best at times anyway, so it might have been an unconscious thing on my part that the "..." meant all that.

Hmm, I wonder if I should look for that player online next time, and somewhat apologize...I never really thought about the "..." much, but some valid points have come up here.

This is a very short conversation I just had in game:

Odd, because I thought the veteran respecs were the ones that you could just do /respec anywhere in game, and respec your character. I did wind up going to Sawyer, and all is well. It just irked me a bit.

Thanks!

EDIT: Off-Topic...what is with the negative rep thing? That's rather ignorant. -3 rep...psh...Not saying anyone here did anything to me, but the system itself...

EDIT: And to the person who did negatively rep me, the least you could do is sign your rep...'ehh a 51 month vet should know better' or whatever is lame indeed. Is there a place I can negatively rep you? 'A moronic idiot, who has nothing better to do that to basically put someone down for not knowing, should know better'. That's what I'd write...totally lame...

And yeah I guess I'm writing a bit much about it, but I could MAYBE understand the negative rep thing if I was making harassing threads, or trolling, but for not knowing...wow...

I needed to vent that.

OK, I just hit level 22 on my Plants/Psionic Dom, and I wanted to respec her so as not to completely waste the inf I had spent on her DO's. When I log in, it says I have 4 respecs remaining, and to type /respec in the chat window to respec my character. However, when I do that, nothing happens, and I see the message that I don't have any remaining, and I have to go see so and so in Nerva. What gives?

Leaning towards PSU as well. I used to have a BFG 9800 GTX and upgraded to a BFG GTX 280, and didn't have any of the issues you describe. Mind you, I've been using an OCZ 700w PSU the whole time.

It could also be a driver issue. You say your drivers were up to date, but did you:

1. Uninstall video drivers.
2. Turn off your PC; remove 9800GTX
3. Put GTX 260 in machine; reboot
4. Install latest drivers from nVidia's website.

You could also run a driver cleaner program between steps 1 and 2, to be fully sure the old drivers are gone. I know that they are both nVidia cards, but it is always best to remove drivers before changing hardware.

Well, first off, what are your computer specs? CPU, RAM amount and speed, PSU, GPU. Also, what temps are you getting on your CPU and GPU? Is your PC overclocked at all? What type of case do you have, and is there adequate airflow? Without that info, I'll make a guess and say it might be related to your power supply. Usually when a system locks up, or shuts down, it's a power supply issue, because the system is not getting a steady supply of power. If it's not the PSU, it could perhaps be the motherboard.

IF you give us some more info on your system, we might be able to help better.

Yeah I am getting this too. Really makes those times you have to buy a lot of Enhancements more tedious than it has to be, IMO.

Hope it gets fixed soon, or if it's a new 'feature', at least has an option to enable/disable.

Still, a bit much to warrant wanting to die...I mean, frustrating, upsetting...but it is what it is...life goes on and everything happens for a reason...maybe you will have a new creative idea for the site...

Do you perchance have an nVidia card, and the latest 186.18 drivers? I had this issue with those drivers, so I reverted back to 185.85's for now.

I just unlocked the VEATS about a week ago, and having a blast with my now level 21! I was playing around in Mid's Designer and went through a few versions until I think I have settled on this one. Nothing is set in stone, but I am always open to suggestions.

Plus, what are some good names for Crabs? I named him Operative Gingher, but realized that Crab Spider Gingher might actually be a better name. Open to suggestions on this as well.

Anyways, on to the build:

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.401
http://www.cohplanner.com/

[u]Click this DataLink to open the build![u]

Operative Gingher: Level 50 Natural Arachnos Soldier
Primary Power Set: Crab Spider Soldier
Secondary Power Set: Crab Spider Training
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Single Shot <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase[*] (3) Damage Increase[*] (5) Damage Increase[*] (7) Endurance Reduction[*] (37) Endurance Reduction[*] (40) Recharge Reduction[/list]Level 1: Wolf Spider Armor <ul type="square">[*] (A) Resist Damage[*] (19) Resist Damage[/list]Level 2: Burst <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase[*] (3) Damage Increase[*] (5) Damage Increase[*] (7) Endurance Reduction[*] (23) Endurance Reduction[*] (37) Recharge Reduction[/list]Level 4: Combat Training: Offensive <ul type="square">[*] (A) Accuracy[*] (19) Accuracy[/list]Level 6: Swift <ul type="square">[*] (A) Run Speed[/list]Level 8: Heavy Burst <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase[*] (9) Damage Increase[*] (9) Damage Increase[*] (17) Endurance Reduction[*] (23) Endurance Reduction[*] (37) Recharge Reduction[/list]Level 10: Tactical Training: Maneuvers <ul type="square">[*] (A) Defense Buff[*] (11) Defense Buff[*] (11) Defense Buff[/list]Level 12: Venom Grenade <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase[*] (13) Damage Increase[*] (13) Damage Increase[*] (17) Endurance Reduction[*] (34) Endurance Reduction[*] (43) Recharge Reduction[/list]Level 14: Health <ul type="square">[*] (A) Healing[*] (15) Healing[*] (15) Healing[/list]Level 16: Combat Jumping <ul type="square">[*] (A) Defense Buff[/list]Level 18: Tactical Training: Assault <ul type="square">[*] (A) Endurance Reduction[/list]Level 20: Stamina <ul type="square">[*] (A) Endurance Modification[*] (21) Endurance Modification[*] (21) Endurance Modification[/list]Level 22: Super Jump <ul type="square">[*] (A) Jumping[/list]Level 24: Channelgun <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase[*] (25) Damage Increase[*] (25) Damage Increase[*] (29) Endurance Reduction[*] (29) Endurance Reduction[*] (36) Recharge Reduction[/list]Level 26: Tactical Training: Leadership <ul type="square">[*] (A) To Hit Buff[*] (27) To Hit Buff[*] (27) To Hit Buff[/list]Level 28: Mental Training <ul type="square">[*] (A) Run Speed[/list]Level 30: Longfang <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase[*] (31) Damage Increase[*] (31) Damage Increase[*] (31) Endurance Reduction[*] (34) Endurance Reduction[*] (36) Recharge Reduction[/list]Level 32: Suppression <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase[*] (33) Damage Increase[*] (33) Damage Increase[*] (33) Endurance Reduction[*] (34) Endurance Reduction[*] (36) Recharge Reduction[/list]Level 35: Crab Spider Armor Upgrade <ul type="square">[*] (A) Resist Damage[*] (46) Resist Damage[/list]Level 38: Frag Grenade <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase[*] (39) Damage Increase[*] (39) Damage Increase[*] (39) Endurance Reduction[*] (40) Knockback Distance[*] (40) Recharge Reduction[/list]Level 41: Serum <ul type="square">[*] (A) Healing[*] (42) Healing[*] (42) Healing[*] (42) Recharge Reduction[*] (43) Recharge Reduction[*] (43) Recharge Reduction[/list]Level 44: Call Reinforcements <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase[*] (45) Damage Increase[*] (45) Damage Increase[*] (45) Defense Debuff[*] (46) Recharge Reduction[*] (46) Recharge Reduction[/list]Level 47: Frenzy <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase[*] (48) Damage Increase[*] (48) Damage Increase[*] (48) Endurance Reduction[/list]Level 49: Omega Maneuver <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase[*] (50) Damage Increase[*] (50) Damage Increase[*] (50) Taunt Duration[/list]------------
Level 1: Brawl <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase[/list]Level 1: Sprint <ul type="square">[*] (A) Run Speed[/list]Level 2: Rest <ul type="square">[*] (A) Healing[/list]Level 1: Conditioning
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oh god, is that the real boxxy.....

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Was wondering the same thing...heh

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Actually, the two free slots that were launched with the Character Slot service / Issue 12 *will* end at some point in the future.

If you have not claimed or assigned those slots to a server, then after the window closes, you won't get those two free slots.

This was noted in the Issue 12 Release Notes.

We have not yet announced when the window for claiming the two free character slots will end, but we will give advance notice prior to ending it.

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So... If we've used, say, three out of four free slots, does that final free slot count as a vet reward slot or a limited time offer slot?

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Good question...

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Extra special note on DIGITAL VIBRANCE SETTING:

For those of you new to NVIDIA driver settings (or who perhaps only recently switched to a flat panel from a CRT), Nvidia has a setting in its driver that offers to improve the "pop" of colors.

This glorious setting is known as DIGITAL VIBRANCE and can be accessed via the Nvidia control panel.

LOOK FOR:
[-]DISPLAY
--- ADJUST DESKTOP COLOR SETTINGS ---

do not confuse this with the [-]Video &amp; Television settings that offer up "Adjust Video Color Settings" which looks very similar (though it does not offer the Digital Vibrance setting).

Everyone will have their own preference, but I've noticed that I like to set most of my screens to between 15% and 35% Digital Vibrance. This can make a game like CoH go from dull and drab to shiny and colorful. [It also let's you adjust your gamma settings a little better.]

Anyhow, enjoy! Sorry I didn't mention this earlier.

[*** As a caveat, please know that this may mess up your ability to properly judge color on non-gaming tasks... like digital photo adjustment/printing. Just be careful that you don't set this too whacky to make CoH pop and then inadvertently color adjust a ton of digital photos that suddenly looked too colorful. ***]


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Awesome info JG!! My games look so much brighter and crisp! I have it set to 25%, and that's my Digital Vibrance Number! lol

Great guide!!

Here is my entry for villains:

Arachno-Bot &amp; Friends

Don't listen to VooDoo...he's just a rambling hippie...heh

I love the site, and now I'm hooked on CityGameTracker et al as well! So much info, so little time!

Demented

Great site, Polaris! I can't wait to see it grow! It's such a good way to see who we have here, and what they are!

Get that Gallery workin, cuz I have a feeling the missus is gonna love it!

Laterzzz,
Demented