Du Hast

I'm not sure if I put this post in the right spot but here goes...

I found this billboard in Talos just above the police station:



So I ask, why is Lusca not called a Kraken and what should the Kraken from Perez Park be called?

a few thoughts here.

First; do NOT make this a temp power that limits regular game play (attacks, toggles, etc)

second; try to make the power akin to either sprint powers or costume code powers as both only change the aesthetics and NOT game play. you already have the tech in place or at least most of it with sprints, they emit a path aura already and there is the prestige power slide which has the animation of sliding INCLUDING all the animations of attacks while sliding. the only thing you would need to work out is the placement of the object to be surfing on and the vertical movement.

third; by using the costume code powers you can simply turn on and off vehicles and to prevent major issues of attacking while on/in a vehicle you could simply have the power toggle off automatically when an attack is clicked (though I would disregard toggle auras since most players like to keep those on).

forth; given the amount of prestige sprints and more travel powers such as the rocket board and what ever else you decide to make I would suggest building in some sort of drop down menu in the enhancements slotting screen so we don't have this ridiculously long list of temp travel powers. this would be the perfect time to do so given the redesign of the UI for character creation.

bottom line, if the new travel options detoggle powers or turn off attacks then I will NOT be purchasing it and I know I am not be the only one with this mind set. that's just my two cents on this topic.

thank you for your time.

here is one simple response to why this will never happen:

the devs want us to roll alts

how would a total respec be any different from copying your toons costume and transferring all the inf to email and rolling a new alt?

also keep in mind that when going through this total respec that you would likely lose ALL enhancements for a few reasons.

1 what ever new sets/AT you chose there are completely different enhancements you would need to chose.
2 you can't take all your enhancements with you especially since its a one time thing and you can only carry 10 (up to 30) enhancements through a respec.

I wouldn't mind however if we could pay to have all badges switched from one toon to another so you would be changing who your primary badger toon is. The ONLY reason I say this is because some badges are easier to get for some powersets/AT than others as well as alignment (specifically looking at Preatorian only badges, healing badges and PvP badges)
but thats a whole other thread in and of itself.

I love the idea of bodies floating in hami but I have two thoughts to that...

1 please FOR THE LOVE OF GOD make the floating bodies use rag doll physics or it will totally ruin the illusion

2 instead of dropping to the ground when we die could we just float there in the goo with a rag doll inspired death pose?

I just wanted to say welcome to the game. as you can see from the responses to your post we are as a player base very eager to please and in being helpful.

I noticed that no one has mentioned the population difference between villain side or hero side. generally the population density is lighter on redside (villain) than blue (hero) at least thats the way it is on Freedom server (where my super group and I reside) also on yellow side (Preatoria) the enemies are much tougher at lower lvls than on red/blue side and Preatoria typically has a much lower player population than red or blue because the content only goes to 20 and you don't HAVE to start out in Preatoria as previously stated. The only real reason to start in Preatoria is if you want to be a villain archtype playing on hero side or visa versa. but at lvl 20 you can get tips missions and work your way to switch sides at that time.

to get the most out of your play time experience I would highly recommend shopping around for a good SG. this can be tough however as most supergroups don't have what it takes to last. some peter out after a while due to certain features of the game changing/not being supported and more or taken out of the game (cough, base raids, cough)or not constantly revitalizing the membership on a regular basis which keeps the veterans around while keeping the membership fresh.

I personally have found a great home in an SG that has been around from day one of the game. one of the reasons we have been around so long is that we are always doing stuff together and when we recruit new people they go through a trial period to see if they mesh well with the rest of us. (this can also be a folly of many other SGs if they dont do this because it does not guarantee the quality of members in the SG.) we do this to weed out the ones we don't want to play with us and the ones we do. this may sound harsh but would you want a supergroup member who is a jerk or doesnt want to be part of the group or doesn't make you feel welcome? the trial period has nothing to do with how new to the game you are but all about your personality and how well you interact with the group at large.

Now I am not putting all this out there specifically to advertise my SG (though I will give you the web address for our site so you can check it out) but to give you an idea of what to look for in a good strong SG as there are millions out there and most don't have what it takes to be a really good one. The biggest of which is the amount of activity. I hope all this helps.

@du hast (If you would like in game help or just a friend)
www.doomheroes.com (if you want to check us out.)

P.S.
You may notice in the signature of a lot of our Forum posts (such as in mine) something that says "Arc ID (numbers)". these are story arcs that each of us have made in the Architect Entertainment buildings found in most zones. they are meant for personal story telling and creating your own missions which its great for but it is also abused and used for power leveling. I personally would recommend avoiding AE buildings all together till you are comfortable with playing your toons (slang for "character") and the rest of the game for two reasons
1 power leveling can make it harder to find teams since you "should know how to use your character at that lvl" and with PLing you don't have the time to get the experience enough to play your toon properly. also in PLing you suddenly find your self with lots of enhancement slots to enhance but not enough money to enhance them all along with needing to replace the enhances you had in already as they are only good for 3 levels unless you have invention origin enhancements (which cost more than other enhancements).
2 most story arcs (like mine) have Arch Villains in them which can make it extra hard to do and if your not that experienced then it just makes it even more challenging. Also many personal made story arcs tend to be MUCH harder than regular missions. each arc however has a description on its difficulty level, lvl range and if there is an AV or not.

I was actually very dissapointed in the steampunk booster. it only had the backpack and the wings for steampunk tech and steampunk tech is a BIG part of steampunk so perhaps some steampunk tech we can fly around on like a steam jet device like the steam monowheel from "Steamboy"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboy

how about a flying Persian rug, UFO or plane/jet, helicopter, powered paraglider (flight) a summonable car you can drive on the streets [would be extra fun if you could run over civilians] or galloping horse (super speed) a pogo stick or spring boots (super jump) not jet boots

I have a few questions that I havent seen addressed.

will the new rewards system continue to grant vet reward badges that we have not gotten yet or are we screwed from getting future vet rewards any more
I know a lot of badgers would be upset by this especially in badge tracking.

in regards to the character slots are the new earned ones be able to apply to an already currently full server? what I mean is I have max slots on my prefered server and they are full of mostly 50 so as it is now, unless I am able to get in on a free server transfer event then the new character slots are useless to me unless I can expand the number of slots per server beyond what we currently have.

Hey Goblin Queen, where did you get info on the Steam-punk pack?

I would like to see the prestige slide power be tintable. as it is it's VERY hard to use thematically. even a new power colored light blue for ice characters would be more beneficial than the current pinkish purple slide.

powers
how about instead of alternate animations give us the "no VFX" option

cape auras:
how about using actual capes, give us some auras that we can use in place of a cape such as a burning cape aura or electrical cape or smoky cape.

how about populating Paragon with small animals like rabbits, cats and dogs

I am actually surprized that they dont use the in game email for stuff like this

I have been doing that and still only getting the 10 thread prize

I noticed that the part where you go after the weapon crates and acid barrels, that MMs have only two options, keep up with the team and die over and over and over or afk till that phase is over.

why only these two options?

A) pets are too slow to keep up with the team and you
B) most mobs are left alive even around the glowies
C) once you die its a gauntlet due to A and B to catch up with team mates
D) all the above.

I tried my hardest to stay alive and keep up with the team but in the end my only reward was either 10 threads or a few super inspirations. oh yeah and when I used an acid on one of the portals it almost killed me, and I mean I had just a thread of life left even with my bubbles on.

what do you guys think?

how do you default to windows drivers in win 7? I updated to the latest drivers and it didnt affect anything

I did it as an upgrade from xp and my mouse just worked so didnt have to look for drivers or anything

its not a gaming mouse, its a regular microsoft wireless 5 button mouse and the CoH is a fresh install.

I just recently upgraded to Windows 7 just after I20 hit so I don't know if its an issue with I20 or a Win 7 thing. Any way the problem is my scroll wheel on my mouse.

The scroll wheel will control the scrolling in windows like the auction house or power selection window but it wont zoom in and out on my character. Any thoughts?

dont know if any one else has run into this one but for some reason it trys to patch the test server (I initiate it) and I get this error every time...

Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.

it patched live and beta perfectly fine though

thoughts?

I am going to buy the booster pack since I didn't get a code and I can deal with not winning but I had a real hard time with the way that the event was handled.

I showed up at PD2 at 1pm pst because PD1 was already full. I thought we were going to be asked to line up along the walls to do a CC since the original announcement said

This bug wasn't limited to trial accounts. I'm a 69 month vet and it happened to me too at about 11 am on Freedom. I logged out of the game and fired up the updater again and back into the character select and the problem was fixed.

who is B.O.T.L.E.R.? never heard of him.

I was reading the descriptions of the rare and very rare alpha slot and was wondering if any one knows what a "level shift" is?