Effigy

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  1. Hilarious! In the many years I've lurked on these forums (you can tell my my post count), this is by far the most popular thread I've ever started. Also, it has nothing to do with me, or why I started it.

    Man, I am pretty lame. I had pie for lunch today though.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SinisterDirge View Post
    Was probably cause you linked nude pics. Check your pm's. Anytime I get modded, I get a complimentary pm to go with it.

    btw, they were nice work.
    Thank you for the compliment. I didn't get a PM, and I guess that's why I was wondering. I looked through the forum guidelines before posting, and they just said no sexually explicit content.

    I guess there's room for interpretation. Oh well :P
  3. What the balls? I had a thread on here that just got deleted out of the blue...

    How very odd, I didn't think it was offensive, but perhaps I was wrong.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Novamaiden View Post
    Not really helping yourself here you know, you just sound jerky and condesending as they complained about. "Wow how stupid people must be not to be able to follow instructions." Yes the CO map still does it's best to get me lost. And better graphics? ah no way.
    Please understand my comments are coming from someone who dearly loves COH. I want our game to continue, and am doing everything in my power to achieve that.

    "Better" is going to be subjective. I believe what they were trying to say is that their graphics engine is more advanced. Which it is. That won't translate to "better" to many CoX players, since it's too cartoony for most of them.

    As for as the rest of the snark, I've definitely come across more of the typical MMO noob bashers and such, but the CoX channel has some wonderful people that enjoy teaming in it.

    Also there are a ton of people on their forums willing to help out, some of them giving away gear as well as advice. It's not all bad.

    There are a lot of comparative arguments going around. I suggest we all help each other out instead. Feel free to hit me up in game, or hell... mail or message me whenever. I'll do whatever I can to help.

    @Zalkenai
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bad_Influence View Post

    I am trying hard to get used to CO. I'm trying. It does not seem all that user-friendly so far, but I am giving it a chance. I think I am just going to street-sweep for a while until I get a better feel for things. I am avoiding CoX right now because every time I log in tears come to my eyes. I need to stay busy doing something else.
    I still log in every day to COH, however there's usually nothing going on. I've been playing CO, and trying to learn to love a new game. Anyway, I'm not going to argue points here, people will make up their own minds. I'm having fun at least.

    My global there is @Zalkenai, just like in COH. If you are on and want any help, I will answer any questions I can. That goes out to all of you, I would love it if our community could stay together as much as possible, although that's just a pipe-dream.

    Cheers.
  6. Effigy

    The anomaly

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Desi_Nova View Post
    was there anything remotely resembling a point to the OP?
    Uh, yeah. There are three points. Obviously you didn't read. :P
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by mammalian View Post
    My thoughts on CO so far...
    I like the character creator and powers, made a perfect Batman free form toon with good close up melee and expolding granades, something unavailable in CoX.

    Game play is different, but just takes getting used to, my Dark Avenger toon was able to solo 5+ mobs at level 6, would have been toast in CoX.

    However the community I find is very lacking. The broadcasts are random chat noise, no 'level 6 group LFM' if fact been playing 2 weeks and have never seen anyone LFM. The teams i was invited to was just random invites where the leader said nothing then quit a few minutes later.

    I tried to join a chat channel, however no chat channels are listed, you have to know the name of it to join. Eveventually joined CoX channel, but even so there is a distinct lack of teaming as I expressed to the channel 'does anyone ever team?' and got the reply 'not really'.

    This aspect of the game sucks but I am still trying to work the game as there are no other alternatives.
    Well, I bought a lifetime sub when the game first came out, so I will be there if CoX ends. In fact, I will play a bit regardless. I play these games because I like teaming, so hit me up and I'll gladly team with you if I'm on. Global: @Zalkenai

    Cheers.
  8. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ChaosExMachina View Post
    By entering the mode of a strike force, through oro, architect, etc, you can stay on while afk in Atlas park indefinitely.

    If possible enter the instance with the highest number so no single instance has a ton of people not active and chatting. Please avoid any negative against the company because they are in control of the leverage and we are trying to convince them we should let the game be recovered, and investors are a lot more interested if you should showcase how LOYAL subscribers are to the game and the power a customer base can bring in the form of consistent money, not anger.

    PLEASE do not feed a troll no matter what.

    See more at the titan network: http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index....ic,5001.0.html
    I will be there, but completely AFK, as I will not be at home. Do you think this will detract from the event? Should I just not bother? I don't want someone talking to me, and not have me respond.

    Also, should I be using the protest emote, or just standing around?
  10. Effigy

    Victory Lap

    Hey everyone, I don't post here that often.

    In light of the news that the game is shutting down, I simply wanted to say thanks to everyone on Victory (the only server I play on) for being a great community.

    I'm usually more of a lurker than a talker in Victory badges, forum and limitless... but you've all made this game a great escape for me.

    This is the only game I play, so I don't know how I'm going to replace it, but feel free to message me to let me know where you're jumping ship to.

    I'd rather follow people that I know are awesome.

    @Zalkenai
  11. Hi everyone, I was just wondering if many time powers would stack with another players? I was pondering playing dual time defenders with a friend.

    Thoughts?
  12. Truthfully, I was working off another build I found here, and just modified it to what I _thought_ were improvements.


    I will take a look at these builds, thanks so much for your advice everyone!
  13. Hi everyone, I've made a build for my elec/elec brute, which I'm currently leveling up. I wanted to get some feedback from anyone with /elec expertise so see if I can be doing something better.

    I tried to shore up my weaknesses, but I'm sure there are still holes. Could anyone take a look and critique this build please? It would be much appreciated.

    Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.96
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    Click this DataLink to open the build!

    Disconnect: Level 50 Magic Brute
    Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee
    Secondary Power Set: Electric Armor
    Power Pool: Speed
    Power Pool: Fighting
    Power Pool: Leadership
    Power Pool: Leaping
    Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery

    Hero Profile:
    Level 1: Charged Brawl
    • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
    • (3) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
    • (3) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
    • (5) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    Level 1: Charged Armor
    • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
    • (5) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
    • (7) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
    • (7) Reactive Armor - Resistance
    Level 2: Havoc Punch
    • (A) Superior Brute's Fury - Damage/Recharge
    • (11) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (13) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
    • (13) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
    • (15) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
    • (15) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
    Level 4: Conductive Shield
    • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
    • (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
    • (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
    • (11) Reactive Armor - Resistance
    Level 6: Hasten
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    • (17) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 8: Thunder Strike
    • (A) Obliteration - Damage
    • (17) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (19) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
    • (19) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (21) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (21) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
    Level 10: Static Shield
    • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
    • (23) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
    • (23) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
    • (25) Reactive Armor - Resistance
    Level 12: Super Speed
    • (A) Empty
    Level 14: Lightning Field
    • (A) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage
    • (25) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (27) Superior Brute's Fury - Recharge/Fury Bonus
    • (40) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage
    • (40) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Endurance
    Level 16: Grounded
    • (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
    Level 18: Chain Induction
    • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
    • (27) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
    • (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
    • (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    Level 20: Lightning Reflexes
    • (A) Run Speed IO
    Level 22: Boxing
    • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
    • (31) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
    • (31) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
    • (31) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    Level 24: Tough
    • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
    • (33) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
    • (33) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
    • (33) Reactive Armor - Resistance
    Level 26: Weave
    • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
    • (48) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
    • (50) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
    • (50) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
    Level 28: Energize
    • (A) Miracle - Heal/Endurance
    • (40) Miracle - Endurance/Recharge
    • (43) Miracle - Heal/Recharge
    • (46) Miracle - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
    • (46) Miracle - Heal
    Level 30: Maneuvers
    • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
    • (37) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
    • (48) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
    • (50) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
    Level 32: Lightning Rod
    • (A) Obliteration - Damage
    • (34) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (34) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
    • (34) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (39) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
    Level 35: Power Sink
    • (A) Mocking Beratement - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (36) Mocking Beratement - Taunt
    • (36) Mocking Beratement - Recharge
    • (36) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge
    • (37) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge/Range
    Level 38: Combat Jumping
    • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
    Level 41: Electrifying Fences
    • (A) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (42) Enfeebled Operation - Endurance/Immobilize
    • (42) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Endurance
    • (42) Enfeebled Operation - Immobilize/Range
    • (43) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
    • (43) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize
    Level 44: Ball Lightning
    • (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
    • (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
    • (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
    • (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
    • (46) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
    Level 47: Build Up
    • (A) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff
    • (48) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff/Recharge
    Level 49: Power Surge
    • (A) Impervious Skin - Status Resistance
    Level 1: Brawl
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Prestige Power Dash
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Prestige Power Slide
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Prestige Power Quick
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Prestige Power Rush
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Prestige Power Surge
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Fury
    Level 1: Sprint
    • (A) Empty
    Level 2: Rest
    • (A) Empty
    Level 4: Ninja Run
    Level 2: Swift
    • (A) Empty
    Level 2: Health
    • (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
    • (39) Miracle - +Recovery
    Level 2: Hurdle
    • (A) Empty
    Level 2: Stamina
    • (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
    • (39) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
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  14. Effigy

    Story line?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EmperorSteele View Post
    I'm probably gonna get ninja'd here...

    The basic gist is this: Praetoria is an alternate Earth where Hamidon was allowed to grow and gain power unimpeded. He wiped out most of North America, with pockets of humanity clinging to survival.

    I'm not sure what happened first: First Ward getting destroyed, or Cole defeating Hamidon, but in either case, it was a failed test of the Sonic Fence system: The Devouring Earth were able to dig up from underneath and destroy the city.

    Learning from their mistake, Cole and Keyes (And possibly Neuron) built a new fence system around what would become known as Praetoria. This supposedly kept the DE at bay while Cole and co build a new society.

    The new society was stringently enforced, however. Psychic police, restriction of freedom, forced conscription of anyone with any abilities into the "powers division". It didn't take long for some people to realize something was wrong. And so you had "The Resistance", lead by Calvin Scott, who had a chip on his shoulder because his wife's body was taken over by "Praetor Tilman", aka Mother Mayhem.

    Then Cole found out about "Primal Earth". Apparently, its very existence was a threat to Praetoria, so he acted quickly and decisively to take it for himself. This would serve two effects: Empower him with even more of The Well's favor (which he would need in the future), and keep the Hamidon pacified.

    The Hamidon. Which was supposed to be dead. Apparently, Cole fought the creature to a standstill, and asked for a truce: he would prove humanity's worth to the Hamidon if it just gave him time. However, with a whole new world of humans who were just as spoiled and rotten and corrupt as anyone, the Hamidon would see that humans were unworthy, and destroy Praetoria.

    Plus, there's the Battalion, a race which EATS power... specifically, Wells (or things like it as they exist on each planet and in every reality).

    This "Well" I'm referring to is the Well of the Furies, which initially empowered Statesman and Lord Recluse, and is the empowering source behind "Incarnates": Beings granted enormous power, so long as they show strength of character, strength of will, and just plain old strength!

    Cole had the most of this, but it still wasn't enough to defeat the Hamidon, nor would it be enough to confront the Battalion. So he sought to gain more of the Well's power by conquering Primal Earth. But as the forces of Primal Earth fought back (at the behest of Prometheus, an ancient God who once unleashed humanity's potential against the wishes of Zeus) -they- became empowered by the Well.

    The Incarnates struck several blows against Coles regime: They disrupted a plan to brainwash the Resistence. They destroyed Praetoria's main munitions depot. They took over the Keyes reactor complex. Cole's capacity to wage war was severely weakened, also thanks to using a large number of forces to strike primal Earth, which had all been beat back. However, things weren't all peaches and cream: the Battalion took this time to launch a strike against us, destroying Galaxy City.

    Along with the Resistence, the Incarnates found out Cole's terrible secret: That Hamidon was alive... and ANGRY! Cole could no longer live up to his promise, and now Hamidon, which had been gaining strength, was ready to turn against humanity once again! The Incarnates then took to the airwaves, and told their story to TPN while fighting off the Imperials. And they seemed to convince the public....

    This wasn't enough, though. Mother Mayhem stretched the Psychic Seer network to its breaking point, forcing the Incarnates to confront her so that the populace would be free to make their own choices.

    In the midst of this, Mot, the God of Death, re-awakened and took over Moth cemetery in Dark Astoria. He is defeated, but then his essence is used to empower Diabolique, who tried to become the new Goddess of Death. She's taken down, allowing the Incarnates to finally get back to the main problem: Cole.

    And so it is. With only a few lieutenants remaining (the rest having been incapacitated or captured), and with almost everyone in Praetoria having evacuated to Primal Earth, the Incarnates launch an all out strike against Cole himself. He drops a nuke at the battleground, showing just how far he'll go to achieve victory. The Well gives him more power than ever before, but with some adaptive thinking and raw might, the Incarnates take him down.

    And that's about where we're at right now.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rajani Isa View Post
    As far as the backstory - In WWII, Praetorian Cole pretended to die by nuke.

    He re-appeared after the DE/Hamidon surfaced (years ahead of Primal Hamidon) and the US government decided nuke Shroud City, Cole's hometown.

    He ended up "winning" and getting "elected" ruler of the world, etc. Then leads into Steele's bit above.
    Thanks Guys, that was an awesome synopsis!
  15. Effigy

    Story line?

    Hi, as a part-time player that comes and goes, it's easy to get lost in the overarching story lines. I looked on the main COH site, and there is a history section, but I couldn't find more current information.

    Is there anywhere that I can read everything that happened with Praetoria, the war and such so that I can have a better idea of what's going on? I understand that there are probably missions I can run (and will) to get this but I would really like to just read through it.

    Thoughts?
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
    Basically you can use cubicles as "wall" surfaces.

    I use them to mount beacons on telepads.

    You place the telepad wherever you need it, then place the cubicle where you need to mount the beacon. Mount the beacon to the cubicle wall and then take away the cubicle.



    You can also mount the beacons and other wall items to things like the glass supergroup dividers too.
    That is brilliant! Thank you so much, I wish I had known that years ago! I have my TP beacons like that, only I did it the hard way.
  17. I had been using shoji lamps to bring wall items out, what is the cubicle technique? Which item specifically do you use? I'm on vacation Right now, so I can't actually look at the list.

    I can't believe there has (maybe) been an easier way to do this...
  18. Hi Victory, I came across this today and thought others might enjoy it. It's a nifty little
    idea/game between two illustrators. Check out this site, and click on "relive the epic battle" to go through all the Heroes/villains!

    http://thesuperest.com/

    This has given me so many character ideas!
  19. Hi, I'm wondering your thoughts on the most survivable early level (1-20) tank.
    I've been running DFB with a couple of brutes that kept getting splattered.

    In general, it seems like tank/brute should be the easiest AT to solo, and yet it often isn't the case. *I'm not trying to solo DFB, I just mean for normal missions.

    Thoughts?
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim View Post
    Welcome back. Feel free to join in events and shout out when you would like to form a team. Little things like that help keep the server an active one.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Madame Pistacio View Post
    Welcome back!!! I think I may have seen your name on a little contest entry form!
    Thanks folks! I've started to get back into things. Yes, I did apply for the contest!
  21. I came back in August after about 2 years away from the game. I always come back to Victory though. I've tried other servers in the past, it just didn't have the same feel.

    I've always been a casual player, so most people don't know me. I'm always lurking in VB and Victory Forum though. Something about the people of Victory I just like.

    @zalkenai
  22. I still have my brute who is EM/Fire. I've played him after the nerfs, and it's nowhere near the same. I've actually run some of the incarnate content just to see how it went, and it's terrible.

    I'm trying to decide on another brute (because I like the AT) but I'm not sure what to go with now.
  23. Effigy

    Prepayment

    That's a good enough answer for me, thanks!
  24. Effigy

    Prepayment

    Anyone know if they have removed the ability to pay for 6 months or 1 year at a time? I'm not seeing it in my account management any longer.

    If so, that's sad