Electric-Knight

I meant to post earlier to thank you both, RogueSeraphim and James_Joyce!
Much appreciated.
I don't know if we met and/or talked at all at the meet and greet (J_J you weren't wearing the red bow tie).

Welcome aboard!
It definitely sounds like you found your home.

What Father Xmas said was all true and possibly even understated.

Just hop on, play and enjoy smashing, blasting, hacking, and/or knocking enemies around and watch them fly, fall, stumble, dangle...
The community is great, the content is thick and varied and the game itself is just fun.

I guess just a little bit of info for you...
If you start making other characters, know also that there are varied ways/paths to leveling up... So, don't feel like you will always go through the exact same stuff each time.
Sounds like you're enjoying going through the Praetorian experience right now and that;s great and, obviously, has variances as you make different choices (As you've seen). So, you can get some different experiences just from starting there alone.
However, there is also Paragon City where the heroes of this world generally start. And, even there, you may go through the beginning contacts and story arcs and follow certain paths throughout your leveling "career", but some times you may skip certain contacts and story arcs, as you follow other ones and out-level things... And next time, you might end up doing things you didn't with the previous character. Plus, you can always just team up with others (Possibly even higher levels, thus missing/skipping your own contacts as you progress) and there are ways to progress just by running around and fighting enemies in the streets, in the sewers and/or just running somewhat random radio missions from your police scanner (And stopping bank robberies along the way).

And then there is also the Villain side, where you generally start in the Rogue Isles. And they have all their own contacts and story arcs and content.

And, of course, there is also player generated content that you, or others, can even tailor specifically for your own characters... story-wise or whatever thrills you most.

You don't need to take that all in now, but I thought you might like to know (In case you didn't already) that while you can absolutely enjoy this game by playing one character and one character only... If you do want to go through it mulitple times with different powersets, archtypes, moral choices, hero or villain... You'll find different content along the way that you likely did not experience previously.
Of course, you can also go through the same stuff over and over by choice, because you like those story arcs/missions so much, hehe.

Most importantly, don't feel rushed. Just enjoy your time pressing keys and playing the game. Enjoy the show... and hopefully, get a little lost in it.

And while I'd never consider trying to convince anyone of adopting any sort of playstyle that one doesn't care for, a lot of "RP" in this game is quite simply having a bit of a concept in mind for a character and enjoying watching or experiencing the action and events as though that character is going through it (Like reading a comicbook or watching a movie)... Really just a dab of make believe.

I only say that because I know role-playing can have a negative stigma attached to it... especially from what I hear about some of your previous game's role-play servers, hehe.

Still... no matter your tastes on any of that stuff... This game is fun and should have you feeling like a kid flipping through comics or playing in the backyard. Just a little, at least!

I hope you enjoy the game nearly as much as I do!

And again... welcome aboard!!

And besides...
This thread will always remain current.

Hrm...
Many of us seemed to slack on the name tag thing...
I was looking for any and all CoH players, and namely ones from this thread, but I only found one or two of you! Although, I did meet many other CoH players in the process.

I had a great time. I mostly (Almost entirely) was in the upstairs area.
Got there and hung out with WW/Melissa and Noble Savage/David and (And Avatea with chocolate and various goodies). Chatted with WW and a bunch of other players for a long time and most of the early part of the night.
We all sat down for a while. I was the guy sitting next to WW on my left and my wife on my right, in case any of you came over when WW and everyone were sitting down.

They are all so damn nice, it is a thrill to get to see them when I can.
It was great to meet Avatea finally. What a sweet and awesome individual! I wish I had gotten to chat more. My wife did, apparently, and was just filling me in a bit, haha

I'm already forgetting some of the names... Two guys from Triumph who were very excited to do CoH dances on the dance floor (And their enthusiasm almost had me joining them... almost, but that's a pretty remarkable feat!).
Was great meeting Transcendent One and Tankette (spelling?), Fulmens and wife (same name as my mother's, but I don't think she had a forum handle), Smeghead and wife (Why doesn't she play, Smeg??), joined in on a great conversation with Hallowed and David, there were a number of guys hanging around talking with WW when I came in, who's names I do not remember... I tried to shake hands and introduce myself to everyone...
Got to spend time with Blacksun17 (Who we met at Boston!) and Charnage and had some fun and occasionally slightly wacky conversations throughout the night!
Blacksun and I were looking for Mishi... We kept looking down at the dance floor and wondering if you were there!
Then we saw a girl up near us, that possibly looked like your forum avatar... So, I began shouting "MISHI!! MISHI!!!" and you/she never turned or reacted... So, I suddenly figured that I had the wrong person and was rudely/oddly yelling "MISHI!!" at them...
I bet that was you though... I should have walked up, lol.

I had a wonderful time, but after coming home and checking this thread, I am annoyed with myself for not trying harder to find out who other people were and all.

Avatea was there with the name tags and all, so it is not her fault... Some of us just slacked off on that!! And now I do regret it.

Still, I had a great time and want to be adopted by the CoH Team!

And... next time, I will make it a point to try and talk some with Ghost Falcon/Jesse. Each time I've met him, he seems super nice and cool and somehow the nights go by and I find the only other thing I've said to him is goodbyes/goodnights, hehe.


I spotted Black Pebble and he is indeed evil and has the whole team brain-washed with his evil magics. We have begun weaving counter spells in attempts to save our wonderful CoH Team.
May the force be with us all.

Next time... If you see a pale guy with blue eyes and long hair, wearing all black... run up and say HI and tell him to put on a name tag!!!
And I'll shake your hand or give you a hug or tell some sort of joke (And maybe give you a gift).

And I can't believe I only just read about this now and missed the get-together on Justice... Logging in now.

And... lastly...
This:

Mr. Bruce...
Thank you so much for championing Power Customization. You were a champion of the players. One of us that worked to become a prominent developer for the game.
You are forever a huge part of this game, whether you currently work on it or not.

I'm sure things will go well for you seeing your great work and amazing wit.

I am sad that I never got to make it out to the HeroCons and that you weren't at the Boston Meet and Greet... Fly out to NY and come hang out Friday night. I'd love to chat it up some.

Best of luck, big guy!
And thank you!

And...

And thus, the Loyalists are green...

That is great!
There is nothing wrong with that... Day, Harris, Fillion are just generic last names... good grief, hehe...
And...

It is a tried and true classic comicbook tradition to throw tributes, gags, references in the background where ever possible without ruining anything.

This is a perfect example... Well played, Positron!!

What we need is a Stan and Kirby... but, unfortunately, that might be difficult, all things considered.

Hehe, thanks for the post, DR.

So very happy and thankful to see another fine team working to continue a great service to the community!

Thank you, so very much!

Oh, there is an answer to the why...
But the very nature of that answer precludes any benefit from naming it.

Humans are insane.



Also, it's interesting to me that OmniSurge (Hello, OmniSurge!) asks these questions and points out his thoughts that it is rather odd, but also follows through on teaching his children that swearing is wrong for them to do.
Don't get me wrong, it is best to let children know that other people take issue with certain things and it is in their best interest to avoid doing those things in most situations, for the time being... But I just found it an interesting aspect of it all.

I suppose tradition is basically when they why is left out of the practices people follow.

Unlike when the Y is left out of pygmy.

Alas, insanity is just a natural part of the human condition.

"Sanity is a lie. Insanity is their strawman."
- Malfaz


EDIT: Oh, and good post, Mr. Heatstroke!

Right, I figured we could copy over the talk pages if we wish.
And, yes, I wondered if the embedding feature could alleviate some of the picture/file hosting issues! I really only have one file that I don't think I could get under 150, but I could even be wrong about that.
Excellent!

And, as for you being busy with that all weekend...
I shall say a toast to you at the NYCC Meet and Greet!
Thanks again!

Hehe, I meant to reply to your previous post...
I'm both very happy and excited and a little worried/concerned and a bit sad that I need to fix my under 300mb but over 150mb images!
And the talk pages.
However, I don't want to come off as sounding negative... As I know that the benefits will outweigh the negatives!
I really hope that the embedding feature will not be abused and works out. That alone could be great.

I hope all goes well!

Will we be making new user accounts with the move? (That's what I assume, anyway, with the removal of user accounts and the new spiffy registration)

Thanks a ton to all those involved!
You don't even get half of half (maybe even less) the credit you deserve!

I'd think that the people's love for that work is shown in the rampant usage of the service.
Thank you!

Basically... If you just kill a few of my and others family members, you're just a villain...
But, if you follow through and kill ALL humans... Then my corpse will applaud you.

Oh, absolutely, Fire_Away.

That's all I am interested in... Having the discussion, hearing their thoughts, finding out if there is any info to be shared now.

The best you can ever really hope for is planting a seed (making that connection and getting someone to understand and possibly agree with you on a certain point).

Actual development takes a lot of time. So, if nothing is being done currently and nothing has been done already, no one is going to see actual large in-game changes any time soon.
We've all seen that we do have some low hanging fruit options that would go a long way. So... there's some hope.
I'm, honestly, mostly eager to get some clarification on WW's vague comments about future base improvements.
I'll be happy just getting some clarification (Good or bad) on that (good, very much more so preferred!).