Emerald_Phase

We've never met, but Kegan vouches for you, so you're okay by me ^_~

Happy birthday!

Urk. I've been dealing with this bug for the last two days. Either my pets don't show up in my pet window when I leave a mission, resulting in my not being able to dismiss the idiots until they get into combat (which snaps them back in - it literally tells me I have no summoned pets. They're like fire imps disguised as mercs ), or they're playing on the blasted elevators for ten minutes.

I tried Assemble the Team as well. That resulted in them running through the walls back to the last floor >_>

I agree, I'd rather have to resummon my pets every mission than have this headache. Twice now I've run gung-ho from an elevator into a spawn, only to discover that not only am I alone (a bad place to be), but even my FFG is playing on the elevators.

It's tedious, but I'm going to try dismissing them all before I leave missions and see if that helps. There used to be a command to dismiss all your pets at once, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was now.

Edit: Found it! /release_pets - just be careful as this kills everything, including stuff like FFG

Second edit: Well, I feel like a dunce now. The proper command - the one exclusively for Masterminds anyway - is a petcom command (Petcom_all dismiss) which is a little embarassing because I've been relying on Sandolphan's petcom binds since they were first written, so I should know this >_>

Right, anyway. Back to DXPing.

I've been involved in quite a lot of meaningful RP. For me the trick is finding people I trust out-of-character to not just be in it for their own characters exclusively, or for other reasons (Cybersex, attention woman-of-ill-repute-ing, etc).

That said I did kind of just drop out of a group of really good RPers awhile ago due to major personality clashes out of character as well :/ Our characters got along famously, but as players, not so well. But enough about that.

Some of the best RP I've ever experienced was completely impromptu with all involved totally shooting from the hip, but some of the worst has come from the same, so it is sort of a mixed bag, and I'll agree with what's already been said about having someone to kind of help direct the flow.

The key to really great RP is, to my mind, understanding that characters are like plans - they never survive the opening conflict, and as such should be open to change except under certain circumstances.

My DM said it best recently when we were discussing an upcoming D&D campaign. "I never try to plan too far ahead. Instead I focus on rounding out where I want the characters to be at the start, then I let RP decide where they go from there."

To give an example, I've finally made a character I'm happy enough to keep the "Emerald Phase" name with. She has two very distinct, very different personalities right now. One is a hardened, almost robotic ruthless killing machine, when she's under Arachnos' control. The second is her "normal" self. It's sort of a forced split personality thing, where neither has any knowledge of the other courtesy of supplanted false memories and a psionic trap to keep anyone tampering with Arachnos' well-laid plans ... Yet.

Freeing her won't be as simple as just flipping a switch, and even when she is freed, there will be Serious Consequences. Ultimately I'd like to take her blue-side after GR, but if I find a group I enjoy RPing with that find a way to convincingly turn her one way or the other, so be it.

Half the fun, at least for players like me, is in not knowing just where our own characters' lives are going to take us.

*ahem* Sorry for the long-winded rambling. I do tend to get carried away when it comes to my creations. ^_~

TLDR version: Yes, I've been involved in quite a lot of epic, overarching RP. The two secrets for me have been to have a small group of regular, trustworthy players to RP with, and to be willing to go with the flow sometimes, but alsoo to remember to have fun. If you're not having fun, then there's just no point in trying

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I used to dual-box rather extensively, mostly having my Empathy/Dark defender at my beck and/or call when one of my regular heroes got waaaaaay in over her head (i.e. geting two carnie bosses within proximity of one another on a scrapper >_> That remains my most embarassing beatdown )

Sometimes it's just fun to turn a blaster into a goddess of pain and destruction too. But FWIW I never, ever teamed while DBing because I'd much, much rather have a human player backing me up in that situation, than to be splitting my focus and probably getting everyone else killed

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Also, being Empathy/Dark made it easy to set up a system where the 'fender was on auto-follow with Tentacles on autocast (Ctrl+click, not "botted" type autocast).

I learned how to position both characters to maximize control/damage from TT while keeping their attention on the main character.

I also vividly remember some pretty epic AE battles with my BS/SD scrapper and 'fender duo before the former was even out of TOs yet. Running Hope taught me just how skeery Emp buffs can be

Okay, seriously.

Should I just dismiss my pets every time I leave a mission? Just had someone whine at me for daring to visit the Black Market after hitting my salvage cap. Best part is I sent them off AWAY from the BM before the smartassery began.

Do people just not read the patch notes, particularly about MM minions persisting?

Grr.

/rant off

Sorry. I just.. dislike obtuse people who think they're being clever.

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For me, it was Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest, but in a special way. The game wasn't hard (Except for certain points of precision jumping), so much as hard to follow.

Case in point,

Pretty much have to agree with the above on finding a good RP VG. I'd offer, but ours is kind of in an ... inactive state right now.

To that end, what kind of RP you prefer might lend a torch to your search Personally, I prefer character-driven RP, where the characters are dynamic entities who may or may not have an overarching story going on, but where they're basically growing beyond initial concept.

Some people prefer story-driven RP where the overarcing story is the big focus, and others just want to have fun/light-hearted fluff.

So far as I know there's an abundance of all kinds, but finding it is the challenge. Good luck

Normally I don't post in Rook threads, but I've been reading from the very beginning, and the big difference between Rookery threads and the old fluff-bombers is that y'all aren't trying to derail other threads or going out of your way to boost post count by posting mindless one-liners like a spastic five year old on a sugar rush. It may be silly, but it's the kind of silly that still has some content worth reading. Nobody said the world had to be serious all the time, after all.

So, I totally agree here. The haters need to just get over themselves and stop harassing people over what they disagree with. Don't like it? DON'T READ IT. You have every right not to like something, but you have no right to harass others. Period.

Besides, It's one thread a day! And as has been said, it's not like these forums are exactly teaming with interesting discussion, TF requests, or anything else. Without the Rookery, these forums would be kinda boring.

Also, @Neko, re: your post on that other thread, on a personal note, I actually never knew one of the goals of the new-post-a-day thing was to allow new people an in. I just assumed it was to "start the story fresh", so to speak. That's actually a neat idea.

Anyway... I fully expect to catch negative rep for this, but I don't care. You guys are part of what makes Virtue unique from a lot of MMO communities I've been apart of in the past.

*slinks off to lurk againa*
Edi: And that took a lot longer to write than I anticipated. Apologies if I dropped that wall of text on anyone's toes there

Well, I got my re-rolled tank-to-scrapper to 22 which was my main goal with her (Louisiana Rose), aaand the big victory was my Mind/Psi Praetorian answer to my retired mind/FF (TParapsychosis), which I took from 8-33 almost exclusively duoing dev content with her lover

That's, like, huge for me, since it took me two years to get my DDC that far, much as I love Dark

I was going to take said DDC from 40 to 50, but I didn't even log her in except to check the market once or twice.

So, yeah. All in all a pretty productive weekend. Now I just need to work out the kinks and start on a pre-50 IO build, now that I'm not outleveling SOs faster than I can buy 'em.

I was having this problem, and I don't use AVG. I managed to fix it, so far, by logging in, then immediately hitting the "Log Out" button, and logging *back* in again. I'm logged in through boards.cityofheroes.com also, if that's important to the cause

Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit SP2
Firevox version 3.0.12
Skype Extension for Firefox 3.3.0.3789
.NET Framework assistant 1.1
NoScript 1.9.7.7 (set to allow all CoH),
AdblockPlus 1.1
McAfee SiteAdvisor 1.8

EDIT: Okay, I've done some more checking and I've figured out why I kept getting logged out. My homepage was set default to bring up boards.cityofvillains.com where the new forums default, hero or villain, to boards.cityofheroes.com. I changed my homepage and it seems to be working fine now.

This may be completely unrelated, but hey, if it helps one person it's worth it.

Good luck, everyone

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I can't speak to Traps, but I can say I never use Time Bomb on my /Dev blaster, so I sure as heck wouldn 't use it on a Defender >_>

Gun Drone would make a kick-[censored] tier 9 for Defenders though. Also, seconding Triage Beacon getting the Gun Drone/FFG Mobility treatment. As it is I've never seen anyone even use it, short of an EB fight.

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Sounds like some ventured into Pocket D during the late night hours... lol

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Or the morning or afternoon hours.

I don't think there's a time when you can safely venture there

Urgh. Y'know that Hardcase mission (Second mission) that has a TON of wailer ambushes, then at the end you have to fight two bosses - both sonic, both rezzers (Freakshow Sonic Tank and a Wailer King)? Yeah, I was on my DDC, I had JUST finished the tank an the wailer king was on his second life. He had, literally, ONE dark blast from death, then *YOINK!* Mapserved >_<;

This had better be important ;_;

Happy Birthday, AA! (I've always loved her avatar <3)

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Good to see Dauntless are still active. I don't have any characters appropriate for the group, but I wanted to wish you luck with your recruitment drive anyway

(Well, that's a half-truth. I have my elven princess trapped in a magic longbow, but I don't play her enough to justify taking up an SG slot )

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Thanks for the well-wishing.

And an elven princess trapped in a long-bow, eh? So, would your alt be the longbow, or the player using it?

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A little from column A, and a little from column B, actually.

I never did work out all the fine details since she literally began as a joke/play on my retired WoW (Blood Elf) Hunter, but the character is, essentially, Magical Girl meets High Fantasy Kheldian.

The elf's spirit/soul/whatever you want to call it was shattered long ago and trapped inside a simple longbow, intended as an ironic/cruel end. The bow passed into relative indignity for generations, completely forgotten until it came into the hands of the daughter of a couple of MAGI agents.

The spirit, sensing a kindred connection with the girl (Latent magical ability) offered to merge their souls in times of stress or battle in exchange for a chance to shape the events of the world again.

... Though I haven't quite worked out how an elf came to exist in Earth Prime just yet. Normally I don't deal in high fantasy in the CoHVerse, but she was an exception

Every time I think about cannibalizing her SOs/IOs for another alt, I take her out for a spin, Stunning Shot -&gt; Bonesmasher a red/purple boss, and manage to *just* convince myself I might play her again at some point.

I also need to redo her costumes, badly. The sci pack will help that a *lot* because her "elf" form is supposed to be much taller than her human form Anyway, I'm hoping that all made as much sense in text as it did In my head, but I'm posting Before Coffee, so no promises.

Edit: And I just had to remind myself why I don't play her much. Blasters are just waaay too squishy for me (Archery/Energy). My only 50 is a Dark/Regen scrapper who, when all goes well, is the epitome of safe. I've never really hit that "Don't freaking die" stride with Kal. Buildup+Aim+Fistfull+Explosive just results in half-dead, very angry spawns &gt;_&gt;

Aaaaanyway...

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Swear to God, if this turns into another "24 hour Miracle of Birth" channel like TLC, I'm gonna hurt someone in corporate

Good to see Dauntless are still active. I don't have any characters appropriate for the group, but I wanted to wish you luck with your recruitment drive anyway

(Well, that's a half-truth. I have my elven princess trapped in a magic longbow, but I don't play her enough to justify taking up an SG slot )

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"Welcome to Virtue! Where everyone is either a farmer.. or role-playing a farmer's blossoming daughter!"

But.. to give you an idea of the non-agricultural fare available, in the last three hours, there was: a Hamidon raid, at least four Rikti ship-raids, numerous calls in globals for TF/SF's, and some entertaining role-play next to the lav in the Talos tram.

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And to add to what the always lovely Angel said, for what it's worth, I get non-AE invites in pretty much every level range daily, and that's when I *don't* have my LFT flag up (INcluding one ITF invite on my 47 scrapper night-before-last, but I was feeling sick so I had to sit it out. ANYway)

&lt;QR&gt; Same boat here, OP. I don't have time to farm, and literally have zero patience for Wentworth's, so I've dug my own grave for inf. Sitting on about 40-45M right now which is probably going to my Illusion controller once she hits 50.

I have a new scrapper in the works, but I'll never be able to IO her out the way people on the forums do, but for what it's worth, my old standby DM/Regen is still using SOs and gets by fine against anything short of burst damage EBs/AVs (Silver Mantis, I'm looking at you. Spikey-[censored] witch.)