EmperorSteele

That was cute! Well done!

... I'm too lazy to read all this =(

My mind/kin would go about business as normal, as she's simply convinced you that you've captured her without having actually done so.

Barring that abuse of godmoding, she'd make a small hole in the floor and mentally command the monster below and making it help her.

If that's not in the rules, i could cast Increase Density on the bars until they become too heavy to support their own weight and fall over. Though I guess ID doesn't work like that...?

I guess I could just use my telekinetic abilities to pick the lock or remove the door from its hinges.

Anyway, that's only the first part dealt with. Though even as a Mind Controller, i rarely have trouble using my powers on robots (in-game, anyway). Assuming that a mental assault or confusion wouldn't work, I'd make sure to siphon speed one, and weave through and between the robots and make them hit one another with their own attacks. Simple enough.

As for the tripwires? I'd just hover and avoid them. Assuming that the friggin lasers are invisible and I've no idea that they're there, i'd just get out of the main area ASAP once i see the gas coming.

As for YOU? Well, in-game, it'd be a simple matter of using Mass Confusion, or Mass Hypnosis and sneaking by in the chaos. But let's assume that robots are not susceptible to the weaknesses of an organic mind. Repel could still be used to knock your goons around while I take you mano-a-roboto. Though you might have repulsion feild, keeping me at bay and negating my ability to get into melee to knock your goons around with Repel.

Still, TK could keep your goons pinned. I'd just spam transfusion and transference to make you run out of endurance, making your toggle-shields drop. Easy pickings from there.

... Do people seriously not know what the Apex TF is?

You fools need to get out of the D more often! We've got a world to save!

I like the IDEA behind heal decay and travel suppression. As a once-in-a-great-while PvPer on a controller, it always REALLY cheesed me off when someone was zipping around faster than i could turn my camera to target them and try to get a single attack off, and they ran away. Like, what, really?

Old PvP favored someone having SS, SJ, Heal Self, and a small handfull of their normally available powers. it DIDN'T WORK for people with normal PvE builds, which is why I can appreciate the Devs efforts at curtailing some of these oddball power-choices.

However, as others have said, it went too far, so, yeah.

Anyway, I also like, in general, that it's THERE if I decide to give it another try. I like the visceral adrenaline rush I get when a match is close. There's a real sense of "oh crap I'm gonna lose!", which isn't present when i fight most NPCs. But then if I win, the relief and sense of victory is also much more rewarding than beating down an NPC. So there's that, too =)

Since defeat badges don't tick when you defeat an enemy in AE, will you still get badge crafting credit for using the work-tables in MA?

BTW, brilliant idea anyway!

Don't use 'em, couldn't tell ya =/

Though it would be in the best interest of a "scientific" study of the situation if i tried to use 'em. *SIGH*

Heh, funny how the BAF was made with the mindset that KB powers are king for keeping some of the escapes and the clockwork bosses down, and people are still saying how useless this power (and others like it) is =P

Hey guys, need some brainpower to figure something out here.

My computer works fast and smooth most of the time. I don't have any issues with any programs or other websites. HOWEVER, on THESE forums, when i use my scroll-wheel to navigate, it's very choppy and laggy. My system manager reports that almost 25% of my system resources are going towards Firefox when I try to use the scroll wheel on the forums. Looking at the usage graph, three procs remain unused while the fourth one goes ballistic trying to crunch all the data apparently required to scroll down a page length >_>

I should also note that if i don't go to Facebook first, this issue doesn't arise as often. In fact, sometimes closing my browser, letting it sit for a minute then restarting alleviates most of the lag.

So it seems to me there's some kind of Facebook/Firefox/CoH Forum incompatibility. here are my readouts from CoHHelper and HiJackThis logs:

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at February 27, 2011 19:30 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: GA-770TA-UD3
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Processor, MMX, 3DNow (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 3198MB
.Net Memory Report: 2417MB out of 3198MB available
Page File: 4355MB (727MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD800JB-00FMA0) 26027MB out of 76308MB (34%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD6401AALS-00J7B0) 367181MB out of 610469MB (60%) free
E Drive: (_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 460
Video Memory: 768.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0012.6099
Driver Date: 10/16/2010 1:55:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Realtek HD Audio output
Driver File: RtkHDAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5964
Driver Date: 10/21/2009 9:28:42 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: GA-770TA-UD3
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20091119000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1600x900
3D Resolution: 1600x900 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 0Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: 2x
Anisotropic Filtering: 2x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Low quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Medium?


World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Unknown (4)
Shadow Map Shader: High quality
Environmental Reflections: Low quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: High performance
Occlusion Strength: Slight
Blur: Fast
Ambient Resolution: High performance


Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.000

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 770432 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1950.201102100129.1
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
.\Texts\English\Menus has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 38 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\City has 1 file
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 7:27:04 PM, on 2/27/2011
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP3 (6.00.2900.5512)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG10\avgchsvx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\RTHDCPL.EXE
C:\Program Files\NEC Electronics\USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver\Application\nusb3mon.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgtray.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\Identity Protection\agent\bin\avgidsmonitor.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgwdsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Tablet\Wacom\Wacom_Tablet.exe
C:\Program Files\Tablet\Wacom\Wacom_TabletUser.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WLIDSVC.EXE
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgnsx.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgemcx.exe
C:\Program Files\Tablet\Wacom\Wacom_Tablet.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\Identity Protection\Agent\Bin\AVGIDSAgent.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WLIDSvcM.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG10\avgrsx.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgcsrvx.exe
D:\Steam\Steam.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Steele\Desktop\HijackThis.exe

O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgssie.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live ID Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\deploy\jqs\ie\jqs_plugin.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [JMB36X IDE Setup] C:\WINDOWS\RaidTool\xInsIDE.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [36X Raid Configurer] C:\WINDOWS\system32\xRaidSetup.exe boot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NUSB3MON] "C:\Program Files\NEC Electronics\USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver\Application\nusb3mon.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG_TRAY] C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG10\avgtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
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O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
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O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LogMeIn Hamachi Ui] "C:\Program Files\LogMeIn Hamachi\hamachi-2-ui.exe" --auto-start
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Sorry you've not received help so far. However, the MA community is VERY anti-farming, due to the fact that there are thousands of possibly abandoned farm maps cluttering up the database, making it harder fro people to find their stories which they've spent time and care trying to craft.

However, If you intend on doing some more serious work later on, i see no reason not to help you get your jollies out of your system.

The "rectangular farming map" is under unique maps->outdoor->City 2 or 3 i think. It's been a while, but if you DO have to unlock it, it'll cost you tickets, which you get by running other MA missions.

You cannot control how tightly cluttered a mob will be. In fact, the game has a mechanic that tells groups of mobs to start slowly spreading out.

Also, there's no real "listing". Almost every faction in the game is in the editor, if that helps. When you go to make your map, it'll ask for a primary enemy type near the top of the mission editor screen. Everything from 5th column to Longbow to Werewolves.

Note that you can make your own groups from existing mobs, but that you'll suffer an XP loss from any group that doesn't have minions, lts, AND bosses. So if you make a group of only minions, that group will only give 33% XP.

As for rewards: You'll have to PUBLISH your arc for it to give rewards. Otherwise, just running in test mode will not result in any drops at all. In addition, only XP and inf will drop from MA enemies. They will not drop salvage, recipes, or enhancements. They WILL drop "Tickets", which can be redeemed inside the AE building for prizes (which include salvage and recipes and enhancements =) )

Finally, aside from the tickets thing, as long as any custom groups have minions, lts, and at least one boss, and as long as custom critters offer 100% XP (it will tell you while selecting that critter's powers how much XP they're worth), you won't receive an XP penalty playing MA missions. MA misisons won't use "Rested" XP though (the blue bar of 1.5x XP you get when you havn't played a character in over a day).

Aside from the dissonance of seeing several different art styles all over, these are all great and I look forward to seeing them in-game! Congrats to the winners!

Lambda? We're fighting headcrabs?

I'd say my favorite PvP experience in CoH was when i was on my Mind/Kin controller, holding off 3 guys at once. I had one Tked into a corner, a stalker kept bouncing off my repel, and a third i was simply fighting essentially mano-a-mano. The stalker wised up and eventually shanked me from outside my repel range, but it was fun nonetheless.

Another time was i think after the "PvP revamp", the same mind/kin held off two */thermal cors who were literally melting everyone else in the zone. Even though i couldn't beat them both, they still congratulated me for lasting as long as i did and giving them a real fight. Then i went back for more, because it was fun =)

As for in other games... basically similar situations. I'm not that great a gamer, but any time the odds are against me and i still pull off a win or at least a respectable showing (Like once in Counter Strike where i managed to hold off a pair of T's AND defuse their bomb when I'm usually the first guy dead in a given round).

However, I'm not sure how any of this would help your design goals. You can't make everyone powerful enough to hold off 2 or 3 guys without those other 2 or 3 guys being just as powerful, which would beg the question as to why only one person can hold them off. We already have elusitivity (which doesn't seem to work), and short of giving everyone huge damage debuffs whenever someone is targeted by more than one person, trying to enforce this experience might be difficult.

I saw a character in a suit and green mask named ANNONYMOUS. I forsee a team-up =P

Also, if you're killing mobs faster, you can kill MORE mobs and regain any "lost" XP. Given that very few TFs involve "Defeat-All" missions, any mission you DON'T defeat all the critters in can ALSO be considered "lost XP" so you've no one to blame but yourself.

Also, enemies attacking each other = enemies not killing you. You not being dead = no XP Debt. And no XP Debt = more XP for you!

Vernich: The purple font look AWFUL on the default forum hero colors! Aaaggh my eyes!

Good build from what i can tell, though!

Game server peak times aren't "weird", they're when everyone is home from school and work =P

In regards to your request, just hang out in Grandville, people should be shouting in broadcast for a team, and someone should be setting up a master run.

Now, to do a STF! Hope i can find a team!

For those of you NOT watching the Facebook page, they have "Happy Friday" posts there, too, usually a picture of some staffers doing their thing or having fun... and the picture today reveals a NEW WOLF HEAD on one of the monitors!

That should shut the furries up, and for that, I'm happy!