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I doubt it. People that express this kind of QQing will never be happy with anything.

Sorry but the ability to drop missions is to report them as bugged and clear it from your list of open missions, not to get rid of a mission because you don't like timed missions.

Since Timed missions have a fail feature built in players don't have to worry about waiting for a GM to come and fix things. Simply file a regular bug report and move on. The mission will be available to be cleared when the timer expires.

And players already have a choices available

1. Run the mission.

2. Do a different mission. If the mission holder is on a team then he/she has the choice of up to 23 other missions to run. That's more than enough to keep the team occupied until the timer runs out.

That goes hand in hand with dual origins. Wider access to storylines, more contacts, more stores.

This isn't even your idea. You stole this from Anti-Proton.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=209234

66 months as of today, haven't recieved an invite yet. Haven't been able to check to see if I can get onto the test server yet cuz my system crashed and I had to reload windows onto my computer. The test server updater is loading extremely slow. So I'm hoping when it finally finishes I'll be able to get in.

That would be fine.

God forbid new players use common sense and read the manual, ask questions on the forums, check out the games wiki, ask on the help channel. You know, use the information gathering tools the devs provided before jumping blindly into the game.

Hell, a simple question in broadcast will get half a dozen people trying to answer or act as a guide if they need to be shown where something is.

And just because they are new players doesn't mean they are drooling idiots. Every one of us was a new player at one time and we managed to figure things out just fine. In fact when many of us were new the game wasn't as easy to play as it is now.

The game doesn't need to be dumbed down any further.

Players can also get a Raptor Pack at level 1 by simply buying one from one of the Jetpack Vendors.

Villains can get a Raptor Pack in Grandville, in front of the Lord Recluse statue, near Arbiter Apolis.





Heroes can get a Raptor Pack in Firebase Zulu: On the entry point platform (6507, 1088, 1726.8)




Those zones are open to characters of all levels. The only restriction is they have to have enough inf to buy the jetpack, and that can easily be accomplished by simply selling the two inspirations that everyone gets for going thru the tutorial at the market.

That pretty much sums up the argument people have when they make this suggestion.

Everyone can already get a travel power at an earlier level. No one is stopping us from getting them. The problem is that some people don't want to make the effort to get them. They want freebies.

1. Sell the inspirations you get from doing the tutorial and buy a jetpack from the vendor. This can be done at level 1.

2. Buy the mini-booster from the NCSoft online store for $4.99 and all your characters on your account will have a jetpack for 30 days.

3. Pay for your account using the $20. time card and the mini-booster jetpack is included as a part of the cards activation code.

4. Play the game for 45 minutes, and get a jetpack as your mission reward for completing thr safeguard bank mission in Kings Row or Mayhem Mission in Port Oakes.

5. Trade in 10 candy canes and 10,000 inf to the Candy Keeper when the Chalet is open and get a Jingle Jet.


Anyone that claims they can't fly before level 14 is making absolutely no effort to get that power.

This is a good time to start playing. In the upcoming months they will be releasing a brand new paid expansion called "Going Rogue" and everyone will be making new characters so they can experience the new stuff from the ground up. Theres gonna be new zones, new graphics, new character archetypes, new content, and the ability for villains to redeem themselves and become heros, and heros to fall from grace and become villains.

This is going to be a very exciting year to play CoH.

That's the game I was thinking of when I made my comment, I just didn't want to recommend it since the mods tend to frown on recommending other games outside of Comic and Hero/Villain Culture.

We are so glad to see you've come to this realization without our having to tell you that this game probably isn't for you. Good luck in your search for a game that only caters to dirty old men.

Continued content releases like "Going Rogue" will attract new players.

While you are right to disagree with the OP's suggestion. I'd like to point out that CO wasn't ruined by microtransactions. They are only the most recent nail in that games coffin amongst a host of other problems.

All travel powers are unlocked at level 6 once you've kept your account active for 60 months.

No argument that death by SB from normal street spawns are extremely rare occurances, but I wasn't just thinking of the standard street spawns that occur and are usually easy to ignore . . .


Let me quickly add that I appreciate your willingness to revise your statement, and the following is just to illustrate some other situations where SB death can occur.


I was thinking also of the mobs you encounter when you run across the path of an ambush or a mob chasing someone else. These are an everyday occurance which can be easy to avoid if you see them coming but that sudden burst of speed . . .

Another factor that contributes to SB deaths is running on Auto Pilot (I am gulity of this a lot). We all do it from time to time. We're doing something boring but necessary, like traveling between missions, Autorun is on and we're paying just enough attention to the screen to get where we're going safely. We're probably even multitasking. Talking to a teammate on Vent, while typing a response to an SGmate in SG channel. The game may even be split screened and we're glancing at a post on the forums as well. Then BAM! SB'd and the furball ensues.

How often have we been in the middle of typing when a fight started. LOL Or tried to type without being set to type and hit R and went into a mob. heh heh


Anyway, I'd say 99% of the time buffs are useful and applied with the best of intentions by Good Samaritans.

What was the first thing I said?

I'm sorry Nerf but this statement fails only because of the unanticipated application of drive-by SB's. Almost everyone can navigate with an SB on when they know in advance it being applied. However that is not the case when someone SB's random people with no warning.

We all quickly learn how to keep a safe distance from mobs to avoid drawing fire as we navigate city zones. Even low level characters can move around PI if they are careful.

The problem with unasked for SB's is that the sudden burst of speed can easily send anyone careening into an unwanted firefight before they can stop simply because the buff was unexpected.

That's when people start getting angry. There they were on their way to put that wing recipe they just crafted at the tailor in Steel Canyon or Independence Port. They are almost there when someone nails them with an SB and they suddenly find themselves rocketing into a mob that gets them ganked. Now they have to start over at the hospital at the other end of the friggin zone.

I appreciate what we discussed via PM, It's just that when I returned to the thread and saw Snow_Globe defending (which I also appreciate) my build choices, I wanted to make it clear that in hindsight my motives weren't entirely pure when I made those characters. There was some pettyness and perhaps some passive/aggressive motives.

I know the points you were making about my build choices were valid and constructive intended to help me out.

I can't say how soon I'll get back to those characters but when I do there will probably be some changes made based on an individual basis.

For example I don't forsee changing my Rad/Rad because his concept is that his radiation is harmful so he'll focus on debuffing rather than buffing.

However I'll probably put a team friendly second build together for my earth/emp.