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That did the trick! Thanks, everybody (and especially Kheldarn)! I had no idea that one of the problem was an extension made of all caps, expecially since caps in the rest of it work normally.

Sure! But unlike a flourishing business I would have to cut corners, and the lossy compression used might not give you the best results.

Really? I can understand rejecting things like "<" and ">" to prevent injection attacks, but what's the harm of a tilde? (Thanks for pointing this out -- I didn't see the tilde in the message given when it rejected the url.)

I think I'll try the %7e first and see if that works. Thanks for the tip!

True, but in addition to the 100x100 pixel dimension limit, they could also easily impose a file size limit. Off the top of my head, I would think that a meg is sufficient for an avatar, yet still small enough so that the space usage isn't excessive. Especially considering that Terabyte hard drives are now inexpensive. Currently there are 165053 members on the CoH Forums. 2 megs each for an avatar would mean about 350 GB of storage (or about 700 GB in a [1] mirrored array). Not really a break-the-bank one-time expenditure.

Thanks for the tip. I've joined the BaseBuildersInc. channel.

Here's another question. I'm the SG Leader, and have all permissions, yet the Promote and Demote buttons for my SG are greyed out. Any ideas why I can't do either (yet can still kick)?

And what would everybody recommend for a limit on inactive time before being demoted/kicked?

(I know those two aren't directly related to building a Base. )

I want the head of a Bull. You can't do a decent Minotaur without a bull head (bull horns on a human head doesn't cut it). And a Minotaur isn't a "furry".

If it includes a Bull Head, I'll buy it. I already have a character holding the name for my Minotaur Character -- I just need that head.

And another Head that would be good IMO would be a Cyclops. That would give us two mythological monsters by doing just a head (or two) each.

Or maybe his character has the Wi Flag?

I can sympathize, as I've also wanted to combine some ranged attacks with defenses. A Blaster/Tanker (Blanker?) Archetype. But I've had good luck so far with my Electric/Electric Blaster using the electrical brawls (and Air Superiority) to compliment the ranged attacks.

I remain unconvinced. I can often take down an equal leveled-Lieutenant before he can get off more than one power, thus very little of the damage I take is from the lone "boss". Build Up, Zapp, Lightning Bolt, and Ball Lightning often does the trick. Then for the minions who reach me I have a special treat -- Air Superiority, Charged Brawl, and Havoc Punch. (What, no evil grin emoticon here?)

What were the contents of the CoV Collector's Edition box? Did it come with a Heroclix of Lord Recluse?

Hmm. But collectively speaking, won't the minions have as much or more health than the lone Lieutenant/Boss? If taking out one target takes out ~half of the group's damage potential, why not start "at the top"?

I am somewhat new to the game, having played for less than a year (around 9-10 months IIRC). But in my (admittedly less experienced) opinion, if a target misses you, it doesn't matter how much damage that attack might have done. Thus, the likelyhood of an attacker connecting with an attack is one of the reasons why I often start at the top. Another reason for me is that I can use interruptible powers like Zapp (w/ Aim + Build Up) on the first target, but not reliably afterwards in a combat.

Either I'm not up on all the CoX/MMO lingo yet, or I haven't gotten to these "Sappers". But I do agree that abilities like healing, draining, and mezzing put those targets up a few ranks on the "threat assessment" scale.

Of my two primary Blasters, neither have both aim and build up. But both can fly, which allows me to usually evade the Green Ink Man -- so he's usually last. Blasters can still use Primary powers even when held, so I'd probably take out Yellow first, then Sorcerer, then Green. But in a mixed group where the Sorcerer cons a higher threat level than the other two, I'll focus on him first.

I almost always go after the big gun first (unless I can safely snipe without counterattacks -- then it's usually low-to-high). AFAIK, they hit more often, and for more damage -- so getting them out before they can start tagging you too much is IMO a good thing.

That's where I found mine -- for $10! But I was a little disappointed to learn that the "in game item" -- the Cot4W, you can't get until you hit lvl 20. Which means that to get it, not only do you have to wait until you get to 20, but then you *have* to go to a tailor and pay (in-game) for it.

Or did I miss a shortcut somewhere?