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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lucretia_MacEvil View Post
    Does this work on the eternally annoying glowing hands from Hasten?
    Yes. And the pink pom-poms from Energy Melee as well.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion View Post
    /Stone armors on tank/brutes. I got to 38 on a brute, put it on, and almost puked it was so bad. I tried I/Oing it for recharge and whatnot to "fix" it. The worst way to spend an hour in the city is in stone armor. It has the worst armors/defenses pre Granite, and Granite slams on, you lose all your costume, you look like every other granite, and it nerfs you into oblivion. To make it worse, your "indestructibility" is completely useless in the iTrial world of instant death patches which cut thru Granite like you were a Blaster, and your nerfed movement makes it HARDER for you to survive these things. Yeah, Granite. Big white walking turd.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Necrotron_RO View Post
    Granite armor really needs some customization or a non-completely replaces costume version of it.

    A minimal FX option for Granite would be awesome.
    I've never had a stoner before, so I don't know if this will work on Granite, but I know it will work on Frozen Armor (from the APP):

    /macro FXoff "SuppressCloseFx 1$$SuppressCloseFxDist 255"

    This will create a button that when clicked will make your powers that have visible effects around you invisible. You will no longer see the spikey effects around your feet from Superspeed. You will no longer see the layer of ice around you from Frozen Armor. You will no longer see the flames from Blazing Aura.

    If you want to create a button that will turn your visible effects back on:

    /macro FXon "SuppressCloseFx 0"

    Edit: changed macros, that's what i get from doing this from memory.
  3. Are costume files stored locally anyway? In other words, if I changed costume files, wouldn't the changes only show up on my screen, not yours?

    (I seem to remember hearing that someone changed the costume files so that every toon appeared nude on that one person's screen, whereas everyone appeared normal on their own screen. Urban legend?)
  4. Tuesday Feb 28th at 10 pm Eastern: Soul of the Woodsman (aka Numina TF)

    Level 35+, min 4 to start, 36 merits

    If you'd like to reserve a spot, please leave your global, toon name and AT.

    1. @GATE-keeper: Olivia Neutron-Bomb (Rad/MM Blaster)
    2. @Ellscry: Between (Ele/SD Brute)
    3. @Shukis23: Emerald Lass (Emp/Rad Defender) or Silver Sparrow (Sonic/Dark Defender)
    4. @AdAstra: ?
    5. @Doctor_A_Science: ?

    Maybes:
    6. @Asgardian Blade: Jaden Maldoran (StJ/Ele scrapper)
    7. @Saint Jon: ?
  5. I can't make Friday and Sunday is doubtful, but sign me up for Saturday.

    @GATE-keeper: GATE-keeper (50+3 Inv/SS tank)

    (Fair warning: I've not done any iTrials since May, so I'm not real familiar with any iTrials newer than BAF or Lambda.)
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hopeling View Post
    It actually is the same: debuffing an enemy's tohit by 5% (or any other amount) is exactly equivalent to +5% defense (or any other amount), against attacks from that enemy.
    A notable difference:

    Debuffing an enemy's To Hit by 5% is the equivalent of giving yourself and every one of your allies an additional 5% defense to the debuffed enemy only.


    (Luckily, RI is an AoE, so it affects multiple enemies.)
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    Alright, you asked for it. Much to my surprise, people actually want to run the 'task force from from hell' as part of our regular routine. Be warned - I would expect this task force to take over 4 hours. We'll take a short break of half an hour at some point. Perhaps around 5 PM.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    Well, the asylum let them out to play and we ran Dr. Q.
    Didn't take 4 hours, though. Not quite. I think it was 3:50.
    Would have been a lot quicker if we had skipped that half hour break.....
  8. Slightly off topic, but am I the only one bothered by the shin/calf area on females in the game? That area just seems to be way too long.
  9. I'll be there with N-TREPID (Rad/Sonic Defender)
  10. Tuesday Feb 21st at 10 pm Eastern, Following Countess Crey (aka Manticore TF)

    Level 30+, 7 to start, 32 merits.

    If you'd like to reserve a spot, please leave your global, toon name and AT.

    1. @GATE-keeper: N-TREPID (Rad/Sonic Defender) or Olivia Neutron-Bomb (Rad/MM Blaster)
    2. @Between (Ele/SD Brute)
    3. @AdAstra: Tina Beretta (FF/DP Defender)
    4. @Doctor_A_Science: Unknown ArchAngel (Arch/NRG Blaster)
    5. @Mage-Scholar: Panthera Dragon (BS/Ele Brute)
    6. @Death Valley Dragon: 50 cal. Nurse (Emp/DP Defender)
  11. Some people erroneously state that Han shot first, but that's wrong; saying Han shot first implies that Greedo shot second, but Greedo never got a shot off because he was deaders.

    Only now Lucas is saying that Greedo shot first all along and the only change to that scene was to change the camera angle to reflect that.
  12. I'll be there with N-TREPID (Rad/Sonic Defender)
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by AngelicaVenger View Post
    I'm sure you meant to change your date in your message because Jan. 3rd is long gone.
    Cut and paste, ftl!
  14. Tuesday Feb 14th at 10 pm Eastern, Citadel's Children

    Level 25+, min 6 to start, 40 merits.

    If you'd like to reserve a spot, please leave your global, toon name and AT.

    1. @GATE-keeper: N-TREPID (Rad/Sonic Defender)
    2. @Ellscry: Geo Epoch (Earth/Time Controller)
    3. @AngelicaVenger: Starless Anne (Dark/Fire Blaster)
    4. @Asgardian Blade: Fortune's Widow (Widow)
    5. @TonyV: Spin Artist (Dual Blades/? Scrapper) or Taxi V
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ad Astra View Post
    Wow - crickets....
    I guess everyone was waiting for you to join first?
  16. Just remember, on the SSA's, if we run 3 at a time: For non-50's, there are only two major reward options: Hero Merit and Extra Reward Merits. Running a third one, most will just get minimal rewards (iirc, that's 2 Reward Merits plus 5 Reward Merits.) (People may want to consider switching toons for a better reward)

    (I can't remember, can all 50's get the Threads reward or only 50's that have unlocked alpha?)

    Also, the "one reward per week" may play a part as well. For instance, if we do WWD 1-3 on one Saturday at 1 pm, then WWD 4-6 the next Saturday at 1 pm, the cool down time may not be enough. (Again, people may want to consider switching toons)(or we may want to aim for a slightly later start time on the second Saturday)

    As far as Dr Q, I would prefer not to include it on the normal Saturday TF and would prefer maybe doing it separately, for instance on a Sunday or on President's Day. Although, I'd most likely join if we did do it on Saturday.
  17. I'll be there with N-TREPID (Rad/Sonic Defender)
  18. Tuesday Feb 7th at 10 pm Eastern, Clamor and Destruction (aka Sister Psyche Task Force)

    Level 20+, 5 to start, 50 merits

    If you'd like to reserve a spot, please leave your global, toon name and AT.

    1. @GATE-keeper: N-TREPID (Rad/Sonic Defender)
    2. @AdAstra: Not sure yet
  19. I started back in June 2006, shortly after CoV came out. Back then, CoH and CoV were separate games, in order to play both you had to buy both. I only had CoH at the time. I distinctly remember starting a solo SG, but could not start a base because you needed CoV to start a base back then.

    So, did SG's exist before CoV? I'm pretty sure they did, but what was the point without a base? Could you enter SG mode? Could you still earn prestige?

    Also, once CoV added bases to the game, if a person who only had CoH joined an SG that had a base, could he use the base even though he did not have CoV? (I'd kinda think so, just not certain.)
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DreadShinobi View Post
    Yup. It's especially nice for Antimatter since he isn't in Marias AV arc and so far into his own if you don't have the mission saved.
    Isn't he - along with Neuron - in Tina Mac's last mission?
  21. GATE-keeper

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by houtex View Post
    @Hyperstrike:

    No, your formatting is completely whack. The first three lines are very pretty, but then the fourth and fifth lines come in and wreck the entire post.

    I'll give you an A- for effort, and enthusiasm, but I simply cannot give you a higher grade due to the horrible margins.

    /blaming the forum isn't an option, so don't even go there, k?
    //I resized it, and it's still messy.
    ///Oh, and It Lives... sweet.
    Yeah, but thanks to that post, I was able to see the skyline behind Statesdeaders. Never seen that before.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ace_of_Hearts View Post
    Wanted to post a picture but dont know how to do it
    I got some help in another thread, here's how to do it.

    The forums will only allow images from other sites; basically you post a link to an image, not an image itself. So first thing you need to do is find an image hosting site to store your image. I'm sure others may know of more, but I used www.photobucket.com. It's free, just go there and register. You may not want to use your real name as your User ID on that site because your user name is part of the filename for any images you post and anyone who checks "Properties" on your image could see that.

    Next you take a screenshot in game. If you want the UI to show up in your image, enter the following command on the chat line before taking the screen shot: "/screenshotui 1". Then, to actually take the picture, just hit "Print Screen" on your keyboard.

    All of your screenshots are stored as jpegs in a folder called - appropriately enough - screenshots in your main City of Heroes folder. Go to that folder and pick the image you want in your post. If you want to crop, resize or edit the picture first, you can do so by opening it with MS Paint or something similar. (I used MS Office Picture Manager, because the Crop button is greyed out in MS Paint on my computer, not sure why.)

    Now log into photobucket (or whichever site you picked) and upload the image to their site. The site should give you a url name for your image. Make a note of the url (in photobucket, just click on the url and it will automatically copy it to your clipboard. Do not click on the link marked IMG code, click on the one marked Direct Link.)

    Now come here to the forums and start a post (or just edit a previous one.) In the forum post editor is an icon that looks like a pair of mountains with a yellow background. That is the Insert Image icon, click on it and a box will pop up allowing you to enter the url of where your image is stored. The box automatically pre-enters "http://" for you. If you're pasting a link into the box, be careful that you don't wind up with two sets of "http://"

    That's all there is to it. Don't let this lengthy post fool you, it's actually simpler than it seems.
  23. I'd like to thank everybody for their replies and PM's; they were very helpful. I remember using techniques like your suggestions to load my forum avatar many years ago so I know they work.

    Also, for those who are interested, the following wiki link tells how to turn a screenshot into a jpeg suitable for uploading to your favorite image hosting site.

    http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Screenshots
  24. I'd say all my toons are concept toons, but here are my three faves (WW's employee added for scale)

    Here's the Exalted version of my main (my actual main is on Infinity and has the name I had to settle for instead of the name I wanted):




    Here's my second toon ever. I got the idea when my main was running thru the city and a civilian who was getting mugged/robbed shouted "I need a hero!" So whenever this toon hears a civilian say that, she has to stop and lend a hand, even if on the way to a mish or the bad guys con grey. (Ok, I don't do that while teaming, only soloing.)



    This guy's my problem child, I love the concept, i just can't seem to decide on an AT or powersets. He started as an Inv/SS tank, but my main is an Inv/SS so I re-rolled him as an NRG/WP brute. I was underwhelmed by Energy Melee, so I re-rolled him as Dark/WP which is this iteration. But I've already decided to re-roll him as StJ/WP, but here he is till then.