Golden Girl

And welcome to the new forums, DJNero

I like the new forums - they look more stylish and sophisticated, I think.

Actually, I can report that the devs are lazy - Positron has Twittered that he's playing D&D right now

I think it might just be a pet buff or two - she's a MM demon summoner, so the Hellfire Whip might just be to buff them - like it makes them angry, so they get increased damage, or something similar.

Just met a Matrix refugee on Defiant server - I told him there were martial arts and tenchcoats in CoH - I think he felt reassured

I not sure this is such a useful statistic to have

Play nice now, people - an internet forum isn't anything to get work up about

Well done

I seem to remember something about freeing 20 or more hostages on a Thorns map, but the enemy mobs are Malta...

I checked through this thread, and didn't see the stuff from that NCSoft marketing survey posted here, so here it is again:


"City of Heroes and City of Villains let players create unique
characters and set forth as virtuous Heroes or evil Villains in a MMO
comic book inspired universe. This expansion to the City of Heroes/
Villains universe blurs the line between good and evil, between hero
and villain. The Going Rogue system is a new game dynamic for City of
Heroes and City of Villains that allows players to alter the morality
of their characters, eventually opening up the opportunity to turn
their Hero into a Villain or vice versa.

By visiting different contacts in the game, players can start the
process of "moving their moral compass" towards being a hero or a
villain. Making this choice dramatically alters the gameplay for the
player, as they will now be able to bring an Archetype (class) that
was previously only available to players of City of Heroes into City
of Villains, and vice versa. Once a character has switched sides, they
can continue down the path they have chosen, or use the opportunity to
subvert their new allies through a series of espionage-style missions.

In addition to this new game altering dynamic, new neutral starting
zones allow new players to select their Archetype (class) first, and
then let their actions determine their hero, villain or rogue
identities. At the high levels, rewards for these moral choices will
be found in new PVP, PVE and Co-op zones. Accomplishments will lead to
rewards that will significantly distinguish level 50 characters from
one another.One such reward is the Universal Enhancement Slots. Ten
Universal Enhancement Slots are available to be earned in the
expansion, and each one has the potential of adding significant power
to the character, essentially bringing them to a hypothetical "Level
60" once they have earned all ten slots.

For existing City of Heroes and City of Villains players who have
previously reached the level cap of 50, the Expansion will take them
into outer space where they can now find challenges that test their
powers and skills to the max. On an alien space station that
mysteriously appears over Earth, Heroes and Villains will race to
unlock the secrets of the place and be the first to reap the rewards
that are only available to the best of the best.

A brand new Spy Archetype (class), power sets and player costume
options will lead to a massive amount of new character and gameplay
options. And a significantly enhanced character creator system will
now allow characters to customize the effects (looks and colors) of
their super powered attacks and defenses.

Here is some other things that were mentioned in the survey...

1.) New high level Space Station Zones (PVE, PVP, & Co-op)
2.) Characters that do not wish to change sides are rewarded by
becoming exemplary heroes or villains, and earning rewards not
available any other way
3.) Heroes and villains who go to the other side can also act as
Double-Agents
4.) Character Creator 2.0 includes Powers Customization, allowing
players to customize not only the character, but also the actual look
of its powers
5.) Players undertake missions that define their character's morality
and steer them in a more heroic or villainous direction
6.) By switching sides (going from good to bad or bad to good),
players can access content "on the other side" (heroes can experience
villain zones and content, and villains can experience hero zones and
content)
7.) Completely new low-level player experience/zones for new
characters in which new characters do not begin a hero or villain,
rather become one or the other through early gameplay
8.) New Spy Archetype, Power Sets & Costumes
9.) Universal Enhancement Slots - at level 50, these enhance powers to
the character, essentially bringing them to a hypothetical "Level 60"
once they have earned all ten slots"

Of course, it's only a survey, and the fact that Power Customization is listed as a GR feature when it's now going to be a separate Issue shows that nothing on the list can be guaranteed to be in GR - but the survey did get most of the MA details pretty much right, so I think most of what's on this list will appear in the game in some form, even if it's not all in GR.

Well, I was sort of never away

And here's the bit from that survey that mentions outer space:

"For existing City of Heroes and City of Villains players who have previously reached the level cap of 50, the Expansion will take them into outer space where they can now find challenges that test their powers and skills to the max. On an alien space station that mysteriously appears over Earth, Heroes and Villains will race to unlock the secrets of the place and be the first to reap the rewards that are only available to the best of the best."

According to that NCSoft marketing survey, an alien space station orbiting earth would be where we'd get hold of the super enhancements that'd make 50s sort of like 60.

Strangely, female ghosts also scream when defeat, but the male ones don't - I'm not sure the reason for that.

The things I'm trying to add stripes too don't have template files - it's a pair of boots and a pair of gloves, and when the MAT files are "unwrapped" from the object, it's very hard to match the lines up so they join properly.
I can draw a straight line on paper, but not on a computer