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ah...That scenerio ran through my head last night but I dismissed it since there are fire imps at low levels through temp powers. Ill just set ther level for 32 then.


Any thoughts on the other problem or is that just normal AE wonkyness?

Heck, Why do you even need Oroborous for that. Like nothing ever happens in AP when you are level 20. I think you should still be able to get missions and work on the older Mayhem/SG's

I have a quick question about this height slider change. Does that mean that height is now being stored as part of the costume? That would be a boon for more than just the booster pack. It's annoying trying to guess how tall your character is when recreating him in the AE. Or when Trying to create twins for a leveling pact with a friend

I'm working on an Arc featuring my Fire Dominator. His whole deal is he binds souls to him and they are forced to serve him as minions. In game this is reflected through Fire Imps and That was originally what I was wanting to use.

Obviously I can't use fire Imps as an enemy itself so I changed the story a little bit so only ones that has been bound to him for a while turn into Fire Imps. Initially they are just Burning after images of what they used to be. They all use Fire in some way.

ok That is the premise I had when making this group. What I created was 1 minions, 2 LTs, and 1 Boss. Because I want the Imps to be more prevalent than the other newer creations I gave the minions and Lts the ability to summon Fire Imps in addition to just leaving the other stuff at easy. The Boss is set at Hard but doesn't have Fire imps.

Here is my problem. I wanted to test this to see if I needed to tweak how many of these critters could summon fire imps. I didn't want it to be completely overwhelming. Just challenging. So I grabbed a friend and ran a test mission. Not a single thing used Fire imps. Not even the EB version of my Dominator who was set to extreme/extreme used it. Additionally the Boss character was spawning as a LT. This seemed odd since there was two of us and usually Bosses will spawn. I only saw one real LT the whole mission but these LT versions of my Boss were everywhere.

So my problem is two fold. How do I get these things to spawn the imps and How do I get the Boss to spawn right?

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It was a change done awhile back... Issue 13 or 14?

::goes to find patch notes::

EDIT: Yep, Issue 14. As long as your account is active, they won't "take your stuff" after 60 days.

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Oh awesome. I missed that change. I'm glad I ventuired in this forum now. Always nice to learn something new. I can now sell stuff and not worry about trying to remember who had stuff sold and trying to log them all in.

^0 days sounds like a long time but it really isnt hard to not log someone in that often :/

I honestly think Fire just isn't for Tanks. It works well for Brutes and Scrappers because they aren't trying to take hits as much as they are trying to dish it out. Fire armor doesn't really make me think Invulnerable in the sense of The Thing or Superman. Instead I think more along the lines of the Human Torch where you could hurt him pretty easy but you wouldn't want to really have to fight him hand to hand.

While as a concept that could work for a Tank it does fall short with our Tank AT because they don't have the raw damage to back it up. Plus I am thinking Fire is a resist set which makes no sense. In my opinion any Tank that chooses fire armor is already giving up some of his defense. Perhaps add in a +DMG component to any toggle that wreaths you in flame? I mean you are fighting in melee. regardless of what your secondary is that has to hurt a little more than normal. I don't know that you could, or even should, add that in to Brutes or Scrappers.

I could potentially see removing the AE building from AP and Galaxy but not KR. People aren't going to flock to KR anyway if that happens. Just removing it from AP will have peopel congregating in Steel Canyon the same reason Villains congregate in Cap Au.

I would also like to see the mission we do scattered around at the discretion of the author. Let us pick a zone and have a random door assigned that we have to goto . It would improve story telling and help people see the larger world.

Hmm. I was going to say people were wrong about the electric blasts but they are now saying to try it with something other than /elec. They might be right about that. A Friend has a Electric/Energy laster. I've not heard him complain but I know he feels underpreforming to his fire/fire blaster

I have a Psi/Psi Blaster and I'm not sure how I feel abou tit. I like the telekenetic powers visually and I think that may be swaying my decisions as to how goot the numbers are or aren't

I agree that Devices is veey Lackluster.

I sorta Agree with Fire Armor although I'm trying to make it work on a couple characters. On My Tank I don't feel very Tankish.

As for Gravity Control. I have a Grav/Psi dominator. I used to love juggleing enemies with all of his pwoers. He was never an AoE control type though. I would genreally pick one enemy and make his life hell. The higher he got in level the less I liked him. I have fond memories of him but I've not logged him in for around 450 days now. That might say something about Gravity Control. Of course maybe I should try him with the supposed buff to dominators. Expect. He's not been logged in for 450 days and I don't want to break that record

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Just don't. Never.

Ever.

Ever.

EVER.

EVER.

EV-ER create a mission where you have to kill all the mobs to complete it.

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I tend to avoid Defeat alls because I know how annoying I find them. That being said I have used them in one of my arcs because it made sense in the story to go in and arrest all the Family. If I recall correctly I used the smallest cargo ship map I could find for it. I think it's in the only arc I currently have published as well. Of the two people who rated it they seemed more concerned with a clue that I started to write, changed my mind, and forgot to erase plus a few typos than they were about a defeat all. In fact they both more or less liked the story. No mention was made of the defeat all halfway through.

What always irritated me about defeat alls in CoX is it seemed arbitrary. I'm supposed to go in and find a clue. oh btw defeat everything in the building. I would honestly like a defeat most objective. Say 80% or even a percentage chosen by the player. The only main problem with Defeat all is you always have that one enemy or small group that is stuck in an obscure corner that is just hard to see. You can pass them 10 times and not see them. Even so people may have reason to include defeat all objectives. It's an objective that you encounter in the game otherwise. It's inclusion increases the flexibility and options of the Mission builder.

In the end it's all a matter of personal taste. I personally find Escort missions more obnoxious than Defeat alls. Should We start a petition to have those removed because some people don't like it? Or start harassing Mission builders who include it until they remove the offending objective or arc? Should we start doing this to custom critters that use a specific costume option we don't like or a powerset we hate. Perhaps anythingg that includes Outcasts should immediately be 1 starred and reported for content?

People should make missions that they like. Why should anyone care if YOU don't play it? Telling people to never use defeat alls. Screw you. I'll do what I like. If the only person that ever plays it is me then so be it.

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If the post still exists, Castle mentioned that he came in around I6 when talking about the changes to Energy Melee. BABs' start date was said by the man himself during a conversation in the Beta Testers global channel during the I15 beta.

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I was in the process of moving to Cali to start working at Cryptic on CoH/CoV when my car's engine exploded in Wyoming. I spent about 4 or 5 days in a hotel room playing Issue 7, which had just been released.

That is the only way I know how long I've been working on this game...because of playing Issue 7 in a hotel room in Wyoming.

I've played the game since roughly 2 weeks after launch.

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Sounds like a Nemesis plot.

I like KO Blow. Reminds me of Popeye Even so more animations would be nice for every power.

more. More. MORE!!!!

*Grabs a whip and starts chasing BABs*

I got tired and went to bed but that continued for the rest of the night. It even survived a reboot. All I did the rest of the night was hang out around that area of Cap Au, The BM, Vault, and University.

Why is everyone surprised that older machines can run things. It's long been my experience that when you upgrade a computer, yeah you see more shinies, but it is usually less reliable.

I've been at the BM in CAp au Since fighting Deathsurge. It's been freezing on and off ever since. I'm just doing some shoping and making some IO's for a friend. I've had 4 freezes while stanidn at teh BM. One while SJ between teh bvault and university. and Once while transitioning from inside the university to outside.

EDIT: Standing still inside the University on the balcony of teh room that has teh sciencey look and invention stations in it.

OK. I did the Cap Au Diable TF no problems. We decided to fight Deathsurge afterward. We whittled him down to 1/4 power and My Framerates dropped to zero. WE were near the WSPDR building. After about a minute things freed up again and I was able to help finish Deathsurge off.

Uh quick note. I'm letting CO update when I made that log. I never run two games at once.

WIndows Updates does it I know. I normally turn other ones off.

I also already posted a hijackthis log. I'll post the new one if you want

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 12:39:34 AM, on 7/10/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16850)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.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\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\CDAC11BA.EXE
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\nTune\nTuneService.exe
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\System Update\UpdateCenterService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WLTRYSVC.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\bcmwltry.exe
C:\Program Files\Linksys\WUSB54GSCv2\WLService.exe
C:\Program Files\Linksys\WUSB54GSCv2\WUSB54GSC.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\VIA\VIAudioi\HDADeck\HDeck.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\ipoint.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\daemon.exe
C:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe
D:\Program Files\Cryptic Studios\Champions Online.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
D:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyServer = 0.0.0.0:80
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Windows Live 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: [HDAudDeck] C:\Program Files\VIA\VIAudioi\HDADeck\HDeck.exe 1
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IntelliPoint] "c:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\ipoint.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DAEMON Tools Lite] "C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\daemon.exe" -autorun
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [NVIDIA nTune] C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\nTune\nTuneCmd.exe resetprofile
O4 - Startup: Trillian.lnk = C:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
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O9 - Extra button: ICQ6 - {E59EB121-F339-4851-A3BA-FE49C35617C2} - C:\Program Files\ICQ6.5\ICQ.exe
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O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39204
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsof...?1238183323812
O23 - Service: C-DillaCdaC11BA - C-Dilla Ltd - C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\CDAC11BA.EXE
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
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End of file - 5156 bytes

I just wish they would let us set mission doors out in the world. Not only would it add something to the mission but it would probably eliminate most of the farming we see. the main reason people do it is because they have to walk only 2 steps to get a new mission.

No

While we are on the subject. add the mission portals and hologram pad to bases as well so we can set up out own Training rooms.

At first glance I like this idea. but then I can see some holes in the idea.

First off If You are a villain running a mayhem mission and I have my hero join wouldn't that be a little one sided? Not only do you have to fight me but any Longbow or PPD in the area?

Additionally the Villain will have to have his build so that he can defeat the NPCs and defeat the mission. The hero doesn't ahve to do this. He can have a strait out PvP build and would creme the Villain more often than not as a result.

How would you solve these issues?

I usually solve my Endurance "problems" around level 7 with the use of IO's in all but the most end intensive powerset. Stamina isn't really as OMG must have anymore. To me it never was but It is much less so today. Of course I have high level characters that can finance IO's easier. Not that it is expensive on Redside at all. Blueside it's ridiculous the price of some common salvage but still not super expensive.

Anywho, this is otherwise an amusing writeup.

Hmm. I could check netgraph. It seems random though. I can be in there for a while and have no problems. and this problem isn't isolated to just the AE building. It was just an area where I saw it happening repeatedly with nothing really going on.

Sometimes I'm on a full team of 8 and it does this. Sometimes it never crops up. I usually can't go a day without hit happening either. Sometimes it'll happen when I first get started and then I wont see it the rest of the day. sometimes it happens when I'm just starting to think about heading to bed. Sometimes I'm just flying around or just talking to people. sometimes I'm just fighting. This is what drives me nuts. Nothing I am seeing indicates a pattern.

That's why I'm trying to report situations like the AE building. I know exactly what was visually going on at that time and it happend more than once. It's easy to report. Most of the time I can't do that. If you guys think it'll help Ill try and report what's going on every time this happens as it happens.

oh heck. where were we....I am thinking KR.


This wasn't lag though. This is just a complete drop of of framerate. When I lag I can still type push buttons. move the camera around. Just nothing responds to those attempts or I rubberband. This isn't lag.

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I'm still irritated that EVE was partly the reason Earth and beyond went under. EVE isn't even similar to the gameplay syle of EB. Frankly I don't understand the pull that EVE has for the sci-fi niche. I didn't like it at all.

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RIP Earth and Beyond