Katze

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Scythus View Post
    That was the Japanese. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The Germans bombed London.

    ...
    You haven't watched Animal House I assume: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lT1o0sDwI
  2. Katze

    bucket list

    I started my list on the day of the sunset announcement and was amazed that after 8 years I hadn't finished a lot of content. So, here's my rather large list of what I had not done. What I have managed to complete in these past couple of weeks marked with an X.

    Task Forces:

    X Mender Silos
    X Sister Psyche
    X A Clamor for the People - Penelope Yin 20 - 25
    X The Kheldian War - Moonfire Lvl 23 to 28
    Citadel's Children - Citadel Lvl 25 to 30
    The MegaMech Cometh - Ernesto Hess Lvl 25 to 30
    A Tangled Plot - Katie Hannon Lvl 30 to 34
    Following Countess Crey - Manticore Lvl 30 to 35
    Soul of the Woodsman - Numina Lvl 5 to 40
    X Time's Arrow - Imperious Lvl 35 to 50
    Explorers and Exploiters - Dr. Quaterfield Lvl 40 to 44
    The Legend of Ruladak - Sara Moore Lvl 40 to 50
    The Saga of Faathim - Justin Augustine Lvl 44 to 50
    The Saga of Lanaru - Faathim the Kind Lvl 44 to 50
    Statesman's Task Force - Statesman Lvl 45 to 50
    X The Lady Grey Task Force - The Lady Grey Lvl 45 to 50
    Return of the Reichsman - Dr. Kahn Lvl 45 to 50
    Alpha Strike - Apex Lvl 50 incarnate
    The Praetorian Offensive - Tin Mage Mark II Lvl 50 incarnate

    All Villainside TFs

    Hamidon Raid

    Drowning in Blood Trial

    Incarnate Trials:

    X Behavioral Adjustment Facility
    Lambda Sector
    X Keyes Island Reactor
    X The Underground
    X TPN Campus
    Minds of Mayhem
    X (Dark Astoria arcs )
    Dilemma Diabolique
    Belladonna Vetrano arc
    The Magisterium

    Signature Story Arcs:

    Hero
    X SSH1
    X SSH2

    Villain
    X SSH1
    SSH2

    Take down Seed of Hamidon

    Night Ward storylines ( at half )

    X All Praetoria story arcs

    Praetorian Zone events:

    X The Protest Event

    X Syndicate Takedown

    The Great Escape

    Kheldian Story arc to 50
    X 40 - 44
    X 45 - 50

    Villain EAT arc
    X 35-40
    40 -45
    45 -50

    'New' contacts:

    X Villain intro arcs to 20 Dr. Graves 15-20

    X Bane spider Ruben [villain lvl 15 -24]

    X Brother Hammond [villain lvl 15 -24]

    Belladonna Vetrano

    New powersets (get at least to 32):

    Dark Control
    Electric control
    Staff fighting
    X Street Justice
    Water blast
    X Titan Weapon
    X Beast Mastery
    X Shield defense
    X Kinetic Melee
    X Beam Rifle
    Demon MM

    Epic ATs to 50:
    Peacebringer -42
    Warshade - 46
    Crab spider -38
    Wolf Spider - 37
    Fortunata - 36
    Night Widow -35
  3. Rush - Time Stand Still : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGsQ5n9Qu0A
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    Time stand still
    I'm not looking back
    But I want to look around me now
    See more of the people
    And the places that surround me now.

    Freeze this moment
    A little bit longer
    Make each sensation
    A little bit stronger
    Experience slips away
    Experience slips away.

    Time stand still

    I turn my face to the sun
    Close my eyes
    Let my defenses down
    All those wounds
    That I can't get unwound.

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  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rylas View Post
    Does anyone here have any experience with CoH sounds bleeding into TeamSpeak? And if so, did you figure out what settings needed to be changed? When I play in other games like Battlefield 3, my friends don't notice any noises, but if I'm in CoH, they do. It's driving me crazy because they can't make out my voice over all the noise.
    When a friend's mic had game sounds bleeding through we fixed it by reducing the microphone recording level in Windows and then adjusted (raised) the sensitivity in Teamspeak to compensate.

    Hope that might work for you. It's easier when someone on the other end can give feedback as you set it.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Black Pebble View Post
    If your friend's account was created after Freedom launched, and they've never purchased Paragon Points, then they should be able to upgrade to VIP during the promotion.
    Awesome news! Thanks! ( and a red name response too!)
  6. I have a friend with an existing free account that put the time into leveling up a couple of characters already ( they've never spent any $$ yet to make it a premium or VIP account ) and wondering if they can apply the code from the VIP starter kit.
    I know at the NCsoft store it says "cannot be applied to existing VIP or Premium accounts." and " can only be used to activate a new account, and cannot be used to apply gametime to an existing City of Heroes® subscription."

    Does anyone have info about applying a VIP starter kit code to an existing Free account or is a person forced to make a "new" account?
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SerialBeggar View Post
    Well, given that the Invention Coupon isn't really giving you a discount, I'd suggest you go somewhere else for a day job. For now.
    That bug was fixed on live a few patches ago ( but not included the patch notes ). I just checked again online and the correct discounted amount was subtracted when using an invention discount coupon.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lxndr View Post
    Without logging off my character entirely, how can I determine what server I am currently playing on? It doesn't seem to come up in any window I try.
    Type /whereami in the chat window. The result will appear in chat along with the map you are on.
  9. Coralax were always part of the lore of the Hollows and Eastgate Bay:

    History Plaque in Hollows:

    "This building once housed the lab of Dr. Calvin Stewart, who pioneered Eastgate Bay's Seaview project. Since the Hollowing, Dr. Stewart has been forced to abandon the lab, and communication with the Seaview project has been erratic. Very little is known by the public about the scientists' activities in Eastgate Bay. "

    Stephanie Peebles' mission "Stop the Council attack":

    "I've got a fish story for you, character, and it's a beaut. Seems some researchers over in Eastgate Bay just pulled into port. Say they were attacked by some sort of 'fish monsters,' and they barely escaped with their lives! They even say they've got one of the creatures on ice down in their hold. "

    and the Clue : The scientists' find: "The contents of this crate can only be described as bizarre. The creature in stasis within is definitely fish-like, but easily the size of a man. Its long, powerful arms look capable of ripping a boat to shreds. "
  10. I have to agree. Since the Wiki was down last night ( and we should not have to go to a wiki for this info ) I went looking both on the official site and forums ( Announcements, patch notes, Dev and community digests, searches etc. ) and the only way I found the contact was to go to each zone in-game and search the map for the "signature story arc" name on the contact.
    I had no pop-up window on log-in, like when the first contact was introduced, and although there was an email and a web announcement the only info there was that you can "buy it at the store".
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by LygerZero View Post
    They should rename it "Skynet"


    edit: damn! Maybe they did!! Maybe it renamed ITSELF MARTy to throw us off!!! doooooommm!!!!
    "@Skynet has been renamed @MARTy"
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by n00bskoolbus View Post
    So I'm a level 30 scrap who started off as a praetorian and I realized I don't have a contact to talk to about getting cape and aura missions! Is this a known bug or is there someone else I talk to?
    If you are hero-side it's the Atlas Park rep, and if you went villain it's Kalinda in Mercy.
    They won't show up on your contact list.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by WenDarkFall View Post
    The % chance to hit and the roll to hit...both occurred twice. One at 14 % and one at 95%.


    Also the power I am using is Electrifying Fences from Mu Masters. It does NOT have a proc...so thats not the answer (great idea though).
    Sounds like one is the the chance for the power to hit, and then the other is the chance to gain back endurance you drained.

    Edit: Red Tomax has it listed as having a ~20% chance to do -recovery on the foe, so maybe that's the smaller chance to hit.
  14. Katze

    Vanishing Zones

    The character I had in the old Faultline was transported to the top of the Doughnut Shop in the new Faultline ( which, if I remember correctly, was the same spot where the Faultline Base teleporter used to drop you ).
  15. Katze

    Help with setup

    Mouse invert shows up as a line in the options.txt file, in the root City of Heroes folder ( wherever you have installed it ).

    While not running the game, try opening that file in Notepad and change
    MouseInvert 0
    to
    MouseInvert 1

    Maybe it'll stick.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chunky_Style View Post
    Pretty much as the title states. On one character I somehow lost the horizontal divider in the chat box. I've asked in the Help channel a few times and searched the site but no answer was forthcoming. It is a very minor issue but one that seems to push my OCD button hard. Any help in getting it back would be greatly appreciated.
    Quickest way is to get onto a character that has the chat settings the way you want them and type in the chat window /chat_save. Then log onto the character without the divider and type in /chat_load.

    You can also go into the menu and do it from there Menu > Options: General tab. At the bottom of the list is a section "Chat Settings File" with the buttons to load and save chat settings.
  17. I just checked and it is 10 points from the Empowerment Station, so I went into Bloody Bay and it gets reduced to 3.5 there.
  18. Since I didn't see it mentioned, you can always add a few more points of protection when needed by using an Empowerment Station in a base. ( IIRC it gives 5 points? )
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by RadiationJason View Post
    Hey, recently returned to game and playing a Praetorian. I absent mindedly hit the Teleport to Pocket D... now how do I get back out again? I don't see any door labeled back to Nova and it won't let me use any other doors?? None of my other teleports take me anywhere. Is there some trick to this?

    Thanks!
    J
    There is a door to Studio 55 in the NE corner of the dance floor. That will take you to Studio 55 in Imperial City.
  20. Katze

    Hunt Guide?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post



    Fly WAAAAAAAAY north up by where Babbage occasionally spawns. Following the northern wall, I find several.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
    After my first post I went looking on Victory (yes, north wall for CW) using /targetcustomnext Prince [and Aberrant and then tried Caliban, Ogre, and Lead.]
    Found none of the above.

    Went to Virtue just now to see if it was related to server population. Found a Caliban, but no Princes or Aberrants.
    So, if they do spawn, it isn't a great place for hunting.
    (Edit to clarify: I mean not good for Princes [for gears], and Lost bosses. The Outcast and Troll bosses are found around map center in Boomtown )
  21. Katze

    Hunt Guide?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
    better place for Gears - Boomtown
    I don't remember ever seeing Clockwork Princes [bosses] in Boomtown.

    I also see that Vidiot's map of Boomtown mentions Lost bosses, which don't spawn there either.
  22. Katze

    In-game time

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Roderick View Post
    That's the thingie I was looking for! Thanks!

    Though that's not the thread I was looking for; he posted it in at least one other place. And what's with the IP address instead of a DNS? Does that point at the same forums, or some mirror somewhere?
    You're welcome, my search fu didn't fail me.
    As for the IP add, that's strange; that's what came up on a Google search using your description in the first post. It is a COH forum post though: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?p=2750681
  23. Katze

    In-game time

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Roderick View Post
    I recently saw a tool that someone had made which showed the current time in Paragon City, based off the real world clock. Of course, I neglected to bookmark it, and when I wanted to show it to someone today, couldn't find it.

    Does anyone have a link?
    This? (From TonyV) : http://paragonforge.com/utilities/pctime/

    Grabbed from this thread : http://64.25.35.208/showthread.php?p=2750681
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kierthos View Post
    Did the Devs ever go anywhere with this teaser? Honestly, it feels like there's a lot of room to work with on the Dream Doctor.
    Hopefully it's coming, as one of the new badges in the Shadow Shard ( Stormwatcher ) has this little tidbit in its description:
    ... Some see their discovery of Primal Earth's dimension as inevitable; a "coming storm" which could rival the Rikti Invasion in destructive potential.