Kindeller

What sever are you on and i'll be happy to team up and help you cut out the boredom. The best way to make you not feel like your grinding or having to level slowly or the like is to take your mind of that fact. There's several ways of doing this:
[*]Actually enjoying yourself so much you forget.[*]Listening to some music while you play[*]Finding a good team to chat to while you mission or[*]use a large chat channel.

These can all be attained by doing something you enjoy listening to music with a good team.

Epic you say? *cough* points to sig *cough* sign up now [censored]!

Influence? costumes?! You pay for costumes?! lol i have more bloody free change tokens than i can shake a stick at >.<

That said, i didn't watch for how much it cost to use the plastic surgeon "Give me boobs damn it!"

Perhaps adding purchasble costume change tokens?

Well there's one that always gets a giggle and a a head turn when i play her i refuse to name on the forums for its so close to the knuckle and i would cry my little heart out if they changed her

Theodonis - greek mythology, always gets a greek comment from those native. (BS/Shield)
Nimble mynx - rolls of the tongue, shamelessly stole (DB/Super Rreflexes)
Diversus - A silly character that i made on vigilance that i turned out to love both in play style and character the names a bonus as it fits his mercenary/traps feel

There are a few others i have and keep i'd need to look them up though >.<

one of my favorites i've seen about not mine though has to be Anna Bolix (WP)

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There's always the old unofficial off-topic forums.

They still exist you know...

http://z6.invisionfree.com/cityofftopic/index.php

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I may have been subscribed from 06 but i only have played about a year and a bit solidly Had no idea that existed but then again the exclusion of that site would only alienate a group from the community as an inclusive one wouldn't

I wonder does the US/New forums have one? *nudge nudge hint hint*

Why don't the forums have off-topic forums? Personally imo i feel it brings the community together by allowing everyone to get to know the people they play with a lot more. (it encourages hobbies and interest debates and also random topics too that can lift peoples days

Anyway since by all technicality this thread is discussing the forums/the game i can post what i wanted to post in the off topic forums

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You get reward the time you pay for even if you don't play it or not. It doesn't work on how long you have the account for, only how much you pay. SO from what i can gather you've paid for anything between 3-5 months and should be due your new award soon. check your account status for info it does say there when its due

Personally what i'd like to see is something like boomtown made into a hollows style area, loads of missions, arcs and tadbits but have pvp enablbed. I enjoy pvp but theres NO zones that combine PVE + PVP (RPvP) enough. Yea the pvp zones have some "story" to them and a thing to do but they don't encourage missioning in them nor any real reason other than to pvp.

I think it might make pvp more popular if people see a reward in an area that gives them a chance to get a feel for pvp while still being able to enjoy some story/gain xp.

Anyway something at all with these zones would be great the little things that count

Personally the bubble allies allow for max res + def for the entire team, if that isnt max rewards/no effort i don't know what is. Still i guess i couldnt have my two chars on vigilance if it wasnt for that mish

Also have to attribute the fact that vig and zunk are rather unpopulated and i'm sure any easy way to mission is welcome ^^

Sorry about my absence the past few weeks, but alot of RL things came up and the city of heros was lost in my mind. That said i'll be popping on now to catch up and be ready for next week hopefully i didn't miss too much!!

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Because "RPG" in computer games doesn't mean "roleplaying game", it means "vaguely D&Dish mechanics like experience and levels". Sure, you _can_ roleplay in the MM ones, but there's no particular compulsion to.

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No, sorry, it does. Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.

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I know what it stands for - that doesn't mean that's what it is. You can go from 1 to 50 without ever uttering a line in character, without ever imagining your character's mental state, without ever considering their motivations (or even pretending that they are a person _with_ motivations) - in short, without roleplaying - and this is not even particularly unusual. What the game is _about_ is some sort of tactical third-person skirmish combat.

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even with things like Oblivion and Diablo and suchnot, its still technically a roleplaying game, as you take on the role of the chracter.

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You control a humanoid avatar in a videogame. That isn't taking on a role. Is Super Mario Bros a roleplaying game? No. Is it a computer RPG? No. What's the difference between Super Mario Bros and Diablo? Stats and levels. It's the stats and levels that make people call it an "RPG" - not any roleplaying!

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You sound scared to admit that your playing a role playing game To clear that up, your playing a RPG because you assume a character to fulfill actions, not because of levels or stats. They're just associated with the process of further character development.

Essentially any game in which you play another character is a role playing game but those that actually fulfill it's origins are things like MMO's and the ones you mentioned because they fully allow character development and progression (ie levels and stats)

Just because you choose not to talk in your characters voice or take time to act out their lives you are actually doing it when you play be it farming, pvping etc your still using the character to complete actions in a fictional reality ie playing the role of your character, a la roleplay

OT:

I agree with the ability to marry, without a buff or bonus, keep it RP please. along with this is another bundle of joy that i miss...

Two person emotes! holding hands, kissing, hugs, actual slaps etc used to have them in my other mmo and although occasionally buggy, it was worth the fun that could be had. (and we could have proper weddings with holdinghands, kissing, propsing etc.)

Ok i've been looking for quite a while for the exact in-game names of some of statesmans "Incarnate" powers. I was able to find one of them "Zeus's lightning bolt" which as far as i can base it on is the epic "lightning from sky" power where lightning bolts rain down on the target.

Thats numero uno.. Anyone any idea about the rest? mainly im looking to find the names to check them in-game using "[Zeus' lightning bolt]" in the chat box. I know theres a few more but i just cant for the love of god (zeus in fact ) figure them out. i remember having another but cant remember it.. any suggestions?

thanks,
kind

I agree on both arguments for reasoning:

Farming noobs: I made a team the other day and after filling with two tanks one level 1 the other level 40ish we started the map. Half way through the level 1 tank (who was tanking the entire mob at this point) shouts what the hell is he (the 40 tank) doing? *looks over* hes standing behind us all. he says im jumping out... wait what? "i'm only 40" ... o.O at this point i noticed he bearly spent any time "tanking" and was a new player who hadnt a clue.

BC spam: Completly agree there, it could b the end of most new players gaming life here. But it cant b the sole argument for this, as a channel is there for it and another is coming...

AND ...as for moving it out of atlas and GC is changing the philosophy of MA? bullcrap as this "having to go from starter zone to another" is already used in villains. and those new players that wish to play the new content can, thos ethat want to farm in MA go to cap...

Its difficult if your a newb and dont knw what your doing or how to get there... essentially it acts as a stupidity test to see if your experienced enough to use MA. THe point being? you CAN still use ma 1-50 but you have to know how to get there and what your doing first... which means no noobs or newbs and no starter zone spam.. win/win.

great fun

as a note for the recording go to options and key binds/controls and set the remove UI button to something it comes in handy if you want the action au natrual without all the UI stuff

keep em comin noob

Thermal can be quite effective in pvp at least from what i've seen (might take some work however build wise) as mentioned rather bluntly above healing is erm... broked lol or shall we say less effective.

Anyway i you give me a shout (@kindeller) assuming your on the union server or dont mind going to sirens to pvp i'll give pvp a bit and let you get a feel for things.

quite like this the hands on him sets some of my characters in a rather epic looking position.. pitty it changes.

/signed

I had a dream the other night that whilst in a bar doing a quiz i suddenly fetched little blue circular symbols hanging on the curtains that in my mind where access or pieces to access the shield set (note the power symbols used in game). One of which i knew was the active defense came as a bracer which slotted on my arm and i assume give me the shield (although i never actually seen a shield in my dream). Strangely enough at the end i stumbled upon a fight with some rough crowd... the ironic thing was i couldn't fight in my dream, i was stopped by some force if you like.

SO i pose the question... time for a long break from coh? or just a love for the game shining through?

Edit: also if you can share a personal experience please do

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Positron was totally hinting at power customization when he was taling to us in pocket D during the anniversary event.
But using "sysems" rather than "system" is interesting - if they're adding power customization, that'd count as a single large system, I think - but then what would be another system that'd allow greater customization?
The only thing I can come up with right now is some kind of shapeshifting.

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He did indeed hint heavily at something like this happening and the use of the word "systems" is interesting.

Pure speculation on my part but as the article is by Christopher Bruce could this mean customisation of powers - e.g. colours, certain animations and weapons. Other guesses could be different body shapes in different costume slots, shape shifting I think was hinted at, perhaps even perhaps choices in the character creator - e.g. more colours/combinations for cossie parts etc.

Anyway I'm excited at the thought of the possibilities and it does say within the next few months™

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Wait... wheres the link of the new hires for new non-bipedal rigs? o.O

Definitely... i think they have something large and mechanical hidden up their sleeve >.<

Thanks for the replies and builds to be honest i think i'm going to slot a miracle +recovery and hopefully that should make a fair indent in the problem. If all else fails i'll have a go at some of those build suggestions or at least take some of the pieces for my own

thanks,
kind

Hey there i recently got my fire blaster to the 40's and was looking at the epics (first time hitting +40 with a blaster). I love to PvP with the character and will no doubt be IOing him out (after a rather successful first IO'd character too )

So i ask... pvp epic power pool for a blaster?

Linky to us post

I finally got my bs/shield scrapper to 50 the other night and going through inf like no ones business with invention sets. Without mids to help me plan it im just checking out any nice buffs in the sets i can slot in that power and away i go.

Anyway playing it i am finding (ignoring the lack of sturdy defense unslotted) that i have serious endurance issues. Taking into account i have taken body as an epic and run the +acc toggle too on top of four others from /shield set.

Any suggestions/sets or anything at all that might help this?

Any general suggestions for the character that you think might help?

Thanks,
kind

Actually the animation is calculated or stretched as you might say to fit the size. For example a large/tall character has a slower animation for the same speed as someone with a small body type has a quicker animation. The animation is the same but adjusted per body type automatically.

I would assume this goes the same for the walk animation.

I quite like this idea actually, a nice positive and functional suggestion. would allow for specifically designed missions.

As far as i knew it was what zone NPC's used and the correct animation is already attached to the power but thats assumption. Either way you look at it the animation is in game too so i cant imagine it being that hard to connect them.