Kitsune Knight

No, you can do exactly that. When you switch to your second build for the first time, you have to train up one level at a time, exactly as if you'd never leveled up before (plus, you also have to do the level 1 pick).

It already does this by default, and only won't do this is the bind was purposely changed. You can restore the bind to default by running /unbind SYSRQ in game. Depending on your UAC setup and how you start the game (i.e. bypassing the updater, with UAC on, in emulation mode), the screenshots will get tossed in C:\Users\{USER}\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)City of Heroes\screenshots (IIRC) instead.

Also, it is a driver related issue when you get the black screen. It isn't universal, but it is driver related (or at least driver-DWM interaction).

I thought there was already a semi-official thread about text errors from a while back?

Try not to threadjack (it makes it harder to figure out what on earth is going on and help you).

Unless you can access the HD on your old computer, manually made a backup somewhere, or wait until Going Rogue box comes to a store and buy it, you're going to need to download most of the game (even the Architect Edition discs will be fairly out of date). The pigg's folder is pretty much 99.9% of the size of the game, so it will take a while. Up to 12 hours is fairly reasonable (I'd suggest just leaving it on over night one night, or starting the updater first thing in the morning). Generally, it's best to largely ignore the estimated completion time given by the updater (it's usually very wrong, especially when the times given are larger than the current age of the universe).

Someone could upload the various files somewhere, but I don't think there's anywhere that'll let you upload that much data for free (plus, it'd take a while).

You think that'll get them to post them faster....






Jokes on you, they'll just leave the servers down until they'd normally have posted them!

If I was solo, I'd do the same. On a team, though, since Stalkers generally aren't big on AoEs (none of mine have anything beyond melee cones), I'd focus on taking down the boss. Stalkers are pretty much the kings of ST and spike damage, so can generally take down bosses fairly fast (most things are hurting bad after a BU+AS+ET+TF). Taking down a couple minions or Lts would, IMO, be a waste of time for a ST specialist like my Stalkers, when the AoE heavy characters would have them all dead just shortly after anyways.

There is no client-to-client communications in CoX, it all goes through the servers.


What sort of plan do you have with AT&T? Hopefully it's at least broadband. Also, are you using a wireless connection to your router? If so, there might be some interference, resulting in much reduced throughput and dropped packets.

That's what most people (including the Devs) thought. It wasn't until post-Dual Blades when BaBs started adjusting all the sets that they realized that a lot of powers had the wrong length of pauses! In many cases, redrawing would grealy improve DPS, due to wonky animation timings.

Now-a-days, most all the weapon sets have been converted to 'penalized' by redraws (as opposed to how it original was suposed to be, where you were screwed either way). IIRC, Spines might be the only set that still has the pauses built in... because Castle didn't want to touch that set with a 10 foot pole, due to fear of what he'd have to do to it, and then what the players would do to him in turn! *



* Events might have been dramatized for my personal amusement

Your pets will already have ~225% damage (100% base + 100% from enhancements + 25% from supremacy), adding in Forge will only be ~11% increase in damage output (less if you have assault or other buffs). EDIT: That probably was worded poorly. You'll be doing ~255% damage (base + enhancements + supremacy + Forge), but it's just an 11% increase over what they'd be doing without it


With Melta Armor and Forge active, 3 of your pets will be doing 312.375% of their normal damage, while the other 3 will be doing only 275.625% of their normal output. Problem is, Melta Armor has a fairly long recharge, so it won't be up a large chunk of the time (sans lots of outside help or lots of set IOs).

Tar Patch, on the other hand, will put you at 292.5% of your normal damage all the time, for all pets. Tar Patch is perma-able with just SOs, is autohit, slows, and lasts longer than Melta Amor (5 more seconds).

I'd say that Dark wins this comparison especially if the fight lasts more than 40 seconds (in which case Thermal's damage drops to 225% and 255%, until MA finishes recharging).



Unfortunately for Dark, in comparison of -regen, the situation is reversed. Dark has -regen in Howling Twilight (-5 regen, 30 sec duration, 180 sec recharge) and Twilight Grasp (-.5 regen, 20 sec duration, 8 sec recharge), while Thermal has Heat Exhaustion (-5 regen, 40 sec duration, 120 sec recharge).

In this comparison, Thermal comes out a fair bit ahead, although not as much as people often give it credit for (Twilight Grasp's -regen is small, but isn't horrible, and is usually just ignored). For really big targets like AVs, Monsters, and Giant Monsters, generally -regen is more important than -damage (if you can hit them with enough -regen, even Brawl will take them down eventually), so I think long as survival isn't an issue, Thermal wins for which is better against Massive Sacks of HP.