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Quote:As Aggelakis said, this sounds like an outdated video driver issue (specifically, Intel's crappy video accelerator commonly does this on older drivers). If you're unsure which card you have, post a CoH Helper log (which'll also say what version/date your video driver is).Originally Posted by Lei
But I think there was a problem in the game's image files. None of the skins and stuff seem to be there - my character's completely invisible during character creation, regardless of choice, past sort of a ghost-thing that makes it hard to make out what the choices look like and any attempt to chose colours has the game tell me that I haven't selected any. -
Don't forget to take into account that Widows only have partial crits (IIRC, 3/4th crit), and do not have random or scaling crits. Stalkers also start out with more HP than Widows (but have a much lower cap).
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It's the special Praetorian Clockwork Costume Change Power. At least currently, you can't use the pieces individually in costumes, but activate a power that completely transforms your character into the Praetorian Clockwork. A few were given out by the devs at various events.
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Quote:IIRC, there's a limit how often you can use the same credit card on the PlayNC store. You might have to wait a few days before it'll accept it again (and, likely, the rejection is reseting the timer, and might even 'cause your account to be flagged if it happens to many times!).Originally Posted by Col_Blitzkrieger
Weird thing is that I just renewed my subscription just fine using the same credit card, and it's definitely not spent for the month yet.
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Maybe I'm an exception, but I didn't have any lag in the last two missions when I ran one a couple days ago.
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Quote:Maximum Resistance:Originally Posted by Elvenheart
Hi there...this is a pretty basic question, but I was just wondering with Brutes, Scrappers, and Tanks having so many of the same primaries and secondaries, what is the difference among those ATs? With us being able to choose any AT soon in Praetoria, I just want to be sure I start off with the right one when I try out Kinetic Melee
Tanker, Brutes: 90%
Scrappers: 75%
Damage Modifers:
Brutes: 0.750
Tankers: 0.800
Scrappers: 1.125
Damage Cap:
Brutes: 850%
Scrappers: 500%
Tankers: 400%
Hit Points Cap:
Tanker: 3212.7
Brute: 3212.7
Scrapper: 2409.5
Hit Points (default):
Tanker: 1874.1
Brute: 1499.3
Scrapper: 1338.6
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In short, what does this mean?
Tankers can TAKE massive damage, but dish out little.
Scrappers can take a fair amount of damage (far short of Tankers), but dish out a massive amount of damage.
Brutes can take more than Scrappers, and with buffs as much as a Tanker at their cap (equal caps). Brutes also start out doing the worst damage, but also come with Fury which makes it fairly trivial to reach +140% damage buff (~70 Fury), putting Brutes at about the same damage output as Scrappers.
This is a gross over simplification, since there's other fundamental differences in the ATs, such as aggro management, as well as completely ignoring the huge differences between most (many?) of their powersets (primarily the older Tanker/Brute vs Scrapper sets).
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If you haven't tried already, I'd recommend trying to close then reopen the updater. Hopefully it was just a weird connection glitch, but sometimes the Update servers are just slow (generally not that slow, though!).
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Just for reference, on 32bit Windows you can find the file in the directory C:\Program Files\City of Heroes, and on 64bit windows C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes (both assuming default installation path). Mac Edition is a bit more complicated, plus I don't use Macs so I'd just be haphazardly guessing
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You should post this in the Tanker section, as there's going to be fairly few views in this section (most people coming here would either be about to post a guide, or to read an existing guide).
Also, I'd recommend trying out Mid's Hero Designer (or the online planner). They make it fairly easy to plan out your build as well as allow exporting in a simple format to copy & paste to the boards for feedback. -
Quote:No, it's all gone to the americans!Originally Posted by Jaso
pretty sure hacking the drop rate is not going on..if anyone has that level of access to the game mechanics then drop rate on ios is the last thing I would be tweaking.
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First save it to your computer, then run it. Don't choose 'run' from within your web browser.
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Quote:You do realize there was already this exact type of player long before AE was even considered to be added? And, they lived in PI, to boot! Removing XP, or even all of AE, won't make this type of player not exist. I ran into this kind more often before AE than after... anecdotes are not evidence.Originally Posted by IonMatrix
Ok guys not to long ago I ran into an AE lvl 50 in PI. He knows nothing about the game. Has NO CLUE how to get anywhere. Gets the entire team killed repeatedly. THIS is what AE is producing and yes in greater numbers than you might think. Please for the love of Pete take EXP AWAY from AE all together. Then you will find out who\ss really using AE for story telling and who isnt. Maybe increase ticket count or something. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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Quote:I'm hoping the Devs don't replace it for freaking once. Stalkers are not gimped Blaster wannabes with Tank-like damage outside of AS. Stalkers can mostly go toe-to-toe with Scrappers on the front lines of a team. I would really like to see at least one set that's not ported under the assumption that 'Stalkers should hit and run' (or at least 'it's all about AS'). Sure, keeping it in would hurt the spike damage potential of Stalkers*, but it would help the sustained DPS of Stalkers.Originally Posted by OneWhoBinds
As such, I'm hoping the Devs have the foresight to replace the Stalker's version of Kinetic Melee with a regular Build Up power.
As an alternative, they could give it the Night Widow treatment and give them both Power Siphon and Build Up, but make them mutually exclusive, although that'd likely result in calls to do the same for Claws, Dual Blades, and Dark Melee.
*If you lead with a different attack then use Power Siphon, then Placate, and then AS... you could still pull off a higher spiked Assassin Strike assuming PS doesn't draw too much aggro. -
Might as well post a CoH Helper and HiJack This log, although in this case I think it's far more likely the HiJack This log would reveal the cause (not to say that's good odds... just I somewhat doubt it's a driver related issue).
Something I'm curious about... when it starts behaving like this, what does using 'A' in-world (i.e. to activate a bind) do? Does it activate whatever is bound to 'A' (defaults to strafe left) normally, or does it not work correctly? -
Quote:Are you an EU or NA player? EU players use 'eucoh' instead of 'coh'.Originally Posted by Midnight_Guard
I did this, but when I click the shortcut I'm taken to the usual loading screen, and after logging in, I get one server, "UNNAMED", which will give me Cannot connect to DBServer error message
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Yes, very possible.
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Quote:I posted a link to the i17 version on SourceForge earlier in the thread. If you have WinZip/WinRAR/7zip (I recommend 7zip, since it's free & open source) you can just right click on the executable and extract the contents, and put the 'data' folder in the City of heroes installation folder.Originally Posted by Celestial_Lord
Ugh. Sign up just to download one file? No thanks. I suppose I'll stick with the Issue 15 version until Going Rogue at least. Thanks for the information.
Edit: Scooped at my own post! -
I had the same problem, so I grabbed it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mappacki17/
(I didn't use their installer, I just manually extracted it myself since I don't trust 'em anyways)
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Quote:I often 'plan' my build out, but I rarely follow it. Even if I intend to follow it, I'll generally FORGET about itOriginally Posted by Motorheart
I just wonder if they plan on following that build solidly and mechanically all the way to level 50, or if they do other stuff along the way and respec in to it.
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Quote:Actually, that's exactly why they added the timer! Along with 'grab the glowie' missions.
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Quote:When on that screen, press the print screen key, then open up MS Paint (or any other editor), and press control+v to paste the screen shot you took into it. TADA!Originally Posted by 3dent
Well, always wondered how to make screenshots on those screens. PrtScr isn't working...
As for devs saying it works for them... Well, I hope they can be convinced the problem is real.
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Quote:It just means there was an error and it couldn't actually check. I've found that I get that error a lot when in the Registration screen of the character creator, it seems to never let me check, but on the character selection screen it generally works for me.Originally Posted by Storm-Daughter
Sorry one more question. I was checking the name on the server and it told me the name could not be checked. Does this mean that it's already taken or was there just an error and it couldn't find out?
*facepalm*Quote:Originally Posted by Aggelakis
You need to have a character present on the server to check a name. Do you?
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Not a mac user, but I've seen several times people recommending deleting the .plist (I think that's what they were called) files assocated with CoX (more so Cider) when CoX on the mac craps out.
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Quote:You'll no longer be in the same Super Group, that's it.
1. When the character is transferred do I lose all of the influence, salvage, and recipes? And does the same go for enhancements (both slotted and un-slotted)? I don't want to lose anything if I can help it.
You'll get prompted to choose a new one. I've done this intentionally to get a free rename at the same timeQuote:2. If the name is already taken on the new server, will it let me choose a new one?
You purchase it in-game on the server selection screen. IIRC, it's 9.99 for a single transfer.Quote:3. At this point it's irrelevant since I've already made my decision, but how much does it really cost? And is it something I purchase within the game? -
Archery's damage is fairly good wrt Single Target, but Archery really shines in it's massive AoE damage (largely thanks to Rain of Arrows). If you really don't care which secondary you go with, the consensus seems to be that /Sonic will get you the best AV soloist.
