Lord_of_Time

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When ever I run 2 accounts which ever one I'm not currently on keeps disconnecting I have tried lowering my fps and sometimes it help but not always any ideas?

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Possibly. What kind of connection do you have? Dial up? Cable Modem? DSL? Here though is the big question which can make a huge difference. Are you opening 2 instances of the SAME client? That is to say are you clicking on the COH icon and opening the client and then as it's starting up are you clicking on the icon again and opening the client a second time? If you do this you are SURE to crash. What's happening (and this happened to me back in I1 before my friend who is a wiz in computers pointed it out) is that both clients are trying to read from the same source files in some cases simultaneously. So your first client instance that is running say Generic Hero 01 and the second one that is running Generic Hero 02 are drawing from the same files in C:/Programme Files/City of Heroes.

To prevent this from happening you need to install another copy of the game on your computer say in C:/COH2 and then create another shortcut for the exe file and drag it to your desktop. That way you can open up each client using a different icon which leads to it's own game folder. That way you'll never have a conflict of game files and no more crashes

I'd also suggest you set your client on Windows mode so instead of having to Windows + D out to the desktop and click on the second client you can just click on the tab at the bottom of your screen. This also prevents the graphics overlapping on each other causing one client to 'black out' and the graphics get a screwed up.

Not sure how much power your rig has but I'd also set your graphics on normal since with two clients running you'll be drawing a lot of system resources. Also make sure you're computer has plenty of ventilation, the room is cool and also you've cleaned the computer recently. Heat is the number 1 killer of computers and if your video card has a lot of dust collected on the fan as well as your CPU it's possible one or both are overheating cause it to crash a client. Trust me running two clients would cause your video card to work double time so make sure the heat is not being exceeded.

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Here is a related question. What is the case when a Performance Shifter Chance for +End is slotted in both Stamina AND Quick Recovery? Will there be two chances for +End each 10 seconds? What if both hit, do they stack?

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Heheh you'll have so much end you won't know what to do with it. I have a Spines/Regen scrapper with both my Stamina and QR slotted with PS and the proc and with 2 of those babies slotted I get a +10 endurance boost like every 5 seconds. I can run Integration, Tough, Weave, Quills, and FA perma without my blue bar even slightly budging.

That's what I thought. Bah. I'm going to have to respec anyway because my finished build has the Black Scorpion pools now and I have Ghost Widow and the toon is only 47. So I might as well just get him to 50 then respec instead of respecing at 47. Thanks for the info guys

Ironically I hardly ever respec since I only have like 2 red toons but I was wondering. I remember the devs giving us the ability to respec into different patron pools but I can't remember how it works. First I have to finish a specific patron arc like say Ghost Widow and earn the patron respec which also opens the powers in their pool. Now when I respec though can I then pick Mako or Black Scorpion in the respec window? Thanks

Sureeee. You're account was on auto-renew nudge nudge say no more. You just wanted to get attention and see how many people wanted your stuff heheh In any case welcome back and that has got to be the shortest retirement since Brett Favre

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7 months ago, I was able to reliably get the oni to use his fire breath if I placed him a little outside melee range of his target, thus being able to plan a critical fire breath when I hid him. Now, it seems he uses a random attack at that range. Why was oni reliable fire breath nerfed?

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Yup I've noticed this too and it's really pissed me off. I use to open every attack on a mob by first Smoke Bombing my Oni and then placing him just outside of melee range and unleashing his massive critting Breath of Fire which would melt a mob to 1/4 health But now it's hit or miss if he uses BoF as his opening salvo which is VERY annoying but was changed at the expense of mixing up his attack list so that he uses more attacks more often.

It's too bad we can't actually pick what powers our pets will use or open up with but I bugged it anyway hoping that maybe we can get it fixed in a coming patch but I doubt it. It's just a by product of their 'fix' and the odds of them putting BoF back in as the alpha is slim.

I hate goodbyes so I'll just say I'll see you when I see you

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They said to look on the forums but i can't find anything about that. Lil help here?

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This is an emergency fix and as such was not planned so no official note or post has been made by the red names yet. While they are working on the fix they'll eventually push through an official explanation as to what's going on but until then we have to just assume they are doing their best to implement the patch and get the servers back up ASAP.

Quite an achievement to be sure. But you will be AMAZED how fast that money will disappear if you intend to pimp out a toon especially with purples

I got to tell you though. It's pretty cool. You herd enough together and nuke them and come July 4th we'll have a mini fireworks show

Uh oh. Looks like it's not just Levantera mission. It seems that ALL the RWZ contact missions are bugged through Ouroboros. I just tried the first mission "Guard Lady Grey" from Serpent Drummer and it took me to the exact same map again Zone/Mission: P_City_07_03.txt

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Nah, I'd rather not waste my time checking it out.

I'd rather let you fill out a /bug report.



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Already have done. I was only asking someone else to try it and see if they got the same result.

I'm on red side and on my level 50 toon. I go to Ouroboros and open up the menu of level ranges and contacts and choose the "Welcome to the Vanguard" mission offered by Levantera. I lock myself into the mission and then click on the giant crystal in Ouroboros to warp myself directly to the RWZ and instead I'm taken to a random map. I warp to Zone/Mission: P_City_07_03.txt which is like 3 buildings on a grassy landscape with a few civilian npc's. In fact you can actually walk off the edge of the map and fall underneath it and lose all your HP. Might want to check this out guys

Jeez. Servers have been down 5 hours and they still haven't gotten them back up yet for I15. They must be moving very slowllllly in the server room.

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As I approach my 60 month vetran reward I have begun to review my opinion of the game today compared to the previous 5 years.

My overall opinion is that the game has lost alot of the lustre and promise of the early days.

In the early days CoH was a game about creating a unique Hero and going out and thrashing the bad guys. And CoV when it was released was similar on the villian side of the equation.

The Nerf bat was weilded in more sense or perhaps with more explanation.

New issues introduced new content, new adversaries, new abilities.

All these things somehow managed to come together and create a more interesting, challenging, and improved gaming experience.

Yet now I am left cold with the release of AE and the preceeding issue, and the resulting effect on gameplay as a whole. Instead of promoting and expanding the existing gameplay issues have destroyed the continuity that once existed.

As an old Vetran I have run alot of the content out there, have learned through that content how to play the different ATs, and in general enjoyed exploring over and over the many different nuances of the zones, TFs, and challenges that different builds face in CoX.

Now, with AE in place, I find that much of the preceeding content is being skipped by "new" players and they are more and more ignoring the aspects of the game which made it unique and interesting. Instead of AE bringing a whole new level of interesting content to the playerbase, it's implementation has brought "instant leveling gratification". A new player can in very short order skip all the content of the last 6 years to achieve what goal? To become a level 50 and not know how to play it? To constantly have to ask basic questions that the typical 12mos vet knows because they actually ran content?

I shake my head every time I enter Atlas and Cap zones, so many "players" but so few Heroes and Villians. The content of the game now is just so much window dressing and wallpaper, nice to see it hangs around, but in function having no pressing effect.

What is the sense of having so many zones if there is no pressing reason to go into them?

I can recall the first time I got into Founders Falls, having SK'd my 12 Controller to a 38 Tank and joining them on one of their missions. The new zone, the different mission content, it was all exciting and had purpose and meaning.

But now AE has made such things meaningless. You simply enter the building, click, and viola you're teleported inside one of thousands of missions which weren't created as real arcs, but as power leveling methods.

Just like PvP, AE implementation was thoughtless in it's outcome. Instead of becoming shining stars of achievement in a great game, they are flawed models whose implementation does not build on the rest of the content. PvP isn't universal in access to success and AE is universal in it's access to excess.

Like the debauchery that brought Rome to it's knees, it appears that CoX has run the same course. Whoever the current Ceaser and Senators of the game are, they have lost the path and created a Colliseum to entertain the masses while the rest of the Empire collapses in disuse. Sit and watch the games, watch the slaughter of the Christians, the sea battles, etc. Don't worry about the rest of the Empire.

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The sad thing is my man. As a 60 monther myself I find myself agreeing with almost everything you said. Don't let the smart mouth people who reply 'DOOOOOOM' or mock you detract from your message. You pretty much have nailed a majour flaw in the current game that I've been saying ever since the inception of MA. If it runs it's course as it is now in a very short while we will be deluged with the clueless 50. Someone who is level 50 and can't wrap their head around something as simple as how a tram works or are a Bubble/Energy defender that doesn't use their buffs in teaming and can't figure out why their damage isn't the same as the energy blaster (and these are all examples drawn from actual occurrences in game).

It's just a pity that no one... ya know... watches MSNBC lol

I'm looking to swap 400 million influence for it's scaled equivalant in infamy. Doesn't matter which server as I can make the swap on any one. If someone can do this please contact me via the boards or in game at my global @LordofTime Thanks and look forward to hearing from someone

PS. I am aware of Fulmen's service but I already cleaned him out lol

Want to swap 500 million influence for it's market equivalent on this server. If anyone can/does handle this kind of transaction please contact either via PM or my ingame global of @LordofTime Thanks and look forward to hearing from you

I'm looking to swap about 400 million influence to infamy on this server. If there is anyone who can handle such a quantity and is willing please contact either via a PM or my in game global @LordofTime Thanks and look forward to hearing from someone

After playing this game for over 5 years I've got TONS of great stories. But I think one of my favourite was when we were putting together a team for the second respec. A blaster joined the team who was energy/energy/force and for the next 10 minutes while the team leader built the team he boasted how his blaster was invincible. However he said that he couldn't reverse sidekick below 50 because if he lost Temporary Invulnerability and Force of Nature he became useless and that he couldn't play his character. The team leader tried to explain that with the superior aggro control of the tank and the buffs from the controllers and defenders he would be fine. But after the trial was started and he asked why his Temp Invul and Force of Nature was greyed out he immediately quit the team. We just shook our heads and finished the trial in record ime.

I miss ThornKiller and Havoc. Great posters and they always had something constructive to add to a discussion. Oh and my favourite poster was Pilcrow and that awesome avatar of his. It was of Dick Van [censored] dancing with the penguins from Mary Poppins but his head was replaced with Jesus. He had that avatar for like 2-3 years before it was mysteriously deemed inappropriate and they forced him to take it down.

Known you a long time Woodrow. I'm so sorry to see you go man. God bless and take care with all your future endeavors!

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ED was a giant crap sammich.
I'm glad you enjoyed your mouthful, but I was inspired to cancel.

If they'd had IOs ready to go it would have been fine, but they didn't so it wasn't.

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Bingo. ED and IO's would have perfectly balanced each other out and I don't think you would have heard nearly as much BMW from the forums and players if these two had launched together. But they didn't and all players got was a big giant nerf stick that wasn't rectified until years later.

Umm.... your welcome?