Memphis_Bill

Versions of the character? Sure.
Exact same character? Two, that I can think of. One as a 'continuation' of her story with another group, another a copy of my first 50 to see how that character does now that IOs are in the game (and with a few years of hindsight.)

The only way I can see being fine with this is by having COH taking a page from Guild Wars' book - having the ability to create PVP-only characters, limited to PVP zones and the arenas, unable to head into the PVE world and started at 50.

And that... I'm not sure I'm all that fond of, either, just because of the attempts to make PVE casually accessible. It would pretty well counter all that.

I picked up the second account before we could buy more slots. I have a few 50s there, I don't particularly want to lose them or re-do them.

And yes, on occasion I do run them both at once. Rarely, though.

A thought struck me as I took a peek at the Win7 theme gallery -

Why aren't we doing these? Or rather, why aren't we doing these any more? And why don't we have more desktop "stuff" for both our Windows and Mac-heads to (a) enjoy COH-ing our gaming systems and (b) do a little viral marketing?

We have, as I mentioned, wallpapers - through (roughly) Ouroboros. They're also tucked away somewhere on the official site, and don't cover a wide range of resolutions (at 1680x1050, I'm generally out of luck without stretching them, scaling them in photoshop or altering the background somehow - black backgrounds help.) Wallpapers are (generally) simple, and usable by both mac and PC - no conversion, coding or the like should generally need to be done. Yes, there's design work, and fitting them to popular resolutions, but the end result is worth it.

Don't forget the "calendars" people were looking for, either - showing COH and useful information - mixed with COH lore items? Why are these not being done yearly?

And quit HIDING them! Honestly, I can say this about a good bit of the info - but a link in a drop-out menu that mentions wallpaper isn't exactly eye catching. A featured one, or a thumbnail that changes - and is in sight all the time - would be.

Heck, throw in some holiday ones. Ghost Widow in a santa suit. Posi Claus. Make it part of the event.

If you want to get a little fancier - though this is more vista/win7 centric - do full themes. And while we're at it... how about a gadget for both Mac and PC (ok, two gadgets) showing, say, server status, and a link to the latest dev digest and/or announcement info? (Of course, that means dev info and announcements would have to go on the site, not on Twitter... *cough*)

I mentioned viral marketing - while I worked in an office, I had the Hero-1 wallpaper on my desktop for a while. Yes, I got questions about it, got to talk COH to a few people. I don't know if any of them subscribed or not - but it got some attention. Would it give the same result as a huge TV or movie marketing blitz? Of course not. But more exposure can't be bad.

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Emp/Rad, Ice/Emp at 50, a few others floating around various levels.

If you find yourself needing AP, or feel more comfortable having it, go ahead and take it. Be aware of its cost (the time you cannot be healed,) though.

For me, the Emp/Rad had it for a little while, then dropped it and never missed it after a respec. The Ice/Emp never had it. And I don't tend to consider it during my other builds. *shrug* The only times I've thought the "big heal" would help, I was *also* eating incoming fire, so it would've killed me.

My advice on it is the same as my advice on Taunt - if it's your first emp, take it, see if you use it and if it fits your playstyle. If not, and you think another power (which is NOT, EVER, EVER, EVER in the medicine pool!) would help you out more, switch it out for something else, but at the end of the day it's your character, your playstyle and your experience that matter more than all the opinions on the forums.

I've got to add in another "The hardest thing about it is needing eight people all the way through." Dropping it to four or six would be perfectly fine, IMHO.

Absolutely, positively DISagree with almost all of your attack power suggestions. Dual Wield is part of my Thugs MMs. It fits them, it's part of what makes them fun to me. No, they don't do spectacular damage, but that's not the point.

Similarly, Necro - I have a Nec/Poison who got her powers thanks to a possession attempt by the spirit of an ancient Egyptian priest. She never has had, never needed, and wouldn't have a wand, staff, etc. The power comes from HER. A wand or staff would frankly ruin that feel.

Think there's a guide to this somewhere.

1. Find a free hosting site. http://www.photobucket.com or www.imageshack.com is usually suggested.

2. Upload the picture you want there. Most are simply press a button, find the picture, and upload. Follow the instructions for the specific site.

3. Photobucket, which I use, has an "IMG Code" line (as well as direct link, email, etc.) Copy that line - it'll look like [ IMG ]http://blah blah blah [ /IMG ]

4. Paste that line into your post.

Result:

...for instance.

Can always look them up here, as well - note the bonus listings. No examples actually needed, all laid out there.

Generally good advice.

The one thing I tend to say when asked about it - for any purpose - is "Do you have any software that only runs on one?" Yes, you can reboot the mac thanks to boot camp into a Windows environment - but as someone who had done similar things for OS/2 (for instance,) I found it got to be more of an irritation after a while.

Some companies have both PC and Mac versions of their products - COH, obviously, and Blizzard's been known for it for almost their entire history (the original Warcraft, frankly, played better on a Mac.) "General use" (web browsing, email, word processing and the like) it doesn't really matter - go with personal preference. But if you're looking at gaming, research the games. I'd say "Prefer native." If the ones you're looking at will run on both, and/or the company has a track record of multiple platforms - it goes back to personal preference.

The computer, at the end of the day, is a tool. Pick whichever will get done what you want to get done in the best way possible, for as long as possible.

I wouldn't argue with this. Though I think the novelty would wear off within the first 3 months of any new TF.

My only objection has absolutely nothing to do with the idea, but with the playerbase - as I'd find it really irritating to have someone start a TF and not bother mentioning "oh, we're doing a challenge run." Hard to fix a person though. It'd be nice to have it very obvious, though, that you're going through a challenge before it starts just for those "Oh, didn't I tell you?" moments.

Not directed at tokyo... but naughty necroposter!