Mr_Body

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edit: wow, way too small.

Whenever I team with an electric control toon, I get massive graphics issues and the game just cludges through until there are less foes or aoe effects go away. Again, this is only when teaming with an electric control toon. I can play almost any other time with no issues. Now, I know my video card isn't the greatest and I think it is just a setting issue within the game. So this is the COH Helper log:

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at January 3, 2011 16:40 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: KJ378AA-ABA a6430f
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 8400 Triple-Core Processor (3 CPUs), ~2.1GHz
Memory: 3072MB
.Net Memory Report: 2219MB out of 3070MB available
Page File: 4793MB (1345MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD32 00AAKS-00B3A SCSI Disk Device) 227626MB out of 305142MB (74%) free
F Drive: (Optiarc DVD RW AD-7201S5 SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (32-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 9500 GT
Video Memory: 2286 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.12.6089
Driver Date: 10/8/2010 3:38:00 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5910
Driver Date: 8/4/2009 8:48:20 AM

Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5910
Driver Date: 8/4/2009 8:48:20 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTek Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: NARRA3
Motherboard Version: 3.02
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: HPQOEM - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20080221000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1920x1080
3D Resolution: 1920x1080 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Medium quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Medium?


World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Stencil shadows
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance


Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.231
Music Sound Volume: 0.290

Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 818308 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1900.201011102104.27
Installation Directory: C:\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 38 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files

Edit: I am working on trying to get screenshots into another post.

On the very first mish where you reaffirm your alignment you get 50 merits. Then on each consecutive reaffirmation you will receive 1 hero/ villain merit.

Edit: Scooped LOL

Eric:

I believe the reason for starting this thread was to open a discussion about Consume. Specifically the blaster version. Actually I was saying IMO Consume has a longer recharge time because it both does damage and has such a low end cost. Even though it does piddly damage. So what you are saying is you believe the answer is to decrease the range. The Devs have the final say if any changes are made, but I still think end cost will be an issue to lowering the recharge enough to make a real difference.

(Heat Exhaustion does not do team/self +end.)

(edited just to clarify who I was responding to)

Consume has a minimal end cost @ 0.52 end, a long recharge but does damage. Energy drain, Power sink, and Energy Absorption all do no damage, recharge faster, have a heavy end cost @ 13 AND drain endurance. Consume isn't considered a utility power like the other 3 but an attack which frankly anyone slotting for actual damage is IMO stupid.

So, I agree. Consume needs a faster recharge. But as it thematically will need to still do damage, then either it should have an increased end cost or remove almost all the damage. But for Pete's sake, increase the recharge!

Unfortunately no. Just that they are working on it.

Not only am I having the same issue, being not able to log-in, my internet provider keeps dropping for a couple of mins every so often. Very Frustrated right now.

Has it since fixed itself? Did you let it do what it wanted? If not, then be sure to respond to the email they sent you to keep the support ticket open.

Both, definitely.

I just got an Fire/ EA brute to 50. Very fun to run. And I have him soft-capped to all but negative energy and did so reasonably (for me).

Energy Cloak gives the same defense as Weave for slightly lesser end usage and its defense value doesn't suppress like Stealth. Speaking of the Fighting Pool....

Tough is a better choice than the passive, Dampening Field, as it gives more smashing/ lethal resist. Weave is a no-brainer also then. 2 more toggles you say? Don't forget you have Energy Drain to fuel your blue bar.

Energy Drain... Slot it for heal, recharge, end red, then end mod, in that order. Keep at least 2 or 3 foes around you for a full blue bar. Maxed for recharge and with Hasten, it can be up every 22 secs or so. Comparable to Healing Flames in recharge and possibly a better total HP heal depending on how many foes you have around you. What really hurts it is that the heal comes at the end of the end drain, end refill, and animation.

Energy Protection... To me, it was skippable. Since smashing/ lethal is the predominant damage type, I decided this was the flaw in my build but....

Overload... Tier 9 giving +def and a slight HP increase. If you are already nearly capped to all, is it necessary? I took it but at lvl 49 and I may respec out of it and possibly take Energy Protection.

Conserve power... Total crap. Energy Drain fulfills your needs for end recovery. If you don't want to take Stamina, then sure, take Conserve Power instead.

Anywho, these are my thoughts upon leveling an EA brute. Not too hard to softcap; not as easy as SR; easier and cheaper than Shields. The plus side to EA, you get an auto-hit self-heal/ recovery power built into the set unlike SR, Shield, and WP.

Have you run the CoX updater and not the Steam thingie? Methinks Steam is the culprit here not CoX. I'm thinking Steam bypasses the CoX updater and with a small patch last week (I think) the version of the games no longer match. Anyways, once you bought CoX no matter how or through who, you should just run the normal game updater not basically third-party software which is what Steam seems to do for CoX.

How about fixed priced temp buffs akin to those available from base tables? Like a 5 to 15 min duration for powers that would give +res, +def, +to-hit, +HP, minor status protect or resist, slight boost to buff/ debuff/ control powers?

Theory would be you pay some NPC to cast it on you and it would be a complete inf sink but not game unbalancing. I would say they would have to be a lesser duration than the base temp powers though.

1) Cuz after 5 levels you'll have new brokers and the old ones won't talk to you anymore, and only the lvl 50 one will ultimately matter.

2) Cuz then peeps would ask for GMs to assign them Contacts they haven't unlocked by claiming they chose the wrong one from the list and they really wanted [insert name here]. *This would actually be the exploitable part of your suggestion and the main reason why it may never happen.*

3) Cuz this may actually be a major undertaking for the Devs to implement in terms of time and $.

4) Cuz it is not guaranteed that if you shared a broker that that broker would offer you both the same options for new contacts. Then see #2.

I could probably go on thinking of other reasons but I think that this could be exploitable would be reason enough for it not to happen.

Powers before lvl 41 get IOs in the range of 30-35. With the exception being any slot taking just a standard IO (ie not of a set) get max whatever lvl at the time I need to fill that slot. So a straight recharge or end red will get a 35 if I'm 32 or 40 if I'm 37. Ya should get the point.

Now, powers after 40 (41, 44, 47, and 49) get level specific IOs. Normally I go for keeping set bonuses for these in case I exempt. So the lvl 41 power is still available for use if you exempt to lvl 36 and therefore would get IOs of lvl 39 or lower. 44--> 42 and lower. 47--> 45 and lower. 49--> 47 and lower. Unless I slot purples in those of course. And sometimes the lvl 49 power gets lvl 50s.

When I'm tanking and on top of my game, I always rush in first. On my best days, I rush in, taunt, AOE, taunt, AOE amd the aggro is totally all mine. If I'm on my fav tanker, Shield/ SS, I'll run in, Shield Charge, Footstomp and head for next spawn letting team mop up after me as I still have all the aggro. If there is a harder target (particular nasty boss or multiple bosses, EB, or AV) I'll stay for a couple of taunts and another Footstomp.

The Tanking/ Control the Pace/ Handle Aggro/ Survive without buffs is a steep learning curve. Some people may learn faster and some may never master it. And the learning curve differs when looking at the different combos of powersets and power pool sets


But, yeah, a general statement of a gameplan at the beginning of the first mission and after each new team member joins will go a long way.