Necropolis
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Thanks for that Backfire, the screens are perfect
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Hi guys,
Wondering if someone can do me a favour. Does anyone have a screenshot of a character where one of the random passerbys is saying something about them (along the lines of "Did you hear about **** and how he took down the Freakshow".
I have a friend asking for screenshots from different games for his final year report and this is one of the ones he is after.
I have been running around but haven't been able to get the shot myself so far.
Any help would be wonderful (thanks)
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I will start this post by saying that I have downloaded the new installer and although I am not a big fan of the looks of it I can run the CoX from a desktop shortcut. Other than that the installation went without a hitch (x64 Win7).
However, I do have a question. Is it necessary to grant Full Control rights for the Everyone group to the Launcher and CoX game folders? My machine runs with multiple accounts and has the other accounts nicely locked down. Granting this right not only gives a chance for untoward things to happen from other accounts but increases the overall threat footprint of the machine.
Can someone confirm the minimum security rights that are required for the launcher and game to work correctly as surely it can't be Full Control for Everyone. -
Well its good that its not just me, but bad that it appears to be server wide
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I have found that over the last day or so, over multiple characters and multiple logins that a drop down menu is missing from my friends window.
The dropdown is the one that allows you to switch between friends, global friends, pact etc. The friend window appears with friends (or lack thereof) but there is no way to change this to the other windows so I can see who is online.
Is this affecting anyone else, or if not has anyone come across it before and can tell me how to fix it?
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Quote:Oh hell yeah, I would vote Monster Raving Gamer Party any day... Who cares that most of the policies will be rubbish, they are gamers damnitOriginally Posted by Impish_Kat
Sooooo.... before voting for your politicians/legislators, make sure they are gamers?
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Quote:I think, if it ever came to pass that they would class the ownership and installation of the game as illegal as buying it from a German shop. My brain remembers quite some time ago the first screen of installing Return to Castle Wolfenstein which stated a line along the idea of: It is unlawful to install or play this game in Germany. If you are in Germany please click Cancel to this installation (it was something along those lines and I might be wrong as I haven't seen it in years). They felt that they had to put it on the install even though it was banned from the shops over there.Originally Posted by Bindweed
Would that be the case, though? Surely, if the servers were relocated to another country, German-based players could still play, couldn't they? The article states that retailers would be prohibited from selling the game in Germany, but that doesn't mean that German players can't buy downloads and play online, on foreign-hosted servers.
Unfortunately it seems that the 'powers that be' in situations like this seem to have no concept of the way that the medium they are complaining about is being used. Just look at the 'Daily Mail' crowd here in the UK, the vast majority of the people reading that paper believe (because it tells them this) that in essense, all people who play videogames are evil and twisted and will kill you and (unspeakable word) your children while listening to Marylin Manson.Quote:Originally Posted by Bindweed
I also hope that there are degrees of "violence" in whatever criteria the Joy Police are proposing: I can imagine things like GTA, or Bully, or Mortal Kombat and its fatalities qualifying for prohibition, but although City of Villains might raise questions regarding ethics and morality with some over-sensitive, political-advisor psychologists, they'd have to be extremely zealous and stupid to place a game like City of Heroes in the same class. If that's the case, then in, too, will go WoW, all the WW2 stuff, flight simulators, everything, in fact, that's a little more stern than My Little Pony.
My parents think that gaming is bad and hope that I don't get into that sort of trouble (I am 31 and married, but they still think this because of the 'Daily Hate').
Politicians are the people who will pass this law, politicians who don't play games, because if they did the law wouldn't even get close to making the news... -
Now this is all very well and good having 10 pages of discussion on the various merits of the language of each country, but I am sorry, us Brits cannot really have a go at anyone over language until we sort our internal differences out.
For the first and last time, the thing that the burger goes in is called a bread BUN!
Its not a bap, its not a roll, its not a barm, its certainly not a chuffin' breadcake!*
When will the breaded product misnaming horrors end! My fellow countrymen, please let us all unite under the banner of the breadbun and focus our rage on other more deserving foes (which may or may not be french!)
One thing I would like to say though, that puts all the language changes to shame is the translation of 'f**ks sake'. I have a habit of saying 'oh for f**ks sake' when stressed and annoyed, which a Hungarian colleague of mine always translates to mean 'wooden chair'... Oh for wooden chairs...
*please note that in addition to the above, cake is made of cake, if its small, ITS STILL CAKE!, stop calling it a bloody bun you bloody Yorkshiremen! -
It seems a silly question and one that I know I should know but I don't and need to guess it before I run a respec on one of my toons...
Basically, does the hover power grant any form of protection against immobilize powers like it does against knockback (ie, you get flipped but don't actually go anywhere?)
I was wondering because immob protection seems fairly useful but I don't know if its worth using an entire powerslot just to get...
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New Issue 15 Trailer: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/is...-city-of/52099
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Nice enough video, but I really hope that they have fixed the flag texture between the video being made and live... I am sure I will not be the only one annoyed at my country's flag being wrong... -
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(Shamelessly stolen from Ex Libris on the US forums)
Please try applying the Microsoft hotfix located here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953186
Please click the "View and request hotfix downloads" link at the very top of the page, and follow the instructions Microsoft provides.
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Just thought I would let people know, I have been looking through the information on Vista SP2 and can see from the RC notes that this fix will be included in Vista SP2. Come April the problem should no longer affect people (unless SP2 brings new errors of course...) -
Ah its not just me then. I had thought it was something to do with my wireless keyboard playing up, but obviously not.
Yeah, I get the same issue with my nemesis staff and blackwand. I find that hammering WASD seems to make it respond quicker than 2-3 seconds though (although that may just be me thinking its quicker). -
Thanks for the replies, I ran through using the extra LS pools over the weekend before I dinged 24 and saw that the end drain was on the higher side of stupid...
Looking at the options and the posts above I have decided that the 3 slots will be much better used elsewhere.
Thanks for the information guys
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I am making a start on my first VEAT and having had a look into the different options I have decided on a defensive Fortunata as the main build.
I have a question though, if I am wanting to use the Fort Leadership auras as buffs is it worth taking the Leadership power pool as well?
I am basically wondering if the Leadership pool is useful or a waste in this sort of build and if the stamina costs are within useable tolerances? (last thing I want to do is turn the buffs on and then run out of end after a minute).
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Damn it, I almost managed to last a full 10 seconds before hitting buy now and applying the pack...I don't even own a Mac!
I blame FFM for this blatant abuse of my lack of willpower!
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I certainly don't think its an issue with the mouse as I have always had exactly the same issue with my mouse and OS.
It worked fine with this mouse and XP but after upgrading to Vista I lost mousewheel functions for my MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.
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I applied this hotfix (along with another one recommended for this problem in mid December). Since applying it I have had a few stutters but no crashes as yet.
Finally the one big problem I had with the game has stopped plaguing me (YAY!)
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[ QUOTE ][*]Changing chat bubble color through the Options menu will not change the appearance of the player's chat bubbles in-game.
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Probably related to this but its different enough for me to point out.
While playing I have noticed that the colour of the bubbles for lackeys getting out of range have gone to the standard white background with almost black text. They no longer show the yellow and red backgrounds (which is vaguely annoying when fighting near the edge of lackey range) -
I am seeing a similar issue, have created a new toon to play for I13 and not matter what I set the chat bubble slider bar to I get white background, slightly off black text...
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I have rolled a SS/Inv brute, have been playing him through the early levels of the game and am really enjoying it. I am looking at trying to take him the distance and am after a little advice.
I have looked at the defence and resistance numbers of the /inv secondary and have seen that defence caps out at 90%.
What I am wondering is if taking the Fighting power pool (specifically Tough and Weave) will make a big difference (or no difference) for terms of 'tanking'. Basically, in the experience of those players who know more about this than I, is Tough/Weave worth taking as a SS/Inv Brute?
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As a thought for people to try if they are having problems...
I have been experiencing this problem for a while now and have been trying to figure out a workaround.
The best thing I can come up with so far is to uninstall the drivers and install either v163.44 or v163.69 (I think the second one is better).
I am suggesting this as these drivers both have worked for me in the game without a problem. As soon as I updated the drivers to the 170+ I started having the freezing problem.
I can't install the older drivers myself because I am getting multiple .dll errors when trying to install which I am currently trying to figure out.
Just may be worth someone trying to see if it resolves the problem until a proper fix can be found...
(I hate it when real work has to get in the way of gaming )
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I also may not be having the same problem, but I am relieved to see that I am not the only one with the problem that Nightmarer is having.
175.16, black screen and had to hard power off. 175.19, black screen and back to desktop with video driver not responding. I had it working perfectly on 163.69 but my computer won't let me reinstall that without throwing a series of .dll errors.
So yeah, a pointless post (sorry I couldn't be more help) but I would just like to agree with Nighmarer in wanting nvidia to give me a driver that allows me to play CoX without crashes... -
So I finally get around to creating my first stalker (dual blades/Regen) and have been running him around for a few days.
I find that I am enjoying the character and am having fun with the fights. I am also finding that it seems to be quite easy to get overrun if a mob turns its aggro my way.
So I am wondering if anyone can give me play tips as to how they think a stalker should play. I know its not the same as a brute, because bruting as a stalker will only get me killed.
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In any case, unless Jump Kick has gotten a major buff in one of the post-I7 patches it's lower overall damage over time than Brawl. Only recommended for concept builds, Combat Jumping is a far better investment. Boxing is a far better supplemental attack due to the speed.
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Jump Kick wasn't taken as a concept and I don't think it has been buffed since I7, while levelling I knew I wanted to get SJ early and I needed either the kick or Combat Jumping. As I also was wanting another combat power so I could solo I figured I would take the kick.
Since then I have read more about playing a Fire/x and will respec for Combat Jumping as it sounds much more useful.
I guess its just a case of getting used to how a Fire tank works... Totally different to the tactic of the tankers I have seen who grab 4-5 different mobs and then stand there with a '/em dance'. -
I have played CoH for ages now and have taken the only toon I have really played to 50 at last (Rad/Rad Defender).
I looked at other archetypes (notably the PB) but couldn't get into it so I turned my attention to a tanker as they looked like fun.
I have built a Fire/Fire tank and taken him to Lvl12 so far, however I am finding that the play style of how a tanker works is still beyond me. The tankers that I had played with in the past were pretty much all Stone with Granite Form.
I avoided Granite because I had seen it so much but hadn't seen anyone play Fire.
Attempting to emulate the other tankers has done nothing but faceplant me... All I saw them do was aggro the biggest mob they can and allow the other members of the team to mug them while holding the aggro. I got Taunt and the first time I activated it a mob rushed me and KO'd me in about 10 seconds.
Treat me as 'teh n00b', what is the best way of playing a Fire tank? It doesn't seem to be 'stand and attract all aggro'... The only way I have been able to play him sucessfully is to essentially play him like a scrapper, which I don't want to do as I may as well have built a scrapper...
The build so far:
Fire Aura:
Blazing Aura
Fire Shield
Healing Flames
Plasma Shield
Fire Melee:
Scorch
Fire Sword
Taunt
Super Jump PP:
Jump Kick