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Dang. I've just recently moved up from an average 17" 1024 x 768 screen to a 22" 1920 x 1080 widescreen, and I'm still gaga over it. I can't even wrap my head around using a 40" or bigger screen...

It's clear to me that VidiotMaps.com and Badge-Hunter.com are two of the most used and most respected sites in the CoX community. The fact that you come in here quickly and personally to assure everyone of the sites' well-being speaks volumes and characterizes the well-placed faith people have in the sites.

Thanks for doing what you do so well.

Haha, when I was a newbie, I didn't even realize there were trams. I had just come over from EverQuest, where all the zone borders were like hallways at certain spots in the zone walls. I travelled back and forth from Atlas Park to King's Row a few times by going through Skyway City before I said "Hey, this is nuts... there has to be a better way!"

Actually, I believe this comes from that grandaddy of all MMOs, EverQuest, back in the day when almost all the major raid bosses were Dragons. Guilds (analogous to SGs) kept track of who participated in raids by issuing DKPs (Dragon Kill Points) to each member who was in on the kill of the dragons. The number of points varied by difficulty of the dragon or the difficulty of the raid (since some dragons were not as hard as just getting TO the dragon). Guild members could then use these DKPs to bid on drops at raids or to have a raid scheduled just for them (for example, to obtain an item needed for their epic weapon quest). And to think this was all done long before Ventrilo or Teamspeak...

Really? Because when I'm in game, my Friend list has separate tabs for Server and Global, and every channel I'm in.

Click the Global tab to see only Global Friends.


Edit: Are you accessing the list through the Friend clickie at the top of your Chat box?

Edit: I just realized, it's not actually a tab. The list defaults to Server friends. Click the word Server to choose another sort category.

I thought so. I was just gonna ask if you were Dark/Dark because this is the only def set I would consider for trying what you describe.


Edit: Reading comprehension FTW also...

Seriously. I can't possibly agree more.

If I was looking for an Emp Def, I'd expect that player to come to the team with the powers necessary to help the team. If all you have is HA from the Empathy Set, then don't advertise yourself as an Emp Def. Same as if you're a Rad Emission Def with only the heal aura, don't advertise yourself as a Rad Def because you're not. You're some useless gimped clown that didn't take his main powers.

And this is why it takes me until the teens to see how truly crappy some of my crappier builds are, and why I end up leaving them to languish in their teens. (Empathy/Archery, I'm looking at you.)

Exactly, there is no such sign.

So please, don't b**** about getting buffs that we don't know you don't want when we try to HELP you in a game called City of HEROES.

*runs off to the Character Creator*

I'd be perfectly happy (no, make that delirious) if they made WW a power-free zone, like the quiet room in AE.

This.

Everyone is talking about concept, but none of my characters is Quasimodo or an arthritic geriatric. That bent-over stance just weirds me out.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I'll use it for sure in the lower levels to get around, but you can bet I'll be grabbing Flight or SJ at 14 so I don't have to look at it any more.

Haha, this reminds me of the commercial where two little girls are asked if they want a pony. The first girl gets a toy pony and the second girl gets a real pony, and the first looks on like "well, that's not fair". The cool part with Vet Rewards is everyone gets the toy pony AND the real pony!

lol... your tone is like "ooooh, 3 whole months is forever". You're basically talking to people in this forum who've been here for five years or longer. Welcome to the game, and just wait and see... chances are you'll still be here in a year, maybe two, heck, maybe even five.

If you get up to the counter to pay for your coffee and the clerk says, it's alright, sir, that other woman/man/child/alien paid for your coffee, do you instantly get all swolled up and shout, "Hey, I'm not a bum! I can pay for my own damned coffee!" and insist on paying for your coffee anyways?

I would prefer that people keep performing random acts of kindness, instead of stopping because they're getting yelled at. It makes the world a much better place. We need more inter-connectedness, and less feeling alone and having to single-handedly take on the world. Just as an experiment, maybe you can try not thinking of them as trying to insult you or put you down and rather as just helping from the goodness of their heart. If you change your worldview, maybe the world won't seem like such a foreboding place.

I remember from my early days playing CoH and mistakenly attacking a mob that was deep in the red to me. Just as I was about to collapse, somebody hit me with some amazing buff and helped me to take out the guy I was fighting. I was so amazed at the comic book feel of being yanked back from the brink of death. That was only the first of many scenarios like this I've seen in my 4.5 years and that first rush of grabbing victory from the jaws of defeat hooked me very solidly on CoH from the very beginning.

It all depends on your outlook. You (generic "you" here, to be clear) can be cheerful and thanking the random drive-by for their help, or you can be grumpy and upset at these "damn kids on your lawn". It's up to the individual, I guess. Guess which one has more fun?

"Pardon me, sir, you seem to be having a devil of a time fighting that rather nasty-looking fellow in the tin suit with all the sharp bits. Would you, perhaps, be interested in one of my finer buffs (if I do say so myself)? It is called Fortitude and it will help you in your fight in many ways! It will buff your Accuracy, your Damage, and your Defense to... Oh, my! It seems he got the better of you that time, sir... Perhaps when you get back from your trip to the hospital, you'd be interested in... Well! How rude to be teleporting off to the hospital in the middle of our conversation!"

No. The Prince of Demons has never been named. The Envoy of Shadows, likewise never named, is his ambassador to our world, able to cut deals in his name.

The "plastic" in "plastic surgery" is an adjective, not a noun.

"Really friggin annoying"? Really?

I don't find ANY buffs "really friggin annoying".

The day I get pissed at someone buffing me is the day I quit this game...

Hmmm, when did they change this? Shows you how long it's been since I've played in SG mode at higher levels.

At one time didn't Inf start dropping off starting at level 24 in SG mode until it hit 0 at level 34? (in the snow, uphill, both ways)


Edit: Following the link, I see they changed it in Issue 12. Nice to know I'm not totally off my rocker, hehe. Don't see how I coulda missed this tidbit though.

Over the past year, I've had quite a few friends move to Virtue from Freedom. They like the high population, but don't like the higher percentage of dumb (their words) on Freedom. I've been playing on Virtue more too. The only downside is I play a lot of catgirl characters who seem to get more unwanted attention on Virtue.