Nine_Claws

Depending on Interest of course.
14:15pm BST - Imperious TF - Cimerora - lvl 35+
17:30pm BST - Citadel TF - Meet in Talos - lvl 25+

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[u]Imperious TF - 14:15[u]
1. Cepheus - 36 - Emp/NRG Fender

[u]Citadel TF - 17:30[u]
2. Unjust Law - 50 - Fire/Axe Tank

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I've been soloing this game for the past 33 months, only recently did I care about teaming, and that's only on Blasters who need the meatshields. At the moment I'm hammering my Brute, King Khorak, up to 50. Solo.

[/ QUOTE ]I've been almost soloing for 36 months now (especially from 6.30am-8am every morning before work). However, I tend to play in teams more than I ever did, mainly due to (1) How the game has evolved for the better (2) With friends (3) Crazy PuGs and (4) By needing the TF badges, LOL. So I know where you're coming from, Khorak!

And to answer Valkryst on their previous post. I was summarising my answers, to try and keep the post short, hence why they seem more like generalisations, than a direct opinion. Yes, you're right PLing through certain levels could be a benefit, as the first 20 levels in CoH are a bit of a grind really, and CoV is a grind to lvl 30 as the choice of contacts is way limited than that of heroes. I'm not really that bothered about PLing as there is far more to whinge about than that alone, but for those that do it frequently, then (to me at least) it seems like a hollow victory, and that I have cheated my way to a higher level.

The second point about PuGs was definitely a wide sweeping generalisation. However, a lot of my initial friends came from one very good PuG team, which then lead me onto being a part of a SG, and benefitting from coalitions. But I have also made friends ingame from chatting more than gameplay. However, I have no RL friends outside of CoX, that play this game... and if I was to see a psychologist, I'd probably admit to being a bit embarassed about playing a MMORPG at the age of 35, when most of my friends have families, wine evenings and dinner parties. But then again that's the child in me, that I long to embrace. I am more addicted to CoX, than Alcohol, Drugs (any kind) or Gambling!

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oooh nice box! too bad I just spent 2k on a new computer myself though I'll think I'll stick with my Cylon looking computer thanks!

[/ QUOTE ]Each to their own. That one is too big, too ugly and too black for me...!

Give me the white one with cool artwork anytime.

/entered.

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There's a channel for Hero Zone Events and a channel for Villain Zone Events. You might want to get them added to your chat tab. Right-click on the tab you want to add them to, find the channel you want in the right-hand box, and click "Add".

[/ QUOTE ]I would suggest adding these into your global tab, follow instructions above to do this. Hero events show as deep purple, villain as red. Regrettably you are only told when they are about to start, when to take cover and when they are finished. Normally they come in batches, you may see 5 on any one server in a 30 minute period (approx) then nothing at all for an hour or more. However, these times are pure guesstimates.

Can't commit to every wednesday, or come to think of it..a lot of regular playtime, but if you set up a channel in relation to this topic, then I'll join as often as possible.

[u]I could offer any of the following :-[u]
Sonic/Mental blaster - Heckle, lvl 7 ish
MA/WP Scrapper - Kai Rartae, lvl 15 ish
WP/Mace Tanker - Grand Slamm, lvl 8 ish.

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IThen when you hit level 50 it could be 10% inf bonus for each block of xp you "earn" while on L50 (they'd have to change the levelling display to let you earn xp while on level 50 - just never let you ding 51, obviously - but a defeat would completely empty your bar/blocks of xp down to the start of L50 again).

[/ QUOTE ]Completely against that solution, because if the devs show the mechanics for gaining blocks of xp above lvl 50, then the next step would be for people to actively push for the lvl limit to be raised to 60. I for one would jump ship quicker than a rat, if the lvl 50 limit was raised.

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what about applying a multiplyer to the debt equal to the number of people on the team. So if you are soloing - you get the base amount of debt as it is now, if your in a team of 8 players - you get 8x the debt - after all you get xp 8 times as quick.

[/ QUOTE ]This seems like the best solution for debt, as it is a nice compromise from ppl asking for higher encrued debt, and others asking for debt to be scrapped. [u]You get my vote on this one!!![u]

To address the points raised by the OP. here's my 2p, and I've only read the first 20 posts, so apologies if I've repeated something already mentioned.

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*No Farming

[/ QUOTE ]Yes and No. Without farming AH/BM prices would be a lot different than they are now. On the other hand, it would stop all the filling requests, maybe they should have a sepearte channel for this.

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*No Fast levelling past the lvls you've done a million times

[/ QUOTE ]IMO this would be a good point. My gaming experience (as said by many others) is about the journey, not the destination.

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*No filling the market with a ton of items you deem useless

[/ QUOTE ]These items will still find their way back into the populus, even if you could only sell them to stores, rather than the AH/BM.

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*No Overpaying an item YOU want because it makes it harder for others.

[/ QUOTE ]Not everyone is patient, an willing to wait for prices to drop. Bored of saying this, but Supply and Demand dictate prices.

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*No smacktalk in pvp zones/arena

[/ QUOTE ]This is a lot better now than it has been in the past. But it still is prevalent. Who cares if you beat me? (pwned your **** etc), but if I beat you (where [u]you[u] is the PvP expert), then the moaning begins

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*No PUG's

[/ QUOTE ]Without PUGs, no-one would ever have any friends, as this is how it all begins. PUGs can be more fun than friend teams on occassion, but can also be far worse

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*No playing to your strengths in teams, you MUST listen to whatever the captain says at all times regardless whether theyr right or wrong.

[/ QUOTE ]Depends on the team, some teams (depending on ATs) need cajoling into what works and what doesn't. Chaotic teams where evryone does what they like, can be fun, or a nightmare. Would never run a TF with a chaotic team, as I'd quit after 30 mins and probably flame someone in the meantime. Chaotic teams can be very frustrating, at the best of times.

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*No moaning on the forums (does this count as a moan? hehe)

[/ QUOTE ]Some people see moaning as unhelpful. However I don't see it as moaning if 2 people have a difference of opinion. We are all entitled to an opinion whether it conforms to others opinion, or goes against it. Moaning is a state of mind.

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*Everyone should leave the mechs in RV alone until I let them have it.

[/ QUOTE ]The mechs aren't as powerful now as they used to be, with no capability for regen, sb etc... This experience has been improved since this aspect was removed in my opinion, as it brought PvP back towards an even footing.

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*More penalties for death even though a lot of people complain when they do currently die (im pro more penalties btw, debt needs to be doubled at least).

[/ QUOTE ]the revamp on debt was one of the worse things to be "improved". Bring back debt from lvl 5, increased debt 4 fold, give stronger penalties for being defeated in PvE.

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*No farmers in the game because they ruin the late lvls for us because the devs nerfed the family!!! Farmers screwed the TRUE players of the game! Yet afaik isnt there just the ONE family mish?

[/ QUOTE ]see first point above.

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*People should only use atlas broadcast to say when they're lft or to announce important things, doesn't matter that some people use it to start a convo off in the zone and to make new friends. We have to play the way THEY want too.

[/ QUOTE ]lft is fine, general help is fine, but for a chat please use local channel.

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Currently debt is a momentary blip, even solo, and so the only incentive not to die is the time it takes to move through zones and load maps. Wow. Hardship.

I think that the amount of debt accrued by death needs upping again, and I wouldn't be averse to seeing a small penalty applied to the character while they have debt (a damage debuff for scrappers and blasters? An accuracy debuff for controllers? An endurance recovery debuff for defenders and tanks? That sounds like it could be pretty fair, if the numbers are balanced).

[/ QUOTE ]I like this suggestion. I agree that with greater rewards, should come greater punishments. I think that when you are defeated, you should have a 5 min (ingame) penalty placed onto you, where you can't earn any xp at all, that would certainly effect the way people play their alts (solo or grouping).

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Raise the debt cap (x2), remove all debt reduction bonuses (from IOs (or make it a six slot bonus not 2-3) and Temp powers).

[/ QUOTE ]I agree with the debt protection in IO sets being removed, or made a 6 slot bonus. I steer clear of these sets in particular, as debt is harder to achieve (through normal gameplay) than ever before. When debt started at lvl 5, the hollows was a fearsome zone .... Now with lower mob size, easier mob avoidance, and with a higher debt starting point, the hollows seems a very watered down version of a great original zone.

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Leave the introduction of debt till level 10. And double the amount of debt you get

[/ QUOTE ]No, bring debt back to starting at lvl 5, and triple the amount we are getting at the moment. With the smoother xp curve now, debt will still get paid off rather quickly anyway.

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I dunno what game you lot are playing, but the math just doesn't add up. I play a (currently) 43 Thugs/Poison MM, and I solo a lot on Malicious rep. When I die I get about 25k debt, yet the mobs I kill only give me around 1-1.2k xp each, and often there arent 25 mobs on the whole level. So, I don't see how that works for you guys...

[/ QUOTE ]Previous posts were eluding to debt payback being extremely quick in teams. However, I can pay back debt on my lvl 50 tank/scrapper within 3-4 mobs (generally) on unyielding, during solo play. Sometimes I don't even see the debt on my gauge, as it's gone that quickly...!

I was a bit miffed this morning, hence why I did it publicly. I should have sent a PM instead, so I apologise for that. But I didn't sign upto the forum (or if I did, I can't remember it), hence why I didn't get the mail concerning upcoming changes, and I haven't looked at the site for a while, so the problem was more at my end of which I agree. I did however think it was 21 days, so I did try and make sure that I logged in before this time, to avoid being kicked, which has ultimately happened.

It's probably better for us all that I no longer reside here, as I can't give you the dedication you need. No hard feelings though, as I hope you all prosper in whatever you do. Thanks for trying to appease me Mime, but Von's right (as hard as it is for me to say that).....

Very Disappointed with this VG. Logged in this morning (after a 24 day break), to find that I had been kicked from the group. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that you had to login within 21 days (so 3 days not that much of a crime). I get kicked after 3 days lapse, when I have seen others that hadn't logged in for 30 days+. Obviously I'm not valued as a member, even though I've always played in SG mode.

A word of warning to all those new recruits that have just joined, or are thinking of joining.... If you are not going to play very regularly on a specific character, then my advice would be DON'T JOIN, as the prestige you would have earnt for them, will not be repaid with loyalty.

I'm sorry that I have 26 characters, as obviously I can't play them all at once. Anyway good luck to all you Handprints, that are enjoying your experience! But remember... you could be the next for the chop!!

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Interested. If online send me a tell. Have a few toons that need it.

[/ QUOTE ]There was no interest, up until friday, so didn't bother running it. I also decided to repaint my hallway/stairs/landing, so didn't log in until gone 4 anyway.

Can reschedule this for another time if enough ppl interested. Need to do all 6 TF's on my tank for the accolade anyway.

Well Done Cyn!

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Lets say you defeat a Nictus. Anyone notice a reward for that? I know I damn well wouldn't of.

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Exactly. Kill Rom 4 times, get 4 rewards. Kill The Nictus, no Reward except for one Rom defeat. Hmmm Maths aint my strong point, but Isn't 4 usually more than 1?

[/ QUOTE ]I suppose it depends on whether you want 4 rewards or not. I personally am not that bothered about receiving 4 rewards, I'd rather work out a better way of taking down the main AV, that gives me a sense of achievement... than just grinding them into the dust.

Done this TF twice now, and we managed to take Romulus down easily on both runs, with him not rezzing. A Tank is important but not necessary as previously managed.

On the 2nd Run, I played my fire/axe tank. We also had 3 corrs, 1 widow, 1 scrapper, 1 blaster and a troller. I tanked Romulus away from the nictus, but kept in range of the other players as not to effect my sidekick too much. All the others, then laid into each of the nictus in turn. If the nictus got too close too Rom, they would attack me (via taunt), so I'd just have to move around until the nictus was out of taunt range. The dmg from Rom was easily handled as he always stands off you, and just uses ranged attacks, that barely scratched me.

Another point to bear in mind, is that everyone should target the nictus through a dedicated person, to make sure you only attack one. In my first run, we were targeting different nictus, hence why it took longer to defeat them.

Anyone interested in doing Numina's TF?
Minimum lvl of 38 required.

Last time I did this (way back in the past), it took less than 2 hrs, IIRC.

1. Unjust Law - 50 - Fire/Axe Tank

[u]Final Line ups[u]

[u]1st Run[u]
1. Nine Claws - 50 - Claws/Regen Scrapper
2. Winter Flare - 50 - Ice/Ice Blaster
3. Twisted Metal - 50 - DM/EA Brute
4. Ms Newton - 50 - Grav/Emp Troller
5. Hawk Wind - 50 -Invul/NRG Tanker
6. Hielo Radiactivo - 50 - Ice/Rad Troller
7. Lethal Blade - 40 - Claws/Regen Scrapper
8. Static Burn - 50 - Fire/Elec Blaster

Time achieved - 2hrs 10mins
My recipe received - Call of the Sandman - Chance for Self Heal

[u]2nd Run[u]
1. Unjust Law - 50 - Fire/Axe Tanker
2. Kerblamotron - 45 - NRG/NRG Blaster
3. Silver Saviour - 38 - Ill/FF Troller
4. Negatron. - 50 - Rad/Rad Corr
5. Mini Shadow Master - 50 -Kat/DA Scrapper
6. Evil Queens Sister - 43 - Arachnos Widow
7. Radiant Ravager - 50 - Rad/Thermal Corr
8. Rogue Red - Fire/Rad Corr

Time Achieved - 2hrs 16mins
My recipe recieved - Malaise's Illusion - Acc/Confuse/Rech

Both teams were fun, even if the 2nd one was a bit chaotic on the 3rd mission. That said, we took Romulus down faster in the second run, compared to the first.

My tips for other people doing this - Make sure you pull Romulus away from the Nictus Essences (Tanker or Brute), then the remaining people should all target the nictus through 1 particular person. We didn't do this on the first run, and that's why it took us longer, as we were all hitting a different one, as all 3 were pretty close to each other.

Thanks to all that took part.
Good teams, but rubbish recipes (especially for me).
Got 4 rare invention salvage over 2 runs though.....!

1. Nine Claws - 50 - Claws/Regen Scrapper
2. Winter Flare - 50 - Ice/Ice Blaster
3. Ordeal - 50 - Dark/Dark Brute
4. Ms Newton - 50 - Grav/Emp Troller
5. Hawk Wind - Invul/NRG Tanker
6. @Defcon Kid - your choice? Rad would be good though!
7. Lethal Blade - 40 - Claws/Regen Scrapper
8. Static Burn - 50 - Fire/Elec Blaster

1st Reserve - Praf's PB
2nd Reserve - Fish's Troller
3rd Reserve - Fu_Leng's Brute

[u]2nd Run from 17:15[u] (Depending when 1st run finishes)
1. Unjust Law - 50 - Fire/Axe Tanker
2. Winter Flare
3. @Xtream
4. @Defcon Kid
5. Twisted Metal - 50 - DM/EA Brute
6. Provisional Place - Praf's PB
7. Provisional Place - Fish's Troller
8. Provisional Place - Fu_Leng's Brute

Provisional places guaranteed spots if they want them.

For me personally, MoG is the one power I would definitely do with out from the regen set, especially in PvP. I'd only use this as stated above, as a last chance to survive whilst waiting for instant healing etc to recharge....

On a side note, your build must have cost a fortune, with all those purple recipe sets you have....

1. Nine Claws - 50 - Claws/Regen Scrapper
2. Winter Flare - 50 - Ice/Ice Blaster
3. Ordeal - 50 - Dark/Dark Brute
4. Ms Newton - 50 - Grav/Emp Troller
5. Hawk Wind - Invul/NRG Tanker
6. @Defcon Kid - your choice? Rad would be good though!
7. @Xtream - whatever you want? Another Scrapper perhaps!
8. Static Burn - 50 - Fire/Elec Blaster

1st Reserve - Praf's PB
2nd Reserve - Fish's Troller
3rd Reserve - Fu_Leng's Brute

[u]2nd Run from 17:15[u] (Depending when 1st run finishes)
1. Unjust Law - 50 - Fire/Axe Tanker
2. Winter Flare or another alt!
3. @Xtream
4. @Defcon Kid
5. Twisted Metal - 50 - DM/EA Brute

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In case we fail the first time, ME! lol

[/ QUOTE ]We wont!! even if it takes all night, lol!

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Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
3070MB RAM
740 GB
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000)

Well i'm not quiet sure how to a full view of your system this was all I could gather.

[/ QUOTE ]Nice spec. Much better than my computer. Surprised you're having problems... the only thing I could suggest from that is :-
(1) Are your drivers upto date? (but they should be as sounds pretty new)
and (2) other people have had problems with vista and CoX. Can't help you with that one thou, as have no experience of vista whatsoever.

Sorry I couldn't help much more. What did Support say when you contacted them?

Brainwave. Just thought of this. Enter CoX in safe mode, then reduce your graphic settings, so that Water Detail and Bloom (in particular) are at lowest settings. This helped me recently when my game was responding poorly. However, this might not be your problem, but worth a try anyhow.

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Somebody's got a paid account.

[/ QUOTE ]He's not back surely???

1. Nine Claws - 50 - Claws/Regen Scrapper
2. Winter Flare - 50 - Ice/Ice Blaster
3. Ordeal - 50 - Dark/Dark Brute
4. Ms Newton - 50 - Grav/Emp Troller
5. Hawk Wind - ???/??? Tanker
6. @Defcon Kid - your choice? Rad would be good though!
7. @Xtream - whatever you want? Another Scrapper perhaps!
8. Static Burn - 50 - Fire/Elec Blaster

1st Reserve - Praf's PB
2nd Reserve - Fish's Troller
3rd Reserve - Fu_Leng's Brute

As there is a lot of interest and my computer has increased performance from the new patch, definitely willing to do a 2nd Run. Approximate start time 17:15, any interested parties?

[u]2nd Run[u]
1. Unjust Law - 50 - Fire/Axe Tanker

As stated before, everyone can bring whatever alt they want to. My suggestions are just based on a better team dynamic, thus a quicker run. If we could do it within 2-3 hrs, then I'd possibly be interested in a 2nd Run on my Tank.

Either way, decide what you want beforehand and post here. Otherwise I'll be online from 1:45-2pm sunday, so just talk to me then....!

This sounds very similar to my experience, within the 1st year of the game. The way I got around this was 2 fold. (1) I got broadband (2) I upgraded my computer.

I'm no computer expert, but a lot of my early problems were RAM related... you don't mention what spec your computer is? or if it's a destop/laptop?

You will need to give more information, before a better answer can be given. Have you contacted support at all?