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I remember finding a small company on the internet making an announcement about a new game they had planned called, are you ready? City of Heroes. They didn't know how they were going to do it....They knew they wanted a few classes of characters, but didn't know what to call them. All powers would be available to everyone (yes, defenders could take burn) You could have forcefields, or you could have radiation blasts as a blaster. If you wanted to have ranged attacks as a tanker, no problem, just pick that power. It was totally freeform. Now all they had to do was start designing and coding the thing.

I checked back about every week for updates, not many were posted (BRAND new project) I forgot the webaddress and formatted/replaced my PC a few times and completely forgot about the game.

Then, one day.....(a few years later, 2?) I get this email from a friend, Check it out, he says. I do.

PREORDER IN 5 MONTHS!!!! OMG?????? How did I miss all this??? Beta slots already going out???? OMG???? I don't get a slot cause I forgot about the game??? OMG???? I WANNA PLAY TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (runs to Gamestop, preorders the preorder)......................................... .....................

Yeah, them were some exiting months in the end. People hitting refresh on the forums every 5 min. to find ANY new info on the game... People preordering the preorder.... Statesman saying that they split the powers up into groups, based on AT, finding out JUST what the ATs were, oh sweet nostalgia!

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Hello, Statesman and thank you for your attention on this subject. It is greatly appreciated.

I would like to see the following...

-Fix the sorting function for last on AND Joined Date.

-Sort function also by Archtype, Level, and Origin

-An extra tab in Character info that sets a message for players wanting to learn more about the SG

-Mass-Email to entire SG and to individual ranks.

-SG Vault where I can leave/take Influence or Enhancements to a General Fund or to each individual members

-The ability to create ranks and assign permissions to each rank (i.e. Recruiting, Kick, Promote (up to # level), Demote (down to # level), MOTD, SG Colors, SG Info Tab, Vault Access(Influence/Enhancements, Give/Take))

-The ability to change the SG colors AND symbol after Super-Group Creation

-Assignable "Kick" periods for inactive members (Any day you set via level) and "Demotion" periods for enactive officers

-The "Master Key" given to the founder at creation that always acts as a Leader, can set any permission, kick ANY player (even other leaders), can be passed on, and is automatically passed to the next oldest ranking leader in the event of a no-show for 60 days or an inactive account)

-SG missions including SG contacts that earn Influence for the SG to be used on Bases AND that can earn...

-The coveted SG Accolades (Legion Flight Rings, JLA Teleporter, Avengers Quinjet, etc)

-Ability to promote/demote while a player is offline including sending a message to him alerting him or her to the fact with a small message to explain why.

-SG Costume Slot



ALL for now... May post more later.

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The ability to have SG colors set differently for EACH costume a character has. (ie costume one is mask in sg color and costume 2 is hat with NO sg color0

hmmmm, currently, I use the numpad for tray 2 and the numkeys for tray one

having a 3rd tray wouldn't suck as far as I'm concerned, I already have to have some powers set to easy to reach keys like Y and C or B, ect...

I'm down for a 3rd row. Just reprogram to be numpad for tray 2 or 3 and there you go. Makes sense to me anyway.

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Thank you so much for the clarification, CuppaJo.

With that out of the way ... I personally don't have a problem with them banning discussion of the mods in an official capacity, so long as the functionality to do them remains in place, allowing those of us who know what we are doing to continue to have fun tweaking our characters.

Time for modding discussions to go elsewhere.

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Look guys, here's a translation from someone who speaks bussiness for those of you who don't.

"Do whatever you want, just don't talk about it here, and don't ask for help from us if you F something up."

Legal reasons aside, this is a good policy. He all but said, we're not inforcing this (unless it's a problem with an exploit or something), but we're not going to talk about it either. Find somewhere else to post about this stuff. There's some neat stuff out there, but after 3 min of looking, I found a Spawn model for your character (you're the only one that see's it, but it's a CLEAR violation of the ToS).

Don't shoot Cuppa for this, he's just letting you know that they don't want any extra crap from Marvel than they're getting now (I hear they're gonna sue the makers of #2 pencils next, cause you can draw a copywritted character with one) and they don't intend to open themselves up to further attacks due to sanctioned mod discussions.

Modding CoH client=not a big deal, just keep it to yourself on this board.

Don't ask, Don't tell.

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EF rocks as a power, and its animation time is quite fast. Stinck one or three end reductions in it, and call it a day (since its a bit of an end hog).

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agreed, in big groups, I tend not to use RI due to animation time, by the time it kicks in, they dead (or dying anyway) EF with 3 end reducers on it rocks. Animation is exactly "WHOOSH" in seconds (1.5 at most) and recharges pretty quick with AM and Hasten, so it get's used ALOT. I use that more than anything else really.

OK, here's my level 40 Rad/Rad build, I don't really want to comment on the DPS of any powers, or debate on anything else said here, you guys are doing a great job. A few notes on my build.

1. I based my build on a character I used to play in Aberrant, so certian powers reflect this (fly instead of SS and SJ)
2. I always team. I suck Solo. Doesn't matter what I play, I can't solo. Just my style, or whatever, but I hate it and that's why I do some of the things I do.
3. High level fights are REALLY affected by some of these powers. Namely Leadership.
4. After testing with my SG on the test server, this is what I came up with to get me (and my team) up to the mid 40s.

Level 1 (Starting Primary) : Radiant Aura /Heal,Heal,Heal,Heal,Heal,Heal
Level 1 (Starting Secondary) : Neutrino Bolt /Dmg
Level 2 : Radiation Infection /HitDeb,HitDeb,HitDeb,DefDeb,DefDeb,DefDeb
Level 4 : Accelerate Metabolism /Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,EndRec,EndRec
Level 6 : Enervating Field /EndRdx,EndRdx,EndRdx
Level 8 : Swift /Run
Level 10 : Hasten /Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,DefBuf
Level 12 : Hover /DefBuf
Level 14 : Health /Heal
Level 16 : Fly /Fly,Fly,Fly
Level 18 : Mutation /Rchg
Level 20 : Stamina /EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec
Level 22 : Aim /HitBuf
Level 24 : Maneuvers /DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,EndRdx
Level 26 : Assault /EndRdx
Level 28 : Tactics /HitBuf,HitBuf,HitBuf,HitBuf,HitBuf,EndRdx
Level 30 : Cosmic Burst /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Level 32 : EM Pulse /Rchg,Acc
Level 35 : Neutron Bomb /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Level 38 : Atomic Blast /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg

At this point, a new power has to be chosen, and I need to play around with it on test, but at this point I'm leaning towards Irradiate, with 6 damage. EPP's MAY come into the picture, but nothing is grabbing me for my concept.

Note, with all my leadership running it is CRUCIAL to put the recovery enhancements in AM, otherwise, End go Bye Bye. I have found this to be an AWESOME build in a team, especially when farming certian missions for quick xp. Your team always hits, takes less damage, and does about 25% more damage per hit thanks to Assault and AM.

I'm thinking about respecing out some of the Heal slots from RA, but I still use it, and it's nice to heal about 400hps to my entire team during those hard fights.

Also, I'm sure I've wasted some slots on fly, maxing out it's speed (especcially with AM) but let's face it, fly is slow, lmay as well put two slots for almost 2x the speed, and get where I want to go faster.

Pollution, Justice

Statesman, I agree with you. Ever since the "accident" which gave me these strange powers, I have been particularly sensitive to the ebb and flow of cosmic energies. Both Strong and Weak Nuclear Forces have been responding strangely of late.
I have also noticed a change in the philotic makeup of certian areas of the city. This does indeed bode ill. Perhaps the Cirle of Thorns have been in contact with thier infernal masters? Or, perhaps more disturbing, the Rikkti have found some way of communicating with others of thier race, perhaps this is their handywork. We know so little about their technology that it could be they are up to something.
One thing is for certian, I and my peers shall be on alert. These are dangerous times, and ALL heroes should be on the lookout.
I have noticed a certian "concentration" (if it can be called that) in the Atlas Park district. Perhaps a full time presence should be maintained, so that none of the citizens are in danger if/when things come to a head.
I believe you know how to contact me, I am registered with the appropriate city agencies. If you need my assistance in any matter, please do not hesitate to contact myself, or my fellow team members.
Do be on alert yourself Statesman, I feel as though you have become a symbol for truth and justice to our fellow heroes. It would be MOST upsetting if anything were to happen to you.
Until our paths cross again, my friend.

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why in god's name would you want to put up an experimental, NOT fully tested product up on a friday so that it can blow up the servers over the weekend? It'll go up on a wed or tues most likely. that way, theres no weekend overtime.

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Haven't seen Gecko post in a while on this thread, but here's hoping he's still reading.

MY problem with the new AM nerf. Recharge time is insane (yes, I know that's been covered, but here's what I'd like to see.)
With 6 DO's in it, I was able to recast about seconds or so after it wore off, GREAT! Now, with 6 SO's in it, it takes 180 seconds to recharge. That's nuts man. I HAD planned to put the 3-4 SO's for recharge time in it and then put stamina increasers in the other two slots when I was able to purchase SO's. Now, that's not an option.
What I'd like to see is having 3-4 SO recharge reducers in AM and having it be ready 15-30 seconds after it wears off. That's it. Not having to wait 3 min or more for it to recharge. I don't want to tripple quadruple cast it and have my team running around owth 4-5 AM's on at all times, I just want it going once, keeping it up for fights, and maybe getting a little extra umph out of it as well.
I do have Stamina, and I love the effect. I NEED End. We all do, unlike health it doesn't go up with levels, and as far as I can tell, the powers don't cost less End with each level unless you modify them. End is VERY important, as you've said. But let's make it a LITTLE more available, please.

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