Purple_Dragon

As I launched my client to play CoH today, i noticed there was a 203 meg download, but I not see any patch notes on the forums. Can anyone enlighten me as to what this patch is?

Thanks!

Okay, I think I figured out a few ways to make this work on my end and I wanted to share them with you:

First, either repair on re-install the Beta if you are having problems.

When you log into the Beta, you should be able to access the store, but everything is missing fonts and shows up wierd. I had noticed that when you buy something from the store, then log out, the game will not launch when you try to open it again. But, if you do Z's earlier fix (move the CoH Beta from the Apps folder, open the Launcher, quit it when it says it cannot find the Beta, move CoH Beta back to the Apps folder, then launch as normal) you will be able to get back, just with all prefs gone.

I have tried it a few times and it has worked for me. It is annoying, but it is workable while they are working on a permanent solution.

And also, while the fonts are messed up and it messed up being able to launch after you exit the game, the Market was otherwise working fine for me. I was able to but Beam Rifle, the Rocket Board, and an extra Enhancement tray, as well as add points.

I hope this helps! And CuppaManga, extra big kudos to you and all the help you are giving us!

So has anyone heard an update about the Issue 21 Beta? Last I heard they had to go back and redo their internal testing after their first attempt. Is this still the case?

Thanks!

From what I understand, most of the problems with Energy Assault got cleared up when it's damage modifiers were changed. And yes, the Power Boost vs Build Up quandary is something I have been mulling over, i.e. do I want more damage or more powerful secondary effects at the ready. One reason Energy Assault also enticed me was that many of it's powers have Disorient as a secondary effect...and Disorients are effected by Domination.

However, I find Electric Assault to be a bit more Balanced between Range and Melee, and has AoE that is not just mediocre at best. Plus, I am a sucker for themed characters (though since I will be putting her through Praetoria and making her a hero, I may end up giving her Primal Forces Mastery instead of Mu Mastery, but that is thinking way ahead).

So it looks like I will be re-rolling her as an Elec/Elec Dom. So do you have any advice to give on the lower levels, leveling, powers that are must haves, powers that are a waste, etc?

Thank you!

Okay, so after trying and trying to get a Dom off the ground, I think I finally have it nailed down to an Electric Control/Energy Assault Dominator. Trouble is, I cannot seem to shake this nagging feeling that maybe I should have rolled Elec/Elec. Any experience Doms have any input as to one over the other?

Thank you!

Okay, I re activated my sub, and when I try to log on to the one server that is not greyed out to me, it is giving me an error saying That "the sever is not open for public use." I have read that similar people are having the same problem. Is this an issue, or is my account just taking a while to sync up to the beta?

Thanks all!

I am not sure if this has been asked, but I have question about purchasing from the Paragon Market in the Beta. Mainly, if we use PP to purchase the new power sets in the beta, will we get the points back to buy them when it goes live? Or once we buy it for the beta, will it be unlocked for the live servers once Issue 21 hits?

Thanks all!

When I first read the quote from Castle, my thought was that the attacks in Kinetic Melee will have a -RES Debuff component, similar to Sonic Attacks. It is one the few attributes that a melee set does not have currently, and it would be nice to see it. My other thought is that it could have some damage buff component, or maybe a -DMG Debuff. Essentially, things that the Kinetics Buff/Debuff set has.

Okay, so I reactivated my account, and I was able to access the Test Server as of yesterday. However, I go to access it this morning, and I keep getting an error message saying that my account name and password are invalid, even though I entered them right. I even tried changing my password, and I can log into the live servers fine, but I keep getting error messages when I try and log into test. Is anyone else having this problem?

Thanks for the advice everyone! I think I have settled on Fiery Melee/Shield Defense. Thanks for all the input!

Thanks for the input so far guys! I think I am going to go with Fiery Melee as a primary, but I guess I should have been a little more specific in asking questions about the secondaries. So I am wondering how Fiery Aura, Shield Defense, and Electric Armor fare in the following situations:

PVE Leveling (Mostly Soloing)
EB/AV Soloing
PVP Combat

Thanks again guys!

Okay, after being away from the game for a while, I have come back and I am itching to roll a new scrapper. I basically have it narrowed it down to four choices, and I would like some input on them:

Fiery Melee/Fiery Aura
Fiery Melee/Shield Defense
Electrical Melee/Electric Armor
Electrical Melee/Shield Defense

I really only have three major concerns with these choices: will Fiery Aura/Electric Armor give me enough protection, does Shield Defense's Mez protection being on a recharge timer hurt me in any way (as opposed to it being a toggle), and will Electric Melee dish out enough damage for me to solo.

Thanks everyone!

With the changes coming to Spines in I-16, I decided that I finally want to try one. The problem is, I really don't know what secondary to pair it with. I was leaning toward Dark Armor of Fiery Aura, since Dark Armor has some good AoE utility and Fiery Aura can offer protection while also helping AoE damage output. But I also know some of the other sets have gone through some other changes, and as I only really have experience with Regeneration, I was wondering what you all thought.

Thank you!

Yeah, same thing with me. The game just patched, and now it says it can't connect to the login server. Hopefully this gets fixed soon.

Well, you have a point, I could just make both, and then just keep the one I want. Or just keep both to fuel my alt-i-tis !

Okay, so I want to try out a Fire Scrapper, but I am undecided as to what kind. I was thinking of going Fire/Fire for thematic reasons (I love themed characters), plus it looks to offer some great damage output while being pretty well rounded. But I was also thinking of rolling a Fire/Shield instead. I was wondering if anyone who has tired these combinations (or has any input on any of the mentioned powersets) could help me out here.

Thanks!

Okay, I am not sure if this has been question has been answered yet, but:

Seeing as the new AE box is a WIN/MAC hybrid DVD and that all downloaded updates for the game are now for Windows and Mac OS X, can I assume that Going Rouge will go the same route (Windows and Mac on the same disc, or at least released at the same time)?

May game client has crashed with a Mac OS X error message, but its only happend about three times. The only other problem I have seen has been excessive lag in Pocket D, which is suprising, seeing as the only other time I really have lag is during a Rikti Invasion (and who doesn't during one of those). Hopefully the crashing client issue will be fixed in the near future.

I was also wondering if doing that command line graphical fix may fix the lag in Pocket D. Anyone have success using it to fix lag?

I highly recommend Miuramir's advice. I play at the same resolution as my desktop, which is 1900x1200 (or whatever the highest one is, which is the native resolution), and I use the graphics slider. I have it set on the second highest setting, and it runs very well. The only real lag I get is during Rikti invasions, and I cannot imagine someone not getting lag during one of those things.

I just bought a 24" iMac (2.93 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB of RAM, and the nVidia GT 120 Video Card with 256 megs of VRAM), and I must say it runs the game awesomely well. Even red side, I hardly seen any lag. The only time I did see lag was in Atlas Park during a Rikti invasion, and it wasn't lag so much as running a bit behind (ie powers activate about 2 seconds after you hit them). I have the graphics on the second highest setting and it looks great. I could run it on maximum settings too, but I feel that is smoother the other way, plus, I hardly notice as the difference is mostly terrain distance. I can't speak for the 9400M, but you get the GT120 or higher, you will be just fine :-).

Hope this helps!