RobertoLyon

Crap! I didn't study!

OK let's just swap FS with SP sounds then?

So *is* there a visual indicator of which of your teammates are in range to be boosted by FS? Enemies get the dark red swirls...

I haven't been able to pick it out on the large teams I almost always play on, with all the other powers going off.

The rest of the thread is pretty full of Win if you haven't checked it out already. The star of the thread, Psychoti the Twit-magnet, just came back to the game after a hiatus. He's great fun.

(See above, Edited to add links)

Too late for that!

I'mma keeping my sub in case I get the urge to squeeze into my tights for an evening, but I, too, have been on a semi-hiatus since getting Dragon Age: Origins last week.

Which isn't to say it's such an awesome game...it's not teh suxzorz but personally I prefer the KOTR/Mass Effect subject matter (sci-fi vs. fantasy). Bioware knows how to do single-player right, though, without a doubt.

OMG I just peed a little. What an incredible idea. I love the Shard and wish I had more reasons to visit.

My 3850 does this as well (but heck what a video card, amIright? Thought it was time to scrap the AGP mobo but this little wonder breathed new life into my system).

Make sure you have the latest drivers, they *help* the situation, allowing your mouse cursor to get a *little* closer to the Enhancement, but don't completely fix it.

LMAO I totally stared at that avatar for about 5 minutes before really shaking my head hard, like "where was I just now"?

Creepy but cool.

I think they rolled the dice, betting that the vast majority of players would do exactly what you and I have done - immediately consolidate their toons on a single, more heavily-populated server.

I took all my remaining chars off Liberty and put them on Freedom, where I've been doing the majority of my playing for about 2 years now.

Bet a bunch of peeps did the same - I think it was a brilliant nod toward Server consolidation while leaving us the pseudo-illusion that we did it of our own Free Will.

How much you wanna bet that once all is said and done, population on the lower-pop servers will have decreased, and population on the higher-pop servers will have increased?

That's what she *SMACK* - jeez Niv...at least let me finish...oh no I feel another one coming on... That's what *SMACK* - man you're fast...oh crud...That's *SMACK*. I give up.

Yes...OP - as mentioned in a previous Reply, the VidiotMaps pack is a remarkably powerful "must-have" 3rd-party addition to the game (the only CoX-sanctioned 3rd-party addition of which I'm aware).

Great for simple zone-to-zone travel, badging, finding specific Enemy groups, and on and on.

Get it, love it, use it only for Good.

But the Devs letting the "official" in-game map go uncorrected for SO LONG is my one, grating peeve about the game.

Great suggestions from all - thx very much Heroes!

I love it when Forum neophytes come on here all apologetic-like, asking not to be Flamed, pre-emptively defend against Trolling accusations, and the like...not yet realizing that the denizens of these boards are simply the kindest, smartest, funniest, most generous and understanding gamers ON THE PLANET.

I've yet to see anyone get pounced on for asking a simple (legitimate) question here - unlike SO MANY OTHER gaming Forums.

I have a brand-new PC game that I was really enjoying, until I went on their Forums to ask some Newb questions, and got slammed for not already knowing these things about the game.

Since then, I've not booted the game once - the experience online completely soured my view of the game itself, to the point that I don't even want to look at the icon on my desktop, but can't bring myself to move it to the Trash just yet.

This CAN BE very useful info for someone who is aware of the limitations.

to repeat: The map has NOT been updated to reflect new stops in FF and Skyway (much to my personal annoyance).

This goes for the large wall-maps at the entrance to the Train stations, as well.

Seems like a relatively minor fix to update the art on the map - and a relatively major pain-in-the-butt to have an inaccurate in-game map!

Also: as a Newb you may be reluctant to lead your own Pick-up Group (PuG). But once you get into the swing of things, don't be afraid to start forming and leading your own teams.

Things may start out a bit rocky, but practice makes perfect, and once you get the hang of it, it's the only surefire way to avoid joining lousy teams. I almost never join teams, always forming my own, simply because I already know that I run a good team.

So as you play, pay attention to what's making this a fun team or a stinky team. Emulate the fun Leaders, avoid doing things the way the stinky ones do.

Familiarize yourself with the Team Search window (can type /search to bring it up if you're not the team Leader). If standing around waiting for a teammate to arrive, just type /search and look around in there - play with the different drop-down menus - get familiar with what the different colors (of player names) and Flags mean - etc.

Once you start playing around with /binds - a /bind like: /bind L "tell $target, Level $level-ish team LFM - join us?" will allow you to form full 8-man teams in under 5-minutes (I do this every night) without ticking anyone off by using Blind Invites.


tl;dr version: Start forming and running your own teams as soon as you feel comfortable giving it a shot, it will make your game experience much, much more enjoyable in the long run, despite an initial learning curve.

Yes, that's what Edana recommended as well...I was hoping for something I could put to work immediately, rather than waiting for my Epic ding.

I'll certainly consider taking Psi as my Epic, but I do SO love Hibernate...

Okay this is do-able.

I have Superior Invis (currently slotted for 3 End Redux/1 Def - but now that I have Transference (my most recent Ding), I can alter that to 3 Def/1 End), and Combat Jumping (already slotted for +Def but I can revisit that slotting to make sure I'm getting the most out of it).

Thanks Dis, any other suggestions peeps?

(And at the risk of derailing my own thread - just now noticing that my Rep suddenly jumped like 3 jellybeans in about a week. Has anyone twigged on a quick and easy way to figure out why, now that we can't see comments?)

This is the kind of dispassionate gameplay I *WISH* I could enjoy.

I too wanted very badly to enjoy the Villain side of my favorite game, but no matter how many Vills I start, I just can't seem to level one past about 18 or so.

I simply can't "lose myself" in pretending to be a Villain, as I can when pretending to be a Hero.

I have similar problems in numerous games (including Civ 4) that can at times "require" you to be a bit evil-***** to succeed.

You're not alone, OP, there are plenty of us out there, who really want to embrace and experience Red-side content, but find that for some reason, it just rubs them the wrong way. *shrug*

I would LOVE to find out if the Devs ever considered that this might be a popularity-limiting factor when they were working on CoV.

I have to imagine that someone on the team, at some point, said the same thing we're seeing repeated post-OP here.

Wondered if it ever had them truly worried?