Sharker_Quint
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i thought i saw this somewhere earlier...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=218272
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Quote:well, thats because i hadn't posted here yet. but i see i don't have to. good job guys.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
If all it takes to drive you from the forums forever is polite criticism and helpful advice then you must have been a sight to see when a teacher/employer told you that you made mistakes and how to fix them and you ran sobbing in tears from the room vowing never to return.
Oh and if you can't tell, of the three people who responded to you so far, I'm the only one that has been a jerk.
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Quote:i'll repost this since you seem to have missed it from your OP in the player help section:Originally Posted by Jeff_Kaos
i accidentally posted this in the new player forum so i'm putting it here too because this is something that's make or break for me right now because as it stands the PvE in this game is way too instanced to hold my attention for too long.
REPOST: I played this game for 4 months over a year ago and i just reopened my sub this weekend as i'm checking out all the old mmo's i've already payed for but haven't played in a while (if anyone wants to know, SWG is worse now than ever before). Back when i was active in CoH i never had the chance to check out the PvP side of the game, i had que'd up for a few arena battles but none ever took place. Same thing happened last night. I que'd up for a whole bunch of fights with multiple characters of almost every level range and i never set foot in a single fight. when i looked on the arena fight setup screen i chose fights that said they would start ASAP. What does ASAP mean? When i was in the army ASAP stood for As Soon As Possible but i'm pretty sure it doesn't mean that in CoH because i think i'm still que'd up for a few fights over 9 hours later.
What i'm wondering is weather i came to the wrong place for my PvP fix? Last night was a SATURDAY night and i couldn't get into a single arena fight, are the arena's cross server and if the aren't why not? Not one of the servers hit more than light pop last night. I hope the open world PvP is better but after last nights arena debacle i'm not holding my breath. Oh yeah, how do i display the time in game? i saw some matches with specific times entered but i couldn't figure out how to tell server time in game.
Sorry for posting this twice but like i said this is something that is important to me and will determine weather or not i'll keep plugging $15 a month into CoH.
Freedom and Virtue are the best servers for any type of PvP. and do not make the mistake of thinking the little bubbles next to the servers means population. they do not. what they show is load. totaly different from population. -
Quote:you need to udate your operating system to service pack 3 and it looks like your video drivers are corrupt. change them and everything should be fine.Originally Posted by The Great Mystery
I just got this tonight and everything is running smooth until I get to the character creation part where you choose parts, colours, etc. which is where it slows down. So far while trying to just get through it and make a character it freezes and i have to CTRL+ALT+DEL and cut it off, when I don't do that it just crashes to the desktop. I have tried restarting my computer and just making a trash character to tone down the settings in game as a test but the game itself is lagging too. I have done searches around the forum and found this COH Helper, here is the information it gave me:
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---
DxDiag gathered at April 19, 2010 01:39 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (5.2, Build 3790) Service Pack 1 (3790.srv03_sp1_gdr.090319-1204)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: P5K/EPU
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4094MB
.Net Memory Report: 2984MB out of 4094MB available
Page File: 4954MB (925MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD5000AAKS-22A7B0) 2234MB out of 20002MB (11%) free
E Drive: (WDC WD5000AAKS-22A7B0) 133982MB out of 300002MB (44%) free
F Drive: (WDC WD5000AAKS-22A7B0) 136096MB out of 156900MB (86%) free
D Drive: (TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223Q) zero-size drive
I Drive: (ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.3790.1830 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: ViewSonic VA1926w-3 SERIES
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1440,900
Video Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9498)
Video Memory: 1024.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6983
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Realtek HD Audio output
Driver File: RTKHDA64.SYS
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5532
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P5K/EPU
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: UNKNOWN
BIOS Release: 20080212******.******+***
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1440x900
3D Resolution: 1440x900 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: None
Anisotropic Filtering: 2x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Medium
World Texture Level: High
Character Texture Level: High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600
Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1600.20100114.11T
Installation Directory: e:\steam\steamapps\common\city of heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found
I would really appreciate any help I can get. -
Quote:just because YOU can't do it, does not mean other people can't do it. while not a good means of defending against ranged attacks, it is a very good means of defending against melee attacks. why do you think the power is called COMBAT jumping? so it can be done in combat to avoid attacks. and paired with hurdle, it is that much better.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
So, essentially "lrn2ply?" That's not very productive.
I've seen a few people do what passes for "kiting." Rooftop Raider (what ever happened to the guy?) used to be amazing at it, and without Hover, either. He used REALLY huge jumping arcs with Combat Jumping and Hurdle. I have no idea exactly how he did it, but he seemed to manage to keep out of melee sometimes.
That said, this is something I've found completely unrepeatable and, with all due respect for Rooftop Rider, looked like crap in actual action. The game isn't designed for this, and travel powers were made to suppress to combat exactly that practice. In my experience, in tight quarters, you're not going to keep away from melee enemies. If you're on the ground, they'll run up to you and hit you as you're animating your attacks. You can back up or jump over them all you want. You WILL get hit animating Power Burst or Executioner's Shot.
Furthermore, range IS NOT sufficient defence just by itself. Sure, you can avoid some attacks from some enemies. Then you get hit with things like the Rikti, the Nemesis Army, Malta, the Rogue Vanguard, the Soldiers of Rularuu or all the lovely Praetorians whose minions have as much RANGED powers as your average lieutenant. God damn Siege's minions each has Power Burst! These kiting tactics my or may not work in the lower levels, but in the high levels where things can two-shot you from range, they just don't cut it. And I've tried.
People keep bringing this up with an Assault/Defence AT, and I never buy it. Kiting by itself is NOT going to keep a ranged character alive, and even if it did, you're still missing your melee attacks. And, no - jumping over an enemy animating a melee attack is not good practice if you have more than one melee attack worth using. You don't put down a melee attack chain by jumping over. I've tried. It just doesn't work.
as for saying Lrn2play, i never said that at all and don't appriciate words being put into my mouth. hence why i had the question mark after what i said. i have no idea if the person knows how to do this, so i made a questionable suggestion to help keep them out of melee. and as it may not be the best defense against enemy attacks, it is certainly worth the try as it does help prevent melee heavy npc's from hitting you. -
Quote:boulders are aranged attack, not melee.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Much, much easier said than done, Quinty. Especially versus Mobs with homing boulders, or the like.
that was in direct response to B_X saying she couldn't stay out of melee range on her blaster.
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Quote:/unsigned. it would be exploited and also used as a griefing tool for the tf/sf's that require hunts.Originally Posted by Pans_Folley
Right now we have a Rikiti Invasion triggered by a raid on the mother ship or every once in a while, a zombie attack will trigger. What if you could sign up for a zone raid (random or selected) and choosing any villain group. You want to have Carnies attack Atlas, set it up. You want Malta to attack Steel, so be it. You que up until enough players are enlisted and then the attack begins. Players in the zone will receive notice to duck and cover. (I would even include an "opt out or in" button for those entering the zone. If you're an attacker and are defeated, you are respawned as a new attacker. The zone event is timed for 5 minutes (you don't want it to go on too long or people may get upset) and you would not be able to enter buildings to follow players who choose to duck and cover. At the end, you earn a merit or something for each defeat you took part in. I know all the details would need to be concidered and there would be exploits that would have to be looked into, but the over all idea would give the game some random events created by players. You could even set it up so that you could only create one every couple of hours so the zones were not always under attack.
Just something different to think about. Thank you for your indulgences. I appreciate it. -
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I have a 50 blaster. I'm working on my second one now. Staying at range is never all that easy outside of hovering. Enemies keep attacking and are able to run in on me, if I keep attacking.
I find my blaster in melee WAY more than I think a blaster should be in melee. I see alot of blasters get into this situation as well, more so if they lack Hover.
learn how to kite? that is how you stay out of melee on a blaster. -
Quote:Freedom and Virtue are the best servers for any type of PvP. and do not make the mistake of thinking the little bubbles next to the servers means population. they do not. what they show is load. totaly different from population.Originally Posted by Jeff_Kaos
I played this game for 4 months over a year ago and i just reopened my sub this weekend as i'm checking out all the old mmo's i've already payed for but haven't played in a while (if anyone wants to know, SWG is worse now than ever before). Back when i was active in CoH i never had the chance to check out the PvP side of the game, i had que'd up for a few arena battles but none ever took place. Same thing happened last night. I que'd up for a whole bunch of fights with multiple characters of almost every level range and i never set foot in a single fight. when i looked on the arena fight setup screen i chose fights that said they would start ASAP. What does ASAP mean? When i was in the army ASAP stood for As Soon As Possible but i'm pretty sure it doesn't mean that in CoH because i think i'm still que'd up for a few fights over 9 hours later.
What i'm wondering is weather i came to the wrong place for my PvP fix? Last night was a SATURDAY night and i couldn't get into a single arena fight, are the arena's cross server and if the aren't why not? Not one of the servers hit more than light pop last night. I hope the open world PvP is better but after last nights arena debacle i'm not holding my breath. Oh yeah, how do i display the time in game? i saw some matches with specific times entered but i couldn't figure out how to tell server time in game. -
Quote:did you ever see Swamp Thing?Originally Posted by Smash_Zone
I don't really see how you can use plants to protect yourself. Because... they're plants. You can cut them with a sword, and shoot bullets through them; They're not very "protective" of the user.
I guess you can argue that they're "Super plants!" or something, or maybe just really hard-to-break plants. I just don't see it as very practical.
But then again, some of the armor sets we do have aren't very practical either. Fire Armor and Electric Armor come to mind. I still don't understand how you protect yourself with fire... -
make sure everyone in your sg is in sg mode? for the first 15 toons in the sg you get 20k prestige. that is 300k which doesn't go very far but is a nice start.
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you can use your windows key, located directly to the left of the left alt key, to bring up your tool bar so you can get to your other programs.
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even automatic updates won't download the optional ones unless you tell it to. i suggest never getting the optional updates as they are not important. you should, if you can, go to his house and teach him how to do this. it is very important to get the updates for your comp and other hardware.
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then wait until tomorrow. see if it happens again. give it a full 24 hours before trying to purchase another.
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Quote:and just to clarify for those who think that marketeers are responsible for the high prices, when we say that we buy low and sell high, we mean we sell at a higher price then what we paid. not higher then the current amount the item is going for. it is the BUYER who pays amounts higher then what they see.
They buy it cheap and sell it at a higher price. -
yep. i was just letting him know what it meant.
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in case it hasn't been mentioned, he needs to update his video card drivers. and as long as he has a virus protection program he should have no fear of using the internet.
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because there is no reason why power sets have to be actually tied to any origin.
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short answer: no.
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Quote:there more you die, the more heavies you get to control. i don't see the problem. just keep changing the one you go to. there is another exit point from the hero base that is by the portal that you come into RV in that puts you out in the zone else where.Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan
I've been working on my 250 Heavy badge in RV off and on over the past week or so, getting ten or so Heavies per session, but of course the PvPers kill me (quite understandably, they're entitled to, not complaining about that) fairly often, and so my progress is not as fast as it could be.
I had an idea that perhaps there's a low-pop server with more of a guarantee of en empty RV.
If so, could I transfer my badge-hunter toon from Freedom over to that server to farm the heavy badge, and then transfer him back afterwards? I don't mind paying.
Is this a feasible plan, and can anyone suggest a low-PvP population server that would suit?
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SCR: standard code rant.
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the video drivers are out of date. they need to be changed.
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try a disc clean up and defrag. if that doesn't work you may need to roll your video drivers back to 1 or 3 releases ago. do not go back 2 as those were causing problems with the fan on the cards and causing overheating.
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hordling berzerkers have always been like this. it's nothing new. just carried over to other things.
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post a CoHHelper report. dxdiag is way to much to go through and doesn't tell us anything really.