Slaunyeh

I think you have to go to the actual store page to see. I don't know about the US, but here it was part of their "midweek madness" sale, so I'd be surprised if that was still running. (and, having just checked, it isn't here in Europe).

Definitely. I like the super hero genre (even if I've ever read comic books ), and the other two current super hero games doesn't really do it for me.

Now, the 'spiritual successor' is a tricky thing because I think the spirit of CoH is different for everyone. I'd settle for a really good super hero MMO. I think the most important aspect of being a good game (aside from, you know, quality implementation) requires that the game worries more about building a system that supports the genre of the setting, than on following usual MMO conventions. Don't be GenericMMO#2312 with a super hero skin.

(You might think this is obvious advice, but it still amazes me how many games fall into that trap.)

Right right, but you could keep in touch with like-minded USers. I think. Haven't tried.

You can join guilds cross-server, can't you?

Yep. Got mine on the 28th.

Hi. You're an idiot.

Sincerely,
The Not-Save CoH Side


There, that should balance the equation.

Oh! Oh! Oh! They should totally hire me for that job. NCSoft? Sorry, that name just won't do in the west, it screams 'vague corporate acronym', and us westerners hate that. No, over here you want to 'speak to the people', as it is. You want to see eye to eye with your customers. You want to speak to the lowest common denominator. So, I'd like to present you with your new corporate identity in the western hemisphere: Jerkhats Inc.

Would you buy a game from Jerkhats Inc.? I know I would.

Sure, NCSoft are jerks, but isn't a global zombie apocalypse a little extreme?

Ah well, if you say so.

...oh. Uhm. Whoops.

While the cabal interface itself does support multi-faction members (it has a column for each member's faction), it is not, to my knowledge, possible to create a cross-faction cabal in game. Unless they changed something while I wasn't looking.

How those 'cabals' in the link go about it, I can't say.

And those magic types have to ride in the rear-most train cart, or the engine will start acting up.

I belive it's:

/chat join CoH-Refugees

Keep it up! I'm really bad at spoiling stuff like that with online guides but, against all odds, have managed to stay 'pure' for all the TSW investigation missions so far. If you're still in Kingsmouth, you don't know the meaning of the word 'tough'. There's one in the Scorched Desert that I'm still mulling about.

Cripes.

(It's great!)

Here's useful a hint for conducting yourself in society: Someone else breaking a rule does not justify you breaking a rule. Keeping this in mind will help you avoid serving time in prison or, you know, being an *** on an unmoderated forum.

Think about it.

That's fantastic news.

And then you get to City of the Sun God and go "of all the things to copy from City of Heroes, why oh why did it have to be pre-revamp Faultline??"

I did contact support about exactly that scenario (my card expired in july) and, beyond the initial 'we'll get back to you' response, haven't heard anything for over a week now.

Not that it really matters since I got the refund through the, apparent, magic of banking IT.

Well, Nemesis without the psi-focus railway tracks and a plan to mind control the Americas. That's really more of an Illuminati thing.

That's as good a reason as any.

I haven't tried following the Necromancer deck, but I've heard that it doesn't solo very well if you follow it slavishly. It's blood/assault rifle, right? You should be able to build something sensible with that.

My fingers remember that better than my brain does. I think you toggle it on by holding shift-ctrl, then release ctrl first. I think that's the right order, but I'd have to be in-game to be sure.

Then, when you use a GTAoE power while having an offensive target, it will place the AoE directly under their feet (or give you an out-of-range error if you're too far away). It has made a tremendous difference for me.

Just be aware that it can toggle off on it's own at random. I've had it persist through area transitions, death, and even different game sessions, but sometimes it has just turned itself off just as I need it.

My brief explanation of decks: "A tremendously bad idea that eventually rewards a nice outfit." I wouldn't recommend following a deck to anyone.

Maybe that's a bit harsh. Decks, in a nutshell, are build suggestions. The problem I have with them is that decks aren't necessarily good build suggestions, and they aren't newbie build suggestions, because they tend to rely on a significant number of outer-wheel abilities. You will probably be halfway through the game by the time you've completed a deck, and the deck build is unlikely to make much sense before you've completed it, because they tend to rely on specific skill combinations (which is what you usually get from outer-wheel abilities: synergy).

What all decks essentially tell you is: buy every inner-wheel ability in these two weapons. You don't really need a deck to tell you that. What decks should offer, IMHO, are useful low-cost examples of serviceable builds using only inner-wheel skills. Stuff you need when you're new to the game and still trying to make sense of it. You can make perfectly good builds from just the inner-wheel skills - the outer-wheel stuff is really for when you want to specialize in something particular. Decks, as currently implemented, doesn't really help with that.

I unlocked the Bounty Hunter deck solely for the deck outfit.

I switched to blood/pistols a while back, and have enjoyed eeking out as much functionality as possible, from them. Granted, it could probably work just as well, or better, with assault rifle or shotgun, but I wanted to use pistols dangit. Seems to work nicely so far.

Especially when you figure out how to turn ground-target AoEs into targeted AoEs.


I think it's more an issue that, this boss is probably the first instance where you have a really tough fight on your hands, and a lot of builds that have been cruising along so far, really have to stop and actually look at what they are doing.

There are a number of instances in the game, that kind of forces you to actually study your builds, and that guy is probably the first such fight. While I'm not a big fan of the solo-instance concept, they can force you to re-evaluate the quality of your build. Which can be healthy (or frustrating, depending on your mindset).

Unless you just happen to accidentally stumble on a build that breezes through everything.

My favourite, on the Council of Venice: "And when the guys in capes and chainmail say you're out of touch, you know, ouch."
-- Kirsten Geary, managing to backhand the Council and the Templars, all in one go.