Spectreblade

I've got a Mercs/Storm MM I'm planning on having switch sides when GR comes out. He's basically a former henchman who took his boss's weather control device after he got caught to use it himself, so it wouldn't be too much of a stretch from rebelling against his former evil boss to rebelling against evil in general.

Out of the presents I got, the major one was a new Nintendo Wii. Now, if I could just figure out how to set it up properly...

It's not random. To quote the Wikipedia article on Swiss Tournaments

I'm about to make my third attempt at playing a Peacebringer, and I think the thing that's kept me from sticking with one is dealing with slotting for the alternate forms, since the powers of the forms need to be slotted separately from the other powers. Taking the forms results in having anywhere between 4 to 10 more powers than a base AT build does. While that can be an advantage, you don't get any extra slots for those extra powers, and I find myself wondering how I'm going to adequately slot them.

This time, I think I'm going to go with a human-form Peacebringer and just not bother with the forms.

I'm in Philadelphia watching the snow fall, too. I still have some Christmas shopping left to do, and this won't be making it any easier.

Loos like we're not the only server that's down. And of all the times to crash, it had to happen just as I was starting the AE arc.

I was in a similar situation once when I was in college. I got attacked over a seat on a crowded bus. At least that was what he said right before he tried to physically pull me out of it, then gave me a black eye and a bloody nose for resisting, but I personally think the punk just wanted an excuse to use a total stranger as a punching bag. After I came to class the next day with that black eye, a friend taught me the key-claw trick mentioned by others in this thread.

I also agree that this game can be therapeutic. I've blown off a lot of steam over personal problems over the years I've been playing, whether through talking about them with the friends in my SG, or the catharsis of combat. Like when my father died from gallbladder cancer this past summer. During the final months of his life, he was in and out of the hospital several times, and that was difficult for our entire family, especially as time went on and his condition worsened. City of Heroes provided some much-needed stress relief while I was going through that.

I haven't used the walk emote/power much myself. I'll occasionally use it when I'm in the presence of RP'ers (like walking up to Father Time instead of running during the Winter Event preview), or when I'm on a female character in an instanced area by myself to watch her move around and indulge in the fanservice.

Personally, I've visited the zones before to do some PvP'ing when they first came out, but I don't usually go into them these days. I like the concept of PvP, but just got fed up with the attitudes many zone PvP'ers have, so most of my PvP'ing is now in the arena, and I don't even do that very often anymore.

Now, when I was in the PvP zones, my attitude was that I didn't have a problem with people being in the zone who aren't interested in PvP. But I would still attack them on sight regardless of their reasons for being there, and I would expect them to defend themselves, even if that defense is to flee. After all, the rewards there are balanced around that fact you must risk being attacked by other players to get them.

The PvP'ers are well within their rights to attack anyone who ventures into their territory, but by the same token, those not interested are within their rights to choose "Flight" instead of "Fight" as their response. I'd consider it a victory to send someone fleeing to their side's base, and as others have pointed out, they'd consider it a victory to make it back there in one piece. It's only if they choose "Whine" as their defense tactic that it becomes a problem, since they knew the risks when they came in.

I remember when the Sonic Resonance set came out, the colors on the buff powers actually was causing some people to get sick, so they changed them to the gold-ish orange that's the current default. With players now able to choose their own colors for their powers, it's possible that there would be certain combinations that could cause sickness like Sonic Resonance's old defaults, though I haven't heard reports of it actually happening. Maybe the devs screened out the potentially seizure-inducing colors before I16 went live, but I can't say for sure since I'm not a dev.

That has nothing to do with level. It has to do with the origin the vendor specializes in. The Mutant enhancement stores will pay more for Mutant enhancements than for enhancements of other origings, for example.

In cases like that, the highest of the defense numbers is the one that applies. Like if you had 10% defense against ranged and 20% defense against energy, then you would have 20% defense against a ranged energy attack since that is the higher of the two.

The mobs I hate the most are the ones that "cheat" in some way. I don't mind difficulty in the enemies I fight, but I do hate it when they play by different rules. Namely, Carnival Illusionists. We can't attack while phased, so why can they?

That and Rularuu Eyeballs, because they have enough accuracy to punch through most defense like it's not even there. Doing Technician Naylor's Shadow Shard arc on my Energy/Energy Stalker was one of the most painful experiences I've had in this game.

I'm thankful that I have a stable family to spend Thanksgiving with, and a stable job in these tough econimic times. I'm thankful for this game that I've made so many friends through, and has given me a release for the frustrations of life.

I, too, have lost a family member this year. My father passed away over the summer from gallbladder cancer, and even though there will be one less seat at the table this year, I am grateful for the time I did get to spend with him, knowing that not everyone is lucky enough to have a loving family, and I am grateful for my family members who live on and have been there for me.

Happy Thanksgiving, heroes!

For me, I always imagine Mr. Bocor having a cajun accent.

Arc Name: The Serpent's Revenge
Arc ID#: 341094
Morality: Heroic
Creator Name: @Spectreblade
Synopsis: An up and coming young heroine has been targeted for assassination by a band of ninja out for blood. Are you a bad enough dude to save her?
Length: 5 Missions

This is the second arc I have created using AE, and my first attempt at creating a custom group. I have all of the custom critters in the group set at Hard for both primary and secondary set except for the AV at the end, who has both sets at Extreme. So, I'm posting a thread for both to publicize my creation and for feedback. I hope you enjoy it!

Revised and republished for I17!

Arc Name: The Serpent's Revenge
Arc ID: 403174
Faction: Heroic
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Spectreblade
Synopsis: An up-and-coming young heroine has been targeted by a band of ninja out for blood. Are you bad enough dudes to save her?
Link to More Details or Feedback: LiveJournal post

Lag issues aside, I've enjoyed the new zone event. I like how it's more than just beating back hordes of enemies. I do understand the complaints about lag and the GM being too easy to take down, though.

As for the other things, there does come a time when they can get tiresome, but at that point, I can always just go back to the regular gameplay and let everyone else have their fun.

The 7-year-old computer I am making this post from is reaching the end of its lifespan, and I'm now in the market for a new one. I'm mainly looking for a new rig that will run this game more smoothly than the one I have now. As it stands now, the recent memory leaks are enough to easily overwhelm it, slowing me to a crawl and frustrating my teammates.

So basically, I want to know what kinds of specs I should be looking for, what the "recommended system requirements" are for the game as it is now. RAM, Hard Disk Space, Processor, Video Card, that sort of thing. I've done some upgrades to the computer, but it's reached the limits of how much it can be upgraded and I still find myself slowing down in hectic situations, and something like a Mothership or Hamidon raid is out of the question for me.

Also, when I get this new computer, how do I go about transferring the game from the old one? I'm told that there are software programs that take care of transferring important files from one computer to another. At least that's what the people at Dell said when I called them.

So, what do you guys think? What kinds of things should I look for in a new computer to run this game smoothly as it is today?

I've had some difficulties with this as well, but up until today it has been bearable. But when I logged in my Dark/Stone Brute to go customize his armors, I loaded the new window and chat settings I'd been using onto him, and when I left the Port Oakes arena where I'd last logged him out to make my way to the Facemaker, I was greeted by a slideshow once I got out the door. You see, my current 7-year-old computer is on its last legs. I'm seeing quotes of around 2 to 9 GB of RAM, compared to my pathetic 1 GB. In other words, the increases in memory usage being mentioned are enough to paralyze my rig entirely. Which is one of the reasons why I'm now looking for a new computer. But that's a topic for another thread.

I rolled an Ice/Cold Controller the other day, and she's currently at Lv. 12. She's been having some endurance isssues, but keep in mind she only just reached the level where I can buy DO's. I went with a white and light blue scheme for her powers, which has worked quite well, especially with her shields being a lot more transparent and less obscuring than the default colors.

Although Arctic Fog looks terrible in the new colors I chose for the rest of the powers because you can clearly see the straight line where the effect starts flowing down from her waist. It's very unnatural looking, like a skirt made of fog flowing out of a hula hoop hovering around her. I'll have to play around with the effect for that to make it less visible, or hope the devs adjust the effect to be seamless no matter what colors are used.