Steele_Magnolia
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Quote:Yes, but you can't /friend an enemy. There is no way for a hero to send a villain email and vice versa.Originally Posted by Sapphire7
If I had to guess I'd say it's because email is local. You can't send an email to someone on your global list, and you can't list someone's global name in the "to" field. With good reason - how would that work? If someone sent an email to your global handle, would you get that email on every toon? It'd be nice to say you just get it on the first toon you log in to, or it would be nice to say we have a global email inbox, but the game isn't set up that way. Email is server specific, ergo, email options are local/server specific. -
This is how I spent my first day of Issue 16.
Turned email settings to friends/SG on characters. The joke is on the RMTers... ha ha ha.
Adjusted sliders in menu>options to accept auto exemp/SK of up to 50 levels difference on characters.
I customized the following characters on Liberty:
Cassandra Seer (Kin/Elec Def 50)
colors: purple kinetics, purple/yellow electric
The color theme matches her Grant Invisibility and Psychic Mastery epic
Roxxtar (Earth/Kin Cont 15)
colors: magenta and purple for both sets
I used a crystal theme for Earth and the 'gems' look beautiful! This long neglected character will probably become my favorite to play solo or in PUGs.
Cornucopia (Emp/Energy Def 50)
colors: brown/green emp, green energy
Thank you BABs for adding earth tones to the template!
Gunpowder and Lead (FF/AR Def 6)
colors: bright aqua and pink FF
The forcefields are so pretty!
2020 Vision (MA/Regen Scr 50)
colors: bright red and burnt orange for both
Finally a punch I like - haymaker! The colors match Hasten and Air Superiority.
Heart of Valor (Dark/Psi Def 47)
colors: dark purple and red for both
It's suitably creepy for her story.
Dear Ophelia (Rad/Fire Blaster 9)
colors: white and lavendar for both
Simpy amazing.
I even saw illusionist decoys that didn't look awful.
I teamed with a low level PUG and the colors looked fabulous. Every character's powers were a surprise and I liked it, yet a close look would tell you what they were. It was a continual visual treat.
I did the Positron TF with five other players. Three of them were above 15, the rest of us ranged from 11-14 when we started. With the additional powers of our higher level characters the TF was a challenge but not the dragging chore that it used to be. It was actually fun.
Supersidekicking meant no mentor tetris. This was so useful I can't even begin to adequately describe its positive effects on the pace of play and facilitation of teaming. WIN!
New difficulty levels and solo options - WIN!
Badge changes - Finally my empath defender is an Empath. So is the rad defender I've been playing for 4 1/2 years. My long played tank finally got the mez badge. So many good badge changes. WIN!
New badges - new "Master of" challenges. WIN!
Pets zone - WIN!
QoL changes and options, especially the email settings, WIN!
AE changes - WIN and LOSE. The custom xp was nerfed too hard, but the need was there. This needs further work. The farmers won't be the ultimate losers here.
Thank you Devs for the best issue since you gave us Rikti invasions and Vanguard. You have reinvigorated the game. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
PS: On the downside of it I am dreading the MS Raid I'm leading tomorrow... lowbies... *shudder* -
What characters did you make? I made:
Gunpowder and Lead (FF/AR Defender)
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Since I16 is now live I am reposting this:
STEELE MAGNOLIA'S GUIDE TO MOTHERSHIP RAIDS AND SUPERSIDICKING (once I16 goes live)
With the advent of Supersidicking all members of the team will be sidekicked or exemplared to the team leader.No longer will it be necessary for individual pairs of mentors and sidekicks. When you join a team with a team leader of differing level you will require a sidekick or exemplar. The sidekick or exemplar is automatic and enacted by game mechanics. If you have not preset an auto accept (in Menu >Options can be preset for 1 all the way to 50) you will be prompted with a popup with a timer of 30 seconds. If you decline or at the end of 30 seconds if you have not accepted you will be kicked from the team.
Sidekicking no longer has a range.Regardless of distance between mentor and sidekick the sidekicking will be retained. No longer will a sidekick die if the mentor goes to the hospital. The range for xp, prestige, and influence/infamy gained from defeated mobs remains.
The Rikti War Zone no longer has a level limit.Any character can enter.
Vanguard Merits are still limited to 35+ characters. In order to earn Vanguard merits a character must complete the Introduction to Vanguard arc with Levantera. Only characters 35+ can do this. This level requirement has not changed.
What this means for Mothership Raids:
The team leader should be level 50.The second and preferrably third as well members of the team should also be level 50. This will ensure that all team members are at least level 50 or SK'd to 49. In the event of the leader DC'ing, as often happens, the star will change hands and the team will retain these levels preventing a teamwipe.
Team Leaders should use care in choosing whom to invite.With the zone no longer being level restricted any level character could be seeking to join a team. If they are below 50 once they are on the team their level will be reflected on the team list as a sidekicked 49. The only way to check true character level is by right clicking on the character name in the team list and looking at 'info'.
Team Leaders should build their teams with care if they choose to invite characters below 35.If a team is not combat viable because it has several lowbies it will not reap good rewards. The raid as a whole has to be combat viable. Keep this in mind.
There is no longer any excuse not to go to the hospital. If you don't get a rez within a minute, GO!
Added note: Mob respawns are based on the number of characters in the area. This is important with respect to lowbies. They are going to affect respawn numbers. -
Yes, oh yes!
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Quote:Ha! I've already reserved the name "Skittle Fairy"Originally Posted by enderbean
Taste the rainbow!
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Hooray for cutomized powers and many, many of these changes and new options!
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You will be greatly missed. It has been my good fortune to have enjoyed the pleasure of your company on teams. You were always good for a friendly chat and to lend a hand. You are the kind of player this community sorely needs.
The game is a sadder place without you. I hope we will see you again. Until then...
May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
And wherever you go may the Lord hold you in the palm of his hand. -
Quote:Good grief! 47 times now? It was still single digits the last time we teamed up (granted it has been a long time).Originally Posted by Friggin_Taser
This was the first board I used Friggin' Taser on, but I've since carried it over to Twitter and some other websites.
The name was actually an accident. My first character in City of Heroes was Plot Device, a name I use to post under on other forums (mainly Television Without Pity). I made him a tanker during the pre-order headstart and didn't dig it right away. So I went to reroll him as an elec/elec blaster but forgot to delete the original first. So I'm at the naming screen with a fully made character I didn't want a delete. Earlier that day I was taken up on a dare to play the horrible Austin Powers games for Game Boy Color, which honestly features the phrase "Frickin' Lasers" during every piece of Dr Evil dialogue.
I changed it slightly and that's how the name came to be.
Since then, my original character, Plot Device, was rerolled 47 times as hero into every AT and almost all powersets. It became a running joke that he'd never hit 50. Then I got a list of powersets that would be featured in City of Villains just before closed beta and picked Rad/Thermal Corrupting as my new set for him. Even in closed beta I never looked back and he hit 50 slightly after issue 7 hit.
When my husband bought City of Heroes for me I intended to create "Steel Magnolia". I found this name was already taken on Pinnacle. Curses! So I decided to go with "Steele Magnolia".
I've taken the handle to the LOTRO forums and any other game forums I join, including game radio sites.
I've also named my fantasy football team "Steele's Bouncing Kitties" much to the consternation of all the men in the league. I'm the only woman. I know virtually nothing about football, draft my players by "how cool" their names sound, and spend 5 min a week putting my roster together. The first year in the league the kitties took me to the Superbowl. -
I used to run stealth and SS on my scrapper. He was still super fast and nothing noticed him at all, even if he was standing right in the midst of them. It's a great combo.
SS +Stealth IO works to accomplish the same thing. There's even a set that will slot in it. That's what I'm running now. -
Here's an article about it:
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/0...es-of-h1nerd1/
Quote:Please get well soon Posi, Mod8, and DW!With sick gamers documenting their illnesses on Twitter, the organizers of last weekend’s Penny Arcade Expo are urging everyone who attended to take an apparent swine flu outbreak seriously.
PAX organizers say they have confirmed nearly 100 cases of H1N1 virus infections, or swine flu, in the wake of the Seattle videogame convention, which drew approximately 75,000 gamers to the Washington State Convention and Trade Center between Sept. 4 and 6. -
Get well soon Positron, Dark Watcher, and Mod 8. We miss you.
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I've been playing Puzzle Quest (a PC game) but just hit the level cap.
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Welcome to the game. I hope you enjoy it. This game has so much to offer.
Be sure to try travel powers (Flight, Teleportation, Leaping, and Speed) as they will take your breath away if you've never played this before. My personal favorite for a first character's travel power is Flight, but they're all great. At level 6 or higher you can unlock power pools (on the upper right hand side of the power select screen). You'll need to choose a prerequisite from the pool to unlock the ability to take the travel power at level 14 or higher.
If you have any questions feel free to send me a tell to @Steele Magnolia and I'll help as best I can. -
Quote:I'm also having the login and intermittent forum problems. I think they're connected.Originally Posted by devast8tor
My packet loss problem has returned and seems to be worse than before. In a new development, I'm having problems getting the website and forums to load and game login attempts are timing out too. The started some time today after 5:30 AM Eastern / 2:30 AM Pacific. It would be nice to get some official announcement from NCsoft regarding this issue, but maybe they only care about Aion now?
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Multiple attempts and failures at logins. Login server is down. Cannot connect to DB server.
Connected to east coast server issues? -
Quote:Mine looked even worse. It was like a bar code in red.Originally Posted by Legendary_Gnat
This looks even worse than before it got fixed
I'll try to PM Posi. -
Quote:Same on Liberty. Virtue is unaffected.Originally Posted by Legendary_Gnat
Logged into Freedom this morning.
After about a week of nice green grass, it's BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!
Edit: PM sent to Positron. I sent one last Saturday and it was fixed an hour or two later. Timing or intervention... who knows? Anyway, brought it to the Boss's attention. -
Quote:Wow. I got negative rep for this post. I think someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed!Originally Posted by Steele_Magnolia
Welcome back! I hope you enjoy yourself. If you have any questions just send me a tell in game.
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Quote:Okay, Valor and I will take Wednesday!Originally Posted by LurkerAbove
A quick FYI for all - TY for the support on the Wednesday night raids, but I will not be able to host one this coming Wednesday, 9/16 - so if anyone wants to take up the mantle for that night, plz go for it!
Hope to be able to do the following week!
What: Rikti Mothership Raid
Where: Rikti Warzone
Who: Heroes and Villains 35-50
Raid Leaders: @American Valor and @Steele Magnolia (characters tbd)
Date: 09/16/2009 - Wednesday
When: 9:00PM EST -
Quote:You're not being defrauded. You're willingly paying for a service over and over and over and over and over again... 60 months in a row now... for a service you hate. That's your own fault, no one else's. You're a prime example of why tort reform is needed.Originally Posted by DarkAvatar
Not sure what I would do. I've been here almost since the game went live. I think I missed it by maybe 2 weeks or so but in the more than 5 years I've been playing it this game has never been any good.
In over 5 years I've logged in the game almost daily and I always hate it. Every month I pay my subscription fee and I rage at having to pay for this horrible game when the development team never listens to me. They never give me what I want. I don't really know what that is but they never do it. They never make the game the way I tell them to. Well sometimes they do what I tell them to but then I end up not liking it because it's dumb and they should have known that. What am I paying them for?
So if they stopped giving me more stuff I would definitely be outta here because the stuff that I have been playing since May of 2004 up until now has never been any good and it sickens me that I am forced to spend so much time playing this game, a game that I pay for and it's always been terrible.
Multiple free updates over 5 years, not to mention one paid expansion we were forced to buy....nice way to squeeze extra money out of people by the way...did you really think we wouldn't figure that out? and they have never once gotten it right.
I try to be patient because I'm a mature adult but I can only take being ripped off and defrauded for so long.
If there were no more free updates I would quit this stupid game that I play daily just like I have been telling the developers that I would with every update they have ever had.
I would go play some other game out there that is actually good where the developers actually listen to their playerbase and design their MMOs around each individual player to give them what they want. Every other MMO out there does this. There is no excuse that this one doesn't do that too.
Then I would be gone and this company wouldn't have my subscription fee anymore. Hopefully maybe then they would learn because it seems it is the only thing that will teach them and maybe finally get them to fix this game and make it good.
I would also probably file a Class Action lawsuit because not putting out anymore content updates in an online game is clearly "bait and switch" and fraud. I looked it up on the internet somewhere and read it and plus my dad is a lawyer so I know what I am talking about. -
What: Rikti Mothership Raids
Where: Rikti Warzone
Who: Heroes and Villains 35-50
Raid Leaders: @American Valor (Star Justice) and @Steele Magnolia (Cassandra Seer)
Date: 09/11/2009 Friday
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbonyWall
Right this moment, for the first time in weeks that I've seen, netgraph is all green.
No red or yellow spikes anywhere.
I hope they got this fixed for good.
Atlanta area, Comcast, Infinity server.
Ditto. As one of teammates commented, he had forgotten what it was like to play without lag. If this stays fixed I will email a game friend who quit last week because of this.
Baltimore MD
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Quote:Spouse aggro must be carefully defused. I always cook and serve dinner before raids so my husband has a full tummy and gets on his computer.Originally Posted by MattMiracle
Depending upon wife agro, I would like to join you this evening on my Bots / Poison MM (which became my first 50 villian a week ago).
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Energy/Energy Blaster - Pink/Turquoise
(And of course Mothership Raids. This is how it will work - scroll down for the guide).