SunSonDesigns

Very nice guide, Soulie. As a professional Costume Designer, I have to say you have some really nice practical tips and some very striking designs to your characters!

I might respond a bit more later, but right now I have to go see Superhero Movie at the bargain theater!

Please tell me this is an April Fool's joke. If this is still around tomorrow, expect a lengthy, well-detailed, but polite essay on why this is a terrible idea.

Ruin_of_Irony - Can I just add that PhiloticKnight's Combat Handbook has some great tips for working with KB as a melee toon. He's being modest by not saying how amazingly helpful his Handbook is. I read it early as I started my MA/Regen scrapper and it changed the entire way I played him all the way to 50.

Biggest tip for KB when you're a melee toon (IMHO): Remember CTRL+TAB (or make a keybind) so that you can easily switch to the nearest target instead of the "next" one. I actually change my target cycle key to T and use Tab for target_enemy_near.

Very nice guide, Midnight_Flux! This has recently become a big issue with some regular teammates, and we constantly bicker about KB. Thanks for bringing up some important issues!

Hi, my name is Bankshot and I'm an altaholic.

I love making alts. When I bought the game, I played my first toon for about an hour, then made three more. Those first three toons, btw... the first is level 38 (and has been for a year), level 25 (and has been for a year), level 14 (and has been for a year) and Deleted (having been reincarnated at least 3 times).
I bought CoV in December of 2005, CoH in February of 2006. In May of 2006, I had three servers full of alts, a few on every other server but two, and my first level 50 (no PLing involved).

Although I constantly delete and make toons, I did choose to focus on the one toon very heavily for three months. I continually made alts the whole time, but usually didn't play them past level 5, until that toon hit 50.

My suggestion, if you really want to hit 50 (and I encourage you to get a 50 just so you can realize how little it matters--I didn't realize this till I had one), don't PLAY the alts. Make them all you want. Play for an hour or so, then go back to your main.

Making alts is fun. Costumes! Possibilities! Costumes! Stories! Costumes! And did I mention making new Costumes?! But realize that your alts will keep for eternity. YOu can always go back to them after you accomplish other goals. If you go a year without getting back to an alt, you probably just wanted the costume and idea. Make that costume on another toon you like better. Just relax and enjoy yourself.

/signed : Getting a 50 isn't a big deal, but you have to get it yourself before you can really understand that.
/signed : Don't be afraid to delete characters!
/signed : Don't feel like you have to give up altaholism.

Finally, enjoy the game you pay 15 bucks a month for in the way that you want to enjoy it. If you need that 50, follow Nadya's advice and just focus. If you like your servers full of alts, then fill em up!

Am I missing something? Whenever I place logo items, the logo doesn't show up at all. My SG colors are processing into the items correctly, but the logo itself is just a blank square. Am I doing something wrong? All my graphics settings are on the highest quality, so I don't think that is it.