The_Alt_oholic

Welcome to the City.

Any character can fly though WarShades need some kind of Temp power in order to do it. You can get Hover at level 6 and Fly at level 14 (if you picked either Hover or Air Superiority by level 12).
If you can talk someone into it, you can get a Raptor Pack in the Shadow Shard for 10k as soon as you zone into the game. You just have to get to the vendor and pay the 10k and you can fly - the pack has 2 hours of use time.

Noob isn't cool. You are a new player. Noob is an insult term used by jerks. I dread hearing anyone call someone this - especially themselves. It is always used as a negative and degrading term. I really see no reason for it's use in the City at all. The Superhero genre, it would be much more in character for someone to call someone a Rookie. Needless to say, many players spend plenty of time as a side-kick to a team leader.

Scrappers, Tanks, and Brutes with Willpower or Regen are probably the easiest to play and most survivable. Don't pick Dual Blades to start with as they have a combo system - the other sets don't.

The best server is the one that you like playing on the most and that is completely debatable and often related to the friends that you find to game with.
Each server has it's own flavor.
The top sever is always the one that you logged into last.
Then the servers list in load order. 2nd to top - lowest load. Bottom one highest load. So if you have lag issues, you might want to try a server with a lower load - this may or may not affect the amount of lag you experience.
Virtue is the unofficial RPG server.
Champions was/is where Champions the RPG players used to/do hang out.
Justice is the unofficial Oceanic Time-zone server, but there are plenty of US players on it.
Infinity was at one point the (if not one of the) unofficial PvP servers.
Each of the servers basically has it's own feel. I'd suggest making a character on each and seeing which you feel at home on..it might end up being a matter of which one you find has the coolest supergroup to join - which is also a matter of personal taste.

So start some PvP events and draw them back to Infinity!

Like the others have said No. They definitely shouldn't be gone.

The top server on the server list is always the one that you logged into last. You should be able to click on that server and see the last charater you played on the first page of characters (far left page of the 3 pages of characters).

This is all assuming that you have an actual game account and are not logging in on different trail accounts each time you play. Trail accounts only last 14-days and you will lose your characters on trail accounts unless you buy a normal game account related to that trail account.

If you have CoolCharacter on one server and someone else has CoolCharacter on a different server, which CoolCharacter would the game try to send it to?

Translation :: Hello all. I just ran around in the City/Isles for the first time last night! So far it's lots of fun. I'm not sure what archetype is good for starting players, so I'm looking for suggestions. I'm looking forward to meeting people in the game and joining a supergroup (or villain group). I'm looking to PL to 50 to see what this game is about.

Hmm. At least that's the way I read it.

Okay, so the terminology is different here. Noob is an insult. I only see it thrown around in CoH by jerks - yeah, I'm serious.
This is - at the core - a friendly and helpful community of players.

To get help while you are running around in the City or Isles, you can use the [Help] channel by typing /hc [message]. That is what the [Help] channel is there for.

Since you are new, I would suggest making one of every archetype and seeing which you like best.
If you are looking for easiest to play and most survivable, I would suggest

1. scrappers or tanks on the Hero-side or brutes on the villain side.
2. Willpower or Regen for a Defense set
3. I would avoid Dual Blades to start with as they are the only melee set with combos

It is quite easy to meet tons of people in the City/Isles. I meet new people practically every time I play.

Getting in a Super group or Villain group is easy as looking in the SG/VG Recruiting Threads here in the forums ( http://boards.cityofheroes.com/forumdisplay.php?f=566 ) or simply yelling out in Atlas or Mercy
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/b I'm looking for a Supergroup.
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There are probably there is already someone out there yelling
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/b I'm from Supergroup X. We have all the gear and tp'rs to everywhere. We are cool because of this and this. Looking for active players.
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That might work for you. I think it is better to PuG (pick up group) for a while. You will probably get people offering you a spot in their SG and you can see how they play and make a call if that is what you are looking for.
Joining a SG doesn't always mean that you will have people to team with, some SG's are just about inviting new players for the prestige that they generate for the SG, so if you are not pleased with the first SG you join - don't feel stuck, there are plenty more of them out there.

Okay. Don't rush to get a 50. Seriously. This is not a game where level 50 is the end-all-be-all. There, fortunately, still is no End-Game in CoH. The fun of CoH is the journey, the cool battles, and the combos of powers that you use and others use around you.
If you are here to grind and "win" the game, then I think you have already lost.
The City is about the Flavor. Enjoy it and it will reward you. There is a lot to experience, and you will miss out on a bunch of it if you try to just rush through the game.
In fact, one of the things you can do when you hit even as low as level 25 is to go back in time and run the earlier missions!

So I suggest running around and enjoying the City.
Don't let yourself be dragged down into the Sewers right off the bat. (Don't tell me the first thing you want to do when you start playing a Superhero game is to act like it is a Fantasy game and run around in the Dungeons). Avoid the AE. (The AE can be cool, but new players are often sucked into something that doesn't resemble normal game play at all because of the kinds of players that want to lure low level characters into AE missions.)
Get some starter missions and explore the City. They will teach you things that many people miss out on - a feeling for the City. The starter missions will run you around a bit, but there is nothing to stop you from stopping some purse-snatching, etc along the way.

So good luck and have fun in the City.
I know I always do.

On the other hand, some are just going to think you are the jerk with money.

I don't see you saying anything about the bad economy or how some of us are suffering because of it.

I see you comparing giving away $300-400 to one month of free play time.
That's garbage and you know it. The two do not equate.

I'd tell you where you can take your "I have money so if you don't you're just a crybaby" attitude if the forum rules didn't say I couldn't. Believe me I would Mr Arrogant.

I have it rough right now but I have always been good with my money. I don't have any credit cards. I am in debt to no one. The only thing I ever bought with a loan was a computer that I already had money set aside for so that I could get credit to buy a house. I had a mortgage. I don't have one any more. I live within my means. I do what I have to do to get by.
I can see how $15 makes a big difference to some people in these hard economic times.

If you can't have compassion for those that aren't as luck as you, I really wish the table turn and show you what it is like on the other end of the stick and then you might have a different perspective, but I'm sensing it would just probably make you more of a jerk.

I paid $50 for City of Heroes. I paid for a pre-release version of City of Villains. I don't know when I'm going to have the money to get GR. And you're tossing around $'s like the mean nothing.
Those $15 might mean nothing to you. (And I throw some money at the DEVs for booster packs when I can). But that $15 could very well the equivalent of $15,000-30,000 to you - aka so much money that it's a difference between paying rent, eating, putting gas in a car, or paying for utility bills.

But like I said in MY EARLIER POST in regards to this, if they want the free month, they can wait to buy it and train up in some patience along the way.

Those that have the loot to show-boat and act L337 because they have the extra buck can feel free.

You've made my decision for me. Regardless if I save up the money early to get the pre-release version of the game..I'll wait for the version with game time. I'm tight on cash and I don't have money to throw around. That $15 would really help me out. The DEVs can thank you for not getting that extra $15, oh arrogant one with $ and attitude to throw around at the less fortunate.

I don't have much patience from arrogant people with money, they are the ones that ruined the world economy for those of us that are suffering because of it ...and some of them...could care less about the economic state that some of us are in.

You must play villains primarily, because you certainly are no hero with the kind of attitude you are expressing.

I'm seriously tempted to double the freaking stakes and say that I'm not going to play with any teams on the live servers with anyone that has DP or Demon Summoning before GR is released. I may very well refrain from doing so just because of this jerks post.

Some of us are really suffering out here. It isn't a joke!

Free Server Transfers - FOREVER

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Ultra Mode

As pre-ordained in the long lost thread "City of Jack Kirby Giants"!
...well, no Giant Kirby characters for us to trample on other players with, but reflections of our mighty-selves in the reflective surfaces of the City!
....a graphics mode that I will not be experiencing any time soon..
...next!

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Epic Archetypes Unlocked at Level 20

Already have my Epics unlocked. Hopefully, it unlocks the VETAs as well.
Even if it doesn't, that's one less excuse for people to PL characters.

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Animated Tails

Hopefully, that comes with some new tail options as well.
I'm hoping for a furry wolf tail and extension cord with pug.
(I'd bring up bubble helmets and turbans but they aren't tails...rats..brought them up by mistake)

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Content

Well, I don't know if I'll be running the Force(s) but I'll probably end up running the arc.


Does this mean we will need to go find the new badges before our TP'rs will work to the zones with new exploration badges?

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Quality of Life Improvements

I only hope this means that it will point out the last enemy cringing under a stairwell or stuck in the wall of a "Kill All" mission ...err I mean "Arrest All"...

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In-Game E-mail:

I seriously dread this one. I'm not going to say that I'm not going to use it, but it sure seems like a great blessing for RMT/gold farmers. (I can only hope that these transactions are tracked - yeah, you heard it here first...that caterwauling is the cat getting out of the bag)


It isn't from side-to-side, but it apparently is from server-to-server.

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Mission Architect Improvements

All sound like wins to me.

I can't say that "Exit Mission on Complete" is going to be a favorite though.
Having the Escort lead you to an another mission Event will be pretty cool though.
What's not to love about new maps!?

Not true.

I can sympathize with them.
I bought into the year +2 free months in Nov and, if I buy the Pre-order GR, then it is like I loose one of those two free months I was baited with in order to get me to buy in to the full year purchase price which put money into the companies hands during development of this project.

As far as gaming companies go, this is minor if at all an insult towards players intelligence. If you are in a monetary dilemma like many of us and don't feel like donating a months worth of play time to the cause, then just wait for the full release.
The pistols will still be there. You don't have to have the pistols now - they are not Pokemon cards. Release of GR is only a couple of months away. Sharpen your skills; patience is a skill that will take you a long way through hard and grueling times. I'm completely serious about that. If more people learned that lesson, the credit card companies profits would fall and consumers would have more money to spend - it might take a second to sink in, think about it.

I'm not complaining. I am sympathizing with those that can't shell out a little extra to suppport the game that they love. Times are tight right now. Some of you might not have been out of work or may have managed to even run into anyone that was hurt by the economic down turn, but millions of people were. This is a two-pronged whammy for them. Loose a month for pre-order (or wait for general release) and get to hear monetarily-endowed people giggle over how much better their graphics are. Heck, there are some of us that might not even have the bucks for GR. It might turn out that I'm one of them.

Maybe they are pushing for us to wait and get the full version when it comes out?
I don't know.

If it is worth the extra money to be "the cool kid on the block" or "L337 k1d 1n 7h3 Z0n3", then buy the pre-order and shoot your pistols off early and sport them in Ultra-Mode (that most of us won't see).

I want to see the game in the stores and on-the-shelves luring new players to play this great game. Then I suggest buying it in stores either way.

If you want to feed more money directly to Paragon Studios, I don't know if on-line purchase will funnel any more money to them or if NCSoft will skim just as much off the top as a retailer.

Myself, I'll be checking in at the local stores to see what they have on the shelves. I think it is for the good of the game that it gets store-front exposure - I don't see it getting much exposure any place else.
Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll have enough cash to buy it.
I doubt I'll be seeing Ultra-mode anytime in the foreseeable future. You see if I need to get a new graphics card, I probably need to get whole new computer and that's a lot more than the "low end" $100 that graphics-card that "might run" Ultra-mode - and far more than the copy of GR will cost either way - and like I said, I'll be lucky to have enough to buy that.

So yeah, I might not have been in the original Beta or bought a pre-order copy of CoH, but I bought a copy almost as soon as it came out and started playing as soon as I could save up to buy the parts to build a computer to run it. I'm a 66 month vet, and I can sympathize with someone that is already owns a copy of the game that won't get a free-month unless they wait to buy the full version when it is released. I'm pretty sure I received a free month when I bought the Pre-order of CoV.

All that being said, ranted, or whatever, my suggestion is get some training time in on patience while waiting for the full version to be release if you want to get the free month.
I'll be doing my patience-training saving up money to get a copy when I can save up enough to get it.
Either way, I'm sure some aspect of it will be worth the wait.

I was just going to post a link to my reply on the New Discussions forum, but it looks like that thread was deleted and/or I'm too tired to find it.

Well, Epic has just become less "epic".

The only sense I can make of this is that it is being implemented to give players on less reason/excuse to feel that they "need" to PL characters.

I'm not even sure why level 20 was picked. You already get capes and a new costume slot at 20.

Honestly, if I was going to lower the unlocking bar I would have made it level 25. That puts you square between the level 20 and level 30 costume unlocks. Also, it is so easy to get to level 20 at this point, you may very well shoot by it before you even realize you've hit 20.

I remember when making it from level 10 to level 15 filtered out the heroes from the punks. Now there are going to be freaking aliens everywhere. (...but didn't people say the same thing about Wings?)

Are the zombies really expected to survive?

I just let them die and summon more.

My market advice is

1. do what you think works but don't lean into it too much (aka don't put all your eggs in one basket)
2. be flexible
3. sell at a price were items move
4. don't tell other people what you are doing

lol
You only hope is that they are ebil.

I would think that it is fairly obvious that Cimerora is just east of Hyberborea, north of Aquilonia, and in the Age of Conan (aka the Hyborian Age).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maphyboria.jpg

For those of you that are unfamiliar with Conan the Barbarian, he is also known as "Conan the Cimmerian, from the name of his homeland, Cimmeria".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian

It might be just me, but Cimmeria and Cimerora are pretty close and the Cimerora zone was released around the same time as Age of Conan.
Mere coincidence?

Only you can decide!

Knowledge is half the battle!

or maybe you need to change servers.

I haven't seen one of those in a long time, but I don't hang out in Atlas on Freedom either.

I'm not sure why you are here posting then.

If you didn't see the Architect and Power Customization as strives forward over the last year then I have to ask how nerfing powers at release was noticeable progress for Champions Online.
You must be referring to Champions Online requiring their life-time subscribers to pay for the new content - but that would be for 2010 and not 2009.

I think Champions Online is going to win the "bait-and-switch" award hands down.

I made sure to vote for City of Heroes :: Issue 14 - The Architect as an expansion as well. Sure it was free, but The Architect was/is a great strive forward in MMORPGs even if it as been abused by some.

I don't think AE is an abomination.
I think what players did with it and are still doing with it are abominations (exploits) that need to be corrected.

The AE is a very powerful tool - that when used correctly - can be a great boon to this game.

I agree it has been abused like crazy, is still being abused, and the abuse missions far out number the number of missions that were actually made to tell stories.

It was because it was so easy to abuse that so many new players joined from other games. New players that weren't here to play a MMORPG in the super hero genre, but new players that were simply here because they could exploit the system.
When all you do is run farms in the AE or even Farms in the rest of the game, you aren't playing a super hero game. Your are simply trying to work the system and the genre has nothing to do with it.

There were Farms before the AE. There will be farms as long as players can run the same mission over and over again.

Is this where I get to complain about being EXPECTED to run Holiday missions over and over again ad naseum?

I guess that's for the suggestion forums...oh, we are here...

Yeah, at least give us some different maps!
How hard is to make at least one new holiday mission for an event each year?!

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Oh, forgot to say how to stop the inflation.
Stop paying high prices for items. If the don't sell, then people will stop posting them for those crazy high prices.