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Originally Posted by GGG247

I'm (finally) getting a new computer, but wanted o know what I need to do in order to get CoH onto it.

Do I just download the game from the Internet?

Do I need to do something with the Launcher, or will it automatically download when I give it my userid and password?

Should I copy all of my CoH directory from my current computer onto my new one?

Thanks!

P.S.-I'm a paid player, if that makes any difference.

Originally Posted by Black Pebble

Okay.

Originally Posted by Dark_Respite

A wonky thought I had in someone else's thread comes to mind here. The devs are constantly under pressure to produce NEW STUFF. New powersets, new maps, new content, new lore, etc etc etc.

But I'm curious.

How many players would be willing to forego an issue (of major size, not just a .5 or update or something) of new content and whatnot, STRICTLY for the purpose of the rednames throwing all available resources that would normally be allocated to an issue at updating/QoL changes?

This could include stuff like:

• Fixing all the spelling/grammar mistakes. Since QA won't be testing new powers or maps or graphics, put them to work.
• All maps, NPCs, groups, etc, get added to the AE. Paging Dr. Aeon...
• Those items in the longstanding "known issues"? Fix.
• All the numbers-crunching to balance/fix stuff. Arcanaville, you're ready for your closeup now.
• Lore fixes - now's the time. EVERYTHING is adjusted to fit one proper, intelligent, well-thought-out timeline. We know the devs read the ParagonWiki - hit the In_game_Timeline page and start from there.
• Costumes - Dink, we love you. Time to make sure that parts are available across the genders. THAT INCLUDES GIVING MEN THE VENUS SYMBOL AND WOMEN THE MARS SYMBOL.

I am very deliberately not including the PvP issue or bases (PvP because the one suggestion everyone makes is "roll back pre-I13", and bases because if they pull on that web anymore, the whole thing will collapse).

On the other hand, this COULD be the ideal issue for dealing with both issues - especially if the response for bases is to implement something like, say... "Legacy" vs "New."

Legacy bases - they stay as they are. No support, no new stuff, nothing. You get to keep your old base, but you keep all the old problems.
New bases - new tech, new stuff, problems fixed. You have to rebuild from scratch, but now you get access to all the spiffy stuff.

*****

What do you guys think? Would you 'sacrifice' one issue's worth of new content if it meant all those irritating little detracting annoyances that diminish the game bit by bit could just be FIXED?

I would.

THAT I'd do an ad for.

ISSUE ###: OVERHAUL
"Nothing new... but damn, it sure feels like it."

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

So. I never finished Twinshot's arc, so what the heck, figured I'd do it on my new staff character. Have to take a break until she'll talk to me again at 15, though.
Ok, no problem. I'll go do Montague's arc. Hmn, not 15 yet. Oh well, he gave me a contact....

Enter Kyle Peck. Ok, haven't heard that name before, guessing he's old content.



I should have known. I should have run a bloody mile at the sight of the ancient, non-descript civilian model. But no, like a trusting fool I walked up and thought he might give me missions.

'Go talk to the Hero Corps Analyst in Kings Row'

......

Ok, fine. Just a one off sur-

'Have you talked to Lt Winscott in the Hollows?'

.....

No. No and I am level 13, he has nothing to intere-

'Go Hunt 10 Vahzilok in Steel Canyon'.


Clearly Mr Peck is deciding to be very unhelpful today. Right. Fine. I'll ignore the...man and go to another contact he gives me, Dr Trevor Seaborn. Another one I don't know, maybe HE will have some actual content with, heaven forbid, a plot and a point.

'Go to Perez and fight Hellions, despite them being below your level' OR 'Go talk to the Skyway City Security Chief so you can hunt 10 Trolls.'





What. The. Hell. Guys. What is it going to take to cut all this old junk out of the game for good? For one, the Hero Corp Analyst should be covered, surprised surprise, IN THE TUTORIAL. If, you know, the Tutorial covered anything at all, rather than being 'Look, Shiny new Shivans!!'

I just....I honestly don't know what to say that is actually printable. For the love of sanity and sense, Get. Rid. Of This. Junk. It has NO place in a game that has the new Atlas, Mercy and Praetoria, let alone First Ward and the quality content like that. What the hell will new players thing, going from the polished and story-rich content to suddenly doing THIS crap?! All of my Why?

Originally Posted by Trilby

Well, I kinda broke down and made a SS/Fire brute, for farming.

Stuck her in as a level one in a fire farm I like and she is now 10.

So any advice for what I should be looking at, slotting etc in this build? I'm not looking at spending masses on her, so I'm sticking to cheap sets and whatever I get her from the AE, so mostly she will be in SOs.

Can anyone suggest a built for her, or have any advice for fire farming? What inspirations to use, what powers to spam, etc.

Originally Posted by I Burnt The Toast

Why I don't pvp:

1. It has never been about skill. It has always been about uber builds and ganging up on one or two people (referencing zone pvp post issue 9)

2. The absolute adolescent trash talking is annoying after 5 minutes

3. In reference to above: the homophobic and racists remarks are disgusting and seen as funny and acceptable - I don't hang around racist or homophobes irl why would I do it in my leisure time?

4. The rewards - Hmm let's see - a minuscule chance at a worthless recipe drop - no thanks. Sure there are badges, but I honestly could care less about the pvp badges.

5. Stand and fight already - zone pvp is run run run run phase run run run run - boring.

Every now and then some friends and I get together and arena for fun - and it is fun because we don't treat it seriously or get angry and start trash talking each other.

I actually preferred pvp issue 7-9 with SOs when it actually took skill. And to those who whine that Issue 13 killed pvp - no the pvp community killed pvp. Back in the day pvp was about skill and people would actually gratz others when they were beaten - now it's all about slinging profanity and nothing more than a huge pissing contest.

If you want a sample of zone pvp - watch the Arena Chat channel for about an hour - the complete infantile "conversations" will show you the maturity level of the pvp community.

tldr;
the pvp community is rude and the lack of rewards make pvp not worthwhile.

Originally Posted by Domino33

Just recently purchased a new laptop, and the game runs everything superb however from time to time it will just stop responding and freeze. If I wait for it to fix itself, sometimes it will bring up the CoH has crashed window, other times I'll have to force close it and bring it back up on my own. Seems to happen more on Lam runs and BAF runs, in case that is relevant information.

Originally Posted by T_Immortalus

Oh yeah, it probably also has something to do with running City of Heroes on 64bit Windows 7 because City of Heroes is a 32bit program.
At least that seems to make the issue occur more often because it is apparently a common factor with many who have the issue.

I know I have 64bit Windows 7 and experience that crash sometimes.

Originally Posted by Kathari

Endless Waltz, I was looking at your build. It seems like you put a lot of thought into it, and you claim to have experience with Ice/Kin and Fire/TA. I just can't wrap my head around a couple of things in your power choices and slotting.

Your build has almost zero defense or resistance. You did not take Charged Armor, but you did take Surge of Power (i.e. with the crash). You did not take Arctic Air, which while End heavy is great mitigation against Melee damage. But you somehow found room in your build for Flurry. Your regen is at about 300% (impressive) and you have Aid Self. But are you going to be able to use Aid Self without defense? You skipped Frostbite which is an Immob, but took Shiver which is -movespeed and -recharge.

Your recharge is 72.5% without haste. Which I think could be a lot higher since you did not slot for defense at all.

I just don't understand the "mitigation" of this build, unless you are simply relying on your control powers hitting 100% of the time and never getting surprise attacked, flanked, etc.

Originally Posted by Lucretia_MacEvil

Just finished some testing: the old machine works okay; I get a little lag with it (and it can't run ultra mode at all, which is why I want to fix this so badly). Characters I made on the new machine work on the old one without causing it to crash. The new character I made on the old machine just today works on the new one. It seems to be just characters I made before I22 came out. Unfortunately, I didn't make any characters on the new machine prior to I22's release, but since the new character I made on the old machine worked just fine, I don't think the character's creation source is part of the problem.

I got the new machine just before the release of I22. As far as I can remember, it worked fine until I22 came out, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

Originally Posted by DarklordDKL

I have a Dell XPS Gen 3, w/256MB PCI Express x16, ATI Radeon X800 XT

I want to upgrade the video card to be able to play all the newer COH content without crashing. Ultra Mode if possible, but not necessary. Looking to spend no more than $200.

Any recommendations or advice?

Originally Posted by Blood Red Arachnid

The only ATs that really need help on a whole are Blasters and Khelds. For the most part, it is particular power sets that need to be looked at.