One small, small thing that bugs me is the space bar.. The space bar is for jumping over small (and large) obstacles. Not jumping around like a rabbit on speed once the team slows down for any reason (like discussing tactics, waiting for players to zone etc. etc)
//Jack
The Kickers base.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
-Groucho Marx
Space bar's also a good travel power if you have hurdle . . . continuous jumping makes for about the same speed as fly with the same number of relevant enhancements in . . . but that's for when you're TRAVELING 
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Hm, actual don't . . . hm . . . If you feel the unbearable urge to make "SSJ Goku." with a scary Dragonball rip-off outfit just so you can see how long it takes to get generecized, DON'T make it a villian, eh?
"I think you're confused. This is /b, not /b/."
Lol number one emp rule, If your Out of Line Of Sight: I CAN NOT heal you. You come running back to me, sure ill heal you.. but you die? Thats YOUR Bad not mine...
The Official Resident Fanboi of dUmb
Always Allow/Disallow Mystic Fortune Prompt!
PCSAR
Do not go 'brb bio' right after the next to last Synapse TF mission, ESPECIALLY when the rest of the team has been talking about the Babbage ambush that's gonna happen as soon as we exit the mission.
Moggie's big forum-brother.
"I'm a tech. I tell it how it is. I'm incapable of the sunshine blowing necessary in their field." - BillZBubba
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(some guy actually said this was the ultimate technique for xps- he said his SG had been tporting a dead body around for a month. Please- say it ain't so...)
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This sounds like possible a vengence/fallout using team. Not just merely tping around a dead body for risk free exp, but actually using the body for a massive party buff.
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Do not go 'brb bio' right after the next to last Synapse TF mission, ESPECIALLY when the rest of the team has been talking about the Babbage ambush that's gonna happen as soon as we exit the mission.
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That's why I recommend all serious CoX players have catheters. All catheter teams are easily the fastest at S/TFs!!
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Do not go 'brb bio' right after the next to last Synapse TF mission, ESPECIALLY when the rest of the team has been talking about the Babbage ambush that's gonna happen as soon as we exit the mission.
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That's why I recommend all serious CoX players have catheters. All catheter teams are easily the fastest at S/TFs!!
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Uh huh, and if you suddenly gotta' drop a duece?
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I remember Mountains of Yserbius, off the Sierra network. Truly a dungeon crawl. THAT is old school (unless you are goign back to pong, which I had and also played 
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It was "Shadow of Yserbius", along with its "sequel", "Fates of Twinion". I had to get the single-player version of it to avoid the monthly dues since, for me, it was the only real worthwhile thing they had on The Sierra Network/ImagiNation Network. Sure, it was horrible solo, but I was hooked...eh...
If you think you're doing a 3 year veteran player's Dominator (2 levels higher than you) a "Favor" by inviting them to your waste-of-valuable-time bank farming team under the false pretense that you're going to "run his missions"
The Optimist says the glass is half full.
The Pessimist says the glass is half empty.
While they argue about it, the Opportunist comes along, drinks what's left, and removes all doubt. - Redwood
Alvays remember, schmot guy...any plan vere you lose you hat...is a BAD PLAN!
You might be a Noob who bought an account on ebay if:
You need to be told how to use a temp power while playing a level 50 character. Not knowing how to receive veterans rewards I could understand, many people stop playing for a while and then pick the game back up a few issues later. But not knowing what to do with the power once you've got it...
"I reject your reality and substitute my own!" Adam Savage from Mythbusters
Don't know if this fits here, but several week ago I had a most interesting experience...
Some Newbie: I got hit on the other day.
Me: Can I ask how old you are?
Ms Mean-pants: Why should that matter?
Me: because her reaction may be why she is so disturbed
She sends me a private tell saying her age (young) and not to tell anybody... and then she tells everybody.
Me: There are older people in this game who look to flirt, feel free to tell them you are more interested in playing the game and to leave you alone.
This sparks a group therapy cession about sexual harassment and a whole host of other game issues (including blind invites to team/sg). All of this was happening in a low part of the sewers. I felt like a grandpa imparting wisdom... and when I had to leave I got a chorus of please don't you are helping me so much.
N00b vs Newb, still surreal...
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After reading some of the posts this thread, I've got a good one.
Don't be an arrogant, anti-social [censored] who will only team after receiving a paragraph-long /tell explaining exactly what missions are being done, the levels and powersets of everyone on the team, and exactly how many minutes the mission will take...assuming you don't just talk to 3 or 4 RL friends only and ignore everyone else in the game.
Meeting and playing with new people in this game is a good thing. Sometimes these people are terrible, immature little kids. But you may also find a new friend. Most of the time, though, it'll just be an average team that goes through its missions at a decent pace and breaks the monotony of soloing. Which is not bad at all.
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Don't be an arrogant, anti-social [censored] who will only team after receiving a paragraph-long /tell explaining exactly what missions are being done, the levels and powersets of everyone on the team, and exactly how many minutes the mission will take...assuming you don't just talk to 3 or 4 RL friends only and ignore everyone else in the game.
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Contrawise, Don't be a rude [censored] who sents nasty tells/more invites after a blind invite is rejected. The person may infact be in the middle of trying to solo an Elite Boss and not apriciate the interuption.
There is a middle ground and we should strive for it. The devs gave us the looking for team interface for a reason, no if only we could get more people using it. And until then, "up for bank mish?" does not take long to type and yet gives most people the info they need to decide whether the what to join. And actually replying (if you aren't in the middle of a battle) with "no thank you" or the like will encourage such politeness.
"I reject your reality and substitute my own!" Adam Savage from Mythbusters
Damn. Coxers are some jaded mmoers. Here's a challenge: try playing an mmo you have no experience with and not doing anything stupid.
Methinks this game is gettin a wee bit old for these gripes to be hashed out again and again and again ad nauseum...
..but here's mine anyway:
1. Don't quit a tf/sf early on, log on 3 hrs later, and then claim it was your son or little brother who was on earlier. immediate /e kick for that crud.
2. Don't do a radiation infection pull if you're not going to hide around a corner/don't have stealth/run away from your team(or tank/brute)... and thus die the majority of the times during those pulls.
3. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!...stop inviting me to a full team for a friggin bank mish in port oakes, or cap audable. Can be done I know...but the majority of the time a huge team fails to get the appropriate time needed to rush the bank, or just plain fails because they "runz 2 teh b4nk" right away.
...If you go up to a (LEVEL 3) brute and say "You only have ONE of your attack powers? Man, that character will suck in PVP."
The Optimist says the glass is half full.
The Pessimist says the glass is half empty.
While they argue about it, the Opportunist comes along, drinks what's left, and removes all doubt. - Redwood
Alvays remember, schmot guy...any plan vere you lose you hat...is a BAD PLAN!
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actually, i was mysteriously kicked from a team, midmission once. first time it ever happened. i send a tell, asking what i may have done wrong, as i had been playing that char for a while( a brute), and had no complaints up to that point of my 30+ levels. i was told it was because a SG mate wanted on the team.
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I was kicked from a Rikti raid team once because a stone brute "needed" a kin. (I was on my blaster.)
So after a broadcast saying random kicks weren't cool, I started my own team (with a few from the team that the leader had kicked me ) and we all laughed in team chat as the other team leader broadcasted that he had multiple open spots untill everyone was onto the ship (which is precisely when a stoner wouldn't "need" a kin).
Just as a general point:
"Never talk about a set as if you understand it without spending at least three months in-game playtime with it, and have run it for all 50 levels."
New players can have valid viewpoints, but rarely will they have a fully cohesive view of powers and how they react throughout the full course of the game.
This isn't elitism, it's simply a fact of experience.
"I'm flying free with my beautiful butterfly wings!" ~ Randy Marsh
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Just as a general point:
"Never talk about a set as if you understand it without spending at least three months in-game playtime with it, and have run it for all 50 levels."
New players can have valid viewpoints, but rarely will they have a fully cohesive view of powers and how they react throughout the full course of the game.
This isn't elitism, it's simply a fact of experience.
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.... That -is- elitist...
I played for 2 full years before I finally buckled down and took a character to 50. Each character I made had obvious Advantages and Disadvantages. I didn't need a level 50 to tell me how to make my character or 'Build For Success'.
I've never resorted to using a guide on my builds, either... Getting to level 50 isn't the only way to learn. Some people are just better at math than others. Some are more tactically minded. Still others are capable of completing a task through sheer and determined stubborn.
I might fall into the last catergory.. >.>
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Just as a general point:
"Never talk about a set as if you understand it without spending at least three months in-game playtime with it, and have run it for all 50 levels."
New players can have valid viewpoints, but rarely will they have a fully cohesive view of powers and how they react throughout the full course of the game.
This isn't elitism, it's simply a fact of experience.
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.... That -is- elitist...
I played for 2 full years before I finally buckled down and took a character to 50. Each character I made had obvious Advantages and Disadvantages. I didn't need a level 50 to tell me how to make my character or 'Build For Success'.
I've never resorted to using a guide on my builds, either... Getting to level 50 isn't the only way to learn. Some people are just better at math than others. Some are more tactically minded. Still others are capable of completing a task through sheer and determined stubborn.
I might fall into the last catergory.. >.>
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His statement wasn't just elitist, it was dumb. The last 12 levels, you pretty much have all the powers you're probably going to take from your powerset...you're just getting the Patron/Elite powers by then, which have no bering on the build's normal powersets.
I don't, for example, need to be level 50 to be able to describe the various useful tactics involving, say, Caltrops.
The Optimist says the glass is half full.
The Pessimist says the glass is half empty.
While they argue about it, the Opportunist comes along, drinks what's left, and removes all doubt. - Redwood
Alvays remember, schmot guy...any plan vere you lose you hat...is a BAD PLAN!
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Do not call those guys with the blue shield beside their name healers.
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Bravo indeed, its a form of prejudice i say!
Whining about everything since 2006.
Ammo switching for Dual Pistols was my idea:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=135484
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- Not an Empath does not make them "Not a (good/real) Defender." Notice how nothing's been hitting you since they joined? Don't gripe at them for not making green numbers.
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Amen to that! I started playing CoH as a Dark/Psi defender. It was a slow road to 50. I'd get invited to teams and kicked the moment they'd find out I wasn't an empath. Nevermind the fact that I could debuff the mess out of a mob or that my AoE heal dealt more hp than a standard empathic AoE heal. (Granted, the heal does require acc, but who needs heals when the mobs can't even hit you???)
On that note, here's my addition (which may echo many of the sentiments I've read):
Open your mind!!! Take the time to experiment with or, at the very least, familiarize yourself with other AT's and their powers. Don't write off other players with unconventional powersets. Since when did originality turn into a punishable offense?
If you're a defender/controller/corruptor/mm, you should know the value of buffs and debuffs, not just heals.
If you're a controller/dominator, you should know the difference between hold, immob, disorient, sleep, etc. (PULLEEZ, don't get me started on the Hami raids.)
If you're a tank/scrapper/brute/stalker, you should know the difference between def and resist, as well as the different dmg types (same for any AT with buffs/debuffs for that matter).
If you're a blaster, learn aggro control. (Don't be surprised if you're faceplanted after dropping a moderate AoE attack on an enormous mob.)
If you're a kheld/VEAT, you're not God. Fight the urge!
If you're anyone with a pulse and half a neuron on CoX, you should know what regen and recovery are.
Ok, who have I left out? lol
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I totally understand your point. On the flipside, I like learning as much as possible about the game from other players. I may ask someone why they chose a certain power over another, but I don't necessarily mean that in a negative way. I'm simply asking to see if there's something I may be overlooking--something new I could learn about the game.
Of course, I'd never call you an idiot if I disagree with your choices. My mother raised me right, I'd call you an idiot in a private tell to another player. LOL JK JK JK
There were some complaints earlier in the thread about not sending "wanna join?" tells to someone in missions. I respectfully disagree.
When I'm trying to fill a team I look for everyone in the proper level range (the level that we're fighting or 1 or 2 levels below) and I'll send tells to any of them. Usually something like,
"Hey there, we're running level 44 invincible missions in PI. Care to join us when you're done there?"
If they don't respond, no biggie. sometimes you want to solo / log / spend the next few hours in WW. Sometimes they do join and you could meet someone interesting.
Just because someone's in a mission doesn't mean they are unwilling to team.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Post i9 hami raids cause they are so not better than the old ones. lol
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Do NOT and I repeat do NOT, call yourself a puller...run out in the open, fire off your blast AND STAND THERE. Cut a damn corner, get out of line of sight. Especially if your fighting ranged enemies. It baffles me how some people dont understand this logic.
Then complain when they're kissing the floortiles, 'why didn't you guys help me?'
I never boot noobs for being noobs, but man they can try your patience.
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Yeah. Love when I pull, go to back up and run around the corner and am able to backpedal 2" before slamming into the team. "Uh guys... MOVE!" followed by ::trampled::
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You go through the time and effort to expain what you're about to do, set up a corner with Ice Slick, Caltrops, Tar Patch... whatever; then take a beautiful shot, and go around the corner waiting for the enemy pain to commence, only to see the melee characters rush past all your traps and engage the enemy before they reach the setup...
My main is a Scrapper, and even I find that painful to watch...
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LOL My robots tried doing that last night with my */traps corrupter teammate.
At least when I bark at them to get their [censored] back here they listen.
Traps were successful once they came back.
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...or when you do a perfect pull, then some jackarse starts shooting the moment the mobs get into his range- with an AoE preferably.
At least they usually die fast. Unfortunately they don't necessarily learn.
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sorry, didn't know all you bullet points were for the exact same thing. plus i was tired when i posted that.