Ah! The good old days.. *sniff*
By
4_Thirty_5,
Posted on: 2006-10-03 21:15 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Noob moments from history:
I got into this game on strong recommendation from my brother, who's very first character (created right at release) was named "Patient Zero."
So I'm running my missions, and suddenly I get a mission that tells me to "Defeat Patient Zero." And, seriously, I'm actually wondering for quite a while if I'm supposed to go kill my brother, who was actually logged in at the time, before I realize the unlikelihood of that particular scenario.
But what an interesting game it would have been, if "patient zero" for the Vahz disease was some unsuspecting player picked at random every time that mission was drawn. No debt, no penalty, just some hero randomly stomping you, putting you in a body bag, and sending you off for analysis.
Heck, I would award special XP to the inconvenienced player, just to make them think they won a weird lottery.
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I remember no "break free"s in the game.
One of my toons still has a the inspiration that was before them, it was pink, was it discipline?
Victory
Bonfire Fire / Fire Blaster
Anarchy Annie Invul / SS Tanker
Jago Mar EM / ES Brute
Draigas Ninja / Ninjitsu Stalker
Lynchpin Stone / Stone Tank
Freedom
Ambrosial Fire / Ice Tanker
KnightAssassin Spines / DA Scrapper
Aegis Mar Invul / BA Tanker
Vendetta Tears D3
i remember discipline
i remember when the hollows was just a sealed wall in AP, that made me wonder what was behind it 
i remember my first character a MA/regen scrapper back in I0, after first logging in I did a marathon got him up to 10 went to sleep for a few hours passed a final, went to work, came home and played another 10 hours
i remember when I drank Mnt. Dew because I liked the taste and not because I needed the caffeine to keep me awake in the morning (okay this isn't really related to the game but still true)
I remember my first lvl20, was my emp/psy back in I2. I can't recall how many times I got hit on, and it wasn't like the character was all that skimply dressed, oh well.
I remember the noid!
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I remember...
...The Name Reservation debale, and the many accusations of those mythical "Name Thieves", and people offering to pay cash to get names they wanted.
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Good old PuffyShirt. I actually miss him. He was my favorite troll ever.
I remember thinking I would have a lot more posts by now...pfft.
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Victory
Bonfire Fire / Fire Blaster
Anarchy Annie Invul / SS Tanker
Jago Mar EM / ES Brute
Draigas Ninja / Ninjitsu Stalker
Lynchpin Stone / Stone Tank
Freedom
Ambrosial Fire / Ice Tanker
KnightAssassin Spines / DA Scrapper
Aegis Mar Invul / BA Tanker
Vendetta Tears D3
So I wonder if someone who was in CoH since before Beta, but he was 10 at the time is still allowed to do the "old man" spiels...
(No, I'm not talking about anyone in particular, just a general random thought)
Your signature, is that from Shadowrun? (now I do feel old) 
Victory
Bonfire Fire / Fire Blaster
Anarchy Annie Invul / SS Tanker
Jago Mar EM / ES Brute
Draigas Ninja / Ninjitsu Stalker
Lynchpin Stone / Stone Tank
Freedom
Ambrosial Fire / Ice Tanker
KnightAssassin Spines / DA Scrapper
Aegis Mar Invul / BA Tanker
Vendetta Tears D3
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I remember thinking I would have a lot more posts by now...pfft.
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I remember thinking, "Why does anybody even post on the forums when they could be playing?"
--NT
They all laughed at me when I said I wanted to be a comedian.
But I showed them, and nobody's laughing at me now!
If I became a red name, I would be all "and what would you mere mortals like to entertain me with today, mu hu ha ha ha!" ~Arcanaville
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Your signature, is that from Shadowrun? (now I do feel old)
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Ha! 
Yep it sure is... one of my favorite games... (Ohhhh if only they could make an SR MMO that was done right... *droooooooools*) ...and it would so work as an MMO too...
As an aside note, yes you are likely old, or at the very least feel that way... I am fast approaching 30 and find myself finding more and more things that I remember being cool being outdated, or even stranger... brought back in the current retro craze!
Voltron
Speed Racer
He-Man
MEGO dolls (Yes, before the 3.5" action figures, boys did in fact play with dolls)
GI Joe
Thunder Cats
Tiger Sharks
Transformers/Go-Bots
Atari
NES (8 bits of sheer POWER!)
I may not be as old as some here, but I'd wager I'm as old or older than most...
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I remember thinking I would have a lot more posts by now...pfft.
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I remember thinking, "Why does anybody even post on the forums when they could be playing?"
--NT
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I've wondered the same thing myself... but it's like crack! Gah! I can't stop posting!
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Your signature, is that from Shadowrun? (now I do feel old)
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You can believe it. Good ol Sam the Dog shaman.
I remember talking my ex-roomie into getting the game based upon what I had read about it in PCGamer.
....the first character I created, and still my Main, and getting tells about the name, some got it, some didn't.
....seeing my first high level ambush chasing after the ambushee after Hollows came out. It was the first time I had seen Freakshow, and following them at a distance just to see what they would do and getting to close and they happily showed me for all .5 seconds.
....the Rularuu invasion. Remember attacking the eyeballs and brutes in AP and GC and getting so cocky that I started attacking higher level mobs and getting a free ride to the hospital.
....helping out a 40+ character with a nemie mission and not realizing that snipers saw thru CD+SS and getting killed over and over till I hit the debt cap.
....when badges came out and I had the first 2 when I logged on the first time along with the 3 mez badges.
...the nerf to trip mine. After setting up a Hallway of Death and luring a Red con boss into it and just standing there going, "This ain't fair....oh that hurt."
....when in the 30s and up I couldn't get a team because no one wanted a blaster on the team...and getting kicked from the team when a scrapper(s) became available.
I am taking my sig to MWO and MWT. Let them wonder what it means.
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So I wonder if someone who was in CoH since before Beta, but he was 10 at the time is still allowed to do the "old man" spiels...
(No, I'm not talking about anyone in particular, just a general random thought)
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Well I do remeber Temp Invulnerabiity being a click power. And I remember think it was pretty much useless.
I remember getting into Perez Park my 4th or 5th day CoH beta, getting my Defeat 10 CoT mission completed. Then heading to the futherest, remoted mission door in Perez. My first cave map had the infamous 4 level cavern. I remeber being totally bewildered during the entire mission because it was an 8 man team.
I remeber leaving the mission and trying to leave the Perez Maze with my Skin intacts. I rememer actually making to the edge of the park with an enterance in sight. And I remember the heart-ache of being Recall Friend'ed by my mentor back into the middle of the Lake surrounded on all side by Hyda. And then dicovering the joy of the Hospital Express.
I remember getting Hover, and loving this game. And I remeber getting real extremely lucky in meeting up with the Altas Blimp. And then disoverying that one can actually land on said Blimp.
I remember Hover Patrolling over KR looking for those CoT green flickers of light at night. I also remeber the heart-ache of find another hero beating me to the spawn.
I have it etech into my memory when I finally got Fly. It was the embodiment of a kids dream of being a super hero. It still being a tear of joy to my eye when I think about it.
I remember my first time into Boom Town and marveling at it in person for the first time. I also remeber being in awe of a level 32 character that was just sitting around in Boomtown.
I remeber loving to play tourist in CoH beta. Just flying around visiting all of the zones that I could get into. I would spend hours just flying around and enjoying the zones. And I still so flying around playing tourists in zones today. I'm still see new things I havent seen before even after 2 1/2 years of play.
I remember seeing Talos Island and Founder Falls from the air, seeing off of the green circles of light, and thinking that the CoT are very brazen in those zones. (They actually were just DE Trees of Life back when they stuck around forever.) And I remember see DE Emanators for the first time. They conned are Lieutenants. All of the new players just standing around staring at them, not daring to get too close to aggro them.
My RL friend and SG mates filled me in on the CoH background. And I marvled at seeing Rikti in FF for the first time. They seems strange, mysteries and ominous specially with that strange gated walk of theirs.
And I remeber the Rikti Invasion to close out the CoH Beta. See a Ritki Mothership appear in the skys in the various zones. Spawns of Hydra appearing in Stell Canyon and all throughout Paragon City.
I remember gathering in Talos Islands preparing for and awaing "IT to begin. The players around the tram just talking and organizing things. I'm just sort of look around, spot something and trying to get everyones attention. "guys"...."Guys!"...."GUYS! HELLLO!!!!! SPACESHIP TO THE NORTH!!!!!!!!! INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Rikti everywhere. Heroes valently fighting against overwhelming odds. Man it felt like being in a one of the big comic publisher world ending epic event. I remeber getting mezz'ed and mezz'ed over and over by one Rikti LT. And I remember being determinded to dropped that one LT if it took me the rest of the night.
We finally cleared the hill to the Noth of the Tram in Talo. And the fleet moving heroes start faning out looking for more Rikti incusions. I remeber getting a bit to lot and getting smack hard by a Tsoo. And then getting a drive by heal by a friendly Defender. (Acutall it was move of a suicidal drop healing as the Defender was a Teleporter and I was 100 ft in the air).
I got lots more but I think I'll stop here....
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Your signature, is that from Shadowrun? (now I do feel old)
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Ha!
Yep it sure is... one of my favorite games... (Ohhhh if only they could make an SR MMO that was done right... *droooooooools*) ...and it would so work as an MMO too...
As an aside note, yes you are likely old, or at the very least feel that way... I am fast approaching 30 and find myself finding more and more things that I remember being cool being outdated, or even stranger... brought back in the current retro craze!
Voltron
Speed Racer
He-Man
MEGO dolls (Yes, before the 3.5" action figures, boys did in fact play with dolls)
GI Joe
Thunder Cats
Tiger Sharks
Transformers/Go-Bots
Atari
NES (8 bits of sheer POWER!)
I may not be as old as some here, but I'd wager I'm as old or older than most...
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Oh yeah, SR would so be a cool MMO.
Hell I remember using 8-tracks till the mid 80s, having a turntable to play my moms LPs and cringing when I saw/heard DJs scratching with LPs.
Good ol Intellivision was my family's console.
Cable TV being 22 channels plus 2 premimum channels-HBO and later Showtime.
oh yeah, I am 37.
I am taking my sig to MWO and MWT. Let them wonder what it means.
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Your signature, is that from Shadowrun? (now I do feel old)
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Ha!
Yep it sure is... one of my favorite games... (Ohhhh if only they could make an SR MMO that was done right... *droooooooools*) ...and it would so work as an MMO too...
As an aside note, yes you are likely old, or at the very least feel that way... I am fast approaching 30 and find myself finding more and more things that I remember being cool being outdated, or even stranger... brought back in the current retro craze!
Voltron
Speed Racer
He-Man
MEGO dolls (Yes, before the 3.5" action figures, boys did in fact play with dolls)
GI Joe
Thunder Cats
Tiger Sharks
Transformers/Go-Bots
Atari
NES (8 bits of sheer POWER!)
I may not be as old as some here, but I'd wager I'm as old or older than most...
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I used to play SR3E; and I'm only 23 <;_;> damn good game; and yes - done right it would be a *great* MMO.
*looks at Cryptic*
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I remember the initial shock everyone had (me included) when Jack Emmert didn't look a thing like Statesman.... But that's the whole point of a game like City of Heroes, you can make just about any kind of character.
I remember when the Pre-Beta forum members were anxiously waiting to see if they'd get the chance to join one of the waves of the Closed Beta. Most (if not all games) had people having to fill out forms, stating what games you've played (online and otherwise). Even after playing SWG, it was a pain trying to apply for it's first expansion Jump to Lightspeed. Prior to SWG, I had no other experience in MMORPGs (BBS RPG games don't count).
With CoH, no prior experience was needed, but being in Beta was a lesson in patience and trying to submit any bug I found (when it was safe to do so...). Hey, it might take days or months, but it's satifying to see something you pointed out before getting fixed.
I remember when everyone had to do train hopping to get to the right station. Man, that was a pain, esp. when there was no way to tell which zone your team mates went to, unless they told you.... Then again, there's more than a few times where I accidentally went one station too many and had to go around again 
I remember going to Steel Canyon for the first time and getting slaughtered while my tanker and scrapper friends collectively sighed at the reckless blaster that I was (and usually still am)....
I remember when it was 'working as intended' if the mobs were within 3 levels of your characters. Even on a good sized team, it was difficult or downright impossible at the time to complete such a mission (esp. the timed ones, like the one I had against the Tsoo..., dang Yellow Inks, Sorcerers and Ancestor Spirits!).
I remember when people were requesting letters to be added to the chest emblems. When it was announced that the response was so great that the powers that be decided to throw them into the mix, people were emboldened to ask for the Greek Alphabet as well (yay, Vet Rewards ).
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Your signature, is that from Shadowrun? (now I do feel old)
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Ha!
Yep it sure is... one of my favorite games... (Ohhhh if only they could make an SR MMO that was done right... *droooooooools*) ...and it would so work as an MMO too...
As an aside note, yes you are likely old, or at the very least feel that way... I am fast approaching 30 and find myself finding more and more things that I remember being cool being outdated, or even stranger... brought back in the current retro craze!
Voltron
Speed Racer
He-Man
MEGO dolls (Yes, before the 3.5" action figures, boys did in fact play with dolls)
GI Joe
Thunder Cats
Tiger Sharks
Transformers/Go-Bots
Atari
NES (8 bits of sheer POWER!)
I may not be as old as some here, but I'd wager I'm as old or older than most...
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I used to play SR3E; and I'm only 23 <;_;> damn good game; and yes - done right it would be a *great* MMO.
*looks at Cryptic*
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I GM'ed for the SR tournaments at the 2001 Gencon.
I remember:
The sky raider force field generators that would just sit around forever with an unrelated mob in them.
Doing the usual n00b thing standing in the 'out' part of the station wondering why the train wouldn't work.
Not realising there were shops where you could buy enhancements till about level 20, surviving on drops and what contacts would sell till then.
Seeing the first freak I ever killed on the docks in Talos get back up.
It's true. This game is NOT rocket surgery. - BillZBubba
I miss
http://cityofheroes.gameamp.com/modu..._images/13.jpg
Them. They were scarier then space luchadores from planet X.
Paragon Radio before they became MMOradio and Wor-radio.
The sense of awe towards a level 10 on my first day of the game.
Spending 5 hours in Atlas Park trying to type out a friends' name for a tell because he had the game at launch and I didn't. Turned out he couldnt get on that day....
>_<
My old friends who got me into this game and the day they left. I was sad to see B.I.O.S. the Elec/Elec blaster and The Bedazzler Grav/Rad Controller quit after 16 levels of glory.
I deleted my scrapper shortly after they quit.
The Issue 1 preview video and watching the "demo" hero fight 2 Kronos Titans in PI at the sametime. I couldnt wait to do that...oh ignorance is bliss.
Resucing Statesman only to find the [censored] was noticbly absent. (issue 2)
The Invasion of the Rularuu being narrated and sound fx'd on Paragon Radio.
DJ Cirga holding dance parties for level 2s(this was before you could skip outbreak) in Founders Falls, next to the Eden gate.
A level 50 giving me 100k influence in my first week, telling me that as payment I had to do the same for lowbies when I hit 50. Of which I followed for a year, I've become far more elitistbastage/bitter since then.
Ahem. For those of you who -are- Shadowrun buffs... dear gawd get SR 4th ed... it blows the others out of the water. Just an FYI 
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So I wonder if someone who was in CoH since before Beta, but he was 10 at the time is still allowed to do the "old man" spiels...
(No, I'm not talking about anyone in particular, just a general random thought)
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Well I do remeber Temp Invulnerabiity being a click power. And I remember think it was pretty much useless.
I remember getting into Perez Park my 4th or 5th day CoH beta, getting my Defeat 10 CoT mission completed. Then heading to the futherest, remoted mission door in Perez. My first cave map had the infamous 4 level cavern. I remeber being totally bewildered during the entire mission because it was an 8 man team.
I remeber leaving the mission and trying to leave the Perez Maze with my Skin intacts. I rememer actually making to the edge of the park with an enterance in sight. And I remember the heart-ache of being Recall Friend'ed by my mentor back into the middle of the Lake surrounded on all side by Hyda. And then dicovering the joy of the Hospital Express.
I remember getting Hover, and loving this game. And I remeber getting real extremely lucky in meeting up with the Altas Blimp. And then disoverying that one can actually land on said Blimp.
I remember Hover Patrolling over KR looking for those CoT green flickers of light at night. I also remeber the heart-ache of find another hero beating me to the spawn.
I have it etech into my memory when I finally got Fly. It was the embodiment of a kids dream of being a super hero. It still being a tear of joy to my eye when I think about it.
I remember my first time into Boom Town and marveling at it in person for the first time. I also remeber being in awe of a level 32 character that was just sitting around in Boomtown.
I remeber loving to play tourist in CoH beta. Just flying around visiting all of the zones that I could get into. I would spend hours just flying around and enjoying the zones. And I still so flying around playing tourists in zones today. I'm still see new things I havent seen before even after 2 1/2 years of play.
I remember seeing Talos Island and Founder Falls from the air, seeing off of the green circles of light, and thinking that the CoT are very brazen in those zones. (They actually were just DE Trees of Life back when they stuck around forever.) And I remember see DE Emanators for the first time. They conned are Lieutenants. All of the new players just standing around staring at them, not daring to get too close to aggro them.
My RL friend and SG mates filled me in on the CoH background. And I marvled at seeing Rikti in FF for the first time. They seems strange, mysteries and ominous specially with that strange gated walk of theirs.
And I remeber the Rikti Invasion to close out the CoH Beta. See a Ritki Mothership appear in the skys in the various zones. Spawns of Hydra appearing in Stell Canyon and all throughout Paragon City.
I remember gathering in Talos Islands preparing for and awaing "IT to begin. The players around the tram just talking and organizing things. I'm just sort of look around, spot something and trying to get everyones attention. "guys"...."Guys!"...."GUYS! HELLLO!!!!! SPACESHIP TO THE NORTH!!!!!!!!! INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Rikti everywhere. Heroes valently fighting against overwhelming odds. Man it felt like being in a one of the big comic publisher world ending epic event. I remeber getting mezz'ed and mezz'ed over and over by one Rikti LT. And I remember being determinded to dropped that one LT if it took me the rest of the night.
We finally cleared the hill to the Noth of the Tram in Talo. And the fleet moving heroes start faning out looking for more Rikti incusions. I remeber getting a bit to lot and getting smack hard by a Tsoo. And then getting a drive by heal by a friendly Defender. (Acutall it was move of a suicidal drop healing as the Defender was a Teleporter and I was 100 ft in the air).
I got lots more but I think I'll stop here....
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*Scratches head* Why my quote though? Were you actually 10 when CoH Beta came out?
I remember Gekko he was the power guy before castle was there
And this is one of his post that I kept because that post was the one where they were buffing the regens who were gimped
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Regeneration/Fast Healing DOES Stack with Fitness/Health. Quick Recovery stacks with Stamina as well. (Unless otherwise noted, ALL powers stack. In fact, we do not have any code in place that prevents different powers from stacking. The only case that doesn't stack is a power that is cast on the same target by the same caster... like Deflection sheild). These powers are arguably the most effective powers in the game if Enhanced correctly.
Fast Healing increases your Healing rate by 40%. One Generic Training Enhancement will increase that to about a 44% increase. 6 Single Origin Enhancements would increase that to about 120% (so triple the effectiveness of the power or more than double the normal heal rate).
I have changed Resist Disorient to a power called Resilience; Auto: Self +Res(Disorient, Smash, Lethal)
Resilience: "You are more Resilient. This power allows you to build up a resistance to Disorientation effects. You tend not to get Disoriented, and if you do, it wears off quickly. This resistance to Disorientation gets stronger as you go up in level. Resilience also grants some resistance to Smashing and Lethal damage. This power is always on."
Changed Integration to a Toggle
Revive has not caused the Caster to be disoriented in quite a while. You revive with Full HP, but no END, but no ill effects.
There is nothing wrong with Dull Pain. Dull Pain (and other identicle powers by other names in other sets) is very popular and effective. It is not a second rate heal. In fact, it isnt meant to be a heal at all. It increases your Max HP by about 40%. Your current HP bar actually should not move much (if any). Mathamatically, it is best to use Dull Pain when you have a lot of HP, not when you about to run out. If you have 100/100 HP when you activate it, you will end up with 140/140. If you have 10/100 HP when you acticvate it, you will have 14/140.
I noticed many people comenting on powers they have not even tried. Please do not Flame a power if you have not tested it extensively. It does not help us balance anything. I did not change anything for Moment of Glory. I dont remember if Moment of Glory used to disorient the Caster, but it certainly does not now. Perhaps the misconception of the power is its use. It is not a power that is meant to be used before a battle, or at the begining of a battle. That would not be smart since it leaves you with almot no HP. Instead, try using the power when you are about to be defeated. It can turn a possible defeat into a victory.
In short, use Dull Pain at the start of a Battle (or when your HP are high), and Moment of Glory whe are are going to be defeated.
I also changed the order of Regeneration powers to:
Fast Healing, Reconstruction, Quick Recovery, Dull Pain, Integration, Resillience, Instant Healing, Revive, Moment of Glory.
I dont know when these changed will be in effect.
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Ahhhh the good old times
Proud Member Of the Paragons of Justice
Kidraid, Golden Guard, War Emblem, Eridani, Greymist, BabyTank and more many more.
My Gallery (There I am KidRaid since Greymist was already taken)
I also remember when capes were first put on test. They had a few problems:
1. The cape mission was incredibly hard, and very few people could manage it solo (I managed it with my newly-ungimped Dark/Rad defender)
2. The lucky people who did complete the cape mission couldn't afford it since influence didn't transfer over to test.
I still can't believe that people complained about the smoke grenade "nerf". Some people just couldn't understand why the devs wouldn't want a Blaster Secondary power to be the strongest tohit debuff in the game, being 3 times as powerful as the second strongest, which resided in a Defender Primary set.
Rezzing people for 1HP with the old Howling Twilight. It used to suck (see my prior post about the old dark miasma).
Best comedy moment in CoH for me was the council/5th wars on the PI docks. I'm right up the far end playing my granite tank when a squad of 15 or so pops up all armed with their 'slow rifles'. Turning granite off would be instant suicide so I can't get over the lip on the edge of the docks. My powers aren't recharging at all so I decide to run at snail's pace down the docks. At this point I realise I have no greens, I've used earth's embrace and I'm going to die in the 10 minutes or so it's going to take me to get down the docks, even though theyre not doing much damage individually. Then an amused invisible blaster who'd been watching this unfold (they all had the stealth pool pre phase nerf) starts handing me greens, and I duly manage to escape after a total of about 15 minutes.
Mr Minotaur 50 stone/axe tank Freedom
and many others including 8 other 50s
It's true. This game is NOT rocket surgery. - BillZBubba
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Your signature, is that from Shadowrun? (now I do feel old)
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Ha!
Yep it sure is... one of my favorite games... (Ohhhh if only they could make an SR MMO that was done right... *droooooooools*) ...and it would so work as an MMO too...
As an aside note, yes you are likely old, or at the very least feel that way... I am fast approaching 30 and find myself finding more and more things that I remember being cool being outdated, or even stranger... brought back in the current retro craze!
Voltron
Speed Racer
He-Man
MEGO dolls (Yes, before the 3.5" action figures, boys did in fact play with dolls)
GI Joe
Thunder Cats
Tiger Sharks
Transformers/Go-Bots
Atari
NES (8 bits of sheer POWER!)
I may not be as old as some here, but I'd wager I'm as old or older than most...
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Heh, older than you. I also remember things like Coleco Vision & Intellivision. Mighty Mouse cartoons...
Then again, my wife is older than me and remembers a few things I only vaguely remember of in passing.
Virtue: multiple characters.
CoH/V: Woot! Maybe Fun is to be had once again.
Ack! RUN! Regen is glowing mean & green!
If it reduces you, it's a nerf.
If it buffs the mobs, it's challenge.
They are not the same.
I remember:
--Getting a group of us together and 'Brawling' Babbage to death (only power we were allowed to use was Brawl) back before he was a Giant Monster.
--thinking that Perez Park, Boomtown, and Faultline were very scary.
--thinking I had really accomplished something the first time I hit level 20 and could go to Talos in relative safety.
--the Winter Lords
--how pissed I was that I had to work during the Rikti Invasion. (We really do need that again. hint, hint, nudge, nudge)