Masterminds Global Channel Guide v1.0


Darklimb

 

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Masterminds Global Channel Guide v1.0

The Introduction
It can be hard getting help ingame, advice on powers, or tactics for your AT. This is multiplied when you have a brand-new AT like the Mastermind which has no comparison in City of Heroes (let alone other games).

How do you create a macro for henchman control? When should you summon your henchmen? Should you use them for Alpha Strikes? What does the Ninja/Robot/Merc/Zombie final summon look like? What powers does the L32 power grant?

All these (and more) can be answered by your fellow Masterminds, if only they had somewhere to coongregate. Well, now they do with the introduction of "Total Cat" to the EU servers - the "Masterminds" Global Chat Channel.

The Basics
In order to join the channel, and get access to the best support resource for Masterminds (other players) you need to join us on the Global Channel. Simply type the following into your chat box...

/chanjoin Masterminds

You're in! You can view any other members by bringing up the Friends window, then changing the drop-down from "Server" to "Masterminds" You can send things to the channel with the command "/send Masterminds <Your message>"

Tabbed Chat
You can leave this in with your regular messages but I would recommend creating a new tab for the channel - this will segment it away from your other channels, and also provide notification of when there is a new message. To achieve this...

- Right-click on a chat pane
- Choose "Add Tab"
- Click on "Masterminds" in the right-hand column
- Click on "< Add"
- The tab should automatically name itself "Masterminds"
- Click on OK

You will now be able to see a new tab in the pane you right-clicked on in the first step. This is where all the Mastermind chat will show up (although you may need to edit other tabs to remove it from appearing elsewhere).

The Bind
Of course, typing in /send Masterminds all the time may get repetitive, and as such a quick key to do so would be handy. I like to use the "]" key, as it is near the enter key on the keyboard, and is not used for any other function.

To do this, simply copy then paste the following line into the chat box...

/bind ] "show chat$$beginchat /send Masterminds "

This will prefix your chat with "/send Masterminds " all ready for you to type a message to the masses!

Feedback
If you have any feedback on the channel or the guide, please do leave it in this thread! And join the channel - the more people who join up, the better resource it becomes!


 

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Good idea Zap Not sure on best advertising though...the people who get as far as looking at these boards are usually bright enough to read other posts or the USA Forums

Anyway some bumpage!


 

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True, though I'm not sure about the ettiquette of spamming invites to every Mastermind I see


 

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Been thinking on the channel zap and one way we could get more members is if we do a broadcast once when we enter each zone:

ie on entering sharkhead, broadcast:

For Advice and general chat about masterminds feel free to join the global chat channel masterminds

This way we would appeal to a large base of players and get some interested people on it, also useful for helping out new players whether they be to the At or the game in general.


 

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Sounds good! Feel free to invite and commence spammage as required!

The trick is to get as many as possible as that provides a nice fertile ground for advice! I'm a whizz at most of the Mastermind Primaries but apalling at the secondaries so for good advice I need more people!

Edit: Invited a bunch of nice Mastermind types to join using the Find Window (search narrowed by AT) and got a nice crowd. Had a goot discussion and shared a tip or two for PvP and pet controls - so it works *g*

Just need more new faces!


 

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Excellent idea

Let the spammage commence! *cracks knuckles and flexes fingers*

I've got a reasonable idea and experience with most primaries and some secondaries...except trick arrow, and traps! , but I confess to having no clue on PvP!


 

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Joined the channel last night (the first global chat channel I have joined thanks for the instructions must have seen them before somewhere and forgot) only a few people on but I was on late. Will be happy to contribute to any help/teams etc.


 

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Now I've found it I'll be along. If I don't forget


 

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[ QUOTE ]
Now I've found it I'll be along. If I don't forget

[/ QUOTE ]

And the question is... did you forget?


 

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Wicked idea! Joined this morning.


 

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Reading these forums at work - will hungrily join the channel at lunch time - food? no - CoX? YUP!!!


 

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Way hey! Zap speaks my language. I'll go join asap.


 

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With new players, thought some may appreciate reading this one... Masterminds are not an easy AT to get a handle on!


 

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Btw Zap', sure it's mean mentioned already but... WELCOME BACK !!!

Good to see you ingame again. Prof' Vulcan has a level 50 Elec'/Elec' Brute duplicate that needs a bit of dusting off sometime if you're up for some malfactored company anytime .


 

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Since I've invited a new batch of Masterminds to join us, this may be of use to some of you


 

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Alas, the Global Channels bug has seen the userbase of the "Masterminds" Global Channel decline when now is the best time to share information!

With the introduction of the Pet Damage sets, where else are you going to discuss their impact on your build?

Join us today!


 

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Remember, you can join more channels now then when GC originally came out. Maybe come join us?