Obscure things you may not know about playing the game
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all_hell,
Posted on: 2010-01-06 20:52 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Oh, now THAT is wicked cool!
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Originally Posted by Nights_Dawn
Something I just discovered myself is this thread on making your own menus.
I haven't had a chance to play with it yet, but am looking forward to what I can do with it. |
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Another cool thing is that it has a much higher line length limit than the chat window or bind files - that means that you can, among other things, cram much more text in a single line than would be possible. Make it too long, though {tried it with a really, really, really, really long command}, and it'll crash your client when you try to execute it.
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Originally Posted by Nights_Dawn
Something I just discovered myself is this thread on making your own menus.
I haven't had a chance to play with it yet, but am looking forward to what I can do with it. |
The Shadow Shard is the only place you can kill/defeat enemies with a plain Web Grenade (or some other -Fly power).
Teams are the number one killer of soloists.
Pressing the 'descend' button doesn't cancel emotes while flying. By fiddling with the camera, you can move around while using any emote allowed in flight.
-Recruited under Arachnos' "Equal-Opportunity Villainy" plan-
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Use with Sit Emotes for Invisible Jet?
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Originally Posted by Genkio
Pressing the 'descend' button doesn't cancel emotes while flying. By fiddling with the camera, you can move around while using any emote allowed in flight.
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There is a way to do it but it would mean eliminating the ability to set the oil slick on fire. or at least that would be the simplest way. Never mind that that would also eliminate the Reason most people want TA
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Originally Posted by UberGuy
That still works. I'm really not sure how they could prevent that from working.
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On Justice
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wow! I'm only 11 months in and I knew most of those!
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So do all "drop" powers. Becomes exceptionally handy in lots of ways:|
Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Also, Wormhole works around corners, through walls, etc. Quite useful for isolating a boss when you gank all his friends away.
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- Shield Charge up through a catwalk into a spawn above you
- Recall friend to drop someone in the spawn in the same way.
- remote nukes (rain of arrows) are flat out unfair.
- Carrion Vines is like a joke that never gets old.
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
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Only if it's a sideways invisible jet. To move at full speed, you have to have the camera positioned directly under you, having you flying buttocks first. Which is, unsurprisingly, hilarious to watch.
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Originally Posted by flashrains
Use with Sit Emotes for Invisible Jet?
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-Recruited under Arachnos' "Equal-Opportunity Villainy" plan-
I didn't double check to see if this was posted yet, but as a Mastermind, you can drag and drop inspirations onto your pets or pet names to make them use them at their next opportunity.
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You can also do it via a slash command.|
Originally Posted by Street_Wolf
I didn't double check to see if this was posted yet, but as a Mastermind, you can drag and drop inspirations onto your pets or pet names to make them use them at their next opportunity.
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inspexec_pet_name
Activates an inspiration on a pet by name. Inspiration Name then Pet Name.
Example.
/inspexecpetname resurgence marion
That drops a Resurgence (large green) on your pet named Marion.
Useful for binds, not so much in combat. Maybe if you type 100 wpm . . .
"I used to make diddly squat, but I've been with the company for 16 years and have had plenty of great raises. Now I just make squat" -- Me
Pediatric brain tumors are the #1 cause of cancer related deaths in children.
Yes! Thank you! I was looking for that command! Now I can make my bind/macro to feed my Assault Bot tons of reds. 
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Also, in Hover:|
Originally Posted by Genkio
Only if it's a sideways invisible jet. To move at full speed, you have to have the camera positioned directly under you, having you flying buttocks first. Which is, unsurprisingly, hilarious to watch.
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/e dance5
Then manipulate speed and direction as necessary with mouse.
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Oh god. Oh god. I see it in my head. XD
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Originally Posted by Ethric
Also, in Hover:
/e dance5 Then manipulate speed and direction as necessary with mouse. |
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I'm LOLing just picturing it! Shortcut to Firebase Zulu for players, shortcut to Dante's Inferno for NPCs!|
Originally Posted by SerialBeggar
The Shadow Shard is the only place you can kill/defeat enemies with a plain Web Grenade (or some other -Fly power).
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--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
Using the "Ninja Leap" emote while flying or hovering returns your character to their previous elevation in a "Kung Fu" stance.
-Rachel-
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An interesting advantage it has over other drop powers is that since it requires an enemy as an "anchor" it can be used by targeting through your teammates. This means that a teammate like a Stalker who has stealth can go around a corner and target an enemy then you can click their name to Wormhole whatever enemy they chose.
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Also, Wormhole works around corners, through walls, etc. Quite useful for isolating a boss when you gank all his friends away.
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Now THAT I never thought of! I must remember this.
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Originally Posted by Zamuel
An interesting advantage it has over other drop powers is that since it requires an enemy as an "anchor" it can be used by targeting through your teammates. This means that a teammate like a Stalker who has stealth can go around a corner and target an enemy then you can click their name to Wormhole whatever enemy they chose.
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This may change in GR, but as of now Anti-Matter has a lab in outer space:
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| Tina Macintyre: We've had no luck finding a lead on Anti-Matter's plans, [playername], so we're going to have to go back to the source. I'm sending you back to Anti-Matter's home dimension. I need you to search Anti-Matter's orbital lab for any clue to his next move. Be careful out there, [playername]. I get the feeling that Anti-Matter is a cunning enemy, and a determined one. He won't take kindly to another invasion of his lab. |
Something I learned about the game the other evening:
Unless you break a Leveling Pact, the game will continue splitting INF even after you hit 50.
Last week my girlfriend and I were trying to figure out why her pacted MM was getting less INF per kill than my unpacted MM. The pacting never occurred to us until a few days later, when I logged in to her pact mate, and got an Infamy Badge.
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
I JUST found out today that you can continue to combine MORE enhancements in the "combine enhancements" window after the first. Until now I thought you had to exit it each time...
I thought you were going to mention things I didn't know. 
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I wouldn't advise letting anyone dressed that badly design a costume for you. |
Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja
I'm pretty sure Trina and the Tiki Room is only accessible to people with the VIP Pass.
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While you can't directly resurrect someone after they use Self Destruct, they can still revive themselves. This is fairly common knowledge. However, if they don't have a rez skill or a wakie, you can still give them inspirations despite not being able to target them. Just drag and drop on their name.
-Recruited under Arachnos' "Equal-Opportunity Villainy" plan-
Something I just discovered myself is this thread on making your own menus.
I haven't had a chance to play with it yet, but am looking forward to what I can do with it.