How do YOU enjoy City of Heroes?
By
Adelie,
Posted on: 2010-08-08 01:36 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
How do I enjoy City of Heroes?
Okay, okay. So my setup is CoH/V fullscreen on the main monitor with Skype group chat, WinAmp, and Firefox on the secondary monitor.
Playstation 3 - XBox 360 - Wii - PSP
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On this subject, I have my toons grouped by origin story and then by level.|
Originally Posted by Kelenar
Oh, also very important: Characters on the character select screen must be sorted by level, then alphabetically. I also try to make about an even amount of each origin, since Magic is way, way, way overrepresented on Virtue.
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Characters with intertwined backgrounds/family relations/relationship relations are grouped at the top, in the middle are my two VEATs, and at the bottom is misc. and they are grouped by game origin.
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I may just try it with rum...
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Originally Posted by Scooby_Dont
With beer.
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I just always make a point of trying to find something new for filming purposes each time. I look for new emotes/MOVs from the NPCs, new scenery I might have missed, interesting looking buildings, etc.
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THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
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Have to agree completely with this.|
Originally Posted by Driver 8
So I pretty much do the opposite. Shut everything out. Comfy chair in spouse's room, glass of iced coffee, fullscreen, no music... ahh heaven. Duo or trio at most, cuz large groups make my brain explode. Duo with spouse usually, or chat verbally while I'm soloing and she's doing big pugs. Every hour or so I go out on the porch for a smoke break even if I'm not niccing, to let my brain cool down.
So relaxing. I've been a gamer all my life and this game is becoming my all-time favorite. |
I love to sit down, focus on the game and run an Ouro Storyarc or 2 with my boyfriend for merits. Though I don't mind teams, I couldn't imagine playing the game with 7-9 things going on all at once, that is just *crazy.* I prefer to focus on 1 thing, and do that 1 thing right.
Have to say, as an habitual PuG-former/leader, some of these responses are really eye-opening.
Like an earlier poster, I'm in my mid-40s, have left A.D.D. behind, and prefer to focus on one thing at a time, and hopefully doing that one thing very, very well.
But now when I see one of my PuG-members not participating or doing so half-heartedly, I'll have to wonder which other Window they're reading, spreadsheet they're updating, music they're searching for, TV show they're watching, Ventrilo conversation they're having, etc. etc.
Meanwhile, I'll be busy "enjoying City of Heroes".
City of Heroes players = Welcome to my fast, fun PuG!
Multi-taskers sorta paying attention to City of Heroes = No Thanks.
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Or, I felt like a ninth wheel and lost interest. Either my screen update/button-pushing lag or game lag sees enemies die by others before my attack hits them. My blaster nukes aren't needed when there's a shield-charging scrapper on the team. And, it's really boring watching everyone steamroll the enemies. I hate leeching and if feel like I'm not contributing then I'll hang out for end of mission and then quit the team. It's why I solo mostly nowadays except for TFs.
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Originally Posted by RobertoLyon
Have to say, as an habitual PuG-former/leader, some of these responses are really eye-opening.
(snip) But now when I see one of my PuG-members not participating or doing so half-heartedly, I'll have to wonder which other Window they're reading, spreadsheet they're updating, music they're searching for, TV show they're watching, Ventrilo conversation they're having, etc. etc. (snip) |
For something new and fresh, make a new ranged character and play exclusively zoomed in to first person. I promise you, it feels like an entirely different game. And if you have the rig for it, crank up the graphics. The graphical details you miss while zoomed out (as 99% of the time we play) are actually quite numerous. Zoomed in you really are kind of handicapping yourself, but it makes for a fun new experience.
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Holy Kama Sutra of gaming. That's genius, and I'm going to try it.
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Originally Posted by Adelie
For something new and fresh, make a new ranged character and play exclusively zoomed in to first person. I promise you, it feels like an entirely different game. And if you have the rig for it, crank up the graphics. The graphical details you miss while zoomed out (as 99% of the time we play) are actually quite numerous. Zoomed in you really are kind of handicapping yourself, but it makes for a fun new experience.
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How do I enjoy City of Heroes?
... with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw