Tallest Stuff in Cox world
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Posted on: 2010-10-03 15:42 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Theres the obvious skyscrapers in places such as atlas, might be a bit smaller than the "mountain" though. [thinking about it, they more than likely are a lot shorter]
Edit: It might not be the tallest but it sure is the highest! The blimp! Now i feel an urge to create a new character . . . . the atlas park blimp pilot! The sonic/fire blaster! Hear him from the sky while he powers up the engines!
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trying to think which zone has a low floor and building hitting height ceiling(opposite of terra volta)
Your highest freefall in gameworld distance would probably be from somewhere in The Shadow Shards.
That Volcano in Striga is fairly tall. It sucks having to ninja run over/around it.
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Wish they had a striga event where every now and then "lava" would pour out from the top heading to the bottom. Would make for some awesome low level races!
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Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
That Volcano in Striga is fairly tall. It sucks having to ninja run over/around it.
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fairly certain Crimson falls in the shard is highest thing in Shard and it goes from 203.9 and underside to 2034.0 from there is a few foot gap between it and next part, discounting that it does go up to 3634.3.
Striga Mountain goes from -32 to 889.6
Faathim the Kind is the tallest NPC I believe.
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No Rularuu is over 100 ft. tall. Hamidon is also huge.
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Originally Posted by Shadowclone
Faathim the Kind is the tallest NPC I believe.
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Hamidon is also quite large.
EDIT: Curse you, cursedsorcerer!
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EDIT: Curse you, cursedsorcerer!
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To point: the tallest free-standing structure on Primal Earth that we see used to be the Faultline dam, before they flooded the zone. The dam wall was over half a mile tall from the base of the Reservoir to the top of the "tower" crane above, which was still lower than the top of the actuall dam wall where the shield wall is.
And they had to go and ruin it...
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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If the damn really was freestanding then it's no wonder the zone got flooded.|
Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
You're a bit too late on the draw there
To point: the tallest free-standing structure on Primal Earth that we see used to be the Faultline dam, before they flooded the zone. The dam wall was over half a mile tall from the base of the Reservoir to the top of the "tower" crane above, which was still lower than the top of the actuall dam wall where the shield wall is. And they had to go and ruin it... |
Cos like...water could get around the sides...
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I realise what "freestanding" means technically. What I meant to say was a structure the height of which is uninterrupted and direct. Grandville's tower, for instance, is a lot taller than it actually looks, but because it's mired in the Web and those hanging cables, it looks less tall than it is, and while the sheer scope of the Shard dwarfs everything else, that's still distance measured THROUGH levels and between islands. It has no single monolithic structure that dwarfs the Faultline dam, with the possible exception of the Chantry and Storm Palace. I never thought to measure the two, and I can't measure the Faultline dam now.
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Originally Posted by Dollymistress
If the damn really was freestanding then it's no wonder the zone got flooded.
Cos like...water could get around the sides... |
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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I wonder how tall the hive is, it seems to go from -064 and the ceiling in that zone is +900. It seems to extend a fair distance above that.
The Hive in Eden, right? When people mentioned structures reaching the zone ceiling, I immediately thought of that.
There are several skyscrapers that reach through or near their zone ceilings, in most zones with lots of skyscrapers. I specifically remember hitting the ceiling with combat jumping while on top of buildings in Steel, Skyway, and I think Peregrine...
As for the Shadow Shard, I remember there also being a particularly high point at Tyrant's Rock, or whatever that area was called...
Now I was to go around and make a list of the tallest buildings. 
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One of the things I like about Praetoria is that even the tallest buildings are under the zone ceiling ... it's frustrating sometimes to get to within inches of the top of an object only to be stopped by an invisible wall.
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Originally Posted by Patteroast
There are several skyscrapers that reach through or near their zone ceilings, in most zones with lots of skyscrapers. I specifically remember hitting the ceiling with combat jumping while on top of buildings in Steel, Skyway, and I think Peregrine...
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I'm a huge dork, so I just went ahead and compiled this. It's entirely possible that I missed a higher or lower rock somewhere, but I'm fairly confident I found them. Also, the floors and ceilings have an error of about plus or minus 50.
SHADOW SHARD HIGH AND LOW POINTS
Firebase Zulu (zone floor -1100, zone ceiling +6900)
- Rock, 0.82 mi S of Firebase November (+3680)
- Firebase Zulu Forcefield (From 0 to +1970)
- Entrance from Cascade Archipelago (+1840)
- Entrance from Peregrine Island (+1080)
- Rock, 0.67 mi E of Point Sierra (Under Floor)
- Inside Mole Point (-1780)
Cascade Archipelago (zone floor -1200, zone ceiling +6900)
- Rock, Tyrant's Rock (+5480)
- Crimson Falls (From -520 to +3910)
- Entrance from Firebase Zulu (+1840)
- Rock, 0.56 mi E of Marooned Shores (-560)
- Inside Mole Point (-1780)
The Chantry (zone floor -1150, zone ceiling +6200)
- Chantry Orb (From +710 to +3220)
- Island, Path of Rage (+2290)
- Entrance from The Storm Palace (+2080)
- Entrance from Cascade Archipelago (+1540)
- Bottom of Island, 825 yd E of Bastion of Pain (-520)
- Inside Chantry Orb (-2000)
The Storm Palace (zone floor -1700, zone ceiling +6300)
- Storm Palace Orb (From +1670 to +4180)
- Rock, 0.93 mi W Storm Palace (+2850)
- Rock, Lock of Destruction (+2850)
- Entrance from The Chantry (-30)
- Rock, 650 yd W of Path of Madness (-1300)
Interesting fact: Whenever you set a marker in the Shadow Shard, it is on the level of the z=0 zone datum.
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If you compare Hamidon and Rularuu, Hamidon is strictly more massive... if you count the goo. If you only count the nucleus (the thing you actually target and attack), Hamidon is tiny in comparison, closer in size to Lusca's head. Even counting the goo, though, Rularuu is still taller.|
Originally Posted by cursedsorcerer
No Rularuu is over 100 ft. tall. Hamidon is also huge.
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Leaping off the skyscrapers at the southern end of the old Faultline used to be the tallest damage-inducing drop in the game.
Starting at 7:41 in this video, you can see a clip where I did just that.
I still don't get why they had to flood Faultline. The bridges and elevators would have been enough.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
If you compare Hamidon and Rularuu, Hamidon is strictly more massive... if you count the goo. If you only count the nucleus (the thing you actually target and attack), Hamidon is tiny in comparison, closer in size to Lusca's head. Even counting the goo, though, Rularuu is still taller.
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He may well be just a tad taller, anyway.
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I miss the epic crevices as well, but I do remember getting horribly confused down there as well and getting rightly stuck, back in i5 or so. Would have been a right pain of a zone for Superspeeders to be doing missions in if they hadn't flooded it.|
Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I still don't get why they had to flood Faultline. The bridges and elevators would have been enough.
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Pity there wasn't some way to keep it or part of it somewhere, maybe as an "extended section" off the main flooded areas.
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Well, that's what bridges and elevators would have helped with. People got lost in the crevices because the only way to exit them was in the far South of the zone, so if you fell towards the dam wall, you had to backtrack all the way out. Adding elevators for an easy way out, however, would have fixed that. They added elevators anyway, so I don't see what more flooding helped with. You still need the lifts to get out, they just go less far down than they would otherwise have.
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Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
I miss the epic crevices as well, but I do remember getting horribly confused down there as well and getting rightly stuck, back in i5 or so. Would have been a right pain of a zone for Superspeeders to be doing missions in if they hadn't flooded it.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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Okay. Over the last two days, I went around Paragon and made this list. It turns out that everywhere in Paragon City has the same zone ceiling of +900, except Steel Canyon, where it is +930.
The number of zones with buildings over the ceiling is larger than I remembered... Outbreak, Atlas, Galaxy, Kings Row, Perez Park, Steel, Skyway, Boomtown, Siren's Call, Talos, Dark Astoria, Founders', and the Rikti War Zone. Other things that go above the ceiling include the reactor in Terra Volta and the giant spire in The Hive neighborhood of Eden. I'd say the Eden Spire is the tallest thing in Paragon, as it looks to be easily twice the zone ceiling.
Notably under the zone ceiling: the blimp in Atlas, skyscrapers in Peregrine and Independence Port, a huge building with a smokestack on top in Crey's Folly that only misses the ceiling by a few feet, and the volcano in Striga Isle.
As for drops, one of the longest nearly straight drops is in Skyway, from the top of a skyscraper (+895) to a ditch maybe 100 feet from the building's base (-142).
PARAGON CITY HIGH AND LOW POINTS
Outbreak
- Two skyscrapers (From -32 and -16 to above ceiling)
- Ledge, Skyscraper (+892)
- Debris pile, Hot Zone (+36)
- Starting point (0)
- Lowest street level (-32)
Atlas Park
- Several skyscrapers (Above Ceiling)
- Window ledge, Skyscraper 250 yd WSW of Atlas Plaza (+899)
- Blimp (+700)
- Statue of Atlas (From +27 to +316)
- City Hall (From +16 to +141)
- Inside Yellow Line (+74)
- Water level, Prometheus Lake (-32)
- Ms. Liberty (+18)
- Gates to Steel Canyon, Skyway City, Perez Park, and The Hollows (0)
- Entrance to the Sewers (-16)
- Lowest street level (-42)
- Entrance to Recluse's Victory (-642)
- Inside City Hall (-768)
Galaxy City
- Several skyscrapers (Above Ceiling)
- Window ledge, Skyscraper 300 yd SSW of Freedom Court (+899)
- Statue of Galaxy Girl (From +32 to +422)
- Inside Yellow Line (+64)
- Gates to Kings Row and Perez Park (0)
- Water level, Gemini Park (-44)
Kings Rows
- Several skyscrapers (Above Ceiling)
- Window ledge, Skyscraper 330 yd N of The Gish (+890)
- PPD Headquarters (From -10 to +385)
- Gates to Galaxy City, Skyway City, and Independence Port (0)
- Inside Yellow Line (-10)
- Lowest street level (-42)
- Water level, Aqueduct (-73)
Perez Park
- Three Skyscrapers, Boneyard (From 0 or +16 to above ceiling)
- Window ledge, Skyscraper 450 yd S of Boneyard (+899)
- Gates to Atlas Park, Galaxy City, Steel Canyon, and Skyway City (0)
- Water level, Everett Lake (-38)
- Water level, stream, 50 yd E of Perez Park (-62)
The Hollows
- Radio mast, 40 yd S of Eastgate Heights (From +494 to +653)
- Rock, 40 yd W of Eastgate Heights (+558)
- Radio mast, Building 180 yd NNW of Four Seasons (From 0 to +291)
- Apartment building, 440 yd NW of Cherry Hills (From 0 to +221)
- Water tower, 130 yd SE of Cherry Hills (+111)
- Gates to Atlas Park and Skyway City (0)
- Water level, Red River (-86)
- Bottom of Grendel's Gulch (-553)
Tunnels of the Trolls
- Near entrance (+144)
- Near trial entrance (-138)
Sewer Network
- Near entrance (0)
- Underworld (-899)
Steel Canyon (zone ceiling: +930)
- Several skyscrapers (Above Ceiling)
- Several skyscrapers (+929)
- Top of tree, Gimry Ridge (+185)
- Inside Yellow Line and Green Line (+32)
- Gates to Atlas Park, Perez Park, Boomtown, Siren's Call, and Independence Port (0)
- Entrance to the Sewers (-84)
- Lowest street level (-85)
- Water level (-118)
Skyway City
- Skyscraper, 360 yd SSE of Astral District (From -110 to above ceiling)
- Skyscraper, 350 yd NW of Vista Plaza (From +31 to above ceiling)
- Skyscraper, 150 yd SSE of Astral District (From -110 to about +905)
- Roof, Skyscraper 150 yd SSE of Astral District (+895)
- Skyscraper, 150 yd NE of Astral District (From -126 to +888)
- Highest street level (+83)
- Gates to Atlas Park, Kings Row, The Hollows, Perez Park, Faultline, and Talos Island (0)
- Inside Green Line (0)
- Inside Yellow Line (-8)
- Entrance to the Sewers (-84)
- Lowest street level (-126)
- Ditch, 100 yd ENE of Astral District (-142)
- Culvert, 370 yd N of Land of the Lost (-170)
- Construction site, 200 yd NE of Land of the Lost (-224)
Boomtown
- Several destroyed skyscrapers (Above Ceiling)
- Several destroyed skyscrapers (+826)
- Highest street level (+295)
- Gate to Steel Canyon (0)
- Entrance to the Sewers (0)
- Lowest street level (-85)
- Plaza, 475 yd SE of Grenadier Village (-100)
Faultline
- Damaged skyscraper, 200 yd NE of Aftershock (From -30 to +751)
- Silo, 400 yd S of Overbrook Dam (+223)
- Overbrook Dam (From -192 to +182)
- Yin's Market (From 0 to +45)
- Gate to Skyway City (0)
- Underground parking (-32)
- Water level, Overbrook Reservoir (-36)
- Arachnos Dig Site (-158)
- Water level, Overflow (-192)
- Inside Dam (-1352)
Siren's Call
- Skyscraper, 100 ft S of Buildville (From 0 to above ceiling)
- Ledge, Skyscraper 100 ft S of Buildville (+820)
- Lighthouse (+155)
- Gate to Steel Canyon (0)
- Lowest street level (-128)
- Water level (-178)
Talos Island
- Four Skyscrapers, New Troy and New Thebes (From +160 to Above Ceiling)
- Skyscraper, Argo Highway (From +96 to above ceiling)
- Ledge, Skyscraper 250 yd E of Green Line (+900)
- Window Ledge, Skyscraper 160 yd NW of Green Line (+899)
- Statue of Talos (From +18 to +402)
- Rock, 100 yd NE of New Thebes (+296)
- Rock, 150 yd E of Scylla Island (+267)
- Rock, 250 yd E of The Serpent's Teeth (+255)
- Rock, 375 yd S of Eleusis (+233)
- Hill, 180 yd N of Green Line (+230)
- Inside Green Line (+192)
- Gate to Dark Astoria (+33)
- Gates to Founders' Falls and Skyway City (+32)
- Water level (-2)
Independence Port
- Bell-Wave Bridge (From -32 to +685)
- Valor Bridge (From -32 to +684)
- Skyscraper, 400 yd SSW of Bell Point (From +31 to +552)
- Smokestack, 250 yd NE of Patriot Wharf (+385)
- Smokestack, 150 yd SW of Justice Quay (+339)
- Gate to Terra Volta (+160)
- Inside Green Line (+32)
- Gates to Steel Canyon, Kings Row, and Brickstown (0)
- Ditch, 620 yd S of Steel Pier (-31)
- Water level (-32)
Dark Astoria
- Skyscraper, 300 yd S of Hospital (From 0 to Above Ceiling)
- Window Ledge, Skyscraper 300 yd S of Hospital (+899)
- Rock, NE corner of Moth Cemetary (+220)
- Gate to Talos Island (0)
- Lowest street level (-42)
- Pit, Moth Cemetary (-80)
Striga Isle
- Mount Richardson (+880)
- Mountain, 600 yd ENE of Bonny Morass (+425)
- Radio Mast, 550 yd W of Bonny Morass (+305)
- Water level (-32)
- Water level, The Bog (-38)
- Lowest point, The Wolf's Throat (-128)
Terra Volta
- Reactor cooling towers (From +448 to above ceiling)
- Ledge, Spire on reactor roof, S of dome (+881)
- Reactor dome (+744)
- Gate to Indepenedence Port (+184)
- Gordon Trench (-129)
Croatoa
- Mountain, 575 yd E of The Broken Teeth (+327)
- Mountain, 380 yd SSE of The Misty Wood (+248)
- Building, 350 yd NW of Salamanca (+208)
- Silo, 430 yd N of New Connaught (+115)
- Inside Green Line (+32)
- Water level, Lake Salamanca (-40)
- Water level, Sprite Pond, 200 yd N of The Misty Wood (-47)
Brickstown
- The Ziggurat (From -16 to +716)
- Skyscraper, 50 ft N of The Abyss Towers (From -64 or 0 to +706)
- Inside Green Line (+32)
- Gates to Independence Port and Crey's Folly (0)
- Dark Waters (-48)
- Underground parking, The Crescent (-78)
- Lowest street level (-96)
Founders' Falls
- Three Skyscrapers, The Gaspee and The Red River (From 0 to above ceiling)
- Window ledge, Skyscraper 450 yd NNW of The Red River (+899)
- Monument, 100 yd SSW of Hutchinson Park (+309)
- Obelisk, Williams Square (From 0 to +280)
- Top of tree, 320 yd SSE of Blackstone Hills (+263)
- Rock, 260 yd N of Louis Forest (+244)
- Gate to Eden (+64)
- Gate to Talos Island (+63)
- Inside Green Line (+32)
- Water level (-21)
Crey's Folly
- Skyscraper with Smokestack on roof, 250 yd W of Tangle Town (From -21 to +894)
- Smokestack, 300 yd NW of Carnival Town (+682)
- Smokestack, 425 yd N of Crey Factories (+588)
- Gates to Brickstown and Rikti War Zone (0)
- Water level (-21)
- Pit, 100 yd S of The Blight (-47)
Eden
- The Hive Spire (From 0 to way above ceiling)
- Destroyed Skyscraper, 300 yd S of The Serpentine (From -25 to +795)
- Gates to Founders' Falls and The Hive (0)
- Water under destroyed road, 230 yd S of The Serpentine (-53)
- Pit, 50 yd SE of The Pit (-96)
Abandoned Sewer Network
- Near entrance (0)
- Trial entrance (-912)
Peregrine Island
- Skyscraper, Nelson Borough (From 0 to +766)
- Skyscraper with Radio Mast, Curry Cove (From +16 to +663)
- Statue, 260 yd SW of Ferry (From 0 to +355)
- Hill, 285 yd E of Portal Court (+192)
- Top of tree, Cutlass Isles (+160)
- Hill, Tempest Quay (+128)
- Ferry to Talos Island (0)
- Water level (-24)
- Inside Portal Corps (-208)
- Portal Rooms inside Portal Corps (-576)
Rikti War Zone
- Two skyscrapers, Pork Chop Hill (From 0 and +16 to above ceiling)
- Window Ledge, Skyscraper 300 yd W of Pork Chop Hill (+899)
- Statue of Mustang (From +10 to +333)
- Gate to Crey's Folly (0)
- Lowest street level (-42)
- Water catchment, 220 yd SSW of The Bulge (-54)
- Council base (-72)
- Near Rikti Mothership (-170)
- Inside Vanguard Base (-1188)
The Hive
- Spire, 0.53 mi W of Eden Gate (+404)
- Cooling Tower, 1.08 mi NW of Eden Gate (+321)
- Gate to Eden (0)
- Safe Rock (-173)
- Hamidon (-338)
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Sorry I've just got this hilarious mental image of someone wandering up to Hamidon with a tape measure.
The Hive
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Hero: Erm sorry to bother you but I need to measure you for the Guiness book of records.
Hamidon: Oh normally I'd smite you on the spot but if its for that erm...well go ahead...
Hero: Well Rularuu is still a smidge taller...but you are the biggest single celled organism so congradulations you're in the book.
Hamidon: Finally...after all these years!
Since things in the shard dominate the top of this(one in particular) what some contenders elsewhere in the cox world? Haven't measured it yet but I think the mountain in Striga is one