Does anyone here even LIKE comic books?

Welcome to the community. Sorry if the rest of this post seems a bit confrontational. But some things need to be said, and while it's blunt, is honestly meant to help try to enhance your enjoyment and understanding of the game.

Yeah. I used to be a militant about "rent to PWN" too. But hell, this game is easily worth it.

Sorry you're disappointed. Part of it looks like you had certain expectations of the game and currently lack the knowledge about the various communities (and how to get in touch with them) that share your expectations.

As noted, this game relies heavily on instanced content. As such, it's unusual to see dozens or hundreds of people standing around.

Also, as noted, you definitely want to take a look at which server you're on and what the communities and chat channels available to you are.

If you're looking for RP, you're pretty much begging to play on Virtue. They're HEAVILY RP-oriented there. Pop up the channel search and search for RP, Virtue, etc and insert yourself into some of the more heavily populated channels you find.

Currently we're in the middle of an issue that, after several years, opened a bunch of new content to high-level characters. As such, we have a lot of level 50 toons climbing out of closets, brushing off the dust, and laying down some fresh coats of smack.

First, the new content is gear/loot-oriented. As such, it's somewhat understandable that people are reacting like this.

Second, there are multiple communities out there, all differing on what constitutes "enjoyment". Some enjoy RP. Some enjoy marketing pursuits. Some enjoy farming. Some enjoy building heavily optimized characters.

There is no sole arbiter of "fun" in this game.

One. POLITENESS. One should NOT be casting rocks at other people's name choices. EVER.

Second, some people play heroes and villains with cosmic levels of Genre Savvy power. Some are jokes. Some are heavily meta references.

Simply because you're RP'ing "Cosmic Savior" doesn't mean that you should be sneering at "Cornholio". Especially if said player is built as a world-beater of an [INSERT AT HERE].


Again, not everyone plays to RP. Some people play to market. Some people play to farm. Etc, etc, etc.

Plus, you have the potential to have HUNDREDS of toons in the game.

Some will be mains. Some will be alts. Some will be "in development". And some are jokes, one-offs, concept builds, or test builds. Hell, some are just built to try the power set/at combination.

Currently I have a blaster on one server named "Test Marketer 0000001".

His SOLE reason for existing? Trying to see how much inf could be accrued on a brand new toon within an hour of creation.

Again, multiple interest types.

No, they'd be playing WOW or one of the SW MMOs if that were true.

Again, try Virtue. But be aware that simply because Virtue is the RP server, that other interest groups still hang out there too.

Simply because someone doesn't want to RP (or RP with you) doesn't mean they're not interested in comic books.

There are multiple costume acquisition options in game.

You have the default costume options for 3 major portions of the game:

1. City of Heroes
2. City of Villains
3. Going Rogue

On top of that you have costume options that can be unlocked in various ways.

1. Awarded free for completing certain content in-game.
2. Awarded free for logging in during certain events.
3. Built from recipes acquired, bought on the market or with merits.
4. Bought using merits awarded for defeating certain enemy types.
5. Awarded for free as Veteran Rewards
6. Bought as part of various "packs" or "super boosters" or versions of the Game released in the last 7 years.

Also, it's been made clear that some of what you're asking for IS coming to the game in the (relatively) near future.

Will you have UNLIMITED ability to create absolutely whatever concept takes your fancy? No. Of course not. But the costume designer for this game is ridiculously featuresome, even seeing that it's a 7 year old game.

Okay. Lemme get this straight.

Your FIRST communication with this person was to go all grammar/spelling nazi and, in effect to correct them for being "stupid". They responded with an understandable amount of heat towards you. And you're dinging THEM for rudeness?

Pot? Kettle?

Simply because you're playing on an American server does not mean everyone's an American.
Nor does it mean that everyone's first language is English.
Nor does it mean that they have a command of the language that you do.

It's roughly the same level of rudeness as you inviting someone over to watch a football game and them subjecting your home to the white-glove treatment.

I'd say give it a bit longer. You've now been given some directions on where to go to find people of like interests. That should make integration into the community easier.

Also, try to be a bit more relaxed about others' "mistakes". Yeah, I wince at some people's attempts at spelling and grammar too. But I do NOT start smacking them with it. Not my place or yours.

Finally, understand that not everyone plays the game for the same reasons you do.

Live and let live.

Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.

Thank you! Twee is the word I couldn't remember when I used pretentious earlier.

I was familiar with "hir" from SF, Peter David uses it in connection with his hermaphrodite character in Star Trek: New Frontier. Don't recall if he uses "sie" though.

And why shouldn't superheroes fight Disco Zombies?

True, but there were westernized equivalents. One could argue the Blackhawks are the equivalent of sentai, for example. I'm not sure what tokusatsu is, but the wiki entry mentions Ultraman, which is from when I was a kid. In my mind as a kid, Ultraman was as much a super-hero as Superman.

My first reaction was "why can't I walk into this train when the doors open?"

I wish I was kidding: I really really do.

They are - but customization means that players will riff off any costume part, no matter how classic comic book it is.
If devs give players the ability to look like Martian Manhunter then someone's going to tint the costume parts pink and call themsleves Martian Manlover.
If devs give players a Batman style outfit and a huge Hulk style body type, then someone's going to combine them to make Fatman.
If devs give players a Power Girl style outfit, then someone's going to tint it in trippy colors, add long hair, and make Flower Power Girl.

Unless every single costume and name had to be submitted to the GMs for approval, and then locked so that they couldn't be altered without further permission, then it's simply not possible to have a "pure" looking comic book game.

I will admit that rarely are our villains this:



and a bit more often this:



but I think that the devs at least try to give us this:



They just need more of them.

Fatman is already a copyrighted character

I do as well, and I have come across hir and sie before.

They're gender indefinite pronouns; I've also seen them used in an insulting way to designate transgendered persons by people who did not want to grant the gender chosen to those individuals.

I think they only go back to the 1970s or 80s in origin, but I don't see why they're inherently bad neologisms. In fact, I think they're probably more useful in an internet age.

I do, however, think the OP could have just as easily referred to the character's gender rather than refusing to speculate on the player's gender.

I think most of the redside contacts already follow that model.

Originally Posted by Nethergoat it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!

Tyrant certainly does

I shall also do this.

No, I hate comic books. Can't stand 'em. Generalization time! Pacing is horrific, they release infrequently, there's not enough actual content per release, what content is there is usually superficial, or otherwise uninteresting to me.

That's western comics as I've been exposed to them. Manga, on the other hand, usually has action that I am utterly incapable of following, and I usually can't tell people apart.

I get more enjoyment out of novels, and video media. That's just me.

That said: I love the IDEAS and CHARACTERS that are in super hero comics, both western and eastern. From Spiderman to Batman all the way over to Kamen Rider and the gamut of magical girls.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Softcapping an Invuln is fantastic. Softcapping a Willpower is amazing. Softcapping SR is kissing your sister.

I like my villains the way I like my coffee: covered in bees.

Auf Deutsch. German as a first language, perhaps?

Jab could only wish to be so interesting.

[Edit]

To elaborate, I didn't just play the JLA: Act of God card lightly.
I feel it's quite appropriate to what you always seemed to champion and part of what's wrong with the game: Blue Blue powered down, useless and ineffectual with his ideal **** upon. A gigantic swooning love letter to how 'awsum' Bat-Scrapper is while basically flipping off the Atom, Martian Manhunter, the Flash and other heroes. A massive mishandling of a cool idea that had potential.


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My favorite thing about people that rant against political correctness is that being annoyed by political correctness validates it. How? Keep your eye on the ball, kids:

You're annoyed by their words, so you communicate with your own words that words are "only words." If they were "only words", these "Proudly Anti-PC People" should have found alternate pronouns far easier to ignore by now.

Unfortunately, it seems that words do carry implicit and subtle meanings which can upset someone. So...

We are offended we hurt you with our thoughtless word choice and will be sensitive to your preferences in the future. :P

You're implying that being interested in Asian entertainment makes me evil?
That would be silly, broken,




and freaking awesome.

Being interested in Asian entertainment doesn't make you crazy. Being crazy helps, though.

Especially for One Piece where you absolutely must suspend your disbelief to enjoy it.

A friend of mine, who is a huge fan, has explained the secret:

Whenever you find something that seems like it might not make sense, just say "Of COURSE it is!" (Or he, or she, or whatever.)

"There's a giant volcano in the back of the restaurant."
"Of COURSE there is."

It actually somehow helps, because if you think of it in terms of narrative structure rather than in terms of physics, you realize how well done it is.

... So they tell me. My aspie brain won't let me start a show until I know whether or not they finish it, because I won't watch something that doesn't have an ending.

I once read an extremely accurate review of FLCL that highlighted this.

Excerpt:

I have watched the show, and I have read the review, and the review is a good way of determining whether or not you will like the show.

Which causes me to realize: It would be awesome to do a FLCL-inspired character. But when will we get Incoherence Control and Vespa Assault sets so I can make the character properly?