No idea.

In other news, getting "Army of Me" on a Thug/Dark MM? When 4 of the clones use "Gang War" upon spawning? That was "interesting" to say the least.

I was hoping for Scythes. My intent back in 05 was to put Harvestman in there and I have to say it sounds like a good idea now.

Dog Pile on a Elite Boss and sit back with some popcorn?

Yeah only thing was that *I* was the one being dog-piled on. "Army of Me" is when you take on 8 of your clones all at once in Leonard's story arc, redside. So if you're a Thug MM with all 6 pets and Gang War, then you're facing 8 Thug MMs. With all of their 6 pets. All capable of calling a gang war on you. So that's 8 NPCs, 48 pets with the possibility of a buttload of pets all attacking you.

Oh, that mission. Honestly, I had enough trouble taking out three Dual Blade/Willpower Brutes. Let alone eight of them.

I tend to go for that badge whenever I run the mission. Was.... INTERESTING when I took Caligno Nova, my redside Peacebringer, on that mission. Manage to kill one clone, then turn to focus on a second BUT the clone you took triggers the Peacebringer Self-Rez... Hey! Back to square one!

Thus far I've only done it with Grinmace. Now when I get Professor of Panic (My Illusion/Time Controller) up that high....that one will be interesting.

I plan on bringing nothing but Break Frees.

That was a "Quality Of Life" feature added a few years ago. People would literally camp at the three locations for the Paladin in Kings Row for hours awaiting its appearance. Or, you would never notice the Ghost Ship gliding along in Independence Port because the zone is so huge.

I think it works, though. As a hero, you'd be tuned into such things. Think of it as you just happen across it while listening to your scanner.

And, if you don't like it, you can suppress those messages. It is part of the options you can set to not see them.

Of course, now I'm thinking of the days when you could "train" the Ghost Ship and have it follow you around the zone like a pet. You could have it follow you up to the hill in Talos and it would just sit there. Ahh, the days when there were so many "features" in CoH.

Well, this was...different.



From a Hero Morality Mission. Me and my "Mysterious Double". All in all, I actually like the Double's color palette. Except for that Yellow Mask. I mean...yikes.

OK... just downloaded CoV into the PC... then clicked on the option to create the account to begin play... thing is that I get a big 'page not found' on there....

like this http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/cohregister.php

anybody know what to do?

Also, when I tried to launch it, I got an "Error from patchserver, protocol version mismatch, client version doesn't match server"

ugh...

I would go onto the City of Heroes website and download the Freedom Client directly from them, because my guess is Freedom has totally changed the pathways of the old game. You can likely still use your CoV Serial Number to get a free month of VIP, though.

You should see Power Paladin's inverted version.

All it does is swap the colors for each item. So, if your "helmet detail 1" has Yellow/Black, your inverted version's helmet detail 1 becomes Black/Yellow.



Definitely visit www.plaync.com and find your way to the game client, then download from there. It completely changed a few months ago. Much to my annoyance. I used to be able to just click an icon and start CoH without all the nagging "Accept" and such. They got wise and force you to use their "console" to launch the game, now. (And moved the agreement to be after you log in).

Typical.. I find time to do as suggested and their doing maintenance. No registration for me

After 460+ Hours of play time...I finally have a Level 50. Night Raider just clicked the magic number. As for how/when it happened?



How about getting the "Master of Olympus" badge? Yeah, I'd say that was a good feeling.


It feels good to finally have a character at the cap. For one thing, it means I can really indulge my altaholism without worry. Though I probably should work on getting a Red to 50 too.

FINALLY got everything DLed.... and now I have a charrecter up. Chose Shade as my first. Took me about 2 hours to get her built (forgot the capes cost extra)... and then turns out Shade is taken.... so I gave her the name 'Moritori'.

And I managed to get up to level 5 before board maintenance, doing nothing but beating up devil-worshiping hoods.

So yeah, if you se a chick in all-black with maroon beltstraps and spikes... that's me.

How do I save pics of your peeps anyways?

Hit "Print Screen" in game and then locate your NCSoft Folder, the COH folder, and then under "Screenshots".

I remember when Raptor Scribe hit 50. It was literally as we took down the Olympian Guard in the last part of the Maria Jenkins storyarc.

Well, if we're on about epic level 50 dings. Here's Power Paladin's ding to 50. He took it with an arrow to the heart!

By the way, there's a little magnifying glass next to the name box during creation. You can use that to check if a name is taken before you finish everything else.

On a silly note, my new favorite mission is when the magical sentient television has you destroy a charity's books and blame it on violent video games.

I was agrivated to discover that, upon logging back in, my Charrecter building had not been saved. >_<
Luckily, I saved Moritori's costume ^_^ And a few hours later (and after giving several hundred devil-worshiping mooks the what-for) I'm at level 6

You do know missions will get you leveled up much faster than random street stuff, right?

Well, I am a noob... so I wouldn't have known that definitively. There are some buttons I don't even know what they do yet.

Though I did go to the detective to engage in the mission against the demonic biker gang.... beat -em up, clear the park, find informant, sneak in to their base, rescue sacrifices.

That was a fun starter. Soon enough you'll be introduced to a woman named "Twinshot." Definitely do her mission string, as it introduces you to a fair amount of the local area and mechanics. It's a nonobnoxious intro mission set that I rather enjoyed.

Found out why I couldn't find my progress... I looked in the wrong server. So, for a time, I had two of the same person. Thankfully, I got it settled out, having deleted teh 5 in favor of the 8.

Now... what to do with that other slot?

So I've presently got two Masterminds I regularly play as - Broadband and Guardian of Dawn. One is a Robotics/Traps MM and the other is a Ninja/Storm Summoning.

While Broadband is definitely the higher of the two level wise, I find myself disliking him more and more. The Robots attack extremely slow, and his own pulse rifle attacks are obscene in their recharge even with up to date enhancements. Traps also was not the greatest of choices...outside the Forcefield Generator, I never use them or in the case of Triage Beacon, the cooldown is rather obscene.

Meanwhile, Guardian of the Dawn is kicking arse and taking names. Even this early, I was noticing how the Robots were slow to attack. The Ninja, on the other hand, just slam into enemies. Maybe it's a higher base damage or something, but they seem faster on the ball.

I haven't really tinkered much with the others, though I do have a Thugs MM that strikes me a bit as resembling the Robots...the thugs are slow on the trigger. And having previously ran a Soldier MM, they seem swifter on the trigger. I'm not sure about Zombies or Demons.


Still, is it just me? I'm just not liking how Robots handle at all. Too much baby sitting, too much downtime between attacks. And Ninja - who I've always heard are the *weakest* of the MM Powersets - are really seeming to kick butt.

Tech Toch is a Robotics MM, and I'm inclined to agree. There's a LOT of babysitting. I thankfully took a healing secondary, and I find myself spending more time simply standing around making sure they don't die, than attacking myself. What level is Broadband, btw?

Titan Weapons are on Beta, woot.

Guess where this guy's inspiration is from?



---Dave

I have to say I am really enjoying Shade/Moritori's Ninjaness. Keep the cloak on, walk up to thugs, and beat down. Loving how the Assasin's strike is working... have to boost my boxing next level though.

He just clicked 17, and I'm not sure how much higher he'll go. The Robots just aren't what I'd call "fun", especially with the lack of major healing abilities (An oversight on my part, I know, but "Aid Other" is my only option now).

Ah. I'm at 24 right now, and it does get at least a bit better with the 3rd drone and 2nd protector. At the very least, I can say that I'm still having fun with Tech Toch.

My highest MM is 26, a Robotics/Force done more for concept than any thought towards proper synergy. Similarly, my highest Stalker (and one of my oldest villains) is only at 32. Both ATs are...antisocial, in my experience. When you play in a team, especially a pickup team, most of their strengths are lost unless the other players let you set the pace. MMs become weak Defenders and Stalkers become weak Scrappers if not allowed to work at their own pace. It makes me feel leechy whenever I bring one of them onto a team.

---Dave

I have a Bots/Traps MM and love it. If you're having issues, just know it gets a lot better after you get two Protector Bots, MUCH better after the Assault Bot, and amazing once you have both upgrade powers. At that point, you have an amazing amount of lasers being fired at once. You should also be using your Trap powers a lot. Three-slot them for recharge, it helps. Acid Mortar Boosts your damage a lot and Poison Trap / Seeker Drones reduce incoming damage a ton. Force Field Generator should also be three-slotted for Defense and always out. One tactic I love for Seeker Drones is that they have a long enough range for the initial summoning that you can stand back and summon them into an enemy group, having them be attacked first before you or your bots. I would suggest getting Aid Other, though. Triage Beacon is ok, but best for stuff like Elite Bosses and Archvillains. Against most other spawns, you don't hold still long enough for it to be very effective.

That...actually helped a lot of my issues out. Thanks Waspinator!

Basically, I was trying to play Broadband like my usual Scrapper/Brute characters but with pets, and failing miserably. I went back and used a Respec, got rid of all the Laser Rifle abilities (I'll likely pick them up again down the road, but right now they're sucking up valuable space) and just slammed out all my Trap abilities, even the ones I never used like Caltrops. I also took Maneuvers. Probably should have taken Aid Other, but eh.

The difference is night and day once I registered the change in play style (Which cost me three trips to the Hospital). Now I'm basically just making sure all the bots stay in the Force Field Generator Bubble and tossing down Caltrops everywhere (Which finks the AI right out). Acid Mortar a doorway, and I'm rarely needing to get Triage Beacon up and running.

I...wow. I'm honestly kind of shocked at how effective I've suddenly become simply by sacrificing my ability to perform the "Alpha Strike" (And even then, I can still help out with the Nemesis Staff).

I also altered Broadband's costume to reflect this new reality. I'm a bit crazy in regards to a character's look in this game, and Broadband being a fully armored hero subconsciously connected me to the front line.

So he went from looking like this:



To looking like this:


(Rocket Boots are still present)

It seems wonky, but I can accept Broadband kind of being the guy in charge now more then I could before. His other costume wasn't really befitting a Mastermind. Not to mention not looking like something a High School kid whipped up in his garage (Yes, I am a nerd. I write complete backstories for all my characters).

I should probably get Professor Waxman out of Praetoria (which went pretty dead once I21 hit), I definitely had a better idea how to run him than my previous MMs, especially once I realized that I could attack my pets' targets even if the little "targeting through" bars don't show up over the victim's head. He's demons/pain, and I put what I learned as an Emp/DP Defender to good use in managing his demons.

One thing I expect to have serious issues with on any higher level MM, though, is lack of real estate on the screen and on the keyboard. I use almost the entire keypad on MM binds, and that's where I usually put all my powers that need keys but won't fit in tray 1 (I've tried alt-tray chording and I suck at it). Plus, the pet windows take up space I would otherwise use for trays 4 and 5, trays I pretty much can't do without at higher levels.

---Dave, has insufficient buttons and not enough fingers to press them anyway.

Is this a new powerset or just new melee weapons to choose from?

New Power Set. Large Two Handed Weapons.

Do they have another Hammer option beyond Rocket Hammer? Because I've got a villain in mind that needs a good looking hammer...

I have one of the single-target blasts on my Bots / Traps so you can get away with them, but they really should not be your focus. Most of the damage should be coming from your pets, which should be heavily damage and accuracy slotted. Most of what you yourself should be doing is support. Caltrops in doorways to keep people away, web grenade them in place so your bots can mow them down from range, use poison trap to have them puke and not attack you, etc. I also like Air Superiority, less for damage and more for smacking bosses down so they can't do as much.

Titan Weapons is a new set that starts slow, but speeds up after you hit someone. Not as many choices as I'd like, there isn't a fantasy Big Hammer, just the rocket hammer. There's also a giant spatula sword/daiklaive thing, a minotaur axe, a Freakshow-ish spiky club, a torn up post with concrete on the end, and a railroad crossing sign.

---Dave

Interesting. I may have to roll one with that.

(I guess I could start up a character in the Beta.)

Given that Titan Weapons will cost 800 points when they go live, you should definitely try it in beta to see if you want to drop the equivalent of ten bucks on 'em.

---Dave

Yeah, good idea. Setting up the beta now.

Moritori made it to level 10... I gave her toughness and am going to give her some intimidation powers.

Wish I could give her some gadgets... yesterday I ran into a pack of robots and was horribly raped.

So... what servers are everybody on anyways? Mor is currently running around Blue Steel's crib on the Victory server.

Pretty much all my primaries are on Pinnacle. Tech Toch hit 26, and I think I love the Assault Bot.

http://tinyurl.com/dvandomroster shows who I've got where, and how recently I've played 'em.

---Dave

I've got some on Protector and Virtue. I'd recommend playing on Virtue or Freedom, they're the most active servers.

Pinnacle is my home of choice.

I'm mostly on Virtue, because that's where most of my friends play, but I've got some Pinnacle presence, too.

Well... I sat down this morning intending to create a few costumes to decide who I should bring up... I got one done, save him, tried to make two more, they flopped.... then I created a 4th.

And I just couldn't say no.



I present to you.... Geiger Gal... my Radioactive mutant who's running around in Justice. So far she's got Proton Burst, X-ray vision, Force Punch (or whatever you call slapping someone so hard they go flying), Irradiation, Flight, and energy punch.

I LOVE Irradiation... I just need to run into the center of the bad guys... dose 'em, and let it go to work. Hell, there are some punks out there I just need to dose and they fall over dead in a few steps!

I was invited into one of the missions... sewer mission it was. Thanks to it she's allready close to level 10, and that's only after being played for 4 hours.

The sewer trial is good XP, but man does it get boring after awhile.

Ok, going into Bots/Traps a bit more in depth....

Robotics:
Pulse Rifle Blast: I would skip this. Burst does more damage per shot and can knockback. Plus, you want your bots.
Battle Drones: Take this or don't bother playing a MM. Probably should put three accuracy and three damage enhancement in here unless you can use IO sets.
Pulse Rifle Burst: Marginally better than Blast. Take if you have room and use it to try to knock people away from you.
Equip Robot: This is another ASAP power. Gives extra attacks to all of your three kinds of robots. Use it and love it. 1 endurance reduction enhancement should be fine.
Photon Grenade: Usually skippable. Take it if you want to help your bots AOE, otherwise skip.
Protector Bots: Another ASAP power. I would go 2 or 3 accuracy, 3 damage, and 1 defense or endurance reduction if you went with 2 accuracy. These guys do damage and help keep you and your other bots alive.
Repair: A decent heal, but the long recharge and bots exclusivity isn't great. I would take Aid Other instead.
Assault Bot: The big guns. This guy ROCKS. I'd go with 2 accuracy, 3 damage, 1 endurance reduction.
Upgrade Robot: And the crown jewel of the set. With both this and Equip, your robots get a LOT more attacks and become a force to reckon with. 1 endurance reduction enhancement should be fine.

Traps:
Web Grenade: You have to take it and it's decent. Stick an accuracy enhancement in there and spam them at people so they can't run up and smack you in the head.
Caltrops: Very useful indoors. Stick them in doorways to block people from getting to you. 1 slow and 1 recharge should be good.
Triage Beacon: Ok, but I like Aid Other better for most things. I would delay taking this until higher levels. Probably go 3 healing and 3 recharge when you do.
Acid Mortar: This is awesome. It will attack stray enemies and draw them do it. And it makes them take about 20% more damage from your attacks. Go with 1 accuracy and 3 recharge.
Force Field Generator: I don't think I need to explain this. 3 defense and you're good.
Poison Trap: This thing massively debuffs enemies and holds them in place vomiting. USE IT. 3 recharge is good.
Seeker Drones: As I said before, the long range these can be summoned at makes them very good as a first "attack" into an enemy group. The "alpha strike", aka first round of attacks by a group, tends to be the most painful so it's nice to let the seekers take it. And they stun and debuff! 1 accuracy and 3 recharge are good.
Trip Mines: These are fun. If your bots and other traps are keeping enemies busy, you can even forget ambush tactics and just drop one of these right on top of the enemy's toes. 1 accuracy, 3 damage, 2 recharge is good.
Detonator: Kind of a weird power. The long recharge makes it limited usefulness, but it IS fun. I'd go 1 accuracy, 3 damage, 2 recharge.

Other pools:
Fitness: Stamina is the important one here. Put three endurance modifications in it, you'll be happy you did.
Flight: A decent choice for travel. Hover isn't as great for in battle though due to needing to be near the ground to use most traps. Air Superority works nicely for smacking bosses on their butts though (1 accuracy enchance is all it needs) and Group Fly gives your robots rocket feet.
Concealment: Stealth is pretty nice for sneaking around and putting traps at people's feet.
Leadership: If you take Maneuvers and Tactics, you'll be very popular on large teams.
Leaping: A decent choice. Nothing particularly good for MMs, though.
Medicine: Aid Other is very nice. 3 healing and 3 recharge in it lets you patch up your robots very well and do some spot healing in groups.
Speed: Hasten is very nice for reducing long recharges. Super Speed synergizes nicely with Stealth. With both on, you are VERY hard to see.
Teleport: Teleport is frankly not my favorite power. It's awkward to use. Teleport Foe can be funny to use to stick enemies into a pile of trip mines, though, and recall friend has some nice team utility if you can make the room.