The GV City of Heroes/Villains thread

Garlic Bread

since I don't know the people in the MMO forum (or maybe I do, I didn't bother looking), this'll be a City of x thread for GV people

I'm going to sign up as soon as I finish installing it. I have a level 13 blaster already but fuck, I don't like him so I'm making a whole new account because I got new copies of Heroes and Villains for free

what are your guys's usernames on there

also, if you want to try CoH, I've got 14-day trial codes available. Plenty of them, so just post or PM me.

also also, two lucky people can have City of Villains codes. That's a full month free.

Servo

oh man, toss me those things keith

toss me those things and i won't lock your pathetic thread, mortal

Garlic Bread

well actually let me see if these trial codes still work

i've had a bucket of 20 of them for like 2 years

edit: oh there's 14-day trial codes in the CoV boxes

hold on I'll PM you

Servo

well, let me know

i have some heroes that i play with 14 day trial codes occasionally, and i want to see if they're still ok


edit- i had a villain too, and his design was totally badass, if i can toot my own horn toot toot

Devlin_Dragonus

damn you Keith, for making me install this again.

I guess I can hang once more with Scooter and the gang.

Garlic Bread

note: i don't know what types are good or whatever and i don't care

i just make guys that I think are cool and then i play them for a little bit until i make guys i think are cooler

Corvus

Just make sure you guys join the Penny Arcade global chat channel.

Theres a big FAQ about all things CoH on the first page of the CoH Chat thread in the MMO forum. Its probably worth reading for new players.

Garlic Bread

this game takes forever to download the updates

Calamity Jane

Quick question in regards to the trials...need a credit card and all that shit?

DJ Eebs

this was my first mmo

I've got a couple of trial codes sitting around, maybe I'll use those so I don't have to reactivate my account

The_Lightbringer

I liked the character creation more than the actual game I'm afraid =/

Nogs

The_Lightbringer wrote: »

I liked the character creation more than the actual game I'm afraid =/

I've heard this from about all of my friends, the only reason I haven't bought it yet.

Synthetic Orange

It's more fun with friends around. Bitching about terrible superheroes or villains that pass by, or horrifying each other with our own terrible costume choices.

ENERjAKzero

Is there... a mac version? or is it PC only?

Scooter

PC version only.

Remember to join the Penny Arcade global channel, whatever server you play on, that server being Virtue (also Victory for our Wed/Sat Team Nights).


Also, recommendation for any MMO trial, download it and update it before you start the timer on your account.

Corvus

ENERjAKzero wrote: »

Is there... a mac version? or is it PC only?

People seem to be able to run it via Bootcamp, but thats not a Mac version.

Blankspace

If anyone's got any trial codes that I could use, I'd be up for it. I played a bit, but I had a crappy video card to it ran like shit, I gots a new one so I want to see if the gameplay will be any better due to alot less lag.

Ethan Smith

blankspace247 wrote: »

If anyone's got any trial codes that I could use, I'd be up for it. I played a bit, but I had a crappy video card to it ran like shit, I gots a new one so I want to see if the gameplay will be any better due to alot less lag.

Same here.

Question-I want to be a Magic-Using superhero who uses his magic in combat to fly, and use swords.

Can the game simulate that?

Garlic Bread

PM me and I'll reply

I'm too lazy to hit the PM button for each of you

also you have to earn them

also also I just like getting PMs

Calamity Jane

Sent. Hey, not to sound like a rude cock...but what do you mean by earn?

Garlic Bread

I meant you earn it by PMing me

Garlic Bread

you rude cock

Kajusta

I read something on Kotaku about an auction house system getting put up....I wonder how that's going to work exactly.

Hooraydiation

I can't play this game on my laptop, but I wouldn't mind seeing pictures of your guys' heroes because I'm a little bit curious about what you'd all go with.

Scooter

Ethan Smith wrote: »

blankspace247 wrote: »

If anyone's got any trial codes that I could use, I'd be up for it. I played a bit, but I had a crappy video card to it ran like shit, I gots a new one so I want to see if the gameplay will be any better due to alot less lag.

Same here.

Question-I want to be a Magic-Using superhero who uses his magic in combat to fly, and use swords.

Can the game simulate that?

There's two sword-using hero sets, Katana and Broadsword scrappers. Anyone can fly (with hover or a temp power jetpack at level 6, and the main fly power at 14). As for magic-using, there's 5 origins: Natural, Science, Tech, Magic, and Mutant, but they have basically no impact on gameplay, only on what enhancements you use and what starting power that you'll never use after 10 you'll get. Anything can be played off as magic, for ex I've got a radiation defender, but she's a ghost, ergo Magic origin (that green stuff is ectoplasm, ya dig).


As for the auctionhouse stuff, that's the focus of Issue 9 which should be hitting open testing in a week or so. There's a ton of new enhancement and salvage type going in, which are pretty obviously geared towards attracting the loot-obsessed hordes of WoW and such, but given that that crowd's already passed it up and playing without any of it will be as viable as ever, I doubt we'll really see that much of an economy take off.

One Thousand Cables

CoH was my first and only mmo. I really want to go back to it once I have a steady income.

My favorite character was a rad/rad defender named "Particle-Man".

Garlic Bread

I made a guy called Dr. Worm

I don't remember his powers, though

DJ Eebs

I had a character named Dr. Eyesore, who summoned zombies and shit, and a guy named Rancid Rooster, who spewed radiation everywhere.

Scooter

My characters: note that for the most part these are the same costumes they've had since level one. Wings and trenchcoats are vet rewards, capes open at 20 and auras (glowy bits, other than powers & buffs) at 30. Hot-Wired's using a temp power jetpack.

Apologies if your modems can't handle creative genius.

Heroes:
Scooter: Force Field/Energy Blast Defender (mutant speedster/Green Lantern-sort)



Aegis Phantom: Illusion/Force Field Controller (Magical summoner of light elementals)



Shining Spirit, Martial Arts/Regen Scrapper (Martial artist with magical artifacts)



Sable Spirit, Warshade (Epic Archetype) (psychic mutant merged with alien)



Ms. Judgement, Assualt Rifle/Devices Blaster (Violent vigilante)



Nordic Golem, Stone/Battle Axe Tank (Ancient viking-turned-golem)



Alraune, Archery/Fire Blaster (Blinded Ex-Valkyrie)



Proton Polly, Radiation Emission/Radiation Blast Defender (G-g-g-ghost pirate!)



War Smith, Invulnerable/Energy Melee Tank, Deleted (Armor Tech)



Flicker, Trick Arrow/Archery Defender, Deleted (Blink homage)



Battle Medic, Mind Control/Empathy Controller, Deleted (Field medic)



Villains:
Overlord Slider, Energy Melee/Energy Aura Brute (Evil Scooter)



Hollywood Nocturne, Mercenary/Dark Mastermind (Grizzled Merc)



Ms. Judgment, Thugs/Traps Mastermind (Violent vigilante)



Lotan, Cold/Ice Corruptor (Ancient God-Avatar)



La Espina, Plant/Thorn Dominator (Plant-controlling mutant)



Hot-Wired Head, Robot/Traps Mastermind (HK-47 homage)



Flinch, Claws/Ninjitsu Stalker, Deleted (Evil Flicker)



Broken Chord, Sonic/Sonic Corruptor, Deleted (Sonic Arachnos Supersoldier)

Calamity Jane

Aight, after bugging Keith's poor ass through PM most of last night I got this bitch working. I'm on Virtue...what next, kind sirs?

Scooter

Join the Penny Arcade channel, to talk in it edit your chat tab so that PA is the default channel, and then the lil 'A' will be assigned to that. Anyone online should be able to give you a supergroup invite.

When you get to level 5, do Newspaper/Police Band missions til you can do a Mayhem/Safeguard, beating that will give you a jetpack.

Calamity Jane

Umm...hell yes. If anyone would like to look me I'm Crimson Imperial, level 4 right now.

Wildcat

So, any Euro people here on Union or Defiant?

Corvus

Well, they've announced a new referral system for CoH/V

Link

Basically, there are two important points.

1)Existing players can send out 10 day trial codes, to a max of four at one time. Which is nice, since it means we don't have to wait for a random promotion for people to get free trials. Dudes can just post asking for one, and someone can hook them up.
2)If the person on the trial subscribes for a month, the person who referred them gets a free month of play.

Calamity Jane

Hey hey hey...does the same apply to someone using a trial version?

Scooter

I'm pretty sure it'd be impossible to add a month onto a free trial.

Calamity Jane

For the most part I figured that'd be the case...but eh...wishful thinking. I'll probably drop some money on this because I've really enjoyed it from what I've experienced after the last few days. It's like a goddamn Marvel Team-Up game.

Peeps Chicken

I quit CoH a few years back out of frustration with the nerfs. This was waaaay pre-CoV. They hadn't even implemented PvP yet when I quit, although it was in testing. Kheldians had just come out, and they were a little underwhelming.

Anybody care to give me a brief rundown on the highpoints of what I might expect, should I reactivate my account? I'm assuming characters aren't deleted. What about respecs/veteran's rewards/etc?

I quit because of very heavy-handed nerfing... has the design mentality changed at all?

Corvus

Hoo boy, you quit because of nerfs before Issue 4? You didn't even see the nasty nerfs then.

Scooter

The last nerfing was Enhancement Diversification with CoV - having more than 3 SOs of a kind in a power gives little if any benefit. It was pretty major, but it did actually apparently give them the balance they were looking for, and let them do the special invention enhs I9 (it sounds like you quit after I3) is all about.

Characters aren't deleted, however it's possible your character names might have been taken. You only earn vet rewards for months you played.

I'd recommend upgrading with CoV rather than just reactivating, it's only $5 more and gives you, well, all of CoV, plus access to the bases.

Accualt

The nerfs made the game soooo much better, but I don't want to get into the argument yet again about that.
Leveling is much faster now than in the past (unless you were a fire tanker exploiting Burn and Swarms), missions feel more varied, many more tilesets (Still too many warehouses, though)...man...did you leave before AT specific inherents? Most of them are awesome, Tankers is a bit bland and I give the Defender inherent a bunch of crap because it doesn't make much sense but in reality it has made it so I don't need stamina on my Defenders.
Considering how long it has been since you last played there are so many good things to look forward to and if you haven't touched CoV you should really pick up a copy of that. I've heard Target has them on clearance right now.