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[CoH/V] i10 - This Is Our, Independence Day

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  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I'm printing new business cards as we speak.

    Man, I'm jonesing for some CoV, but every time I fire it up it lags all over the place and I get constant disco errors. Stupid leeched wireless from my neighbors.

    Bitstream on
  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    The solution is to dress up like a ninja, sneak into their house, and run a cable into your house.

    Corvus on
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  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I don't know, I think 200 feet of cat5 going across the street might be a bit conspicuous :P

    Bitstream on
  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    dig a small ditch first, then retar the road.

    Nocren on
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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Hehe. Any Oceanic players? :/

    Rizzi on
  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    holy jesus you guys

    i spent two hours in siren's call, basically the first real PVP i've done in the two years i've had this game.

    oh my god pvp is so much fun

    aerial combat is so easy and looks so friggin' cool

    in particular when you Air Superiority the guy over top of your base so he gets droned

    i've got a SS/Inv brute, and this SS/Inv tanker challenged me to one on one, no team-mates.

    i won, but only barely. We had almost identical power choices. We both used AS at the same time and when we hit the ground, we both used knockout blow.

    we both had hasten

    he's like my nemesis

    Pony on
  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Pony wrote: »
    holy jesus you guys

    i spent two hours in siren's call, basically the first real PVP i've done in the two years i've had this game.

    oh my god pvp is so much fun

    aerial combat is so easy and looks so friggin' cool

    in particular when you Air Superiority the guy over top of your base so he gets droned

    i've got a SS/Inv brute, and this SS/Inv tanker challenged me to one on one, no team-mates.

    i won, but only barely. We had almost identical power choices. We both used AS at the same time and when we hit the ground, we both used knockout blow.

    we both had hasten

    he's like my nemesis
    Now, now, perfectly symmetrical violence never solved anything.

    Seriously, that sounds like it was a lot of fun.

    Bitstream on
  • s3rial ones3rial one Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Ghostalker wrote: »
    s3rial one wrote: »
    FINALS ARE OVER WITH! HA!

    I never have to take another philosophy class again! Why on Earth did I major in that?

    For the next week, I'll be on a lot.

    Philosophy? What the hell?

    Who the heck is going to pay you to philosophy 8 hours a day?

    Also if anyone is looking for someone to help them in game send one of the officers a tell ingame or bother us on Xfire.
    Dude, it's college, not a trade school.

    Interesting note: by major, philosophy students have the highest scores on both the LSAT and the GMAT, and the highest acceptance rate to liberal arts graduate programs as well as law school. :) It's a great degree; it teaches you how to think critically, how to write and how to argue.

    Seriously, as a major, philosophy is actually very rigorous. It's also demoralizing. I shudder every time I hear someone say "use logic" or "be rational" now. They don't even fucking know what it means.

    As for career prospects, well... I start law school in the fall.

    s3rial one on
  • WallhitterWallhitter Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Hm. Hey, Pony.

    Wanna duel?

    Wallhitter on
  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    wallhitter wrote: »
    Hm. Hey, Pony.

    Wanna duel?

    depends

    at/powers plz thx

    because if you are a controller you can go fuck yourself, my good sir.

    Pony on
  • WallhitterWallhitter Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Pony wrote: »
    wallhitter wrote: »
    Hm. Hey, Pony.

    Wanna duel?

    depends

    at/powers plz thx

    because if you are a controller you can go fuck yourself, my good sir.

    Dude, I don't play Controllers. I despise them and everything they stand for.

    And, uh...

    Scrapper, BS/Inv (Techno-Avenger)

    Or alternatively

    Blaster Fire/Fire (Herr Automaton)

    Or

    Blaster AR/Dev (Steel-Hunter)

    Wallhitter on
  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    i'd be interested in throwing down with your scrapper sometime duder

    Pony on
  • WallhitterWallhitter Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Pony wrote: »
    i'd be interested in throwing down with your scrapper sometime duder
    Yeah, I'd love to fight ya. Just send a Gtell to @RabidWaffles

    Wallhitter on
  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    My apologies to the people who where on late last night and decided to roll new lowbies. My network took a shit right after I said "I want to be a tanker" and I couldn't get it back for the life of me.

    I hope you didn't wait too long before deciding I wasn't showing.

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  • AccualtAccualt Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I kept wondering where the tank was, I felt like a dangerously exposed Blaster. :)
    Team Impromptu Lowbies was rocking and rolling, most all of us hit lvl 8 and got jetpacks. Wooo!

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  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Looky what we get in our emails from NCSoft:
    With Issue 9: Breakthrough and the new Invention system on the near horizon, we would like to celebrate the 3 year anniversary of City of Heroes®, and thank you, our players, for your involvement and support.

    As a token of our appreciation, we are providing each of our active players with one City of Heroes/City of Villains® Buddy Serial Code*. This is different from a free trial because the code includes ten days of play time, plus access to the game itself. This means that your buddies will not need to purchase City of Heroes or City of Villains if they choose to continue playing, only the subscription time after the ten days have expired.

    Corvus on
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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Hells yea. I went and bought my sister a time card, for her birthday next week I'll send her the code so she'll have 70 days play lined up.

    Scooter on
  • AccualtAccualt Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Corvus wrote: »
    Looky what we get in our emails from NCSoft:
    With Issue 9: Breakthrough and the new Invention system on the near horizon, we would like to celebrate the 3 year anniversary of City of Heroes®, and thank you, our players, for your involvement and support.

    As a token of our appreciation, we are providing each of our active players with one City of Heroes/City of Villains® Buddy Serial Code*. This is different from a free trial because the code includes ten days of play time, plus access to the game itself. This means that your buddies will not need to purchase City of Heroes or City of Villains if they choose to continue playing, only the subscription time after the ten days have expired.

    Oh shit, boys, I do believe we'll need to make a G&T recruitment thread.

    Accualt on
  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I was thinking the same, except since my code will be claimed I didn't want to be the one to tease people with it. :p

    Scooter on
  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Theres always the referal system codes too.

    Corvus on
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  • GhostalkerGhostalker Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    One thing.

    We might not want a G&T thread right now since tonight is Team Night. Might be kinda weird to have a bunch of guys join up and wonder why we told them Virtue when we're all on Victory.

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  • AccualtAccualt Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I'm going to wait until i9 anyway. Seems like the perfect time since Paragon will be hella active.

    Accualt on
  • AccualtAccualt Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Well shit, I accidentally deleted my e-mail. Can someone post the full text?

    Accualt on
  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    With Issue 9: Breakthrough and the new Invention system on the near horizon, we would like to celebrate the 3 year anniversary of City of Heroes®, and thank you, our players, for your involvement and support.

    As a token of our appreciation, we are providing each of our active players with one City of Heroes/City of Villains® Buddy Serial Code*. This is different from a free trial because the code includes ten days of play time, plus access to the game itself. This means that your buddies will not need to purchase City of Heroes or City of Villains if they choose to continue playing, only the subscription time after the ten days have expired.

    Here is your Buddy Serial Code:

    Click here for instructions on how to use this code and get started!


    In honor of your heroic services throughout Paragon CityT, you will receive this 3 year anniversary badge!



    Issue 9: Breakthrough is on the training room and soon to go live! The ninth free expansion since the launch of City of Heroes, brings the "City of" franchise to new heights with the introduction of the Invention system and auction houses. Players can engage in a whole new realm of activities including collecting, crafting, buying and selling.

    *Buddy Serial Code requires a valid credit card or game time card to activate. Offer available for a limited time only. The Buddy Serial Code expires on August 1, 2007. Each Buddy Serial Code is a one-time use and cannot be reused or transferred. This code may not be used with an active City of Heroes or City of Villains game account. This code is not for resale.

    Having trouble logging in to City of Heroes or City of Villains? Please visit the Support Center at http://support.cityofheroes.com to view frequently asked questions or submit your question via the Ask A Question! option.


    Edited to remove buddy code. If someone want's it PM me an email address and I'll get it to you.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    pretty cool. Though if the GvE goes for 19.99 again; might as well get that for folks after giving them a buddy key. Free month from GvE makes it effectively 5.00, plus there's no mention in the e-mail that the special buddy code gives you the free month afterward, so if you got the GvE with the other buddy code you also get a free month, making it -9.99 overall.

    Unless I'm insane.

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  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I just found an Auto Assault Game Card at my local store for $9.99 in the bargain bin. Score!

    Corvus on
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  • DedlokDedlok Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Bitstream wrote: »
    Pony wrote: »
    holy jesus you guys

    i spent two hours in siren's call, basically the first real PVP i've done in the two years i've had this game.

    oh my god pvp is so much fun

    aerial combat is so easy and looks so friggin' cool

    in particular when you Air Superiority the guy over top of your base so he gets droned

    i've got a SS/Inv brute, and this SS/Inv tanker challenged me to one on one, no team-mates.

    i won, but only barely. We had almost identical power choices. We both used AS at the same time and when we hit the ground, we both used knockout blow.

    we both had hasten

    he's like my nemesis
    Now, now, perfectly symmetrical violence never solved anything.

    Seriously, that sounds like it was a lot of fun.

    There was one time I was in an Arena All Brute Ironman tourney and my SS/EA went against a SS/Stone and our opening attack chain was exactly the same. KO Blow, Haymaker, Jab, Foot Stomp. The crowd watching us liked it quite a bit.

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  • ColovionColovion Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Hmmm the more and more I look at this game the more interesting and fun it looks.

    I come from playing WoW since a month or so after release, but just couldn't handle dealing with some of the annoyances of the game, and community Another big reason I ended up leaving WoW by the wayside was because of the PvP in the game. I enjoyed it for a while, but in the end, after working through the game on numerous classes/factions - it had bored me.

    So now I ask you CoH vets, how is the PvP in this game? I'm still unsure if I want to get into this game so this is specifically asking those who've come from WoW to CoH.

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    All PvP is completely voluntary, and takes place either in the arenas (not used often other than Gladiator, aka Pokemon, fights), or the 4 PvP zones. Each zone has particular goals for each side, with some very nice rewards such as nuclear missles or alien pet temp powers. For pure combat fun Siren's Call and Recluse's Victory do a decent job of throwing the two sides at each other.



    All that said, CoX is a PvE game that had PvP added in after-the-fact. Don't come in expecting a whole lot of PvPing going on.

    Scooter on
  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
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    I don't know what else I can say...

    Except, how do I inline pictures?

    see317 on
  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Your BB code looks fine. In imageshack you need to get the direct link to the image though.

    Corvus on
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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    A cat....man?

    Does not compute....

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Nocren wrote: »
    A cat....man?

    Does not compute....

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  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    So, am I the only one thinking of using the buddy code to open a second account?

    Corvus on
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  • AccualtAccualt Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    see317 wrote: »
    my.php?image=ohgodds3.png
    I don't know what else I can say...

    Except, how do I inline pictures?

    Be warned ladies indeed.

    And Corvus you are crazy. Second account? Crazy!

    As for PvP it isn't as active as WoW but it can be damn fun. Since you can copy mains to test there are frequently server wide PvP tournaments and whatnots on the test server, just have to watch the message board for them. One dev in particular has turned his attention to PvP so there might be some benificial changes coming down the road.

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Corvus wrote: »
    So, am I the only one thinking of using the buddy code to open a second account?

    The cost of a new account has never been what's stopped me, it's paying $30 a month for CoX.

    Scooter on
  • s3rial ones3rial one Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    So... I think CoX needs to start combining servers.

    CoV sort of split the population in half without actually bringing (m)any new people into the game. Even the second biggest server is a bloody ghost town during the day.

    The only problem I see would be with names, and I think I have a solution to that, too: make names non-unique, use the global handle to provide friends list functionality. Then keep the global flag; e.g. if you add a friend with Hero A via his global, he can't see you with Hero B unless you flag him in your friends list as such (thus, keeping the current functionality). Then add some more visibility options for the friends list, and we're all set.

    There just aren't enough people around.

    s3rial one on
  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Activity always goes down before an issue comes out.


    The waiting period for issues has just gotten a lot longer the past year >.>

    Scooter on
  • CyberJackalCyberJackal Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    see317 wrote: »
    my.php?image=ohgodds3.png
    I don't know what else I can say...

    Except, how do I inline pictures?

    I think that, in some situations, genocide could be perfectly justified.

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  • AccualtAccualt Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I'd say if things don't improve after i10 they might want to consider combining servers, from what I've seen in other MMOs it is always a huge bitch and takes away from the regular updates.
    What I'd really like to see is an option when you go into a PvP zone to join your servers PvP zone or a Global one. The global one would let your character get all o the rewards as normal and keep them on your server but let everyone from all servers PvP together. It would rock.

    Accualt on
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