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[CoH/CoV] Chat: Issue 12 info arrives!
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OP shamelessly stolen (but tweaked slightly!) from Gear Girl, who shamelessly stole it from Bucketman, who shamelessly stole it from Accualt. Pretty much all of the credit goes to them.
BREAKING NEWS!
INFORMATION FOR ISSUE 12 - MIDNIGHT HOUR!
What's new in Issue 12?
The Midnight Squad
An organization of mystics, the Midnight Squad has a secret to end the Rikti Invasion, but without your help, it will remain 'Lost' forever...
Cimerora
"The Midnighters hold many secrets within their walls, including a highly coveted Ouroboros crystal, enabling them to travel to the far reaches of time. There is a familiar threat in an ancient land and the Midnighters need the help of both Heroes and Villains to stop it. Players step foot upon the ancient land of the Roman Cimeroran Peninsula, where they battle deadly creatures, defend an ancient city and ultimately come face to face with the enemy of time itself. Throughout this journey players uncover the mysteries of power and the origins that guide them today."
Roman Style Costumes
Unlocked through achievements ingame, make your Hero or Villain look like a true gladiator.
Epic Archetypes...for Villains!
When a villain hits level 50, they now have two epic archetypes available: Wolf Spiders and Blood Widows. Each of these can branch off into their own different powersets - Wolf Spiders can work as either Bane or Crab Spiders and Blood Widows as Fortunata or Night Widows. All of this comes with a unique story, costume set, missions, and more.
Powerset Proliferation
With Issue 12 comes a brand new opportunity - almost every Hero and Villain archetype will gain access to powers that they didn't have access to before!
Hollows Zone "Gameplay Makeover"
"Significant changes have been made to the Hollows zone to make it more fun! NPC encounters have been rebalanced, including new spawns, new villain groups, mission door improvements, and a mobile hospital has been added to the entrance of the zone. Additionally, Meg Mason, a new contact, has been added to give out repeatable missions."
What else?
Configurable new power trays - customize your UI by placing them anywhere you want.
Contact display redesign - display your contacts as active and inactive, sorting them by a number of criteria.
Inspiration conversion - change three of one kind of inspiration into one of another.
Level-up boost - gain a massive (if temporary) boost to your stats on a level up, as well as full HP and Endurance.
Chat improvements - right click on character names in chat window to ignore, add to friends list, invite to team, etc. Drag any item (enhancement, inspiration, salvage, etc.) into the chat window so that you and others can click a hotlink to view the complete info box.
More real numbers - players can now display stats on powers before they choose them enabling more informed power selection and new temporary powers allow players to display enemy stats.
Credit for the following belongs to Accault.
How good is CoX?
Soooo good.
In this thread we discuss all things City of Heroes and City of Villains. For those new to our world here is a brief FAQ.
City of Villains___________________________________________________________________________________________City of Heroes
Get ready to put the tights on because Cryptic is serving up a 10 Day Free Trial. What does that mean? It means you get a the chance to play the Best Super Hero based MMO of All Time*for FREE!
*By best we mean only, though it is very good.
10 Day Free Trials, EXCELSIOR!
Any active (or inactive) subscriber can send out a few Friend Invites which have a 10 Day Free Trial. We simply need your e-mail to do so. If you decide you like the game and subscribe for two months the person who sent out the invite gets a free month of game time. Very niiiice.
PA plays on the Virtue server.
If you want in, make with the post asking for someone to PM you, then respond with your e-mail. We don't want to accidentally send one person multiple invites since there are only a limited number available. If you end up liking it you can buy the Good vs Evil edition in stores or online for $30 which gives you access to both games and a free month or get just CoH or CoV from the NCSoft store for $20 each. They also include a free month so for $40 you can get two months...meaning you pay $10 for the client instead of $15 when buying the GvE edition. It should be noted GvE comes with some special costume parts, badge, and a jump jet thingy that is okay. ALSO, if you are ACTUALLY INTERESTED and are WILLING TO PAY A MONTHLY FEE for a game someone MIGHT be able to hook you up with a Buddy Pass. All active CoXers got ONE Buddy Pass, which is a 10 day trial that lets you start playing the game for $15 a month afterwards without having to buy the client. Don't be a douche and try to get a Buddy Pass if you don't think you'll actually pay to play the game.
The 411 on City of Heroes/Villains, yo.
Character Creation is likened onto a game of its own.
At launch CoH had something like 3 trillion potentially different costume configurations. Since then they have easily doubled the number of costume pieces, not to mention added face scalers, particle effects, wings, capes, trench coats, etc. So the current number of potential costumes numbers somewhere in the range of awholefuckinglot.
Here is a sample of some of the PAers Team Night characters.
If you've ever wanted to be a robotic undead pirate with a leather fetish and fondness of 80's colorful fashion who can shoot electricity from his hands THIS is the game for you.
Download this Character Builder or Mid's Hero Designer for a list of all powers and Archetypes in the game.
INFORMATION FOR ISSUE 12 - MIDNIGHT HOUR!
What's new in Issue 12?
The Midnight Squad
An organization of mystics, the Midnight Squad has a secret to end the Rikti Invasion, but without your help, it will remain 'Lost' forever...
Cimerora
"The Midnighters hold many secrets within their walls, including a highly coveted Ouroboros crystal, enabling them to travel to the far reaches of time. There is a familiar threat in an ancient land and the Midnighters need the help of both Heroes and Villains to stop it. Players step foot upon the ancient land of the Roman Cimeroran Peninsula, where they battle deadly creatures, defend an ancient city and ultimately come face to face with the enemy of time itself. Throughout this journey players uncover the mysteries of power and the origins that guide them today."
Roman Style Costumes
Unlocked through achievements ingame, make your Hero or Villain look like a true gladiator.
Epic Archetypes...for Villains!
When a villain hits level 50, they now have two epic archetypes available: Wolf Spiders and Blood Widows. Each of these can branch off into their own different powersets - Wolf Spiders can work as either Bane or Crab Spiders and Blood Widows as Fortunata or Night Widows. All of this comes with a unique story, costume set, missions, and more.
Powerset Proliferation
With Issue 12 comes a brand new opportunity - almost every Hero and Villain archetype will gain access to powers that they didn't have access to before!
Hollows Zone "Gameplay Makeover"
"Significant changes have been made to the Hollows zone to make it more fun! NPC encounters have been rebalanced, including new spawns, new villain groups, mission door improvements, and a mobile hospital has been added to the entrance of the zone. Additionally, Meg Mason, a new contact, has been added to give out repeatable missions."
What else?
Configurable new power trays - customize your UI by placing them anywhere you want.
Contact display redesign - display your contacts as active and inactive, sorting them by a number of criteria.
Inspiration conversion - change three of one kind of inspiration into one of another.
Level-up boost - gain a massive (if temporary) boost to your stats on a level up, as well as full HP and Endurance.
Chat improvements - right click on character names in chat window to ignore, add to friends list, invite to team, etc. Drag any item (enhancement, inspiration, salvage, etc.) into the chat window so that you and others can click a hotlink to view the complete info box.
More real numbers - players can now display stats on powers before they choose them enabling more informed power selection and new temporary powers allow players to display enemy stats.
Credit for the following belongs to Accault.
How good is CoX?
In this thread we discuss all things City of Heroes and City of Villains. For those new to our world here is a brief FAQ.
City of Villains___________________________________________________________________________________________City of Heroes
Get ready to put the tights on because Cryptic is serving up a 10 Day Free Trial. What does that mean? It means you get a the chance to play the Best Super Hero based MMO of All Time*for FREE!
*By best we mean only, though it is very good.
10 Day Free Trials, EXCELSIOR!
Any active (or inactive) subscriber can send out a few Friend Invites which have a 10 Day Free Trial. We simply need your e-mail to do so. If you decide you like the game and subscribe for two months the person who sent out the invite gets a free month of game time. Very niiiice.
PA plays on the Virtue server.
If you want in, make with the post asking for someone to PM you, then respond with your e-mail. We don't want to accidentally send one person multiple invites since there are only a limited number available. If you end up liking it you can buy the Good vs Evil edition in stores or online for $30 which gives you access to both games and a free month or get just CoH or CoV from the NCSoft store for $20 each. They also include a free month so for $40 you can get two months...meaning you pay $10 for the client instead of $15 when buying the GvE edition. It should be noted GvE comes with some special costume parts, badge, and a jump jet thingy that is okay. ALSO, if you are ACTUALLY INTERESTED and are WILLING TO PAY A MONTHLY FEE for a game someone MIGHT be able to hook you up with a Buddy Pass. All active CoXers got ONE Buddy Pass, which is a 10 day trial that lets you start playing the game for $15 a month afterwards without having to buy the client. Don't be a douche and try to get a Buddy Pass if you don't think you'll actually pay to play the game.
The 411 on City of Heroes/Villains, yo.
Character Creation is likened onto a game of its own.
At launch CoH had something like 3 trillion potentially different costume configurations. Since then they have easily doubled the number of costume pieces, not to mention added face scalers, particle effects, wings, capes, trench coats, etc. So the current number of potential costumes numbers somewhere in the range of awholefuckinglot.
If you've ever wanted to be a robotic undead pirate with a leather fetish and fondness of 80's colorful fashion who can shoot electricity from his hands THIS is the game for you.
Download this Character Builder or Mid's Hero Designer for a list of all powers and Archetypes in the game.
Continued in the next post...
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CoH/V has your standard MMO ability bar where you click it and perform your special attacks but it isn't really your standard MMO combat.
You can also blow up lots of shit in Mayhem Missions. This is an in-game shot.
Oh ho, get 'em Tanker! None of this one enemy at a time, two if you are feeling frisky, crap.
He gives people cancer just by looking at them.
That pool table was right next to the guy who looks like a purple ball. That purple ball of electricity was thrown by that big Clockwork, exploded, and sent the table flipping end over end.
The PvP zone they show is plays like a game of BF1942 with capturing strategic points. The zone actually changes looks based on who is winning. If one side is losing too badly their signature Heroes/Villains spawn to assist.
Issue 8 - To Protect and Serve
Safeguard missions and a great zone redesign for Faultline along with vet rewards.
Issue 9 - Breakthrough
Invention System: We get Ph@t L00ts! Some amazing new enhancements including Diablo style set bonuses. Plus some new high level challenges for Heroes and Villains.
Issue 10 - Invasion
Invasion! The Rikti return and only the combined might of both heroes and villains will be able to repel them.
Issue 11 - A Stitch In Time
The mysterious Ouroboros organization, a group of beings from the ends of time, enlists the aid of Heroes and Villains to rewrite the past.
Team/Scheme Night
Every Tuesday from 8-10cst Heroes and Saturday 3-5cst Villains a bunch of PAers get together to play characters we only play at those times. It is great fun because you always know you'll get a big team, frequently we have three full teams running, and blast with fellow PAers. Sometimes we run Task Force races where separate teams try to blow through these huge story arcs in a race to see who is the best. Then we form a wang train.
Editor's Note: This has basically died out for the time being but should be back once activity dies down a bit. We just have too many fucking people who want to do other things right now.
Great CoX Resources
ParagonWiki is all kinds of useful and ever growing.
Red Tomax's Guide is really clean and efficient, very nice.
P.A.ers Super Group FAQ v2.8 - Last Update 10/31/07 - Various Updates
Wiki-in-progress-link
Who are Power's Allegory/Affliction?
That pretty much sums it up..
What server are the PA super groups on?
Virtue, the unofficial RP server. Not that we really RP.
How do I join the PA Chat Channel?
To join simply type /chanjoin "Penny Arcade" and hit enter. Then right click a chat tab, click edit, and add Penny Arcade to the tab.
A useful bind is /bind l beginchat /send "Penny Arcade" This way every time you hit l (or any key you choose) it lets you talk to every member of the PAcrew who is on, no matter what character they are playing as. Alternatively you can just right click on the chat window and select the Penny Arcade channel and type away. Also you could simply set the Penny Arcade channel to the default in your chat tab and hit the little A button to type.
Yeah but how do I get in the Super Group?
The best way to go about this is to ask if anyone in the Global Chat can invite you.
What PA SGs are there?
Hero
Power's Allegory - Virtue - Main Hero SG
Power's Allegory - Victory - Secondary Server SG
Power's Academy - Virtue - Alt Hero SG
Power's Apex - Virtue - 50s Retirement SG
Phantom Alliance - Virtue - All Illusion Controller SG
Squadron - Virtue - Alien Police Themed SG(See Squadron Thread)
Heroes of Warcraft - Virtue - Warcraft Themed SG
Villain
Power's Affliction - Virtue - Main Villain SG
Power's Affliction - Victory - Secondary Server SG
Social Entropy - Virtue - Alt Villain SG
Union of HARM(Henchman and Rogue Minions) - Virtue - Enemy Group Deserter Themed SG
Private Attractions - Virtue - Escort Service Themed SG(See Whore Thread)
Are there any rules for the SGs?
Don't be a giant ass, we don't like asses. Well we do but only when they are p.h.a.t.
The SG activity fluctuates so sometimes we have to boot inactive members. We do so based on last time they logged in.
The SG humbly requests everyone play in SG mode as much as possible as that is how we earn Prestige/Infamy to keep our base (and the teleporters) open.
Editor's Note: The SG limit has been increased so point two is less of an issue
I'm in! Now how does this SG costume work?
Click Super on the text window, Settings in the section that pops up, click accept on this new page, now toy around with the colors. You can opt to turn the SG emblem on or hide it. To turn on SG mode click the Enter/Exit Costume Mode in the Super window. While in SG mode you don't earn as much Influence/Infamy (after lvl 25, before you earn all Prestige and Influence/Infamy) but you do earn Prestige (used to pimp out SG bases) and have a chance to get Salvage (used to "craft" items for the SG bases).
Also of note many SG members use one of their extra costume slots to make a SG themed costume. For Power's Allegory the colors are any shade of blue and silver. We request that you use the darkest version of Blue instead of any black on the costume. For Power's Affliction the colors are any shade of red and silver. Red vs Blue...yeah, we are dorks.
Just download this Character Builder or this Mid's Hero Designer It will be much easier for all of us.
Is there an easy way to find badges/plagues? I'm lost in Perez Park! Why can't I find any Circle of Thorns?
Whine, whine, whine. Back in my day we didn't know where anything was and we liked it. Now we have an easier way...you cheater. Here is a link to a webpage with a download that replaces all in-game maps with ones that have badges, plaques, mobs, and even Perez Park trails in them. Enjoy.
The game runs slowly for me: is there anything I can do to improve that?
Buy a new computer.
Alternatively, add this to the Target bar in the shortcut to the game:
-useTexEnvCombine
After turning all the settings down, you should be able to get a decent framerate. Though meant for laptops, this could also give you a better experience if you're using an ATI graphics card.
How do mobs spawn in missions?
How does Experience work in CoH?
Here is Statesman with detailed answers just before I4s release. Where can I download the client, if I need to?
Click this Linky. The CoH and CoV client are one in the same.
Any questions? Ask away.
It will be.
I got a new PC and I want to see if it runs CoX better than my old one did, and my real account isn't three months dead yet.
I hope that wasn't targetted at me.
I really don't want to spend thirty dollars (because hereabouts, all you find are the 2-month cards) just to log in once and see that the game still runs terribly.
$15 for 30 days and $30 for 60 days.
What a golden age that was.
Then waking up one day to find it got moved to its own Hot Topic forum.
And then later in the day discovering I was a mod in the hot topic forum by accidentally editing someone else's post when I meant to hit the quote button. I was so confused.
Awesome, I was thinking about editing that in to the old one.
I never asked for this!
I doubt it, NCNC is still the same team as when CoX was under Cryptic managment. I guess we might see some even more awesome issues now that NCSoft is hiring more staff to the liveteam.
Wii U NNID: MegaSpooky
> turn on light
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
Probably be a Monday or Tuesday night, since she isn't on call then. If we need it to be a weekend night it'll have to be the 15th/16th.
If you guys have any suggestions/ideas please lay them out.
I mean, like, absolutely must be there.
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
Wii U NNID: MegaSpooky
A secondary like /Energy or /Elec does wonders to address both issues, but it tends to ruin 80% of the character concepts people may have for an Archer.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
The attacks cost a ridiculously small amount of end, you don't eat it up at all.
I'm also really tired of seeing the lethal resist argument. The mobs also get pretty much every other type of resist at that level as well, and scrappers, who have five lethal sets, seem to do alright.
As for the damage, it's not really as much lower as you're making it out to be. Really, only the first two powers are low, but they recharge incredibly quickly. The cone and targeted AoE do EXACTLY the same damage as AR's. The nuke does about 6 less damage than Full Auto, has a much smaller animation time, and it, much like FA, blows away conventional nukes in term of overall usefulness. The high damage arrow does about as much damage as snipes and things like blaze from the other sets. Furthermore, archery has an even higher base accuracy than AR, leaving it with 86.6% acc, base, opposed to 75% for the elemental sets.
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
And for an energy blaster it makes even less sense since my primary forces me to create distance between a target whereas all my secondary powers want me to wade into them.
With all the changes to the various powers and the decreases in debt I suppose it's not nearly as attractive as it used to be. Dying being less of a deal and xp being easier to come by so who knows.
Thats because Blaster are not a ranged AT, they're a damage AT. The range at which its done is not all that relevant. Sure, you don't necessarily want to spend all your time in melee, but the danger of being in melee is vastly over rated IMO.
Ice is a very good secondary if you want to avoid melee by and large though. It has only three melee attacks, one of which is a hold. Shiver is an excellent tool for keeping mobs at range, as is Ice Patch. Ice Patch *is* PbAoE, which is unfortunate, but its something you can work with easily.
Hell, you could easily make a ranged only Arch/Energy and Perma-boost range with it.
As for concepts, there are more archer concepts going around than "guy who makes arrows/gadgets and has no other powers" If thats the concept you're going for, sure Dev might be the way to go, but with sufficient application of creativity, you can create a concept with any combination of powersets. AR/Elec? Mutation or Electrical generation gauntlets/implants/magical artificat, etc.
Also, WRT the half-sentence you quoted, the point is that Arch/ is singularly poor at melee combat because of the redraw times on your bow. You're in melee, you can't use range as mitigation, and you're wasting time in which other blasters would be blasting drawing your weapon.
The point about ice is a good one.
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat