Hyperstrike

January 27

36 minutes ago, Grouchybeast said:

"With NCSoft finally acknowledging their past franchise, perhaps now, more than ever, it’s time for City of Heroes to return, not only as an MMORPG but as an ambitious IP that planned to expand into movies and television."

I mean, I love City of Heroes a lot, but lololololololol...no.

Come on! You KNOW you want the Sister Psyche reading a pervy van's mind and grossing out on film!

January 26

Yes. There's a reason why CoH still exists and could save/fix the superhero genre.

Look in your mirror to see one of them.

And thank everyone looking in the mirror after reading this.

January 26

39 minutes ago, Targren said:

Maybe a cynical question from a guy who never did clock more than a few dozen hours before life and the end of the world got in the way, but here it is anyway:

Is this agreement going to come with any changes to the P2W store?

Basically the devs cannot run a cash store.

And a large number of items introed from the cash store have been integrated into the game in ways that allow players to earn them.

January 23

13 hours ago, Stone Daemon said:

I always wondered what happened to you when you left protector! That was a loooong time ago. Long time no see from....uh, geez I think I Fone Bone? I can't remember what I was playing at the time. I used a lot of copyrighted names back then.

Teaming...LOTS AND LOTS OF TEAMING!
(City of Soloists)

January 22

32 minutes ago, luxlorica said:

@Hyperstrike didn't you have a warehouse of builds at one point? I seem to remember seeing a whole list of them...

I think I rented some space om Ascendant's A-Hole

January 21

44 minutes ago, Grimm2 said:

Lol!

I wouldn't mind if Unstoppable had a crash that could be managed. The name connotates that you, y'know...can keep going.

Thing is, if you can build an Invuln right, Unstpp gives you very little...

January 21

1 hour ago, Grimm2 said:

I never used Unstoppable; did you mean to quote someone else?

Sorry, had a similar question elsewhere and I must have brain farted.....

Seriouly, listen at my ears, like a seashell and all you'll here is PBBBT! PBBBT! PBBBT! PBBBT! PBBBT!

January 21

On 11/26/2023 at 1:44 PM, Grimm2 said:

Claw/inv scrapper was one of my mains on Live for a long time. Shiny, tough enough to tank, great taunt aura. I've been giving time to stuff i haven't played on Live, but maybe I'll retread this combo. There's nothing to do but claw with this build!

It may be prejudicial. But I still refer to Unstop as a "delayed suicide button".

It's possible to deliver the same performance (or better) than Unstp. Dependablly. Without the massive crash.

January 19

8 hours ago, BrandX said:

But the Punisher came out after Defenders. July 2017 vs November 2017. However, that said, I don't know the Punisher series. I honestly didn't care for him in Daredevil and what I did watch of his show I wasn't all thrilled with. I am rewatching Jessica Jones currently, as I hadn't seen the 3rd season. It's cancellation and knowing they weren't going to finish the shows and give them a decent ending hurt my desire at the time to watch it.

Punisher's greatest power is he's Rocky.

Gets the crap kicked out of him. Then just willpower's his way through based on "Rah Rah MARINE" obstinacy...

Meh.

Daredevil was a decent production.
As was the first season of Luke Cage.
Jessica Jones was basically a budget flying brick production. With some psychological horror.
That and they relied on various iterations of the "Hallway Scene".

Iron Fist. Meh.
Defenders. Meh.
Punisher. Meh.
Loki was...situationally entertaining. Especially Crocodile Loki...
She Hulk basically killed it.
Was prepared to give it a lotta leeway. Shulkie's one of my favorite properties.
Instead, it was nauseating up front. And got progressively worse as it went on.
The whole box hopping was neat. But not enough to make up for the other problems in the series.
At that point, I'd given up on comic book properties. As I had on actual comic books more than a decade ago.

I found better product. Better storytelling, substance, even art outside of the Big Two.

January 18

1 hour ago, PLVRIZR said:

Wouldn't that be "d00m" 😆

No, it's doppler-effect..

January 18

4 hours ago, Spaghetti Betty said:

With my routing strategies, it was A-OK and we even had 0 Witty deaths!

YOU LIE!

A TT without a Witty Death is like a flash flood without water!
Like a boogie, without any oogie oogie!
It's like a fart with no stench!

January 18

Baron Zemo.

Quoth Stan Lee: 'Nuff Said!

January 17

23 minutes ago, Warboss said:

Three Ice Tanks!!?? I didn't realize I had set the team up with that. I'm surprised you could herd anything with the slows that must have been going on.

Why are we having problems herding?

AND WHY DO ALL THE VILLAINS HAVE GIANT ICICLES SHOVED WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE?

"Oh! We had a Dark/Dark tank too!."

January 17

1 hour ago, PeregrineFalcon said:

I'm actually surprised. I figured that Disney would keep spending money on "The Message."

Even Disney's pockets are NOT bottomless.

January 16

5 minutes ago, VULCAN said:

After so many years ... that's a wonderful moment.
I am proud and full of gratitude for all the players who managed to keep Paragon city alive. They have been struggling against many ennemies and traps for more than a decade.
And now we are here with this incredible news.

Maybe it could be even better, maybe its not perfect, maybe its not finished, but franckly, who would have bet on this a few years ago ?

All my gratitude to you, known and unknown heroes. And, at the moment it's fair to say thank you to NCSOFT, thank you guys for this present to the community of city of heroes fan. We loved your game and we are still loving it 12 years after its commercial version was stopped.
God bless you all, in a world who needs heroes and dreams more than ever.

Hey! Come on man! This is some Grade-A AGGRO they're putting out here!
Don't deprive us of it!
We Tanks LIVE on this stuff!

Being thankful for getting something previous back just isn't enough!

They gotta crap in their cornflakes to feel "even".

January 16

37 minutes ago, OmegaX123 said:

NCSoft could always shut any of the rogue servers down. It's called a Cease and Desist Order. Now that HC is officially supported and licensed it's less likely that they will.

And regardless, HC will be the one to catch hate for it.

OH JOY!

January 16

17 minutes ago, Abraxus said:

By all means, stand by your convictions. But, ask yourself "What if the game is still around in 5 years, and I missed out on all of that game play because NCSoft's involvement?" If you consider that potential outcome worthwhile, then by all means, withdraw on your own terms. But, it could be that you are being just a tad pessimistic.

⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️

Pretty much this.

January 16

16 minutes ago, Geodyne said:

Out of curiosity, Hyperstrike. What with the relatively recent change in levels that powers become available, does it change whether a /SS should start with Jab, or does Punch work well enough or better?

It's basically a mathematical "meh" either way.

The reason you see it in my builds is basically because they were mostly generated using an older version of Mids. As the build sharing function in newer versions IS ALL BROKE TO SHIIZZLE.

January 15

12 minutes ago, luxlorica said:

See, now I want to know what is the toughest thing available?

Mo' Durable

Mo Durable 4 Psi - Tanker (Invulnerability).mxd Mo Durable 4 Psi FLYING - Tanker (Invulnerability).mxd

January 15

38 minutes ago, Oubliette_Red said:

At first, with all the influx of returning/new players I was surprised that no one chimed in on the Protector thread, then I realized that we're all probably already here. 😄

I solo'ed that witch! (not PRECISELY what was said...)

January 15

4 hours ago, Murcielago said:

This thread is in kindergarten now and SS still hasn't been ported to Scrappers.

And probably never will be.

January 14

5 hours ago, hoopahnan said:

Thank you both for your replies! Flight is a little harder to control then I'd like...can I trouble the hive mind for a "Golden Age" Superman, just for funsies? Inv/SS/Speed/Leaping. Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound...but no lasers or flying?
I have a thing for old school comics.

Actually it's not that bad.
Remember that you can now stack Fly and Hover. Going for a "speed hover" that retains your Defense.

January 12

You want Inv/SS with flight?

This is a build based on my Framework design.

Has blank Foot Stomp and Fire Blast 6 slotted.
Simply drop in Winter-Os. PBAOE (Superior Avalanche) and Ranged (Superior Winter's Bite) respectively.
It's already Alpha'ed.
But hasn't been set up with Accolades.

The Hyperstrike Actual build is mainly set up the way you want it.

Not the ABSOLUTE TOUGHEST thing available.
But tough for 99.9% of content.

Inv-SS-Flight - Tanker (Invulnerability).mxd Hyperstrike Actual - 080521 - Tanker (Invulnerability).mxd

January 12

2 hours ago, retiarius said:

Right. Except for the one stretch of six or so years post-shutdown where NCSoft wasn't even aware that City of Heroes was still covertly active.

Don't kid yourself.
NCSoft STILL had the leash. That six year period was an elaborate, EXPENSIVE game of "keep away".

January 12

4 hours ago, Azari said:

My toons on live suuuucked. 😛 they can stay dead.

Knowing what we know NOW, your 2.0 character(s) are simply on a different level than your originals. Even if your originals were awesomessauce with a side of deep fried aswesomesauce ice cream.

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