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One of my earliest characters was a rad/rad defender, who I tried to play like superman, because I desperately wanted to laser-beam-eye things to death! He ended up performing pretty well, eventually, but I think it took doing the Terra Volta trial, then copying to the test server to try out different builds, (since they didn't show the numbers back then). Cheers!

Inside. Street sweeping like we did back in the very beginning was not a thing on Live for some time. Rikti Warzone and places like Dark Astoria, Hazard Zones, are not always terrible for drops and things, but XP is generally better from instances, unless I am mistaken. OK, Thank you!

Thank you so much, The Philotic Knight!

I'm sorry - regarding the 2nd point - is XP better *in* missions, or outside? Originally, I thought it was outside, but you're saying it's better *in* instances? Thanks!

So I played CoH/CoV for about 5 years, ('04 to '09), and really enjoyed it. I briefly came back when it went F2P, but never really stuck around. Now that nostalgia has set in, and I started playing again, I'm remembering why I loved the game so much. Anyway, I just wanted to say "hi" and mention a few observations/request some feedback: 1. I love that fitness is now inherent! I no longer have to worry about fitting it into my build, and while the need to manage energy consumption is lessened by this, it's still a great change, IMO. 2. I love being able to play villain ATs as a hero, (and visa-versa)! 3. No longer having to wait until level 14 to get your travel power, and not requiring you take a lower tier power is fantastic! OTOH, Perez Park won't be quite as scary anymore, LOL! Do you folks bother with the lower tier travel pool powers anymore? I could see combat jumping still being useful, and I was reading the info for what appears to be a newer medicine power, "serum". 4. I noticed while leveling up the other night that I can actually show the specific information regarding powers. This is an amazing change! Can you do this from the character creation screen as well? 5. I used to do a lot of "street sweeping" when I played the original run of CoH, but does it still hold that you get better XP from that? I've run a bunch of the quests for Twin Shot, and while I enjoyed the banter, the XP didn't seem all that great. 6. Do the same basic rules apply with regard to "kill stealing"? I used to basically avoid attacking groups others were engaged with or "helping" others, unless to throw down a heal or something that didn't do damage. Thank you all in advance!

I've been playing a demon/dark MM, and as soon as I got my 2nd demonling, (the ice one), I noticed that he always goes straight into melee, while the fire one stays at range, so maybe it's just a weird quirk of certain T1 minions?

Thanks! I will certainly try that. I'm wondering if there's a way to say something like "give a respite to the weakest pet" or something, though that may be too hopeful. I suppose it'll get better as I level, because right now, twilight grasp, (or w/e the dark miasma heal is called), is a bit unreliable as a team heal...

Hello there folks! I just found CoH:H, and having been a player from '04 to '09, it's like that old shirt you thought you lost, but finally found, and I'm loving being able to play once again! That being said, masterminds were my favorite AT, and I'm just getting back into the groove, (currently playing demons/dark). I'm only level 12 ATM, but it's quite fun. Anyway, it seems very dodgy trying to give my pets inspirations, so I was wondering if anyone has a bind or other advice that may make things a bit easier. Thanks once more!