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And while we're asking, anyone got beta screenshots? COH or COV.

Okay here's what I gathered based on my interactions on the forums, official Discord, and in game: Homecoming Team: Jimmy - Generally the lead when announcing major updates or information pertaining to the Homecoming community. Cipher - Posts announcements and monthly donation windows Number Six - Technical team / server and system guru Telephone - Technical team / server and system guru Buckets - Technical team Flowers - Unknown Game Masters: There are a lot… they are all helpful and professional. Depending on who is working the current shift/region/server, a different GM will respond to support tickets or requests for in game help. Full list of GMs available at: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/staff/ Lead GM’s below: GM Widower GM Korvin GM Kal GM Conviction GM ColdSpark GM Kaiju GM Impervium - The best GM in my book! Homecoming Developers: Cobalt Arachne - Self-proclaimed villain developer. Most recent work includes the Dr. Aeon SF. Naomi - Costume and Emote Developer Piecemeal - Story developer. Most recent work includes the Dr. Aeon SF. Brought new life in to the Vahz, Freakshow, and looking at revamping the Warriors. Captain Powerhouse - Power and house Developer The Curator - Patch Notes Developer Faultline - Bit of everything Developer Booper - Powers and enhancement Developer Player-1 - Powers Developer Zanshin - Unknown Developer The CareTaker - Unknown Developer

Final Fantasy does it's pantheon/mythology very well! Cool video! I remember looking up a similar video when I wanted to make an accurate legionary character in game.

Yeah macro stuff. That's all good! When you're a grunt, the little things are interesting as well. Like why did that guy run out in the open while getting shot at a bunch? Oh to get a machine gun up to provide cover fire while his or her unit hastily evacs casualties. History is riddled with heroism, but it isn't usually noted unless by the victors or those who live to tell the tale.

No such a thing doesn't exist to my knowledge. The HC Staff link just says who is what, like GM or Developer. I'm pretty the devs have all crossed over to different things before. I think Naomi is the costume and emote dev, but that's just from what I've seen posted.

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He may have actually been one of the first AVs added to this game. Any old beta players remember this or know if it's true? Who was the first AV???

I've seen both sides of this play out in many art and entertainment mediums. You're absolutely right about the way these narrative anecdotes are introduced to the audience being the key to their impact. I remember playing Master Chief in the Halo CE video game years ago and just thinking he was a badass who kicked alien butt. Then a novel came out about him and I read that. Totally opened up a new side of the character that I now keep in my head when I'm playing the most recent Halo game. My point is, when it's spewed from the mouth of a nameless background character in less than a sentence during a quick plot filler scene it sullies the value of both the achievement or sacrifice that those awards are meant to represent in real life. When the story weaves in the trauma, hard work, etc in to the character using more than just a quick puff of imagination, I think it's impact is felt much more by the audience - especially those who aren't familiar with the meaning of those military ribbons or medals.

Yeah that's totally fair and it's something writers may normally be able to do in other mediums like literature and perhaps graphic novels and comics. Maybe even in the short description field players are given in game. But in film and television, time is much more of a scarce commodity. The time to tell the audience a story is weighed against the larger narrative, so these types of shortcuts are much more common. That's basically what I'm seeing. A shortcut to save time probably by an overworked and underpaid graphic artist who found the closest thing they could and pushed out a 'close-enough-that-most-players-wont-notice-or-care' product.

I'm almost certain Requiem came first, then the chest decal was added a few issues later.

That reminds me of a related tangent about fictional super powered characters whose creators sprinkle in their backstory things like: "he won two Medals of Honor" or "he or she got PTSD from the war." It's just lazy writing! Sure it gives the audience the impression that the character is awesome or tragic quickly, but it's a cheap cop-out that I think lessens the meaning of such acts of heroism and achievement that military service awards mean to promote.

Issue 27, Appendix 1, Annex A: Forthwith Graphical and Systematic Coding Preponderance and Other Related Wherewithal. See sub-paragraph 1 for Patch Notes.

That is a great question! Chest Decal > Award Ribbons / Requiem's Chest Decal

Yeah that was my point in the original post - folks who aren't familiar with military service, let alone the difference between American and Italian military medals and ribbons wouldn't think twice about this. It is something I notice every time I run an arc with Requiem as the big baddy or watch a cutscene with him. Just a really cringy thing to see considering the context that I put forth in my original post.

To your point, yeah I recognize that, even alluded to it a little in my original post. Some folks unfamiliar with military service might not be aware of it though. Either way, the original graphic artist who used those as the starting point could've done a better job at either selecting Italian military medals and ribbons or just made them up for the fictional game. Its the little things! Edit: Just reread your post and realized I missed the first part. Awesome! I've got 5 of those mentioned as well. It was honestly the CIB that was colored red that I noticed the most 😆

Not to mention base empowerments, P2W vendor powers, amplifiers, and pet summons, Winter temps from the elf in the ski chalet, PvP temps (Nukes & Shivans and Longbow/Arachnos Mechs), day job temps... there is a lot of stuff to take advantage of!

Yeah that is really strange! I've got a 1440p/165hz monitor and a cheapo 1080p for content viewing on the side. The reason I installed the GeForce nonsense was to manipulate the graphic options easier. I download new drivers every so often through the program too, but yeah it's a bit much.

He does have jump wings though 😄

Indeed, players can select the option to forward messages to their email in their account settings.

Right??

I'd also note that a few in game badges are actually reskins of real military ribbons as well. For example, the Member of the Vanguard badge is actually a color polarization of the United States military National Defense Service Medal with the Vanguard logo added. Same goes for Master at Arms being a recolorization of the Joint Service Achievement Medal. Welcome to Earth... may be a unique one though! Edit: @Apparition for future MSR shenanigans, image above!

Oh and I would start out looking through this page: https://hcwiki.cityofheroes.dev/wiki/Macro_image_(Slash_Command)

I know client side mods exist, I'd start here:

This could very well be the case. The fact that the ribbons are not ordered by precedent could support this hypothesis, along with the majority (or all really) of the medals and ribbons not being awarded until World War Two, where such grab could've taken place.

I am struggling too! Either the graphic artist didn't know the difference between American military medals and Italian military medals, or Requiem was secretly Captain America basically lol