[request Null the Gull inside RWZ base.]

3 minutes ago, Greycat said:

Except the decision to want it or not want it can change depending on circumstance. Or, well, you may think you *have* turned it off on that character, but haven't... since there's no indicator at all that you've declined group fly other than being affected by it.

That doesn't change the fact that a player still has 35 levels to remember...

[request Null the Gull inside RWZ base.]

1 hour ago, Rudra said:

If he is going to solo somewhere else on the map, why would he need to quit a team? How does playing solo and being affected by someone else's group fly translate to being on a team? And have you ever tried asking a player with group fly to turn it off? They get ANGRY because you asked. Every time. (If there are players out there that don't, I apologize. Haven't met any of you yet.

Well if a player quits the team, the Group Fly affect is removed.

 

And I will admit I've never been bothered enough by Group Fly to ask someone to turn it off. One time someone had Shadow Fall turned on and I was like, "dang I can't see my dude - I'll just move over there away from the effect."

[Retired enhancements]

5 minutes ago, ZorkNemesis said:

I saw that picture, that was from a PDF of the manual that appears to be from after a certain point in the game but not the original release.  That manual also had mentions of the Council instead of the Column and had the Sturdy line of inspirations which were not originally in the game.  While that picture does have the Cone Range enhancement, it also has the combined Endurance Mod which was originally split into a Drain and Boost category.  Also no mention of jump height but I'm not sure I remember an enhancement specifically for height. 

 

According to the old Paragon Wiki, there was also at one point two separate Defense Buff categories, one for "Team Defense" and another for "Self Defense."  Would be interesting to find icons of those because I don't remember that at all.

 

The original booklet that came with the box game was good readin', I am glad someone else noticed these things!

[request Null the Gull inside RWZ base.]

1 hour ago, Bill Z Bubba said:

Tis true! Course, the OG devs could have just avoided all of this by creating the option to disable it in the first place... but that was then. We have a fix now. Might as well add "allow all rezzes without prompt," too.

I'm all for increasing accessibility. Weren't rezzes auto accepted in the early days of legacy?

[request Null the Gull inside RWZ base.]

25 minutes ago, arcane said:

When I spot a character of mine that has not made all the usual Null changes yet, I feel a wave of shame at my laziness and sheer incompetence. Perhaps you should all do the same.

I don't know if I would go so far as feeling shame, but if I haven't done my normal ritual of visiting all the Atlas exploration badges for the LRT, going to the P2W vendor, making last minute costume edits, and finally heading to Pocket D via Atlas Park to check/uncheck the usual Null the Gull options, it makes me feel like its not as easy to want to play that new character.

[request Null the Gull inside RWZ base.]

1 hour ago, Bill Z Bubba said:

Too bad that spawn I'm trying to kill is inside that 60ft radius. Guess I'll go solo somewhere else on the map instead.

Or quit the team since you're okay with going solo. Or ask the player using Group Fly to turn it off. Or remembered to have gone to Null the Gull to turn off affected by Group Fly any of the previous 50 levels. 

 

So many options!

[Listing of Devs/GMs with area of specialty.]

Updated: Also, see 'Staff' Section on the Browse tab of the forums to show all this with forum avatars too.

 

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. Pays the bills and deals with the financials.
     Number Six - Technical team / server and system guru 
     Telephone - Technical team / server and system guru
     Buckets - Technical team
     Flowers - Back end tooling for the team

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/
GM’s below:
     GM Widower
     GM Korvin
     GM Kal
     GM Conviction
     GM ColdSpark
     GM Kaiju

GM Tempest
GM Sparky
GM Crumpet Support ticket master
GM Joji
GM GoodNyght
GM Helferlein
GM Impervium
GM Mimiru
GM Quasar
GM Willow
GM Kiwi
GM Arael
GM Flints
GM Navigator
GM Aegis

They are all highly trained and specially selected great folks that operate under an exacting code of conduct, and GM Kal is very glad to work with all of them!

GM Bot is their remote control bot that can do commands and send announcements, not an actual person, and is not automated in any way (other than cute replies when you do a /tell!)

GM Solace
GM Manga / Manga
GM Globetrotter
Are not currently Homecoming GMs, but are valued consultants.
And every Mac user has Manga to thank for being able to play CoH.

 

And Michiyo - Consultant, and runs the Homecoming Wiki and FBSA websites

Most all of the Homecoming staff groups work on a consensus basis for any important decision. 

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

[request Null the Gull inside RWZ base.]

6 minutes ago, SeraphimKensai said:

The alternative solution was either telling them to shut it off or kicking the person with group fly as it made us slower than molasses and debuffed our accuracy back in the day.

Back before Teleport Teammate/Group was a prompt 😁

[request Null the Gull inside RWZ base.]

Null the Gull - a chicken for every pot! A solution to any problem! Just make the gull do it and it will be better. It may surprise folks that Null the Gull didn't exist for many years and players went about their way, finding alternative solutions to the problems they experienced in the game.

 

For example, Group Fly has a 60 ft radius. If players move outside the radius of the caster, they won't be affected by it any longer.

[Eternals - now "free" on Disney+]

I wasn't very impressed with the story, but I thought everything else was decently done. It felt a bit detached from the MCU story arc and only returned to it with brief one-liners on the Avengers or Thanos.

[Breaking News: Microsoft Buys Activision/Blizzard]

If they've got that kind of cash on hand wow

[While I'm in Paragon...]

On 1/15/2022 at 9:11 PM, Ukase said:

For a list of Hero only badges - consider this site: 
https://n15g.github.io/badger/homecoming

On this site, there are options to seek (and check off as completed if you wish) badges by alignment, accomplishment, Achievement, Accolades, History, Exploration, etc. 

You can track one character, or as many as you like. Well, at least 12. That's how many I was tracking at one time. I've have since come to my senses and took 7 off the list. 

Hey that's what I've been using for the past few years. 

[Where everyone knows your name]

And they're always glad you came!

[Wakanda Forever]

Oh man Tolkien white guy had be rolling

[What's the deal with...?]

NoPhase was added too at some point to lock out usage of the Phase Shift power. It grants the same status as activating Hibernate, so those two can't be used back to back.

 

Geode isn't affected by NoPhase though!! 😄 

[Drone temp power]

Here's a solution you can try - create a second account and use that character to move around your other one. 

[What are the worst powers in the game?]

Spring Jump, LRM Rocket, regen

[Red side..no wonder the place is mostly empty.]

Yeah the Nemesis Mole Machines from Black Scorpion's Patron arc are a pain too. 

[Battle Royale]

1. In-game version or lore version? Pre-SSA Freedom Phalanx or Post-SSA Freedom Phalanx? If the former, Statesman. If the latter, Penelope.

2. In-game version or lore version? STF Lord Recluse Version or regular? If the former, Ghost Widow. If the latter, STF Lord Recluse.

[Require Two Level 50 Characters to Get XP in AE]

4 hours ago, Luminara said:

I tried that.  I was arrested for grave robbing and all of my scientific equipment was taken away.  😞

Is that you Piecemeal???

[Dev Diary - Dr. Aeon’s Strike Force: Mission Science, Concept to Content!]

Big kudos to @Piecemeal and @Cobalt Arachne for their work on the ASF, as well to any other devs, GMs, and play testers who worked on it, troubleshooted, or contributed in any other way to make it awesome. It really is the gold standard for content 😉 

[Cross Server Arena and PvP zones]

Man the Arena UI is so beyond impossible to work with that I doubt anyone who isn't willing to smash their face on the keyboard is going to try it out. But yeah, I'd be down to try arena more if it was cross server. Then again, I can transfer servers so frequently, I am not sure this would solve the underlying problem of the low population of players participating in PvP.

[Require Two Level 50 Characters to Get XP in AE]

On 12/30/2021 at 9:23 AM, Glacier Peak said:

@Apparition we're three pages deep in to this thread; what is your take on the reactions to this suggestion?

@Apparition we're six pages deep in to this thread; what is your take on the responses from other posters to this suggestion?

[Croax's Tier List and Build Collection]

18 minutes ago, Without_Pause said:

The issue is cast time.

Why does cast time matter if used as an opener and the targets aren't notified and it doesn't break hide? 

[Game devs and toxic fanbases.]

3 minutes ago, biostem said:

As much as some people may deride gamers, they do take their pastimes seriously;  Emotions run hot, and some people do not know how to temper that and express themselves in a creative way.  All you can do is be a calm, informed player/member, and either ignore or try to defuse the situation, (though in the case of the latter, it can sometimes make things worse). 

Yeah this same line of thinking works wonders in other areas of life too!