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On 3/20/2025 at 5:25 AM, Parabola said:
The short version is shut off xp at every level ending in a 4 or a 9 and do everything you can.
There is a bit more to it if your OCD is very strong though. When I've tried this I've been aiming to get all my contacts to confidant status (full bar) but that raises an issue blueside. A lot of the old origin contacts share a pool of missions alongside those specific to them individually. So, if you tap out one origin contact before moving onto the next you can find there aren't enough missions left to get the new contact to confidant.
Unfortunately, even bearing the above in mind my last attempt at this was spoiled by a contact I couldn't get a full bar on. I'd been cycling through all five origin contacts in each level range but I still ran out of missions.
Other than that the main dangers are forgetting to do something (the atlas park safeguard is easy to miss) or just simply not shutting off xp soon enough. You have to be very careful of mission and story arc completion bonuses, particularly early on.
Something I've been enjoying while doing this kind of challenge is to try to get field crafter more or less through drops alone. It gives some purpose to all the enemies you are wading through with xp turned off. You still don't pick up enough lv10 recipes though.
It's also quite satisfying to pick up the exploration badges and history plaques as you go too. It's a different experience doing it when the mobs are still a threat.
Was it this group?
https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Fareed_Abdullah
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Nothing screams superhero video game like trading stocks.
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Sorry to bump such an old posting but was this ever fixed? I ask this because I'm considering a blue side run where I max out a contact from each stature level group: https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Stature_Levels
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On 10/21/2021 at 6:07 AM, Snarky said:
Name beg end mult type
Officer Flint 1 1 Outbreak
Officer Parks 1 1 Outbreak
Sergeant Hicks 1 1 Outbreak
Antonio Nash 1 4 Historical
Caitlin Murray-Davies 1 4 Historical
Derek Amberson 1 4 Historical
Gregor Richardson 1 4 Historical
Rebecca Brinell 1 4 Historical
Azuria 1 4
Jonathan St. John Smythe 1 4
Prince Kiros Nandelu 1 4
Rick Davies 1 4
Susan Davies 1 4
Aaron Thiery 1 7
Matthew Habashy 1 7
Officer Fields 1 7
Sondra Costel 1 7
Twinshot 5 9 yes 5=19
David Wincott 5 9
Detective Jose Brogan 5 9
Flux 5 9
Genevieve Sanders 5 9
Henry Peter Wong 5 9
Juan Jimenez 5 9
Kip Cantorum 5 9
Laurence Mansfield 5 9
Linda Summers 5 9
Maurice Feldon 5 9
Paco Sanchez 5 9
Paula Dempsey 5 9
Rachel Torres 5 9
Ron Hughes 5 9
Samuel Pierce 5 9
Tony Kord 5 9
Vic Johansson 5 9
Alfonse Rubel 9 14
Dr. Trevor Seaborn 9 14
Haley Philips 9 14
Hugo Redding 9 14
Jill Pastor 9 14
Kyle Peck 9 14
Sanjay Chandra 9 14
Tristan Caine 9 14
Wes Schnabel 9 14
Wilson Zucco 9 14
Twinshot 10 14 yes 5=19
Athena Currie 10 14
Carla Brunelli 10 14
Everett Daniels 10 14
Julius the Troll 10 14
Lorenzo DiCosta 10 14
Willy Starbuck 10 14
Talshak the Mystic 12 14
Meg Mason 5 15 yes Endless
Detective Becktrees 5 15 Police Band
Detective Freitag 5 15 Police Band
Positron 10 15
Karsis 12 15 Trial
Twinshot 15 19 yes 5=19
Cho Ge 15 19
Colleen Saramago 15 19
Dr. Ann-Marie Engles 15 19
Fareed Abdullah 15 19
Guy Denson 15 19
Jake Montoya 15 19
Jim Temblor 15 19
Juliana Nehring 15 19
Karen Parker 15 19
Kong Bao 15 19
Maggie Greene 15 19
Mark Freeman 15 19
Olivia Chung 15 19
Pavel Garnier 15 19
Penelope Yin (Faultline) 15 19
Sgt. Suzanne Bernhard 15 19
Thao Ku 15 19
Tom Bowden 15 19
Virginia Hoffman 15 19
Vitaly Cherenko 15 19
Warren Trudeau 15 19
Wyatt Anderson 15 19
Eagle Eye 7 20
Shauna Stockwell 7 20
Detective Martins 10 20 Police Band
Detective Rogers 10 20 Police Band
Detective Sluggitt 10 20 Police Band
Detective Westbrush 10 20 Police Band
Theoden 10 20 WWD 1
Synapse 15 20 TF
City Representative 20 20 yes 30 too
Graham Easton 15 24
Laura Lockhart 15 24
Agent G 20 24
Amanda Loomis 20 24
Andrea Mitchell 20 24
Andrew Fiore 20 24
Barry Gosford 20 24
Cain Royce 20 24
Claire Childress 20 24
Dennis Ewell 20 24
Doc Delilah 20 24
Dr. Cheng 20 24
Georgia Fields 20 24
Hinckley Rasmussen 20 24
Jake Kim 20 24
Jim Bell 20 24
John Strobel 20 24
Josef Keller 20 24
Justin Greene 20 24
Justine Kelly 20 24
Kevin Cordell 20 24
Kirsten Woods 20 24
Long Jack 20 24
Lt. Col. Hugh McDougal 20 24
Lt. Manuel Ruiz 20 24
Melanie Peebles 20 24
Oliver Haak 20 24
Oswald Cuthbert 20 24
Piper Irving 20 24
Polly Cooper 20 24
Rondel Jackson 20 24
Stephanie Peebles 20 24
Tyler French 20 24
Vic Garland 20 24
Wilma Peterson 20 24
Wilson Eziquerra 20 24
Scientist 15 25 Bloody Bay
Warzone Agent Eckman 15 25 Bloody Bay
Detective Frasenbacker 15 25 Police Band
Detective Kowaccio 15 25 Police Band
Mercedes Sheldon 20 25 yes 30-35 Red
Penelope Yin (Freedom Phalanx) 20 25 TF
Sister Psyche 20 25 TF
Moonfire 23 28 TF
Roadflare 20 29 Endless
Blind Makwa 20 29
Cerulean 20 29
Doorman 20 29
Field Agent Keith Nance 20 29
Katie Douglas 20 29
Master Midnight 20 29
Mistress Eva 20 29
Nadia 20 29
Noble Savage 20 29
Palatine 20 29
Roy Cooling 20 29
Special Agent Jenni Adair 20 29
Trina Furst 20 29
Vanessa DeVore (Contact) 20 29
Vickers 20 29
Ashwin Lannister 25 29
Atherton Cromwell 25 29
Christine Lansdale 25 29
Collin Larson 25 29
Eliza Thorpe 25 29
Gordon Bower 25 29
Lars Hansen 25 29
Laura Brunetti 25 29
Laurie Pennington 25 29
Lorenzo Tate 25 29
Marvin Weintraub 25 29
Miriam Bloechl 25 29
Skipper LeGrange 25 29
Tobias Hansen 25 29
Detective Basinns 20 30 Police Band
Detective Croquette 20 30 Police Band
Detective Davids 20 30 Police Band
Detective Hutchinson 20 30 Police Band
Warzone Agent Brinson 20 30 Siren's Call
Michael Binocolo 20 30
Citadel 25 30 TF
Ernesto Hess 25 30 TF
City Representative 30 30 yes 20 too
Jane Hallaway 24 33 Respec Trial
Twilight's Son 25 34 TF
Katie Hannon 30 34 TF
Allison King 30 34
Buck Salinger 30 34
Jenny Firkins 30 34
Jose Escalante 30 34
Kelly Nemmers 30 34
Lou Pasterelli 30 34
Merisel Valenzuela 30 34
Neal Kendrick 30 34
Peter Stemitz 30 34
Phillipa Meraux 30 34
Tina Chung 30 34
Manticore 30 35 TF
Sir Lionel 25 39 Endless
Mistress Maria 25 39
Montague Castanella (Praetorian) 25 39
Mender Lazarus 30 39 TF
Sir Bedwyr 30 39
The Magician (Contact) 30 39
Ward 30 39
Anton Sampson 35 39
Cadao Kestrel 35 39
Colleen Nelson 35 39
Ginger Yates 35 39
Gordon Stacy 35 39
Steven Sheridan 35 39
Admiral Sutter 20 40 TF
Detective Fish 30 40 Police Band
Detective Junkers 30 40 Police Band
Detective Miller 30 40 Police Band
Detective Murwell 30 40 Police Band
Mark IV 30 40 Store
Dakota Berg 30 40 WWD4
Agent Kwahu 30 40
Agent Six 30 40
Holsten Armitage 30 40
Penny Preston 30 40
Serafina 30 40
Numina 35 40 TF
Mairenn MacGregor 38 40 Abandoned Sewers Trial
Maren MacGregor 38 40 Historical
Woodsman 39 41 Trial
Unai Kemen 42 42 yes 45-50 + 42
Dr. Quaterfield 40 44 TF
Angus McQueen 40 44
Indigo 40 44
Janet Kellum 40 44
Madeleine Casey 40 44
Maxwell Christopher 40 44
Tina Macintyre 40 44
Shadowstar 1 50 yes Warshades
Ticket Vendor 1 50 AE Store
Pillar of Ice and Flame 1 50 Base
Agent Davis 1 50 Christmas
Agent McClane 1 50 Christmas
Agent Wallace 1 50 Christmas
Father Time 1 50 Christmas
Trina the Body Sculptress 1 50 Costume
Calvin Scott (Primal Earth) 1 50 Historical
Detective Wright 1 50 Historical
Coyote 1 50 Outbreak
Sunstorm 1 50 Peacebringer
Null the Gull 1 50 Special
Super Group Registrar 1 50 Special
B.O.T.L.E.R. 1 50 Store
Danny Lin 1 50 Store
Mender Roebuck 1 50 Store
Mr. Yin 1 50 Store
Natalie Alexander 1 50 Store
Norbert Pittman 1 50 Store
Reward Merit Vendor 1 50 Store
Rhonda James 1 50 Store
Ronald Kincade 1 50 Store
Smuggler Freddie 1 50 Store
Smuggler Jimmie 1 50 Store
The Conduit 1 50 Store
Can of Trash 1 50 Useless
Trashcan (Fort Trident) 1 50 Useless
DJ Zero 1 50 Valentine
Ganymede 1 50 Valentine
Sela Vermont 1 50 Valentine
Police Radio 5 50 Police
Admissions Officer Lenk 10 50 invent
Agent Hassell 10 50 Unlockable
Montague Castanella 10 50
Serge 20 50 Tailor
Fireball 25 50
The Pilgrim 25 50
Trilogy 25 50
Archmage Hellewise 29 50
Wavelength 30 50 Pandora Box 1
Lauren 30 50 Tailor
Jessica Megan Duncan 30 50 Valentine
Longbow Special Op 30 50 Warburg
Warzone Agent Goddard 30 50 Warburg
Percy Winkley 30 50
Provost Marchand (Primal Earth) 30 50
Senator Decimus Aquila 30 50
Captain James Harlan 34 50 Respec Trial
Marcus Valerius 35 50 Endless
Julia Pria 35 50 Store
Midnighter Store 35 50 Store
Imperious 35 50 TF
Borea 35 50
Levantera 35 50
General Hammond 40 50 endless
Lt. Col. Flynn 40 50 Endless
Lt. Volkov 40 50 Endless
James Harvan 40 50 PB4
Heldenjaeger 40 50 PB5
Detective McLord 40 50 Police Band
Detective Selnum 40 50 Police Band
Carson 40 50 Tailor
Sara Moore 40 50 TF
Glacia 40 50 WWD5
Infernia 40 50 WWD7
Ada Wellington 40 50
Daedalus 40 50
Dr. Boyd 40 50
Dr. Huxley 40 50
Flashfire 40 50
Ghost Falcon 40 50
Serpent Drummer 40 50
Specialist Greer 40 50
Major Richard Flagg 44 50 Respec Trial
Faathim the Kind 44 50 TF
Justin Augustine 44 50 TF
Dr. Kahn 45 50 TF
Ms. Liberty 45 50 TF
The Lady Grey 45 50 TF
Crimson 45 50
Gaussian 45 50
Harvey Maylor 45 50
Maria Jenkins 45 50
The Dark Watcher (Primal Earth) 45 50
Mender Silos 46 50 TF
Mender Ramiel 50 50 Alpha
Taskmaster Gabriel 50 50 Historical
Luna 50 50 Store
Tin Mage Mark II 50 50 TF
Belladonna Vetrano (Contact) 50 50
Captain Nolan 50 50
Dream Doctor 50 50
Ephram Sha 50 50
Heather Townshend 50 50
Max 50 50
Mu'Vorkan 50 50
Number Six 50 50
Praetor Duncan 50 50
Prometheus 50 50
Sister Solaris 50 50
For most of these stature contacts, is there any way to complete them once you've outleveled them? It seems they don't appear on Ouroboros.
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On 2/8/2024 at 4:53 AM, lemming said:
Looks like this might not be the case in the next page. ContactXP does go into most contacts if run via Ouro.
Where did you hear this?
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If only they'd further diversify the server locations...
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I'm surprised this still isn't a thing, especially considering that hairless models already exist.
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1 hour ago, Psyonico said:
The shards all run on the same physical server (except the European one, of course). If they added a second physical server, regardless of the location, it would increase the cost of upkeep.
I'd be willing to pay a monthly fee, though I don't know if the license allows for that.
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Now that the game has been officially licensed, does that mean that the developers have access to the software to create original costume assets? If so, could those tools be made available to the community? I ask this because I can bet there are tons of people who would be thrilled to independently develop some amazing new costume pieces and donate them to the game.
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If you made a west coast server, there are many people who could much more easily play the game. I'm playing from Asia and have an average of 300 ping at any given time.
There are four servers in North America. Why do they all need to be in the same place? If you opened even one west coast server, it would probably become the most popular server.
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15 hours ago, Michiyo said:
Victory has always been here, Originally I spun her up as a VM on my Desktop, then I moved her to an old Dell R815 (The 2nd server from the top in the above photo), then I gutted a HP DL380 g6, and built a 2nd gen ThreadRipper machine in the chassis. But at all Times Victory was on a box running in my house.
Please, please, please keep it on the west coast! There are so many people who will have an easier time playing CoH if only there were a west coast server!
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So I got this news from the January 18th announcement which followed the official license.
^ And this is the specific reference.
I'm just hoping they make it a West Coast server! My latency would drop from 250-300 to around 150-200!
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Does anyone know where the new server(s) will be located? As a person playing from Asia, I'm very hopeful that the new servers (Victory, possibly Paragon) will be located on the west coast as that will improve my latency dramatically.
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I'd make some of the older power effects match the visual quality of the newer ones. For example, Time Manipulation looks noticeably better than most of the older power sets.
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2 minutes ago, Dombloo said:
Mainly out of curiosity, what ping do you get to the server? I know as someone who lives on the US west coast I get 180 ping (which is worse than my friends on Excelsior playing from England) and that already annoys the hell out of me, so I can't imagine how bad it must be for you.
At the absolute best, 290. This is rare.
At worst, 400+ Anything above ~350 basically freezes the game.
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12 hours ago, tanglin said:
A VPN is virtually (no pun intended) mandatory if you're in China and want to be connected to the outside world without China censoring what you see. So, there's a good chance that the OP is already using a VPN.
Yes that's correct, I'm using a VPN and rely on it every day. Nearly all of the world's most popular websites are blocked by the Great Firewall.
I'm terms of using a VPN to better access CoH, I've tried lots of different server connections and they don't make a difference. The distance is just too great.
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54 minutes ago, GM Impervium said:
I can certainly appreciate your desire to play the game smoothly. Unfortunately, we don't have any current plans to open any new shards, or move/merge any existing ones.
I'm not saying these things will never happen, just that it isn't in the cards at the moment. Sorry =(Thanks for the reply!
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3 hours ago, Ukase said:
You mention latency and struggles with lag. A change in the location of the server would do what exactly? Why would anything change? I would imagine a "new" server would be the same size, speed, etc. Maybe even the same physical server, I've no idea.
My thinking regarding internet & computers has always been there's a bottleneck somewhere. Could be your hard drive, could be your memory, the size of your page file (if you use that to pretend you have more memory than you do). Could be you've got ISP service from a cable provider who love to put a throttle on your uploading packets. Maybe even a throttle on your downloading packets too. Could be your ISP is burdened with other traffic that slows things down on your end. Or, it could be the server. I just find it unlikely because others play with no lag on the highest graphic settings. Some folks play with multiple instances on the highest graphic settings with no lag or latency.
Obviously, some folks have a better system than others - but mine is easily 10 years old and seems to carry 3 instances without issue, with no lag or latency - except during those events like the Map Server event when it was difficult to target foes that you could actually attack. Having well over 100 folks in a zone might have something to do with that, too. That's a lot of flowing cape graphic math, I guess.
In short - given that literally hundreds of players are playing this game without latency or lag most of the time - couldn't it be something to do with your system? Just asking.It has nothing to do with my system, or the server capabilities. It has to do with me living 7,000 miles away from the servers. I'm in Shanghai, China.
All but one of the servers are located in eastern Canada. The other is in Germany. I'm asking about opening a server which would be physically located in the west coast of North America.
I've played several MMOs which have servers located in California and my latency averages between 130-200, which isn't ideal but is totally playable.
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Forgive me if this is already a thing, but is there any possibility that superbases could be linked to individuals and not supergroups? I know it's not hard to make your own supergroup + base, but I would love to be in a supergroup with others while not having to share the same base as them. From what I understand, this design choice was originally made due to storage limitations, but it seems that's not an issue anymore.
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Opening a west coast server while merging old servers is not that crazy when you think about it, and in fact there are a lot of potential benefits to it:
- By opening a west coast server, you're now making the game available to a huge part of the world which otherwise can't easily play it. It would definitely bring an influx of players.
- Torchbearer and Indominable have very low populations. The populations are so low that it's hard to even get into a DFB group. Think of how unenticing that is for new players. If they merged with Everlasting then they'd have solid population numbers.
- Hardly anyone plays Torchbearer and Indominable so the naming thing shouldn't be that bad.
- If people feel sensitive about the Torchbearer name disappearing, then just give the merged server the Torchbearer name.
- Excelsior and Reunion (EU) would of course be left alone.
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21 minutes ago, Without_Pause said:
To add, the overall population is decreasing so that doesn't help generating a need to add another shard.
I've put some thought into that. What if they merged three of the low population servers into one and then opened a west coast server? Net minus one server.
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I know there are many players who live in Asia or Oceania who would really love to play on a west coast server.
As an expat living in Asia, I often really struggle with lag. On a very good day, the latency is about 290, but it often has moments when it exceeds 400. 290 is surprisingly playable, but when it gets over 400, you're basically frozen. I've tried many servers including Reunion but had the same results.
Is there any chance this is in the cards?
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13 hours ago, UltraAlt said:
Okay, so what is the problem with them being in your inactive contact list?
Because I'm an OCD perfectionist and hate seeing incomplete contacts on my list.
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To see a lot more great examples, check out this list! https://www.pcgamer.com/AI-upscale-mod-list/
Considering that so many retro games can already be modded, I bet it could be done in CoH with just a little technical ingenuity.
[OPEN BETA] Patch Notes for May 27th, 2025 - Issue 28, Page 2
in [Open Beta] Patch Notes
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This is a good fix. However, there are also legacy contacts that run out of out missions too early, namely the 15-20 Technology contacts. Could they get a quick fix as well? Here they are: