DoctorDitko

I spent much of my college years playing TTRPGs: Champions, Call of Cthulhu, Fantasy Trip, RuneQuest, Traveler. Do I miss Champions' ala carte power picks? Where you could gimp your character if you wanted to. Some of my favorite characters were deliberately powerful in one area and gimped in others. Captain Federal was almost entirely indestructible, but he couldn't dish out damage to save his soul. (Kind of a proto-Tick character, if I'm honest.) CoH is the only game that has let me re-create those favorite characters, to one degree or another.

It's not a room, but my least favorite mission is the one where you get dropped into a giant industrial open-air complex, and have to find bombs and rescue civilians. And there are more nooks and crannies than an English muffin, and none of the glowies make any sound!

Do you see that guy with every temp power mint-in-box, and a tray full of untouched Large inspirations? Yeah, the guy on the floor there. That's me!

I'm so glad to see this. I will monitor my to hit bonus in future, but I have definitely seen no extra hits after CT. I was half-convinced it was a to hit debuff!

I was surprised to get "Pyrotechnique" on Torch for my new Pyro/Time Controller. First name I tried. Go figure! (Still open on all other servers, and likely to stay that way. I'm a Torcher from 'way back.)

Best wishes to you all, this is a worthy project! Sadly, I speak only English, Academic English, and Jargon English. (But I would dearly love to take an editor's pen to some of the late-game missions and dialog. Prolix, thy name is (insert name of real writer contributing for free)! It's like Kevin Smith's comic writing: leave some room for the art, man!

Oh, definitely! CoH-HC > CoH in the fun, annoyance-free, and BS micro-transaction categories. And, of course, Welcome Home!

I guess by now everyone is aware that both Google (bad config) and Cloudflare (record-setting DDOS) have had a rough week. Just figured I'd add a note for posterity.

Waiter, I'll have one of whatever srmalloy is having!

I really wish I had known about your "quirk" a long time ago. I'm sure I have high double digits of unused respecs sitting in my various alts, all because it's such a PITA to redo my trays. Maybe low triple digits, not sure. Lots, anyway! I still really wish there was a "respec-lite" version that would let you just change a power choice or move a few slots. I think re: the beta server there exists a mechanism to take a build from Mids and import it to Beta.

It's possible your PC search has been redirected by a sketchy extension or nasty webpage. Grab the free Malwarebytes and let it have a look, it'll flag you if so.

Just think about the next poor bastich that gets that mish. All alone on the map -- and someone has clicked the glowie!

Back in the PnP TTRPG days, Champions had Advantages and Disadvantages. We had the "universal PC disad" of Irrational Overconfidence. Why else would you get out of bed in a place like Paragon City?

Sure! Look for Canker Tanker and Ms. Direction hanging out in Atlas.

4-7 works for me! (To be honest, I'm not sure I'd be able to manage CoH for 4 hours straight at my age.)

Sounds fun! I also like teams with themes like "all cold-based," or "all Rad." Looking forward to it!

See you then!

Thanks for Homecoming! CoH has helped me through some rough times. Eternally grateful!

Oh, I hear ya! Haven't managed to rewatch Buffy, and when I queue up the Avengers movies, I need to few minutes to chant "Art, not Artist!" over and over.

One of my top favorite fight scenes from Buffy/Angel. They kept the direction, camera work, and music completely serious, as though it was a dramatic boss fight. I loved it! I also liked the invisible fight in the arcade, again, they kept a straight face throughout. Classic!

I'm in! Sundays are best, Fridays tend to be my night to fall over after work.

I remember one of my toons watching half a million debt be gone on a single night! ...When they chopped the debt cap from 1 mill to 500K.

We also have bus stops but no buses.

Also, you might want to drop an announcement in General Discussion, that tends to get the most views. I'll be on at 3pm, my global is kind of obvious. Hope to team up!

One of my favorite tactics! Do you have an out-of-band way to get in touch once we're all kicking off?