DoctorDitko

Really? Those two giant 'under construction" guys the Nazis are building?

It's a great way to turn a Doctor Q TF from a day-long grind into a 2-hour funfest. When hunting GMs, it can bring everyone to the spawn point when it happens. Halloween event, the whole ToT league can bounce from gate to gate, with side trips to hunt GMs. Hami raids, when a Golden Dawn happens, you can get everybody out of the pool in seconds. That sort of stuff.

I wish there was *some* benefit to playing in SG mode, but apart from storage, etc. as mentioned above, having a Rez point right next to an insp chest and a buff station (to help me avoid dying the same way twice) have been invaluable to me! (And then if you leave via the base entrance, you often zone in at the mish door. Priceless!) I do wish there was a way to make certain things usable by PUG members and such.

Absolutely agree that suppressed powers shouldn't be costing me END. Not qualified to comment on the rest of the discussion!

If I'm playing my 50s, it's usually because someone wants help with a cool TF or story arc, and I have the perfect specialist for the job. I don't build so that Incarnate powers "fix" my build, so exemplaring holds little fear (and I don't hate having a few extra powers and inspiration slots when exemplared). The only Incarnate power I actually grind for is Destiny's "teleport everyone you've ever met, plus their friends and relations" power (with a 2 minute recharge)! Love that thing!

This seems eminently reasonable, and reflects reality -- there are only so many bullets in a spray, and if your buddy takes one, that's one fewer for you. * But I don't think it would add fun to the game. * Unless you're fighting Deadpool, mister "I only have 12 bullets, so you're gonna hafta share!"

I think I like the idea, but of course the numbers will matter. Controllers might be more welcome on teams, but might find it tougher to solo. I'd say it's worth dropping in the suggestion box to see if the Devs are interested.

Ideally, I'd like to see alternate power animations that include instruments. But backpacks would be a great start! (And doubtless easier to implement.) ;thumbsup

The icon for Mighty Jump Takeoff, even while greyed out, has a circling orbital thingy as if it were an active toggle.

Thumbs-up to Inspired Mole Rats!

Since parody and homage depend on the doctrine of "Fair Use," they really can't be codified. Fair Use itself cannot be codified. It's literally an "I'll know it when I see it" standard in copyright law. The EFF has an introduction to the subject. The Wikipedia article goes into more detail. DMCA takedowns, which are rampant on Youtube, are often wielded without the due diligence specified in the law, which requires claimants to carefully consider the Fair Use exemption before filing. Unfortunately, the default seems to be to take the video down, and rely on the creator to defend it before it can be restored. If some IP owner files against Homecoming, we might be in a similar situation. Unlikely, yes, but that's why they have to be careful (not to mention the walking-on-eggshells complication of being an unauthorized server). So, we should probably be more vigilant than we were on Live, since NCsoft's reaction to a DMCA takedown would be to destroy the offending server. The number of eyes on us is undoubtedly fewer, fortunately. But I'm working on a new profile pic, just in case. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. I am not a doctor. I am not a cheese sandwich.

Is there no way to make this more... voluntary? I imagine logging in and getting a message, "Another player would like to use the name Jelly Baby, whom you haven't played in two years. Would you like to give up the name? You will receive a free respec if you do." Or something along those lines.

I have a Doctor Ditko on every server, including Brainstorm. I mainly play on Torchbearer, though, so many of them are mid-teens, mainly used for base tours and such. I flatter myself that I might have a microversal "brand" in the world of CoH, and I would hate it if someone grabbed the name on another server and behaved in a way that might be described by a term the profanity filter would flag.* (I like to make my own mistakes, thanks!) So, it would be great if there were a dispensation for names that are: a) Across all servers or b) Related to the global name In the "I win the lottery and donate all to the Homecoming devs" department, how hard would it be to link in a public domain synonymicon?** Finally, I'd like to suggest that some small reward be granted for anyone who gives up a name. Not big enough to encourage players to camp names, but some token to acknowledge the sacrifice. How about a badge that reads "I used to be Dingleberry" or some such? Probably overthinking this, but... it's what I do. * Which, by the way, I keep active because it's more fun to call someone an "ectoparasitic feather-feeding louse" than an "#$%%^&". ** Synonym for Thesaurus. Ironically, there are not many of those!

Noticed while trying to use the Freebies Menu and P2W vendor, I picked Nemesis Staff as my Prestige Attack, decided to change to Blackwand (Natural origin toon, so oshould work for either) I can't revoke the lollypop OR take Origin/Not Origin Blackwand. It tells me I'm revoking Nem staff, over and over, but nothing takes. Probably Beta-only, but thought it was worth mentioning Problem persists over client restart. (NB: I had grabbed all the other Prestige Attack Powers, if that's relevant.)

Oh, if I could type, I'd be so dangerous. So, seconding the typos. (I spell great, I just can't type.) In my case, I also have a thing where I post something, then remember my sources, then go back and add in links.* * And citations. And footnotes, which, BTW, rock!

They'd have to be a Universalish set (a la Overwhelming Force) but I'd kill for an Erase Visual FX enhancement and a Mute Sound FX one. Maybe even a No Animation one, too. Null the Gull could offer to ignore both, for folks that want to see/hear everything. (So no unfairness to PVPers, or people with impaired senses.) Then I could finally port the Human Bystander from TT Champions to CoH. (Dressed as a civilian, he stands around on the periphery of battles and doesn't seem to do anything but root for his team.)

There's also: HTH

Welcome Home!

Pssshaw! Triops are THE freeze-dried pets for the discerning superhero.

Good on you for confronting your fears! It's as though Superman went Kryptonite-hunting. More power to you!

Lol, literally! That's the side of cats I prefer to see, I'm hideously allergic to them. And I seem to remember the late, great Don Martin pulling that Rushmore gag back in MAD Magazine. Nicely done, though!

Okay, this has made me really want to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19th). Any ideas?

An excellent point! Frying the motherboard when you connected a proper power supply was an engineer's way to keep you from descending into Dell Hell. OTOH, their Enterprise support a decade ago was very good. All I had to say was the magic word "Linux" and I would be connected to someone who knew what they were doing. (Otherwise it was "Go to the Start Menu and..." And I would be all, "Do you want to wait while I install Windows?") True story: We used to buy HP machines for our cluster, because they had better hardware. But the customer service was really bad. (Our record was two months to fix a blade with expensive "Next Business Day" support.) So our new cluster will be Dell. Fingers crossed!

It used to be the way to hide from your global friends, but it appears these days it brings up the same hide dialog that /hide does. Good to know. (Insert "get off my lawn" meme here.)

Sorry, my best advice would be to install Brew and use it to add wine. My 2017 Mac Book Pro self-destructed in 2021, so I can't test it, but it worked for me at the time. Good luck!