DoctorDitko

In other news, you can put a waterwheel under your tap, run it all day, and charge up your toothbrush!

Torchbearer. Skyway City. On a debugging league. Suddenly a pigeon swoops down, grabs my character, flies him up to the top of the map, and drops him. I was amused, bemused, bordering on ceemused, and completely failed to get a screenshot. But, well done Devs! Haven't seen that one before! (Before you ask, he was my tankiest of tanks, and completely unfazed. Argh! on the screenshot, though!)

Freem?

No throne, but a definite throne room vibe in the big boss' Shadow Shard base.

Good advice, Andreah. Running around with /noparticles 1, I discovered that some critters and some effects are pure particles. (Which is against the game guidelines as stated, and also very confusing until you figure it out!)

You are correct, sir, thanks! Apologies for the misinfo. Suppress helps when I've been making myself go blind.* * Mom warned me that was a risk.

And, now I must go watch the British singer Foxes cover "Don't stop me now" again. (The version without the Doctor Who clips.)

Looks like Metallo to me. He's in for a surprise if he expects his kryptonite heart to work on Statesman.

Suppress FX is your friend: https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/SuppressCloseFxDist_(Slash_Command) (And I agree, it was probably a gaudy aura causing the eyestrain.)

They'll have to suss it out before the other servers join us, so expect some action before too long.

"Dev Island" -- Care to give a tour? Actually, does anyone want to offer a tour to their favorite place? I'd be willing to jump servers to visit a good vacation spot!

It'll always be the Toe-Bomb to me!

To quote my favorite nigh-invulnerable superhero: Neat!

See! This is why we need more letters in our character names! Can't even get close!

My Bots/Traps MM was the quickest to 50 for me, though not the most fun. That would be my Storm/Ill Defender, she has such a bag of tricks there is almost always something she can do. Good on teams, too, at least once the PUG realizes they didn't hire a HEALer, they hired a DEFENDer.* * Favorite feedback at the end of a TF during which nobody but the bad guys took much damage. "Good heals, BTW!" Didn't have the heart to tell them...

Well argued, and I agree. Either a /bindsaveall command or a tick box under Misc Options to "Include defaults when saving binds" would work for me. I expect the former would be easier to implement, while the latter invites discussion of whether it should default to on or off.

I agree on alignment tips! What I like is the deliberate attempts to making them different from run-of-the-mill missions. Sometimes you start a map at an unusual place, or the goals will be offbeat. Good stuff!

Defender-stacked teams rock and roll! Turns out, enough defense is a really good offense!

Also, a pro tip: When fighting Freaks, the shockers who rez come back more powerful the more PCs are standing nearby when they rez. So, knock 'em down and back off! So many teams can't seem to grasp this.

The Science Museum I worked at got some emergency oxygen stations in case of visitor distress. Our training in their use began with the trainer declaring with theatrical emphasis: "Oxygen... is a DRUG!" Some smartass immediately piped up with "Addictive on the first hit, too!" I've been through CoH withdrawal, back in 2012. I was clean for ~8 years. Didn't like it.

IIRC, on Live, Jim Butcher, writer of the Harry Dresden stories (and the great Furies series) kept getting reported and genericked. For playing Harry Dresden. Despite stating in his bio who he was, giving a link to his website where he talked about playing CoH, and generally doing everything he could to enjoy his own copyrighted character. Still kept happening. Let's not get that bad, OK?

The friend who introduced me to CoH walked me through character creation and the tutorial, and we levelled and got our first mission. It was clear on the other side of Atlas, and on the way: "What are you doing?" "Fighting these guys. They're trying to steal that lady's purse! That's not right!" "..." My very patient friend let me fight every bad guy on the way to the mish. When we came out afterwards, I was disappointed to see all the same NPCs being menaced in all the same ways. I was crestfallen until my friend explained spawns to me. Still feels like a never-ending battle.

What irks me is, if they had stuck to their remit and not tried to become Mall Circuit City, they could have been the favorite store of the Maker movement! What a waste...

To be fair, it's a chaotic subject!

I have a friend who hosts a Zoom room (used mainly for tabletop gaming) and another who runs a Discord server (used for CoH and other MMOs). I love 'em both for doing it, but both applications drive me nuts! Zoom has a terrible interface, is wildly different across platforms, and has ongoing privacy and security issues. Discord has a terrible interface, ongoing privacy and security issues, and unique technical aggravations. (I run and recommend TinyWall, a small add-on to Windows firewall that blocks any program from accessing the Internet until you approve it. Most programs, including frequently-patched ones like Firefox, require only one initial approval. For whatever reason, Discord needs to be reauthorized every time it updates. Which it does every time you launch it!) And, yes, both tend to have at least one participant who hasn't spoken to another human all week, and just wants to chat.