GM Kal

4th wall is extremely hard to pull off, because it's difficult humor. Particularly when interacting equally with others. It can quickly get dismissive of them. If none of this is real, then you possibly implying that what other characters around you are doing is meaningless. But, it can be done. The best results I have had is using it extremely sparingly, so it "hits" at he right time, and don't make it your main focus. I played a character that was facepalmingly stupid. He would go around making these musings and ponderings that were just extreme dumb, but might seem deep if you are low IQ. Sprinkled in with this nonsense, I would hit a few 4th walls. People interacting would be expecting another facepalm moment of Kal's character saying something dumb. But suddenly it's some actual pondering thought that he was correct in, but since it was 4th wall, IC acknowledgement was limited, but everyone enjoyed it. Key was, my character did not know better than everyone else putting him above them; but he accidentally sometimes stumbled upon a 4th wall truth. But he is already made to be dismissed, since 80% or more was wrong funny nonsense and being oblivious.

When you absolutely need to communicate, and you need a good "copout", use: ;calculate ...and emote magically drawing words in the air as you give the text. Is this cheap? Maybe 😏

The SnakeDen looks super shady! What kind of illegal treats were given out? Sus! Thanks alot for the thoughts everyone! We love you!

I can't implement this myself, but I'm happy to share what I do to lessen the effects: Bio has a low Effects mode, and with any powers, remember that if you color a "bright" mode effect a dark dull color, or a "dark" mode effect a bright color it makes it more transparent. You can color Rad effects very dark grey, and they look like barely there ghost or wisp effects.

No idea on the justification on that, but 2.0 is usually overkill when I am running tactics and kismet, and just using it to clean up trash. Fast cast time = aimed less? No idea.

Totally understand that. I still vividly remember my first log in here after so so long. Hearing the neighborhood music intros and standing under Atlas with everyone hanging out and showing off is amazing. Still.

All the judgements are basically the same damage if you aim them right. Such as targeting near the center of a pack with pyronic. But Ion you do not have to bother. Pyronic casts much faster, so that's my usual choice.

If you bought Scrapper nice things, like Critical strikes ATO, Scrapper would love you back.

Just a reminder: We have set up several social media accounts in preparation on Twitter, Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube. Links listed here: Feel free to follow them even if they are not in use, yet. Actually there are things you can do! Please follow the rules everyone. That simple. Some of them might be frustrating, some might be.... odd from a non legal perspective. But every rule we make is for a reason, and those reasons all have to do with keeping the server safe, around long term, making sure the maximum number of people can enjoy it harassment and drama free. ☺️

Yes he was doing that as a player long before he was a GM, and continued doing that as a player using his own personal funds afterwards. (No GM powers involved, just his skillful AH marketeering) We usually keep GM and player identity secret as a default to protect privacy, but it's not required. And we always have totally separate "play" and GM accounts.

He was always on Torchbearer with his player account handing out Influence and Superpacks as gifts to new players like mad. He always loved getting new players going.

2020 is terrible. Cyclone started as a GM just after me. So so many times I posted his helpful guides to players. He really loved this game. I can only hope he didn't suffer after the accident. From the sound of the accident he just... was not there from the moment of impact. I'm at least thankful for that. He originally wanted to be GM Mospeada, but I totally busted him to Cipher for copyright before he started I was really looking forward to him watching the new Mospeada anime that hasn't come out yet, but I guess he won't be able to see it now. Damn his obsession with bikes. I just wish they were as armored as the "Cyclone" ones in the show he loved. He did so much both as a player and a GM. He will be greatly missed by me and all of the community. I'm glad his writings and guides are still helping people. Please check out his works and guides. It made him happy every time they helped someone. https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/11218-r_ms-guide-to-r_ms-guides/

Yes to confirm, GMs can easily make a new Kings Row, resetting the event. Just submit a ticket (Menu, Support in game) and a GM can create a Kings Row 2 for you if a GM is available. The original Kings Row will slowly drain as people leave, and then close down. Please do form a good sized party or league so the most people can enjoy it.

Where is the game installed? Documents or downloads is not where you want it. Install it in a directory similar to C:/Games/City of Heroes Also, make sure the entire directory is whitelisted in your anti-virus and windows defender. Both of these issues pop up every time there is an update due to the above.

I'm not an expert on settings for computers, and I hope other people can chime in with helpful experiences and the settings they use. But here is a guide on laptops regarding CoH:

Usual Carrion Creepers slotting is 4 or better yet 5 procs, possibly some accuracy. Creepers are ridiculously good with procs, since pets usually clone proc cooldown timers. And creepers make copies of themselves. Have fun with the explosive vine chaos!

Reaction time aura is incredibly good for indirect damage mitigation. The most damaging attacks in the game are melee. If a foe can never close the distance to you due to them being slow, then they are missing many many attacks. Particularly the melee focused foes. (A basher/shalsher vs a gunner or shotgun) If you can combine the Reaction time aura with another slow, it gets even better. Using this to only fight foes 1v1, and using storm kick to knock them down suddenly makes melee very safe. I usually use all my novas and AoEs, then burst of speed in and focus down any survivors. Nobody can close the distance with me before I teleport to the next target. It's all about choosing your battles. But for survivability, you likely should still get Fighting: Tough and Weave.

Absolutely. Never get held down by what a power is called or is "supposed to be". If it looks like something else, and you feel good head canoning it as that, Go for it! I have used minimal effect mystic flight as a tech suit thrust (because I wanted a free cosmetic tech teleport too) Ninjitsu as dimensional shifting Dark as sand Stone as ice Energy font as souls Just don't be held back in your creativity.

With any low base damage AT, what you want to do is slot up your attacks with procs. Lots of them. I'm working on a natural Thugs/Traps MM with slotted boxing, crosspunch, knockout blow, and Corrosive vial all procced out. I'll report back on results.

Yes! Homecoming is currently unable to teleport cookies to your house. Devs please address this, thank you.

Ice/Cold is fine. I'm a huge fan of Artic Air confuse. Just ignore accuracy, and go all confuse duration and endurance reduction. It does not use accuracy. Cold support is also very strong in parties and end game, I wouldn't give up on this combo. Also, it may help to slot a Lockdown proc in your Block of Ice. That can help you reliably freeze bosses first shot.

Added in /powexec_location entry to both the list of slash commands and added a page for the command. But the entry is probably not the most ideal or regulation formatting. Please feel free to refine it.

This isn't exactly what you want, but here is the same data in another format. Hope it helps. Homecoming Ouro reward merits.rtf

Make sure to do an Options, Re-Validate in tequila, and also please check your install directory: So main points: Not in a directory windows messes with (listed above) And at least 2 deep. (Such as C:\Games\City of Heroes ) If other directories are used, windows will likely mess up your game and cause interesting errors or problems later on. Even if it works at first.

Homecoming Ouro Reward merits Hero&Villain 2020-04.pdf Here is the updated merit reward amounts for Ouro arcs for Hero and Villain sides. Sorry for the PDF, this data will be formatted to a more useful way at a later time. Homecoming has previously adjusted merit reward amounts vs Live based on average time to complete the arc. _ Edit: Date added. This was not an adjustment of merit amounts, just a listing long overdue of the amounts HC has had since day 1.