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Is that for a Spines power set power customization option?

Ported from another thread as I was tired, confused, etc. when I posted in wrong place "I would like to be able to dual wield pistols as melee weapons even if we can't get a dual pistol -scrapper- set. The pistols going off (firing sound, muzzle flash) with the stabbing attack would be nice, but I would settle for being able to pick pistols as my melee weapons on dual wield. Some masks with white eyes/ey-holes would be nice. or two tone so that you could pick the eye/eye-hole color. A couple of different turbans would be nice. Unadorned and with a third-eye jewel as two examples. Animal heads that scale to the body size versus having to scale the body size to fit the animal head size would be nice. Some animal heads always seem to be too small to to me in proportion to the character's body. It would be cool to be able to link the travel auras directly to a power so that they turn on when you use the power. Same goes with a costume part that would appear when you use a travel power - like when you use a raptor pack and the it shows up on your back. I know that there are some/few costume parts that do interact with the travel powers, but being able to pick something like this as part of the power customization would be nice. So maybe a backpack that has the raptor wings in it that looks like a backpack sort of thing and then when you use fly/hover the wings pop out of it or it simply transforms to a raptor pack. sorry tired and pinwheeling. I need to go to sleep."

Just happened to read this as it wasn't quoted. Thanks. I'll pin that thread.

I'm wondering if there could be some way to keep the snow effect and frozen water going on in Atlas until say end February or whenever the spring event happens? I understand getting rid of the presents and shutting down the winter holiday event, but ... yeah.... winter is still going on. I know this would be a change, but having the seasonal visuals happen until the next seasonal would be cool in my book ... well, chilly in this case. Guess I have to go back to do some Striga missions. I have an alt for that!

And that's my sign that my hold is +2 Mag, so I like it. If there was a way to make my hold look different and still look like the same power set, then, yeah, that would be cool. I can't see having the ability to turn off the proc visual fx (maybe easier to turn them all off than simply one) being a problem except for PVP. I would want that kind of thing to be tied to an costume slot, but a general option in the option menu might be an easier "option" ... if it is possible at all.

The best Superhero MMORPG ever created filled with an incredible diversity of customization on every level including costumes, powers, power special effects, base building, mission design, and more.

DEVs are pretty clear that they weren't going back on it. I see no reason to frustrate them with an endless debate, but maybe they are simply ignoring it. It appears to be done at any rate... I can only hope.

You can't always get what you want.

I would like to be able to dual wield pistols as melee weapons even if we can't get a dual pistol weapons set. The pistols going off (firing sound, muzzle flash) with the stabbing attack would be nice, but I would settle for being able to pick pistols as my melee weapons on dual wield. Some masks with white eyes/ey-holes would be nice. or two tone so that you could pick the eye/eye-hole color. A couple of different turbans would be nice. Unadorned and with a third-eye jewel as two examples. Animal heads that scale to the body size versus having to scale the body size to fit the animal head size would be nice. Some animal heads always seem to be too small to to me in proportion to the character's body. It would be cool to be able to link the travel auras directly to a power so that they turn on when you use the power. Same goes with a costume part that would appear when you use a travel power - like when you use a raptor pack and the it shows up on your back. I know that there are some/few costume parts that do interact with the travel powers, but being able to pick something like this as part of the power customization would be nice. So maybe a backpack that has the raptor wings in it that looks like a backpack sort of thing and then when you use fly/hover the wings pop out of it or it simply transforms to a raptor pack. sorry tired and pinwheeling. I need to go to sleep.

Nope. Either the DEVs are left alone, or all the situations that cause a debate need to be removed. There won't be a reversion so those seem to be the two options.

Not sure why it is relevant to post about a private server on the Homecoming forums. If they have suggestions for their "private" server, I really see no reason to post that here or am I confused again because I'm tired?

I stand corrected However, can you get to any of these through a base teleport beacon (Other than the Shadow Shard - and I think that was added after the change maybe)? The Hydra are from another dimension? I thought the Rikti were from another planet. They got here on dimension ships and not spaceships? Honestly, I would consider most of those pocket dimensions. And once again, that is teleporting to another dimension and not another point in the time stream. Regardless, I still fall back on that we should stop bothering the DEVs about this. Lore issue resolved.

I thought they removed that from bases. (I don't use the thing) Is that still in there? Guess the DEVs need to remove that too in order to satisfy the few that remain to debate this.

Not sure what "server" you are on, but apparently it isn't Homecoming. The above is what I'm seeing in the character creation screen in Homecoming. As above, Scrappers aren't Tanks, they are melee. Scrappers have "Confront" in their primary selection. Any PBAoE or cone attacks create agro based on damage generated. I'm unsure if Purrfekshawn is wanting to play scrappers that create more agro (in which case, play a Brute) or if they want to be able to hide behind scrappers and feel that they are not generating enough agro to protect them (in which case, don't throw so many AoE when you are running with a scrapper as you would when you are running with tank). Quills does a pretty good job of creating an agro field on a spine scrapper. I do not see a need for a an AOE taunt for scrappers. That is for tanking not scrapper-ing.

Yep. thanks. Posting in the forums when I'm tired is a bad habit. But here I am doing it again. Praetoria is on the same timeline as far I know. It is, however, in another dimension. So yeah, way make it convenient. Take out all the teleporters that go to Praetoria. Old game lore, or Homecoming Game lore? The times they are a changin'. I think they did away with the base equipment that would allow you to travel through time form your base. Sometimes a blue police box is just a blue police box. Depends on who's hypothesis you are using. If you are going with your hypothesis there are an infinite number of dimensions because any possible variation on any level would lead to an alternate timeline branching ever more variant from the original as the timeline progresses. Anyone traveling back in time would increase the branching. Fortunately, there are only two dimensions in City of Heroes - Primal Earth and Praetorian Earth. The Praetorians had to build special equipment to attempt to bridge the gap and start their invasion plans. Luckily, those plans were mostly thwarted other than the clock work situation in higher level hero-side missions. Looks like we need a hospital in the Ouroboros, and we need to block the option of going to a base when someone is in the Ouroboros, on an Ouroboros mission, or are in Crimeroia. That includes falling in battle and base teleporter. You would have to exit out of Cimerora through the Ouroboros and then leave the Ouroboros and return to the Primal Earth before you could use your teleports again. ... or maybe we should just go with what the DEVs have set-up and put so much of their own time into and stop hassling them about it.

I have some Corruptor characters. I don't "love" corruptors. I love City of Heroes, and the corruptors are simply another way to play in THE CITY. Corruptors are like Defender/Blaster. They do to extra damage when enemies are at low health. Do less healing than a defender, but more damage than a defender. They bridge the gap of being a damage dealer (on opponents with low health) and team support. They really rely upon the rest of a team to damage enemies so that they can take them out. While they are waiting to take those kill shots, they can buff or heal the team. It is a different play style and a change of pace.

Oh, you ran multiple accounts before the sunset? I was on the all servers, but I only had the one account. For sure, someone else would have to answer that one. I'm not to concerned with mini-maxing. (As a player of the original Champions RPG (table top game I guess is the new lingo), I've done my share of mini-maxing. And this is another story all together, so I shall stop other than to say I loved making Champions characters at the same level that I love making City of Heroes characters) I'm more concerned with the power sets and power selection related to my character conception. If you are scared of the feel of trying stuff out and then deleting the character if it doesn't pan out, then using the beta is a good testing ground. That gets wiped periodically. You know it is going to happen. You know it isn't the "real" game, so it take some of the sting out of it. I call it the "ding" factor. Everyone wants to "ding". The "ding" is a reward experience for accomplishing things. This is one of the reasons that I'm against power leveling. It takes away some of the enjoyment of the "ding" that helps add a reward feeling related to playing a characters. I tend to have more fun playing the mid levels. Not simply for the "ding" factor but because of the missions and the kind of players that love going through the leveling experience. People can play however they want to play and that's fine, but this is where I find the most enjoyment in the game. And that's my point. When it grabs your attention, that's the best time to create an alt as far as I'm concerned. One of the last characters I made was a dual pistol/martial arts blaster because of the martial arts secondary for Blaster is so wire-fu. It has bullet-time feel to it without changing the rate of the game for anyone else. How did I stumble upon this? I was beta testing the different sets.

So I had all my character slots filled back before the sunset. 150 or so characters. There is no real need to rush to fill your character slots (at 1000 per server, it would be quite a task) When alting, the real thing is ... 1) Do I have a sudden urge to make a certain character based on some character conception for one reason or another? (and create the character based on that conception either pre-existing or suddenly created in my mind for some reason) 2) Do I have a sudden urge to make a new character for a server for some reason? (and then figure it out; example deciding a need a mix of archetypes on a server and something is obviously missing) 3) Is there some archetype that I haven't played before? (what character conceptions do I have that will fit the archetype or what kind of character conception might fit that archetype) 4) Is there some set that I haven't played before? My main reason for making Alts is that I like to create alts. I like creating character conceptions. I'm not simply making characters to be making characters. I'm making characters with a conception of what makes the different than my other characters. The reason for this is to not only make the character different to play based on the traits of the character in the game, but how I approach the game through the way that I think that character would interact with the world. This may or may not make sense. I guess my point is, you will know when to alt out. Don't push yourself to alt out. When the spark hits you, then it is time.

That is to say I would like the shield with FDPC on it as an option. PDPC, SWAT, or LONGBOW wouldn't be bad ideas either. I guess this would fall under an emblem though, so I could work for a chest part as well I guess for t-shirts and what not. could use a classic fireman's helmet to go along with it. Just for those time that I feel like fighting fires in the City.

Good time for NCSoft to prepare to cancel City of Heroes while Disney was negotiating in buying them out ... or could there have been a City of Heroes :: Marvel Comics Edition on the horizon back then if the dominos fell in a certain way? An expansion with a parallel Marvel Comics world with it's own zones. I'm sure it would have been a microtransaction monstrosity.

Uh, I guess it's not in their ToS not to? Want to stream so much then play on Thunderspy. I know of another "gamer" that did that and they gave up streaming CoH pretty quickly. I think they even gave up playing CoH honestly. As I understand it, there is an entirely different breed of players over there. The point is no one here is trying to make money off of the game. The DEVs are working to insure no one makes money off it. That's pretty much the whole point. If you are trying to make money of City of Heroes, kindly find some place else to game.

I'd say it's more likely that NCSoft doesn't have time to bother with City of Heroes. It has no cultural significance in South Korea. Apparently, it was a bigger hassle than it is worth. Letting City of Heroes remain in a rogue state is also kind of a poke in the eye to Marvel and DC for giving them a hard time when the game was active under them. NCSoft having any part of it at this point would also perhaps wake the sleeping Disney empire as Marvel is now under it's multi-tentacled elder-god-like control. "These are not the superbeings that you are looking for."

Well, Lawyers, guns, and money if you listen to Warren Zevon.

seems to be a disproportionate reward to me. Maybe all those people that want a hard mode should spend more time on Monster Island. Maybe the better thing to do is to put the King of Monsters on the Island with them.

Whatever springs from my mind that I feel I need to create. Made another couple the last couple of weeks or so. Both blasters. dual pistols/martial arts Fire/fire Character conception and name? It's a secret. Maybe you will run into them in THE CITY or maybe just another one or more of my scores of characters ... regardless of what server you play on.