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My take: Most known for fighting Trolls and the famous Frostfire mission. Find mini Troll raves with drummers in some areas. It is the only place that know of to battle Minions of Igneous (https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Minions_of_Igneous) outside of the AE. You will find them only in Grendel's Gulch (Level 13-15) - the pit in the middle of the map. [But are they actually space aliens like the Shivans - brought to Earth by asteroid crashing into the Earth's atmosphere? Lore says that the Trolls found them while digging in the Hollows (https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/The_Hollowing) , but if they simply creatures that live underground, why haven't they been unearthed in other areas of the Earth? or even in other areas of Paragon City!] Relevant bits from https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/The_Hollows Hero Hazard Zone (5-15) Connecting Zones: Atlas Park, Skyway City, Tunnels Enemies: Circle of Thorns, Coralax, Devouring Earth, Hellions, Hydra, The Lost, Minions of Igneous, Outcasts, Skulls, Trolls, Tsoo, Vahzilok Arc Contacts (and one repeatable) Level 5-9 David Wincott Hunts and door missions └►Flux └►(Julius the Troll) Level 5-15 Meg Mason (repeatable) door missions - first one is timed Level 10-14 Julius the Troll (Frostfire Arc) hunts and door missions └►(Talshak the Mystic) Level 12-14 Talshak the Mystic hunts and door missions Trial Contact - Level 12-15 - Cavern of Transcendence (https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Cavern_of_Transcendence_Trial) Karsis - Unlock requires completion of Talshak the Mystic's story arc. WARNING: there is no map inside of the Cavern of Transcendence trial.

... but only to Mapserver critters (like the ghost axe and ghosts). wow. Seems a bit excessive. er... yeah... I certainly hope you weren't thinking you could do the old "toy bat-then-brawl" combo to take out an GM?!! You hit GM with your Toy Bat for half their health in smashing damage! You hit GM with your Brawl for half their health in smashing damage! You have defeated GM You gain a large mount of experience and buttloads of influence.

I don't believe that it is the intent for a level 20 to be running a level 20 Ouroboros mission. Ouroboros missions are meant for higher level characters, and I think the intent of their creation was for level 50 end-gamers to give them something to do.

It maybe level 20, but it's level 20 in Ouroboros and your character is probably level 50. So what... you get like 5 levels of power over that, so you have powers up to level 25 and Maelstrom is only level 24? And how many set bonuses and Procs that are attuned that can be used at to level 20 that could be factored in to your advantage? Are you soloing or running with a group of other 50s that are also essentially exemplar-ed down? + he's only an LT. It isn't like he's an EB or AV. I don't run 50s and I don't do much Ouroboros stuff, but I know what level 50's are like when they play lower level content. It just doesn't seem to be all that much out of proportion, but I assume it is a challenging fight.

A +2 Mob can be set at x1 to x8. I am not trying to disagree with your opinion. Obviously, we have experience different results. It took me a while to get where I am tactically with masterminds. I tried to use them in ways that other people were using them and that generally did not work for me. I would agree that is correct. The mastermind AT seems to be built to fight more like a scrapper or stalker than an AoE controller or blaster. I don't disagree with your view of the AT if you are having issues with it. I have worked with the archetype long enough that I am getting a handle on the tactics of it, and, with increased knowledge of the pet behaviors of each type of pet (except for Demons. I only make Demon masterminds to be able to use the whips) the longer I can keep them alive and realise how to deal with their limitations and that of the masterminds abilities as well. I no longer feel them to be the hassle that they were to play at one point, and this change in my mindset and tactics came before that recent mastermind buffs/changes. The mastermind works best with more of a tank mentality. masterminds are definitely not support characters unless you mean by support "treating the entire team as your minions", which is what I do. I learned to utilize this tactic this especially after/by using whip-only demon masterminds (aka petless demon masterminds). The other players generally don't know that it is going on until the say: "Are you a petless mastermind?" "No." "Why aren't you spawning your minions?" "My seven minions are already out. Can't you see them in the team window?" Yes. The masterminds take a good bit of clicking and paying attention to what is going on with the pets and the team around you. Yes. That is because a controller is a support character class like defenders and corruptors and arguably dominators. Damage soaking with the pets. And most efficient when using a secondary with buffs and heals (at least). This is why I suggested electric as a secondary. It seems to me to be the best secondary to couple with the masterminds. I have ?/dark, ?/forcefield, ?/traps, and, I think, a ?/empathy ... maybe more. Electric seems to be the most fun and effective to me. I have about 4-5 ?/electric masterminds at this point. My focus is not attacking with my mastermind, but letting my pets and team mates do the damage. I'm trying to get my pets into the fight and keep them buffed and healed. I let them do all the work - they are my minions. I think you are taking the correct action. If they don't seem fun to play, then play something that is fun to play. That's why I have so many characters. If one character isn't fun to play, then I play another one for a while. Each character plays differently. I've given them their own characteristics, and I try to play them based on those characteristics. Have all the variety and option is what makes City of Heroes fun for me.

Heh, I have embraced it.

I'm not seeing this issue. I see you say +2, bit x? how many? Unfortunately, simply because you aren't good with them doesn't mean that they aren't already a powerful archetype. I'm assuming you already know that you can't play all archetypes the same way. It is kind of like fighting a new villain group. You have to figure out which ones are likely to be the biggest threat and taking them out first (be that the boss, healer, shielder, buffer, etc.) Perhaps you simply need more minions. Specifically, those with human-intelligence behind them. /LFG for some to join your team. Pretty much regardless of what server you are on, there are people looking to team up that don't want to lead a team.

Sure. One way or the other. I would want to have powers. Who wants to be an NPC? I figure that would depend on my $origin which may not be natural, and I probably wouldn't have a choice especially if my $origin was mutation. I would deal with world gave me or work through science, tech, or magic depending which of those doors opened for me in the CIty. The ones that I would have access to or think up and try to make happen. I mean this is me and not a character. My origin is suddenly being in Paragon City, and realizing it was for real. I would be wondering how I ended up in Paragon City. I would be looking looking for day jobs and a place to live; I don't want end up under the underpass in Kings Row trying to stay warm around a barrel-fire with a bunch of Lost. I would probably try to be trying to find a way back home or find out that I'm trapped in another cage. I would strive to be a hero, but I would probably end up being a vigilante. Never take off the mask ... until it's time to blend in with a crowd. I guess it would depend on what I could afford. I don't know what kind of loot I could make from day jobs, and I don't know the prices for places to live within the CITY. As said above, I would be trying to avoid living with Lost in an underpass in Kings Row. Do what I have to do to pay my bills and then spend the rest of the time trying to do what I can to save people and fight crime in the City. I figure I won't end up in the City with wealth. I'd end up blipped in there with hopefully at least my clothes. I wouldn't have any kind of Paragon City ID. Yeah, I would get a day job as soon as I could.

Try ?/electric. Always run in defensive mode (blue shield) and focus through one of your minions once combat begins so your can primarily focus on buffing and healing them. Electric will give you easily usable buffs, heal, and a shield. Electric powers branch out and hit more than one target, so if you stay with your pets, keep your pets together, and target through one of them then you are going to buff and heal yourself. The shield is static, so drop it as soon as you are at a fixed combat point. I engage combat in a couple of ways. I walk close enough to a group of enemies to provoke them into attacking. Set up the shield. Target of of my pets. Pets are in defensive mode and the enemy will attack, the pets will respond. Set up the shield. Teleport an enemy into your kill box and then target one of my pets. Pets are in defensive mode and the enemy will attack, the pets will respond. Set up the shield. I range attack an enemy (preferably with a debuff) and then target one of my pets. Pets are in defensive mode and the enemy will attack, the pets will respond. With a pet targeted, I can buffand heal most of the pets and myself. I'm also focusing fire with that pet (I usually target the pet that can do the most damage). It seems to work well in my experience, but I'm not playing at level 50 trying to chase a bulldozer team around.

It seems to me you need a stalker-friendly team to get the best use out of stalker in team situations. I can see a traps/devices/stalker team working well together. Since you practically have to make a stalker a scrapper to team with a bulldozer team, I can't say that there really is a good team-build for them if you are running with a bulldozer team. I mean, you're lucky to be able to run in and get an assassin strike off on a bulldozer team and the assassin strike the main reason to have a stalker.

I'm looking at all theses bases in the contest and I keep thinking, would it be possible to add bases as an option for maps in AE content? I might really be a hassle to do this, but, wow, I mean think of what it could mean. I'm not sure how it would even sort in the AE as bases are stored on the different servers (as far as I know) versus in a common pool or if it would be necessary to have access to all bases in the AE (I would think not). I think if it ever is implemented the DEVs and/or Community Reps would have to approve bases before they would be added to the AE. I say this because I know of a least one ERP base that is a bit out here and I'm not even sure it should be open to the public but some of the Horror aspects of Halloween bases kind of go kind of far as well. The AE missions really aren't monitored either so on some level I guess it is relative. I would also think that base owners should have the option to submit their base for possible use in the AE versus just putting them all through the process. Some bases are personal and people may not want to have them used in AE content by other people creating missions inside of their base design. I still keep looking at the and thinking that they are ready made maps for PVE. I know they can already be used for PVP at this point.

The other game that I did costume and skin texture mods for had the costumes a flat artwork. The flat artwork for costume parts and skin textures are applied to the character model. If you examined how the flat artwork fit on a character, you could then modify the shape, texture, color and also if it was metallic(reflective)/transparent/etc. of a costume part. It would essentially be the same costume, but with the characteristics modified within the boundaries of the existing costume part. I'm unsure if the costume parts in CoH are 3d modelled and/or have a layover art pattern on top of them. Can Blender even utilize the art file type that is used for the costuming in CoH?

make one of both, you have 1000 slots. Embrace your altitis.

City of Heroes started with Tanks, Scrappers, Blasters, Controllers, and Defenders. I know that some try to lump those into the Tank, healer, and DPS categories, but that is them impressing their views on the system to make it relatable. Of course, many games are going to "tread the ground most travelled" because that is the easy path to take. Some people expect the "holy trinity of gaming" so at is where their brain set is, so to make a game easily accessible you use what player are used to finding in a game. Adding other elements can be the tricky part for game balance. Rock, paper, scissors is always going to be a standard. The tank distracts and soaks damage to protect the healer and the DPS. The DPS defeats things because the tank and defender don't have enough damage to do so. The healer heals both the tank and the DPS so they can do their jobs. That isn't set to occur in City of Heroes. Some players do impose that upon the game. These days, there seem to be a larger number of players playing solo. There is no "holy trinity of gaming" when soloing, but I will yield to the fact that some are multi-boxing when they are "soloing".

I can I get a power customization of that for nunchaku? A pair would be great, but I could settle for one-handed.

I'm sorry I didn't know you owned this thread. No reason to keep it open to spread your word if that is your stance. The thread will be gone quickly. No one will even know it was here.

What it means is that the bug is insignificant to a majority of the community. I don't think it is worth the time of the DEVs to track down something that happens so rarely. They aren't paid. I would rather them work on thing that they enjoy doing. It's fine if you want to warn people, but I think it also find to tell them that it is highly unlikely that it will happen to them and they don't need to worry about it. I don't know if it was you or one of the others that said that this same thing happened with items that you no longer had in storage?

My speculation is two fold. One is funneling. With F2P and only one starting zone for Villains and Praetoria, the DEVs seems to want to funnel all the new F2P heroes through Atlas (of course on some servers they just went immediately to the AE to power level and then struggle to figure out how to leave Altas Park). Game size. Back then storage and bandwidth isn't like it is now and the size of a game made a difference. With both City of Villains and Going Rogue being released (and even before then) the were making subtle cuts in existing content here and there. Even downloading updates was very time consuming. Honestly, I probably leveled up 25-30% of my characters in Galaxy. The fighting around the lake in Galaxy is a lot more fun (dangerous) than Atlas. If you get the O-portal from the get-go, you can still go to Shadow Galaxy and level by hunting the lake. Without the contacts, that's all it really is at this point unless you want the explore badges or the nostalgia of looking around the zone. I had a lot of fun times there. if I recall correctly, at least some of the time Tanker Tuesday would assemble in Galaxy City. Was it an emotional impact? I don't really think so so much. It did give them the ability to make the new tutorial that allowed you to pick if you were a hero or villain on the way out versus picking by tutorial or direct zoning to one side or the other. When the F2P AE Babies invades, they all went to Atlas and that made Galaxy look like a ghost town by comparison. If you are going to nix out a zone, it's going to be an old low level one that isn't be used before a newer zone that the DEVs are trying to hype. There is a tutorial about what is going on in Galaxy City now. When enough players are in a zone, a 2nd instance forms. I remember when there were 3 or 4 Atlases up at on one server or another. oh, but it is the only place for Supa Troll Raves https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Troll_Rave + Babbage shows up there! honestly, it was the first vertical zone. Something that the DEVs strove for with/in CoV.

I used to do a good bit of costume and skin texture mod'ing in another game I played, but it was easy enough to do with with .pdfs. I know that there was a CoH proprietary graphics type and that means that there is limited ability to mod those files, but I have run into groups that have done it, so the programs have to be out there. I'm not sure what the harm is of letting someone know what programs can be used to alter the costumes even if the devs don't want us to self-load costume parts in the game. We could submit them to through support and let the DEVs judge what is allowable or not. I've even done some animating so knowing what animation programs are used for the game might be helpful as well. I know that they may not be a advanced as the animation tools that I used for the game that I mod'ed, but it would be cool to check it out anyway.

I looked at what you posted. I guess you haven't read all the the posts on the threads that you have posed on. I have some items in storage in the AH. The only time they I accidently posted any of those items was due to user error. I was tired and/or clicking too fast. I have never had an item post that I didn't have in storage or I hadn't clicked on. I admit it that I have put things for sale at a price I didn't mean to, or even purchased things at the wrong price, but I have never seen what you are indicating goes on. It seems to be a narrow group of people and may be lag related. You haven't indicated one way or another if you are using a mod to change your cursor shape or size. If you have, then that could have caused some of the issues. Say the cursors click zone is large enough to fall over multiple post buttons at the same time. No telling what kind of havoc that could cause in the auction house. If you are paranoid about it, go for it. This is something that is occuring few and far between. I don't see a large rush of "me too".

well, have fun. That's why most of us play games. If Homecoming isn't fun for you, find a game that is. I quit subscribing and playing City of Heroes almost exactly a year before it shut down because the changes to the game weren't fun for me any more. You have drawn the line, so don't sit on the fence. Find something that's fun for you to do.

I don't know what game that you will be playing then. I don't think I have ever played a computer game that didn't have bugs in it.