Apparition

Yep. IMO, there is not a single legitimate reason at all to run a zone MSR anymore. Not a single one.

Yep. It's very clicky... click, click, click... but with those clicks, you can do just about anything. Damage, tank, heal, buff, debuff.

Illusion/Darkness Affinity Controller FTW. You can solo AVs and GMs, provide great debuffs, and great team buffs. Even better, your fantastic team buff in Fade also obscures people's costumes, thereby annoying your teammates!

FWIW, my Alienware desktop arrived with Windows 11 pre-loaded. Bleh. I immediately wiped the SSD and installed Windows 10 Pro. Most of the drivers were downloaded and installed from Dell's website, except the Nvidia graphics card driver which I downloaded and installed from Nvidia's web site. I since updated the graphics card driver in March. No difference. City of Heroes doesn't use DirectX, it uses OpenGL. That's why the game is mostly incompatible with newer machines using integrated graphics as Windows no longer ships with OpenGL drivers. Only graphics card drivers still come with OpenGL drivers included.

As Honorbridge and Darmian pointed out, it sounds like you've done Interrogator Kang's story arc already. Unfortunately, that prevents you from doing Dr. Stefford's story arc naturally. You'll have to do it via Ouroboros Flashback. If you want to do all of Praetoria naturally without using Ouroboros Flashback, I recommend following this guide - https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Apparition's_Complete_Guide_to_Praetoria But then again, I'm biased. :P

Just FYI, someone mentioned on the Mids' Reborn Discord server a couple of days ago that he experiences the exact same issue, but his desktop computer was custom built, not Alienware. So it doesn't appear that AlienFX is the culprit and this issue may be more widespread than Alienware machines. I should also mention that, as @TheHunterJLJ mentioned, the issue crops up on every CoH server, not just Homecoming. It hit me using the Sweet Tea launcher on Rebirth. The only way to fix it is to run: REG DELETE HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cryptic\CoH each and every time I want to play on Rebirth.

Brainstorm is occasionally wiped, including the AE. Sometimes it's re-populated, other times it isn't. Don't count on Brainstorm having specific AE missions for testing.

Six years ago, Jack Emmert took over Dimensional Ink Games, which operates DC Universe Online and is developing the upcoming Marvel MMOG. However, now he is leading a new American studio for NetEase (a Chinese video games publisher). The name of the new studio? Jackalope Games. From Massively OP: His next game will probably be a MMOG, considering that's his forte. But at least he won't be involved with the upcoming Marvel MMOG any longer, assuming that it's still being made.

Why play Stone Armor on a Brute? Because you won't experience the joy of chasing all of the mobs running away from you. @Bill Z Bubba That's why I'd play any secondary other than Bio, Invulnerability, and Shield on a Brute instead of a Scrapper.

As someone who also much prefers red side to blue side, I recommend the Faultline story arc. It has a lot of Arachnos in it to make yourself feel at home, but also not. It also ties in heavily into the Rikti War Zone story arc later. I also strongly recommend Laura Lockhart, level 15+ in Steel Canyon. Once you're level 30 or so, go to Ouroboros and re-do it via Flashback. Trust me.

It's not new. It's been an issue since at least the start of Homecoming. Probably since when TFs and SFs were added to the LFG queue back on live. It's just usually rare. I've encountered it a few times over 2019 through 2021, until I learned about the /teamquitinternal command and began using it every time I use the LFG queue. There's no fix planned, per se. Technically, using the LFG queue while solo is considered an exploit by the developers as using it solo to move around is not its intended purpose. It's just a low priority exploit ATM. So for now the fix is, as as I said, to use /teamquitinternal every time you use the LFG queue while solo.

Yep, you got hit by a bug from using the LFG queue to transport around. Every time you use the LFG queue to transport, you should type: /teamquitinternal immediately after arriving at your destination.

I've said all of this (although I don't think together in one post), over the past couple of years, but it still remains true (although people will vehemently disagree): 1. AE XP should have been cut to 25%. 2. XP from radio and newspaper missions should have been cut to 50%. 3. The only thing veteran levels should have given you is badges. 4. The double XP booster should have cost 5 - 10 million INF per, and the 50% XP booster should have cost 2.5 - 5 million INF per.

Yep. When Homecoming first went online, so many people insisted that they want all of their characters back NOW NOW NOW that they farmed and PLed dozens of characters to level 50, set them out, Incarnated them between veteran levels and iTrials... and then what? After all that grind, there was nothing left to do. So they left. It happened with literally dozens of people that I personally know.

Staff Fighting doesn't use much endurance, but it is one of the least damaging primaries. I agree that your best bets would be to pair it with either Stone Armor (sans Granite), or Electric Armor. Bio would be good as well, but it's OP and I generally don't recommend OP power sets. :P

Same. I like playing melee solo, but only solo. I can't stand playing melee on teams. Partly because at least on PUG teams I find that usually half or more of the team is melee and, relatedly, I also find that there's usually a substantial lack of debuffs on PUG teams. Let me tell you, doing TFs/SFs/trials on a melee heavy team is a real slog and can easily take two or three times as long as a team with only one or two melee characters on it. On teams, I prefer playing Blasters, Corruptors, and Masterminds. I feel like I'm contributing much more to the team overall than playing a melee character. YMMV.

We just need to lure Diantane back and get him to start posting on the forums again. Then the forums will become hopping again.

Note that if you do do that, you should immediately type /teamquitinternal after arriving at your destination as it can be bugged and prevent you from being able to join a team unless you use that command. See

First of all, welcome back to Paragon City and the Rogue Isles! 1. For the Ouroboros portal, take the TUNNEL in Atlas Park or Mercy Island to Night Ward. Once in Night Ward, go to the mansion and enter it. You'll receive a badge that unlocks the Midnighter's Club in Steel Canyon or Cap au Diable. Enter the Midnighter's Club, and go to Cimerora. Congratulations, you now have the Ouroboros portal. As for Team Transporter and Mission Transporter, they are available from the P2W vendor in Atlas Park, Mercy Island, and Pocket D, as well as the T4V vendor in Nova Praetoria. 2. There is currently no portal to Cimerora. You have to access it from the Midnighter's Club in Steel Canyon or Cap au Diable.

I've noticed that quite a few people that primarily play blue side get tripped up between the MLTF and LRSF, essentially thinking that they're one in the same because they both involve Lord Recluse.

Eight Tankers could do LRSF at +4, but you'll need temporary powers. Envenomed daggers, and the blue side Signature Summon (Ranged Damage), which gives you Positron. It's expensive, but it'll be worth it, trust me. The Positron Signature Summon is arguably overpowered, to be blunt. He does -100% regen, -20% damage, and -30% res. It's ridiculous. Best 10 million INF spent, ever.

Snarky is mostly correct. As a VEAT, you can go to gold side at level one via Pocket D or a SG base and street sweep Praetorian mobs. However, the contacts will completely ignore you. The only way to do the story arcs in Nova Praetoria, Imperial City, and Neutropolis as a VEAT is via an Ouroboros crystal, which you can use at level ten, not level 25. First Ward and Night Ward however, you can do naturally if you wish. If your VEAT is a hero for some God forsaken reason, go see Mistress Eva in Talos Island. If your VEAT is a villain like God intended, go see Carter Mordesen in Cap au Diable. They will both start you on the path to First Ward.

This isn't really a bug per se, but it is an unintended consequence. Page Three made some Arachnos Wolf Spiders female, and some Arachnos Fortunatas male. In the mission "Down in the Slums" by Praetor Tilman, you are tasked with capturing an Arachnos Fortunata. The one I got in that particular mission was most definitely male. Yet, when I turned in the mission, Praetor Tilman/Mother Mayhem says: "This little girl you brought me is very interesting, as is the news that she has. It seems she met with our little Vanessa DeVore herself." The dialogue continues with many more references of the Fortunata being female. So you may want to re-write the dialogue to be more gender agnostic, or lock down the Fortunata appearing in that mission to be female if possible.

It's not an anniversary badge like that. The Elusive badge is an anniversary of the City of Villains launch badge. The only way to obtain the Elusive badge is to log on during the month of November. See the wiki entry here.

You're thinking in the "Blasters = ranged" misconception that too many people have. Single Target Melee - Energy Melee/Stone Armor Stalker. AoE Target - Dual Pistols/Atomic Manipulation Blaster, Fire Blast/Fire Manipulation Blaster if you want to be boring. Single Target Ranged - Beam Rifle/Devices Blaster, Ice Blast/Tactical Arrow Blaster