High_Beam

I am not a fan of the character replacement names (l33t speak, punctuation). Like many have said, I just try something different. Two word names give you more flexibility and I often use bastardized Latin or French and even German once in some names (Native English speaker here). Also sometimes commonly accepted variations for words also help (i.e Phyre for Fire). Spelled out Numbers are cool too. Titles like Doctor or Offficer or Ranks also add flavor. Also when you break out the big box of crayons (with the sharpener) different names for the same color really help. I only got a few characters that got one word names (Runeslinger, Flattery and Tideway).

Not dismissing others connectivity problems, I have no doubt they are real and annoying but I have had zero problems trying to log into Excelsior when it is Three (Red) Seashells, I mean dots, no queueing or anything. Then again I am a secksi magic snowflake who had kings and courtesans present at my birth and a hundred fairy godmothers all sprinkling magic awesome dust on me. At least that's what the talking cat says to me.

You can get a taste of Bloody Bay in the Drowning in Blood Trial as well.

That is how it is currently in the game; Siren's Call, Bloody Bay, Warburg and Recluse's Victory are PvP zones where players can attack each other at will (less the tiny safe entry areas). And there are some mini-games (mentioned above by @UltraAlt) as well as control the zone in Bloody Bay and Recluse's Victory.

Funniest thing I've hear all day. Thanks mate you made my day.

Randobots . . . Roll out!

Among other things weather it is true or not.

What @Rudra said. Keep all PvP out of the PvE zones and we will be good. Do whatever you want in those PvP Zones, change them, paint them pink I don't care. I don't care about PvP and have no dog in the PvP fight. More power to the PvP people if they can attract people to the PvP zones by whatever stick and carrot means it takes, I wish them nothing but success. But I will fight any attempt to move it out of those zones or implement any change to the games mechanic that diminishes PvE play in favor or in support of PvP play.

No such thing as too much time spent trying to make a character that makes you happy; less fun occurs with hate in your heart for your own hero. Unless you are Regen, then its a infinite black pool of self-hate 🙂

The movie wasn't as bad as people say. I enjoyed it enough where I didn't feel ripped off. Glover was a passable Lando. I think they could have done a better job casting Han and Woody Harleson is just annoying in anything he does. But it was a welcome break from the Post Jedi trilogy. Oh . . . I should have responded based on content not subject. My bad 🙂 Soloing a Corruptor, I mean you are really only going to get enjoyment from that if the lions share of the powers affect you. I have a DP/Kin Corruptor who solo's quite well in that its fast and fun. Better on a team though.

The server isn't really relevant, it is simply the fact that as the game has shaken out, less people, regardless of the population play on the villain side, even less on the Praetorian side. I will not presume to burden everyone with my opinions as to why but suffice it to say, blue is where most people congregate. Now you can tweak things a little, go to Null the Gull and become a Rogue vice a villain which will allow you to cross back and forth between blue and red while still maintaining access to the Red content but able to participate in Blue TFs and such. Or you go Vigilante but that kills off access to regular Red content (you can still do Strike Forces). Its a lot easier to catch a DFB on Blue than Red. But if you are wanting to stay hard core red then perhaps be a booster, make calls for Red side work. Strike Forces and stuff that grants badges come to mind. Keep track of the Weekly Strike Targets and run those as they are incentivized with greater rewards; this week is Silver Mantis and next week is Operative Renault. When Mortimer Kal comes up everyone is in Sharkhead.

I think on this we can all agree 🙂

Totally. I did it like on 7 different characters, once after I literally found the information on the new location, got the badge, swapped toons and then went right to the old location and was like . . . wait a minute.

Yeah mate. Masterminds are very attention hungry, even bad play is a lot of activity and traps is all about maneuver and placement; super clicky. Building proper kill boxes are . . . are what they are; lay mines, lay poison trap, drop acid mortar, drop triage beacon. Attack and pull to KB, throw caltrops and web grenade. All while commanding minions to target and maneuver. Crazy fun and glorious when its working but frustrating when it isn't. Controllers also require a lot of keyboard and command variation. Very strategic and you cant just cycle keys because you have to be judicial with some of your long recharge powers, nothing sucks more that dropping your AoE hold on two guys then needing it against a bigger pile. Add to that the buffing/debuffing and you can gat overwhelmed easy. Dominators are even more aggressive on the button mashing between a lot of attacks and a lot of others. I play a lot of Blasters and while they aren't easy or simple, their mechanic is more akin to repetitions of key bashing Snipe, 1, 2, 3, 4, repeat. Your secondaries are often hands off or melee (unless devices or trick arrow). You can have a reasonably good experience as a blaster with the limitations you have described but might get frustrated with survivability as constant movement and techniques like kiting and jousting are expected tools in the survival toolbox (along with hover blasting and of course killing them first). Corruptors are harder because your are a blaster for the shooty shoot part but are also clickity click with the buff or debuff, especially on busy powers like Kin or emp. Defenders too just in reverse. Tanks and Brutes may be the key for you. Some armors (willpower was mentioned and I will add Invulnerability) allow you a good deal of hands off on the survivability side and some attack sets are honestly slow as balls, I mean I nave an INV/EM tank so slow attacks for sure. Like @Luminara, I have a SJ/Will (though a Brute) and yeah, its a pretty good one that will give you most of what you are asking for (solo friendly, survivable, fun and not super clicky). Please keep in mind that doesn't mean they are easy win characters to play, you still need to play. Plenty of tanks and brutes die (sometimes for baffling and humorous reasons), sometimes due to bad build but more often than not due to bad play. My 2 cents at least.

The builds thing not coming up is likely due to you not having Mids Hero Planner installed on your PC. Start Here in the forums for information: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/forum/74-forum/ Get from here: You can grab the most recent installer from our website -> https://midsreborn.com

Yeah I like al of my characters, but if a gun was to my head I'd say Di Di Guns. DP/MC Blaster. Fast fun gunfighter, my first 50 on HC. Very survivable but still surprises me at times. Plus . . . so secksi.

First off, welcome, these forums and the Wiki (referenced above) will be your bestest friends with regards to getting acclimated. Be aware that a lot of team content, especially Task Force/Strike Force/Trial are run very fast, often so fast that you will not know whats going on. Even veteran players often get frustrated with this. Watch the Team advertising in LFG chat and if it says speed, fast, just objectives, you may well just be tagging along going "wha?" KM (Kill Most) tends to slow it down to where you can sort of follow along. Read the Homecoming Wiki (and get an idea of what awaits you (except it will spoil so your choice). Have fun. This amazing little dated game is still more fun than you will get form the modern stuff. Except Laser Jai Ali, I mean how can you compete with Laser Jai Ali . . . Its Jai Ali . . . with a reflective ball and lasers that are reflected off the ball. Very high powered lasers. Like 10 TJ powered. I mean the average lifespan of one of those players is like seven minutes . . . Glorious!

On a WESTPAC, a package check was expected at times 🙂

That's on Homecoming? 🙂

You know what's better than an homage?

Here's the thing I have been thinking about after the initial news glow. Will it bring new players and thus higher volume to HC. I have seen scores (as opposed to SCoRE 🙂 ) of web sites announcing this and talking the talk about coming back. Thus the natural flow of that question would be can the servers handle it. I have to assume that there will be some more powerful whatever's procured if the number bear a surge in player base (if it happens) and the statements made throughout this seem to corroborate that. But I think what should be most prescient to THE PLAYERS already on HC is to continue to be a welcoming group. Sure there may be old players coming back but there will be new players, ones who never played the game on live and those are the ones we need to be extra friendly with. But there are players in the game and in these forums who often, even if its unintentional come off as being elitist (myself included at times) and while they may well be elite (in play experience or simple time on earth), that means zero to a new player or one that was casual on live. They are going to come in and they will have demands and expectations, a lot of which may have been expressed time and again but to them are new. I started on HC in Jan of 2020, I know players who have been on longer. hen there are the OGs of HC before it was HC. But Now its public for real and there will be at least an initial rush. CoH players and the fanbase is constantly getting its balls massaged over how welcoming they are but listen to chat and you start to realize that there are a lot of J-O's as well as nice ones. You cannot dismiss that because it is what is seen at that moment. These forums . . . time allows for some to think before they speak so there is less bad chatter, but it does show up as well. We will also have to be extra vigilant on IP infringement and reporting it because with legitimacy often comes litigation. We could very well still lose our server if a C&D gets dropped on HC by Disney or Warner Brothers because some clown makes "The Bulk" with Green skin and purple pants (wretched color for pants btw). I hazard to guess donations aren't going to pay for a capable legal defense staff. I'm excited not just for myself but for the possibility of new blood and perhaps new ideas coming in.

Sleeeeeeep!