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Totally forgot about them. Magic up the yang there.

I have some half-assed frameworks written somewhere that wont be much of a help, but for me I decided that my level 50's would Flashback the missions that fit their origin. Magic is perhaps the richest due to the presence of the CoT throughout. I used the principal that Hellions and Skulls are dark worshippers, Midnight CLub missions are magic even if Rikti or Freakshow are involved (Dirge of Chaos anyone), clearly Circle missions or circle dominant missions are magic. Hollows I treat as magic to a degree (Talshek the Msytic (spelling)). Carnies are magic. Yes Warriors have magical artifacts and Tsoo as well as having magic (Sorcerers) but I kind of am on the fence there treating them as Natural but that would be dealers choice. Add the villain side with Snakes and Wailers, Legacy Chain, Coralax, Mu . . . Ghost pirates in Oakes there is a lot of magic you can bounce around content wise. Tech (with strong overlap in Science and a little Natural) - Clockwork, Arachnos, Crey, Nemesis, Freakshow, Malta, Column-Council Science and or Mutation (with some natural overlap) - DE, Vahzilok, Outcasts?, Trolls, RIkti, Coralax The list is messy like I said but Magic is actually pretty deep compared to the others.

Hi Squaeakerbox. I don't know if you are just a new poster or new player to CoH or just a returning CoH Player from days of live to Homecoming but to put it in the most helpful way, Homecoming is actually super easier to make influence/infamy than it was on live. There are guides in the guides section that describe it in detail how you can easily make money in game through regular gameplay as well as through detailed techniques like marketeering and the like. Farming is what it is but it isn't how everyone makes their wealth; I don't farm. I am able to kit all of my alts easily, shifting cash around at the tens of millions level with ease (and I am a broke player compared to the billionaires). As @MoonSheepsaid above, 500K for a single orange salvage is the norm not the exception. Run TF's use merits to buy the ones that sell big (LotG, Panacea, Numina). If you get a non-expensive one of those, use the enhancement converters that drop quite often and are relatively cheap to buy in bulk to roll conversions till you get the expensive one. And that is just the start. I played on live from beta to closure and it was much harder to earn cash there and farming was way harder to accomplish. The fact is, there are no good old days with regards to making influence from live to Homecoming. Market Guide

Brought to you by the Broad Generalization Foundation I have 32 characters currently on Excelsior and 11 more on Everlasting that I moved from Excelsior (plus numerous deleted) and everyone of them have done Posi 1 on a PUG and only twice in those 40 plus toons did the PUG not know what to do. Now did we get overwhelmed, sure that also happened a few times at the steps of City Hall but with regards to "what jet pack" or "what you mean target through" people, sorry not my experience. I feel that the non-intelligent ones are the exception not the norm.

My singer Blue Aria and her pet Rock-A-Pella are fun. I like the fact that it fires powers parallels to what I am shooting and once we are in the groove it really adds up. Considering the amount of cones in the Symphonic (or Symphony) Control set, the fact that tis throwing ST shots is noting but help. I've been able to work mobs above my paygrade as well as solo rather fast compared to other trollers I've run (Ill, Grav, Mind). With procs slotted its even better. Now keep in mind this is a Controller not a Dominator. Furthermore the fact that this pet is not like the others in any way makes it more fun and in my opinion should NOT have their mechanic changed. Reverberant is literally supposed to mean an echo, a bouncing of sound so it copying my shots is spot on. Is it perfect? No. Its slow as sap and gets caught a lot on overhangs (bottom of the entry tunnel overhand in Snaptooth's cave is the latest issue) as well as doors and probably chewing gum but it flies so when my Aria soars so does Rock-A-Pella and does tend to station keep with me so its not chasing around enemies.

My earlier post about them stands but that was from a solo standpoint. When we Nukems are too drunk, especially if Beer (not the drink but the player) is with us, we will do Carnies over and over and the MIs are brutal but we also tend to run a little Control/Dom heavy so the moment the MIs are out of phase they are locked and never go back into phase until dead. Now their spawned buddies, well there is a badge for that so bonus. Solo as a Blaster (my dominant AT) I get murdelized.

I honestly think there are occasional "wiggy" things happening with enemy levels in Task Forces (and Tips). I have been on several Task Forces where for some weird reason, the enemies were conning significantly higher than the team no less the stated setting; like 4 levels up. Happened once on a Citadel, once on a Synapse and if I remember right once on a Manticore. The person running two of those task forces mentioned was a significantly experienced runner, with macros built to inform the team throughout and of course clear advertising at level and difficulty while recruiting and reiterated before start; she knows her stuff and she was like "WTF" and had us all pull out (quiet you) to reset and it did. But one that has twice effed me was this Malta Tip mission on the Vigilante mode where I am set at 0/+1, and I am getting spawns 3 levels over my solo self. Someone literally read my mind and discovered my nightmare and executed it in code.

R.O.U.S = Robots of Unusual Size.

Skyway international airport is east of Skyway City

Stepping on a Lego?

Everyone hates Praetorians, their leader was named Tyrant for crying out . . . oh you mean in relation to thigs outside of story . . . got it. Still Everyone hates Praetorians.

My 50 was in KR last night (I still remember the present pattern) and I click they were uber grey (don't remember level) but I do clean them up because they are still probably at the high end of the level limit for that zone and could cause problems for some hero. Plus I have so many alts that have zero winter event badges that I need the Horde kills anyway.

And its fun to play too.

This is how Sandmen did it.

It was glorious fun and made me feel warm in many places. Ran around clicking presents and killing the spawns for the badge then got some Baby New Year Action (ick) then got me a Winter Lord Trial and the other one with the Mistress of Secksi Winter. I love the Winter Event and missed it last year due to hospital and the year before because Japan vacation so I need badge-ville on all my alts, though I am pacing myself so as not to end up in the hospital again due to stress induces Cardiac incidents 🙂

I was looking for a Frances Xavier Cross.

Shivers. Yeah I ran into some of those recently. Not money.

Frank Masterson from HR, terrible boss to work for. Countess Crey actually told him to take it down a notch at a meeting once. But yeah, Carnie Master Illusionists are a pain in the buttocks. Paragon Protectors are dreadful solo and when they pop MoG or moment of whatever else; suck clock starts. Ruin Mages are terrible. But yea, Frank Masterson, constantly nagging about updating your contact information and harping about timecard closure in Deltek, and the paperwork nightmare with regards to the travel claim. I know he's a Nemesis automaton.

We Nukems have a seasonal costume. Ear muffs, scarf, Santa boots and gloves with our stylish school uniform.

So that's where Galactic Glasses came from. Now I know where to send the Tomahawks.

I mentioned this during the Beta but it was hard to describe so I dug through my old screenies from Champions Online (not as good as CoH but had some nice costume options). Rifle Cradle for long-arms:

Neat but still not as creepy as Elf on a Shelf.

Mercs has improved. I don't feel bad about myself when I play them now and might even say I enjoy them now (and I have demons). DP is fun even if damage isn't spreadsheet awesome. Most of my characters play well enough with SOs but IOs are essentially a must. I have Set IOs on some (full or partial) but ZERO Purples. Oh yeah, my sonics are also fun to play now.

Why does everyone see this as a bad thing. 🙂 It was a valuable resource that kept your home warm. It was originally given in the days of Sinterklass (and before him Saint Nicholas) as a practical gift to those who were naughty as opposed to sweets (or coins) to those who were nice.

Good Sir or Maam, could you assist me in extricating my horse-drawn carriage from this quagmire by using your gasoline powered vehicle which I am hesitant to adopt usage of.