[CoH End of Beta Event Screenshots: Rikti Invasion]

I never died so much as I did during that event.

 

Thanks for the memories MV.

[Experienced (Self, +Partol XP)]

I advise not using it until you hit 50.  It will help with earning those pesky Incarnate levels.

[Needing some names...]

Ultrasteel is free on Excelsior

[Needing some names...]

What server are you looking to be on?

[Name Purge]

45 minutes ago, PeregrineFalcon said:

No kidding. I specifically said "people who were famous in the City of Heroes community." That meant the retail forums. Everyone on the retail forums knew who these people were. So they were famous, in the City of Heroes community. Not worldwide. Not in your country. Not in your neighborhood. Not with your friend group. WITH EVERYONE ON THE CITY OF HEROES RETAIL FORUMS. How difficult is that for you to understand?!?!?

 

I don't understand why you people are being so pedantic today.

 

What is today anyway? Is today National No One Can Agree With Anything Peregrine Falcon Says Day? I swear to gawd, I could say the sky is blue and some rando on this forum would respond with "Nuh uh. The sky's not blue where I'm at therefore you're wrong."

 

You seem to be offended a lot on these forums.  I get a chuckle each time I read your signature. 

[Back Alley Brawler]

On 4/25/2024 at 11:21 AM, Hyperstrike said:

That seems to be the way of it in a lot of fields.

Almost NOBODY I know is actually using their degrees for what was intended.

 

Just try to explain that to a teenager who simply has to attend some elite, high powered school or their life is over 

[Welcome to Homecoming, Original City of Heroes Team!]

2 hours ago, Random Axis said:

I can assure everyone that no hero in the New Order Of Bold Superheroes (my personal SG) will out these folks. 

 

Oh you're just a bunch of noobs anyway

[Name Purge]

I feel a great disturbance in the Forums, as if hundreds of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.  I feel a thread lock will happen.

 

[To players who haven't the money for Enhancements: use your Merit Reward points]

1 hour ago, MoonSheep said:

 

you’re too kind and a better person than me

 

here’s my advice to OP: pressing ALT + F4 in game gives you 1 billion influence. if it doesn’t work first time, just keep trying!

 

Hey, this appears to be bugged.  I tried it multiple times and all I got was...

[To players who haven't the money for Enhancements: use your Merit Reward points]

I thought the OP quit the game last month to spend more time doing things that matter?

[Have you ever made a Praetorian version of your existing characters (or vice versa)?]

Almost all of my 100+ characters are a Primal/Praetorian mirror combo.  Yes, I have run through 1-20 Praetorian content a lot.

[We all need to leave this game. It's too good]

Good for you OP.  Go enjoy life and do what works best for you.  

[Did Incarnate Thread Dop Rate Go Down?]

In a related note, both Accuracy and Regen were nerfed in the latest patch.  News at 11:00

[The 3rd Best Way to Spend a Friday Afternoon]

On 3/1/2024 at 5:38 PM, Herotu said:

I remember when it used to come in fancy bottles

That feels strange. A bottle of Newkie Brown and next to it a pint glass from Portland Maine?! Hah! But then I read that it's brewed in Holland now, so... bleh... forget I said anything.

 

 

Good catch.  Funny thing is there is a Newcastle, Maine about an hour north of Portland up the coast.

[Praetor Duncan is in a bar... What mission is it?]

She is at the Fight Club tourney near the end of Reese's arc but that is outside not in a bar

[Name database - Will this get cleaned up?]

1 hour ago, Water said:

Can't wait for  'XxghjghjghjxX'  to be freed up....

 

I believe that Player2 freed up that name already.  At least the odds are good that he did.

[Is early Praetoria (level 1-20) really that difficult?]

7 hours ago, Oubliette_Red said:

 

I don't recall a mission that has given me less than 3 mobs, helper or not.

 

 

The last mission for Marauder gives you a single Lt in multiple spawn points is one example

[Is early Praetoria (level 1-20) really that difficult?]

I usually only see 1-3 mobs on most all maps in low end Praetoria (while playing at x1).  I also jog past a lot of mobs (not using stealth) to get to the end of the map to complete the mission, thus avoiding a ton of pointless clearing.  Mobs in Praetoria will not follow you unless you attack them or they are a scripted ambush.  Only a few of the ambushes you actually have to fight, and a lot of those give you NPC helpers.  There really is only one tough ambush and basically you just have to outrun it and try to defeat one guy before they catch up to you.

[Is early Praetoria (level 1-20) really that difficult?]

13 minutes ago, Clave Dark 5 said:

I've been on high level steamroll teams in today's game still get decimated by Gold-side factions.  I don't know which group it is, but one of them have what appear to be high-powered wide cones that will just chew through a lot of players.

 

Yes, gold side was expressly designed to be tougher for players.

 

Are you talking First Ward and Night Ward?  I agree those can be a challenge for the unprepared.  Nova Praetoria?  not so much.

[Is early Praetoria (level 1-20) really that difficult?]

The only ambush I ever worry about is the one in Bobcat's arc when you finally find Shen.  Someday I would love to try that mission with a full AoE group and see how long we can last.  I find the Blast Master ambush annoying but have learned to just ignore them and concentrate on the mission objective.  The molotov cocktails don't hurt too bad. 

[Is early Praetoria (level 1-20) really that difficult?]

3 minutes ago, Lunar Ronin said:

I should also point out that there are two instances gold side where you are not meant to win fights.  You can encounter level 40 Anti-Matter at level 15-19, and level 40 Marauder at levels 20-29.  Those will go very badly for you.  You are not expected to win, you are expected to run like heck.  But the rest of CoH trains you to fight, so that generally isn't people's first instinct.

 

I don't think too many people have the patience to wait 5 minutes for Anti-matter to show   You have plenty of time to escape before he arrives.

[Is early Praetoria (level 1-20) really that difficult?]

Are people generally running Gold-side content at +4/x8?  Is that what I am missing?

[Is early Praetoria (level 1-20) really that difficult?]

2 hours ago, Psyonico said:

Not sure if trolling

 

Nope, not trolling.  I run half my 100+ characters through Praetoria (1-20) and I find it a much more enjoyable time than running blue side content.  I love the Praetorian sewers much more than the Primal ones and find the enemy groups generally more fun to deal with in Praetoria.  I solo all the time anyway so the lack of teams in Praetoria is no big deal.  The only actual challenging content I have run across is the last Hunt for Shen mission in Bobcat's arc.  I guess I just don't understand all the issues people have there.  You can jog past mobs if you don't want to fight them and they don't follow (except for scripted ambushes but those are a minor annoyance more than anything).

[Is early Praetoria (level 1-20) really that difficult?]

I hear this stated a lot around the forums that Praetoria is so difficult, especially for new players.  I don't get it.  Early Praetorian content is way easier than Blue or Red side starting zones.  For one, travel is much easier with fewer zones and most importantly NO CAVE SYSTEMS (I'm looking at you layer cake cave).  Enemy groups are also easier to deal with for the most part.  The only difficult part of Praetoria is trying not to out level the contacts or doing certain contacts out of order resulting in a missing contact.  If you don't care about completing all the missions Praetoria is one of the fastest and easiest means to get to level 20 outside of AE.

[Focused Feedback: New Player Experience (NPE) Improvements]

Why change the colors for Praetorian factions?  Goldside needs it's own colors