luficia

I don't think you know how it feels to experience what I described prior. I can tell you who has. Me. That's how I know about the whole "discord harassment" issue. I wasn't alone with this problem either but I can speak for myself. Not the others. Honestly though? I'm tired. I don't want to raise huge fusses because all I want to do is play the game. I want to be nerdy, play the game and just do other nerdy things like roleplay, write stories and just be a goof. I don't want to be an advocate but it feels like I have to be in order to see things change for the better. I'm not asking for the GMs to monitor every server but I am asking the rules to include those to be added as evidence if there's misconduct or harassment being done. I want to know when something is finally done. I want them to update their rules and make it harder for people to do this. I want peace of mind, I don't want to sit in the dark and wonder if something's been done or not, only to be disheartened as my harasser is in-game while I'm being told nothing. I get paid to be yelled at while they get yelled at sometimes without collecting a dime. Like I said before, that's commendable. They also need to be able to do more with these changes. If someone does abuse that disclosed information to the public? Then you get the proof and you suspend them too. To be clear, I speak out to advocate; that's it. I learnt a lot from my experience and I want to be able to turn that into pushing for change. Then maybe the only tickets the GMs will get from me is just more of me being lose and unable to find the last enemy after trying to solo a mission line for 2-3 hours. So any GMs that see what I say, and even Devs, I speak but I still respect and appreciate the team in their efforts they do every day. For my mental health, I don't intend to speak further. I don't have the strength to debate and even less to argue. I made my points. Take what you will!

Victims should be told exactly what's being done or has been done under the clause that it cannot be discussed beyond between either the GM/Devs and those involved with the ticket. Those who break this rule with screenshots either in-game or in discord with sufficient proof its that person should have a 3 to 7 day suspension. That's what I'd suggest, anyway. Harassment, no matter where it comes from, shouldn't be tolerated. Homecoming has a harassment problem with players circumventing the rules by using discord, and sometimes even reddit, to get around this knowing that the Homecoming team won't do anything. Its been problematic since 2022 which is why I think there's a lot more that needs to be refined, not just informing victims if a problem has been handled or not. The consensus has been to report to discord directly every time a lot of us report about this issue. The problem is that discord doesn't allow you to report the person/server on discord's website anymore. In order to make the report, you have to physically join the problem server that's been harassing you in order to report the server and/or the person. You can see how this can be an issue. Let me be clear though; I understand the development team and the GMs are volunteers. No one gets paid for what they do and all of this is a voluntary commitment. That is highly commendable, to take time out the day from working a day job, with families, to volunteer to do this level of work. What they do isn't easy. The players? We aren't though. A lot of us, especially me, just want to play the game and roleplay on Everlasting in peace. It shouldn't feel our responsibility to have to deal with the harassment, especially on discord. You shouldn't have to put yourself in danger or be forced to tolerate harassment that is not only affecting people outside of the game but transfers to in-game as well. Allowances need to be made for HC to broaden its reach to platforms accessible via HC itself. If a SG/VG can openly advertise/recruit on Homecoming's discord with an invitation to that SG/VG's discord, then any evidence of misconduct found therein should be admissible in a report. This includes unofficial discord communities as well. Homecoming is considered official now on paper and since Homecoming can advertise on official platforms with NCSoft's approval, then its time to update the rules to meet up today's standards. At the very least, it'd be nice to see things get updated but also ensure the new updates to the policies don't open new loop holes for players to exploit. In tl;dr Homecoming needs to crack down harder on issues and re-write policies to match with today's climate, as well as closing the big glaring loopholes that people have been exploiting since 2022.

I-I just wanted to know since I wanted to roll a Tanker Energy Aura / Radiation Melee. I didn't mean to spark a debate.

With it now on Tankers, I'm intending to give this a shot with Radiation Melee. I wanted to know if anyone has tried this with any builds yet as Tanker? I know that based on numbers, Overcharge appears to be essential and it doesn't have the aftereffects when it goes off!

I can't build worth squat but this is exciting to see! I can't wait to see what others make. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

I admit, I'm questioning this too but when I'm not running on 4-5 hours of sleep and not working, I plan to test this out on the differences. See how it feels!

counter-counter point A lot of this has already been tested in closed beta, and probably already has been doing proper testing. The proper testing has been finished and its just looking for last minute changes before its official release. That being said, I'm so excited AND Energy Aura coming to Tankers at long last!? YASSSSSS!

Well, I know what I'm going to be drinking tonight during Everlasting's daily RWZ runs.

This costume contest looks great but I'm a little put off on the fact that unique names are now being auctioned off via costume contests. There's an issue with names being hoarded as is to the point that they are testing for name releases but even then, if your level 50, you can just have a name forever whether you play that toon regularly or not. It just feels really in poor form to be doing this with unique names now. I know influence/infamy isn't exciting and there's a limit to prizes but I feel like this is a step too far?? Please don't auction off names or use them for contests.

Yeah, I've had this happen to me too. Because I've lost access to original accounts and had to make new ones for the sole purpose of editing the ones I created. But because of the new changes, I've lost access to Solarguard as a page, and can't make further edits due to the new permissions. There's no one to contact either so this is mildly annoying.

Welcome back home! Glad to see you here! I had no idea Tic Toc was you!!

NCSoft can shut down ANY city of heroes private server at any time. As long as you play, you have a good chance of being shut down. With the licensing agreement, Homecoming is less likely to be shut down. If you feel safer on private servers instead of one with a licensing agreement, keep in mind that you run the risk of those servers getting C&D. NCSoft can do that at any time.

Mostly wondering if I should try Fire Melee with Ice Armor or go with Ice Melee with Fire Armor?

You were literally the Gingerbread Man from Shrek 3 in trying to avoid saying yes or no, lol. Glad to see a confirmation at long last!

Oh. My. God. I've been wanting that seer outfit for years. Seeing it-omgosh and everything else, I'm so HYPED!!

That's another problem though. Level 50 means your at a time level to so and so. Another suggestion is to literally let people ignore that number. You are literally forced into a choice to either forcibly cap yourself in the game to play the content you want while never reaching other levels or to go to level 50 and be capped forever. Not everyone wants to just cap one character then go use another. You can't go into Kings Row at level 50, set up a radio, and be greeted with "these are beneath you." What kind of hero says that? I suggest we treat level 50 for what it is - a level, but how that level is should be up to the player. Does that increase in power make them feared higher up to incarnate level? What if they just want to be saving the world level? Or just making gangs having to literally settle a truce to literally come at you hardcore? Something similar to villains, too. At the very least, let players be able to run radios/paper missions everywhere no matter where they are. Even if it doesn't cater to the level they are at, the option should be there.

So with the game going official and potentially finishing out content that got left in the dirt years ago, this also leaves the option to either go with the original vision of the developers or to try to go through channels. Like, I get it, I love the incarnate path and the magic stuff. While talking with friends though, I'm noticing more and more how City of Heroes just slowly becomes City of Gods. There really isn't much to cater to people who want to play certain kind of heroes, like street level, or handle other things. I guess my suggestion is after going forward, I think instead of branching further to the original vision that Homecoming should branch to its own vision. It's a City of Heroes. City of Villains. Going Rogue brought interesting in-betweens too, but I think it opens up a lot more potential stories to cater to different needs. I absolutely love that one story with the Skulls and would like more things to cater to all levels, regardless of in-game level. Magic should take a backseat for a while and cater to other things; mutations, science, technology or even just natural things. There should be more smaller stories to allow a person to want to play a street level hero despite being level 50 and able to bust up games. The opposite should be true for a villain if they want to be street level villainy. This game is old so I don't know what's possible in the code or not but I think we should cater more to the name and branch out for smaller stories, showing off the lore and updating it(looking at the Trolls here) and letting players customize their experience to what kind their character wants to be. Of course, this may cater more to roleplay tastes but it could also mean more options to get neat toys too. I don't know, just thought I'd throw it out to the wind.

I have wrote before but to have it set up again. Hi! I played as Luficia and Dominatriea back on Live on the Virtue server. Now? I play on the Everlasting server with the global name @Aymeigh My main characters these days are as follows: Solarguard (My main) Dominatriea (yep brought her back) Gemknight Tanzanite Spider Scout Eremite Centennial Cosmic Glory Atomistic and last but not least to get her leveled Deathmaiden -- I AM looking for anyone who used to be part of the Steadfast Pact back in live! Mostly someone who played True Silver. If you see this and you play the game now, I've been looking to meet back up with you for years! Hit me up if you see this!

With the exp boosts, I'm trying to take advantage with a new alt to my Gemknight for alt powers and I never really played Blaster since 2004. I'm aiming for Water Blast/Temporal for a fun combo. I want to make this work for level 50 damage powerhouse with other utilities related to the build. Any other tools to take. I'd like to work either magic flight or would take super jump as a travel power. Anyone who has played this set, what recommendations you got or even IOs to work with on each one??

I'll try to throw myself in there after work if your still stress testing after 5 PM EST.

Please let AU Recluse have Excalibur with a gothic rainbow

SG Name: United Underworld RP/RP Friendly: Heavy RP Friendly! Theme/Era: Think of in the comic books when the big bads, like Darkseid, Doctor Doom, etc all get together for a villainous goal? Each individual having a bronze/silver theme or some other big thing. So keep that in mind and bring your best! Redside/Blueside: Redside! Discord: https://discord.gg/7yQaEfdhQW Recruitment Message: Do you like running events with your villainous big bad? Are you looking to do devious things to the heroically inclined? Do you want to do content in the Etoile Isles? Do you want to make the best villainous presentation of your life? Well, do I have a VG for you! United Underworld is a VGRP in Everlasting that is dedicated to being a home for big bads, working together to do big bad things. OOC? It's a place for villains and story tellers to band together to do what we do best; be villains, tell stories and make friends along the way! It takes a lot of work and dedication to be a super villain - plotting the story, working out the details with your heroic partner(s) in the story, wondering if the FBI has you on a watch list from all the things you’ve googled for your villainous plot, writing up AEs, running events via dice and text, managing the RPPvP, etc. It’s hard and it's even harder to do it by yourself. So why do it by yourself when you can do it with a bunch of people just as crazy as you? That’s not all! UU is a celebration of villainy; from world domination to other dastardly deeds! We’d love to be able to run more redside content with players and VGs to get to do the content. I’m sure there are questions so I’ll answer them here. — Isn’t United Underworld the same group back from Live? Is it being run by the same leader? Yes, and no! United Underworld did exist back on Live and briefly on Everlasting years back. However, UU is under new management now! If you have any concerns, you can message me in-game as Aymeigh or on the Homecoming discord! I’m happy to chat! Do I have to play a big super villain to join the United Underworld? Nope! There’s two roles in UU; Villains, and Henchman. If you're the kind of person who would rather play a henchman and help others with their plots? You can do that too! Even as a henchman, you can run events or your own thing. Who knows? Maybe your henchman expands to his own villainous epiphany to join the villain ranks. ( evil cackle ) Is there a rank to work toward in United Underworld? Yes! There is the circle called the Council of Chaos! There are at least 4 to 8 members at a time. When part of the Council of Chaos, you have the spotlight set on you and/or your partners! They run the big events and at the end of the plot? They leave the Council for another to take their place in. This is purely IC fluff. So is there any real leadership in United Underworld? There is! IC, it’s run by Dominatriea. She is content to help her villainous pals with all their goals with her doing a thing or two on her own. When she steps in the ring? I’d like it to pop and mean something OOC, it’s run by me. I will have several seconds in command to keep things going if anything should happen to me. The show must go on! -- Does any of this interest you? Do message me on Discord or in-game as @Aymeigh. Let’s make 2023 the year of the VILLAIN! Mwahahaha!

Signed -Solarguard

How did I miss that!? I'm a doofus, thank you!

I have been trying to find builds on this but haven't found anything anywhere! Does anyone play this combo? If you do, how is it? What powers do you recommend?