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Just hit 35, yay me, went to level up & instead of seeing these options to pick a EPP: Fire Mastery Ice Mastery Primal Forces Mastery Psionic Mastery Stone Mastery Leviathan Mastery Mace Mastery Mu Mastery Soul Mastery I only get these: Stone Fire Ice Primal Psionic Anyone know why...? Or is this a Homecoming custom limitation...? Or will I have more pools to pick from & respec into later perhaps? Sorry if this is obvious, CoH newb here, first time I'm levelling to 50 since EPPs have existed probably. On that note, what do you recommend for this build as the best EPP/powers? I don't have any direct damage AOE skills, which I guess Fire would be good for? If I want another uber-pet, Soul Mastery maybe (if I can get it)? All the Mids build files I've looked at use Mace Mastery, not sure why, again, assuming I can even pick it, eh. Much TIA! 😉 ------------- Nm, as I said, newb alert - this page explains the extra mission I need to do DOH!: https://cityofheroes.fandom.com/wiki/Ancillary_power_pool#Controller_and_dominator Although would still appreciate any advice the best choice for Ill/Dark troller...

EXCELSIOR! 🤖

Same here on Excelsior! 8-/

Yeah this is great to know. Presumably, even if these servers got taken down, the Homecoming team could spin up new servers somewhere else fairly quick...so long as they aren't taken down as well, ahem. Hopefully this isn't a NCSoft DDoS as a first step towards...I'd rather not think about it! 😱

Is that a new primary or secondary they are patching in!? 😉

Dangit, thanks mate.

Cheers Carni, I completely missed that usefullness for Group Invis, as up to now I've had 30sec+ of downtime between PA casts, so have just let them expire before toggling SI on & stealthing to the next pack of mobs or to the next/final boss/objective. As PAs are close to perma now (thanks for the cheap Mids build file btw! ;), that becomes more & more difficult to manage/time properly...so Group Invis + Shadow Fall is prob the better choice for my little group. I always thought of GI as more for actual grouping with other players, eh, live & learn.

I'm loving SI on my Ill/Dark troller, for general exploration & flying solo to mission ends. I switch to Shadow Fall in combat for my PAs + I have 1 Stealth IO in Fly anyway (which I always use with Hover - mad manueverability/speed! :). Now, I'd be curious - can you have 2 Stealth IOs slotted in 2 different toggle powers (such as Hover + Fly), and if so, do you then get 60 combined radius stealth, as that makes you invisible to most normal content/mobs in the game...?

Not to seem ungrateful or lazy, but I'd love an auto-fly script (with stealth on) in each zone to collect all the exp badges once I go into each one first time. 😁 (yes I know this is most likely against the Homecoming terms...I'm not really that lazy! 😉

Bingo! I have only these files in that folder: map_city_01_01.texture map_city_01_02.texture map_city_01_05.texture map_city_02_04.texture map_city_02_05.texture map_city_03_01.texture map_city_03_02.texture map_city_03_04.texture map_city_04_02.texture map_city_05_03.texture map_hazard_01_01.texture map_hazard_02_01.texture map_hazard_03_01.texture map_hazard_04_01.texture map_IOM_FB_Outbreak.texture map_trial_01_01.texture map_trial_02_01.texture map_trial_05_01.texture map_War_05_01.texture So yeah, I'm missing some. How, only the Gods of Atlantis know! Thanks heaps mate, off to download & install CoH Modder tool I go! 🙂

Thanks mate. I've re-downloaded the latest zip file & unzipped all of the contents into my game install folder under: D:\Games\Homecoming\data\texture_library\... Restarted game, still no icons/mob ranges/etc in Steel Canyon, which has always been a problem for me. So I zone to Atlas - no probs, all there! Same with Talos, Perez, IP, all fine. But Skyway also has no overlay. Weird. 😕

Sorry if this has been flogged to death guys, but can someone please post the link to the latest May files...? My overlay suddenly stopped showing anything recently, I assume it was because of a patch & my Vidiotmaps being from last year I think. It was always flakey & didn't show icons or a legend on some maps randomly, from session to session, but now it's all disappeared completely. 😞

Ok thanks mate, I think I understand #1 & will keep that in mind when I start to buy full sets at level 50. So I don't think I made a mistake buying all IO 25s at lvl 22, as their bonus will stay the same (even it if doesn't scale) to 50 (I might refresh them at 35-40 possibly); and, most importantly, I could easily afford these at 50-70K a pop at 22, whereas I've got no chance to afford any of the sets IOs in the builds I've seen, at any level right now! They al start at 2mill & just go up from there, YIKES! 😉 Although I see some attuned set IOs like Blood Mandate are available from 25-50 & scale all the way, so would be worth buying at 22, IF I had the influence from another main, which I don't unfortunately, due to my chronic alt-o-holism ;). ---- I have managed to complete a couple of the cheap-arse sets now, as per your recommendations Carnifax - Malaise on Deceive (yeah, great skill - why did I ever skip it? :-/); Expedient Reinforcement on PA. Just those 2 make a huge diff to overall power and recharge times. Working on amassing my auctioneer fortune now so I can afford Decimation and Dark Watcher's Despair, as well as another set of Exp Reinf for Phantasm at 32. The build is almost silly safe, with all sorts of debuff & control options - I don't even need to rely on my PAs if I have my ST out, as I can lockdown up to 6-8 mobs & just knock them off 1 by 1! The only issues I'm having is Stamina, Stamina, Stamina! Oh and some sort of AOE would have been nice, but I think I'll need to wait for my Epic pool at 41 to get one of those possibly...? Thanks again!

Thanks again guys. Just a couple final points: 1. how do check if an IO is 'attuned'? I thought they all were by defaiult. I just bought a full set of 25s at lvl 22 & they seem to be keeping their bonuses at each level up. 2. If I have 3 Recharge Reduction IOs already in PA, can I add a Level 25 Acc/Recharge Call To Arms IO say & will I get the full +20% Recharge Reduction, or does that also hit the law of diminishing returns with 3 basic IOs already in there, so that the 4th is severely scaled down?

Thanks guys. I guess I'm still a newb with things like IO sets & all of the endgame. I imagine that even trying to slot the couple of sets you mention above would be challening in the 20s, or even 30s, given the limited total number of slots availble. Btw, do all the set IOs have to be slotted into the same power to get the set bonuses, or anywhere across all powers...? Just looking at the costs on AH - even 25s for LotG are 5-6mill+ - I assume you mean that I take just the 1 IO with reduced global recharge 7.5% & stick that in another power? Same with FF with the 1 IO that only has a twice/min chance to increase recharge rate. What about 4 slotting Call to Arms and Expedient Reinforcement (at 30), with 6.25% global each...? All of these are in the millions, which I could scrape together by doing the Merits -> Enhance Conv -> melee Enhancement convert until I get an enhancement worth 2-3million. I'd have to do that multiple times on a number of chars to afford even a couple of the single IOs you suggested above, eh. Thankfully LotG and FF actually look cheaper at 50 (or no more expensive). Weird economy heh.

Just wanted to clarify the confuse thing - do you mean Deceive? I've acutally skipped that so far, as it seems counter-productive at these lower levels (no XP for mobs killing their mates). I prob should have taken it before I got PA, as the limited direct dmg skills did make it a bit of a slog to 18 (all the debuffs and defense made it safe & easy though :). The new super-duper fly+hover+afterburner is an absolute joy I must say! Changes the gameplay with little down/travel time between missions & really opens up the game - great change Homecoming!

Hoping for some quick general advice with this guys, as I just finally hit 22 (shlomo!). Is it worth getting some Recharge reduction sets before 50? I can get all generic IOs, but I think I will struggle with the pets (PA have about 30secs downtime, even while triple slotted + 3 Recahrge SOs in Hasten). Is it worth/possible even trying to get perma-hasten/pets before level 50? Also, do set enhancements keep their bonus all the way to 50 like IOs? Are they in fact a type of IO...? Much thanks in advance! 🙂

Wow. And I was just looking for a thread on 'best/easiest/fastest fun solo build for leveling'. Boy did the search engine take a wrong turn! 🤪

Cheers guys, yeah, having a lot of fun with this Ill/Dark Controller. Can't wait to get my first pets at 18th! 🙂 ---- So I got the 3 stooges (after a couple altstractions!) & boy oh boy does it change everything! From relying on crappy basic direct dmg skills (plus the couple staff freebies which weren't too bad & I never would have been able to get to 18 without!), to having amazing pet burst damage! The 3 recharge SOs in Hasten help, but I imagine a top priority now is to get to 22 & slot 3 recharge IOs each in both Hasten AND Phantom Army ASAP...? Eventually I'll get all the other pets, and I imagine Soul Mastery is the best Epic to go with the theme? Thanks all!

Hi guys, returning CoX junkie here back from beta days. Never got a toon to 50 due to chronic alt-o-holism & that damn costume editor lol! Anyway, I now have a half dozen toons with 3 in their 20s. I love pet classes so rolled an Illusion/Dark controlfreak this week. I mostly solo (I know, I know), so I had to try Superior Invisibility. Not sure why no one here takes it, being the best stealth power in the game bar none. Am I the only silly solo shlep who loves this power? I mean, I can get in orange bosses' faces without them having a clue & race to mission ends if I want! 🙂 I guess I can see how it would be a bit less useful in groups, but surely you all solo some of the time...? Anyway, was hoping for some advice on levelling to 50 (just dinged 10). I'll throw a full bag of 25 IOs at all the powers at 22, but any/all suggestions on dos/donts up to then & beyond to max level much appreciated.

Hi guys, sorry if this has been covered already in one of these 14 pages (or another thread). I've installed VMaps exactly as per instructions. Most Paragon City hero areas show all the icons fine. Mercy/Villains & Rogue Isles simply do not show most/all icons, be it exploration badges or other overlays. Any ideas or suggestions on how to get it to work pretty please...? Yes, I've reinstalled & re-copied both sets of files, no cigar.

No. The code & the runtimes + DB components were copied, not stolen, and are simply being re-used, IMO under virtually fair use. The publisher did nothing with the IP (and that's the biggest oxymoron of the last century!) for *seven* years. Given most data retention doesn't survive more than 7 years, I reckon it's fair game. All works of this kind once they effectively become abandonware, as CoH clearly has, should be forced to be released into the public domain, game over. I even strongly believe all closed mmos should be offered up to private hosting and to the fans & customers who funded the ongoing running of the game & lined the pockets of devs/pubs. Hell they could even ask for a small royalty! Too many great creative gaming works are being lost to greed and nonsensical civil (NOT criminal) laws.

Spiderman is hardly the only hero to travel by such a method, nor does Marvel (which grants Disney) have sole copyright to such a technique. If so, Champions Online would never have made it this long. Cheers, didn't play much of CO (only as a froob), so I guess it's a possibility...? Don't kill the dream mate! ;)

Ahhh and there you have it in the 1st 2 posts boyz n girlz: left vs right, order vs chaos, yin vs yang! :) I'm a veteran (of sorts) and never played Kheldians & really had no trouble with either once I got to level 6 & their Nova forms - complete steamroll :). If anything, the recent Warshade I created had an ambush mission in KR where about 5 or 6 yellows Skulls I think it was clumped at the entrance & I was getting 1-2-3-shotted instantly - had to fly back from the hospital half way across the zone about 6 or 7 times before I'd whittled them down & completed the mission. I count that as a valuable learning experience ;-p.