ArchVileTerror

Upon deeper reflection, it seems like the post might be an attempt at offering a guide with general (and disparate) tips?

. . . *goes to check a couple of those Wiki articles*

I mean, unless you mean Enhancement Inventory Slots? 80 would be handier than 70, sure, but waiting for 100 Veteran Levels to get there is a bit much. If you mean Enhancement Slots for Powers, the suggestion has come up time and again, and it's doubtful that something like that would be implemented. I imagine someone more mathematically-inclined has posted a breakdown in one of the other threads about the impact additional Power Enhancement Slots might have. Short of an Incarnate unlock, and likely limited to no more than 3 Slots., I don't see it happening. But never say never, right? The Homecoming Team do read everything in this board. A "petition" is unlikely to sway them, but a reasoned argument with mathematics to back it up generally have a solid impact. Heck; Devs even have a tendency to thank posters who do the hard work of doing air-tight calculations for them.

I still occasionally read the title of this thread as "The Random Bauble Thread." Wasn't there a post on the original forums about that? A tongue-in-cheek Dev response about w.o.w luring weak-willed players away with shiny baubles? My memory's fuzzy . . .

3/10, too forced and uncharacteristic. Reading the user's other posts makes it clear that this is well outside their natural posting habits. Perhaps a hijacked account?

Emmy, you are not alone. The general reliance on discord is having negative repercussions for a lot of other people too. Some other free software alternatives worth investigating are Teamspeak and Riot, or alternatively using a Stream but without revealing any video from the game and just using it for pure audio (risky, given the ban on streaming, but it's a thought worth examining. Particularly if you can use language which is entirely non-specific to anything related to City of Heroes).

The enterbase slash command is the quickest and easiest, yes, but may not be around for much longer. There's also a small window of opportunity whenever you log in (technically zone in) to the Galaxy Tutorial where Powers like Pocket D Teleporter aren't disabled. It seems to be a periodic application tied to the zone itself, so the length of time you're free from the effect is variably based on the point of time you logged in. This also disables travel Powers, including the Jump Pack; but that means that you can use it to get on to the roof of the building immediately right of the starting spawn location. Up there you will find the Tutorial Contact, and you can use the once-per-three-days feature to skip a portion of the tutorial mission. (This also allows you to fall off the backside of the tower, and explore the terribly spotty map design from underneath.)

Conjecture on my part, but based on experiences in the game industry and dealing with the publisher side of things: Sadly, things don't look good for you sharing your videos right now, in any capacity. Unless I missed it, Jimmy and the team have been -decidedly- picky about the wording they've used in regard to this recent change to the Code of Conduct. This suggests to me that the decision was not theirs to make, and the N.D.A. expressly forbids them from admitting to that. In the eyes of a corporate entity (like ncsoft, for "random" example), -anything- related to this game is viewed as _their_ property. It doesn't really matter how reasonable it is to suggest that something you personally created using the tools laid out by the software in this game belongs to you as your own intellectual property . . . a company like that will never admit to the possibility that something created with their software is anything other than their property. If City of Heroes had been released just five years later, or was still actively operated by ncsoft today, I suspect their Terms of Use would have been wildly different than the ones we all signed up under years ago. Take a look at modern T.o.U.s for other games and software (for example; discord's . . . ) and you'll see specific language in place that essentially remands anything created or shared with that software as "belonging" to the company who owns that software, NOT the individual person who actually made or shared that creation. I haven't seen it ever go through court, so it's hard to say how binding any of these "electronic signatures" will be (not to mention the potential mess of international law getting in the way) . . . but companies these days want a complete stranglehold on intellectual property by any means at their disposal. Most of the time, they don't care . . . they're just looking to give themselves a leg-up on competition if (for a prime example) someone creates another DOTA in their Warcraft 3 Map Editor. But it's still really shitty behaviour on the parts of these companies, and I can't recommend enough that people give the T.o.U.s of whatever software they're using a THOROUGH examination. I could be way off the mark, of course. I'm just sharing my reading on the situation, which is largely influenced by the absolute shit-show which is the game's industry in these publisher-dominated days. Also, if Jimmy (or another member of the Homecoming Team) -has- made an official declaration of clarification (beyond: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/16604-need-dev-confirmation-on-new-video-rule/?tab=comments#comment-182252 ), and I missed it; then I welcome someone pointing me in that direction!

I like the bubbles being hand drawn, but the text itself could be typed as a digital insert. I think that would get the best of both worlds for you.

I realized a problem with my follow-up suggestion: If the player-characters are all level 50 in the Mercy Golf Course Zone, and the Hellion is level 1, then Mag 7 would be WAY too high for the Putter. Mag 1.2 might be more appropriate at that point. What's the exact equation for Knockback Mag adjustment based on level difference? Is https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Purple_Patch still accurate?

Alternatively; a "Most Liked" and/or "Most Liked in Time Period" per-thread Leaderboard, rather than/in addition to the per-user Reputation Leaderboard which is currently in place.

Many thanks!

Oh, I didn't mean the skirt, but the texture underneath it. All the same, yes please on the costume share!

Jim Sterling on Fallout 76 (Again, again, again, again, ag- et cetera, you get the picture if you've seen any of his videos since 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxFAqE1YYRY I know. I know. Jim Sterling is kind of very repetitive with the way he speaks, but . . . as repetitive as he is, when he speaks, he's got some fun little snipes at Bethesda's expense (again). But it also highlights an important lesson to learn in the games industry at large: When you take over an existing intellectual property, it helps to know what the original audience liked about the game.

uh . . . um . . . what texture is that on her lower torso . . . ?

Are there any Single Target 0 Damage High Magnitude Knockback Powers? That seems like the most appropriate sort of Power to use.

And another shout-out to GM Sijin, for being especially approachable and engaging in compelling topic discussions (when GM Sijin had the time and opportunity to do so, at least). (and please remember the purpose of this thread, folks. If you have something else on your mind, please consider a private message or another more appropriate thread.)

Oh. Hey. This is coming up next weekend, right? Is it still on?

More! (Bonus, not pumpkins)

Last revision: 2020-11-01 --- Hero-leaning ArchVileTerror, Natural Tanker: Fiery Aura / Spines, Level 5 - extradimensional entity (personal note: I did not choose Fire/Spines as a flavour of the month, and seeing all those others out there has kind of put a chilling effect on wanting to play as this character) Pur Poeir, Technology Tanker: Radiation Armour / Energy Melee, Level 21 - child of a fallen multi-billion corporate executive who only has a faulty combat suit left to her name after the economic crash of the First Rikti War Algia Kruos, Magic Tanker: Ice Armour / Ice Melee, Level 30 - black sheep of the Kruos family (until her sister Energeia took up /that/ particular badge of office) for being overly friendly and gregarious Professor Rose, Technology Defender, Force Field / Dual Pistols, Level 22 - professional doctor of psychology who is working with the FBSA to assist in retrieval of personnel assets and tend to their emotional well-being and recovery after traumatic failures in the field. Doesn't actually like her job --- Vigilante-leaning Doctor Grey, Natural Defender: Pain Domination / Water Blast, Level 22 - doctor without borders . . . even when legally he's been told to "stay out" from beyond certain borders Al Raddy, Natural Defender: Trick Arrow / Archery, Level 22 - partner to Chad Dup; hate-hate relationship complicated by their mutually inability to communicate with anyone other than each other (and Penelope Soft, see ImpousVileTerror below) Beau Man, Natural Controller: Mind Control / Trick Arrow, Level 23 - socialite, fashion designer, lawyer, model, and egocentric dirtbag. Barely not a Rogue due to his penchant for seeking praise by doing the "right thing" as a "hero" --- Rogue-leaning Dean Dhamsati, Natural Controller: Mind Control / Pain Domination, Level 20 - the Dean of the prestigious Etoile academy which caters to the social elite and the families of high ranking Arachnos officials; bit of a party girl Academy Guard Gorej, Technology Tanker: Shield Defense / Electric Melee, Level 22 - professional security guard for a prestigious Etoile academy, with a bit of a habit of fraternizing with the students despite it being against policy Kiska Steyk, Magic Stalker: Street Justice / Fiery Aura, Level 18 - teenage resident of the Rogue Isles with a nasty penchant for taking petty revenge to inexcusable extremes --- Villain-leaning Subcommander Staking, Natural Stalker: Dual Blades / Super Reflexes, Level 24 - the "left hand" of Commandant Nongratis, accomplished assassin and commanding officer Squad Leader Sugar, Natural Soldier of Arachnos, Level 27 - near-suicidal will-to-die Soldier of Arachnos who loves chomping cigars and Sailor Scout cosplay in equal measure Operative Corpocrus, Natural Arachnos Widow, Level 10 - strong, proud (but not too proud) Agent of Arachons who is on permanent retainer with The Army of Commandant Nongratis . . . and isn't sure if this is a good-thing or REALLY-REALLY-BAD-thing yet Brutal Father, Natural Brute: War (Wrench) Mace / Willpower, Level 33 - leave-it-to-beaver-style father-knows-best community pillar of Port Oakes (if your character lives in Port Oakes, please feel free to know Ben Black, at least by brutal reputation. Has an affinity toward driving Hellions and Lost out of Port Oakes, and "keeping those Marcone goons in their place") Abyssal Hunter Fiend, Natural Dominator: Fire Control / Dark Assault, Level 23 - summoned from a hell-dimension (not that one) whose summoner disappeared and hasn't tugged on the "leash" in years Pure Evil, Natural Peacebringer, Level 10 - the aforementioned Forces of Light Deathguard Beta, Technology Sentinal: Beam Rifle / Energy Aura, Level 23 - one of several manufactured footsoldiers as a prototypical series of an evil corporation's planned Legion of Doom product line Her Biggest Fan, Technology Mastermind: Robotics / Electrical Affinity, Level 18 - alien fangirl for a punk rocker who lives on earth. Has travelled the cosmos to try and force the target of her obsession in to "showing the appropriate appreciation." Not terribly reasonable or pleasant to deal with

https://score.savecoh.com/index.php/topic,1522.0.html to go to the Roleplay (or Roleplay's Out of Character sub-board, if that's how it's going to be formatted), please! And if you have time to review the content, we would appreciate some official word on the acceptability of the rules/best practices listed in the thread in regard to the expectations of the server Admin's standards. Many thanks!

Awesome work! Thanks GM Jim(my)! Should we just copy the link of missed threads in to here, or would you prefer they be sent as a private messages? And sorry to harp on it, but is there going to be a Roleplay board? I've seen the suggestions pop up here and there, but I haven't seen any word on it yet.

I've reconnected with only a few people so far, so I'm just throwing this out there to see if anyone else from my Global Friends list shows up. I remember it was full on my main account, and I had to occasionally drop friends who hadn't logged on in a while to add new ones. Apologies to all of you whose names I can not recall off hand, but my memory is shit and I never seemed to document my Global Friends list as well as I should have.

From what I read, his project didn't exactly adhere to any scientific burden of proof, and basically came across as just trolling for the sake of trolling under the guise of scientific research. I don't have a complete picture, of course, but I only know of the one article online to base this opinion off of.

t3h S00p4rFr34k! A true classic. Thanks for the reminder, Generator. Reminds me of Jeremy Jenkins, that Arachnos Soldier who is a constant screw up, but manages to fail his way upwards through the organization.