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I tend towards Radiation and Electric since I solo and they have some minor self-heal and a couple other nice benefits. I use fire and dark on occasion as well. Not a fan of the other sets as I don't feel they protect against as much, including Invulnerable which seems anything but after having played the set before the massive nerf-fest back in the day.

From a civil engineering standpoint, so much of Boomtown needs to be re-vamped...those insanely tall retaining walls (which would never be built realistically). The buildings would have fallen on their own due to massive structural failures via stress at the angles many of those high-rise ruins are sitting at. Skyway's elevated roads and walls are similar. The original zones vs the Gold side city zones definitely high light design for game challenge vs more real world-ish simulation. Agree...more needs to be done with Boom and Fault...and the Hollows for that matter. So many wasted zones with potential.

Unfortunately... (a lot of info in this review about the hurdles involved: https://rpggeek.com/thread/606957/city-heroes-compare-and-contrast-review 0

Was printing some things off this morning and started perusing my game files and found the Quick Play pack of the abandoned City of Heroes RPG that was being done by Eden Studios back in 2005. It covers the Outbreak tutorial, it's background, and how the Vahz were involved...along with sheets for several of the Iconic heroes: Infernal, Swan, Mynx, Luminary, Ms. Liberty, and Malaise Too bad the project got junked and Eden couldn't complete things...it looked promising. More nostalgia from the past. *sigh*

Back before the nerfs started, I could wade into a batch of 12-20 +1's/+2's with only a few DO's slotted without popping more than one or two Inspirations. It had a real feeling of being Invulnerable. Now...trying to take more than 5 +0's seems near suicidal. So...mostly it's a matter of perception. Kinda like us old folks growing up in the 70's when candy bars were a nickel or dime dealing with 2$ for the same, smaller bar today. lol

I was doing some spring cleaning and re-organization and came across my CoH/ CoV boxes....nostalgia set in and I went online and start exercising my search-fu; pleasantly discovering CoH was back with new stuff. 😄 Always loved the game...but got really bummed when my LvL 50 SS/Inv Tank got nerfed from "Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'" to "marshmallow squishy status" and left the game not quite a year after the Incarnation system launched. Still feels squishy so I've given up on Tank pretty much and switched to Sentinel as favored class.

An amusing thought: The various iCon Managers...the side commetary on the hero/villain fashions could be hilarious.

Having lived in a coastal tourist community for a decade... Sandcastle Toys & Treats Laughing Whale Gifts & Tee's Major Sweets Candy Shop Driftwood Art Studio Paragon Maritime Museum Or....Tsoonami's Tatoo's :P lol

I have OCD (Obsessive Clicking Disorder)!

It's not really a secret though. Stay home. Eat ice cream! 😄 lol

Just another day in Portland, OR to me. LOL

I also disagree. I'm running a SB/Time Blaster as a solo and ripping thru mobs. I'm loving the power set.

Well...that would explain why my toon froze in combat and became a glorified TARGET for the Syndicate. Is there extra XP gained for "Death by Skynet"? ROFL

They use the ugliest possible models as well since insurance companies refuse to provide coverage due to the frequency in which vandals and clockwork destroy them throughout the city.

If they are there holding the line...wouldn't they be Tsooper heroes in that case or just Tsooper Troopers?

I tend to be strictly solo since most teams I've joined in the past have almost zero concept of the term tactics and strategy beyond CHARGE! and BLAST EVERYTHING THAT MOVES! which irritates me. I rarely every face plant on missions with myself...with teams...it's like every ten minutes. 😉 lol Mostly I play to kill time or simply explore around new zones or with different power combos...some work for me...others I end up bored or just lose interest in and delete the toon. Since I absolutely hate CoT and BP, I tend to avoid those missions as much as possible. Definitely more laid back and not worried about optimizing etc.

I tend to favor Electric, Fire, Rad, and Dark though Storm is making a real favorable impression so far. Seismic animation just turned me off and it was slow to my perception. The rest of 'em I've dabbled with but didn't last 10 levels before the 'meh' factor had me move on. Then again I play pretty much strictly solo...so that can factor into what one gets out of a set as well.

I've done several toons to 20. Fire/Rad Brute, Water/Rad Sentinel, Electric/Rad Sentinel, Seismic/Fire Sentinel, a few others I don't remember...and am working on a Fire/Dark Corruptor presently. No real issues with any so far...though I do pull the hover trick with the squishies.

I've got a Storm/Time Blaster going that's been working well.

Just look at Greatest American Hero (1981) or The Phoenix (1982). lol

Not really into the Zone Events myself. Generally too much hassle for not much gain...and I tend to solo more often than not. What does surprise me though, is given the number of Skulls and the ineptness of the City Planning Dept in putting the Main Police HQ in the middle of what amounts to occupied territory, that there isn't a Skull Army zerging the PPD HQ until you find and put down the main leader(s) type event. Skyway....yeah. Planning Dept. needs to be completely canned for that mess. The elevated roadways look wild and all...but no City engineering dept in the world could budget for a mile of those things, not to mention dealing with the earthquake resistant design protocols. (yeah...my day job involved this stuff so it trips my OCD button every time I'm in the zone.) lol Same thing with some of those monstrously tall retaining walls. 😉

You missed Meg Mason beneath the Water Tower on the Hill in Cherry Hills.

Amusing...I ended up with "Durandel" - Tanker: Bio-Armor/Katana

Enjoyin' retirement on one the outlying islets in Nerva and cashin' in the bits of scrapped tech washing up on the beach from the frequent Longbow vs everyone else clashes. Those days as a 'Lectric/Rad Sentinel cape are just memories. Yup...listenin' to tunes and watchin' sunsets over the water while sippin' my lemonade without a care is great. And the locals have long since learned to leave me alone...the hard way.

Battlesuit: Offensive & Defensive lets you slot powers from some other power sets...so you end up building a really unique set up. Trade off would be costume parts limited to armor/tech only and slightly higher endurance costs. Something I had been thinking about before I left the game in 2008-9. Would have liked to see water blades in that power set for some high lethality damage. The ultimate power for a Controller type: Cloth or Thread manipulation. Nothing like having the baddies' own clothing shred itself then burrow into their bodies and shredding it...Invasive Weave. (evil grin) Masterminds would appreciate Golems/Puppets....or Elementals....or Insect/Serpent/Spider types...