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Rudra's correct. The Syndicate ambushes are like the Barracuda SF ambushes. They do eventually end, it just takes a long time to get there.

We should merge all of these threads about bad PUG experiences and label it, “The Adventures of PUGing on Excelsior.”

No. It was announced last year that Homecoming won't be discounting winter packs again.

Counter proposal: Move War Witch to stand next to Jessica Megan Duncan. /s

It does not appear so. (Yes, I realize that this is a 3.5 year-old necro, but I found myself researching the same question so I thought that I'd share the answer for anyone else that looks it up.)

That is bad, but it also goes both ways. There's been many posts and comments over the years promoting Homecoming (especially Excelsior and Everlasting), and denigrating other servers (even other Homecoming servers). "Homecoming should merge Indomitable, Torchbearer, and Reunion with Excelsior. Heck, they should merge Everlasting with Excelsior as well. (Yes, I've seen this.) There should be no other server than Excelsior. Rebirth, Thunderspy, New Dawn, Asmodei, and other servers should all shut down and their developers should migrate their players to Excelsior and join the Homecoming team." (Yes, I've seen that as well.) Then I've seen quite a few comments on Rebirth, Thunderspy, etc. posts, "Eh, no one plays here. You should play on Homecoming where the other people are." Again, I'm not excusing the anti-Homecoming bias on the sub-Reddit. It's there although it's been getting better. But it goes the other way as well.

You can. I have linked directly to the Homecoming Discord server, as late as last week. I have seen your posts that have been deleted… they contained several links, and honestly I could see how it could trigger the AutoMod’s anti-spam mechanism. That being said, it is a little overzealous at times.

Seconded. Metalios and Zed just don't pay much attention to forums, they seem to much prefer Discord. I've been acting as an intermediary for months, posting MIds' Reborn developments on the Homecoming forums and the CoH sub-Reddit, and linking relevant Homecoming forums threads to the MIds' Reborn Discord server (like this one), to make the Mids' Reborn developers aware of issues, but it's better for everyone if they just skipped the middle man and went to the source.

How could you want to punch Tom Hanks?

Randomly decided when you first enter the zone. You’re not stuck though. Go talk to the broker or detective, and dismiss him or her. Rezone, and you’ll randomly be assigned a broker or detective again. Note that random is random. It may take several attempts to land the one you want.

If you're talking about the issue with posting Mids' Reborn builds on the Homecoming forums, it's a known issue by both the Homecoming team and the Mids' Reborn team. When will it be fixed? Who knows. In the meantime, there's a workaround that's been posted here a few times already, including the thread you started a couple of days ago. In Mids' Reborn, go to: File > Export > Forum Export > Yes > Data Chunk, and select "Only export Data Chunk" It works.

Double INF while XP was disabled was removed because people were using it to get double INF while level 49 farming in AE, essentially using an AE trick to double their INF while farming while still having all IO set bonuses and Incarnate abilities. GM Jimmy stated that it led to serious inflation as a result. I strongly disagreed with that decision then as it penalized non-farmers in addition to AE farmers, and I disagree with it now. Regardless, that was the reasoning, and I seriously doubt that it has changed.

You’re welcome. 😉

In Mids' Reborn, go to: File > Export > Forum Export > Yes > Data Chunk, and select "Only export Data Chunk" Use that for exporting all builds to the Homecoming forums.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/herostats/ It doesn't work though. It broke around Issue 26... Page Three? Somewhere around there. It hasn't worked in at least three years.

There's a recent documentary on World of Warcraft player culture, and how the near ubiquity of add-ons (like damage meters), fed into it and created a culture of toxicity. It became normal to treat World of Warcraft like a spreadsheet, instead of a game. It's long (about a hour and a half), but it's well worth a watch for a look at MMOG player culture and for numerous examples of why this is just a terrible idea.

1. Most of us, in fact, are not over 70 years-old. A lot of us are over 40 (myself included), but over 70? No. There's also a surprising number of players at age 30 or under who played City of Heroes live when they were in their preteens or teen years. 2. Heck no to damage meters. I specifically refuse to play any MMOG with damage meters (which is most of them now), because it just breeds toxicity. Homecoming already has a problem with toxicity over the past year or so, no need to make it even worse.

Yes. Try the High Contrast Cursors Mod available here. You'll need the City Mod Installer, which you can read more about at -

Accolade_LRT changes the Long Range Teleport power icon to the old Pocket D VIP Pass power icon. BeaconFontLabels clearly labels all SG base beacons, making it easier to see which portal to take. BRMovieSFXMod replaces the sounds for Beam Rifle, making the power set sound ten times better. HC_Vidiotmaps is.... well... Vidiotmaps. High_Contrast_Cursors greatly increases the size of the in-game cursors and increases the hitbox of NPCs and other PCs, making everything much easier to select for me due to my poor and aging eyesight. LinesWubWubSonicBlast adds a bit of dubstep to Sonic Blast. 😄 LoudGlowie greatly increases the audible level of glowies, making them much easier for me to find. OfficePlantReplacer makes office plants look much nicer. Titanman_VFX replaces a lot of the game's FX with more raid-friendly FX, making things much easier to find and select for me. I've also used @AboveTheChemist's Halloween and winter event map mods during their respective event. Over all, I find BRMovieSFXMod, HC_Vidiotmaps, High_Contrast_Cursors, LoudGlowie, and Titanman_VFX game changers and measurably make the game better. The others are just nice to have. In addition to those, I regularly use Mids' Reborn and City Mod Installer. Like Betty, I am in Mids' about as much as I am in-game.

Yep. I never play at +0 whether speed run, steamroll, or kill all because it's extremely boring. It's why I don't join anyone else's TF/SF/Trial unless he or she specifically advertises a difficulty setting greater than +0. Whenever I form a TF/SF/Trial, I always advertise quite clearly the difficulty, whether it be +1, +2, +3, or +4. Sadly, I've had too many people join, and even though we're steamrolling without any struggle, quickly insist in the first or second mission in that the difficulty be lowered to +0 because "all I care about is the badge/reward merits." I advise the person that he or she joined the wrong TF/SF/Trial then, and continue on without lowering the difficulty. Sure enough, the person will quit.

I create a build in Mids', take the character out for a spin at level 50 on the beta server for a few hours and see how the character plays, and make any tweaks and adjustments as necessary. When I finally have the character's build where I want it and have enjoyed playing it on the beta server without issue, then I finally make the character.

Reward merits.

What would be the most efficient way to obtain and accumulate reward merits red side, solo?