ElectricKnight

Heyyy!! Yes!! Oh man, so much fun in that SG and S.T.O.R.M. really had a lot of fun stuff that went on, especially. I was never an official member of that group, but EK ended up being involved and "making appearances "with them a lot. 😆 I think I may have been a lot less active at that point, but I definitely remember your work on the forums and whatnot. I wonder if I have any of those cards... Did you ever play with the Incognito group within the PU as well? I remember Arch Mage really carrying things with running activities for a while, when some of us stepped back a bit. Great seeing you! Have you continued playing on Homecoming much? I just recently started playing a lot more than I had previously. And things have been good, overall! I'm still together with KarmicAvenger and I think it's a high success that we've managed to keep some shreds of sanity, and kept our 'inner child' alive, through all life and the world have thrown at us! 🤪 I've been talking with a few other old PU members and we're going to try and play together some time soon. Don't be a stranger and give a shout any time! Not sure if/when I'll find a SG to join. Or if we should try starting something up... We'll see. I'm so casual in play playtime, I'm hesitant to make any commitments. 😅

I wouldn't want to sacrifice all the other particles, of course. I keep mine on maximum settings. 😅

Since the dawn of mankind... well, actually, since I first started playing this game - one big wish of mine was for a setting option to hide the symbols and floating FX that fade in and out around characters when they use inspirations, have active powers that grant similar buffs (Leadership Pool, power drone thingies from the START vendor, Against All Odds, and from debuffs like when getting shot by Council and others - just as a few examples). You know, those red blood drop symbols, the purple shield symbols, the yellow reticle symbols, et cetera. I recall discussions on the live forums about how those FX weren't separated to make the task of implementing such a user setting as a feasible option. However I've wondered if 1) if anyone from the team ever took it upon themselves to try and accomplish this or 2) if anyone ever worked on a MOD to possibly make this happen (client-side). If I recall correctly, discussions I had in the past indicated that maybe we could go pigg diving, locate each of those FX elements, and replace them with invisible or blank elements. All these years later, and I'm just checking... anyone else ever look into this? Has anything ever been accomplished towards that? I could go into some detail as to WHY anyone would want this, but is it really necessary? Some of us would prefer to be able to turn such things off and some wouldn't. And that's fine. 😊 The status icons under my health bar are enough for me and I prefer the purity of the in-world elements and FX to be the only things necessary to display on the characters (players and NPCs). Just my wish! At the very least, I think most people can relate to screenshots being "ruined" by one or more of those types of 2D-ish FX on a character or more. Zap Zap!

CARLIN!!! I'm kicking myself for not being around these forums much at all for so long. I've been playing, but not been as social as I used to be! Always loved ya in all your forms, Carlin, so this all tracks, haha. ❤️ Would love to catch up and maybe play together again some time! I've got the numbers of some of our other old SG mates as well, and played with a few not too long ago! (and you were mentioned fondly, several times btw)

Well, damn, I am only just seeing this NOW! What's up?!?! I hope you two might see this eventually and get in touch.

As one of the founding members of Paragon Universe, I agree! I'm pleased to see another SG like that, because it can really work well. I'm just surprised to see someone mention the PU. Were you a member? The name isn't ringing a bell (but it was probably different there!)! Also, yeah, I was looking to see if there were any SGs like this that I might want to join. I was thinking I might check this one out, but it's not looking like they are active. I'm only now in the early thoughts of starting one up, but not sure yet. Anyways, just saw this reply and had to respond! EDIT: Oh, wow, only now just saw the date of the message I replied to! Ah well! XD

Also... including this thread, and the replies within, things seem the same as ever. 😊

Kind of related - where could one go, to see the reasons why some people are upset about the upcoming(?) changes? I mean, I've read patch notes, but I haven't sifted through feedback where I've seen anyone pointing to particular problems. I'm just curious if there's anywhere in particular one could read these concerns. Asking for a friend, of course.

This is a literal slap in the face! Especially to all of those who no longer play the game anymore! 🙃

Really excited about Kallisti Wharf (along with other changes/additions). One thing that I've desired, for ages now, is more variety for level 50 repeatable missions. I may be in a minority, but one of my favourite things to do with CoH/V is to hop on and do some radio/newspaper missions, and Peregrine Island's select few enemies got old a long time ago. 😅 (I'd still love to see radio/paper missions opened up for all zones, and all enemies [available at those levels] for level 50s - but I can dream!) Thanks for all the great work!

Some days, I wake up and life seems to be at +5 more than it usually is. It happens. Sometimes, you just gotta roll with it.