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Not being a huge fan of melee (I do have a couple of them, but my love is controller/defender-type heroes). I'm wondering what ATs would be good (Corruptor, Dominator, Defender, Controller) and what powersets would be good to be able to solo missions and other things in the game? Thanks for any tips! :)

Thank you for this suggestion, Captain. How would I go about verifying my files and/or run the Windows Memory Diagnostic and CPU/GPU stress test? I'm a Mac guy entering this strange Windows world! LOL

Yes, I did. Thank you, Astralock!

Well, for a while, my new PC was working a charm, but this morning, I kept getting booted from Excelsior. But this time, it wasn't lag or latency of framerate, but just being booted followed by a request for a report and a "mini memory dump". I'm not sure if this is at my end (as I said, this computer is just three or four days old!) or something on COH's end? Anybody else experiencing this? Thank you!

Thanks for responding, Captain. The delay seems to be in framerate. I did purchase a new system that I hope will help improve. The previous PC was so small (the size of a Mini Mac) that I wasn't sure there was room for an additional graphics card.

Hey Marine - I'm thinking I'm going to just invest in a decent desktop PC to run CoH. Could you suggest a MINIMUM level graphics card I would need? Thanks!

Yes, that's a good point. Right now, it's a mini desktop that fits on the desk. Mini Gaming PC, AMD Ryzen 7 4800U (8C/16T, up to 4.2Ghz) 16GB DDR4 512GB I upgraded the ram to 32 GB. Thanks again for your help, Marine X. :)

Thanks so very much for taking time out of your day to include screenshots. Very helpful! Now wondering if I should return this computer and get one that has a separate graphics card. LOL

Thanks for your help, @Marine X! I am using integrated graphics. If I want to use that -usetexenvcombine launch parameter, how would I do that? I fear I'm not too savvy when it comes to Windows machines. I am on Spectrum, so that may explain quite a bit.

Thank you very much for the warm welcome! :) My computer does have an integrated graphics. I guess I was told I didn't need a graphics card to play COH. Perhaps I was mistaken? Yes, I guess I'm seeing the lag in a zone that's being invaded by the Mapserver. Not sure. Is there a way to find out?

Hello, please forgive this question if it's been asked many times before. I'm just returning to CoH after many years and I played it for the first time today on a Windows PC that I purchased SOLELY to play CoH. (That's how much I've missed it! :) ) At a certain time in the day, the lag (Excelsior) became unbearable, and I'm just wondering if that is normal. I'm guessing yes... during high-traffic times, but I was a bit curious as nobody else in the chats (Global, etc.) were complaining about it, so I'm wondering if it's something with my system? Are there optimum settings (graphic) that I should try to reduce any lag? As I said, before that certain time (I think it was about 8:00 PM CST), things were running fine. I'd be grateful for any help, as I am very excited to return to Paragon City. Thank you!