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Running linux mint, latest kernel. So, on redside ouro arc missions, relatively few in number... out of 40 or so in last month.... about 5 or so are giving me strange audio issues. It appears to at random times during the mission, comes and goes, or other times lasts the entire length of the mission from entry to exit. When I exit mission door, it always goes back to normal. The issues: sound feedback, looping, distortion and garbled sound. It gets so bad, that I mute the speaker on my laptop at times. What i have tried so far to remedy: adjust sound settings in menu/options for the levels and such within the game... (does not help). adjusted laptop audio settings with the levels... (does not help). Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

So, what kind of an advantage does a player receive by slotting +Recharge into a Defense Power? And also...how do +Recharge set-bonuses and LoTG procs help...(if any)? What kind of benefits are we talking.... miniscule or big deal?

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Willing to wager they go down faster due to team buffs rather than enemy debuffs.... as most of the 4* crowds already write about.... that and -Res. imho for +4 and hard mode its all about ChanceToHit and Damage.... and for lower content +!, +2, +3 Debuffs may work better?

so its treated like a typical DeBuff calc... enemy lvl to you DeBuff modifiers +1 = 0.90; +2 = 0.80; +3 = 0.65; +4 = 0.48; +5 = 0.30 ....(see purp patch link) +5 calc shown because its what i had saved (see ResMod link)....substitue ResMod values for +1, +2, etc. IF you can find them for other levels, ranks and factions AV's con +5 to your lvl unless u are equipped with incarnates... it does not take into account the up/down purple triangles thing directly Example: Purple Patch on +5 AV enemy...decreases your power’s Debuff effective strength on the enemy by a factor of 0.30. Player attack ToHitDebuff has 67% original strength, so 0.67 x 0.30 = 0.201 = 20.10% Purple Patch strength…. then it gets even worse. After the attack hits the enemy this happens: (note: this does not apply to sleep or immobilize powers). Because of the Purple Patch, the +5 enemy has 87% resistence to this 20.01% strength. So, it looks like this. 0.201 x (1.00-0.87) = 0.201 x 0.23 = 0.02613 = 2.613% Final Strength side note: -def debuffs are great to build up a super high ChanceToHit for you, but get squashed by the Purp Patch resistance after they connect. This squashed value is what your team's ChanceToHit benefit is from your efforts. purp patch link: Purple Patch - Paragon Wiki Archive ResMod link: Archvillain - Paragon Wiki Archive

cool. thx for that. I thought copy/pasting HC Launcher into winetricks was easy as well. No idea what you are referring to about 'pre-fix'.... I'm just starting out on linux mint. Liking it a lot, can customize it to be whatever you want it to be without all the ridiculous bloatware of windows. Starting to learn about the terminal commands and such. Vcool. may switch over to arch linux in the future once i am more confident in my terminal activity... but for now the 'mint' seems most windows like to get my toe in the linux water.

my list would favor billy smith on the top rung for extra-curricular uses of the goalie stick. lol sry, but not a montreal goalie... but still a goalie, rob esche. rob's a good guy, does a lot for the community around here.

you may get a laugh outta this... story below we were playing late-nite pickup hockey at one of the local hockey rinks.... as usual, i got there late... there already was a full locker room, and about 10+ players warming up on the ice... 10 minutes later a guy opens the locker room door and asks if there is room for one more player.... someone says to em... we are full up... he thanks us and he walks out carrying his equipment... one of the guys who was on the ice already came in the locker room says... you know who that guy was that just left? nope says all former NHL goalie who played in 5 games of the stanley cup.....who lives in the area nearby. never laughed so hard in all my days playing hockey. they told him to leave. lol.

Awesome spreadsheet(s) Vanden! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1apv8NqtecDpYidS0EgpulRMY8_kSTbE7 Downloading them now. Very useful.

Thanks for that. The above link was way above my linux knowledge... so this is how a linux noob got it to work without much fuss at all. So this is how I installed the 'homecoming launcher' and CoH game on my linux mint (cinnamon) full version.. as of 11/02/2023: *In mint, start/administration/software manager... search for and download 'wine'... there will be a choice in a dropdown to opt for 'app package' or whole thing. I downloaded the whole thing and all the separate app packages to be safe....version 8.02 stable. Clicked launch. *Could not get this to work (wine) by itself, so I went back to start/administration/software manager... searched and downloaded 'winetricks.' Clicked launch when done. All good, winetricks is working. *Next went to homecoming forum site to download the 'homecoming launcher.' It downloads in the 'downloads folder' by default in mint. *Next, open the start/administration/software manager... and click the "..." three dot thing and choose to open 'installed software.' *Click and open the "winetricks.".... if it's not already running. *Create a new folder in your C:/programs/game folder... i called mine 'hc launcher.' *Locate the 'homecoming launcher' which you downloaded from the site, in your 'mint' downloads folder... *Copy paste the 'homecoming launcher file into the folder you just made in 'winetricks.' *All you need to do now is 'double-click' to open the 'homecoming launcher', and you should be all set, with internet connected. *Works better after a restart of computer. Hope it helps someone.

as the heading says.... fresh linux mint (cinnamon) install: read that some folks use 'wine' to run the game others using 'lutris' to run the game so, i am supposed to download 'wine' and/or 'lutris' first..... then download 'homecoming install'? ....then open up 'wine' and/or 'lutris' and run the installer within those?... or are those just for playing the game? liking the linux mint so far. should have done this years ago. thx .

so, just a follow-up its fixed. after i saved all the files which i wanted to be sure not to lose with a new win install....including lots of irreplacable photos. was far easier than i thought. lol. watched a guy on youtube. "the last flashdrive you will ever need." opensource (free) downloads onto a flashdrive: ventoy linux mint (cinnamon) open up linux and copied the files i wanted for an hour or so onto other flashdrives....then reloaded windows. done, but got aggravated with the windows install..... 😶decided to wipe the just installed windows off of my clean laptop and give linux mint a whirl. like the simplicity and no bloat.🙃 hope th CoH install will be easy. new to this linux stuff.

Sounds fun. Maybe the defender would need to be able to take a few punches b4 the KO if in the mix.... or some range enhanced buffs are in order? Hope you let us know what you end up going with. Curious.

Played hockey for years, so play my support position (most of the time) lol. I let the damage specialists do their thing and I buff and aggro. (Sometimes the damage specialists do not benefit from my single player buffs depending on enemy it seems, if so, then I just aggro buff. Whatever works). I solo (80% of the time) and small team (4 or less) for the rest. Solo settings are usually +4/2, do some solo +4/8 if I have the time, but takes far longer to go thru larger groups. I am no damage monkey and keeping it at +4/2 allows me to keep the flow going if I team with a few low lvl folks. Sometimes like to take on impossible quests either solo or with one other. lol.

I'm definitely not attached to it. The only two things which are good about it: is has a huge screen, and not quite full size keyboard. Looked at some SATA drives and some memory, about $50 and $30. Its and 2014ish AMD machine, has 2 mem slots. Right now has one 8mb stick and will take another 8mb. 1TB-HDD. Nothing fancy, but it does the job. If I was going to upgrade would go a mini pc ..... like the small size and portability. Could prolly take it to work. lol

TYVM! Think it may be a good time to upgrade the old laptop with a new SATA and some more memory.

Thinking because its an attack power, if performs a tohit check first. If you have enough 'chancetohit'.......then ballpark figures apply below. Will vary with AT and by the amount of total recharge you have as stated b4. ******erased previous reply**** Hope to address your parameters this time. Sorry I went on a tangent. For some ATs: Siphon gives +120HP per application. Siphon can stack up to three times. The stack adds another +33% to the 120HP. (if I understand this correctly, i could not find much info on stacking).... Other than its cumulative when overlapped. The following has not been game tested: So this may or may not be wrong: For some ATs, Siphon gives about +120HP per application and can stack 2 more times. Stacks give a bonus +33% to the 120HP. See link: https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=stalker_melee.dark_melee.siphon_life&at=stalker note: 'cycle time' => not sure what its called but thats what i'm calling it. lol Base power 'cycle time' = base recharge time + arcanatime, = 10 sec + 2.2112 sec = 12.2112 sec. 60sec/12.2112sec = 4.95 times a minute. 4.95 rounds down to 4... because there was not enough time to activate the 5th time. so, 4 * 120HP = 480HP/min. if recharge time is reduced to less than 10 seconds, I believe it then starts to stack. here the recharge time is reduced from 10 sec. to 7.888 seconds.... New 'cycle time' = 7.888 + 2.112 = 10 sec. <10sec + <10sec + <10sec then repeat (1st hit + stack bonus + stack bonus) then repeat = 120HP + 120HP*(1.33) + 120HP*(1.33) + 120 + 120*(1.33) + 120*(1.33) = 120 + 159.6 + 159.6 + 120 + 159.6 + 159.6 = 878.4HP/minute For other ATs it does not stack at all, but gives a larger +HP per hit. See link: https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=tanker_melee.dark_melee.siphon_life&at=tanker So, for base 'cycle time' of 12.112 sec. 60/12.112 = 4.95, rounded down to 4 = 4 * 187HP = 748HP/minute if 'cycle time' is reduced by a faster recharge then: = (60sec) / ('cycle time' sec.) = xxxx times per minute round down to whole number. = 187HP * xxxx = HP/min.

Laptop won't boot. What can I do to preserve my account/builds B4 fresh windows install? everything gamewise is as the homecoming directions said to do it. everything in the 'doc' folder. been trying every "fix" for my mbr and uefi file i can find on internet. no dice so far. can i preserve my toon and build, or will all be lost? thanks.

i usually have 3 or 4 tops. rather have one maxed built up: rapid fire, aoe, and a t9 myself. sometimes add another aggro or taunt.

Defender build end game philosophy? (54 and up). What's yours? Mine: Build as much team buffs as i can, (+tohit, +defense, +heal, +status effect protection, +damage, etc.), because they are not resisted at all. Build as much acc/tohit in my few attack powers as possible. Try to incorporate either immobilize or sleep powers because they are not resisted (sometimes) by bosses on up. Leadership pool and Hybrid status. ?

thx Luminara. info appreciated. helps me understand the game better if i can work out numbers for myself. Like Shread, Tidge, FupDup, drbuzzard and a few i may have forgot to mention (sry).... thinking that slotting some dual purpose health/stamina (end) procs may be the way to go. now in the mind-set to conserve slots, but not entirely sure i need them elsewhere atm. the health sets have some nice set-bonuses.

what notoriety settings you figure on running?

so All, couple three questions: do incarnate alpha powers like vigor work on health regen? (please see screenshot below). it has a closed lock shown. if they actually do work, do the incarnate powers work on regen procs? if they do, do they treat them as a regen % addition? ...or maybe just like the 5 other regular schedule A type enhancements in the set? was looking around for a while and could not find the answer.

Appreciated. Quick look at your Regen Period Calc above, looks odd to me.... maybe should read..... period = 240 / (12 * (regen tot %)) ..... not sure though, will plug in some numbers. Cool stuff you have going!!!