Abraxus

That's a little subjective, isn't it? Folks who submitted those costumes (myself included) will often be the first to admit they might not be the shoe-in favorite to win Costume Contests in Atlas Park. But, we offered them in the spirit with which the request for them was delivered. We offered them, because we loved spending time with these characters, and thought it would be cool to see them immortalized in this farming mission. That this could end up turning into a critique of folks levels of imagination, creativity, and abilities with the costume creator never occurred to me, or anyone else.

Electric, and Ice are pretty quick. Not sure if they are the fastest though.

I do typically run with everything set to "11", but that's never been an issue before last night. Not on Task Force runs, not on Mothership Runs, or anything else where there were large numbers of players, and effects going off all around me. I have encountered a slow-down in those situations (though the 64-bit client has improved that considerably), but never a crash to the desktop. Interestingly enough, I remember something similar happening the last time I played the ToT even on the LIVE server, way back when. That was a different computer, so the hardware, and the OS has changed since then. But, the symptoms of sounds beginning to repeat, and the slideshow effect on visuals increasing just before a crash is very similar to what used to happen back then.

*EDIT* This pertains more specifically to the costumes obtained via the Halloween Event, rather than regular costume slots. Nothing more than creating a few extra power trays to display them, in case I feel like playing with them. When they expire, the trays appear empty, then get deleted. It's kind of like the holiday itself. It gets closer, and we celebrate its impending arrival by participating in the events surrounding it. Then, when the holiday is over, the remnants of it disappear quickly, and we move on to the next holiday, and the next event. I don't get too attached, or try to weave these abilities into the fabric of my characters. But, that said, I sure do enjoy the process!

Agreed. Never happened until last night.

I too have pumpkin pie for Thanksgivings to come for the next decade! I just tell myself I only "defeated" him, so I don't feel so guilty eating it. I am a hero after all. 😎

That's why we don't kill him. We defeat him! 😉

Got on a ToT League, and while on it for a couple of hours, I repeatedly crashed to the desktop. 4 times within that time to be exact. Below is one of the entries from the Application log in Windows 10. Seemed to be this, or variations on this surrounding every crash. This is the first time(s) since the game returned that I have had any issues what so ever.

I submitted a few of my characters via Discord. Feel free to use any/all of them. If ya had to choose only 1, please use the first on the list.

I got a couple of lower level characters that are gonna be a perfect fit for the new Power Pool option!

I love that so many express disappointment over missing the donation window. Not because they missed it, of course. But, because the desire to do so is so strong across the player base, that it actually inspires complaints about not being able to contribute. Yet another reason I love this game, and this community! I posted a reminder in the "General" area to give folks a heads-up that Saturday was the day, hoping to get the attention of folks who might have forgotten it was happening. That was about 2 hours before the window opened. I can only hope that enough people saw it, and that there were fewer that missed the window, than would have been the case otherwise.

Crey's Folly is pretty long, if you get caught out in the far south end, which is where my SG base transport beacon happens to be.

Perhaps "We are with you, and we got your back", or even "There are more of us, than of them. Seek us out, and play with us. Just block them altogether". It doesn't resolve the problem, of course, because as long as there are large groups of people that come together for any reason, there will be a small percentage that stand out because of their bad behavior. You can't change them, and you really can't make sense of why they do, what they do. If you give them any inkling that you care about what they say, or do, they will do it even more intensely. So, my .02 of a dollars worth is always, set your bar high. Anyone who doesn't meet your comfort level of behavior, kick 'em to the curb, and keep seeking out the majority who will always meet those standards.

I know. I was just blown away by last month's time, which admittedly set the mark pretty high. Plenty of mitigating factors as to why that wasn't matched, or beaten. It's still plenty cool that this community, as relatively small as it is when compared to other active MMOs, is able to get it done even as quickly as we do month to month.

I remember in the early days, before VOIP was so ubiquitous, having two 3-way phone calls, bridged together so that we could talk to each other during our playtime.

....and done!

Didn't beat last month's record of 3 minutes 30 seconds (I think it was), but done is done. 😉

It's just opened up! Go get it!

According to the calendar, today is donation day, so watch closely! The opening of donations happens without too much advanced warning, and typically closes in minutes!

Well, the Halloween event is up, on the Beta Server anyway! That along with a few other changes, including the new Willpower Power Pool choice. I'd imagine it'll all be on the Live servers fairly soon. Next week if I were making a bet. 😎

You had me a Halloween Event! But, I'm reading on anyway! 😎

In the 7 years that this game was gone, I came to realize that, even though I had moved on to other games, this was the only one I REALLY wanted to play. Everything else was a pale substitute in my world. Last year, I found out about the SEGs effort to basically re-code the game, expunging it of anything actionable for doing so, and working towards bringing it back to life. After the previous failed attempts at talks with NCSoft that sparked hope, then failed, it sounded like the best opportunity to play my beloved game again. At that point (and I don't believe too much progress has been made since), the game was in a very early stage of functionality. Not much more than what was in Paragon Chat, except that this version was based on the Issue 0, or Issue 1 version of the game, so there was a lot missing. It was very rough, but you could see where they had made some progress. At the time, I still believed that in a year, perhaps two, there would be a playable version of the game to play once more. Then...the SCORE revelation hit like a bomb in mid-April, and within a week of that happening, there was a live, playable server up and running. My world was rocked, and in a good way for a change! I have been here ever since. The game I was playing occasionally at the time, out. Playing/experimenting with SEGs builds, not once since Homecoming went online. CoH has once again become the only game I play, the only game I want to play, and the community that I support in any way I can. I have been able to successfully donate twice to the Homecoming effort, so far, and will keep trying every month. When I play, I try to savor every moment, remembering what it was like to only dream of playing again. Watching Youtube videos of Task Force runs from days gone by, and wishing I could do that once again. Well, now I am, and I can only hope that will be the case for years to come!

True, but fiddling with the settings I talked about (FSAA, and Ansiotropic Filtering) do make a noticeable difference. The higher you can run them, the better things look. It can only get so good, considering it's age. But, these things help. 🙂

I realize it's not uncommon. But, in most cases, if we stop a moment, and take stock of what the OP was really getting at, I think in most cases we'd find that the topic was actually addressed many posts before, and things are just going in circles, ever spiraling towards being locked for conduct, or being deemed resolved by a GM. IMHO, this thread has reached that point.

I've missed a lot of this conversation, but what I have caught begs the question of whether, or not, what needed to be said, has already been said numerous times. The points have been made, vigorously debated back and forth, and warnings about civility have been given at various points along the way by the GMs/Devs. At first glance, it no longer seems that there is anything constructive served by further discussion. Only folks arguing back, and forth.