[Slot Machine's Random Challenge - 2021]

Exterminating Sun is at level 26 now. Fire/regen is a fun combo on teams, but a little challenging solo.

 

Here I am fighting my good clone in Keith Nance's arc (I'm on the right):

 

And vs. my evil clone:

 

 

This was  pretty fun.

 

Edit: my global is @Tiger Shadow

[Dark/Dark...Defender, Corruptor, Controller, or Dominator]

4 hours ago, Snarky said:

Cone?  Fuggedaboutit.  My favorite Blaster is a Dark/Mental/Soul  5 cones.  Joust in for Drain Psyche and PBAoE madness.  Then zip out or up to Cone the Zone.  /i only switch to ST for AV

 

Y'know, I keep meaning to set up a Combat Teleport macro to move me back 20 or 30 just for cones, but I keep getting distracted.

[Brutes are bad m'kay]

59 minutes ago, Ironblade said:

Points for spelling Olive Oyl correctly, but the villain's name is Bluto.  🙂

 

It was Brutus for a couple of years.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluto#Bluto_vs._Brutus

[Slot Machine's Random Challenge - 2021]

My first roll came up as Dominator, Earth Domination, Dark Assault.

 

I know this combo is fun because I took one to 50 on live as part of my Coal Miner's Local 666 Villain Group. I wanted something original for this challenge, so I passed on this one.

 

My second roll was Scrapper, Fire Melee, Regeneration.

 

I like scrappers, but that looks like a challenging combo.

 

My third roll was Scrapper, Spines, Willpower.

 

Well that looked like easy mode, so I made a fire/regen scrapper, named her Exterminating Sun (I was listening to the radio) and I'm all ready to go.

 

 

 

On 4/5/2021 at 1:00 PM, tidge said:

RNG hates me: Brute: Fire/Energy Aura. At least I should be able to put him on the AH and flip him.

 

I had one of these at 50 on live, chosen for much the same reason why I went with fire/regen scrapper here.

[More Incarnate Interface options]

I want a FREEM interface which makes every power act like the April Fool's Day brawl.

[New Special Salvage: Slot Mover]

12 hours ago, Greycat said:

I want to say it was tried and broke something, but I can't say I'm 100% (honestly, even 75%) on that memory. I wouldn't be *surprised* if a slot-move broke something... we've heard how the code is, after all!

 

I wouldn't argue with it being implemented if it's at all feasable, though.

 

I know the live devs tried adding a bonus slot as a veteran reward, and it broke everything. I'm not sure if they tried a slot mover, but people certainly requested it fairly often on the forums.

[What are the petty but real annoyances in CoH?]

Switching characters to join a group and missing out because I paid zero attention to who was actually forming it.

[Roleplay Pet Peeves]

On 3/9/2021 at 11:05 PM, twozerofoxtrot said:

Hardly a pet peeve but something I've noticed before that always elicits a chuckle: When players at the Pocket D upstairs bar just suddenly "nope out" over the rails and jump to the floor below.

 

Like they're walking around, looking for a conversation or maybe they just finished one, or something, and then with walk on and everything just fling themselves 5 meters to the floor below. I mean we're all supers and probably everyone could shrug off that fall, so IC I suppose there is nothing wrong with that. But  something about how the player will spend 45 seconds to strut up the stairs, but the exit has to be quick and in a hurry.

 

One of my characters has the backflip emote bound to a key so she can backflip off platforms for a dramatic exit.

[Dark Armor... I’m in love]

OG is available to 7 (I think) ATs, so you could easily have multiple teammates running it for maximum stunnage.

[Suggestion: Wrist/Palm/Hand-based Animations for Beam Rifle]

19 hours ago, RunoKnows said:

 I don't see Dual Pistols working with most other animation types unless you're the first person to roll the least-popular X-Man, "Throws Bullets With His Hands Man"

His name was Random and he was with X-Factor, not the X-Men. 😁

[Darkness Affinity]

Leave Dark Miasma as it is, but make Darkness Affinity available to Defenders/Corrs/MM's as well.

[Huge Female]

Would it be possible to add female face (and possibly hairstyle) options to the huge model? You'd still be stuck with male costumes, but it would at least be a step in the right direction.

[Roleplay Pet Peeves]

Me writing bios...

 

Week 1: Ugh, I hate writing Bios.

 

Week 2: Ugh, I really hate writing bios.

 

Week 3: Fine, I'll write a bio. (almost immediately hits 1023 character limit a quarter way through bio)

[Roleplay Pet Peeves]

I made my first foray into RP several weeks ago. I made a character called Groucho Marx. I made a costume I thought was adequate (I spent most of my effort on the face sliders) and have been told several times is fantastic. I have mainly said the things I think Groucho would say, occasionally I have to mention that Groucho is one of the OG insult comics and I don't mean things personally. But otherwise things are going great, I'm having fun, I'm throwing out the right jokes, and everyone's reacting well.

 

And I realize that I'm playing a guy who died before I was born. But this is good, so far everyone seems to like my Groucho. Maybe they'll like my original characters. And as it turns out, they do. Groucho gave me the confidence to try doing my own RP, and Everlasting accepted me. Really, you guys are great on the RP front, I think I'll be here for a while.

[Improve Visual Distinction: Regenerative Tissue and Harmonized Healing]

One's a football, the other's corned beef on a roll. I fail to see the confusion.

[Why were the Echo zone beacons removed from bases?]

22 hours ago, Placta said:

TUNNEL to Night Ward.

Enter Midnighter Mansion.

Base portal to Croatoa or FF.

Enter Midnighter Mansion.

Take the crystal to Ouroboros.

Oro portal back to Atlas.

 

Just did this on a level 2, mostly fresh out of the tutorial (I took the time to get Atlas Tour Guide) character. No combat the whole way. (It might be tougher redside.)

 

Redside it goes:

 

TUNNEL to Night Ward.

Enter Midnighter Mansion.

TUNNEL to Cap.

Enter Midnighter Mansion.

Take the crystal to Ouroboros.

Oro portal back to Mercy.

 

And one that works both sides:

 

Log out newbie somewhere safe.

Log in higher level character, go to where newbie logged out, drop portal, log out.

Log in newbie, click portal.

[More missions to rescue Percy Winkley]

14 hours ago, srmalloy said:

Mercedes Sheldon, IIRC, has her arcs and nothing else; you could add a small chance for her to, whenever you asked her for another mission, to offer a "Rescue Percy Winkley" mission.

After you complete her arcs, she should offer repeatable "Rescue Percy Winkley again" missions.

[Set those titles! Show those badges!]

I just tried Echo Atlas with a new character, it did not unlock the LRT. You must have unlocked it some other way, maybe with the Pocket D VIP port?

[Set those titles! Show those badges!]

The new long range teleport power brings a new incentive to get an exploration accolade. But which one is for you?

 

Villain City Zone Exploration Badges

 

Mercy Mariner            Mercy Isle
Marcone Insider            Port Oakes
Mad Science Supporter        Cap au Diable
Jumped the Shark        Sharkhead Isle
Nerva Navigator            Nerva Archipelago
Johnny's Go To Guy / Gal    St. Martial
Arachnos Spymaster        Grandville

Hero City Zone Exploration Badges

 

Atlas Tour Guide        Atlas Park
Wincott's Ally            The Hollows
PPD Informant            Kings Row
Canyon Carver            Steel Canyon
Sky Gazer            Skyway City
Faultline Finder        Faultline
Citizen of Salamanca        Croatoa
Island Hopper            Talos Island
IP Address            Independence Port
Lost and Found            Founders' Falls
Zig Warden            Brickstown
Portal Corp Analyst        Peregrine Island

 

Walked Down Memory Lane        Echo: Atlas Park
Galactic Explorer        Echo: Galaxy City
The Constant            Atlas Park and Echo: Atlas Park

(Echo: Galaxy does not grant the travel accolade, the other Echos likely don't either.)

Praetorian Exploration Badges

 

Viva Praetoria            Praetoria
Pure Praetorian            Nova Praetoria
Emperor for a Day        Imperial City
A Neu Man            Neutropolis
Knows Nova's Nooks        Underground Nova
Beneath the Empire        Underground Imperial
Neu You Could Do It        Underground Neutropolis
Prime Warden            First Ward
Ethereal Drifter        Night Ward

Hazard and PvP zones do not seem to give the travel accolade

Villain Hazard Zone Exploration Badges

 

Touched Bottom            The Abyss
Honorary Monster        Monster Island
Free Among the Dead        Dark Astoria

Hero Hazard Zone Exploration Badges

 

Apprentice Plumber        Sewer Network
Perez Park Perfection        Perez Park
Boom... Goes the Town        Boomtown
A Light in Dark Astorias    Echo: Dark Astoria
Straight Through Striga        Striga Isle
Utilities Commission        Terra Volta
Crazy for Crey's Folly        Crey's Folly
Master Plumber            Abandoned Sewer Network
All Your Firebase...        Firebase Zulu
Cascade Cleansing        Cascade Archipelago
Can't Stop the Chant        The Chantry
Storming the Palace        The Storm Palace
Adam in Waiting            Eden
Busy, Busy Bee            The Hive
Free Among the Dead        Dark Astoria

PvP Zone Exploration Badges

 

Bad Blood            Bloody Bay
Answered the Call        Siren's Call
Warlord                Warburg
Shattered Time            Recluse's Victory

[Set those titles! Show those badges!]

23 hours ago, Oubliette_Red said:

'19th Legion Corvid'  fits in the naming field. I suppose if you gave it the bird head, coloured black it would help separate it from the pandemic.

 

Lol, now it references Covid 19 and Legionnaires' disease.

[Merits for Bank Missions]

After a bank mission, you have to return to the contact. Let the regular bank contacts give out the merit reward on return, and don't have Schweinzer or Hassel give rewards at all.

[What's the problem with Ninjitsu?]

17 hours ago, siolfir said:

Yes. From the beta patch notes.

 

As for what's wrong with Ninjitsu... uhm, they added a lot to it that Stalkers didn't get when they moved it off of them?

The scrapper version of Ninjitsu is so much better that I hope it gets ported to stalkers soon.

[Supergroup alt invites]

Only if you have a character named "all".

[Mandela Effect]

Before the Exit Mission button was added, clicking on the mission title would take you out. This wasn't documented anywhere, so you had to hear it from other players, or find it on the forums.

[What language is this?]

Jim Morrison spoke Estonian?