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Greetings and welcome! I have to agree with the EggKooKoo and the link posted. Playing CoH is not like other MMO's. If I could make my own recommendations it would be: Play the tutorial and read the dialogs. They will tell you about using your new-found powers, Inspirations (temp buffs/heals/wakies/etc), and slotting enhancements that boost individual powers. Oh, and due to the pervasive buff/debuff abilities on many Support architypes, there's not much use for "healers". :) (Many of these classes have heals, but for most of the powersets they are outnumbered by their other available powers.)

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I don't agree with the title of this thread. :D

THANK YOU! Prompted me to go find it. I don't mind a couple of links in a sig, but that crappy 1998 Yahoo scrolling shit has been driving me nuts. Looks so much better now. Glad I could be of help. :)

+1 on pinning this to the top. I'd be willing to re-post the Sounds Guide, but I would also want to filter it down to just the relevant info first.

Thanks! :)

Why Brute over Scrapper? Just wondering, because that chance t crit and do double damage sounds really nice. While talking about creation, does the source of my powers matter in any way? What's the difference between choosing magic or tech? I will just refer you back to my first comment. "I've not rolled a lot of melee character..." :D To me Cap seems more like a Brute than a Scrapper (I see Brutes as falling in between Scrappers and Tanks). Also, please explain the Crit Chance and double damage you mentioned in your post. I couldn't find a reference in the wiki for the classes, and I didn't see anything in the (i)nfo provided in the powers during creation.

MA does offer punching alt-animations for all attacks except for two, Thunder Kick (one of the 1st attack options) and Crane Kick (2nd to last). Although, Cap did throw a few kicks as well.

I've not rolled a lot of melee characters and I'm sure someone will come along with the perfect combination, but it looks to me that a Street Justice/Shield Defense Brute would work well as a Cap-type character. There's also Super Strength for a primary. I suggest loading up Titan Icon and checking out the powers, that way you don't have to be concerned with server status. You can also play with the costume to your hearts content.

Can we also have an option to turn off images in signatures? Currently, the only option is to turn off signatures completely. I would like to see the witty comments and tips in peoples sigs without the overly large images that some posters user.

Can't confirm, but that was a restriction in OG, not currently on new servers. Only bringing up because I 'think' I've seen this discussion elsewhere and this was said. Again, not sure/not testing. I can confirm in-game that from Menu>Chat Handle you only get one chance to change your @Global name. Not sure if the pigeon in Pocket D has that ability.

My go to thread in that guide: How to Silence Specific Game Sounds by Impkin

Agreed. My main issues were always with MM Demon howls and Robot stomps and the Portal Corp portals in PI. I modified all on my old computer. Silenced the portals and changed the sounds for the robots and demons.

I've seen 2 Dr. Stranges in the same play session and more than 1 Hulk.

See, I've always run through the Praetorian tute because there's a badge there (Avid Reader) that you cannot get any other way. Requires Read all of Rothstein's dialogue in the Praetorian tutorial. At least until you can get your Praetorian ex-pat to Ouro during Incarnate trials. Granted, going through the tute was also the only way you could get the special Enhancements. Now you just buy them from P2W contact. I've only done one character so far in Praetoria and she's only just left Nova so, haven't gotten any undercover missions yet.

Many thanks to those responsible for re-opening the portals to the world of Paragon! Prior to playing CoH I played EQ with friends, it held my attention for all of 3 months, I started playing CoH in 2007 and continued until the day it closed down. Resurrecting some old characters and creating new ones, it's been a blast running around city streets and alleys from Atlas Park to Mercy and beyond to Nova Praetoria. Thank you!

Atomic French Fry - Rad/Fire Blaster I find this preferable over Frost or Thunderbird, never mind a thousand of them.

As Jim Butcher did, you will likely have to live with the same issues should anyone recognize your character and report them.

I had never noticed that before. That's pretty lame.

You will need to go to the archived version of the old CoH forums. I've linked to Impkin's guide on modifying your sound files, the particular one may be listed in the thread somewhere. How to Silence Specific Game sounds by Impkin (or change them to something more pleasant)

Yeah, those would be the same that would PM on my Emp troller, to which my response was always "Sorry, not a healer."

I have to agree with both of these statements. I too prefer the unique naming system, since it would prevent 14,000,605 Doctor Strange's from running around. The "all the good names are taken" argument was used in the original forums as well, which was reputed by many players that continued to come up with good names.

The reason Marvel did not win is because CoH's lawyer proved that they players that had created Marvel IP and play in game were Marvel employees. CoH had a reporting process in place and players were very proactive in self-policing because they did not want to see a repeat. The lawyer, by the way got a standing ovation at HeroCon. As for the current Overlords, I don't think they've said anything, but just because this is not an authorized server doesn't mean Marvel/DC/etc won't swing a hammer. Personally, I think it best to err on the side of caution and avoid characters that outright copy someone's IP.