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Currently this thread is based solely on the weekly discussions from our discord channel.

And that is totally fine, some people feel the same way about forums. The weekly discussion could be opened up to the forums if there was enough interest expressed.

You got in touch with me on discord - if anyone else wants to get involved, come on over to our discord and hang out in the #weekly-discussion channel!

Weekly Discussion 51: Kallisti Wharf This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 5/17/20-5/16/20 There were a lot of practical suggestions this week. Some people shot for the moon (which is great too) but the majority were happy with reusing what we have in a new way. This was probably the most divisive discussion yet, there were a lot of opposing opinions. Weekly Discussion 52: Darkness Affinity This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 5/24/20-5/30/20 Weekly Discussion 53: How to Increase Villain Population This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 5/31/20-6/06/20 This was a huge discussion this week on both the forums and discord. There were a lot of polarizing opinions - from people wanting to make drastic changes in favor of the red side to reverting some of the QOL changes that were made to make the transition between the two easier. The posts I think were most constructive and useful were the ones that offered a compromise between the two worlds. I.E Events for both sides that caused issues in opposing zones, alignment rotation events/rewards, and instead of making blue side swap over completely - allow those players time and opportunity to dip their toe in all the awesome stuff the red side has to offer. Weekly Discussion 54: Martial Arts This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 6/07/20-6/13/20 Weekly Discussion 55: Pool Powers This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 6/14/20-6/20/20 Weekly Discussion 56: Traps This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 6/21/20-6/27/20 Weekly Discussion 57: Patron Pools This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 6/28/20-7/04/20 Weekly Discussion 58: Electric Blast This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 7/05/20-7/11/20 Weekly Discussion 59: Veteran Reward This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 7/12/20-7/18/20 Weekly Discussion 60: Ninjitsu This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 7/19/20-7/25/20 Weekly Discussion 61: Inherents This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 7/26/20-8/01/20 Weekly Discussion 63: Ice Armor This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 8/09/20-8/15/20 Weekly Discussion 64: T9s Part I This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 8/16/20-8/22/20 Weekly Discussion 65: Build Your Own Powerset This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 8/23/20-8/29/20 Weekly Discussion 66: Trick Arrow This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 8/30/20-9/05/20 Weekly Discussion 67: Build your own Epic Pool Power This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 9/6/20-9/12/20 Weekly Discussion 68: Energy Melee This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 9/13/20-9/19/20 Weekly Discussion 69: Build your own Patron/Mentor Pool This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 9/20/20-9/26/20 Weekly Discussion 70: T9's Part II This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 9/27/20-10/03/20 Weekly Discussion 71: Regeneration This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 10/04/20-10/10/20 Weekly Discussion 72: Build your own Power Pools This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 10/11/20-10/17/20 Weekly Discussion 73: T9's Support This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 10/18/20-10/24/20 ** Weekly Discussion 74 and onwards can be found on this post**

Hey guys! This is a thread I will be updating every week with posts from our weekly discussion on discord. The discussions are based on topics in game that get voted on every few months by you guys! Note: This isn't a plan of action for us, just a list of suggestions and feedback from the community I have compiled from our weekly discussions on discord. The dev's and admins check the suggestion forums frequently (even though they don't post on every thread) so the more info they have from what the community wants, the better! Please don't discuss these topics here in this thread as it would get difficult to keep up with the flow of chat due to the variety of topics covered here. Thanks! Weekly Discussion 10: Base items 8/04/19-8/10/19 Weekly Discussion 11: Frankentype Suggestions 8/11/19-8/17/19 Weekly Discussion 12: Costume and Character Creation Ideas 8/18/19-8/24/19 Weekly Discussion 13: AE Ideas 8/25/19-8/31/19 Weekly Discussion 15: Under powered ATs 9/08/19-9/14/19 Weekly Discussion 16: Future Events 9/15/19-9/21/19 Weekly Discussion 17: Masterminds 9/22/19-9/28/19 Weekly Discussion 19: Defenders 10/06/19-10/12/19 Weekly Discussion 20: Controllers 10/13/19-10/19/19 Weekly Discussion 21: Blasters 10/20/19-10/26/19 Weekly Discussion 22: Stalkers 10/27/19-11/02/19 Weekly Discussion 25: Holiday Events 11/17/19-11/23/19 Weekly Discussion 27: Sentinels 12/01/19-12/07/19 Weekly Discussion 28: Dayjobs 12/08/19-12/14/19 Weekly Discussion 29: Tankers 12/15/19-12/21/19 Weekly Discussion 31: Dominators 12/29/19-1/04/20 Weekly Discussion 33: Warshades 1/12/20-1/18/20 Weekly Discussion 35: PVP This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 1/26/20-2/01/20 Weekly Discussion 36: Arachnos Widows This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 2/02/20-2/08/20 Weekly Discussion 37: Epic Power Pools This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 2/09/20-2/15/20 Weekly Discussion 38: Brutes This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 2/16/20-2/22/20 Weekly Discussion 39: Incarnate Powers This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 2/23/20-2/29/20 Weekly Discussion 40: Peacebringers This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 3/01/20-3/07/20 Weekly Discussion 41: ATO's This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 3/08/20-3/14/20 There was a decent amount of discussion this week on ATO's being mandatory for certain AT's and whether or not that was a good thing. Weekly Discussion 42: Scrappers This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 3/15/20-3/20/20 This was a fairly happy week. Most people are happy with where scrappers are. There was some theory crafting on discord about where the AT stands as a whole against brutes and to find more of a niche but overall it was a positive discussion. (I can always tell how well a set is doing based on how much people go off topic - the less wrong with it - the more they talk about other stuff. This week was fun!) Weekly Discussion 43: Badges This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 3/22/20-3/28/20 Weekly Discussion 44: Arachnos Soldiers This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 3/29/20-4/04/20 Weekly Discussion 46: Corruptors This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 4/12/20-4/18/20 Overall feedback for Corruptors was very positive. Weekly Discussion 48: Dark Armor This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 4/26/20-5/2/20 One of the biggest discussions to date. Weekly Discussion 49: Alternate FX/Animations This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 4/26/20-5/2/20 Weekly Discussion 50: Darkness Control This contains suggestions from both Discord & The forum weekly discussion. (Link to the Forum Discussion) 5/10/20-5/16/20

(From a players perspective) Sent is a decent choice for Praetoria. Prae is difficult content - the mobs are hard and they throw a lot at you (multiple bosses even doing solo content). I ran through on bio and it saved my life multiple times. As for primaries, DP is a little low on dmg but its fun as heck.

I had a faithful main on retail that was my everything and decided to go with another secondary this time around and I am pretty happy I did. I have recently remade the old character and am excited to see where it goes as well 😄

These look great everyone!

Congrats to all the winners!

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Hey everyone! Thank you so much to everyone that came out for our first of the origin themed costume contests. This month was Science and you guys delivered - the creativity was awesome. Here are our winners! 🏆Overall winner: Gravinity!🏆 4d488aa3b3fbdcfa0020a0f91561479b.mp4 4d488aa3b3fbdcfa0020a0f91561479b.mp4 Excelsior: Finalists: Soul-Harvester, Dr. Revolting, Kosmic Kid, and Synthweaver. Winner: Gravinity Torchbearer: Finalists: Klaatue, Ryoko Atombender, Mr. Plasma, and Proto-. Winner: Ice Flo Everlasting: Finalists: Scrubs, Nuclear Option, Kira King, and Hamidude. Winner: Edison Reunion: Finalists: Atomatrix, Bridezilla, Yperite, and Dr. Safety First. Winner: Sir Isaac Newtoon Indomitable: Finalists: Gasp, Tidal Force., Continuity, and Super Serum Sarah. Winner: Capt. Sam's Space Zoo Contact me on discord for questions. Miss#1337! Here is the 📷 Imgur Link 📸 to all our pictures from the event! If you have any you would like to share: Add them here or on our discord in your shard channel! If you missed our fun - stay tuned for more events just like this one (and more) right here!

I had a ton of fun, thank you to everyone that welcomed us with open arms and were patient while we learned!

Praetoria is notorious for being difficult. I love that we have content like that though, some people love challenges!

Hey guys! Thank you so much to everyone that came out to our first stress test, it was so helpful. We are doing a second stress test this Saturday (the 18th) right after our Costume Contest which is at 10pm UTC. So realistically we will be starting around 11:15PM UTC (but we are going to be flexible.) We have the same plan but this time its TFs - Hami raids - and a Monster Mash! Where to meet? Meet in Statesman Plaza in the center of Kallisti Wharf on the 🍍Pineapple Beta Test Shard! 🍍 Heroes can reach Kallisti Wharf via the tram Villains can reach Kallisti Wharf via the Smuggler’s Submarine in Sharkhead Isle and Grandville What time and when? Saturday the 18th at 11:15pm UTC is: 11:15pm UK time 6:15pm Eastern time 3:15pm Pacific time 12:15pm Central European time Click here to see 11:15pm UTC in your timezone What's the plan? The plan is to break into teams and play the game normally! Gm's and players will run task forces, hami raids, and more! We plan to stress test for about an hour - after which we will Monster Mash where GM's will spawn giant monsters and fun enemies for players to kill! We hope you can join us - every player that can make it will help us immensely and we so appreciate the support from our amazing community! See you guys there - and tell your friends!!

Thanks so much to everyone that came out! We appreciate your help so much! We are actually doing this a second time Saturday the 18th right after the CC on all the shards (Which is at 10pm UTC) So if you want to stick around after that and head over to the beta shard that would be so awesome! Thanks again everyone!

No, you don't. 😄

Yalls pets are so cute. 😍

I love pets 😄

My DP blaster is Atomic and I love it - the +rech is really nice. I love the holds - makes it nice soloing as well.

Have fun guys, this sounds great!

Looking forward to hanging out with you guys! 😄

I can confirm its working on my blaster as well - but this post is in the right place, so it will be looked into eventually 😄 Thanks for always looking into the details everyone!

Hey guys! So this week over on our discord - (if you haven't joined you really should! Here is the link: https://discord.gg/cityofheroes) Every week we do a weekly discussion where we talk about a topic that you guys have voted on. This week you guys voted on making a guide of tips and tricks for new players. Down at the bottom of the post you will find the names of everyone who helped with the guide - thank you for continuing to make CoX a helpful and happy place to game. Before Rolling a Character: Setup and Install: Here is a guide on Installation. Options: Try using 'Free Camera Mode'. Set it up in your options under Controls -> Mouse. It enables the camera to rotate and behave much more like a modern MMO instead of locking it to where you rotate it. - Helpful for anyone playing CoH for the first time after playing newer MMOs. If you want to save your options for new characters - try using these commands. (Just type them with the /in the chat window!) /optionsave (The doesn't need a load command, it does it automatically.) /bindsave - /bindload (Binds) /wdwsave - /wdwload (Window) /chatsave - /chatload (Chat) Starting the Game: Character Creation: Have realistic expectations for toons. Not every build is gonna be crushing +4×8 at endgame, most are doing good at +2×2 and that's fine. Some builds just won't solo well at all. Players need to understand that in CoH playing what's fun for you is more important than power builds because teams can always shore up weaknesses. Costumes: Before level 10 it is free to change your costume so if you want to make changes after your character is already made - make sure to do it before level 10 when you start getting charged! Changing between body types and male/female/huge is expensive - so do that before 10 as well! You can save your costumes and load them on a new character using the save and load icons in the bottom right of character creation! Keep in mind for the tip above (free until level 10) that you can save your new costume and load them into your new character slots as well before you start getting charged at later levels! Also do the 20, 30, and 40 costume slot unlock missions early as you can. (You can swap sides and do their costume unlock as well.) Take your time and make sure to customize your powers to suit your characters flair as well! P2W Vendor: Here is a link to a guide on what is available at the P2W vendors. (Keep in mind you can use the vendor in Pocket D during TFs) Take inner inspiration first from the P2W Vendor (Under prestige utility powers) and use it whenever the cool down is up. Then proceed to sell the inspirations in the AH. Sometimes you get lucky rolls and can sell stuff for a decent amount of influence. Null the Gull: Check out the Gull on the red side of Pocket D (You can get to PD via Kings Row, Faultline, Talos Island, Founders' Falls, Port Oakes, Sharkhead Isle, St. Martial, & Imperial City) on top of the white van. You can change your alignment to and from Hero, Villain, Vigilante (Hero side that can do Villain content), and Rogue (Villain side that can do hero content)! You can always accept mystic fortunes (Available in the P2W vendor), turn off the speed from speedboost - and more! Leveling: Enjoy the ride! You get a free respec every 10 levels, so don't fret about picking a few powers early on to test out! When you are low level and get something nice - sell it and use the money. Influence (money) is more valuable to you than the single item early on. Zones: Make sure to check out hazard zones like the Hollows, Striga, Terra Volta, and more while leveling. They have super fun story arcs and lots of great content to share! Task Forces (TFs): If you complete the signature TF's (Positron 1 &2, Synapse, Citadel, Yin, Manticore, Numina) you will receive a badge and accolade power. Praetoria: Praetoria is not for the faint of heart. It is a place where you will most likely spend a lot of time solo and the content can be difficult. Make sure to go in with a strong solo build, or some friends! Architect Entertainment (AE): Here is a link to a guide for tips and tricks for AE! Ouroboros (Ouro): Even if you out level content - you can always go back and do them (story missions) through Ouroboros (and get merits)! Swap sides and do the villain ones too! Cool Story arcs to check out: Who Will Die Pandora's Box Flux the Outcast - Hero side level 5-9 Oh Wretched Man! from Seer Marino, out of Mercy Island. (She's a 15-19 contact.) Here is a link to a thread where more awesome story arcs are covered! Power Leveling (PL): Here is a link to a guide on priming yourself for PLing and some ideas on how to get started. Advancing Your Character: The Auction House (AH): Type /AH in game to see the AH anywhere! (But in bases) Here is a link to a guide on how to make money on the AH. Badges: Here is a link to the CoX accolade powers. Use these powers to give your character extra health, endurance, and more! Incarnates: Here is a guide on Incarnate Lore Pets! USE THREADS - NOT SHARDS. Its cheaper. Here is a list of what you need for a Single Incarnate Power Tier 1: 60 threads total Tier 2: 100 threads total Tier 3: 40 threads / 8 Emp merits Tier 4: All of the above + 40 thread & 30 Emp merits Enhancements: Here is a link to asmall reddit post on enhancements. Here is a link to the IO enhancement sets in the game. Here you can check for set bonuses you would like to stack. Day Jobs: Here is a link to Day Jobs - a small boost for your character. Veteran Rewards: Every 3rd veteran level through 99, you will receive a veteran badge and a number of Empyrean Merits. The number of Empyrean Merits starts at 20 and decreases by 5 after every 25 veteran levels. After veteran level 99, you will no longer receive Empyrean Merits as veteran rewards. The full breakout for veteran reward Empyrean Merits is below: 3 to 24: 20 Empyrean Merits ( 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 = 160 Empyrean Merits) 27 to 48: 15 Empyrean Merits (27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48 = 120 Empyrean Merits) 51 to 75: 10 Empyrean Merits (51, 54, 57, 60, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75 = 90 Empyrean Merits) 78 to 99: 5 Empyrean Merits (78, 81, 84, 87, 90, 93, 96, 99 = 40 Empyrean Merits) Total = 410 Empyrean Merits Every veteran level through 11 that you do not receive Empyrean Merits, you will receive 120 Incarnate Threads. After veteran level 11, you will no longer receive Incarnate Threads as veteran rewards. The full breakout for veteran reward Incarnate Threads is below: 1 to 11: 120 Incarnate Threads ( 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 = 960 Incarnate Threads) total = 960 Incarnate Threads Extra: Email: When emailing large sums of money or special items to yourself - make sure to always have an email in your inbox that you have already sent to yourself. Then you can just reply to that email and be sure your items are going right where they need to! Player VS. Player (PVP): Indomitable is the unofficial PVP server - check out their discord here (Not maintained by the HC Mods). Role Play (RP): Everlasting is the unofficial RP server - check out their discord here (Not maintained by the HC Mods). Super Group Bases: Here is a link to Base FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Here are a list of other helpful guides people linked that you might be interested in: Here is a guide on command controls for Masterminds. (Keep in mind MMs aren't necessarily a new player friendly archetype.) Here is a guide on how the Hybrid Doubt Hit Incarnate works. Here is a link to RoboTech Masters Guide of Guides - he has a ton of great info here! 🙌Here is a list of people who helped make this community guide possible! 🙌 Robotech_Master, Diamante Loca, Kerevola, Psi, Darin Fletcher, EmmaSky, Ten Thousand Lions, GM Kal, Twin Zero, MaxamillionQ, Arklide, Mainframe, GM Mathison, Veus, Living Brain 3000, Logoriel, Gchpaco, Saleon, GM Korvin, Karumac, AiNyan, Cosmic Tempus, GM Miss, GM Arcanum! THANK YOU!!

From a players perspective - I don't like kb as it slows everyone down. I play tanks most of the time and people knocking stuff back from me just makes every single mob take longer. There are players that know how to use it, but for groups - I say leave the kb to solo characters.

I find with my doms I stack +rech to get my hold as close to every mob perma as possible. I open with it and basically farm +4x8 myself.