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As I mention in this other guide I wrote, something else you need is patience. Patience is vital for doing anything in the market, because if something happens right away, it means set your price too low or your bid too high.
Don't watch the pot; it won't boil. Put the enhancements and bids up and go do something else. Put your auctions out of your head. The Auction House isn't a place for instant gratification.
I do a lot of marketing and crafting every morning when I get up before I go to work, and when I get home from work, and when I go to bed. Today I came home to find myself 53 mil Inf richer over the course of the day. And that's from setting prices that I knew wouldn't sell right away; I actually priced them above the going rate because I knew that rate would rise and fall over the course of the day.
Really, I think it's great. It's a way that the game can go on playing itself even when I'm nowhere near a computer. Then I get home to find my rewards.
I figured that might be worth mentioning again and might be worth mentioning that it a good idea to keep a "nest egg" at all times in case sales or your market speculation goes sideways for awhile.
What I am researching right now is how to make merits quickly solo...lol
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It’s kind of counterintuitive, but if you’re tempted to slot up and Attune some Kinetic Combats you just received from a conversion, it’s far better to sell them and then re-buy the same ones pre-Attuned. You’ll be paying around the same amount that you're selling yours for, or maybe a little more if you want them right away--but you won’t be paying the extra 4 million Inf each (or 20 Reward Merits each) that it would cost to buy Enhancement Catalysts and use them yourself.
Not getting this bit here.
Well, I said it's counterintuitive.
I mean how do you know what to sell these for so you can then turn around buy the attuned version? Looking in the ah history they sell for a min of 4mill inf.Are you saying you need to sell your lvl xx KC enh for 4mill first so you can then buy an attuned one for 4mil?
The thing is, the Attuned one sells for 4 mil--and the level XX one sell for the exact same 4 mil. Because the game considers them to be exactly the same thing.
So, scenario one: you sell your KC for 4 mil then buy an Attuned one for 4 mil to end up with an Attuned KC and no net loss--you spent 4, you got 4 back. And you've got the Attuned Enhancement.
Scenario two: You spend 4 million Inf on a Catalyst and Attune the KC you have. Now you'e got the same Attuned Enhancement...but you're out the 4 mil you spent on the Catalyst.
Even if you ended up selling your KC for only 3 mil and paying 5 mil for an Attuned KC, you're only out 2 mil--that's half what you'd be out if you bought the Catalyst.
In actual practice, you won't come out dead even--but even if you're out a little money by selling and re-buying, you're not out 4 million Inf.
Yes I get that and think it's a really good idea/trick you have shared. I am just saying you may be staring at a sell screen for a long time before you can actually buy and attuned version.
I mean I could be wrong but started this evening at 1.4m inf, sold one converted enhancement and went up to 4mil inf made some more to sell , put then back in the AH at a little under price, what shows up in history, but they are not selling. Figured give it some time it will eventually.
I want for myself some kinetic combats attuned so instead of using catalyst like i did for the first two I put one I just created up in the AH...not selling instantly but figure it will and went ahead and bought one, for the min 4mill attuned one's are showing for, so I can get it right away. Sadly still stuck looking at mine not being sold for that price yet..lol
Just saying you kind of have to have a good amount of fall back cash if you are going to do all this, for the attunement trick that is, otherwise risk having your funds tied up for an indeterminate amount of time.
My worry right now is this guide will spread I will just keep getting undercut and end up not selling the stuff I have in there right now plus thr AH doesn't give you your fees back I think if you take something out to adjust the price.
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It’s kind of counterintuitive, but if you’re tempted to slot up and Attune some Kinetic Combats you just received from a conversion, it’s far better to sell them and then re-buy the same ones pre-Attuned. You’ll be paying around the same amount that you're selling yours for, or maybe a little more if you want them right away--but you won’t be paying the extra 4 million Inf each (or 20 Reward Merits each) that it would cost to buy Enhancement Catalysts and use them yourself.
Not getting this bit here.
I mean how do you know what to sell these for so you can then turn around buy the attuned version? Looking in the ah history they sell for a min of 4mill inf.
Are you saying you need to sell your lvl xx KC enh for 4mill first so you can then buy an attuned one for 4mil?
Seems a little hit and miss no? It's not like in other AH's where you can choose who you are buying from so it's not like you can sell yours and rebuy from yourself?
I went from 1mill inf to 4 mill inf this evening but now back down to a measly 345k inf due to have two recipes that are simply not selling...lol namely a touch of death one and the kinetic combat one I am trying to sell.
Btw it's great the OP shared this but I think this may make this method of making money dry up really fast now. Hope I am wrong though.
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can someone explain to me how the res scaling works? on the res if its on 1080 its fine but when i move the res scaling up to 1080 my game lags but when i move it down to say 1500 it doesnt lag but sometimes i can put it up in the 1700,1800;s and its fine
I really don't see how your resolution would be causing you to lag more or less barring you trying to run a res your hardware just can't do.
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Chilling Embrace? I think you better double-check your character creator, because Blasters don’t get Chilling Embrace.
He's using an ancient guide, so it's understandable.
OP, at the very least, you should definitely take Chilling Embrace Frigid Protection at Level 10. It's your "sustain" power, and while it's a toggle, it doesn't cost any END to use, and you'll get a buttload of +Recovery just for running it. Also, a little bit of +Absorb. For a little more information on sustain powers, please refer to Novacat's thread.
Ah yes good to know.
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Torch is still in the reboot process.
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Torchbearer is in the process of being rebooted.
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Torch is showing as up but I think it may be awhile before it get back to normal. Probably a good time to take a break, eat go outside etc. lol
Torch is being rebooted now .
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Every server except Reunion (EU) is located outside Montreal, so those should all suffice for your purposes. Have fun!
Huh, so the new GMs are either my fellow countrymen (though if they're Quebecois they may not look at it that way) or just renting a server in my home and native land, then. Cool, no wonder I have so little issue with latency as far as I can tell.
Contrary to popular belief most of us are not separatists. lol It's great I'm four hops from the server!
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IF this was on torchbearer the server went poof so...
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Good work!
I am especially looking forward to the numbered CD indicator for powers!!!!
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So, I've deleted everything, mac-wise, and I'm starting over. The cohmac.zip is redownloading now, but I had a thought and I figured I'd post it here to see if I'm right.
I am someone who knows little-to-nothing about how my mac works, but I can follow directions pretty well, and I know how to FIND something on my computer, be it a "I've come across it before" or a "the internet can tell me where to find it". That being said, are there baseline assumptions being made for what kinds of programs or knowledge I need to have PRIOR to starting "Step 1" on getting CoH to work? Like, I have no idea what "wine" is, for example(aside from the alcoholic beverage, that is).
I am not an macOS expert either sadly, I have relayed this from Arakendo from discord. Wine I think it just a wrapper and this mac install is what mac user call a bottle which should contain everything for the game to run.
I think wine is kind of like VM so to speak, but don't quote me on that lol, is a layer which allows windows program to run or be translated into something macOS can run.
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This is what I have so far.
I was wondering if I use the IO sets mentioned in the first post what combination should I use for each set? Are there better IO sets to use that those mentioned?
I understand things like why not more than 3 damage enchancements but what is written is more for common IO I think. Not sure the break down for set IO would be like and would be more combinations like acc/dam or dam/end/ maybe even acc/da,/rech etc etc.
For example in my spine/fire build I see combinations like this:
A) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
(3) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
(3) Obliteration - Damage
(13) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
(42) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
(43) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
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(A) Kinetic Combat - Knockdown Bonus
(46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
(46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
(50) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Also what power should I be looking at in the P2W NPC. Not sure what travel and utility powers would be handy and work well with sprint and super jump. Most thigns seem to toggle off SJ.
This is what I have so far:
I have one enhancement in fireball, Might of the Empire from the p2w vendor. Made level by doing one DFB. lol
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.962
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Aviella: Level 49 Magic Blaster
Primary Power Set: Fire Blast
Secondary Power Set: Ice Manipulation
Power Pool: Leaping
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Fire Blast
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Level 1: Chilblain
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Level 2: Fire Ball
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Level 4: Super Jump
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Level 6: Combat Jumping
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Level 8: Fire Breath
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Level 10: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl
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Level 1: Defiance
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash
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Level 1: Prestige Power Slide
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Level 1: Sprint
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Level 2: Rest
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Level 4: Ninja Run
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Ice Manipulation
*Chilblain , This power must be taken at level 1…you have no choice. It is a single target immobilize, meaning it will stop your enemy from moving, although they still can attack if they are in range. It also reduces their recharge. Great for controlling battles. It does moderate DoT cold damage.
Recommended Slotting: 1 acc, 1 recharge to help control
*Frozen Fists , This is a melee power, which immediately made me skip it. If you aren’t interested in being a blapper, skip it. The only reason I would take it is for the melee IO sets. It does minor cold/smashing damage and reduces your foe’s recharge and speed.
Recommended Slotting: I haven’t really used this power, but I would say maybe 1 acc and 1 dmg
*Ice Sword , This is also a melee power. Once again, only take it if you want to be a blapper or want the melee IO sets. It does moderate cold/lethal damage and lowers your foe’s recharge and speed.
Recommended Slotting: Same as Frozen Fists, 1 acc and 1 dmg
*Chilling Embrace , Once again, a good blapper power. At first, I really didn’t want this power. But after trying it out, I found that it’s great for damage mitigation. It is a toggle, meaning you can turn it on and off, and lowers the speed, recharge, and damage of enemies within 10 feet of you.
Recommended Slotting: 1-2 end
*Build Up , Finally, a non-blapper power! This does basically the same thing as Aim, but with different numbers. It gives a 15% tohit buff and a 100% damage buff. It is a great power to use along with Aim for a nuke or “mini nuke”.
Recommended Slotting: 2-3 Recharge, 1 tohit (only if you have extra slots!!)
*Ice Patch , This is a useful power, but would be more useful if it was bigger. When you activate this power, you make a patch of ice on the floor around you. It stays in the exact spot for 30 seconds and knocks down any foes that walk on it. This is great damage mitigation. This power can not be activated while you are in the air. I would recommend getting this power when you get the chance, but it isn’t a huge priority.
Recommended Slotting: 1 end, 1-2 recharge
*Shiver , While training up my Fire/Ice Blaster I skipped this power, but I now regret that choice. This is a very useful power and I recommend picking it up when you get a chance. It is a cone power, meaning it will hit your target within a 60 foot range and hit any enemies within a 135 degree arc. That is actually a very big area it can hit and can cover almost any group of enemies you encounter. Also, although this power doesn’t do damage, it will add to your defiance. It decreases your foe’s recharge and run speed.
Recommended Slotting: 1 end, 1 recharge
*Freezing Touch , This is one of my favorite Ice Manipulation powers. It is a melee single target hold, meaning it will stop your target from moving and attacking for 11.9 seconds unenhanced. It will hold anything up to a lieutenant. To hold a boss or up, it needs to be stacked with other holds. Since the recharge is lower than the duration, it is possible to stack it for 1.9 seconds unenhanced and longer if you add recharge reduction and hold duration to it. It also does minor cold damage.
Recommended Slotting: 1 acc, 1 hold, 1 end, 1 recharge. If using IO sets, I recommend the Ghost Widow’s Embrace or Essence of Curare sets.
*Frozen Aura , The last of the Ice Manipulation set and quite disappointing in my opinion. It is a PBAoE sleep, meaning it will effect enemies within 10 feet of you. The sad part is that it’s sleep, meaning that they can’t move or attack, but if they’re hit with any attacks, they come out of it. That is quite bad for a fire blaster that specializes in AoE attacks. I would only use this power in a tough group and take them out 1 at a time.
Recommended Slotting: 1 acc, 1 end, 1 recharge
For pools...unless it's a personal preference, I would personally drop Air Superiority and Fly for Super Jump and Acrobatics...I personally prefer SJ over Fly, and Acrobatics is always nice to have for the KB and Hold resistance. Although, I do see why you would like to keep Air Superiority for the knockdown...you could possibly drop RoF or Blazing Bolt for it, depending on what powers you think are important.
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I want to try and make my second character a mage type that uses fire and ice powers to hit mobs from a distance, I already have a melee spines/fire scrapper.
Not having ever played this game I am not familiar with thing enough to know how to build things so would appreciate some help or critiques.
Now I tend to play solo unless doing a TF or Trial.
I looked through the old forum on the waybackmachine and found this which I am kind of following.
Guide to the Fire/Ice Blaster
Welcome to my i11 guide to the Fire Blast primary and Ice Manipulation secondary. I made my Fire/Ice Blaster Camo Fire back in December 2005 and have loved playing him since. I chose the build based on my love of fire and the interesting effects of the ice secondary. I didn’t know the build would work out to be as good as it really is today. I will break down each powers in the 2 sets, with some help from Mids’ Hero Designer and my own experiences.
Don’t worry, I’m not good with numbers either. I won’t provide all that confusing math some other people do.
If you are looking for a certain word/phrase, remember that windows users can hold down the ctrl key and hit f, type in a word in the box that pops up, and click Find Next. It will search for the word/phrase that you typed, making it easier to browse this lengthy guide.
Power Availability Charts:
Fire Blast:
1- Flares
1- Fire Blast
2- Fire Ball
6- Rain of Fire
8- Fire Breath
12- Aim
18- Blaze
26- Blazing Bolt
32- Inferno
Ice Manipulation:
1- Chilblain
2- Frozen Fists
4- Ice Sword
10- Chilling Embrace
16- Build Up
20- Ice Patch
28- Shiver
35- Freezing Touch
38- Frozen Aura
Fire Blast
*Flares , If this was i10 or earlier, I would say this is a skippable power and you should only get it if you find that you have a hole in your attack chain. But since the Defiance update a little after i11 and the shortened animation time, I would say it’s something good to get when you can, although it isn’t a top priority. This power helps a lot to build up your Defiance, providing you with better damage. Also, thanks to Defiance, you can use this power while mez’d (Held, Slept, Stunned, etc.) to greatly add to your DPS. Top it off with a cheap endurance cost and it’s a decent power. This is a single target attack that does minor fire damage.
Recommended Slotting:1 end, 1 acc, and 3 dmg. If using IO sets, I recommend looking through the ranged damage sets and using this power for extra set bonuses.
*Fire Blast , Now here is a power you will be using a lot. I VERY highly recommend this as your starting power. The endurance cost is a little higher than Flares, but I find it to be worth the damage. It also helps to stack Defiance quite well. This is a single target attack that does moderate fire damage.
Recommended Slotting: 1 acc, 3 dmg, 1 end, 1 recharge. If using IO sets, I recommend the Thunderstrike set.
*Fire Ball , The Fire Blast set is known for it’s great AoE capabilities, and this power along with Fire Breath is why. It is a targeted AoE attack, which means it will get your target and anyone around it within 15 feet. As explained later, this power is great for a “mini nuke”. It does moderate fire and smashing damage.
Recommended Slotting: 1 acc, 3 dmg, 1-2 end, 1 recharge. If using IO sets, I recommend the Detonation set.
*Rain of Fire , This is definitely a situational power. I am personally not a big fan of it, but some people take it for the occasional time that it’s useful. It is location AoE, meaning that you choose where to place it (a marker comes up around your mouse when you click on the power in your tray) and it lasts for 15 seconds, damaging anyone in it. The unfortunate part is that it has a fear effect, meaning that enemies will run away from it, although slowly since it also has a –speed effect. It does minor fire damage.
Recommended Slotting: 1-2 endurance
*Fire Breath , This power and Fire Ball work great together. It is a cone, meaning it will hit your target and anyone in a 40 foot range and in a 30 degree arc. Remember that the farther you are from an enemy you are, the larger the arc is. I will explain later how this power can be used with Fire Ball to make a “mini nuke”. This does moderate DoT fire damage.
Recommended Slotting: 1 acc, 3 dmg, 1-2 end, 1 recharge. If using IO sets, I recommend Air Burst or Detonation.
*Aim , This is a click power which lasts 10 seconds and has a 90 second recharge. It temporarily gives you a tohit buff of 37.5% and a damage buff of 62.5%. Only the tohit buff is enhanceable. This is a great power to use along with Build Up before Inferno or your “mini nuke”.
Recommended Slotting: 2-3 recharge
*Blaze , This is my absolute favorite power of this set. Get it at 18, no ifs, ands, or buts. It does high single target damage and, when enhanced in higher levels, can almost 1-shot a white minion. It doesn’t seem like much, but it has a cast of about 1 second, so it brings your DPS WAY up. It also helps a lot against bosses, EBs, and AVs. Some people recommend slotting range into it, but I’m against that. Damage, accuracy, and recharge are MUCH more important. This does single target high fire damage.
Recommended Slotting: 1 acc, 3 dmg, 1 end, 1-2 recharge. I wouldn’t recommend using IO sets in this power, but if you do, try Thunderstrike.
*Blazing Bolt , This is a snipe power, meaning that it is very long range and does high damage, but it can be interrupted during the 3 seconds of casting time. It also has high accuracy, meaning that you don’t really have to slot it with accuracy. A great fight opener and puller.
Recommended Slotting: 1-2 end, 1 dmg. For IO sets, try Executioner’s Contract or Extreme Measures.
*Inferno , Finally, here is the power you’ve been waiting for- your nuke. This is a PBAoE power, meaning you don’t need to have a target to use it, and it will hit any enemies within 25 feet. The main drawbacks of this power is that you have to jump right in the middle of a group to use it and after use it drains all of your endurance and stops your recovery for a few seconds. Endurance inspirations still can be used though. This power should only be used right after using Aim and Build Up, or it will feel gimped. If you don’t hit any enemies, you will lose 20 endurance and no other penalties.
Recommended Slotting: 1 acc optional, 3 dmg, 2-3 recharge. If using IO sets, I recommend Multi-Strike.
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I tried to get on today and it did this to me as well. If you found a way to make it work again, what was it? I can't get my fix in this morning and it's driving me nuts. :-\
Nice necro...the game doesn't even use score anymore.
Have a read through my guide, see my siggy.
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Installation for MacOS
Step two:
Download the "cohmac" archive
Silk ... I'm kind of wondering if it might be possible to squeeze in a copy of Pine's i25 v2 into the cohmax.zip archive and rig it to use the wine emulator in this bundle so as to be able to download not only the game itself but also a working copy of Pine so as to be able to run and use Pine without resorting to dual booting to Windows (which is what I'm doing right now, and it sucks like you'd imagine). That way we could put all of the functional software in an operational state while booted to a MacOS drive.
Would this be a terribly difficult thing to do?
I will ask Arakendo about it and see if he willing to do this in his next version.
EDIT: I am told this is planned in the next version or so we upload. Not sure when that will be though.
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look in setting turn off mousetrails or so see my guide link below
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Where do you install the 3 updated maps? The data folder?
Install the 3maps to data/texture_library/maps/static
For those that don't have vidiots installed you can just download this data folder,unrar/zip it. and put it in your game folder.
If you have a data folder already and have other things installed there like a fonts or sounds folder you can just unrar/zip it and go into the just copy paste the texture_library folder into your own data folder.
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I suggest you follow my guide found here:
https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,372.0.html
Now if you have all the game files you do not need to redownload them but you do need to set up the files and folders like the guide outlines to avoid problems. This mean you will have to move the install location, make sure the files in in the proper folder , make an A/V exclusion, make sure the files are not read only etc.
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Let me know what you do to fix this if you get it sorted so I can pass it along.
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It will work for every zone but Faultline.
It works for faultline too if you get the updated maps, there 3 maps that were update that I know of.
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Trying to improve my enhancements and been looking at set IO's. tha said I have been using paragon/city of heroes wiki bbut dunno what is accurate and what isn't on there.
Mostly I am wondering about this:
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I am not seeing these at the merit vendor or the alignment merit vendor in fort trident? Are these no longer in game, inaccurate in some way. In the AH I can see heal/absorb stuff but not heal/rech which is from what I gather a little harder to get?