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Spear. I just need a basic, Greco-Roman spear and while the staff animations don't really represent traditional spear fighting, at least the poke moves favor the same end and you can make that the pointy one. It'll do. I'm always loathe to criticize the volunteers that operate the game because it is such a thankless task and I am infinitely happy that they are doing it but if you forced me to make a critique it would be that there isn't just a ton of new costume and weapon options dropping in the issues. The one thing this game proves 18 years out of that the die-hards don't seem to much mind doing the same 5 things to level ad nauseam and while new content gets some initial interest, it fades soon enough before we are back on our MSR, ITFs, and PI teams. More costume and weapon options expands themes and more themes mean more alts and if you can fire my imagination to make more characters, I'm going to be here for a very long time.

Hey folks! Happy New Year to you all! When I first got on the game way back when, one of the things I really dug is when you would be hanging out in Atlas, some citizen passing by would casually mention one of the heroes present and their latest mission. It was such a small, simple thing but it made you feel part of the world and its ongoing story. Sadly, since so few of us are running the story arcs (save through Ouroboros), you don't hear it much anymore. I'd love to see some more immersive moments added that aren't dependent on how you are playing the game. I'll start: It may be the silliest thing ever but whenever I see the NPC crowds in Atlas cycling in the waiting animation while a police office addresses them, I think something can be done here. You know the scene I mean: Now, what if they went into their active animations whenever a hero went and stood next to the cop for a few seconds. What if they shouted a few questions? I'm guessing proximity must work to trip these kind of comments since NPCs would do it unprovoked as they passed by - I just don't know if it is possible to have it delay some few seconds so it seems the various reporters are acting with intent, rather than just mindless looping. That way, every passing hero won't get this reaction - they need to stand there a moment - but that said it may be cool to have the occasional reporter call out "Oh, hey! It's Runaway! Runaway, do you have any thoughts on what happened in Galaxy City?" What immersive moments do you like in game? Or would like to see added?

Now I'm thinking of that one sad dinosaur who was looking forward to the end of things just standing there with his absurdly large body and a banner that says "Go Meteor!" in his tiny hand. Looking up hopefully and just waiting.

KB kind of blows when you are not the one doing the KB, then it is pretty fun. I'm not necessarily a fan - there is a reason my Energy Blaster doesn't get a lot of play - but given how prevalent it is in the source material that CoH should be emulating, I embrace it. So it takes another few minutes to clear the map - why do I care? Do I have a wife waiting for me to come to bed? Kids waiting for me to help them with their home work? A rewarding career I need to get my rest for? /e grief KB led to one of my favorite moments since I've been back! I had fired up Wormhole on a mob for the stun just as a teammate hit nova and sent them all flying and I sucked all the survivors back into a tight little stunned knot. Everyone thought it was an fun moment and planned but it was just happenstance. I've tried to recreate it with some success but never with such precision as the happy accident.

I dig it! Opens up a some cool thematic options!

My original version of my character Crackdown on Live had a mace that he obtained while helping some Warriors do a heist as part of his initiation but when I did the re-roll for Everlasting, Street Justice felt like it would fit the overall concept better.

I have generally never worried too much about CoH lore when working on backstories for characters but is there a Power Broker kind of analogue or organization in the lore where powers are for sale? I mean, I know Crey can kind of fill that role too but I also feel like canonically, they want more in return than mere money.

I also just dropped I-Spy if anyone is interested.

Well, this is probably fair enough in general but a wee bit hyperbolic give Naomi's statement about the Gold Bricker jetpack specifically. It was stated that they were "going to do a tintable Gold Bricker pack + legacy pack" save for an existing and ongoing discussion about customizable jet pack powers in general. I read that as saying that the GB jet packs could have been added along with the other Gold Bricker parts and had they been, they would now be undergoing the extensive testing and refitting you mentioned. They nixed it because of what seems some overall plans to make the combinations of back / flight options and powers (vaguely) "better" but with the caveat that it isn't a promise of a planned feature and if this overall improvement is significantly delayed, the GB jet packs (and presumably others) may be added ahead of said improvement anyway...which may or may not even ever happen. Yes, I do find it a bit strange to add the costume parts of an established enemy group while leaving off their primary costume feature but I'm not, like, mad about it. I appreciate all the volunteer devs do. I just echoed the sentiment of someone else in the thread and while I am aware that the genie is out of the bottle and that there will probably always be someplace to play CoH as long as tech allows, I still operate under the possibility that this could all go away some day rather suddenly so I would rather we get to experience what we can, while we can. If a shut down ever befalls HC, I can't see starting it all up again someplace else. I'm not saying I wouldn't...only that I can't see it at the moment. 😉

Amazing additions all-around though I am definitely in the camp that I'd rather have the Gold Bricker pack with the other GB parts now even if it doesn't get improved until a fair bit down the road. The GB pack has a nice mid-level tech look that fits in nicely between the more retro options and the sleeker looking tech wing options.

I deleted some characters - most in their mid-twenties - that were unlikely to ever get much higher. Enjoy! Adverse Almighty Apollo Arch-Rogue Circus Maximus Igneous Rock Jibe Monstreme Null Set Phenomenal Girl Roach King Star Pirate

I grabbed Maiden Heaven off this list. I may have an idea for it.

So pleased to have placed! Thanks for everything you do, GMs!!

Retiring my 7-year old XPS and building a new computer tonight after work and since I definitely have my priorities straight, I'll be re-installing CoH the minute I get Windows in and all the driver updates done. I was still on Tequila so going to change to the Homecoming launcher. What can I copy over from my previous install to keep my character arrangement, settings, and layouts? I know if I want access to my costumes to copy over that folder but not sure about other game settings. Thanks for any help!

Thanks! Changing to 2 columns had the same issue but changing to 4 seems to have fixed it. Just to clarify, Shadow Recall isn't even a power choice in this build and it was happening on default 3-columns since I did the latest download. Happened on every build I looked at - probably a good 5-6 today. Shadow Recall isn't a choice for any of them. The above example was on a Archery / Tactical Arrow Blaster.

Hey! Big thanks to everyone keeping Mids up and running! I'm running into this weird thing since downloading the latest Data and Image files. Sprint is appearing as Shadow Recall at Level 10. If you go to slot it, it reverts back to Sprint but if you put that slot back to any other power, it turns back into Shadow Recall. It's more of an annoyance since Sprint isn't usually getting slotted but is this happening to anyone else? Or did I flub something up?

I grabbed Major Battle from the long list above. Working on some ideas.

I do have one alternate set on that character - forget what right now. Lore, maybe? But I'm not a huge alternate build kind of guy. I mostly figure my supers powers are their powers and that's it.

I had a number of 50s back on Virtue and a few of those I got to the top tiers in the various incarnate abilities but, generally, I would get distracted by a new favorite alt and would peter out on actually getting the character the sets I wanted. I *finally* have a 50 with all the sets I wanted AND top tier Incarnate powers. And it only took 16 years (minus 7).

I couple of these I got from the list and a couple I found on my own but I am dropping them all: Lefty Mugsy Quiz Kid -> could be paired with Quizmaster above for a dynamic duo! Screaming Meemie Screwie

Since Staff came up on Live, I just wanted a spear. A basic spear. Some themed spears would be cool - Greco/Roman, primative, high tech, etc. But, please, just give me a spear.

Quick list....was looking for a name for a water-based character and found these before I decided to go the mythological route. I also released the name Mermistress, which I never really got into. Enjoy! Sea Cadet Sea Cow Sea Fox Sea Ghost Sea Gull Sea Lark Sea Maid Sea Mist Sea Moon Sea Viper Sea Vixen

I get this error too and what is really annoying is that it will let you equip the Navy Colt in your right hand and use it but at some point by means of a trigger unknown to me it will revert back to the Semi-Auto. At Level 50, this is a 210,000 influence costume fix. If it can't be fixed, please get a lot more generous with the free costume tokens because I don't want to spend millions merely keeping my character looking like he is supposed to look. At first I thought it was costume changes that prompted the issue as I have some costumes with different pistol choices so I avoided costume changes and it happened yet again tonight/this morning. Please find a fix for this. Thanks.

My Old West dead gunslinging rogue Tarnation prefers to possess human beings to get the full range of his powers and as he is a dual pistols corrupter, he looks for gun welding types to possess specifically to fire his spectral bullets of cold iron, ectoplasm, or hellfire. I have a couple generic ones - a Freedom Corps agent, a Detective, etc. but I thought it would be more fun to get some costumes from other Everlasting players instead of using my own few DP alts or those of friends. I have a macro that I use for the transformation and will fully credit any creators (with character name and global) as an out of character mention during that transformation. The only tweak that would be made would be that Tarnation keeps his green glowing eyes so costumes with auras will be substituted with that aura instead. I have space for 2 villains/rogues and 4 heroes/vigilantes. Characters should be human - it is a limitation that he cannot generally possess aliens or animals. You should be able to attach costume files here or you can message me with them if you would rather they not be out and about. It is assumed that these are not necessarily willing possessions - though they certainly can be if you have a reason your character would agree to such a thing. Tarnation still acts as himself when possessing others so I wouldn't be doing anything to misrepresent your character. If it makes you feel better, add Tarnation to friends and you can track down to make sure I'm not hanging out in Atlas pretending to be you. If I get a lot, I'll pick my favorites. Include bios if you can! If I don't get many (or any), I will reach out to friends and my alts.

I played around a little with Speed of Sound last night. Cosmetically, I think I would prefer it over Super Speed on my speedster types if there wasn't that pause in the running animation after you jaunt (really bummed about that) and if there was some kind of streak of costume colors between the old location and the new, suggesting more of a faster-than-you-can-see movement than what seems to be a garden variety teleport. Hope to play around with the other powers tonight.