MrSamoa

I was never a member, but I played with many members of Nukem and Hangem. Welcome back! ;D

Duuuuuuude welcome back! We played together a lot back in the day. Thanks for the reminder of KT too! For what it's worth, I think I turned out WAY better than I was back in the early CoH days. ;)

I hit 50 on my Sentinel and only just now think it's good, ha. I kept thinking "oh, once I get this power it'll even out" but it wasn't until I hit Incarnates that I really felt I was contributing. I built a Pistols/Dark Sentinel and learned: -I saw someone say "a Blaster but alive" and that's about right -Pretty solid solo: decent damage and rare deaths. Never been mezzed. -Moderate team contribution - not enough damage to really be "the damage" on big/AV teams and not resistant enough to tank reliably. Now that I hit Incarnate and have slotted some expensive IO sets, I can jump into most mobs and hit my PBAoEs/AoEs and take out most of them. With some support boosting my recharge and recovery I can really do some damage, but even with slotted IO sets I struggle a bit with end recovery in extended fights (I usually drop my shields fighting AVs to be able to keep mashing attacks). I'll note that I'm in no way an enhancement expert, but I understand the mechanics and have everything "properly" slotted. Overall I don't regret the Sentinel, but it was the first character I made on Homecoming and once I finally did make a Blaster alt I realized just how much less damage I had been doing all that time.

I somehow misplaced a few issues of my Blue King run, but I do have all my Top Cow books still! Both runs were surprisingly good.

I've been playing Pistols/Dark and I've been happy with my solo survivability. End use has been a bit of an issue, but overall I do good damage and can last a good long while even if I make a bad pull or get in over my head. In teams I certainly haven't been the best damage dealer (I think, anyway) but found a niche in my strong single-target damage. While everyone spammed AoEs I found and singled out the boss, taking them down while contributing some AoE damage. It feels different than a Blaster or Dom or Corruptor, if only a bit.

*picks up flat catsi and shakes em to pop em back to normal* *pats head*

Thank you for letting me play this again. One of the few honest regrets in my life is that I didn't re-open this game for the sunset. I'd left a while prior, in a bad place, and I was concerned that re-opening the game would bring me back to that place. I should have known then what I know now - that this is a good place, with good people, and the feeling of being a hero outweighs it all. I never thought I'd play CoH again. I know I'm not alone now in fearing it could get swept away at any time if NC bring the ol banhammer down. But it's a good place with good people, and I'm thankful to be given the chance to fly again. As long as this game keeps flying, I'll be here!

Sheesh, so many! I remember the first time making a friend... then two more... then joining a supergroup! I remember I used to set up online hangouts for some of the forum community where a few of the Devs would occasionally stop in. I still have my coffee mug signed by CuppaJo, and the Arachnos cape I won in a contest. But probably my strongest memory was being the ringbearer at an in-game wedding between a newlywed couple in my supergroup. A lot of the SG members spent a lot of time together online, and it was a great group that did feel like a family at time. Like so many other people here, I've never found a game - or, specifically, a community - that's been anything like this one.

Honestly, as I've gotten older, I've often mused on a simpler time when I hung out with the Legion of Catgirls. ... *pounces Sleepsi*

(o.o) (>.>) (<.<) (^.^)

What a blast from the past. Too many familiar names, and this is the first time I've used a forum since the shutdown! Mr. Samoa of Global Heroics reporting in! AKA Anti-Catwhoorg, once upon a time...