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Maybe I'm just Dense, which is possible considering the amount of blows to the Head I've taken in Real Life as well as here, but is there any reason we can't use the existing Mission Architect to create New Canon User Content. I am only asking because all the Developer's Corner Future Recruitment Categories seem a bit out of reach for most People here that are willing to Contribute. I had an Partial Art Scholarship when I graduated from High School, but elected to pursue an Engineering Degree, But I could Create an Awesome Custom Villain Group in AE for submittal, or even create Sketches and then Tweak from there, but I don't know a bunch about 3D Art. Had Fuse but it fizzled out, have been using Gimp for years since Corel kept getting more and more expensive. I guess I don't understand why we aren't working with some of the talented AE People to Create content that could bring Kallisti Wharf to life. I took TonyV's request for us to step up very much to heart and feel this is a way we can ALL have a chance to contribute something to the story that is City of Heroes. It does not have to be new zones or a Moon Base. We could create content to fill under Utilized Zones. The Echo Zones ( galaxy, atlas and faultline ), kind of the Echo Universe, could be used to create a lower level version of Portal Corp with all missions being door missions and Content being created at AE, but commissioned to follow a Master Storyboard and Progression so it all ties together. It would have it's own contacts and would be much more simple than starting from Pixels to accomplish the same job. I have seen some amazing work at AE and just thought I would throw this out there, because Honestly, I think everyone would be surprised how Good it would be. Thank you for being Patient with my Rambling.......

Would it be possible to create some additional sub-topics? Information on Incarnates for example, can end up popping up in many different places, making for redundant posting of Q and A posts. It would be nice to have them in their own heading so someone looking for info can see a comprehensive list of previous topics to explore. Another would be Trials and Task Forces. People looking to Plan Hamidon Raids, Rikti Raids and Other Task forces could post a schedule with Shard Info and others could also post questions about strategy and Tactics. I know the Schedule Portion is done on some of the Server Pages and guides are in Guides, but it would help when looking at WST for example, if the schedule was pinned at the top of a T/TF Column along with information.

Has anyone ever done a WireShark Snip of the Network Activity while CoH is running? I have often suspected that some of the issues with CoH lag may come from the fact that although it launched in 2004 ( MMOs can take 4 to 5 Years to be ready for just Alpha ) Gigabit networking was Brand New in 1998. With a game that had to be engineered to deal with a Network Protocol that people may not really be fluent in yet. People often think the equipment will compensate for issues, it doesn't always work. If you connect a Gigabit Switch to a Gigabit Network Card in a PC using Cat 5E Cable you would say it should work. I have link lights and Activity. Many on the Internet ( where everything's true ) will tell you Cat 5 E will work fine for Gigabit. Wrong. When the Card sees the switch, on what would be considered an short cable run, it will ramp the card up to Gig Speeds which the cable is not designed for, and you will suddenly have so much Packet loss that it will actually SLOW down your connection as the PC has to keep re-requesting packets before it can move on. Cat 6 Cable will work better, and 6+ even better. The Point being, maybe why this game has more Lag issues than any I have ever played is more related to how it's translated over the Internet/Network and that's why they were never able to fix it. The recent conversion to 64 bit should have had virtually no noticeable effects, yet it has, making Zone Transitions much Quicker. Just got me thinking maybe the issue is somewhere we are not looking, or i could be full of .............

I went Musculature on my Inv/SS mostly because there was not very much more, before cap that could be added to his Resists/Defense, but a chance to get the tier 4 damage increase was irresistible. Tier 4 Musculature has sped me up a bit in getting thru Mobs.,I also went with Support in the Hybrid and Barrier in the Destiny, both work good with groups and affect pets. The Lore slot got the IDF, and am really liking them, ( am at Tier 3 ). Interface I went with Paralytic for the Debuff Proc and Judgement I took Vorpal, that finally gives me another AoE Attack to warm up a crowd ( Literally about wipe them out actually ).

Best Explanation I have seen recently for what a COH Tankers Role actually is, and that's the Job I want when I Tank. I don't want to be a big DPS Machine, I want the team to be safe while dealing with the Mission. I guess maybe that fact has gotten lost somehow.

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Or simply exit Supergroup Mode and the SG Costume Overrides will not be apparent. You may not want to undo the settings for others who may have set it for a reason. You earn no Prestige in SG Mode here anyway, so no advantage to be in SG Mode except the Supergroup Costume Mod.

It's been a while so I could be Mixing Paragon Chat and the Live Game, but I don't think so. It was in the sky in Croatoa on Paragon Chat when they ran the Halloween Event. I suppose it could have been a Codewalker Creation, but that would have been a bunch of work on top of getting Trick or Treat working ( Never been so Happy to go to the Hospital, but Mouths of Mott, The Falling Sword and the Orbital Laser Platform were Deadly if you got them ). Guess we'll find out soon enough.

I believe he is referring to the Tunnel System, it is accessible next to the Train Station on Talos Island and in Most zones somewhere, if you are in a Super Group, TP may be an option. Ouroborus is a great place to visit to get that Transportation Option, just have someone Portal you there, then get the badge on the top of the spire which will then let you open your own Ouro-Portal.

Well sure it can, and I think sometimes it is that being a little of both that makes it troubling. A Child can very easily use the Character Creator here to make a Copy of their Favorite Character, if they were in school their Teacher would probably Praise them and give them a gold star if they did a good job, we should understand that it takes a different kind of skill to create a Good Copy than it does to start from scratch, but both can be notably well done. Others here have made Copies, Homages and Parodies, if this is what they want to play as, let them do their thing. If the rules change I'm sure the GMs and Devs will let us know. One of the Funnier things I have seen playing on Reunion, was Doctor Who references. I played on a team with Matt Smith and David Tennant, They kicked XXX! They both definitely moved up off the Sonic Screwdriver to something else, good likenesses too. Almost forgot about the all French team I joined for Paladin, that was a TRIP, loads of fun. Had seen a lot a clones on Virtue back in the Day, but they usually got NERFed no time flat, especially the Michael Jackson Clone in Atlas Park asking where all the children are ? ( creepy, but a good question ). I wanted to draw Comic Books for a living when I was in High School and did a few then. So in COH I let those Creative Juices Flow, try to come up with something interesting, and always come up with a BIO to explain it. I've been told that Marine X is a play on Weapon X / Wolverine / Weapon XI from X-men Origins: Wolverine. Um, No...He looks like a bigger Version of me ( 6'4", 240lbs ), has no claws, no sword, no similar powers at all and he was Created on Virtue in 2004, the movie came out in 2009. People will say what they say.

You could also, since it is available now, run Taskforces with some or all of the Handicaps. No Inspirations, No Enhancements, No Defeats, etc. These have some badges associated with them to Commemorate the Accomplishment, you'll have to see which ones and it is way easier because you just have to choose to do it, NO Programming Required...There is an Ouroboros Version of this too, where you could expand the amount of Content. I know it's kind of "One arm tied behind your Back", but it would raise the stakes. I remember trying to Street Hunt with Vahzilok Wasting Disease, I have never felt like such a wimp, lol.

I still need the 2nd Debt badge so there is a silver lining even if I lose, lol.

When the game first started the Origins were more impactful because Matthew and Twinshot did not exist, neither did, Crafting or Invention Origin Enhancements. Dual Origin enhancements were available through stores in Certain Zones. You often had to do Missions for an Origin Appropriate Contact to be able to Purchase Single Origin Enhancements. The games power balancing was all based on Single Origin Enhancements. There was no Wentworth's ( Auction House ). You either followed the chain of Origin Specific Contacts or you wouldn't have the right enhancements to be competetive and that was no fun. Hamidon Origin enhancements in the late game were extremely sought after for their Multiple Boosts. With Crafting and the Auction system in place, it really kind of made Origin a bit meaningless except for Backstory and Roleplay.

You see this in Comics all the Time: Nightcrawler- ( Mutant ) son of Mystique ( Mutant ) and Azazel ( Demon ) Forge- ( Mutant ) Has the ability to Construct Technology and Intuitively Understand Tech. ( Tech? ). Spiderman- ( Science ) wall crawling and strength from Radioactive Spider Bite, ( Tech ) web slingers Powerhouse/Franklin Richards- ( Mutant ) hard to classify his powers ( Science ) His parents Mr Fantastic / Invisible Woman got their powers from Cosmic Rays. Captain Britain- ( Magic ) and they never explain how ( Mutant ) Psylocke is his sister. Cable- ( Mutant ) Son of Cyclops and Jean Grey ( Mutant ) but most of his abilities are tied to ( Tech ) and his metal body parts to a techno-organic virus ( Science? ) Beast- ( Mutant ) had his strength and dexterity but modified himself ( Science ) to become Blue and Furry so no one knew it was him, but it became permanent, oops. Hawkeye/Clint Barton- ( Natural ) as an Archer but then ( Science ) when he became Giant Man/Goliath. Northstar & Aurora- ( Mutant ) but it's later revealed they were Part Elven ( Magic ). Thanos- ( Natural ) from his Alien Parentage on Titan but ( Mutant ) because he had Inherited Genes from Deviants that gave him most of his Strength and Appearance. Scarlet Witch- ( Mutant ) for her Hex Power but ( Magic ) after Agatha Harkness trained her to use Magic to focus and Control her abilities.

As they added a whole section to document Titan Icon and Paragon Chat's ins and outs, they may choose to begin Chronicling Homecoming. It could be an Included reference to each of the Major Servers and what the differences between them are. Other than Market Crash and the Sentinal AT the majority of changes are fairly small. ParagonWiki is still valuable reference material and an Important tool for the Homecoming Community.

Strangely, I battled the Brickstown Blizzard Curse and Lost. I did each thing I was told to do, completely reloaded fresh twice, replaced the original file with the File you posted on the forums to correct the white map, Just finally gave up and moved on. Then Today I had a mission in Brickstown, and the Map was...........fixed????. Snowstorm Over. Perhaps the issue was external to VidiotsMaps, because after the last file I have done nothing, Have been there several times since and it was still white, Yet somehow it fixed itself. Could it be related to the 64 bit conversion? Just thought I would let you know.

Well, I successfully Soloed the Weekly Strike Target for last week on Sunday, Numina: Soul of the Woodsman. Took a little Help from my last Shivan Decimator to take down Jurassik. ( Back to Bloody Bay I suppose). This weeks Target is the Lady Grey Task Force. Has anyone ever Soloed this? Looks like Horsemen and the ending might be Problematic. Have not had any luck finding people on during my available hours on Reunion to do something as involved as TFs. Are there any TFs that are especially easy to Solo? Have done The Steel Signature Arc with Positron and found it to be pretty manageable.

Yes, it is floating in the sky above the Lake. At least it used to. I think it was added in one of the later issues.

The Witches Hat is I believe is unlocked by running the Katie Hannon TF and I thought it was available as part of a Costume Pack later on. The Halloween Event can never run long enough for me, between Trick or Treating *, Zombie Apocalypse Being almost Constant and the Mysterious Floating Island appearing with its Haunted House and Festive Pumpkins in Croatoa, it's has a lot of Variety and is a Blast. *Trick or Treat ( Click on any Inactive Mission Door anywhere and Receive Halloween Salvage, Halloween Temp Costume Powers ( with Badges Awarded based on how many Unique Costumes you have acquired) or Several Baddies Jump out and try to thump on you )

Play Marine almost every day, have Perma-Rage, and with all the Resist Damage Invulnerability Gives me I really don't notice it drop. My Set bonus's and Incarnates compensate to the point where I really don't have to stop and wait for anything. I suppose with more Defensively based sets it could be a problem. Personally I take what they give me and turn it into a steak dinner. Just glad to be back playing him and I've always tried to not be the squeaky wheel, so I just consider it a normal part of life to have to deal with changes and challenges

Hey, we were on a Couple PUGs not too long ago, Hello again. I am from Ohio, USA so am at GMT-5 daylight savings and play between 3:30am and 6:00am most weekdays before work and at a bit more flexible hours on the weekend if I don't get called out. My Reunion Super group is a DUD however: me, myself, I. 2 SG Mates from Live who hardly ever Play and, uh, ME. If you're super bored and willing to put up with me, my Global is @Marine X.

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If you click reveal hidden contents you can view all the combos. He must have had space issues labeling all the columns.

Looks like I could be 24 of a Kind if I roll an Ice Armor / Katana Tanker, I'll have to see if I can name him, Cold Cuts, lol.