Marine X

One other aspect of this that I haven't heard mentioned much. The MARVEL Cinematic Universe and the BILLIONS they have made for Marvel/Disney. If you don't think NCSoft has thought, " Marvel's really Raking it in, Hey we used to have a Superhero MMORG that we didn't understand the appeal of that we shut down. Super Heroes are now the hottest thing in Media and hey, what did we do with that Old thing, oh.....there it is....... over there.......and those people are fiddling with it. Wow, are there really that many people still interested in that old thing, We still don't get it.....maybe if we watch them for a while we'll learn something.........." Never Know, but maybe their trying to figure out how to jump on the coattails of all that. If CoX had come out 5 Years ago instead of 15 Years ago can you imagine how different this all might have turned out.

I would like to send out a Heartfelt Apology to any Family I may have Offended, and Once I finish picking Asphalt Chunks out of my teeth I will do so in Person, with an Actual 8 Member Team along for the event, lol.

Was doing some Missions Solo +4/+8 from Unai Kemen and got the " Get Readings from the Last Dimension " mission. Came thru the Portal and saw it was Family as the Villain Group Packing Energy Guns and thought, " oh this will be a chance to get that Family Bosses Badge.......DEAD ". The Mob about 8 shot me. I have Resist Damage Capped and Defense about the same, Multiple PSI resists, and Resist Elements/Resist Energies on a Invulnerable/SS Tank level 50 ( 1 level shift ) at Vet 10 and 5 Incarnate Slots filled to Tier 2 to 3. What in the heck do those Energy Guns they had fire? Nuclear Waste? Contaminated Poison Ivy? Nictus Droppings? Looked at the combat log and nothing looked that powerful. Went to Hospital, came back, Same thing....DEAD. Finally lowered the mission to +2/8 and reset, Dead again. I must have a gaping Hole in my build but have never had this happen and the build I used for Marine is almost spot on to what I used before shutdown, only with better sets and Incarnates. I want one of those Guns, or was it something else in the Crowd I didn't spot, never really had trouble with Family before. Pretty Much breezed thru the Knives of Artemis and Freakshow missions before this one so was a bit stunned.

Pretty Much it in a nutshell. Once you have Contaminated aTarget, any Single Target attack can Spread the Contamination to other Targets. AoE Powers do not seem to be able to trigger the effect. From Titan Network Paragon Wiki: Contaminated Strike You charge your fist with harmful radioactive particles and quickly strike your foe dealing Light Energy and Smashing damage as well as reducing their defense. Affected enemies have a small chance to be affected by the Contaminated effect. Hitting Contaminated foes with single target Radiation Melee powers cause a small burst of damage to foes near the target. Bubba Burns is a Radiation Melee / Fiery Aura Brute ( 43 ) and it's the most fun I've had with a Brute. With Irradiated Ground, Blazing Aura and Burn it is amazing, for a guy who usually plays Tanks, how fast you can go through a Mob.

It's a little different on Homecoming. When I Hit 50 I began earning toward unlocking my Alpha Immediately from regular content and I've never done his missions. Do a mission from one of your contacts, then click Powers, Incarnate Abilities, and check it, you should be showing progress toward unlocking the Alpha. When it is complete it will then begin earning toward your other slots in order. You will also begin collecting Incarnate Shards and Threads to make your powers.

They used to have Cars, but they got chummy with Praetorian Clockwork and became Sentient. After that they became Unruly and Disruptive, and started wanting HI Test. So they clipped their Tailfins and sent them to Live in the Shadow Shard with Rularu. They opened a very successful chain of Tofu Burger Shacks and have never looked back.

Those Evil Nemesis Troops, Stealing and relocating Super Lanes Sign, I bet it's a plot to Steal all those Poor bowlers Balls and use them to.....um.......................nevermind.....

That is fantastic, thanks for sharing it.

You should Post what you remember here, just trying to add some humor amidst all the number crunching.....

Pancake, need I say more.......

Door is Manhole on upper level of Freeway in Skyway, Surrounded by Purple Bosses. Part 2 in a Blue Cave in the middle of Perez Park.

Yes, Nemesis troops Stole the sign from a Fun Center up the street, those evil villains, they will do anything to hide and continue their crime spree.

City of Heroes hurt their growth a bit by having such high graphic expectations, especially Ultra Mode, Reflections and Shadows. I had 14 gig of ram, a Dual Core AMD Processor, a dedicated Aegia Physics Co-Processor and Yamaha Audio Card. Even though COH will run on almost any PC now, even at Ultra, that wasn't the case for most of it's History. If you wanted to play it and didn't have good gear you had to severely dial back the resolution and special settings till it didn't hick-up and rubber band. We used to make jokes about WoW, that most of it's popularity was that it was designed to run on almost everything, we even Joked it would run on a TRS-80, ( Crickets Chirping, as no one probably remembers what those were ). But there is some truth there, look at all the people that don't even play PC or console games, just Phone and Tablet apps. Does anyone think they will be able to do a game like this on a tablet? Maybe, seems like it would be difficult at best to have that much game and environment and controls in a tablet. I think this will be fine, may even pick up some people from other CoH servers, but when I see how quick the donations close, I think we have a long way to go before we need to worry about losing too much population.

BIO ASSAULT Flick- Plunges finger deep in Nose and pulls out a Winner and flicks it at a single Target: Fear, Disgust and Minor Cleaning Expenses. Loogie- Hacks up a mouth full of Phlegm and launches it at a single Target: Immobilizes and causes Infectious Disease over time. Bad Breath- Heartily Exhale Outward toward a group of Targets ( Cone ) : Causes Involuntary Celibacy on Self and Nervous Sweats on Targets. Sweat Socks- You pull off your socks and throw them into a group of enemies: AoE Targets become Runners and your feet are now Cold. Skunky Pits- You lift both arms above your head and Release Vapors: Cone, Light AoE Stun and Sudden Realization that Lumburger Cheese ain't THAT Bad. Light Fart- You Drop to the Floor, Lay back, put your legs above your head and ignite a massive Fart: AoE Cone Fire and Ego Damage as well as Targets Having to Pencil in Eyebrows for weeks. Road Kill- You pull out a totally Flat Rotting Groundhog ( Whistlepig ) and toss it into a group of Targets: Causes Repeated AoE Vomit and Major Unintended Weight Loss. Porta Pot- You Summon a Totally Contaminated Porta Pot that's been sitting in 100 Degree heat at an Outdoor Rock Concert: Pet AoE Toxic & Lethal Damage, Triggers Secondary effect-Hallucinations and a Sudden Appreciation of Classical Music.

From my experience there are three Taunt Audios: Female, Male and Huge Male. I was curious about this on Live and Made test toons and that seems to be what selects the audio. So I guess you just need to use a Male starting point and you'll be fine, there is probably not an easy way to change that on an existing character. But who knows......a little bribe here, and some grease there and you could be surprised to find how things go. heh, heh.

When you create a Tank the character Creator scales show: Survivability : 10 Damage: 7 When you create a Brute the character Creator scales show: Survivability: 8 Damage: 9 If you start there and add the same powers, slots and enhancements to either Archetype, you are just going to Enhance what you had, not compensate for what you don't have to the degree that you negate the impact of those initial numbers. The Tank is going to be tougher with a better Taunt and the Brute is going to have a lot more damage output. Tanks were designed for a specific job, that everyone seems to believe can be done better by others including Brutes. Some of it has to do with pacing, some has to do with play style. These 2 Archetypes are usually played very differently. Solo Tanks pretty much have to learn patience as it's going to take a while to take down a Boss but the Toughness of the build gives them Time. Solo Brutes have to work at a fast pace in order to keep their Fury up so they have the Damage output to kill the Boss before he kills them. I think a Brute can do a Good job Tanking, I've seen it, but so can a Warshade, or a Peacebringer, or a Scrapper, or a Mastermind, but just not as good as a Good Tank can. Just my opinion, but somebody please explain the new math to me, because I am good at Math, and this doesn't add up.

Of course this will be a QOL Upgrade courtesy of the ACME Family of Companies, Home of the Deploy Anvil temporary summon and the Rocket Skates travel power. ( Both cause Smashing/Lethal Damage, to YOU )

What to take and what to pass on, if any. Have him to almost 40 and want to set him up for the next 10 levels. Also what would you do for an Ancillary Power pool ? Don't really need a Build as much as what works well and what could be left out in favor of something else. Thanks

Saw the traffic tornado, funny. Nice looking Zone, does anyone know what it's purpose was going to be? Seems like it was either going to be a Co-op Zone or something like that ( the way it is divided by the bay ). Actually Harvey Maylor assigned me a door mission there a while back so it is in Queue to be a potential mission location from some contacts at this point.

Enhanced Taunt, PERFECT!

Strangely the other day, Harvey Maylor assigned Marine a door mission ( fighting Malta & Carnies if I recall ) in Kallisti Wharf. So my best guess is that it is in some sort of queue to be the location for Story Arc Missions. I thought it was cool to finally christen the new zone, even if it was just a door mission. I liked FBZ and Shadow Shard stuff back on Live, most was solo friendly and interesting.

Went to each PVP Zone with new badges listed and documented it. Siren's Call 1: Hangman/Hangwoman 2:Politician 3:Broad Shoulders 4:Piratical 5:Wasted Resources 6:Hot Dog 7:Stll Standing 8:Volitile Bloody Bay 1:lobbyist/Crooked Politician 2:Hungry/All Consuming 3:Imploding 4:Goulish 5:What Lurks Beyond 6:Burgermeister 7:Mostly Harmless 8:Restless At This point I have found no changes to badges in Warburg or Recluses Victory, however they did not award an Accolade for collecting all the badges so something may be in the works. I will keep an eye on this and post /loc data when the additional badges appear.

If you remember, one of the biggest Tanker Nerfs of all COX history was the reduction of the Taunt Cap. You literally could have a well enhanced Tank lead huge mobs around like they were on a leash. It really didn't affect the effectiveness of the Archetype on a Team Mission, just the fact that you used to be able to do more. This may be why Leandro is against reversing it. Enhancement Diversification really brought Tanker damage down a peg, then Invention Origin Enhancements brought them back up. It's all about balance. Still my favorite Archetype, and I tried about everything on Live, except a Petless Mastermind.

Also from USA, North Central Ohio as a matter of fact, hope you are having a great time.

It's right there, see it ( pointing...) .......are you looking at the end of my finger?