Captain Fabulous

So somehow my badge info got lost and I'm trying to reimport/parse log files, but it reads the file and just hangs. Any advice?

Sorry, but I will have to disagree with you on this: Jack was a bald-faced liar and most of his ideas really were that bad. They came not from him wanting to make a great game, but from him mandating His game be played His way (1 hero = 3 minions). And if players weren't adhering to His Vision™ he was gonna change the game and force it upon you. This is why we got speed suppression, the global defense nerf, ED, purple patch, target caps, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc. This is also why Champions will never be more than a footnote in superhero MMO history. He nerfed TF outta it on DAY 1. Literally on day 1 of release. No lie, I was there. Took it from what was a pretty fun game to play to a total slog from which is never recovered.

It's a bug.

That was the reason given, but it's BS because it's never actually worked that way. Critters instantly target you and queue up attacks the millisecond they are aggroed, and in most cases long before your attack even hits them. You can't outrun it. If you somehow were able to get off a shot and be out of range before they could retaliate you'd get hit the second you were back in range. Speed suppression exists solely because Jack didn't like that people could run away from battles. He wanted people to die because he felt that dying made the game better.

Regen is most certainly in there for Tanks. The current version is 3.7.14 and the latest database is 2025.8.1154. If you're seeing something else you need to update the app.

You can't outlevel a story arc that you've already started (as evidenced by a book icon next to the contact). You *can* outlevel the contact and be prevented from being given a follow up contact and/or the next arc once you've completed the one you started. You see this a lot in the Hollows and Striga.

The START vendor has a lot of great stuff, much of which is free. But as a new player I would avoid the double XP buff. Sell everything that drops to a vendor except orange salvage, which you can drop in the Auction House (/ah) for 1 INF and get the current market value. Don't bother slotting any enhancements till at least level 22 when you can start using full strength SOs and IOs (I generally wait till level 27 and go with common IOs from the AH since you don't outlevel them like you do SOs). The game tries to limit you in 3 ways -- your ability to hit, constantly running out of endurance, and never having enough Influence. Hoard your INF! Only buy what's absolutely necessary (an end reducer in every power as well as an accuracy in all your attacks; 3 slotting Stamina with endurance modification enhancements). Play on teams that are around your own level. Don't be afraid to experiment. Try different ATs, powersets, and powers to see what you like and what you don't. I often create multiple versions of a character to see which combo of powersets and AT I like best.

Since it's not something that's affecting everyone it's most certainly not a server issue but more likely a bad node between you and the server, something your ISP and the server hosts can do nothing about.

I want to love Sorcery but just don't. It suffers from the same issues nearly all pool sets do -- thoroughly underwhelming long-recharge low-damage low-effectiveness high-endurance powers that are inferior to just about everything you could take in your primary and secondary sets. Sure there are a few outliers like Fighting (Cross Punch is ok, but only if you have Kick and Boxing, which is a heavy cost for a mediocre melee cone attack) and Leadership, and a handful of useful non-travel powers like Hover, Combat Jumping, and Hasten. But by and large unless you're building on a theme you'll almost always be more effective by picking a primary or secondary power over a pool. And I really wish this wasn't the case but it is. I would love to see pool powers boosted to be useful and viable alternatives (get rid of prerequisites and move up the level at which they're available to match their increased effectiveness). It would give us the opportunity to explore so many different themed build options without having to gimp ourselves for it. And this is also true of the APPs. Again, there are a few good ones here and there, but by and large they're mostly useless and only worth taking when you literally have nothing better left.

All the pool attacks suck, not just Flurry.

That's what tohit buffs are for. 😜

*cough*Sands of Mu*cough*

Speed suppression needs to go. Period. It was a bad idea back in i4 and it's still a bad idea today. Just get rid of it already.

Yup, long standing bug. Tends to happen far more frequently if the team isn't full.

An Ice/Ice Sentinel is probably as close as you'll get to Iceman. An Ice/Ice Dominator would be a close second IMO.

What kind of CPU do you have? If it has an integrated GPU you should make sure the game is using the Nvidia card, because IIRC Windows will default to the integrated GPU.

Have you tried testing with FurMark? CoH uses OpenGL while most modern games use DirectX. It's possible you have a borked OpenGL install. FurMark is a free OpenGL stress tester, and should uncover an OpenGL issue if one exists. If it does crash I'd recommend a full clean install using DDU. https://geeks3d.com/furmark/ https://www.guru3d.com/download/display-driver-uninstaller-download/ Another suggestion I've seen is to disable "threaded optimization" in the Nvidia control panel. It's a known bug in the Nvidia OpenGL driver.

/powercreep

Seriously, play whatever looks fun. If it turns out you don't like it, then play something else. What other people like may not be what you like and vice versa. Very few sets are straight up horrible, even Regen is now decent since it recently got a significant buff. The only person who has to enjoy your characters is you.

YES! I've been using ReShade in CoH for a really long time, even back on live when it was SweetFX. It works great, really improves the visuals. Never had any issues until recently, If you have a Radeon card trying to use AFMF will crash the Adrenaline app.

Changing the FOV by even a small amount can make you feel like you're moving much faster than you are.

+1 for the Jump/Steam Pack. Quick and easy way to significantly boost flight speed.

And you're being willfully obtuse and arguing semantics. Believe whatever you want.

But Kheldians aren't Tanks. A Tank is still a Tank whether it's SS, Stone, Dark, Shield, Radiation, or takes a control APP power. A Kheldian can choose to blast like a Blaster in Nova form, tank like a Tank in Dwarf form, or buff/debuff like a Controller/Defender in human form. This is why I said they are a jack of all trades, master of none.

Peacebringers get a PBAoE disorient and a single target heal. Warshades have a single target hold, a single target immobilize, a cone disorient, a targeted AoE disorient, and a PBAoE disorient toggle. All of which are in the realms of Controllers and Defenders.