Techwright

I prefer to identify as "Legacy". Actually, as to not using PW as Aurora_Girl mentioned, I wish Google search would get a clue. I've typed in "City of Heroes Homecoming Wiki", or variations on that, on more than a few occasions only to have all the old stuff pop up first.

You know, I've no idea of the degree of coding involved, but I'd love to see the full script of Ascendant play out in the local chat with the character near Posi in Steel Canyon maybe once every 13 or 15 hours. Not too often lest it annoy people, and on an odd hour so it gradually works around the full clock so that it doesn't matter what part of the world you live it, you'll eventually have a chance to experience it.

Apologies, was not aware of that. I'd been working on the understand since it premiered that it was a holiday event. Well, two feet in my mouth. Thanks for the correction.

First off, this is a shameless plug for visiting the Winter Forest zone. I've recently come to realize several players are unaware of it. It's a work of art: a changing borealis, ice slide, skating pond, comet, Christmas gazebo, hot tub, etc. There's a base portal, trainer, P2W vendor, the TUNNEL system of course, a Pocket D portal, general vendors, crafting tables (in the vendor hut), a tailor, candy cane rewards vendor, and an Auction House guy, even Null the Gull is hanging out at the vendor hut. But as I mentioned down in the art forum, its real treasure is the collective of the characters of players who've passed on. It can be access via the TUNNEL system found near many transportation hubs, like the train stations in Atlas and Talos Island. Look for the swirling gold disk with NPCs guarding it. There's also a portal to it from within the ski chalet in Pocket D. Just go down from the two dining areas, and look for the mine door entrance across from the restroom (loo? WC?) doors. Second, a question for those in the know: Can the Winter Forest be used as a launching point for trials like Incarnate Trials? It might be a nice change of pace to do them in the WF during the holiday season, if that is possible.

That's the Winter Forest. In addition to the access point noted by @Glacier Peak you can access it via the Tunnel System, those glowing swirly things next to several train stations (I suspect they're redside as well, but I don't recall where. Maybe the ferries?) EDIT: The Tunnel System only offers access during the during the holiday season. The rest of the year, you'll need to use the wood-in-rock door under the ski chalet in Pocket D. If you've never been, I recommend visiting. I wish more players knew of it. There's vendors and an auction house guy there, but the real treasure is the characters of a number of players who've passed on.

Holiday lighting

I understand what you're saying, but I for one, have long wished to do things like turn off the healing and damage numbers. In the center of the mothership raid, those and a host of swirling powers in the center of disk make visually figuring out what's going on quite difficult. I've asked around, repeatedly, and no one seems to know the exact toggle, if there is even one. Having the ability to toggle any of these things would be quite helpful.

Your watch theory comment #2 is interesting. I don't believe I've seen that from anyone else previously, but it would be fun to see that explored.

You make an excellent point, and I'd forgotten that one of the most popular games out there is Minecraft, something I've never played, only viewed the pics and vids. So there is a way to connect despite graphics.

Sooo...about that Rolex...any ideas? My thoughts:

I'm pretty sure Massively and every other gamer news site, especially those that reported the CoH was back in 2019, would created a massive free advertising blitz with trumpeting the news of an official NCSoft sanction. That alone would probably double the population, and that doesn't include the potential recruits from the dropping of comment bombs in the general chat of other games, and even "water cooler" talk at work and school. One thing you could put into advertising is this game's ability to work with older graphics cards, something that's becoming more necessary for players on a budget as the graphics cards continue to be overpriced and sometimes hard to acquire. That all would be a short-term boost. The trick is converting the curious into long-term players, and recruiting beyond that initial rush. That likely means reaching a younger generation. In an age of impressive graphics being more or less a standard, I'm not sure how my nieces' generation would appreciate the game for anything more than an old-school curiosity, like Pong or Pac-Man. Perhaps I'm too harsh, though. They, as a collective player group, may have more tolerance for "old school" than I credit them for.

I do think an instance would be the way to go with that consideration. If it is an instance, this would allow for villain side to get involved as well. A lusca could appear in connection with one of the isles for villain side. I'm not suggesting another cooperative effort launched from Ouroboros or Pocket D, though with the low red-side population, that may be more practical.

I wish! He was the first I thought of but I only selected living voice actors and sadly... 😔

I'd been thinking along somewhat similar lines, though I was considering a "gold palms" add-on for succeeding in the harder challenge of not using incarnate powers. That said, maybe the way to go is to have a "grandmaster" badge where the instances ramps up to include features that demand the use of incarnate powers.

How can it be called "arrest" when they're flying all over the room? We need a better descriptive catch phrase...like Jackson Pollock. The meteor Jackson Pollocked those mobs...all over the walls.

Good episode!

Okay, that is just creepy.

That makes sense. (Though I'm sad it was so easy to guess!) It also explains why the Sky Raiders are stuck with Captain Castillo!

Welcome home! The game is most forgiving nowadays, so I encourage experimentation if you have any lingering doubts. For example, you can make a duplicate of your character, but pick a different secondary. Go talk to the P2W vendor next to the side of the Atlas statue and under the Temporary powers options, find the settings to run at 2x for experience points (which means no currency as a trade off). You can load that or either of the two lesser settings up to 8 times. Run your alt through "Death From Below" (DFB) with an Atlas-based team a few times, or get a farm team run for those under 20 to rapidly advance to the same level as your current character. If you don't like the powerset combo, fine. Drop any enhancements or salvage you've earned into in-game emails to yourself (your "@global" address), and erase the alt. But if you do like it, then simply rename your original to [Name]OLD on the character login screen (it's free and quick!), and quickly rename the alt to the name you wish. Then login, grab the stuff from your e-mail box, use or sell for INF (currency). As I said, the process can be very forgiving now. Enjoy!

Has it ever been revealed whom is the wealthy benefactor bankrolling the Sky Raiders, and using high-powered lawyers to keep them out of jail? The obvious guess would be Nemesis, but if its not been revealed in-game, that might make an interesting investigation, especially if it proves to NOT be Nemesis.

....or was it? One can never tell when Ourobouros and time manipulation are in play.

So the question is, must a dev name it after it landing, its flight, or its origin? Seems to me, they went for the middle ground in the discussion. It does spend an awful lot of time in flight.

In the sense that they market their supers for projects, yes. There is a black market for magical artifacts, more than just what the Warriors deal. It's hinted at with people having a history with the Midnighters Club. Mercedes Sheldon, for example, takes the high road, using a natural gift to the see the auras of artifacts up for auction (and presumably acquire them for the MC.) Darrin Wade's description shows him to be a broker of "lost information and ancient artifacts". I believe we actually witness him in a transaction in one of the redside stories, though its been a while since I did anything that side. He's possibly your closest analog. As to tech and science, I'm not sure. Something tickling the back of my mind says that the Sky Raiders do some tech trading, but I can't point to chapter and page. I'm pretty sure I've also seen something about underworld trading of abandoned/captured Rikti technology, but I can't point out where. I'm reasonably certain we don't have a clearinghouse character or group, at least, not one covering tech, science, and magic. Oh sure we have the Black Market and Wentworth sites, but they don't fill the story function in the game.