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I interviewed a few citizens. Some point me to an interesting or important place. Others give me funny and sometimes weird retort. Usually, each citizen has a set of 10-11 answers. Some sets are similar, so I group them to save space. I think I'll post their answer here. There's a useful IPC location just down the street in Imperial City. I store all my valuables there! I report all suspicious activity to my local Precinct. I love Studio 55. It's a great place to rest and enjoy some music. Those Resistance posting their filth all over the town! Disgusting! I wonder what those numbers mean on those Clockwork vendors. The Lounge is a great place for loyal Praetorians to gather. I love the Trading House. It's a great place to buy and sell! I heard about some chamber leading to another dimension. Poppycock! There are several access tunnels to something underground, but I d never go down there! I've always wondered what's inside that lovely building in the Magisterium. You don't talk about First Ward. Not Around anybody important. First Ward? Oh, we don't talk about First Ward. First Ward is Emperor Cole's Dirty Secret, but you didn't hear it from me. Oh, First Ward? Wasn't that lost with that massive Devouring Earth attack? I heard people still inhibit First Ward. Could you believe it? Neutropolis may look a little dirty, but it's solid and nothing a new coat of paint won't fix. There's a tunnel running under the whole city to keep everything running smoothly. I read the tunnels under the city started out as a nuclear shelter. Good thing we don't have to worry about that anymore. The tunnels are pretty dangerous, authorized personnel only indeed. With The Resistance down there, the PPD can't guarantee the safety of citizens in the Underground. I'm going to move to Nova Praetoria as soon as my option vests. I heard that Night Ward is a magical reflection of First Ward with ties to the netherworld. If I want good food, I come to Imperial City. It's as simple as that. Imperial City is THE place to come for great entertainment. I love it here! Did you see that episode of Elf Cop last night? It was awesome! I just visited the CDEC. Feel so [beat] educated. I found this ancient artifact and put it up for auction on the Trading House. I wonder how much it would sell. Studio 55? It is THE hangout. I'm definitely going there tomorrow night! I'm so glad the Imperial Bank installed those ATMs in the lobby. They are so much convenient than standing in line. People Park is such a relaxing place. I wish I lived a bit closer to it. You can't beat Imperial City for the fantastic business district. Oh, if you are visiting Imperial City, you simply must travel to People Park. It's lovely. They've delayed renovations in the Neutropolis again. I bet it was sabotage. I just love the Magisterium. I've never been inside Emperor Cole's building, but I hear it's remarkable. The Magisterium is where it all happens. This is where all the political decisions are made. Can you feel the electriCity? Magisterium, just the sound of it on the tongue gives me the shivers. Nova Praetroia is the most important part of Praetoria. This is where all the big decisions happen. I love Nova Praetoria, it's got the best of everything, and I'm nice and safe right near the police headquarter! I've lived here all of my life, and except for a few irritants, Nova Praetoria is a lovely and safe city! You can't beat Imperial City for great food. Do you think Riptide was always a fish? I heard aria might be making a deal to be on the cover of a fashion magazine. I remember when Stern was a regular human, he's made so many sacrifices to help our city. I hope Zane takes down Reese one day. I saw warrant guest star yesterday on blue and gold. Have you seen the new concept car that Gravtech lab is working on? I can't wait! I'm saving up for it! Sometimes I go down to the CMF just watch the Clockworks. I just bought a new smartphone from Syfotine. It's much better than the older version. I love Nova Praetoria. It's the think tank of Praetoria. I am glad Praetor White is here to defend us from Scott and his lunatics. I'm looking forward to the next induction ceremony for Powers Division. Night Ward? What is that? I heard that Night Ward is infested with magical and dead things. If I even believed it existed. Do you know what I think of when I think of Night ward? The Netherworld. But you didn't hear it from me! Night Ward? Fairy tales! That's all it is. I'd not believe a word of it. I heard that Night Ward has ties to the netherworld. I don't even know how you'd get there! If you value your health, you don't go past Neutropolis. First Ward and beyond is unwise. That psychiatric facility in First Ward I've heard of it bad things. Very bad things. Mother of Mercy Psychiatric Hospital? I am sure "mercy" has nothing to do with it there. Oh, bad things happen at that hospital, I heard. I heard about Carnival of lights shadow paths, but I've never seen them. My sister said she saw Hamidon out there in the forest trying to get in. I'm so glad we have Emperor Cole to defend us all. And then it threw a tree - like a penny! Whoah! Did you see that? I thought I saw something! I had a lovely garden once before the decontamination happened. But the new one is just as good. I hear Senator Rodriquez introduced a bill to curb illegal farming. We can't be too careful when it comes to Hamidon spores. The other day I saw a member of Powers Division take on ten Destroyers. It really makes you wonder why people like the Destroyers would try to take down everything Cole has done for us. The tattoo that Destroyer had [beat] it looked like a military unit insignia. But that [beat] nahh. If the drug the Destroyers all take is orange, why does it turn them red? I saw a Destroyer bust through a solid stone wall once. It screamed "Oh Yeah!" before a team of Powers Division took it down. The Clockwork would seem friendly if I could understand what they're saying. I really want to upgrade to the New Home Companion from Neuron Technologies. I hear they can clean, cook, and take care of the kids. Those new Type 40 Clockwork are pretty incredible. I saw one vaporize a monster that crawled out of the Underground. The Clockworks are so helpful. I can't wait until they come out with robot orphans. They aren't really speaking to us. Those Clockworks just thinking out loud I heard someone say. Nightstar is so knowledgeable. Emperor Cole must be so proud.[n] I hear that Bobcat is quite a character. IVy! oh! I get it now! She is very capable, but sometimes I wonder if Praetor Duncan is a good role model for our city's daughters. I feel so safe with the Clockwork around. They are here to keep us from hurting ourselves, after all. I heard that the Destroyers are innocent civilians, corrupted by The Resistance. I wouldn't be surprised. Those Seers just babble. Why would they do that? I thought for a minute I recognized that Seer, but it was just my imagination, I'm sure. The Seer sure has a nice [beat] um [beat] why am I suddenly speaking out loud? You know, you cant trust organized crimes. Those Syndicate hoodlums should be sent off to the BAF! Why is it? When Emperor Cole tries to make everything so good, those thugs like the Syndicate would try and mess it all up? The Syndicate? Street thugs in leather jackets. I'd spit on them if it wasn't illegal to litter. Why can't the Seers root out the Syndicate once and for all? I'd support that. I heard the Syndicate is really in charge of The Resistance. Can you believe it? I drink a bottle of Enriche whenever I get nervous about Destroyers. It makes me feel all better. How smart you look in that costume, friend. All is well in Praetoria. Emperor Cole sees to it. Emperor Cole is a good man. He has saved us from many threats. We are in his debt. If you have a moment, you should visit Tiberian Bluff. It overlooks the city and is quite peaceful. You seem smarter than most. You must drink Enriche! I like you. Whatever it is, it can't be that bad. The climate here is perfect. Always. A glorious day upon you, friend. May you have a thousand sunshiney days, my friend. The finest scientific minds work here. I can't imagine being anywhere else. I want to be where technology is. Neutropolis is it. That's why I am here. Sure it's a bit grimy around here [beat], but there is no fake veneer either. If you stand in the center of a dust devil and speak your wish aloud [beat], you'll get a mouthful of dust. Don't ever cut the red wire! Always cut the red wire. Did you see that green-haired girl run by? Sure, Nova is beautiful. But, where's the science? Precisely, right here. All these hexagons make me think of bees. Scientist bees. I heard that Night Ward is a magical reflection of First Ward with ties to the netherworld. ($, /, @, !, and - means different group. A line with multiple symbol means multiple group has it.) $You ever see a Clockwork talk like a normal person? Creepy. $I saw a clockwork cleaning the wall the other day when it spontaneously combusted. It must have been sabotage. $Those [beat] things! [beat] Those ghouls! They are horrific! I wouldn't doubt they are the product of some nefarious Resistance plan! $Those monsters in the tunnels [beat] only The Resistance would create such evil things! $Don't go into the tunnels! It's not safe there anymore, not with those monsters. $I wonder what those bracelets on those [beat] ghouls [beat] are for? $Honest people have nothing to fear from the ghouls. They never leave the Underground. $Ghouls can't speak. Don't be ridiculous; They are animals. $Dont those PPD officers look just so smart in their uniforms? $I fully support our Praetorian Police Department! They keep me safe![n] /Emperor Cole is an amazing man. How could Resistance not see it? /The Resistance just does not understand the pure brilliance that is Emperor Cole. They are so evil. /If The Resistance would just stop and look at all the amazing things Emperor Cole has done for this place, they'd stop what they are doing this minute. /I just feel so much more calm when I wander past a Seer. They make my day. /Do you think those Seers actually see anything under that visor? /Why do the PPD officers fight the Powers Division? Why can't they just work together? /I saw five PPD teleport in to take down this Resistance monster that was about to rob someone. I feel so safe with them around. /My nephew wants to pretend he is part of the PPD. Do you know if they sell toy gloves like the ones they use? /I've heard things about a group of people who fight against Emperor Cole. Are they suicidal? /I've heard about The Resistance. they are responsible for every evil thing that has ever happened here! @Everyday, I am grateful for Emperor Cole and his senators. Are you? @Thanks for all the hard work you put into keeping us safe. @!-You look like a discerning person. @-The Resistance is a ridiculous farce. You are not one of them, are you? @-Emperor Cole knows how to deal with people who aren't loyal. Do you know what I mean? I think you do. @-I think I've seen you before on TPN. @-It's good to know that Praetoria has people like you to defend us from Scott and his madmen. @-Hey! You are part of Powers Division, right? -Have you ever seen a clockwork dance? Incredible! -There's a restaurant down the street I go to sometimes. The service is amazing. -What? What? What is this? One person goes in; another comes out! -Why would I watch TPN Live? I can get the broadcast on-demand on my computer whenever. @Spare some change, Sir? [beat] cheapskate. @Long live Emperor Cole! !Neutron Tower is amazing. I love that twisty sculpture in front of it !Don't go into the Underground, or you might get grabbed by Ghoulies. !All the animals come out at night [beat] someday a real rain will come down and wash all the real scum from the street !You will not find the going easy, they said. Nor the climate hospitable. For your kind are frowned upon. !You makin' some kind of joke? !You'd think all this heavy machinery would make more noise !No smog, no pollution to speak of, clean water and air [beat] You wouldn't recognize this place from 50 years ago. !There sure is a lot of activity in Lambda Sector these days. Maybe they are gearing up against The Resistance. !I could go into the Underground and head over to First Ward, but why would I? I'm staying in Neutropolis. -@Loyal Tea & Coffee has the best brew in town! -@Did they ever reestablish communication with the moon base after the Hamidon attack? -@I just love the work they do at the CDEC. I think it's the music. -Oh, I never get too close to the perimeter shield. That is in place for our security! -I've heard things about the perimeter shield. I've never been too close, though. It's dangerous, even for us. -Sometimes, I see a glow in the night. I wonder what it is? -You can see Cole Tower light up at night. What a wonder! -I love how those Clockworks help keep this city clean. So considerate. -Verna Arcola is the real sweetheart. Her program at the CDEC taught me all about invention. -I used the ride the CTA every day, but I've found walking is really is good exercise. /Some days, I feel like all is not right. I can not shake it. /I'm feeling a little dehydrated. I think I need some Enriche. /You should listen to PR. It's so informative! /@I need to get some more Enriche. I'm fresh out. /@I just has a horrible crick in my back. I'm feeling much better now. /@but the spectacularly bespectacled spectacle suspects that expectorating - even circumspectly - would be impolite. /@All the other guys snuck into the office room, closed the door, and started cheering for no apparent reason. /@What day is it? /@What? Er, [beat] I mean yes, How can I help you? /@Id play golf, but putting green in The Imperial City is always busy.

I am bored, so I decided to interview a few Praetorian citizens. I found several things: Citizens have about 10 - 11 lines of response. Citizens change their replies every minute, which eventually loops to their initial line after 10 minutes. Each citizen may have a different set of answers. So far, I have found 18 arrays of replies. Let's say you speak with a Praetorian, and the answer is, "There's a tunnel running under the whole city to keep everything running smoothly.". If you keep pestering him, these are his answers: There's a tunnel running under the whole city to keep everything running smoothly. I read the tunnels under the city started out as a nuclear shelter. Good thing we don't have to worry about that anymore. The tunnels are pretty dangerous, authorized personnel only indeed. With The Resistance down there, the PPD can't guarantee the safety of citizens in the Underground. You don't talk about First Ward. Not Around anybody important. First Ward? Oh, we don't talk about First Ward. First Ward is Emperor Cole's Dirty Secret, but you didn't hear it from me. Oh, First Ward? Wasn't that lost with that massive Devouring Earth attack? I heard people still inhibit First Ward. Could you believe it? Neutropolis may look a little dirty, but it's solid and nothing a new coat of paint won't fix. Complete list (so far) is here:

I heard an NPC say this: "If the drug the Destroyers all take is orange, why does it turn them red?" Followed by this: RIP Kool-Aid Man

I wish!

Ah yes, the trains! There should be some of them running deep below underground, right? It would be funny if we could lure some ghouls to an incoming train... The rest of the maps are a bit weird, so I post them separately here. Imperial City (excluding BAF and Tiberian Heights) is roughly 0.67mi x 1.18mi (1.09km x 1.89km). Here is the interesting part. The devs may have planned to put Mother of Mercy Hospital in Imperial City before retconned it to First Ward. Broken Mind and Silent Witness badges state that they are right below Mercy Hospital and Precinct 4. So, both facilities must reside in the city. I think it makes sense to put the hospital there since Mercy is a seer production facility. It needs raw materials (psychics) and Imperial City has enough Syndicate psychics to ensure a steady production rate. Neutropolis map consists of three major islands: The city itself (excluding the docks) is roughly 0.62mi x 0.4mi (1km x 0.66km) Lambda complex(excluding two small islands nearby) is about 0.65mi x 0.51mi (1.04km x 0.9km) The power plant roughly 0.55mi x 0.3mi (0.88km x 0.48km) I align that "Ready for Anything" badge with the lambda complex since that is the only badge with an explicit location. The underground map is much smaller than its surface map.

I see a rough pattern. Clockwork Mechanic, Morbid, and Trainspotter are roughly below CMF, Hospital, and CTA. Disappeared is slightly far off from the building behind Cleopatra. However, Loyalist and Resistance access points do not match between maps. I always feel that Nova's underground map is larger than its surface map. I assume they reach far beyond the river. Someone has to do a routine check on those sonic fences, right? It turns out that I am wrong.

We can approximate their scale using the distance between two markers as @Aberrant said. Rather than map features, I use exploration badge markers. Get all badge locations from Praetorian Exploration Badges - Unofficial Homecoming Wiki (cityofheroes.dev) Draw the distance between badges using a scatterplot. Overlay each plot with its respective zone map. Scale the zone map using badges as a guide. Each pixel in this map is roughly 17 feet, so each red dot is 86 feet in diameter. Nova Praetoria (about 1.08km x 1.53km or 0.67mi x 0.94mi) and its underground tunnel: First Ward (about 1.95km x 2.4km or 1.2mi x 1.5mi)

Since I make my characters as average joes and janes with some superpowers, I rarely alter their height. I think I can't call them average if they are seven feet tall! Also, in my opinion, the default body proportion is a bit weird. The legs are way too long relative to the torso. So, when I maximize its height, the default female looks like a utility pole. The male is slightly better, but its size accentuates its proportion mismatch.

I have stumbled upon this bug, but I haven't found any workaround for an ally that: Has no enemies guarding him/her. Need to be escorted to a certain point. Is a non-optional mission objective. If I need points 1 & 2, I set the mission objective to optional. If I only need point 1, I use Ally Mission instead of Escort Mission.

The way I see it: we add accessibility to AE Missions. We do this by allowing players to run them via Super Group. Since we can't put contacts inside a base, we have to put them somewhere else. So, we will have two routes: Go to AE/Pocket D, pick a story, go to nearby holographic contact, then access data stream. Go to SG base, select a story, go to the Dance Club, Fight Club, or Studio 55, talk to a contact, then access the mission door (preferably the closest from said club). The drawback is that players take a longer route to get into the mission from their base. If many players consider that the new flexibility outweighs the delay, this might work. If it works, the clubs mentioned above will get new regular visitors.

Oh dear! OH DEAR! What should I do?! ... Wait, each of my user accounts only has a single character. Laugh in multibox.

Homecoming has flexible difficulty settings. In my opinion, this is a good thing. Calling this game too easy doesn't make any sense because the difficulty itself is very flexible. You haven't adjusted the difficulty level. How did you know that it's too easy? Also, keep in mind that not all players are live server veterans. I bet many newcomers have no idea about SOs or which SO to slot into what power.

The question is: How long?

Unfortunately, Trilogy doesn't repeat.

I think a 5% defense increase can be noticeable when you are fighting a -1 mob since their base chance to hit is lower. Against +0 critters, you may want to increase your defense to at least 10%. My blasters have a more or less 10% defense stat and I quickly notice the difference whenever I forget to toggle Maneuver and Weave.

The annoying part of magical power propagation is we would never know whether the link exists until we try to sever it. Oh! It turns out the Goddess gives all of her powers to you, which render my magical barrier moot. Uh, about cutting your head off? I was kidding, OK?

This thread piqued my interest, so let me try again. Thanks to Vile for pointing out the lore: The lore defines magic as a force rather than a law of nature. So, this settles the definition of magic. In my opinion, lore differentiates magic from others. The keyword here is the tie to supernatural beings (gods, deities, spirits, etc.) that someone can sever the link to nullify it. Natural origin, on the other hand, is an innate ability. Referring to DoctorDitko's question: When angels sever their ties to their deity (for example, they revolt), do they retain their power from that deity? If they do, then it's an innate ability(natural). Otherwise, their power is magical because their power relies on the link to its source (the deity). What do you guys think?

I haven't done it and will never do it. None of my characters die under my watch. Defeated? Yes. Dead? Never!

Not everyone has completed the task force (eg. Me). That small area may contain blind spots, crevices, or multiple floors that make it difficult to traverse or locate things. If the goal is to make it harder for players to locate the objectives, then simply eliminate the map for that particular mission. Otherwise, in my opinion, it is a bad design to put a barely functional map.

I think your list has two competing ideas defining magic. Is it some kind of law of nature? If it is, then your first item is exhaustive. There are two kinds of magical characters: those who understand it and those who don't. Magic becomes another branch of science and those who understand it call themselves a magician. Is it some kind of ability to bend or break said rules of nature? Referring to your second point onward, it seems the ability itself can be shared, transferred, inherited, bestowed, granted, or created. Unless there is an underlying rule on how it is created or transferred, judging from previous comments, creating an exhaustive list will be difficult.

Somehow a hostile mob can hit a neutral critter, and the critter's level is much lower than the mission itself? Ouch. Could you replicate it? Maybe you did something unusual before running the mission?

I ran all gold story arc twice, but I did not encounter this bug. I got hit by AoE while rescuing hostages, but they always survive. Did you increase your notoriety to an extreme level? (+4/x8)

It's still working on my 2009 notebook.

Astragfillulah, wong iki maneh. Please someone lock this thread? This thread adds no value to this forum and some of us don't read the memo from CrudeVileTerror.

This is by design. To go from the gold side to either red or blue side, you need to complete the rift enclosure mission. Note that once you have completed the mission, your character can't go back to the gold side but they can access more content as a red sider/blue sider.