What is your favorite update, bugfix, or change Homecoming has made to CoX?

[macskull]

I cannot believe no one has said /powexeclocation. That is the single biggest gameplay QoL improvement implemented post-shutdown.

[DougGraves]

1 hour ago, macskull said:

I cannot believe no one has said /powexeclocation. That is the single biggest gameplay QoL improvement implemented post-shutdown.

 

I have no idea what that is

[DreadShinobi]

Just came here to see that nobody brought up the new archetype, sentinels. Bit of a shame. 

 

 

[gamingglen]

/em innertube

 

*giggity*

[InvaderStych]

10 hours ago, macskull said:

I cannot believe no one has said /powexeclocation. That is the single biggest gameplay QoL improvement implemented post-shutdown.

 

I did not know this was a post-shutdown thing, but I suppose I should have guessed such. 😉 So I have to include /powexec_location because without it my favorite update to the game would be less than it is without the macros.

 

 

Also, to echo the obvious: without the continuous stewardship of the project by the HC team none of this would have been possible in the first place.  I certainly do not know what I would have been doing in early 2020 had I not accidentally discovered that HC existed in mid-March of that year.

Edited January 6, 2022 by InvaderStych

[BastionWalls]

@Luminaramentioned it in their list, but I do have a special place in my heart for asymmetrical costume pieces. Nothing that will change how we play and nothing I thought I wanted, but looking over all of my Alts, a good 90% of them have some costume piece offset which really makes them feel unique.

[Redletter]

Free

[Veracor]

64-bit client.  It released pretty early on and people often forget about it, but I think it was one of the biggest improvements Homecoming has made.  My performance on the 32-bit version was terrible and I don't think I would have stuck with City of Heroes if I had to continue leading raids at 5 fps.  Some sort of issue with Ryzen processors or something.

 

As far as I know none of the other servers have a 64-bit client yet, but maybe that's changed in the last year.

[Shenanigunner]

I tend to be more into the small technical details (whoda figgered, right?) and so the gameplay extensions, while wonderful, aren't my first choices. I'd say:

• powexec_location in general and then the extension to cursor
• Enhancement upgrade button
• Thumbtacking
• Innertube emotes

...and, as more than one has already noted, just damned being here!

[Yomo Kimyata]

58 minutes ago, Veracor said:

64-bit client.  It released pretty early on and people often forget about it, but I think it was one of the biggest improvements Homecoming has made.  My performance on the 32-bit version was terrible and I don't think I would have stuck with City of Heroes if I had to continue leading raids at 5 fps.  Some sort of issue with Ryzen processors or something.

 

As far as I know none of the other servers have a 64-bit client yet, but maybe that's changed in the last year.

 

This.  This!  A thousand times this!!!

 

 But /ah is pretty sweet too.

[JasperStone]

Everything and all the the things !!

and the little things

under the bug fixes was this gem ..... 

 

[MrAxe]

The Tank changes. Sorted all of my psi melee issues.

[Shocktacular]

The /ah command.
Crashless nukes (I know this was planned for Live, but it only made it to test servers, so I'm half-counting it here).
Travel power updates.
Asymmetrical gloves/boots/shoulders.

Veteran Levels (and thread and emp merit awards).
P2W/T4V vendors.
New powersets and updated powersets.

Enhancement upgrade button.

... pretty much everything, really.  I'm not always sure what was from the first days of HC vs the last days of Live.  It kind-of blends together.

[Mezmera]

10 minutes ago, Krimson said:

Having all my toggles on all the time.

 

This was done on Live.  And yes this and inherent fitness were some of the best QoL changes implemented from the old crew.  

[Lazarillo]

Probably the market consolidation and the ease-of-access to Attuned enhancements.  Back during the game's original lifetime, when they were introduced for the game-store purposes, I'd really hoped they'd be expanded out to replace the game's originally super-unwieldy enhancement level system.  HC more or less nailed it for me, with that.  It's so much more fun leveling thanks to this system.

 

On a slightly related note, the expansion of the Incarnate system so now it's not reliant on replaying the same friggin' raids over and over and over.

[DoctorDitko]

1. Phantom Army Customization
2. Market Revamp
3. QoL in general; it's no longer painful to play my favorite game!

 

[Mezmera]

19 minutes ago, Krimson said:

No, I could not have Hover and Fly on at the same time, all the time, on Live.

 

Ah well yeah certain toggles canceled the other yes like flight over hover.  That's a nice little add-on to the detoggling quirks.  

[roleki]

Favorite?  Too many to list, but I am glad they whipped up Electrical Affinity and the new IO sets, like Artillery and Ice Mistral's Torment.  

[Redletter]

4 hours ago, roleki said:

Favorite?  Too many to list, but I am glad they whipped up Electrical Affinity and the new IO sets, like Artillery and Ice Mistral's Torment.  

ARTILLERY WASNT HERE DURING LIVE WHAAAAAAAT?!

[roleki]

9 hours ago, Redletter said:

ARTILLERY WASNT HERE DURING LIVE WHAAAAAAAT?!

Maybe it was?  I assumed not, since there aren't any bids on vaporware 53s at the Auction House; the HC-specific ones don't seem to get those.  Maybe they do and I'm mistaken.

Edited January 7, 2022 by roleki

[Bill Z Bubba]

3 minutes ago, roleki said:

Maybe it was?  I assumed not, since there aren't any bids on vaporware 53s at the Auction House; the HC-specific ones don't seem to get those.  Maybe they do and I'm mistaken.

 

Pretty sure HC added Artillery and Bombardment.

[Shred Monkey]

Energy Melee rework.  It allowed me to make a toon, I always wanted and have it not be relatively weak compared to my other toons.  And the whole last update with Dr Aeon and such to give us new difficulty standards. 

 

An honerable mention to the implementation of stances so I could stay in ninja run and/or beast run animations while using other movement powers.

[SeraphimKensai]

On 1/6/2022 at 12:12 AM, macskull said:

I cannot believe no one has said /powexeclocation. That is the single biggest gameplay QoL improvement implemented post-shutdown.

I agree that Powexec_location is the best hands down QoL improvement implemented on any server. It allows so much versatility with powers, and can turn a teleport power to an oh shit I'm about to be spiked, not today Satan power.

[DoctorDitko]

Sounds like /powexeclocation and I need to spend some quality time together!

 

And I can't believe I forgot to mention the entire shift of focus from "gimme da moneys" to "let's have fun!"

 

 

[Luminara]

1 minute ago, SeraphimKensai said:

I agree that Powexec_location is the best hands down QoL improvement implemented on any server. It allows so much versatility with powers, and can turn a teleport power to an oh shit I'm about to be spiked, not today Satan power.

 

When it works.  It spawns my Oil Slick under the map half the time, and trying to use it with Lightning Rod is just as frustrating.  Every time I use /powexeclocation target on a power with a long recharge time, it's a toss-up.