New Player: Noctara

[Mihrk]

Hey everyone!

 

I'm Noctara, a brand-new player on the Victory server. I love the game so far — something charming about its classic feel makes it even better. I was wondering if any players here wouldn't mind teaming up with a newcomer sometime. I'd love to learn the ropes and join a guild if that is a thing while I am at it.

 

Either way, it's great to meet you all, and I'm excited to be part of this awesome community!

[gameboy1234]

I'm sure lots of folks would like to team up.  Best place to do that is the looking for group channel, /lfg to send a message.  Probably you should start with Matthew Habashy, just to the left of city hall (or Kalinda just to the right of the starting Arbiter in Mercy).  He starts a set of mission arcs in Atlas Park, then Twinshot when you reach level 6, and then head to Kings Row for the next set.  Eventually you'll find an easy task force, Death From Below, that lets you skip the intro missions and level up a new character more quickly.

 

Good luck and welcome!

 

[lemming]

Victory also has the channel "Victory Badges"

 

Not much of a population there, but friendly and helpful.

[Force Redux]

Welcome hero! How'd you hear about us?

[DoctorDitko]

Welcome home!

If you can't find a team on Victory, HC have made it very easy to jump from server to server (it's the double headed arrow at the top of the character selection screen). You can also jump back, of course!

Edited Sunday at 07:50 AM by DoctorDitko

[Mihrk]

Hello all

 

Thank you for the warm welcome. I am only level 8 right now so I guess I can switch to another server. Im US based and mostly play on weekends so what server would be recommended, or can I move my character between servers? As how I heard about this game it was actually from a youtube of MMORPG to try in 2025. I saw someone mention that Homecoming had become the official server for CoH and had never tried the game. Ive always leaned more into fantasy tbh but decided to give it a try since I am burnt on WOW, FF14 and GW2. Im surprised by how much im enjoying it for sure.

 

Edit: I see I can transfer my character. That is wonderful news!

Edited Sunday at 01:17 PM by Mihrk

[KC4800]

I just created a new character on Victory myself. His name is Jacob Deyer, a dark/dark stalker. He is currently lvl 15 and roaming the streets of Skyway. I will team if and when you see me.

 

Back when the game was live, Jacob Deyer was my main villain on the Victory Server.

 

I see I still need to edit my sig.

Edited Sunday at 01:42 PM by KC4800

[Techwright]

5 hours ago, Mihrk said:

Hello all

 

Thank you for the warm welcome. I am only level 8 right now so I guess I can switch to another server. Im US based and mostly play on weekends so what server would be recommended, or can I move my character between servers? As how I heard about this game it was actually from a youtube of MMORPG to try in 2025. I saw someone mention that Homecoming had become the official server for CoH and had never tried the game. Ive always leaned more into fantasy tbh but decided to give it a try since I am burnt on WOW, FF14 and GW2. Im surprised by how much im enjoying it for sure.

 

Edit: I see I can transfer my character. That is wonderful news!

First off, Welcome Home!

 

Victory is our newest server, merged in from its previous solo status.  As a result, the population is still getting started.   If you need to have plenty of options in the time available to play, you might wish to look into transferring to Excelsior (the most populated server) or to Everlasting (second most populated server, and the main home to the role-playing crowd).  Not to knock Victory or any other server.  I'm just conscious that many players do not like to spend long looking for a team to join or lead.

 

If you've not found the transfer process yet, go to the page where you select your character, and look for the 2-arrow button in the top center-right of your screen.  That will guide you through the transfer process.  Please note there are a limited number of transfers available each week before the amount resets, but there should be more than enough to jump around to different servers at least once and back to Victory if you don't find a server to fit your needs otherwise.

 

Sounds like you're already into either "blue side" (hero/vigilante) or "red side" (villain/rogue).  That's good.  We've got a "gold side" (Praetoria) as well, but it can be a tad complicated and confusing if you're new, so I'd suggest holding off on that for now.  But not never.  Praetoria has a great look and some fun storylines delving into the concept of "gray" morality.

 

I'd also suggest holding off on archetypes Peace Bringer, Warshade (both collectively known as Keldians), Arachnos Soldier and Arachnos Widow.  These were deliberately designed to be a bit more challenging, so it helps to be more familiar with the game before choosing one of these as an alternate character.

 

You're already level 8 so you may have seen much of this already, but I like to to aid new players by posting a list of common abbreviations we use in chat :

Likewise, you may benefit from a list of slash commands used in the chat box.  Personally, I use "/ah" all the time (except in missions or super bases) to access the auction house without having to visit the buildings.

 

Lastly, you may want to peruse @WuTang 's  "new player" thread of a year ago, where other helpful tidbits were dropped:

 

 

[WuTang]

Welcome! I'm just a year in myself and still learning some of the ropes. It's a great game with any even better community. Go crazy with your first hero, second, third, fourth....ninety-ninth....four hundred and thirty-seventh, and so on. Seriously though COH is pure crack for altoholics. The number of combinations of powers and costumes is insane. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

[Healix]

[catsi563]

Ohai new friend you bring teh donuts?

 

[UltraAlt]

On 2/8/2025 at 7:27 PM, Mihrk said:

Hey everyone!

 

I'm Noctara, a brand-new player on the Victory server. I love the game so far — something charming about its classic feel makes it even better. I was wondering if any players here wouldn't mind teaming up with a newcomer sometime. I'd love to learn the ropes and join a guild if that is a thing while I am at it.

 

Either way, it's great to meet you all, and I'm excited to be part of this awesome community!

 

I would head down to https://forums.homecomingservers.com/forum/158-victory/ and post down there that you are looking for a supergroup. 

 

[JJDrakken]

On 2/8/2025 at 6:27 PM, Mihrk said:

Hey everyone!

 

I'm Noctara, a brand-new player on the Victory server. I love the game so far — something charming about its classic feel makes it even better. I was wondering if any players here wouldn't mind teaming up with a newcomer sometime. I'd love to learn the ropes and join a guild if that is a thing while I am at it.

 

Either way, it's great to meet you all, and I'm excited to be part of this awesome community!

 

I wouldn't mind, though you would have to come to Excelsior 😛

[Mihrk]

Hello all,

 

 Just wanted to say thank you very much for the warm welcome! I have unfort. fallen into the altaholic stages at this time. I am determined to try every super power but havent found one that just makes me think "This is it!". I did move to excelsior on the other characters I am creating. I have a few red (villians) and one blue (hero) currently. Hero seems MUCH more populated but I do like the idea of being a villain. I love the kind of manipulative villains you see such as marcone in dresden files or Richard in Alex Verus series etc. 

 

Thanks all!

[biostem]

On 2/8/2025 at 7:27 PM, Mihrk said:

I was wondering if any players here wouldn't mind teaming up with a newcomer sometime.

Welcome aboard!  Perhaps I missed it, but would you be willing to disclose what hours/time zone you typically play during?  I'd be happy to team, time & schedule permitting...

[Mihrk]

I live in central standard time but usually play near the end of the day (5:00 and later) and weekends. My second job that I work on the weekends I can play on the clock which is pretty neat.

[Troo]

3 hours ago, Mihrk said:

My second job that I work on the weekends I can play on the clock

 

Please expand. I should like to same.

 

[Oubliette_Red]

17 hours ago, Mihrk said:

Hello all,

 

 Just wanted to say thank you very much for the warm welcome! I have unfort. fallen into the altaholic stages at this time. I am determined to try every super power but havent found one that just makes me think "This is it!". I did move to excelsior on the other characters I am creating. I have a few red (villians) and one blue (hero) currently. Hero seems MUCH more populated but I do like the idea of being a villain. I love the kind of manipulative villains you see such as marcone in dresden files or Richard in Alex Verus series etc. 

 

Thanks all!

 

That's the great thing about CoH, there really is no need to transfer characters when you can easily just make a new character.

 

When it comes to 'the one', that can be tough. It really depends on your preferred play style, do you like wading into mobs and smashing OR perhaps nuking them from orbit OR maybe you want to lock them down so you can pick them off one at a time or so your team mates can decimate them? Knowing what you want to achieve helps to winnow down the often daunting task of picking your AT (archetype ie. class) and powersets.

 

Myself, I usually prefer crowd control (CC) with a heaping of enemy debuff/team buffage. Though I also love my MA/Nin Stalker (Martial Arts/Ninjitsu).

 

Welcome to the best MMO game and community!

[JJDrakken]

18 hours ago, Mihrk said:

I live in central standard time but usually play near the end of the day (5:00 and later) and weekends. My second job that I work on the weekends I can play on the clock which is pretty neat.

 

If I am on and have space, yer welcome to join my teams.  Current toon I'm clearing 50 contacts on is Darkmire (Excelsior) and after that will be Night Pouncer or Assault Lad.

Edited 5 hours ago by JJDrakken