Can't locate villians in building

[Vard]

I'm just getting started in Homecoming and am having trouble finding some of the villains I'm supposed to defeat inside a building. They appear to be located on a floor underneath me, but I can't find stairs or any other way to get to them. Does anyone have any advice?

[Oubliette_Red]

3 minutes ago, Vard said:

I'm just getting started in Homecoming and am having trouble finding some of the villains I'm supposed to defeat inside a building. They appear to be located on a floor underneath me, but I can't find stairs or any other way to get to them. Does anyone have any advice?

 

Could be stairs hidden beyond a door. Can try calling out in the Help channel for someone to come assist. Heck, depending on the server and the level I could log in and help.

[Vard]

It's the weirdest thing. When CoH first launched I made it to level 30+ without any difficulty. But this has me stumped. I scoped the entire periphery of the warehouse but couldn't find any doors or staircases leading to another level. Tried asking for help in the chat, but no luck. So I keep having to start this mission over ... Ugh. Attached is a screenshot of my predicament. It appears there are villains directly below me. This is demoralizing!

[Oubliette_Red]

2 hours ago, Vard said:

It's the weirdest thing. When CoH first launched I made it to level 30+ without any difficulty. But this has me stumped. I scoped the entire periphery of the warehouse but couldn't find any doors or staircases leading to another level. Tried asking for help in the chat, but no luck. So I keep having to start this mission over ... Ugh. Attached is a screenshot of my predicament. It appears there are villains directly below me. This is demoralizing!

 

Occasionally, they can get stuck in walls/floors, or the marker can be incorrect, it can also be pointing to the spawn point of a patrol. Push come to shove you send in a gm request for help. They can pop enemies out of walls or complete missions, but if it's happening repeatedly, they you might want to also report it.

 

If you've cleared all the floors, look at your map and there should be a red arrow(s) indicating the last mob. Out of curiosity, which mission/contact is this?

 

Edit: Most warehouses are generally a single level, though some will have freight elevators to take you to another level, like the ones in Pocket D and there a few that open freight elevator doors with stacks of boxes that you climb to get to another level.

 

Edited yesterday at 03:29 AM by Oubliette_Red

[Healix]

This has happened to me so many times over the years. It is usually that they are behind something (Boxes, doors, etc.) and I run right past without seeing them. There have been times when they were up above on the girder supports in warehouses (stuck or not).  At times, after I thought I had 'arrested' all of them, one or more will spawn elsewhere on the map. Everything Oubilette_Red said was spot on.

[UltraAlt]

7 hours ago, Vard said:

This is demoralizing!

 

uh, I think that is showing where a door is that you opened, but I'm known to be wrong sometimes.

 

Hiding under stairs is always a good one.

 

Sometimes they are hidden behind stuff in the trailers full of stuff.

 

Little nooks and crannies can hid some strays as well.

 

But, I will agree with....

 

On 4/5/2025 at 4:31 PM, Oubliette_Red said:

Can try calling out in the Help channel for someone to come assist.

 

I've been known to /help with the "defeat all"s as well when I hear the call.

 

And I'll go ahead and say it, some missions have weak walls ... if you have knockback powers, you can end up knocking someone (or more) through a wall.

 

The absolute last resort - if enemies are stuck in walls -  is to put in a ticket and ask for the help of a GM. Sometimes they are on and willing to help.

But I generally just rest the mission and do it again if it comes down to that.