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Hello, everyone. I am new to COH, and this community. I felt an introduction would be a good start.

 

My name is Archaeological_Hawk. I enjoy archaeology and old Hawkman comic books — both Silver Age and Golden Age. Other interests of mine include hockey, snowboarding, amateur radio, Cold War espionage, Syphon Filter, and history in general.

 

Anyhow, I look forward to making new friends here on the forums!

 

 

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On 9/20/2025 at 7:55 PM, Archaeological_Hawk said:

Hello, everyone. I am new to COH, and this community. I felt an introduction would be a good start.

 

My name is Archaeological_Hawk. I enjoy archaeology and old Hawkman comic books — both Silver Age and Golden Age. Other interests of mine include hockey, snowboarding, amateur radio, Cold War espionage, Syphon Filter, and history in general.

 

Anyhow, I look forward to making new friends here on the forums!

 

 

 

Welcome!

 

I've watched the entire 20 years of the original Time Team at least 4 times over now, and I follow the revival show on YouTube.  Does that count for archaeology? 😁  I'm a bit of a history nerd, too.

 

Since you're new and an archaeology buff, don't miss running the Faultline zone missions (levels 15 to 19, or visit the Pillars of Ice & Flame in the Oroboros zone if you've moved past those levels), beginning with Jim Tremblor (zone coordinates (-330, 0.5, -1211.5)).  He'll eventually introduce you to the contact Doc Delilah, the game's resident archaeologist/historian.  It's comic bookish at best, but she's fun.

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12 minutes ago, Techwright said:

Since you're new and an archaeology buff, don't miss running the Faultline zone missions (levels 15 to 19, or visit the Pillars of Ice & Flame in the Oroboros zone if you've moved past those levels), beginning with Jim Tremblor (zone coordinates (-330, 0.5, -1211.5)).  He'll eventually introduce you to the contact Doc Delilah, the game's resident archaeologist/historian.  It's comic bookish at best, but she's fun.


Woah, that’s cool as heck. I’m going to look into those missions. Thank you!

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38 minutes ago, Archaeological_Hawk said:


Woah, that’s cool as heck. I’m going to look into those missions. Thank you!

 

Just a bit more info, Jim Temblor introduces you to Penelope Yin, who introduces you to Doc Delilah.  You have to start Yin before level 19 or you out-level her and won't get the introduction to Doc.  So best to start with Jim right at level 15 imo.

 

 

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What about Syphon Filter interested you? I only played the first one and what I remember the most was the taser. If you know, you know. 😆

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On 9/20/2025 at 7:55 PM, Archaeological_Hawk said:

I am new to COH, and this community.

 

Welcome to THE CITY!

 

 

If someone posts a reply quoting me and I don't reply, they may be on ignore.

(It seems I'm involved with so much at this point that I may not be able to easily retrieve access to all the notifications)

Some players know that I have them on ignore and are likely to make posts knowing that is the case.

But the fact that I have them on ignore won't stop some of them from bullying and harassing people, because some of them love to do it. There is a group that have banded together to target forum posters they don't like. They think that this behavior is acceptable.

Ignore (in the forums) and /ignore (in-game) are tools to improve your gaming experience. Don't feel bad about using them.

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4 hours ago, gameboy1234 said:

 

Just a bit more info, Jim Temblor introduces you to Penelope Yin, who introduces you to Doc Delilah.  You have to start Yin before level 19 or you out-level her and won't get the introduction to Doc.  So best to start with Jim right at level 15 imo.

 

 


Good information to know. Thanks!

 

3 hours ago, bAss_ackwards said:

What about Syphon Filter interested you? I only played the first one and what I remember the most was the taser. If you know, you know. 😆

 

I played the original Syphon Filter back in 1999 or thereabouts, that was my introduction to the series. I played the other two games, SF2 and SF3, several years later. I have limited experience with The Omega Strain but enjoyed it. After discovering Dark Mirror and Logan’s Shadow, I purchased a PSP — I beat both of those games and sunk hours upon hours into multiplayer.

 

Nostalgia is my drug of choice, and the Syphon Filter series was an integral part of my childhood. What I like most about these games would be the espionage and fond memories from a simpler era.

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13 hours ago, Archaeological_Hawk said:


Woah, that’s cool as heck. I’m going to look into those missions. Thank you!

 

13 hours ago, gameboy1234 said:

 

Just a bit more info, Jim Temblor introduces you to Penelope Yin, who introduces you to Doc Delilah.  You have to start Yin before level 19 or you out-level her and won't get the introduction to Doc.  So best to start with Jim right at level 15 imo.

 

 

 

Right, so to expand on what I stated earlier, when a player out-levels a contact and their missions, it's not the end.  The player can go to the out-of-time zone of Ouroboros, to "travel back in time" to do those missions at a lower level. 

 

If you've not yet encountered Ouroboros, go to the area around the Atlas Park trainer, Ms Liberty, and ask in the Broadcast channel if someone would be willing to drop an "O-portal".  Invariably, someone will do so, and you'll see a gold effect appear on the ground and the air above it for a limited time.  Click on this, and you'll be transported to Ouroboros, and your powers trays will gain a shortcut control so you can generate an "O-portal" yourself on a timed basis.

 

Ouroboros has several interesting features, but for this, run up and into the building, and you'll see one large and several small Pillars of Ice and Flame.  Clicking on any of these will present a menu of possible story arcs of the past (lower levels) that you can experience.  What you'll be seeking is the (blue/hero side) 3 Faultline arcs (parts 1, 2, 3) titled "The Rumblings of the Past".  If you accept a story arc, the game will reset your level and abilities to the appropriate level and you'll remain that way while you work with the arc.  It's worth noting that should you join a supergroup with a fleshed-out base, the base creator might have installed a Pillar of Ice and Flame in the base.

 

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There are two other ways I can recall in order to handle this:

1. team with someone who is the appropriate level and is doing the arcs.  The trick here is that you'll need to stay on top of the reading of the clues and such, since the setup is geared more towards informing the main player of the arc.

2. Visit a S.T.A.R.T. vendor, and ask them to turn off your ability to earn XP.  This can be reversed later.  Using this, you could remain at a level that all the contacts in the Faultline arc can work with.  Just remember to turn XP back on afterwards.   The easiest START vendor for a blue/hero side player to find stands next to the fountain to the right of the giant statue of Atlas in Atlas Park.   Another can be found in Pocket D, the pocket dimension nightclub, ski slope, and entertainment complex zone.

 

Lastly, if you're visiting Faultline zone, it's entrance is found at the southern end of the Skyway City zone, not far from the Skyway City (south) train station.  There's also a supergroup portal in Faultline by which you can reach it, if you have access to a supergroup base with zone portals.

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Welcome!!! Hawkman was always one my my favorites! I'm a huge history buff and went to school to become an acrhaeologist before I had to switch to something to earn money faster - which was commercial art and design. Now I own a design firm in NYC but I still love history and will read as many texts as I can and do my own research at times. If you are ever interested in the Revolutionary War, read 1776 by Bill O Reilly. It's an amzing read. I was more focused on ancient history, mythology and theology. Hmu anytime to talk shop. @Xalon

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Welcome!

 

Some of us have been playing this game since 2004 May.  A rare few were on the original Closed Beta and were playing it even earlier.  I got started late.  In 2005 August.

 

18 hours ago, Archaeological_Hawk said:

Good information to know. Thanks!  [ About out-Levelling Contacts. ]

 

Here's a Macro that will help you here.  It toggles on and off No Experience Earning.

 

Macros by default show up in your Power Trays as a grey disk with the text in the Macro command.  Here I call it "oXP" for option XP.

  

/macros oXP "optiontoggle noxp"

 

When NoXP is on, the growing horizonal bar on the Levelling Widget will change from violet-pink to black.

 

 

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On 9/22/2025 at 5:55 AM, bAss_ackwards said:

What about Syphon Filter interested you? I only played the first one and what I remember the most was the taser. If you know, you know. 😆

Oh!  I can't remember if it was 1 or 2, but there's a particular point on a bridge with trucks where you have to take out two guys with one shot...that still sticks with me.

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38 minutes ago, Darmian said:

Oh!  I can't remember if it was 1 or 2, but there's a particular point on a bridge with trucks where you have to take out two guys with one shot...that still sticks with me.


Syphon Filter 2 – The level is called I-70 Mountain Bridge. 🙂

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