City of Heroes anyone?

[Glengoyne]

Just curious if anyone else had been playing City of Heroes? I was one of the masses allowed into their open beta period, and it really looks great. I think they may have the most successful release of any of the MMORPGs to date. It really is pretty cool to leap a building in a single bound. :)

[GrantDawg]

Just curious if anyone else had been playing City of Heroes? I was one of the masses allowed into their open beta period, and it really looks great. I think they may have the most successful release of any of the MMORPGs to date. It really is pretty cool to leap a building in a single bound. :)
Is this for sale yet?

[Glengoyne]

Goes on sale the 28th.

[Peregrine]

I'll be waiting at least till the heroes versus villains expansion comes out, I hear that might be several more months. I don't find it that interesting to just fight thugs.

[Glengoyne]

I'll be waiting at least till the heroes versus villains expansion comes out, I hear that might be several more months. I don't find it that interesting to just fight thugs.
I think they are talking about early 2005 for the City of Villains expansion. My experience with PvP in MMORPGS makes me leary of that expansion, but since no one really knows what they are going to do implementation wise, I figure I will just wait till they divulge more information.

[TazFTW]

The Rikti invasion they had during the last day of Beta was fun. Motherships appearing in the sky, Rikti appearing all over the place. Lots of heroes getting their butt kicked. Good times.

[Thomkal]

I'm in the "2 1/2 day" head start right now and its mostly stable though I am still getting those annoying mapserver disconnects far too often.

But I get the "Bonehead move of the day" for preordering COH back in January then forgetting to update my credit card info with them when it changed a couple weeks ago. Order got processed with the old credit card info, didn't go through. They sent me an email which I didn't see for a few days. Called yesterday and apparantly I'm now at the back of the list for shipping it. D'oh!

I think it'd be fun to have a group of us start out together with new characters and wreck havoc on the evil gangs.

[GrantDawg]

I'm in the "2 1/2 day" head start right now and its mostly stable though I am still getting those annoying mapserver disconnects far too often.

But I get the "Bonehead move of the day" for preordering COH back in January then forgetting to update my credit card info with them when it changed a couple weeks ago. Order got processed with the old credit card info, didn't go through. They sent me an email which I didn't see for a few days. Called yesterday and apparantly I'm now at the back of the list for shipping it. D'oh!

I think it'd be fun to have a group of us start out together with new characters and wreck havoc on the evil gangs.

I'm considering. Can someone give me a breakdown of how the game is played?

[Thomkal]

Well supposedly I'm supposed to get the game tomorrow-we'll see. Can't continue playing past tonight until I get it.

Grantdawg,

Breakdown hmmm? Hard to do without writing pages and pages.

1) Create your character in their very good costume/character creator, though of course it can always need more options. You also have to decide the archetype and origin of your powers-five possible choices for each category. If you wanted to be a mutant like Storm of the X-Men-you'd take mutation/controller. You then get to select from a group of five power categories for the archetype, and another for the origin. Each power category has about eight powers in them. You get a choice of one or two of the least powerful for each one. That gives you two powers to start with. The type of origin you choose determines your starting contact-the person you get missions from. Later on (starting with Level 6) you have a third group to choose powers from-the Power Pool-this is kind of a catch all of powers that don't fit the origin/archetype categories like Flight, Teleport, Leadership etc. You again have various powers to choose from in each power pool.

2) Go through the tutorial which does a good job of explaining the basics, but gets awfully boring once you've done it a few times. And you have no choice but to go through it with each character. But you do get to Level 2 by the end of it, so its worth doing.

3)After the tutorial you are sent to the city itself. Your trainer (almost every zone has a trainer) is there and they are the ones who raise your level, giving you either a new power or more enhancement and/or inspiration slots.

4) Go to your contact after the trainer to get your first mission. Rinse repeat.

Combat is made a bit more interesting with the addition of inspirations and enhancements. Inspirations are temporary usage bonuses of various sorts like healing, better chance to hit, etc. They don't last long. You get them as a reward from battles/saving citizens, or you can buy them. Enhancements are permanent modifications to your powers such as increase in range, damage, healing power, etc. They are obtained the same way. They have various levels of enhancements.

5) Getting tired of missions? You can just patrol the streets and fight street crime. The game is populated with various evil groups-such as street gangs like the Hellions and Skulls, Mechanical robots like the Clockworks, zombies and associates like the Vaz, magic using groups like Circle of Thorns, etc. You can find many of these mobs in various parts of zones doing things like breaking into a car, stealing a purse, and more. You can stop these crimes, and sometimes get an inspiration/enchantment reward from the victim (its cool because they say thank you for saving them when you do this in various ways) You can also (when high enough level) visit Hazard Zones, where large groups of mobs hang out and you'll need to group to stop them, and Task Forces (which I haven't done yet) where a group does a very long series of interconnected missions in one setting. You need to be a certain level to get into Hazard/Trial zones.

I think that pretty well covers it. Let me know if you have any questions.

[ageofquarrel]

ive been playing coh also. its a good game and i never have been able to get into mmorpg games. I would be down with playing in a fofc supergroup if there is any interest.

[Glengoyne]

Thomkal did pretty well breakdown wise. I'll add that there is a wide variety of character types you can create. They all seem pretty effective to me so far, though I haven't gotten past 15th level with any of them. You really can spend hours playing with just the costume/character generator. It is fantastic. I think one of the best things I have noted so far is that they chose to make things easy...unlike EQ where for years you had to blow a half hour of real time to cross an ocean if you couldn't arrange for a port. If you want to move to another part of the city, go click on the train doors, and you pick the zone. One of the other things that make the game appealing to me, is the quick accessibility of the design. At least through the low teens it is very easy to log in, and immediately get down to business beating up the bad guys.

Something else...the design team really built the fun factor into the game. Flying is cool and cool looking, super jumping is worth the price of admission alone. There are lots of cool attack effects/animations as well, and more I am sure I haven't seen.

For me it has easilly become worth the $50 pricetag, and that is something I can't say about a lot of games lately.

[hukarez]

What's the monthly fee again? I'm not much of a MMORPG person, but I'm curious nonetheless of the cost in addition to a $50 price tag.

[chinaski]

you guys are making me rethink buying Lineage 2.

[rufusjonz]

I do wanna try this one, but right now im so addicted to FFXI Online that its hard to break away. Final Fantasy Online is by far the best mmorpg i have played -- the fact that it was in japan for a while before it came to US is prob why it is so bug free and thorough in nearly every area.

Lvl 35 DRG/WAR Mithra

[Thomkal]

Got my copy of the retail version so I should be set to go whenever.

Hukarez,

I believe the price is $14.99/month. For that month you are getting a continously updated client sometimes with new content, other times with bug fixes and the like. Unique to COH you also get a monthly comic book based on the current in-game state at the time.

I'm ready whenever to create a new character on whatever server the majority of us wants to play on. Just let me know.

[GrantDawg]

Ok, I bought it. I've never been able to get into a mmorpg, but I'm a big enough sucker to continue to try them. :)

[Coffee Warlord]

I might take a little trip to Wally World and give it a chance. I've heard from few folks it's just a fun little game that's way different from the usual MMORPG fare.

[GrantDawg]

Well, just in my intitial playing it seemed neat. I like the tutorial, but I only got a part of the way through before it crashed. :)

Hopefully that will not be a regular problem.

[Thomkal]

The stability of the game has been ok to good. Today for instance I had one or two mapserver disconnects but they were brief and I didn't lose the connection to the game. It was getting a bit laggy near the end of my time there though.

One suggestion I can make is to make sure you have updated video drivers-my computer's performance with the game really improved when I did that. The latest Direct X version (9.0 b) is supposed to help too.

Grantdawg if you let me know what server/character name you have I can create a new character and join you later tonight.

[Coffee Warlord]

A lot of people I know from Dark Age of Camelot are going to Virtue, if it makes any difference. Good of place to go as any.

[Thomkal]

Virtue is the unofficial Role-playing server, not that I've seen much of it on my time there. It's as good as any other, but I would probably recommend the servers that just came up today Liberty and Infinity (and one other I'm forgetting). Will likely have less stress on them so less lag and such.

[Glengoyne]

I'll second the video driver update thought as well as the sound card update. In fact I thought I had updated to the latest sound drivers and I had real inconsistent disconnects. At one point I couldn't play one character, but had access to all the others. So I ran one of them to the spot where I was continually disconnecting, and dropped immediately. I put two and two together, and thought that maybe there was some sound I was hearing there, that was unique. I found an updated sound driver for my built in sound card, about six months more recent that the one I was using, and voila near seamless gameplay.

[GrantDawg]

I have the latest drivers. It was a really strange crash where I was talking to a "contact" and the screen turned grey. I couldn't get it to do anything else so ended up having to force the program to shut down.

I'm sure it is my problem though (if there is ever a problem no one can figure out, I'm the one having it). :)

[Shkspr]

Freedom, Protector, and Champion are the other new servers. I signed up with an alt on Freedom if anyone wants to form a FOFC squad. He's a tanker called the Rhinoceros. Because, of course, "There's nothing more serious than 'The Rhinoceros' about to charge your ass." :)

[JeeberD]

Downloading right now. And I'm drunk right now.

I have a feeling I'l regret this in the morning...

[Thomkal]

Snowblinder, an Ice/Ice blaster created on Freedom and running through the tutorial right now. You can email people in the game, but you get no word of receiving an email at any point during the game. Just so you'll have to check them. You can do a /whoall to see who's in your zone, or a tell (character name), (the comma is supposed to be there) to talk to them if they are online. Hit the backspace key to send a reply to the person who just tell'ed you.

[Coffee Warlord]

Character Generation in CoH was always said to be Realllllly In Depth. I am beginning to agree.

hxxp://rides.gotwow.net/images/agd.jpg

[JeeberD]

Dammit, I bought the game, downloaded it, and now it won't work on my computer. My driver is insufficient or something... :mad:

[Thomkal]

Freedom is not actually a new server now that I think of it. It was the original server for the beta test Prime, renamed Freedom. I realized that when I saw level 17's this morning and I thought that odd for the second day of the server's existence. :) So I don't know if we want to stay there or not. The other servers Shkspr mentioned are new as well as the two I mentioned.

[Thomkal]

Jeeber,

Where did you download the game from? I thought the retail version was only available via stores not download.

How doesn't it work on your computer and what drivers are insufficient?

[JeeberD]

Jeeber,

Where did you download the game from? I thought the retail version was only available via stores not download.

How doesn't it work on your computer and what drivers are insufficient?

I bought it through www.CityofHeroes.com. You can download the game through PlayNC...

The game will start up initially, but after I agree to the user agreement and it tries to start up the game itself, I get a message that says:

"Your driver or card doesn't support GL_ARB_texture_compression"

I press OK (my two choices are "OK" or "Copy to clipboard") and then a different error message pops up. This one says:

"Detected driver or video card is unsupported
32MG ATI Rage 128 Ultra
The game my run poorly or not at all with your current configuration.
Current system requirements are NVidia GeForce 2 or better or ATI Radeon 8500 or better. (If your card does meet the minimum requirements, you may not have the latest drivers. Go to www.nvidia.com or www.ati.com to update your driver. In some cases, such as laptops, you may need to get the latest drivers from your computer manufacturer.)
Do you want to continue?"

If I press no, the games closes. If I press yes, it works for a few seconds then a get an error report that says:

"City of Heroes has encountered a problem and needs to close." You can then send an error report if you want to. I haven't done so yet...

I've gone to ATI.com to try and update my driver, but I'm having issues with that as well. I'll download an update, but when I try to install it it says that it can't find the .exe file or something...

This is rather frustrating, and after spending the money on this game I don't have the cash to go out and buy a new video card or whatever...

[Thomkal]

Jeeber,

Hmmm learn something new everyday-didn't realize you could download it.

I certainly understand the frustration with a game not working. Sadly I'm not very computer tech savvy. Did you try posting on their support board and see if others with the same video card can help? From what I recall reading though, COH does pretty well require a certain level of video card to work normally. A GeForce 2, or ATI Radeon 8500 should be pretty cheap these days though if you can scrape up the money for one.

Sorry you are having such problems.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I wish they had a trial of this game. I know that there are the "free" 30 days, but you have to pay the $50 or whatever for the game first. I just can't bring myself to put out that much for this game just to try it out for a month. I may love it, but if I don't, I'll feel like a waste of money. I picked up WWII Online for $6 at Big Lots, and I hated it, but I had a month to figure that out, so I was only out the $6. I guess I won't be playing City of Heroes yet.

[SirFozzie]

I bought the game.. will try to get on Freedom for the FOFC teamup ;)

[SirFozzie]

Met up with snowblinder, I don't know who, but it was FOFC. Kicked some major butt. (and got real familiar with the hospital, Kang Chan's not a lean mean fighting machine just yet ;))

Thanks snowblinder, and hope some of y'all meet me (just broadcast FOFC?).. I hang out in Atlas City on Freedom currently

[GrantDawg]

I'm on liberty with a couple of alts. I have a friend already there.

[Thomkal]

Snowblinder was me. :) And you wouldn't visit the hospital so much if you didn't take on a lieutenant mob three levels higher than you after I said they were too high level. :) T'was fun though.

Hope I get to meet some more of you in Paragon City.

[Thomkal]

Grant,

I'll create a character there now, take me a few minutes.

[sterlingice]

Man, the more and more I see the more and more I want to play this game but I just can't bring myself to pay $50 and $15 a month. That would seriously cut into my already meager gaming budget.

SI

[Thomkal]

SI,

Yeah I understand why people can't afford to play MMORPG's. These days I'm not finding a whole lot of other games out there I want to play, so the gaming budget can fit in one. :)

But if you are a superhero junkie like me, its really worth the money after such a long line of failed superhero games (other than Freedom Force)

[sterlingice]

I loved the Freedom Force demo- played the heck out of that level. I should pick that up since it's probably in bargain bins everywhere now. Hm.. I don't have much on my gaming plate right now, but after having bought a digital camera, I figured I'd better cut back.

Also, I bought 3 games exclusively for summer because of good deals that wouldn't last (Beyond Good and Evil for only $20 and the buy Prince of Persia, get Splinter Cell free deal) so I've got stuff to play. Plus I need to finish 4 games I've started on and never finished all the way (Mario Sunshine, Eternal Darkness, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles and Pokemon Colosseum). And this paragraph is probably more than anyone really cared to know.

SI

[Bonegavel]

So, any comments about the game now that you are in? I'm not a big superhero fan, but if the game is fun in can transcend that part.

[SirFozzie]

It's fun, but you have to pay attention to who you fight.. you may get caught fighting guys 5 levels higher then you, and that usually means a quick trip to the hospital and the loss of some XP.

(And Thom, I didn't see your warning till AFTER the guy hit me for the first 29 point damage hit. Ooops :))

I'll be on tonight around 6 oclock, besides running the FOFC FBCB Sim, I have a feeling I'll be pulling an all-nighter.

Some of the Martial Arts moves are fun to see (my guy, Kang Chan is a Scrapper with the mighty Storm Kick, Cobra Strike and Focused Fighting :))

[Thomkal]

Everybody should post the name of the character they want to use for our FOFC teamups here on Freedom server and then try not to play them solo a lot so we can stay generally the same level. Though they do have a sidekick option to help with large differences in levels.

I have Snowblinder (about fifth on my choice of names) there an Ice/Ice Blaster.

[SirFozzie]

Kang Chan Martial Arts/Natural

[Coffee Warlord]

I'm breaking down and buying it tonight.

I hereby move we put alts on Virtue, as I have learned my RL friends are also on there. :)

[Thomkal]

I'm not that picky about where we play, as long as we play somewhere. :) So you guys decide which server we should use. Virtue is the "unofficial" role-playing forum if that matters to anyone.

[SirFozzie]

I can play whatever. Tell me where and I'll be there :)

[Coffee Warlord]

Virtue!

There! Your Unnamed Super Hero Commands It!

[SirFozzie]

Ok. Making my Virtue guy then ;0

[Bonegavel]

What server? I am the Black Fedora. I think I'm on Liberty. Shit.

[Coffee Warlord]

Any of you have a fast server that I can grab the massive client from? CoH's main site is just ridiculously slow.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I'm thisclose to buying the game through PlayNC... are you guys who are playing it having fun?

[SirFozzie]

awesome awesome game.

[JeeberD]

OK, I found a Radeon 8500 for $59 and am about to order it. Anyone know how difficult it is to install a video card?

I reallyreallyreallyreallyreallyreally want to play this game...

[Bonegavel]

So far it isn't very different from others, but I can see it being tons of fun with a group. I can't wait to be able to fly.

[Thomkal]

okay those of you reading this right now, get on virtue and come play with my Blizz :)
Name I originally wanted for my guy on the other server

[Pumpy Tudors]

Anyone know how difficult it is to install a video card?

Yeah, it's really easy. Just plug it in.

[SirFozzie]

Me and Thomkal are on virtue right now, any body on that server, broadcast a FOFC, we'll help ya out ;)

[hoopsguy]

I'm downloading the game now, hoping to join up this evening. Glad to hear everyone is enjoying the game - it had fallen off my radar over the last year or so while watching early guesses at release date slide by.

[Coffee Warlord]

750 megs of 855 downloaded.

[hoopsguy]

Don't forget about the 86MB patch after you finish that download. Get closer ...

[Coffee Warlord]

After downloading 855 megs (well, after being 97% done), I fear no largish patch.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Well, I played for a while on Virtue and threw out a couple of "FOFC" broadcasts, but I didn't get an answer, so I logged out. Maybe I'll catch you guys tomorrow!

[Coffee Warlord]

I'll be playing one of two characters once I actually get going.

Aestus, the Fire Sword wielding Tank of Doom.

And...Coffee Warlord, the blazing fast...something, powered by caffeine!

[MrBug708]

Coffee Warlord sounds like a kickass name for a Super Hero actually

[Pumpy Tudors]

My character's name is Carl Bistro.

[Coffee Warlord]

Coffee Warlord sounds like a kickass name for a Super Hero actually

Indeed. It simply fits.

[hoopsguy]

The Cerulean Monk is born. And taking on ... THE TUTORIAL!

[Bonegavel]

I have to admit, the game is fun. How long the fun can last I'm not sure. But there is nothing like running down the street with a posse of tights-wearing maniacs ready to beat ass. If they add new content fairly often, I can see this game being a winner.

[condors]

downloading...

[j51]

I'm stealing all of your names.

[SirFozzie]

(grins) good morning, it is day 3 of the addiction. Anyone up for some primo buttkicking on Virtue?

[Pumpy Tudors]

Darn, I'm on my way to work. I'll try to make it there in about four or five hours.

[daedalus]

So, uhhhh, dynasty?

Please? :)

[SirFozzie]

Ugh. Family took me away, but I'll be back on in a bit.

[Coffee Warlord]

Anyone online, send a tell to 'Aestus'. I burn things.

[LionsFan10]

Damn, I want this game SO bad but it looks like I will have to suffer until next week. Don't get too far ahead of me, fellas.

[Coffee Warlord]

Christ. Having a HELLUVA time with lag/connectivity today for some reason.

[SirFozzie]

Lions, we can always make new folks ;)

[Coffee Warlord]

And sidekick people.

[davidlando1]

You guys have me absolutely hooked on this game, and I haven't bought it yet ;) Damn, I want this......

[SirFozzie]

Good Lord those Abberants and Rectors are TOUGH

[SirFozzie]

Healers are godsends in this game. You will sell your first born to have a good healer/rezer

[sterlingice]

So, uhhhh, dynasty?

Please? :)
Heartily seconded! :D


Healers are godsends in this game. You will sell your first born to have a good healer/rezer
And you could have one for the low, low cost of $50 plus $15 a month. ;)

In almost every RPG, I tend to be the cleric or paladin like character who ends up being a healer or the guy who gets to play meaty shield. Man, This is really tempting once the semester is over...

SI

[SirFozzie]

and I crash. FOOOK!

[MrBug708]

So I bought the game....lets see if it runs (I highly doubt it)

[Coffee Warlord]

Taking a break from el game now.

This is an entirely refreshing change from the usual online games. It's prolly not gonna have long term playability (3 months or so of gameplay, is my guess), but it's a freakin' blast. If you have some extra cash laying around, get your ass on.

...as a bonus, you can watch me set myself on fire. I do it often.

[MrBug708]

Blah....I need to buy a new graphics card

[Glengoyne]

I haven't really been here much because I have been kicking nazi tail on the Virtue server with Fozzie and company. Well ok I really haven't met up with him yet, but I do play on that server. I am Shalalagh a Gravity Controling Storm Summoner. So far I am level 12, and I whole heartedly agree that this game rocks. It is a wonderful change of pace from other MMORPGs. I am having a ball, and pissing off the wife.(and I have a very understanding wife).

In any case any of you on Virtue post your names here. It would be great to get together sometime. Anyone start the FoFC super group?

[Pumpy Tudors]

Hmmm. Carl Bistro may have to make an appearance on Virtue tonight. :)

[MrBug708]

Dammit, I really wanna play this game. Tuesday or Wednesday at the earliest, if that even....

[SirFozzie]

Hey guys.. I'm logging on to Virtue. You can find me in the King's Row area. I'd like to get a FOFC team up

[SirFozzie]

Before CW comes on to tell stories.. He's wrong. He doesn't know what he's talking about. ;)

[Coffee Warlord]

Mmm hmm.

Alright. So here's the thing. I log on, there's Fozzie. I group up with him and a bunch of other people. We kill things. It is good.

Now. Our beloved Fozzie takes it upon himself to run straight at not one, not two, but oh, around a dozen fairly difficult enemies. By himself. In approximatly 2 seconds, his ass is on the floor. Needless to say, we give him a little shit, and that's that.

Of course, when he proceeds to perform the Fozzie Death Charge approximatly half a dozen times during the course of our killing spree, one has to wonder just what in the holy hell thiis sick fuck is thinking. Let's go back and take a look at one of these moments in CoH history!

Fozz: "Evil lurks ahead! Slay them!"
Group: "Indeed! Is everyone read...."
Fozz: "ROARRRRRR!"
Fozz: *splat*
Group: "..."
Group: *proceed to calmly and cooly Slay Evil, with the body of their insane friend on the ground*

Ahh, a model superhero, that Fozz. I can already hear children whispering the name of the legendary Doomed Superhero. :)

[hoopsguy]

Hoping to catch up with you guys sometime tomorrow. Mostly went solo tonight, although I had a run with Thomkal and someone else (don't have the hero/FOFC name chart handy) for about 30 minutes. Getting ready to leave the friendly confines of Atlas as I'm approaching level 6. The game is getting much more interesting now that my dude with zero range attacks is getting better at hand-to-hand.

[condors]

level 6 defender Rottingham on virtue haven't seen anyone from fofc yet :(

[SirFozzie]

Sorry Condors, I played LATE last night and just woke up.

[Glengoyne]

OK I'll be out there playing this afternoon. I'll either be Shalalagh(level 12 controller) or Chernobyl 235(level 5 defender). I also made a scrapper named Claimore and a Blaster Caoimhe. Both of them just fresh from the tutorial. I am gonna have to make a list of all your guys handles so I can friend ya.

I forgot to mention the other day one of the coolest innovations they came up with for this game. The sidekick. A higher level hero(over level 11), can ask any other hero to be their sidekick. No matter what level the lower level hero is, they temporarilly become one level lower than the hero they are 'kicking for. They get all the hitpoints of that level, and the powers they have perform at that higher level. They still gain experience, it is just reduced to the amount of experience someone their actual level would be getting. I don't know if I explained that well enough for you to understand, but the point is that if someone starts the game and has a friend with a character in the teens they can play together.

In any case I will start making a list, and be out looking for folks this afternoon say 2:00 Pacific.

[Glengoyne]

Rottingham Condors(virtue)
Rhinoceros Shkspr (liberty)
Snowblinder Thomkal (liberty)
Blizz Thomkal(Virtue)
Kang Chan SirFozzie(Freedom)
Bladeflash SifFozzie(Virtue)
Black Fedora (liberty)
Aestus Coffee Warlord (virtue)
Coffee Warlord aka Coffee Warlord (virtue)
Carl Bistro Pumpy Tudors (virtue)
Cerulean Monk hoopsguy (virtue)...I think I actually saw you running around the other day.
Shalalagh Glengoyne(virtue)
Chernobyl 235 Glengoyne(virtue)
Ill Blood ageofquarrel(virtue)
Mighty Bulldog (Tanker level 5) Grantdawg
Shadow Blade (Scrapper level 5) Grantdawg

That is all I picked out of a scan of the thread. If something is wrong feel free to post a correction.

[SirFozzie]

Bladeflash is me on Virtue

[ageofquarrel]

Im Ill Blood on virtue.

[GrantDawg]

My characters:

Mighty Bulldog (Tanker level 5)
Shadow Blade (Scrapper level 5)

[Neuqua]

I need to save my cash, I will not click into this thread again!

[JeeberD]

I should be getting my new video card tomorrow or Tuesday. Can't wait to get that sucker installed and get playing with you guys!

[MrBug708]

I'll probably be getting mine Tuesday or Wednesday

[Shkspr]

Okay, on Virtue, I'm Uncle Morty, Killer Klown.

[Bonegavel]

On Virtue I'm Ramsack. I die a lot.

I'm not a comic-book fan, I despised every MMORPG i've played but I am having a BLAST playing this. It is especially fun to skulk around with the folks from here.

Like CoffeeWarlord mentioned, it may get stale after 3 months or so, but for now I have already squeezed the $50 worth from the game.

Unlike in EverQuest, for example, COH makes it fun to scrap around for your first 4-6 levels. In EQ, you spent your first few levels killing spiders, polar bears, and whatnot. In COH, you are patrolling the city looking for purse-snatchers, car vandals, and general hooligan. The effects are really, really good and the character system probably guarantees no 2 characters will ever be the same.

See you on Virtue!

[NevStar]

i got sucked into this also.

I have 2 guys on liberty

Inadequacy Lad - lv 4 blaster
Secutor - lv 2 scrapper

I made an earth controller on virtue (Mandrill, lv 3), but I don't like him & hope he dies. Does the FOFC contingent on virtue have any character needs (defender, tank)?

[Pumpy Tudors]

I may have to cancel before my paid subscription starts. This game gives me motion sickness. :(

[Coffee Warlord]

I made an earth controller on virtue (Mandrill, lv 3), but I don't like him & hope he dies. Does the FOFC contingent on virtue have any character needs (defender, tank)?

DEFENDER!

HEAL ME! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HEAL ME!

[LionsFan10]

I may have to cancel before my paid subscription starts. This game gives me motion sickness. :(

Wow Pumpy, that really sucks :( is this the only graphics intensive game that this occurs with, or is this a common occurance for you?

[Pumpy Tudors]

Wow Pumpy, that really sucks :( is this the only graphics intensive game that this occurs with, or is this a common occurance for you?

It's not the first game to do it to me. Unreal Tournament did it to me years ago. Morrowind used to do it to me, but I seemed to get past that. I will give CoH another shot tomorrow night to see how I react, but if I start getting the woozies within 45 minutes of playing, I know I don't stand a chance.

[Bonegavel]

To all COH FOFCers. A few of us have already reached the 10th level and can now start a Super Group. What shall we call it?

[Bonegavel]

I may have to cancel before my paid subscription starts. This game gives me motion sickness. :(
It is quite normal with FPS games. When I first started playing Quake I thought i was going to vomit. Once you get used to it you will be fine and that could take a few days.

[Thomkal]

Sorry to hear that Pumpy :(

If everyone puts the characters listed here on their friends list (command is /friend superhero name, like /friend Blizz, you can see who from the FOFC is online at any given time, and if they come online while you are online. You can also talk in friends chat (click the little F near the bottom of the chat window. This would make getting together much easier than a "Any FOFC'ers on?" broadcast into the deepening dark.

Also should we consider forming a supergroup now that some of us are high enough level to start one?

And Uncle Morty is one scary clown let me tell you.

We definitely need healers. Is anyone a healer so far? I was thinking of creating one to play from time to time with FOFC when I wasn't playing Blizz, but I would need to catch up in levels big time if I do so.

[Bonegavel]

I made an earth controller on virtue (Mandrill, lv 3), but I don't like him & hope he dies. Does the FOFC contingent on virtue have any character needs (defender, tank)?
Once you start venturing into the large enemy group areas, you will see why Coffee Warlord mentions DEFENDERS. Without them, a group is essentially doomed to die.

So please, if you are the nurturing type choose Defender and learn to Resurrect ASAP! Even if you aren't nurturing, you will be the life of any party if you choose defender. They are scarce as Element 115.

[Thomkal]

Oops cross post in the night with Bonegavel there.

I think we should just call the group FOFC. We can make up a silly title for it as somehow Front Office Football Central Assemble! doesn't sound very heroic. :)

[Bonegavel]

Oops cross post in the night with Bonegavel there.

I think we should just call the group FOFC. We can make up a silly title for it as somehow Front Office Football Central Assemble! doesn't sound very heroic. :)
Yeah, doesn't matter as long as FOFC is in there somewhere. Do you think it would be nice if SkyDog could add a forum for us under Hattrick and PC/Console Section? It would be nice to have one place for us to assemble online, yet out of the game.

Ramsack is almost 11th level. I should have named him after the new affliction I've bestowed upon myself, but who wants to go fighting crime with CarpalTunnel Man.

[sachmo71]

You heroes are the true Legends of FOFC!

[Bonegavel]

To anyone thinking about checking the game out I'll add another tease.

If you've played an MMORPG, you will know that in the vast majority of them (planetside being an exception) the combat is point, click, yawn. Not so here. The devs of COH know fun and watching group on group action (:)) is nothing short of spectacular. It is still a bit point and click, but somehow they've managed to not make it boring.

The visuals (on a good enough pc, i'd imagine) are beautiful. The models are so well done, I couldn't imagine them being any better. The animations are also top notch and I couldn't imagine them being any better as well.

This game may actually prompt me to go and check out a few comic books. Here's to hoping they figure out how to add features to make it even better in the months to come.

To Virtue and BEYOND! (campiness welcome :D)

[ageofquarrel]

pumpy are you playing a tanker or scrapper? If you are maybe you should pick a blaster defender or controller so you can hang away from enemies and not have the camera rotate as much? I defintaly get a little dizzy when playing my scrapper cause the camera rotates to follow whoever you have targeted.

[Bee]

I've been playing the game off and on since the release. Quite a fun little game. I think I'm on the Infinity server. My main Character is "Thunder Bolt". Guess I'll need to give Virtue a shot with everyone playing on that one.

[Calis]

Man, you guys are making it really difficult to not buy this game.

I'm going to be an unemployed sucker in about 3 weeks though, so I have to resist the urge.

Sounds like fun though, and I am a sucker for MMORPGs usually...for a few months. Then I hate them and wonder why I ever wasted timing playing them.

[Bonegavel]

Man, you guys are making it really difficult to not buy this game.

I'm going to be an unemployed sucker in about 3 weeks though, so I have to resist the urge.

Sounds like fun though, and I am a sucker for MMORPGs usually...for a few months. Then I hate them and wonder why I ever wasted timing playing them.
I hear you. After EverBore, I swore I would never, ever, ever pay to play a MMORPG. Since then I've tried many betas/trial periods and those only confirmed that decision. Until now. If it wasn't for this forum I would have passed this off like any other online game. Boy am I glad I didn't.

[GrantDawg]

I hear you. After EverBore, I swore I would never, ever, ever pay to play a MMORPG. Since then I've tried many betas/trial periods and those only confirmed that decision. Until now. If it wasn't for this forum I would have passed this off like any other online game. Boy am I glad I didn't.
Ditto....


Ok, I'm going to make a healer on virtue.

[JeeberD]

I want my video card!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Coffee Warlord]

Btw, I may work on an alt character a little bit tonight.

If you see the mighty Akadios on, that's also me. (The name was an old tabletop character of mine, and I'm basically remaking the character.)

Best of all. He's gonna be a defender!

[Bonegavel]

I think i'm going to skulk around as The Ramsack for a bit (under 600 xps until 11th) and then add a new alt as well so we can each take turns being the boring Healer during trips to Steel Canyon and Perez Park.

Coffee, it seems pretty easy to start a Super Group... should I make one and just call it FOFC?

[sachmo71]

Join the FOFC Superclub, home of 23 healers and a tank.

[GrantDawg]

Ok, I now have a level 2 healer named Doctor Dave on Virtue (of course, now everyone will have one :)).

[SirFozzie]

F**k.

I took a healer/blaster on Virtue, Green Gale ;)

[Bonegavel]

Hmmm... names for the Super Group.



FOFC Justice League. Too typical. Let's do a thesarus search.


Justice:
amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, constitutionality, correction, credo, creed, decree, due process, equity, evenness, fair play, fair treatment, fairness, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, judicatory, judicature, justness, law, legal process, legality, legalization, legitimacy, litigation, penalty, reasonableness, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, square deal, truth


The FOFC Due Process Boys
The FOFC 9th Circuit Court of Pain
FOFC: Constitutionality Friends
The FOFC Rectitude Team
FOFC Redress and Judicature Folks
The FOFC Impartialitics

[SirFozzie]

FOFC Painbringers? :)

[JeeberD]

The FOFC Colossal Squid Patrol!

[sachmo71]

FOFC Cowering Herd

[Coffee Warlord]

Section Squid, FOFC

[Thomkal]

The FOFC We Die Alot? :)

I also created a healer this morning-an empathy/mental blast guy named Pastor Cross that I got up to fourth level I think.

[sterlingice]

I think Legends of FOFC sounds cool, but why the heck should I be voting since I don't have a character.

What are the graphics card requirements for the game (ie would my Radeon 7500 even cut it)?

SI

[Shkspr]

I'd prefer something a LITTLE more in-game specific. Maybe "Front Office Heroes" or something?

Of course, our colors should be Sideline Green and Solecismic Yellow. :)

[Neuqua]

I like Sachmo's idea :)

[GrantDawg]

I'd prefer something a LITTLE more in-game specific. Maybe "Front Office Heroes" or something?

Of course, our colors should be Sideline Green and Solecismic Yellow. :)
I like this name.

[Pumpy Tudors]

pumpy are you playing a tanker or scrapper? If you are maybe you should pick a blaster defender or controller so you can hang away from enemies and not have the camera rotate as much? I defintaly get a little dizzy when playing my scrapper cause the camera rotates to follow whoever you have targeted.

Actually, I'm a defender. I can't imagine being a tanker or scrapper. Urgh.

[MrBug708]

I think Legends of FOFC sounds cool, but why the heck should I be voting since I don't have a character.

What are the graphics card requirements for the game (ie would my Radeon 7500 even cut it)?

SI

I believe the minimum is 8500, so you're off by 1000

[NevStar]

Made a 4-foot 300 lb tanker named Hahdrek. He's level 5 & keeps dying in King's Row by the Clockwork. Grr, Clockwork. Being a Tanker is possibly the most boring thing ever, but I'm willing to team up & get my ass kicked so you guys with cool powers can hurt things.

[JeeberD]

I want my fucking video card!!!!!!!

I paid an extra ten bucks for two day shipping, and that was late Friday night.

It had better be here when I get off work tomorrow afternoon... :mad:

[sterlingice]

I believe the minimum is 8500, so you're off by 1000
Oh well. That will probably end my hope of getting into this game any time soon :(

SI

[Bonegavel]

OK, the FOFC super group has been formed and it is called....

FOFC Justice League

Not very creative, but it fits in line with the milieu. I made the team colors Yellow and black, but if I can change them, I'll make them yellow and maroon in honour of the board color scheme.

A bunch of us are already on the team and if you want in, simply find me, let me know via /tell (so it is private) who your are from the board so we can keep this "in the family" so to speak.

You can only join 1 Super Group per alt, so keep that in mind.

[edit - oh, i guess it would be nice if I posted my alt on Virtue. Ramsack. To make it easy, simply do a '/friend Ramsack' that will add me to your friends list so we can communicate easily.]

[sachmo71]

BOOOOOOOOO!!!

[Bonegavel]

What can I say, it's a role playing game and the genre is replete with campiness.

http://66.92.233.219/images/fofcjl.gif

[MrBug708]

Hopefully I get my card today

[sachmo71]

You could say... "Our name is...The Pants-staining Wondermutts of FOFC" or somesuch. I hope people mock your group mercilessly.

[sachmo71]

:mad:

[JeeberD]

And the saga of Jeebs' new video card continues:

Dammit! Even though I ordered my video card Friday night it only got shipped this morning. Guess that means I won't be getting it until Wednesday or Thursday... :mad:

[JeeberD]

Dola-

I'm with Sach. Front Office Heroes was a great name... :(

[Bonegavel]

I can kill the group and create a new one.

Is everyone fine with Front Office Heroes? It really doesn't matter to me. And then, I'll make the team colors light yellow and maroon in honor of the Yellow board style.

[Bonegavel]

Sachmo71, are you even in the game? All this smack talk and I don't think you've set foot in Paragon city. Shame on you.

[SirFozzie]

BTW.. yay! My new defender type Green Gale (Tried Green Nightengale, but it was ONE character too long. BAH) hit level 8 last night, thanks to a run with the FOFC crew).

Hover and energy blasts = fun. Hovering above the action where you won't get "accidental" hits from the thugs and throwing energy blasts down. My favorite is a wave energy blast that has the ability to possibly knock down the target as well as damage them. If you get knocked down by my power wave, then one of the scrappers/tanks will just finish you off.

if any of the crew need healing, i Just turn hover off.. throw a healing aura (all within a few feet get 25 HP or so back) until all ok, and then turn hover back on and float out of the quagmire ;)

[judicial clerk]

How does gameplay compare to Freedom Force?

[SirFozzie]

It's multiplayer, it's real time, and they're really a lot alike.

Wait till you see the knockback effect of one of Ramsack's punches :) (Ka... BLAM!)

Of course, there's no real super villains yet (although there are three levels of creatures, Minions, Lieutenants and Bosses), but you can still get a good mad on vs certain things (ask about how much Gale hates clockwork ;))

[sachmo71]

Sachmo71, are you even in the game? All this smack talk and I don't think you've set foot in Paragon city. Shame on you.


I am a REAL superhero...I don't need no stinking game!
Besides, it's fun to sit on the sidelines. :)

[Bonegavel]

Wait till you see the knockback effect of one of Ramsack's punches :) (Ka... BLAM!)Indeed. Being a blaster with hover and energy blast is a ton of fun. I've perfected leaping and hovering simultaneously to really shoot me up in the air at the start of hostilities. Once I slap them with my 2 ranged attacks, I drop down and melee them with my punches which I've enhanced with knockback. God this game is fun.

I moved The Black Fedora to Virtue and recreated him as a Defender/Healer. I figure if we each have a Defender, we can take turns at healing duties.

[SirFozzie]

Works for me. I much enjoy playing Green Gale. It's a constant reminder that I can't pull off the Foz Death Rush attack. Plus it's fun to see the energy wave bear down on the enemies :)

[Bonegavel]

Fozz, do you think i should create a new Super Group and call it Front Office Heroes?

[put this here not knowing if your "works for me" was in response to this question.]

[SirFozzie]

Works for me.

(Grin)

[Glengoyne]

Front Office Heroes is more appealing to me that FOFC Justice League. I like it even better than my thought...the cryptic "F.O.F.C."

[Bonegavel]

Done, done, and done. Well, the 3rd done will have to wait until i get home tonight, but you catch my drift. Or was that the 2nd done? Hmm... either way, by the end of tonight, it will be, for sure, done, done, and done.

A heroes job is never... oh wait a minute. I just said it 8 times. I'm not used to being in my mild-mannered skin. Thankfully, I have glasses and can conceal my true identity. The glasses always throws them off. Muwahahaa.

[sterlingice]

Front Office Heroes evokes an image of some guy in a suit, about to take it off revealing a superhero costume ala Superman. I like it.

Either that or it's the guy with the pocket protector who you call on to save your front office when you're in it deep. That's not so cool.

SI

[MrBug708]

I kinda like just F.O.F.C.

[NevStar]

Guys With Capes

[Coffee Warlord]

Servants of the Squid

[Bonegavel]

Servants of the Squid
This has possibilities.

[NevStar]

The Squid Squad? :D

[MrBug708]

The Afoci

No one would know what the hell that was. Of course, it would give the poster, The Afoci a larger then life ego...

[Thomkal]

Front Office Heroes for me since its what brought us together. :)

[Bonegavel]

Front Office Heroes it is. I will set that up tonight and invite FOFCers as I come across them.

[SirFozzie]

Does a happy dance. I led my first mission, a team of 5 into the lair of Stitcher and crew, and came out victorious. Since I was the highest level (8 defender), I was the only one of us who did not level up during it *grumbles*

[JeeberD]

Don't forget about the 86MB patch after you finish that download. Get closer ...

Where do I find this patch that you mention? I don't see anything about it on the CoH site...

[hoopsguy]

Jeeber, when you initially install and run the program it will pull the patch down to your system.

Hope to catch up with you this weekend once the graphics card is ready to go.

[Tasan]

Anyone know where I could find a good price on the game itself? You guys are pulling me into this, but I only see $40 + tax around here for it, surely I can find it cheaper somewhere. gogamer.com has it for $44!

[JeeberD]

Jeeber, when you initially install and run the program it will pull the patch down to your system.

Hope to catch up with you this weekend once the graphics card is ready to go.


Awesome, thanks!

According to Fedex.com the estimated arrival time of my disk is 4:30pm tomorrow. Unfortunately, I have a Cinco de Mayo pool party that one of my friends if throwing to go to around the same time.

Hopefully I'll be up and playing with you guys by Thursday afternoon at the latest... :)

[Bonegavel]

JeeberD, let me know your character name when you get it up and running. I'll create a new Hero and skulk around with you while you learn the ropes.

[Bonegavel]

Stealing Glengoyne's list and updating

* - active
Virtue
Blaster
Crazy Fingers (FloridaFringe) ( 14 ) *
Cyburn (FloridaFringe) ( 14 ) *
Ramsack Energy/Energy (Bonegavel) ( 20 ) *
Shillelagh (Glengoyne) ( 14 ) *


Controller
Shalalagh (Glengoyne) ( 15 ) *

Defender
Atomic Mender (FloridaFringe) ( 21 ) *
Doctor Horrid (FloridaFringe) ( 14 ) *

Scrapper

Senor Bug (MrBug708) ( 17 ) *

Tank

Kieran inv/axe (condors) ( 24 ) *

Victory
Blaster
Blue Boltman Elec/Elec(Thomkal) ( 8 ) *
GI Jeeber AR/Device (JeeberD) ( 8 ) *
Homer J (JeeberD) ( 10 ) *
Inverness Ice/Ice (gi) ( 13 ) *
Phaero Fire/Ice (Bonegavel) ( 8 ) *
Project Schism (ageofquarrel) ( 13 ) *
Silver Streak Elec/Elec (Raiders Army) ( 20 ) *

Controller
BlackFedora Mind/Storm (Bonegavel) ( 11 ) *
Bulletproof Ike Gravity/Force Field (hoopsguy) ( 13 ) *
Krakdown grav/storm (ageofquarrel) ( 5 ) *
Silent Partner Mind/Kinetics (Bonegavel) ( 12 ) *

Defender
Aucoin Empathy/ (gi) ( 20) *
Azure Hurricane (Raiders Army) ( 8 ) *
Cometflash (Thomkal) ( 16 ) *
Doc Evil (hoopsguy) ( 13 ) *
Saint Stephen (FloridaFringe) ( 8 ) *

Scrapper
Albino Claw Claws/Regen (Bonegavel) ( 20 ) *
Broken Wing Dark/Regen (gi) ( 10 ) *
Project Virus Spines/Invul (ageofquarrel) ( 20 ) *

Tank
Caution Yellow Fire/Mace (Bonegavel) ( 6 ) *
Charbroiler Fire/Fire(Bad-example) ( 12 ) *
Don the Baptist (hoopsguy) ( 21 ) *
Lug (FloridaFringe) ( 10 ) *
Plinth (Thomkal) ( 7 ) *

Liberty
Blaster








Controller

Defender

Scrapper


Tank


Freedom
Blaster

Controller

Defender

Scrapper

Tank
Infinity
Blaster

Controller

Defender

Scrapper

Tank



NB - Post or PM with additions or changes

[sachmo71]

I think someone should name their hero The Spanish Inquisition! That way, you can always say "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!" whenever you meet another group. That joke would never get old.

[SirFozzie]

Bladeflash is a scrapper.

[Coffee Warlord]

Judging from that list.

I'll make CW a blaster. Wanted to make one anyway, this'll work.

[condors]

I have made a ton of low level toons all my slots are filled :(

[JeeberD]

From FedEx.com


May 5, 2004 7:29 am On FedEx vehicle for delivery IRVING TX

Woohoo! Irving is just down the street a few miles. Hopefully it will get here pretty soon!!!

And thanks, Bonegavel. I'll be sure to let you know when I get up and running, though that may not be until tomorrow...

[condors]

i have been playing every type of hero with different powersets to try to get a "feel" for them.

I am liking tankers alot(something about killing a group of guys shrugging your shoulders and jumping into another group)

I am suffering from cronic reroll syndrome. I can get to level 4 in a blink of an eye though.

I don't even recall all the current characters and their names i have but i do have 1 of each of the 5 types

[Glengoyne]

Shalalagh is a Controller Gravity and Storm ...level 13 now 14 by the weekend.
Chernobyl 235 is a defender Kinetics and Radiation level 5

[GrantDawg]

Bonrgavel: The two characters listed are on Liberty.

Edit: I see you have Doctor Dave.

[Thomkal]

Blizz is an almost level 10 ice/ice blaster

[Bonegavel]

One aspect of CoH that I find very interesting is the amount of variation you see. I understand that with all the choices in character creation that was the dev's goal, but I figured you would see all tall, muscular superman-like heroes. This isn't the case. Not sure where I was going with this... just liking the fact that the diverse choices are being excercised.

I have yet to join a team where any 2 body types were even the same, let alone an outfit. Even powers (having far less variation than character stuff) are spread across the spectrum. I am always seeing new powers being used. Great stuff.

[JeeberD]

My video card JUST ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Time to shut down and get the sucker installed... :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[JeeberD]

WHAT. THE. FUCK?!?!?

Still telling me that my video card isn't supported even though I got the kind that it says meets it's minimum requirements.

Sigh...off to update the drivers and see if that works.

[Neuqua]

Ouch, bad luck Jeeber.

[SlapBone]

The graphics look like ass anyway.

[JeeberD]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Driver update did the trick. Time to create me a hero... :D

[Bonegavel]

Next, the game will ask JeeberD to chop down the mightiest tree in the forest with... a herring!

[condors]

virture server

gwain -tank-invulnerability,axe
generalelectric-blaster-electric/gadjets

[hoopsguy]

The monk is a scrapper.

Heading online for a couple of hours now ...


Hoopsguy

[SirFozzie]

I'm having trouble getting back on. All the servers are red. :/

[Coffee Warlord]

Havin all sorts of connection problems here.

And here I was gonna make The Coffee Warlord.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Virtue is a red server for me all the time, I believe. That's bad, isn't it?

[Coffee Warlord]

Well this fucking sucks. I can't log in at all.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Well this fucking sucks. I can't log in at all.

Biggest waste of 3000th post ever :)

[Coffee Warlord]

Daaaaamn. I didn't even notice! My GOD what is wrong with me!

Delete this thread so I LOSE POSTS! and can make it better next time! :)

[sachmo71]

Ohhhh, and axe? Does anyone want to fill me in on the character building options? What does a gadgeteer look like?

[sterlingice]

That remids me. It's time for my daily "One of you yutz's start a dynasty report" request. Or at least post some screen shots.

SI

[sachmo71]

That remids me. It's time for my daily "One of you yutz's start a dynasty report" request. Or at least post some screen shots.

SI
Coffee has one, but he may have abondoned it. things are hard at work. :(

[Coffee Warlord]

Haven't abandoned it, just haven't played CoH in the last couple days. Thus, no updates to speak of.

[sterlingice]

Linky?

SI

[GrantDawg]

Hey, thanks for adding me to the Supergroup. I couldn't respond in chat because my keyboard is fried (I spilled some water in it) and I can't use the enter button. I tried using the keypad enter but it wouldn't work. :(

[JeeberD]

Created a guy, but didn't get to go through the tutorial with him before I had to go to my friend's party. I didn't really like much about that guy anyways, except for how he looked. I think I'm going to create a new another character here in a minute, but make him in more in my character.

This is guy is going to perfect the Fozzie charge of death, except it will be lethal to the villans, not myself...

[Peregrine]

I was thinking about waiting for the villains expansion to come out, but this game sounds like a lot of fun! Maybe I'll get it tomorrow, hmm...

[JeeberD]

The Fighting Miner is up and running after succesfully completing the tutorial. He is a tanker on Virtue...

[FloridaFringe]

The Atomic Mender (Virtue) Level 6 Science Radiation Defender

[HeavyReign]

Ice Weasel is roaming the streets on Virtue as well. Ice / Energy Blaster

[Bonegavel]

Hey, thanks for adding me to the Supergroup. I couldn't respond in chat because my keyboard is fried (I spilled some water in it) and I can't use the enter button. I tried using the keypad enter but it wouldn't work. :(
You're welcome and not a problem. I keep in mind that when somebody doesn't respond to a hail:

a) they may be AFK
b) they may not see the hail
c) they may be in the middle of conflict
d) [add your reason here]

just an FYI, to see the super group members only, there is a Supergroup "button" above the chat window that, when pressed, shows the group and all their stats (3 from left IIRC next to Team and Friends). Then, at the bottom of the chat window, one of the buttons is to talk in the supergroup channel.


Blizz, Ill Blood, Carl Bistro and myself went on a mission last night and had a great time. Bistro cracked me up with his war cry. Something about being "sassy". We kicked some Vahzilok ass and made the city a little safer. I have a screen shot of us that i will post tonight.

[Bonegavel]

Here is a review that describes my feelings of the game almost exactly...

http://pc.ign.com/articles/511/511429p1.html?fromint=1

As I spend more and more time with the game and things get a bit more repetitive, the main thing keeping me clicking the icon on my desktop to start the game is the getting together with friends from here.

If I had picked the game up on my own and had to scrap for teammates every time I entered the game, I wouldn't be having near as much fun. With that said, i'd like to thank each and every FOFCer that has made the experience my best MMO game to date.

[having my wife walk in on my sessions is still a bit uncomfortable as she sees and hears me having fun with a 7 foot guy with ram horns and tights. And the other night, I let my 4 year old help me on a mission by letting her point out the bad guys and click the number keys to shoot 'em down.]

[gi]

Probably will pick up this game on the weekend...I've always been a healer (yes even in EQ) and enjoy it so I'll do the same here. Anyone have a favorite server they want me on?

[Bonegavel]

Virtue is the Server du jour.

[JeeberD]

Anybody on right now? I've been playing for an hour and occasionally braodcasting FOFC, but haven't seen anyone that I recognized...

[SirFozzie]

Most of us have these things called Jobs, Jeebies.

It's a place where you go for 8-10 hours and goof off, but you can't play any games or visit pr0n sites. But they make it up to you... they PAY you to come in! Pretty neat, huh?

Maybe someday you can have a Job of your very own..

[Peregrine]

I'm in the game now, as Basaltic, an Earth Controller. Will look for you guys. Jeeber I saw your broadcast and sent you a tell but you had logged off apparently.

[JeeberD]

Most of us have these things called Jobs, Jeebies.

It's a place where you go for 8-10 hours and goof off, but you can't play any games or visit pr0n sites. But they make it up to you... they PAY you to come in! Pretty neat, huh?

Maybe someday you can have a Job of your very own..

I have a job. Lord knows I do, have to go there six days a week. In fact, I'll be going there in about an hour... :(

[JeeberD]

I'm in the game now, as Basaltic, an Earth Controller. Will look for you guys. Jeeber I saw your broadcast and sent you a tell but you had logged off apparently.

I couldn't figure out how to talk to you without doing a broadcast. How do you do those tells?

[SirFozzie]

I have a job. Lord knows I do, have to go there six days a week. In fact, I'll be going there in about an hour... :(


That's a job, not a Job. There's a diffference ;)

btw, to do a tell (confusing I know..)

It's /tell <playername>, <message>

So if you wanted to tell my current character something it'd be something like..

/tell Green Gale, I much prefer Texas Tech to UTEP

:p

[Peregrine]

Jeeber, you can use /t Basaltic, whatever. The comma is important. Or you can click on a person on the friends list and select chat from there.

If you want to reply to someone, just hit backspace and type what you want to say.

[JeeberD]

Cool, thanks guys. I'll get back on tonight after work (around 11pm Central time). Hopefully there will be some fellow FOFCers around to hang with...

[sachmo71]

Can anyone outline the character creation options for me?

About how many power combinations are there?
Can you customize your SFX?
How about apperance?

[Thomkal]

Sachmo,

You can not customize your SFX alas. As for your appearance once created you cannot change it (except if you are a member of a supergroup-you can change back and forth between the supergroup's uniform and your own costume). Cryptic has talked about adding a "supertailor" so people can pay influence to change their appearance, but that hasn't happened yet.

However you have a wide wide variety of character/costume creation options. Its broken down into several different body parts, and each part has a number of different options. You can keep the same option for many of the body parts or do something totally different with each one. You read various reviews where they say they haven't seen two costumes totally alike yet, and that's pretty close to the truth. There are so many different shades of colors to choose from plus various chest icons etc etc, that you won't ever be lacking for ideas for a costume. And I'm sure they will add to the options there over time.

Power combinations. Not exactly sure what you mean here, but you start out with a primary power group and a secondary power group in your specfic archetype. There are five different archetype and five or six different power groups in each to choose from at the start. Starting at Level 6 you have the option of a third group of powers to choose from, the power pool. You don't ever have to take a power from them if you want. Each primary and secondary group have about 9 powers in them to choose from each time you are given the chance to get a new one. Power pools have four each I think.

My character in the FOFC group is a mutant blaster with ice blast as my primary power group with 9 different powers in that initial set, though I only get a choice of the first two to begin with. His secondary group is ice manipulation with 9 different powers I can get there eventually but only a choice of one to begin with. At level 6 I took the flight power pool, and picked hover, leaving me three other powers I might choose later.

Many of the powers in each power group work together, like I can freeze a guy to keep him from me, then blast from a distance, which is what blasters do. :)

Does that help any?

[Qwikshot]

I'm in...working on a character as we speak...

[Fritz]

Fritz is about.

[NevStar]

Got tired of my character (again), and have created the greatest Tech/Controller/Psych of all time:

CYBER FREUD!!

Once I finish the tuturial, is anyone interested in grouping?

[sachmo71]

Thanks Thomkal!

[Qwikshot]

May take longer than I thought, still waiting for email verification (sigh)

[NevStar]

I guess Cyber Freud needs to wash his suit more often, as his team members all quit in the middle of a mission.

[Fritz]

Sorry, my connection is very erractic right now.

[HeavyReign]

May take longer than I thought, still waiting for email verification (sigh)
If you had that sent to a hotmail address, try a different address. There is a long delay with hotmail addresses.

[JeeberD]

I'll be in there in twenty to thirty minutes. Just gotta check out the rest of the board first... :)

[Coffee Warlord]

It appears my connection is behaving, if ya'll want to get together.

[Qwikshot]

Qwikshot is Qwiksilver on Virtue, a scrapper....about a level 4? Having fun...

[Peregrine]

One strange thing I've noticed, how come you can't have capes on your character? What's strange is that both the thugs and civilians will refer to superheroes as "capes" but you can't actually have a cape.

[Shkspr]

Capes are coming. It's tough for the programmers to build them so they look realistic in the game, and they opted to have someone work on them after launch so that they didn't half-ass them ingame.

[JeeberD]

Had fun kicking some butt with hoopsguy (aka Cerulean Monk) for a while tonight. He was a few levels higher than me, so he was having an easy time on my missions. Just gives me something to look forward to when I gain another level or two.

Oh, and Fighting Miner is just a little bits away from reaching level six...

[Peregrine]

Basaltic got to level 6 tonight, I was a sidekick in a level 10ish group with a guy I know from another message board (Seculo) and some of his buddies. I guess I didn't realize just how little xp I'd get as a sidekick. Is that built into the system or is it just because I'm a controller with bad damage?

[JeeberD]

Wow, just got around to playing with the first dude I created and I had a great time. Blasters are freakin cool!

The Frozen Jeebster is a science blaster on virtue. Just got him up to level five when I realized that it's past four in the morning and that I really should get some sleep...

[Peregrine]

Since this is on our server I thought some people might be interested in it, could be fun!

Freedom Radio Launches 5/7

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=347237&page=3&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

[Bonegavel]

Found this on the CoH boards. It's a dev comment about the first update:


I'm sure many of you are curious what we're adding to the game and when...so I thought I'd talk generally about our first update content. I'm not going to get too specific here, because we're still working on stuff and things might change a little in production. We're aiming for an update a month or so in - again, we're aiming for a month, but things might slip. But anyway, here's the scoop...

1.Opening up levels 41 to 50 - the cap at release is 40 - this opens it up to 50 (where it'll stay for a little bit). Naturally, this means new contacts, Enhancements, tasks and story arcs.

2.Two new zones - One zone is the HQ of the Portal Corporation, where they house the top secret "Project Looking Glass." You'll see that this has enormous ramifications for the game background as well as gameplay. The other zone is a crash site for one of the Rikti base ships. It remains a constant war zone between the military and the Rikti.

3.Three New Villain Groups - The mysterious Malta Group. The macabre Carnival of Shadows. And the immensely powerful Praetorians.

4.Two Trials - These are two repeatable tasks that a group of heroes can undertake for a special Enhancement reward.

5.Tailor - Give players the ability to change their costume for an Influence cost. But there may be a little more to this system...so keep your eyes peeled.

6. New Mission "Interactivity" - As some have noted on these boards, players would love to do "more" on missions. Ya asked for it - ya got it! I'll give you a taste of one of these features: if heroes are defeated in some 5th Column bases, they'll wake up in a cell instead of a comfy hospital! The hero will need to knockdown the cell door, overcome the guards and find his way back to his teammates. Plus, you never know what kind of allies you can make in the 5th Column's jails...Anyway, that's just a tease of several features we'll be adding into the mission sets.

Not a bad first update if i must say so myself.