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Shit.  So no more EQ2 Signe?

Hmm....My sub just ran out too.

I've been playing CoH off and on via the test server since I started EQ2, anyway.  I've just not played on the live server.  It could be one reason I level so slowly in both games.

I guess it's time to go back to CoH and see how it is.

Lets play a nifty little game called follow the leader.  It goes like this; I will ask a question, and you will choose one of the answers.  Whatever the answer is, I will follow like a good little, errr, follower.


I, Signe, am going to be playing/focusing mostly on ____________ in the near future.

A.  COH
B.  EQ2
C.  Auto-erotic Asphyxiation

Cheddar, why do you care what Signe plays?

D.  Bothering my husband when he's home from work and getting ready to move house, yet again.

Seriously... I don't know.  I'm subscribed to 2 games, legitimately, and I have 3 beta tests to choose from.  I never know what I'm going to do until I seem to be doing it.

Because I need something to play besides EQ2, and I am hoping she would say COH.  I knew she would not, that she would make up her own letter, but still.  I may pick up WoW if COH does not grab me.  I dunno.  I need more coffee this morning, I lack the coherence.

Here's an idea: Play what you want.

Good idea, but I want to play with other people also.  EQ2 has turned into a single player game.  I like solo play, but I prefer interaction with others also.  Seems simple to me.  Why all the antagonism lately?

Well, if I resub, I have a 20-ish scrapper on Victory.

I can get my blaster up a few levels fairly easily.  I believe I was around 14 or so... or I can ress my level 23 blaster.  I do not like my 23 blaster that much though, he is french.  Regardless I will look into firing my account up tonight. 

Finally.

I've been waiting for this for awhile... it seemed to more or less stabilize on the test server, and then nothing happened.  All these people have been screaming DOOM, "I quit", etc, etc...  Now the rubber meets the road, and we'll see how many really do quit.  And how many come back.

All the agonizing over this coming patch is finally done, it's here.  Yay!

Alkiera

Except, of course... Victory is broken.  It's the only one down and Cuppa said it'll be down for an hour or so.  Also, people seem to be suffering from some sort of Brawl bug.  I didn't read too much... that website hurts my eyes.

Sokay, I can't play until after 5 edt anyway.  At least at my new job I can read the forums(here and COH), I couldn't even do that before.  Work machine now doesn't have nearly enough graphics power to do CoH.

Alkiera

But at least you have the sweetest avatar ever.  I hope you never change it.  It makes me smile every time you post.  Righ got sick of me talking about it when you started using it.

I have a buddy key if anyone is in need, btw.

Issue 5 is buggery.

Not in the pervy way. I can't seem to remap my keys properly.  The function keys give the wrong character.  For example:  F1 is F1, F2 is Z, etc.  Only a couple come up properly, the rest map to things like Z and CTRL left.  It's REALLY annoying.  There are also some graphic issues.  Missing textures and the like.

Can no one get their updates right on the first try?  Guess not.

Eh, they always end up finding new bugs on Issue release day.

Then people on the Training Room board create a petition to the effect of "I just don't think it's worth giving feedback anymore! We've done all the testing we could and showed every single bug and they went and released it anyways!"

Then all the bugs are fixed within a week usually.

The only bug that is still there from an Issue introduction (of which I'm aware) is the screwed up base in the Shadow Shard.  But really, it's the Shadow Shard.  They could delete the whole thing and no one would notice.

So I can be an anime girl chick archer? Oh sweet.

Oh schild, I wanted to let you know something that Positron was talking about recently-
Know how you said they should've had unlockable costume pieces from the very beginning?  Well, they wanted to.  And they planned to put the first one in Issue 2.  The problem was that they couldn't get the technology working for that, and hadn't been able to until now.  So t'weren't a matter of 'em not thinking about it, t'were about the tech!  Just in case you were at all interested.

Unlockable costumes wasn't possible with their tech?

Normally, I'd have a hard time buying that, but short of the z-axis magic they worked for movement, the rest of the game IS pretty damn simplistic.

It'll be just like what happens when mum and dad aren't home, won't it?

Anyway... girl chidk?

The minute I log in, I see a bunch of muggings that look like this (notice the green):

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/lonestar627/Game%20Screenshots/mug_graphic_bug.jpg)

Actually, that isn't the first bug. My audio clips on and off right before I log in a character now.

Pretty minor, I know, but it's strange to see two glitches as soon as that. Cryptic usually does a better job than this.

This was going on in I5 when it was on the test server, too.  Missing textures, clipping issues,  people floating around,  Ghost ship getting stuck... and it seems to be happening on the live servers now.  I agree... they're usually better than this.  They let a lot of muck through with this patch.  Hopefully, there is nothing more serious in store.

I finally found a use for my Rasta Man character....At first glance though, Sonic looks pretty lame. Lame spell colors (white!), and a defender powerset similar to Force Field (boring to me, but great for groups).

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/lonestar627/Game%20Screenshots/Rastaman2.jpg)

I might try Gravity/Trick Arrow though. That could be a cool concept.

[edit] Oh wait..Archery and Sonic is available to Blasters too. Hmm...

..uh, unless I'm missing something, that's how Talos Island muggings have worked for a while. That's supposed to be a relic that the Tsoo are trying to steal.

--GF

Fired up a Trick/Archery Defender this morning.  Hadn't notcied any problems but we'll see how the games plays from level 1 now.  Almost made a controller since they increased their damage 100% but just still sounds to slow...

Xilren

So every common citizen has this important relic somehow?

I was messing with my Grav controller and I killed two oranges with crush and gdf almost too easily. It didn't take long at all. I gave them about 3 Crushes each and it didn't take much longer than a minute (maybe less).

Paragon City is just thick with magical talismans of unimaginable power.  Heck, Sword Crusade has been taking them from Hellions, Outcasts, etc, on up.  The big green crystal is just the kind of thing the Tsoo might want to steal... just like the purses Hellions are stealing in Atlas Park are appropriate for that villain group.

Alkiera

P.S.  Apparently CoH is inviting canceled accts to play over labor day weekend...  a co-worker is a former player, and got an email about it.

Huh?  :|

No seriously, I'm really confused now.

I don't know about cancelled accounts as my sub is still current but I did receive a "Invite a friend to play over Labor Day" two week key and I have quite a few others, including some sent with the CoV pre-order.  They seem to be popping up everywhere lately!

I got an email today touting 5 days free re-activation, through Tuesday.

Just assume the dudes you see being robbed work for MAGI and were asked to transfer a relic.  Why they didn't get an armored car is one of those questions you just don't ask.  Then again, it is Pragon City- all the armored cars are probably busy shipping in new purses to Atlas Park.

Yeah.  If you actually defeat the Tsoo in question, the guy will come and say something to the effect of "Thank you!  If the Tsoo had gotten hold of this artifact, there would be no limit to their power!"

Alkiera

So I get the game all updated and get into things.

Cars and NPCs in the game move a little, stutter, move a little more, stutter, etc.

Is this normal now?

Sounds like server trouble.  Experiencing a lot of lag?

I played earlier today and had no problems on Victory.  I do know that, after the update, Victory went down and stayed down longer than the other servers.  Hopefully it'll be resolved soon.  I have such little patience with these sorts of things these days.

Infinity died last night, but was back up in about 5-10 minutes, haven't had any problems since.

So I respecced my 48 invul/mace tanker last night and see how bad the DOOOOOOM was.

It really wasn't.

I had to take some of the slots away from my attacks and slot them into new defenses. I picked up Tough to max out my S/L resists. In a team of 2 controllers, 1 defender, 1 blaster, and me (tank), we did quite well. I was the highest on the team so we mainly ran my missions. The Heroic difficulty setting was way too easy. I cranked it up to Invincible and we were fighting +3/+4 to me and we did great. A few deaths here and there but nothing too bad. No full wipes. I died twice only because those Malta sappers drained my endurance and all my defenses dropped. I think I'm actually doing better now against the Malta because my defense is higher, meaning less end drains. I did pick up the medicine pool and took Aid Others and Aid Self since I sometimes solo or duo with my wife (blaster) and I'll need a way to heal myself when we fight stuff with elemental and energy attacks.

The only other character that I've tried in I5 was my 25 MA/regen scrapper. Since he isn't high enough to get Instant Healing yet, the I5 changes didn't really affect him. I am trying to get one of my contacts to introduce me to the first Croatoa contact, but so far they're being antisocial jerks.

I'm not sure whether you can get an introduction or not. If you want to skip it just zone into Croatoa, head east to the Winthrop University campus, and talk to the guy under the tree in front of the sculpture. He's the mayor and he'll start you off.

Be careful of trees and PE majors.

--GF

I logged into Victory this morning and the stuttering is gone.

What level is Croatoa?

25 to 35.  I fiddled there a bit with a level 30 scrapper on the test server.  If I remember correctly, go to the University and near a sculpture there is a contact that will start you on the missions.

Yeah.  Look for people with green names.  Gordon Bower is the first one you talk with.  He's easy to find, just look for the police drones within the city (there's also a store near him).

As a side note, I seem to get more exp per mob when set to Heroic, now, than I did when set to Unyielding, before.  I don't know if I kept all the data I used before when playing on test and Live where I did the comparison, but I seem to recall it was something like a 30% increase.

Alkiera