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Quote:Originally Posted by Suzumebachi
Alternatively run this on a decent team. Did this arc on a team of 8 and strolled through this without any bother at all.
* Me too. We had so much fun in a 5 man team we ran it again with a different leader. First was with a Widow, then a MM. People were a little worried when I suggested 8 again for the Necro/Dark MM run, but my Ice/Psi domi said "Doesn't make a difference, they're all getting AOE Held & then Ice Patched anyway". Nice of those flawed waves to show up beforehand and get me to Domination.
No possible way I could do it solo though, I think my Dark/WP Brute would be the only character I'd have who might have a chance at it. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Predatoric
I was thinking if WINE didnt support CoH I would also run a dual support version of ubuntu and xp for the time being until I can figure something out, however I heard somewhere that running dual support slows your computer down, is this true?
I already installed the demo version from CD and I quite like it but as i said above im new to all of this so I dont really have much idea what Im doing besides dumb luck
Im already having issues trying to get drivers for my netgear wg511v2 adapter, but im hoping WINE will install the windows version.
Dual boot doesn't affect runtime speeds at all (assuming you've got it done right in terms of swap space partitions etc).
To get your Wireless working can be a bit of a pain in Ubuntu, this might help.There's a post in the second page with step-by-step instructions. Basically you don't rely on WINE, instead you use the ndiswrapper to wrap the Windows Drivers for the card so Linux can use them if there aren't any native drivers available.
I'd recommend test-driving Mint as well though and seeing if that comes bundled with a native driver. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Predatoric
Hey guys,
Im considering an upgrade from windows XP to the latest desktop version of linux ubuntu.
Are there any problems running CoH in ubuntu? Im not the most tech savvy person out there so will .exe files still run the same?
Also speed wise is there likely to be any effects? (like vistas slowdown for instance)
* Linux will not natively run ANY application designed for Windows. To run games you'd have to run them via a process called WINE, or pay for Cedega to basically do the same (they run a derivative of WINE which is configured for many games). Ditto for any other application you use currently, if there is not a Linux version of it chances are you'll have to either use a Linux substitute or try running it via WINE.
Personally if I were you I'd try it before committing. Any Linux distrib will come as a Live CD which lets you boot into it from the CD and try it before installing. I've found Linux Mint better than Ubuntu in terms of hardware support. Mint is based on Ubuntu but with more hardware and codex support.
I run a dual boot system with Windows 7 and Mint, Win7 for games etc, Mint for code and work stuff. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Liz Bathory
I expect even more for Going Rogue...
What about a permanent way to transfer from US to EU and obtain the passport badge? Only one way transfer. It doesn't cost a lot and it will give people to ability to do just that.
Will not make much difference but at least a few will do it.
From US to EU?? What would the point of that be?
Certainly EU numbers will go back up when GR hits. Personally I've no idea how sustained that increase will be and don't particularly fancy gambling 30 quid on it. -
Quote:Yep, it's a manifestation of an old, old bug.*Originally Posted by Frosticus
Sure you have. Well maybe not personally, but it happens. Pop a dam/range HO into a power like thermal plasma shield. ED capped res w/ just two slots and a handy range boost. Those HO's are also cheap too. Nice way to save slots on a therm.
They'll probably fix it by making the Resist non-enhanceable.* -
Quote:Was that a minor Busting?Originally Posted by EU_Damz
After the weekend is over of course
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Quote:Cool, I'll try the d: so and see if that works.Originally Posted by Bull Throttle
...just confirming for you Carni - that is where I stuck it after 30 minutes of trying to convince Windows that I do in fact have permission to use my own sodding machine...and giving up.
Wretched damn thing. -
I'm on the US servers, Virtue as well. My experiences basically mirror yours. Started on Defiant, moved to Union (and the great Art of War SG too) when the pop difference between them became big and moved US side when I came back after a wee break after Xmas. (I swear I'm not stalking you. Maybe you're stalking me!!)
I know at least one other person has done the same too.
My global is @Carnifax, feel free to add me as a Global friend and a shout if you ever fancy a team, I've mostly been red-side so far. -
A system which would work for the EU users and let them send things across the pond?
Don't be silly.
Your only option is the good old Market Method -
Quote:I'll try it on my d: (the old hard disk, now a FAT32 formatted data drive for use on both OSes) and see if that works. Since it's Test anyway it doesn't really matter that it's on the lesser disk in the laptop.Originally Posted by Bindweed
That's odd. I have thatvery same structure in Windows 7 and it works a treat. I did have some trouble, iirc, but eventually I think I went back to Bridger's very first "How to..." guide for setting up the Test server and somehow got it working. Maybe you're missing something very, very small...
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Quote:I've just added another based on yesterdays SoA team, which is basically the evolution of Scrapperlock on a fledgling team.Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
I refer you to my scrapperlock thread, started by tales of my mastermind.
Edit: I realize you have posted in that thread. Thank you for your contribution of pure awesome. -
Since I just got send here by Dechs I'll post about the glory that is a level 8 (starting off) SoA team I was on yesterday.
Well actually 7 SoAs and one Demon MM. The Leader was an SoA and seemed to be favouring them over the nubile whip-ladies.
* First mish was a little ropey to be honest. All around level 9 and only 2 of us seemed to have our defensive toggles. So a fair bit of pulling, running around and hoping the Demon/Dark MM beside us would notice we were in the red and about to be planted by a purple Caliban. Got through it though.
Next mission after everone levels up and the Demon/Dark MM who was a bit useless gets replaced by a Demon/Thermal who seems to know what they're doing, suddenly we're all getting hit a lot less, everyone is spamming attacks and scrapperlock begins. A wave of gun toting bad-***** and dart firing, claw wielding dervishes stomps all over the enemies.
Third mish, I realise I forgot to level and go and do so. Three times! So Combat Jumping and Spin. Off we go to Kings to rob the bank. *I decided to monitor my defenses : 42% melee defense, 35% for the others. Now we're at total scrapperlock levels, everyone unleashing cones on everything and anything and us ladies running in to melee range to stab and spin everything. The Hero at the end decided to turn and run after about 3 seconds after seeing her entire retinue of Longbow melt. We of course all run after her, straight into *another PPD ambush. Lots of messy death (theirs, not ours) and mish done.
Serious amounts of fun and no form of teamwork required other than "shoot and stab things in the face". It was like the evolution of scrapperlock. At the start "Man I wish this mastermind would save me". By the end "We have demons on the team?" -
Quote:Agreed. Ironically Villains is the side you're more likely to come across a team all suffering from a form of Scrapperlock.Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
In my opinion, villain ATs were geared towards self reliance, whereas hero ATs are geared towards good teamwork.
A good hero team is eight people steamrolling together.
A good villain team is eight people soloing on the same map.
Suffering may be the wrong word there. -
Quote:But consider VEATs which add defenses to the entire team.Originally Posted by Sarrate
I can only speak for myself, but grouping in CoV is usually less fun for me than grouping in CoH. I'm sure there are three things going on:
1) Weaker overall defenses - Villain ATs have characters with weaker defenses and weaker support than hero side ATs. Compare a Brute with a Tanker or Corruptor to a Defender. Heroes also have access to their best buffs/debuffs earlier. (Speed boost at lvl12? Yes, please!) As many are aware, since mitigation strength is non-linear, the combination of these two are huge.
Also Villain ATs are more rounded in terms of damage capabilities, there's no low damage ATs villain-side really. -
Quote:And PsiCops.Originally Posted by SpittingTrashcan
Ironically, villains get significantly more exposure to Khelds than heroes do. The PPD at top tier is nothing but Khelds and robots.
It's got "mismatched buddy cop movie" written all over it.
He's an aging, grumpy cop with psychic abilities
She's a feisty, rookie space-squid on her first day in the force
It's a floating robotic drone with a bad attitude which plays by its own rules -
Quote:Originally Posted by mrfurious76
Yeah... a little annoyed right now. Things were going fine the first day, but when I checked a character last night who hadn't been logged in since before the patch ALL his bids and sales were clear, and he had the same amount of INF in his possession as when I left him. Checked another character this morning, who had been trading just fine on wents, and ALL his bids and sales are gone as well. So long over 500 million inf.
This happen to anyone else?? Or am I the sole unlucky one? Already put in my tickets to support, but I'm not holding my breath to get anything back.
Or you could just check the announcements section of the boards... -
Quote:Originally Posted by Suspicious_Pkg
The other thing you might want to look at is the RPM rating of the hard drive. Picking a 7200RPM drive over the standard 5400 RPM drive can make a noticeable difference in the performance of most everything you run.
This is good advice. Switched my laptops HD from a 5400 160Gb to a 7200 500Gb two weeks ago (and dumped Vista for Windows 7 and Linux Mint) and there's a significant difference in how well it works. Try and insist they give you a 7200 HD (and 4Gb RAM).
Can't really help with the cards though I'm afraid, lost touch with Graphics cards a while back and have no idea of them now. -
Up to you. There's a LOT of demons running about now.
Yesterday I got on a team with 7 SoAs and 1 solitary Demon MM, I think the leader was specifically avoiding having too many MMs because of the demon-spam.
* It was glorious. Level 12, no enhancements and 42% melee defense. Mmmm. -
Quote:Too lateOriginally Posted by Bull Throttle
Ohh.. I had a permissions problem getting the NA Test set up on Vista last week...I can't quite remember how I got around it off-hand*, but I'll take a look tonight and see if I can work out what I did.
(*I think I might have had to install outside of the Program Files directory, but don't quote me until I've checked)
Tried that myself earlier on in the week. Copied to c:\users\[username]\Games\CoHTest\
* ran it and pointed the installer at the same folder but got the Permission error. Even tried "Run as Administrator" but no cigar. Has me a bit stumped. My actual CoH client is running happily in c:\users\[username]\Games\CoH\ though. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Bindweed
I don't think you need to download it all over again (it's been a few months since I migrated to a newer PC, so if I'm wrong there are smarter people here to say so), iirc all you need to do is copy your COH folder. If you have a portable hdd, a cd/dvd writer, or a memory stick with enough capacity, its a simple drag and drop. When you run the updater on your new machine, the game will pick up as normal.
So, if I'm right and that is the case, one way to get around not having the up-to-date game on disk is to periodically back up your game folder onto dvd or something - maybe after there's been a big download,or whenever's suitable.
Yes, this is correct. Copy it or burn it to a DVD and then copy it across to the new machine and it'll ask where you want to install to, just say the same folder.
I did run into some weird Permissions error (same one that prevents me from running test) but it eventually worked (I installed to a Games folder under my user folder).
Still no idea how to get Test working on Windows 7 / Vista though, keep getting a Permissions error regardless of the foldername. -
Quote:Forts can pull with it too. Pull em to a corner (the low rooted time lets you do it easily) and then do horrific AOE things to them all.Originally Posted by Silas
Because while +def and -tohit are pretty much functionally identical, DN has a much smaller area it'll cover, will aggro stuff and has a slowish animation time.
DN is much better for Brutes who will have stuff bunched up on them anyway and can pull with it.
I'd be the the DN > Maneuvers camp for Forts personally, the debuff values are huge on it, but I pull with anchors on Defenders and Controllers so I'm a bit of a fan of doing it (and DN in general). -
Quote:Someone please give this AI to Audrey the idiot, cowardly plant.*Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade
Ah. So he got the Arsonist/Medic AI. Good for him. Sort of.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Silas
Maneuvers, Aim and TT:Assault.
Increased defense for you and team, increased tohit and damage for you, increased damage for you and team.
If you don't have a Patron though, I'd recommend you go Ghost Widow and pick up Gloom. It's a phenomenally good attack.
In which case I'd recommend you get Gloom, Maneuvers and TT: Assault.
If you're getting Gloom why not get Darkest Night rather than Maneuvers? -
Quote:Originally Posted by Biospark
My highest level Controller to date was a Mind/Empathy. I was aiming for total support in that I would have the best controls, combined with the best buffs and best heals. It was actually quite fun.
I have also leveled an Ice/Empathy and enjoyed it as well. Empathy as a secondary has a lot going for it, especially since Controllers now have "containment" to assist in their solo-ing needs.
But if I were to ever try Empathy on a controller again, it would probably be Earth/Empathy.
Just the thought of having something to put Fortitude on while solo makes me smile. And I would bet "buffed-up Stoney" is quite a sight to see in action.
Whereas beholding "Buffed-up Weed" in action is pretty underwhelming, unless you get lucky and the stupid thing actually decides to get in close (it's Bite is a decent attack). Stupid thing usually cowers behind me waving its tendrils.
So much for the No Recharge change fixing Pet AI, all it seems to have done to Plant/Emp is make Audrey weaker since AB doesn't do much for her now and she still hangs back.
Seeds and Creepers are awesome though, my Plant/Emp can solo quite easily. -
Quote:Originally Posted by nightowl317
I'm making a Fortunata and having trouble picking the last 3 powers (44, 47, and 49). Can anyone advise as to which is best? I will always team with others so the build is a little team-oriented and also AoE-oriented. These are the options:
Maneuvers, Aim, Tactical Training: Assault, Tactical Training: Leadership, and a PPP AoE Immob (likely Mako's Immob)
Note: Only reason why I would get Maneuvers is to increase Ranged/AoE defense from 33% to 38% (goal isn't necessarily to soft-cap everything, yet) and to increase teammates defense.
I was considering Aim, PPP AoE Immob, and one of the tactical trainings/maneuvers, but I'm not sure if that's the best. Thoughts? What's better: +to hit or +dam in terms of the tactical trainings? Thanks
I'd personally go TT Assault, PPP AOE Immob (Mako) and Arctic Breath from the Vet rewards. Arctic Breath has a 15% resistance debuff in it and can take Achilles Heel PROCs I think, and with 3 recharge in there becomes almost perma. That's basically like adding another TT Assault.
That's my plan anyway, a Cone chain of AA, Immob, Darts and Psi Scream (and maybe Psi Tornado with a Forced Feedback PROC in it, maybe).