Duncan_Frost

I think of players as the biggest, meanest, most dangerous and unfair AV's I'll ever face in this game. If I fail, well, I'll try another strategy! I'll sneak past them, or I'll try using a couple of temporary powers, or heck, maybe I'll just leave and come back another day.

******** and moaning because you got PvP'ed in a PvP zone shows a remarkable lack of creativity and sportsmanship on your part.

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The Green Mansion, countryside near Paragon City, 2:36 AM

Buck the Troll leaned back against the upholstered leather of his armchair. The flickering glow of the screen was the only light source in the room, illuminating Buck's emerald face with a pale luminescence. He thoughtfully chewed on the end of a cigar, which he had quite forgotten to light.

A cheerful metallic voice echoed through the room, causing the green hero to start in his chair. "Sir, are you alright?"

"Quite fine, Jenkins... play it back again, would you?"

The chair creaked as Buck leaned forward, watching the advert again with a strange look on his face. As the last words of the advert died away, he sat deep in thought for a long time.

Then, slowly and seemingly reluctantly, he starting typing at the brass keyboard laid out in front of him.

Buck the Troll, a British chap who became addicted to Superadine after his disgrace and exile from England; however, he had a rare mutation for which 'Dyne was the catalyst, triggering an exponential growth in his intellect. He's basically Stephen Fry in the body of a green angry man. After battling his way out of the Trolls gang, he became a hero and has been kicking *** and drinking tea ever since.

I've hardly ever seen any actual bashing of CoH in-game, only a few doomsayers waffling on about the how the game's dying.

However, when I play Guild Wars, you practically can't move for people spamming about the supposed superiority of WoW.

It think it could work if it was implemeted as an epic power pool, not a whole new AT. That way, the devs only have to implement, at most, five different powers.

"Say, Joey, didja hear about those Mook bozos they found in the river?"
"Nah, Lenny. Ain't the Marcones always goin' after those guys anyway?"
"They said it was real vicious, Joey, like real vicious. They had more holes than body in 'em, leastways that's what I heard. Marcones ain't like that. They was big-shots, too - d'ya think someone's tryin' to take over the Mooks?"
"Nah, Lenny, don't be stupid. No-one can take over them guys, they're too big... right?"

Overheard conversation between two dockworkers on Sharkhead Isle

Organised Crime On The Rise: New Player In The Game?

A massive wave of organised crime has swept some parts of Paragon City. Over half a dozen banks in Steel Canyon, Skyway City, Atlas Park and King's Row have been robbed, and all staff brutally murdered, in as many days. The sole surviving witness to one of these attacks is currently in critical but stable condition in hospital, and it is unknown whether he will survive to give testimony. Back Alley Brawler called the vicious raids a "damn shame" and "a blight on our city".
While most believe that the Family are to blame, analysts in the PPD have released a statement throwing their involvement into doubt, stating that the methods used are unusually ruthless even for the syndicate of the Family, and that a "new player in the game" has appeared in the arena of organised crime.

I did that mission in ten seconds by two-shotting him with my ridiculously over-slotted Assassin's Strike and a bagful of reds.

I walked past someone in the street and they proclaimed in a harsh, metallic voice that Lord Nemesis was watching me. I totally got a CoH vibe from that!

I want to unlock both Kheldians and Soldiers of Arachnos before Going Rogue reduces the requirements.

Got a level 42 tanker, so not far off the squids, but my highest villain is 31 and sucks. But my new AR/Sonic corruptor is powering through the levels like billy-o!

KO Blow! KO Blow! KO Blow!

I just tried out something new... Just started rolling a AR/Sonic Corruptor. Instead of sitting around for twenty five minutes, trying to think up a suitable name and concept, I just thought of something to do with the powersets - "guns", googled "Gun terms", and bam, I got Chicago Lightning. It's a bodacious name!

I believe my current message is "Blind invite me if you'd like your testicles sauteéd".

You'd be amazed how few blind invites come my way.

Logged onto a level 9ish alt, discovered 50 million that I'd won in a costume contest. And to think I was about to delete him!

I know this gets tossed around too much, but this game is all about the journey, not the destination. I'd rather play through levels 1-50, finding new arcs I haven't touched before, learning how to play with that class, and so on, rather than instantly creating a level 50 and forcing myself to be stuck with the mediocre end-game.

I can kind of see what you're going for, and I know of another MMO that has a similar system (Guild Wars, and in fact I only use it - the campaigns are far too grindy for me ), but I don't think it's suitable for CoH.