Fleeting Whisper

I don't play very many different MMOs, so I can't speak to the 'most' comment, but I know at least one MMO which allows unlimited respecs, at any time (so long as you're not in an instance), without having to pay any real or fake money. You can even change your secondary when you respec, given certain conditions. Let's call it ***ld **rs, developed by ***na*et, and produced by a familiar company.


As for respecs in this game, all I can say is that the only time I've ever felt the need of extra respecs was when I was first starting out, and I saw an oooold guide recommending 6-slotting Hasten (joining the game around I8). At that point, purchasing a respec was impossible, for inf or for cash, and I had trouble finding a team willing and able to complete the Terra Volta trial. (I did try it once, and failed.) But even with the errors in my build, I could play the game just fine, and eventually I was able to get through a respec trial, and I could get freespecs, and vetspecs, etc.

Now that I know the game, I have very little need to respec (besides the automatic respec at 24 for soldiers/widows). The last time I even used a freespec was when the Incarnate trials were released, so that my MM henchmen could compete better. And I'm pretty sure the freespec I used had been awarded two years (or more!) prior. So now I've got respecs falling out my ears, and I can't imagine using them up.

/bind sysrq "screenshotui 0$$screenshot"
/bind shift+sysrq "screenshotui 1$$screenshot"

The guarantees that "PrintScreen" will always give you a picture without UI, and "Shift+PrintScreen" will always give you a picture with UI. You never have to worry about forgetting to toggle it.

Ṟ̡̧̨̻̝͉̣̦̘̞͚́͞e̸̡̨̨͇͖̳̮̜̼̟͓͓̬͚̦̙̩͖͇̰͙͝d͢͞͏̫̜̰̟̤̹̗ ͕̗̻̫ ̧̛̛̰̺̜͕͚̭̫̺̤͙̼͕̺̝͔̬́͞Ŗ̷͚̟̠̼̠̮̣̭̕͟͝o҉̷̥̭̳͈̬͚͖̀́v̛̀ ͔̬̹̪̬̩̞͎͓̩̻͉̲̲̺̲̹̥̙ȩ̷̢̛̺̰͔̝͖̬̘̪̪̣̟̫̹̬͞r̢̠̤̘͍̘̼̣͟͟ ͕̝̰,̶̢̳̭̪̼̳̯͕̟͈͙̪̖͎͔̣̙͠ͅ ̸̢͏͉̱̝̣͓̗͚̻̳̱̦̞̫̟͇͕̬͠ͅR̸̀͘҉̯͚̻͉͝e̶̹̟̣̥͡d̨̛̬̻͍̻̳̩͜͟ ̗͚͎̙̼ ̧͘͠͏͍̳ͅR̀҉̸͇͉͉̬̪̟̞̰͓̟̙̠͖̦̹̙͉͞ͅò̸̴̶̬̫͖͇͞v̶̴͖͖͚̤̻͕̲ ͚͕͓͙̩̠͉̻̪̣ḙ̷͙̘̮͍͡͞r̡̢̗̖̜͖͡,̶̛͔̰͔̘͉̰̯͍̳͍̱͕͙͙ ̵҉͈̝͖͈͍̰͉͉̹̱̘̫̹̺͕ś̛̭͙͔͍̗͉̥͎̹͙͇͟e҉̛̝͍͎͉̣̮̜̘͡n҉̹̠͈͢ ͎͕͓̭ḑ̸͢҉̫̟̫̠͍̠͚̻̩͚̭̩̟͎̝̳̪̹ͅ ̶̴̨̨͔̩̤̤́T̶̨̲̬̰͙͕͈̖̩̗͖͈̟̹̺̲̼͔̮̤͟é̴̝̗͈̟̀́c͏̴̻̦̪͍̞̕ ̣ḩ̴͍͈͓͇̗̮̗̞̙̘̠̭̪͘b̡̛̫͍̝̣̹͈̠̙͓͕̗͓̘͘͢͜o̢̨̗̝̥̯̼̫̱͢͠ͅ ̠̞̹͖̞t̴̢̡̙̜̱̻͙̙͖̼͖͘ͅ ̵̦̬͇̤̯͚̬͖̦A̕҉͏̦͎̻l̷̮̳͍͈͚̀p̧̝̭̹̘͇̗̤̣͇̹͈̟͕͖̘̱̹̪͟h̵̢̡ ̖̬ͅá̢͉̹̙̜͓͕̖̲͖ ̦̲̞͉͟͟͞ŗ̮̥̖̭̮͍̦̜͟ͅi̶̢̝͍̱͚̼̻͙̞͔̤̫̪͓̳̦̩̜̞̕͞ģ̴͙͇̬͜͡ ̫h̥͍͉͙͍͕̞̖͉̟́͘͟͡t̴̸̴̷̷̼̭̙̖̘͉̥͙̪̰̥̱̪͈̣̩̟͎ͅ ̵͚͈̦̕o҉̩͈̬̙͟͜͠͡v̵̷̢̟̞̣̺͖̠͓͉͡é̢͍͎̙͓̦͖̣͔̥͖͈̣̕͝r͟҉͈̠ ͍̭̺̼̦̗̪̤̭̻͓̟!̵̨̟͙̮̫̻͖̦̭̫̖̖̀͢͠

I don't like the 'bang' usage, mys̨e͘lf͞. Probably bec͠a͢usé ̕I first s͏à̡w̷ ̢̛͢i̢͟t́͡ ųse͡d͟͠ when I was learning S̫̮͡c̤̬̙͚h̢̭͙̙̫̭͝e͜͏͎̠̜m̸͓̮̹̤͔̺͇̬͘e̛̟̘̣͕͎̻̲͚͝, ẃ̢͘͝ḩ̨i͏c̶͟ḩ̴ ̴͏͢͢҉I̕̕͞͝ ̵̧͘͡h̴̴̢̨̛a͟҉̷̢͝t̕͝҉̸e̛͘͜͞.̸̴̵̛͜






Z̧̛͙̥̺̰̫̫̥͉͙̼̲͕̠̣̳ͩ̀̉ͯ̒̀͜͠ͅͅa̴̜̬̠̯͉̞̰̞̘̦̤ͧ͋ͤ̾̎̂̔̍l ̶̧̤̺̩͈͚̤͙̃̆ͬ̿̌͘͝g̨͚͙̳͙̣̯͆͋͒̉̾ͥͬͫ̓ͯ̔ͣͮ͊ͥoͨ̒̒̋ͪ̇ͣ͑̈̌ ̍̀ͦ͒́͘͏̷̬̩͇̥̮̪͍͓̩͎͕̺͓͢,̵̵̨̧̤̞͈̬̎ͦ̇̔ͣ̽̃̍ͥͧͯͮͧ̈́̋̓̂̕ͅ ͍̮̙̹̺̭͈͙͔͉ ̵̖̩̬͈͐͋ͨ̐ͭ͂͂ͯ͜͞͠h̛̘̦̝̩̲̰̪̺̯̣̗̱̰͕͔͐͐̓͆̀́͝͠e͑ͣͦͩ͊̿̆͗ ̷̧̛̦̫̣̘͉̠̼̭̬̼̮̹̙̲̭͖͕͚͠ ̛̛̫̹̰̳̱̘̯̯̣̻͖͓̮̄ͫ̀̊̏̋̔̆͟ͅc̨̊ͤ͂̃̿̔ͨ̀̃ͪͧ̕҉͙̳͈͉o̎͐̒͛̄ ̴̡̨̫̫̼̙̳̫̪͔̣̣̆̋͊͛͋ͧ͞ͅm̘̙͎͈̲̩̪̭̫̱̦̣̊ͯ͒ͬͭ͊͌͒̇͂́e̓͗̄̍ ̢̿ͨͫͭ̈ͯͫ͏̺̥̱̱̖̬̥͕̱̠̫͚͚͘͠ͅs̵̺͔̞̻̤̠̜̞̼͗̄ͮ̆ͦͮͅͅ!̃̽̈́ͣ̈́ ̸͍̼̱̦̥̠̼̰̖̀͑̇͛̂̅̂̎̎̓̚͘͢

How about comparing it to the "buy now!" button that trial users got before CoH:F? You couldn't close it, and while you could move it out of the way, it would re-center itself on the screen every time you changed zones.

Mids' Tech Support Forum:
http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/board,60.0.html

... Confuse doesn't draw any aggro...

Each of those lines is a single item in the pack. Most of the codes follow the same format: "cucp", two letters for which pack it comes from ("op" for "Origin Pack" in this case), and two letters for what item within the pack it is. I've seen a few things that deviate slightly (The "Protest Loyalist" emote normally unlocked with GR is cucplpro, for example; no pack identifier, so it's a 4-letter item identifier instead of 2).

I haven't bothered trying to figure out what the cucp represents, as far as I'm concerned it's a meaningless prefix.

There's a Bible Black video game? I only ever knew about the... ah... "anime" version.

Really? "The prime of all prime times"? Have you checked the percentage of Oceanic players?

The vast majority of the playerbase is in North America; following that, in Europe. I believe the most recent downtime was in the wee hours of the morning (~4am?) CST, which would put it close to midday in the UK. That's far from prime time for the vast majority of the playerbase, who are asleep (NA) or at work/school (EU). If I were to make an executive decision on when to take down my servers, that's a time period I would go for, certainly.

http://www.cohplanner.com/
"Mids" (full name: Midnights) was an EU player who originally created the program, "Mids' Hero Designer". Development of the program has since been passed off to the Titan Network, since Mids has left the game.

T̹̞̭̬̦̜̮͋̍̍ͣ͋̚̚͡ŏ̢̳̜͕̟̺̗̭͓̓̀͜ ̞̰̰͓͖̥͓ͥ̀̓ͮ́͟͠ȋ̢̲͉̬̩ͥ̈̊͠ͅṅ̳̘̜̰̳̺̆́v̧̮̞̪ͥ̐ͣ̽̊ͧ̉o̓ ̬̤͖̖̺̙̹̈́͊ͧ͊̽̽͋̀͘k̞̰̣̦͔͚̠̋ͨ̃ͩͤ̏͋̂ę̵̭̈̅ͮ̾̍̔̏́̚ ͔̥ͣ͗ṭ̝̣̭͔̘̳̀̈́̈͜͜ͅh̪͖̖̥͓̦ͣ̔̿̍̾ȩ̛͚̙͇͍̝̐̊͆̉ ̢̜͔͖̘ͧ͝͠ḣ̛͉̫̹͎̱͓̞ͤͭ̀̓͒̚͡i̮͉̬̪͇̺̲͛͗ͪ̓̓̔̚ͅv͕̖̈́ͪͫ̍ͪ͘ ̝̼͇̟̩ȩ͎̠̟̳̥̻͐ͬ́ͨ-̔ͥ̂̒ͤ̀̽ͩ͘͏̰̗̦̺̤̤̝m̶̛̳̤̂̈́͟i̠̳̒̐̿͆̃͌ͬͤ̕n̡͌̑ͩ͏̭̖d̓̀̑́ ͈̠̭͈͍͕̠ͨͦ͒ͤ̚ ̷̻̙͖̻̯̩͓̏́̇̓͡ȓ̡̯͇̇͆̓e̹ͤ͂͆ͣͦ̓̓͒̈́p̝͔̲͍̬̗̗̰͇̃ͮ͜͜rͨ̅ͭ ̠͈͚͓̗̙͔͞͠ë̢̥̭͖̻̊̓̃̉s̡̝̳͊͗̐̚͞ȩ̵̴̙͎͈̼͇̍͌ͬ̊n̍͒̂̋ͧ̄͌ ͙̘̖͎̲̠̳̘͕́̋̕ẗ̥̲̹̫̖̟́͋ͥ̚͝i̷̧͉̥̹̟͎͌̓̽̄̉̽͜n̨̉ͬͦͫ̑̐̏̇͞ ͏̟g͗ͧ͂̄̏̾̇̾҉͕̳̩͉͞ ͈̩̣͔̠̦̊̒͆c̨͔̦̼͎͙ͧ̋͆͋h̜̫̿̇̑ͣ̍ͭͦ͟a̰͎̙̺͊͊̅ͨ͗̓͋̋̀o̐̅̍̓ ̷̧̢͉̯̱̻̥s̵̰̱̬ͤ̆͋̍͟.̤̣͚̱̤̥̘͌̏̍̐ͦ͢ͅ
̧̗̫̘̼͆͛̑ͥ̽͆ͩ̚I̷͚͉̯͌̔̓͐ͭ͋́ṇ͇̰͔͉̙̱͗̍̿͂͒̅ͤv̶̐̌́͏̰̼̠̦ ̪̲̯̠o͇̟͎̪̫͇̻̎ͧ̄̐ͥ̀͟͜k͖̬͚͎̺̠ͦͤ̇ͬ̒̇͒̌͘͠ị̴̡̙̲̖̗̉ͭ͑͐̕ ̠͙͇ͅn͙̭̻̞̖͔̓ͩ̈͆̚͜g̶̨͈̼̓ͭ͞ ̙̯̮͇ͦ͌̉ͭ̕t̛̳̫̃̃ͧ̋͞h̵̻̝̺̬̤͊̅͂̂͠e̦͖̮͈͔̖͊́̉͢͝ ̡̨̹̤̼̹̤̦͔̰̗̐͛ͪͬ̇ͭ̓̕f̵͎͎͓͇̞̃̒̊͐́́ě̴̴̦̯ͨ͂́̔̾̓͝ͅͅeͤ̑ ̛͍̹͖̹̦̭͕̟̺͒̚͟͞l̫̭̥͂ͬ͗ͪ̑̾̀̚͠ì̟̥͔̳͐̾͑ͪ̆͛̆ͤͅn̢͇̳̱̪̓͞ g̫͉̞̤̯̟̲̞ͨ͆̂͋̽͊̀ ̣̝͓̻̬̘̟̃ͅo̴̮̪̟̗̬͐ͨ̽ͥ̎̆͛̇͠f̵͍͙̮͓̍ͤͥ͛̓͊ͅ ̸̭̻̫͈̮͕̲̝̋̐͛ͭͣ͡c͖ͫͣ̉ẖ̣̼͍̞͚͚̖̀͂̉ͪ̎͂͐͢a̵ͨ҉̟̤̩o͋͊̓̉̃ ͔̭͖̯̩̙͇͙̆ͭ̋̚ͅs̨̧͖̯͙̰̟ͩͭͅ.̷̣̟̩̀ͯ͊͐͆̅̌ͦ̈
ͩ̅҉̧̤̙̱̖̮͇ͅW̧̼̤͗́ͤ͢i͔̻̰̩̬̎̂̈͜ͅt͙͈̙̤̠͈͚̘̹ͩͤ͌ͨ͑ͤ͞hͯ͊ ͉̪̹̱͈͉ͪ͘ ̵͚̫̹̹͗̿͒̅̆̎̽o̖͔͉͉̟̪͑͆͒͛̍̚ṵ̸̶̼̲͉͙̜̩̞̋ͭ̐̍̽ͯ̌ͧ̈t̟̣͋͠ ͔̯ ̸̶̛̺͇͕ͭo̟̼̭̦͕̬ͮͯ̔̐ͧ̇͊̚͠ȑ͗͊ͥ͏̷̢͓̖͇̠͍͔d̡͚̝͕͚̋ͩ̀ͣ̑͟e ̷̹̗̠̖̾̈̀͟r̨̥̣͖̈ͦ̐̍̈̾̑.͚̳̗̲͇̏͑͘
̪̯̝̲ͭ̏̈͒́́T̛̻̞ͭͪ͂ͥ̓͋̚h̷̷̲͉̟̆̐̊̑̑͠e͎͖̮̟̟̩͐̒̏͐ͤ ̶̺̰̝̭̹̟́̇̋́ͪ̈́̑͜N͉͎̰̲̦̐̐ͩ͌̃͛̐͢eͥ͒͆ͨ͡͏̖̦͙̳̭̜͞z̤̼̺̓ͨ͘ ̜̼̣̙̱p̵̨̡̺͔͆̚e̛̥̟̱̳̞̒͛̄͌̓ͦ̚ͅr̸̶̂ͮ̅͏̟͙͍͍̝d̵̵̝͋͛̄͌̽́ ͇̞i̦͉ͦ͗͆ͬͩ̏̑́̕a̜̘͎͈̳͙̗͐̂̊ͨ̒ͤ͋̿̐ͅn̲͕̫̯͇ͮ͋͆͌ͤ͊̑͞ ̻̰̠ ̰̜̣̩̦͑̎̋̐̆̉̋ͤh̬̤͔͖̫̳̱̩̐̏̊̈́ͧḯ̦͚͍͎͕̗̫̭ͩ̓̎ͪͤͦͬv̈ͪ̃͛̕ ̮͈̞̝̱̙ͅͅĕ̥̇ͪͯ̐̃̚-̷̛̰̣̩̱̫̤̯̗ͮͭ̉̏ͭ͂ͦ͜m̹̰̗̳̪̤̣̉ͩ̎̈̔̆ͪ̔͡i̶̷͎̩̗ͧͯ͒̿̃̔̔̚͠ ̜̤̰̮̝n̏̋͊̍̊͏̛͇̤ď̠̘̖̆ ̶̩̞̟̻ͦ͊́o͇̩̰͈̤͉͖̻̿͞f̞̺̘̻̬ͨ̄̄͌͒̆͆͋ ̯̗͔̘̬̩̯̐́ͫ̿̑̕ͅc̪̯̣͔̪̥̹͉̣͂̆͘ẖ̫̹͋ͩ͂͘a̴̗̠͈͎̮̥ͬ̿̓̂ͧͭͅ ̪̙oͪͥ̈́̆͌͏̛̥̤̩͜s̠̲̭̩̟̼̠̖̈ͥ͂̾.̢̺͇̣̪ͣ̊͡ ͥ̎̐̒̌ͥ̄ͦ̑҉҉̱̮Z̘͓̺̥͈͔͈̎̂ͫͦ̎̓̆a̻͉̱̩̮̺̦ͦ̿̋ͫl̢̅̉̋͆͂ͯ̓̚ ̮͚̰͉̹g̷̵̺͉̺̅̍̏̄͌͒̏̏͜o͔̪̞͐̈́ͥͤ̄.̟̰͕͍͓͕ͫ̋ ̨̺̞͈͍͕̗͎͕̽͊
̺̜̼͓̹͚̝̂ͫͪ̾ͬ̂̃H̺̖͎̀ͩ͗̚e͉͔̣̽ͫ̓ ̛͎̝͓̖͔̪̺̊̔ͤͮͨ͞w͕̺̞͔͙̞̫̹͗̔͆̏̊ͦͯ͜h͍̄ͦ̕o̟̼̩̭ͩ̇̐͗͊̐͐ͤͅ ̘̹͓ ̂̈̔͂͏̼W̢̙̙̺͓̥ͦ̐̒̌ͯą̶͓̪̺͇̲̜̈́͛̿̈́̾̌̐͟i̯̤̬͓̤̟̘ͥ̒t͋̾ͤ͆ ̸̡̦͙͑ͩ̚sͭͯ͂ͬͩͮ̇̈̀͞҉̻͍̱̱̪̭ ̛̮̳̱͍̻͙͓͚̮͆̈́̌̍͌̃͟B̿̎̐͏͔̪̱e̜̹̝̘̐̐͊̑ͯͯh̷̛͍̗̪ͩ̏̀̌î͕́ ̮͙̩͈̻̣̥̳n͌ͥ͏̖̣̘̖̯d̡͇̱̫̫ͥͧͅ ̲͈̥̜͔͕ͯ͒̋Ț̴̨̰̘̌̐͋̾̊̈h̰̳͛ͫ̆ͣ͋ͯ̊ȩ̟̻̻̔́̎͋̚̕ ̸̜̺̠ͨ̓͂̈́̌̓ͩ͞W͒ͣͥ̈́͞҉̛̹̝̝ȃ̸͎͑̈l̛̦̱̩͈̳̟͐̑l̴͎̪͗̓̊͊͌̄͝ .ͧ͊̒̊̊ͥͭ̄̊͏͚͇͉̘͖͔̣̩̼
̸̮̎ͧͩ͛̔̓ͧ͗Z̶̮̩͎̑͋Ā̛̬͙̭̱̪͕͐̅ͩ͛̊̄͐̔̕͜Ḷ̵̏̉̓͌Gͧ̃̆͗͡͞ ̹͇̙O͉͇̫̣̙ͭ̌ͬ!͍̖̻̇͂̏͑̆̿

Or you could use one of the dozen or so temporary/permanent flight powers, aggro Lemkin, and fly over the lava. Ta-da!

Really? I ran it with my 50+ Thugs/Dark, and had no problems at all, except finding the exit in mission 1. I had a lot of fun knocking enemies into the lava with Synapse's whirlwind attack, and you've got Hurricane all the time.

On the other hand, I've got Twilight Grasp for keeping pets alive, you've only got O2 Boost.

Duh. Teller is a guy.

The fact that Penn Jillette is in the final cutscene is also the biggest hint at who will die: Penn & Teller Get Killed

Yup. From Paragonwiki:
Emphasis mine.

I think the Alignment Merits are worth a little bit less than 100:1 if you go for random rolls, but for straight purchases Alignment Merits are worth 100-199 Reward Merits.

You could've tried clicking on the picture on the page for any IO enhancement, then following the link at the bottom of that image's page to Category:Invention Art. Contains crafted/recipe images, plus a few others.

Sniper-class enemies already have interruptible snipes. And the Snipers are immobilized so that they don't run away and interrupt themselves.

See: Knives of Artemis.

There are a number of enemies like this in the newer content. War Walkers, for example, paint a target on the ground for their Orbital Strike. Several of the enemies spawned by the Seed of Hamidon also display warnings before they use their special attack. Marauder displays a warning just before his KILL DETH KILL attack.

I think the closest we have to this is that a number of CoT lieutenants will start to self-destruct at about 10% health. But the explosion is easily stopped by simply killing them before the animation finishes. It's an interesting itdea.

My most-played character is a Mastermind, with shift+lbutton, alt+lbutton, ctrl+lbutton bound to the minion, lieutenant, and boss henchman summon powers, respectively. The only time I've ever seen the targeting reticle for my henchmen summons is if I ctrl+click to set a power in my tray to autofire (the game picks up ctrl+lbutton = summon boss, but I'm clicking the UI so the power doesn't fire). For a long time I used the simple shift+lbutton teleport with my teleporting Defender, too, and I never saw the targeting reticle until I started using DrLetharga's bind files.

The problem with [modifier]+lbutton binds is that the game sees the key combination for a bind, so it activates the power; then at the same time, it sees a left click action to fire the location power that's active, and it never has to display the reticle, because the power is already going off (or if you're already in a power animation, the power is queued with a location already set).

*vaporizes the Stetson*

(Replace various window_hide commands with windows you want to get out of your way while teleporting)

teleport_on1.txt:
(Make sure to match the window_show commands with the window_hide commands in teleport_off.txt)

teleport_on2.txt:
reset.txt:
(Again, match the window_show commands to the show/hide commands above)

The result is that when you hold down the left shift key, a number of windows are closed to give you a better view, moves the camera back to 30ft, turns off shadows and reduces the draw distance to help combat lag, and the teleport targeting reticle comes up. When you release the shift key, the windows come back, the graphics settings are restored, and the camera is move to 12ft. As expected, clicking the left mouse button while holding shift will cause you to teleport.

This gives you a wide range of view, makes an attempt at reducing lag, and lets you see exactly where you're clicking when you teleport, unlike the much simpler shift+lbutton bind.

Of course, things can go screwy if the game fails to load bind files speedily enough to keep up with your fingers, so the reset file is included to fix any problems. You can easily change what windows and graphics settings are affected by changing the files, and if you're teleporting with a different power (on a Warshade, or something), you can change the power name.