GreenLantern68

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<ul type="square">[*] That's the cover?[*] What' up with their faces?[*] Why are Posi's arms so huge? Isn't he a blaster anyhow?[*] What are they yelling at? "Get down here Rikti saucer!"?[/list]
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I thought they were in the middle of summoning Captain Planet, actually. &gt;_&gt;

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Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha *cough*

That's funny... Of course, now I've got the end of that show stuck in my head.

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HAH! BWAH-HAH-HAH! (Curse you, Athyna, for Bwah-Hah'ing before I could!)

"The power is YOURS, readers!"

Hiya, Cricket! Sorry I'm a little slow on the uptake. Playing comes first, then writing.

Welcome to our disfunctional forum family!

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In response, Statesman calls on all heroes of Paragon City to defeat Lord Recluse once and for all! Read the transcript of Statesman’s radio address here.

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GO HEROES!!!

Er. I mean. Yay us!

Y'know, I WAS going to take a moment and write about what a great time my wife and I had last night...and we DID...but I'm so ganked up from reading all these empassioned posts I'm gonna go PLAY!

Wanna find me? Tell Commander Stronghold on Guardian that you know his secret identity, or be brave enough to tell Infinity's Johnny Lightning that the War Gods have a lousy base!

See you around the city, heroes! AWAY!!

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The CoV side leaves me a bit cold, too, to be honest. It's actually a bit ironic when you think about it; bases require so much participation on the part of SG members that -- particularly if you play in a small group -- splitting your time between the villain and hero side is a really hard pill to swallow. So in a sense, by making bases such an integral part of CoV, by requiring CoV to get bases, the devs are also deterring people from wanting to play on the villain side.

Anyway, long ramble. The point is, it's pretty cheap to buy CoV, all things considered. If you object on principle, that is of course your prerogative. I would imagine you haven't played other MMOs to any great extent, though. Everything is relative, after all.

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Obitus,

I was hesitant to join a SuperGroup because I couldn't get base access. That was my primary interest in CoV.

Wife and I each got cheap Deluxe Edition copies over the weekend. Yay bases! I poked around group and colition bases on Infinity and Guardian.

But not before building my first bad guy. Since Friday was St. Patrick's day, Blarneystone broke out as my first CoV toon. He was soon followed by Infinity's Lord Whorfin and Guardian's Lady Charma - who's now a member of a SuperGroup.

So yeah, it's tough having altisim, but it's fun further immersing oneself in the CoX-verse. At least for the missus and me.

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Are there any plans to let Hero players get into their SG bases, as opposed to just Villain players that also play heroside?

None of this is at all useful if you can't actually get in.

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::sigh::

Go buy CoV for $30 at a store. "UPGRADE" your account and you get a free month.

Net cost: $15

That's $15 for four extra slots per server, a whole game's worth of new content, access to all of the SG Base features, and (probably in Issue 7) hero-access to the tons of new CoV costume options.

Seems like a pretty good deal to me...but that's just me. Obviously some don't agree.

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We did, Dwimble. The wife and I each. Glad we did, too. In addition to the cost savings you've outlined I have:

- Created my first Corrupter, Mastermind and Dominator toons

- Visited the War Gods base on Infinity, where Johnny Lightning and Summoning Arian are members. I then learned that I could visit (but not use stuff in) bases in our coalition membership.

- Left the Mystic Knights of Tundra on Guardian and had Commander Stronghold form his own SuperGroup, Stronghold's Guardians. I also began construction of our (modest) base, and added three members (including Mrs. Stronghold) to the roster.

Not to mention all the trouble my wife got in to this weekend. Her character Great Banshee has EYE SPIKES, for cryin' out loud!

So yes, do it. It's cheap. You'll have fun. Best Buy had a sale on the DVD version.

Go. Hunt. Kill Skuls.

jboogie,

As a former n00b myself, welcome to Paragon City!

I'd say ALL of us are happy to team. Frankly you'd be surprised how easy it is to get a Pick Up Group (PUG) going.

As far as characters go, I'd say pick a concept and go with it. Look at the different Archtypes and see which power sets they provide give you the closest match to your desired goal.

Finally, as so many people have commented around here, it's a GAME...so have FUN!

Relax...play...we're all happy to help if you just ask. Plenty of folks have helped me, and I'm happy to return the favor.

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Would cookies help keep you around? Or cake?

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Ah-HAH! Cookies AND cake!! Say no to THAT, Artic Sun!

Er, actually DON'T say no to that, Artic Sun!!

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a CoH/CoV or NCSoft-Con is a GOOD IDEA and will be WONDERFULLY RECEIVED.

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Rowr,

A friend who's in the Austin area was supposed to attend for my as proxy. I just hope he was able to score me a shwag bag - everyone know's I'm the office superhero, and an "I'd Rather Be Fighting Villians" sticker would be right on SO many levels.

In any event, HERE HERE for a CoH/CoV con. Shoot, I bet I could even convince Wonder Wife to join me for something like that. A weekend of hanging out with fellow superhero computer game geeks. BRING IT!

I'd travel. I'd pay. I'd spend money. What more do you want?

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/em passes out some Grape flavored Big League Chew to all

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Mmmmm...grape...

&lt;blows Hubba Bubba sized bubble that pops and sticks to mask&gt;