Hyperstrike

I see that and I raise you a

Bah! Unlike CERTAIN cheapskates who shall remain nameless *COUGH*PALPATINE*COUGH*, I'm not averse to spending a few extra credits to weld a nice thick steel plate over the exhaust port and set up a laser grid above it.

SO COME GET YOU SOME!

Yeah. But phrenology. That stuff's srs biznez!

All the interesting people are Leo with Death Star. Nothing gives you a greater sense of security than being king of the jungle who can, just incidentally, blow entire planets from existence.

I can get on board with this....

And on the way down you're ticked, not because you're going to go *SPLAT* but because there's probably an invasion/raid going on "in the zone" that's causing the lag that's not letting Fly enable. AND YOU'RE MISSING IT!

Okay. You asked for it.

It's one of his cosmic swiss army knife powers.

45 seconds isn't, technically "flash fried".

If you're not sporting a power that needs to be auto'ed, sure. Why the hell not?

It's a fast-charging no-endurance attack.

Prior to the removal of the endurance cost, it was a mildly useful tool for maintaining fury. Once the endurance cost was removed, it became INCREDIBLY useful, especially at lower levels.

It's a fast-charging no-endurance attack.

Prior to the removal of the endurance cost, it was a mildly useful tool for maintaining fury. Once the endurance cost was removed, it became INCREDIBLY useful, especially at lower levels.

Welcome to the community. Sorry if the rest of this post seems a bit confrontational. But some things need to be said, and while it's blunt, is honestly meant to help try to enhance your enjoyment and understanding of the game.

Yeah. I used to be a militant about "rent to PWN" too. But hell, this game is easily worth it.

Sorry you're disappointed. Part of it looks like you had certain expectations of the game and currently lack the knowledge about the various communities (and how to get in touch with them) that share your expectations.

As noted, this game relies heavily on instanced content. As such, it's unusual to see dozens or hundreds of people standing around.

Also, as noted, you definitely want to take a look at which server you're on and what the communities and chat channels available to you are.

If you're looking for RP, you're pretty much begging to play on Virtue. They're HEAVILY RP-oriented there. Pop up the channel search and search for RP, Virtue, etc and insert yourself into some of the more heavily populated channels you find.

Currently we're in the middle of an issue that, after several years, opened a bunch of new content to high-level characters. As such, we have a lot of level 50 toons climbing out of closets, brushing off the dust, and laying down some fresh coats of smack.

First, the new content is gear/loot-oriented. As such, it's somewhat understandable that people are reacting like this.

Second, there are multiple communities out there, all differing on what constitutes "enjoyment". Some enjoy RP. Some enjoy marketing pursuits. Some enjoy farming. Some enjoy building heavily optimized characters.

There is no sole arbiter of "fun" in this game.

One. POLITENESS. One should NOT be casting rocks at other people's name choices. EVER.

Second, some people play heroes and villains with cosmic levels of Genre Savvy power. Some are jokes. Some are heavily meta references.

Simply because you're RP'ing "Cosmic Savior" doesn't mean that you should be sneering at "Cornholio". Especially if said player is built as a world-beater of an [INSERT AT HERE].


Again, not everyone plays to RP. Some people play to market. Some people play to farm. Etc, etc, etc.

Plus, you have the potential to have HUNDREDS of toons in the game.

Some will be mains. Some will be alts. Some will be "in development". And some are jokes, one-offs, concept builds, or test builds. Hell, some are just built to try the power set/at combination.

Currently I have a blaster on one server named "Test Marketer 0000001".

His SOLE reason for existing? Trying to see how much inf could be accrued on a brand new toon within an hour of creation.

Again, multiple interest types.

No, they'd be playing WOW or one of the SW MMOs if that were true.

Again, try Virtue. But be aware that simply because Virtue is the RP server, that other interest groups still hang out there too.

Simply because someone doesn't want to RP (or RP with you) doesn't mean they're not interested in comic books.

There are multiple costume acquisition options in game.

You have the default costume options for 3 major portions of the game:

1. City of Heroes
2. City of Villains
3. Going Rogue

On top of that you have costume options that can be unlocked in various ways.

1. Awarded free for completing certain content in-game.
2. Awarded free for logging in during certain events.
3. Built from recipes acquired, bought on the market or with merits.
4. Bought using merits awarded for defeating certain enemy types.
5. Awarded for free as Veteran Rewards
6. Bought as part of various "packs" or "super boosters" or versions of the Game released in the last 7 years.

Also, it's been made clear that some of what you're asking for IS coming to the game in the (relatively) near future.

Will you have UNLIMITED ability to create absolutely whatever concept takes your fancy? No. Of course not. But the costume designer for this game is ridiculously featuresome, even seeing that it's a 7 year old game.

Okay. Lemme get this straight.

Your FIRST communication with this person was to go all grammar/spelling nazi and, in effect to correct them for being "stupid". They responded with an understandable amount of heat towards you. And you're dinging THEM for rudeness?

Pot? Kettle?

Simply because you're playing on an American server does not mean everyone's an American.
Nor does it mean that everyone's first language is English.
Nor does it mean that they have a command of the language that you do.

It's roughly the same level of rudeness as you inviting someone over to watch a football game and them subjecting your home to the white-glove treatment.

I'd say give it a bit longer. You've now been given some directions on where to go to find people of like interests. That should make integration into the community easier.

Also, try to be a bit more relaxed about others' "mistakes". Yeah, I wince at some people's attempts at spelling and grammar too. But I do NOT start smacking them with it. Not my place or yours.

Finally, understand that not everyone plays the game for the same reasons you do.

Live and let live.

1: The Ang Lee flick didn't "flop". It netted a hundred million plus (production costs: $137 mil, revenues $245 mil. Was it some runaway blockbuster like Star Wars, or Spider-Man that more than quadrupled production costs in ticket sales? No. But by no means was it a "flop". I don't give a damn WHAT Avi Arad said after the fact.

Note: I'm not saying the film was a GOOD Hulk flick. Simply that calling it a flop isn't an accurate assessment of the film.

2: Do you SERIOUSLY expect Marvel to bad-mouth a partner? Really? The first time they did that would see them blacklisted so hard and fast it wouldn't even be funny.

Also, remember, Marvel's name, whether they produce it or not, is STILL going to be attached to the film. They're going to try to talk it up as much as possible to boost revenues and not make themselves look like they're saying "Yeah, we made some crap for you. Now give us money."

Hey, using a flamethrower to cook your burgers and brats may be slightly more costly and inconvenient, but you DEFINITELY get points for style!

For the people who stayed, it was a beatdown of epic proportions. But a LOT of people didn't stay that long after the first two or three dozen deaths.

Ah, so she's a Chinese immigrant eh? Complete with gold-seller sweatshop?

Congratulations on missing the point. Please reread my ENTIRE post and don't simply respond immediately to an obvious example.

Precisely.

SSD's aren't some magical panacea. They'll help ameliorate some issues where disk performance might be adding to a problem. But it's not like you're going to stick one into an old P42.8Ghz machine with a gig of DDR and an integrated Intel video card and have it start performing like an i7 system with an SLI GTX580 setup.

Anyone expecting this please look in the mirror and begin laughing.


Hard.

Arcana, sorry to smack at you like this but, "I did it on a scrapper" is cold comfort to someone's Emp/Ice Defender.

Well-kitted scrappers can whack down AVs and Pylons solo. So are you sure you want to use THEM as the benchmark for "doable" for EVERY AT in a game that's supposed to be balanced for SO'ed toons?

Keep in mind, I have zero problems with shard drop and incarnate salvage disbursement. A soloist can STILL do it, it's just going to be slower going than team situations. This is how it is everywhere else in the game.

My only real issues are with the unlock process itself and whether or not teaming is being forced there.