ImpulseKing

Just how am I supposed to get that "Trucker" badge?

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While I'm not nearly the expert that many that have spoken are, I will make a suggestion that I didn't manage to see. Defragment your drive that has CoH installed on it. Something that simple may just help.

You forgot "At the fall of the 3rd."

Why did the thread title immediately inspire a Phineas and Ferb sequence in my head?

I vote for a platypus pet the despawns at random!

Great to see this thread again! We recently gave our 9 year old a F2P account and will surprise her with the VIP starter kit this weekend since she got an excellent report at school.

But the real news I have is about her 4 year old sister, whom I shall dub "Horsey". Well when she saw that her sister had an account, she demanded some playtime too! So after her sister had finished we let her on my account to see some toons her sister and other kids had made on Pinnacle. We got distracted by something and we come back to find Horsey is making a character! We were stunned and amazed that a four year old could be doing this, and on her own! We let her at it, helping her only to type the name in. She goes in the tutorial and actually manages to get past the part where she has taken down 4 Shivans before she gets lost and loses interest.

Later as I play, she asks to see a particular toon when I'm done. Well I figure why not? From what we can gather, it's another of the toons made by one of the kids that has been ignored for over a year on Pinnacle. (Not many of my creations feature a lot of pink, so it was easier to narrow down.) So I start showing her the selections on that server already and on the second one she says "That's her. Can I play her daddy? PLEEEEEAAAASE?" I ask "Well is it okay if I watch you?". "Sure daddy." Is the reply I get.

And so my 4 year old proudly logs onto a level 7 Blaster in the Hollows and starts to explore. I'm amazed at her grasp of the 3D world. She can navigate around buildings, through tight alleyways, and jump onto rooftops all on her own! She can even rez at the hospital with minimal instruction. (Combat isn't her best area yet.) Now mind you, she only turns to the right, but she gets where she wants to go, even if she has to turn full circle 2-3 times to line up the path right.

Later she manages to tell me she wants to play where she saw her sister playing, so I help her get to Atlas Park where she explores until bedtime. She hasn't been on since, but I imagine when she see her sister on again...

Well here's what I believe will happen. First please understand that the server and/or global slots aren't tied to a particular toon.

When you go premium, you will have at least 2 global slots that you can apply wherever you like. Regardless of whether or not that slot is occupied by a toon at the time.

Depending on your situation, you may have slots you've already allocated to a server. These are server slots. They will function just as global slots do, but they can only be applied on their designated server.

If a pet can be slotted for something that the alpha enhances, like say damage, then yes it does filter to them.

While I can see the attraction, it should be optional.

"Status Wal'Do: Found."

We used to get FULL debt when we died at level 5! Outside OR inside! And Blasters weren't the only ones grateful to hear the phrase "debt cap".

Oh and don't even get me STARTED on yer fancy rent-controlled bases now! By in MY day, your base rent kept going up if your prestige was growing at ALL!

... zzzzZZZ *ork* Huh?

And we LIKED it that way!

Just finished the last Graves arc tonight. I actually thought it was some of the better writing in CoH. I particularly cared for the writing of the Facemaker, Fateweaver, and Tech Quartermaster. Seemed to me they accomplished the job of telling you their function better than their heroside counterparts. I found the lackey request more engaging than the sidekick one as well. I felt no need to go to the clues on these with Graves whereas with Twinshot I did.

Overall I do like Twinshot better because it's a long slog of "Wait,... why am I doing this?" with Graves 1st 2 arcs before you get to the excellent 3rd.

One more tidbit. Free players cannot enter a SG base.

Pretty sure they can be dragged to wherever you want.

Thanks for all the replies! He is now happily killing Longbow in Mercy. Only adjustment we had to make was to adjust the graphics to absolute minimum due to his system.

Apologies for my weak search-fu. I have managed to interest a friend and his fiancee in CoH. He will be F2P and she will be premium. I have a few questions.

1. What's the best way to install the game? I'm bringing over my up to date copy and the NCsoft launcher on a flash drive. How do I do the install so that the launcher doesn't try a fresh download?

2. I gave her the Architect Edition box set as a birthday gift some time ago. Will that box set alone allow her to use AE?

Thanks in advance!