Quote from: WerekoalaAh, okay. This is just a bump as it were. Regardless, get my butt in the sewers tonight. Got it.

Now I just need to decide which character to use!

I find that tanks and scrappers are the most reliable solo-players. (Controllers are ok too). Some people like blasters, but I think they end up dying a lot. The defenders are the least reliable and slow, but my favorite guy is a defender, and I've almost hit 20th. I'm doing a lot of teaming lately.

Well, I've got one of each (Tank, Scrapper). I like  (blaster, electrical ) Hell, I like 'em all, that's why I made 'em.

Im a blaster, but I'm not sure Devices was the best choice (the Trgeting Drone in particular is a waste of time). I just acquired full on teleport - yay!

Or so i thought - i had assumed the point of the travel powers was to scoot across maps real quick. Unfortauntely TP has a 100yd base range, which makes it rather useless for that. I must be missing something.

One criticism i do have though is how shots (as a blaster) go wild far too off far too often. This really shoudln't happen at all, it's cheap gameplay. By al means have a variable damage level (as WoW does), but don't jip me by having 3 shots miss when im attacking a really dangerous target. That's fucking poor. You'd be surprised how often that happens - even with inspirations and drones (i respecced and got rid of the fucker).

Quote from: signoftheserpentIm a blaster, but I'm not sure Devices was the best choice (the Trgeting Drone in particular is a waste of time). I just acquired full on teleport - yay!

Or so i thought - i had assumed the point of the travel powers was to scoot across maps real quick. Unfortauntely TP has a 100yd base range, which makes it rather useless for that. I must be missing something.

One criticism i do have though is how shots (as a blaster) go wild far too off far too often. This really shoudln't happen at all, it's cheap gameplay. By al means have a variable damage level (as WoW does), but don't jip me by having 3 shots miss when im attacking a really dangerous target. That's fucking poor. You'd be surprised how often that happens - even with inspirations and drones (i respecced and got rid of the fucker).

What kind of enhancements are you slotting? By all means get to Faultline or Steel Canyon and pick up some single or dual origin enhancements (accuracy and damage.. more accuracy if you have a problem with hitting)

Okay, making progress. Did my first sewer run (not all the way through apparently, it fell apart after about 40 minutes) and got  up to 6th level (with a Rikti assault thrown in for variety) then got  up to 4th just by bashing thugs. Played about 3 hours in total. Its fun - different from other MMOs in that the SOLE objective is to smash and kill. I guess there's crafting and such later on, but so far its pretty focused. Dosn't seem to be any Roleplaying, though I tried to stay in-character anyway.

I'll put in alot of time this weekend, see what happens after level 10 I guess.

In a weird way I've done more roleplaying with this game than any other online game:

...but usually only when I had a 'concept' character. And even then, it would kinda annoy some teammates. Some people would really pick up on it, though.

Note that this isn't very deep roleplaying, but it is remaining in character as you play.  

So for example:

I made a small-sized alien insectoid that would only talk in alien-talk. This was originally just meant for laughs, but people kinda liked him. So people would send me tells or chat, and I would respond with "greeble!" or "Grrx!" or whatever. I swear that was some hilarity. I only used him for a few days around Halloween.

I made a troll character (I remember him being a war mace tanker) that talked like a Hollows troll, and had as his backstory that he had been rescued by heroes and decided to "turn his life around". This was a lot of fun for a while. "Mogg tank for you now?" "Mogg have owie!" "Mogg not understand.."

Again, just had him for a few days, but people did talk to him 'in character'.
People would play along with that.

Sometimes I find that starting the ball rolling by obviously roleplaying (i.e, when Ocean Titan is in a Circle of Thorns mission in caves, he might say "This reminds me of the crumbling sea caves of  New Atlantis..." and every once in a while, someone will bite.

Ocean Titan also likes to go on about how he learned his sonic powers from the "secret lore of the whales". When I activate my big shields I usually shout out "Call of the Humpback!" He doesn't get engaged in roleplay very often, but every once in a while.

I had a clown-themed tanker guy that was a lot of fun to roleplay. His whole schtick was.. he was indestructible. And a wisecracking clown. I've basicly recycled much of that character as Velvet Rabbit-- a mischievous pooka melded with the soul of a human slacker. This character is in a roleplaying-oriented supergroup, and they even call me "wabbit".

I've roleplayed alongside plenty of robot characters who would do "robot impressions". Those are fun.

Some of my characters don't have any real roleplaying characters behind them. Lord Cranium and Mutagenik for example are kinda generic villians. I did roleplay Mutagenik in the PVP zone when I was fighting some heroes- there was one particular scrapper that kept coming after me, and I would try and lure her into a dangerous area. I started calling her "Cupcake", (doing kind of a 'Crusher Creel' type persona for him), and she was roleplaying off of that. "Don't you dare call me that!!!"

So that was fun.

The only criticisms I have of the game are that teleport is underwhelming, peopel choose stupid character names (i want proper superheroes personally), and, and most seriously of all, too many shots miss (and i use accuracy enhancements). Even with Targeting Drone the number of shots i make that miss is really staggering. I'd be surprised to find my web grenade actualy hit more than 50% of the time! I've also had about 3 shots in sequence miss, and that is far from a rare occurence. I would go so far as to argue that needs fixing.

Slot your powers for accuracy

If anyones interested, I head up a Villain group on Infinity that's currently recruiting.  PvE complete base with teleport beacons up to Nerva

how many slots does it take for accuracy? If it takes all your slots to make shots work properly then i really do think there's somehting amiss. No game should have this amount of misfire, it breaks the game.

Quote from: signoftheserpenthow many slots does it take for accuracy? If it takes all your slots to make shots work properly then i really do think there's somehting amiss. No game should have this amount of misfire, it breaks the game.

I'm confused how it is you manage to never hit. Are you leaving running on or something?

It takes like 1 or 2 appropriately slotted enhancements.

I am confused as well. I have accuracy enhancements, DO tech enhancments (im a tech blaster), at my level at least.

What do you mean by running? I'm not moving when i fire (and you can't with snipe anyways). I have the sprint power active, but i never ever thought that woudl be a problem since im not sprinting while firing. Life is just easier without having to continually toggle it to move.

Quote from: signoftheserpentI am confused as well. I have accuracy enhancements, DO tech enhancments (im a tech blaster), at my level at least.

What do you mean by running? I'm not moving when i fire (and you can't with snipe anyways). I have the sprint power active, but i never ever thought that woudl be a problem since im not sprinting while firing. Life is just easier without having to continually toggle it to move.

Aha. When your sprint power is activated it reduces your accuracy by a lot. You should only leave the sprint power on when you are actually running.

I did scan the rulebook and couldn't find this mentioned. I left it on because of convenience and because nbormal running looks very camp indeed.

Still playing. Enjoying it quite a bit - sure is a pretty game.

Finally got two characters up to/beyond level 10, and have done a good bit of adventuring in the Hollows. I have to ask - WTF happened there? I asked around in-game and nobody knows (and probably nobody cares). Is there any kind of back-story to this game? I understand most people playing it are just there to blast shit, but I kinda like to know "what's going on" if I'm going to invest more time and effort into things.

Quote from: WerekoalaStill playing. Enjoying it quite a bit - sure is a pretty game.

Finally got two characters up to/beyond level 10, and have done a good bit of adventuring in the Hollows. I have to ask - WTF happened there? I asked around in-game and nobody knows (and probably nobody cares). Is there any kind of back-story to this game? I understand most people playing it are just there to blast shit, but I kinda like to know "what's going on" if I'm going to invest more time and effort into things.

History of the Hollows is here: It used to be called Eastgate.

http://www.cityofheroes.com/gameinfo/geography_hollows.html

The Trolls gang planted a series of explosive charges throughout the sewers along a row of Eastgate condominiums. They planned to ruin the district, and then move into the rubble before city crews could properly respond. What the Trolls didn't know was that an extensive series of underground caverns already riddled the area. The cataclysmic chain reaction, known as "the Hollowing," devastated a huge section of the neighborhood, causing it to fall in upon itself.

So that's why the Hollows is all collapsed right now.

More info on the left hand menubar of the City of Heroes website.

Ocean Titan is level 22!