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Greetings, heroes of-- err, hold on-- Millennium City! (Did I get that right?)
I'm Epelesker, and I've finished installing Champions and dabbled in the character creator for a short while to get a feel of the interface. Unfortunately, for me and new games like this, that's as far as I get in my (as you'll read, muted) excitement! I got the game as a gift from a family member--
OK, he spent 13 cents on a boxed copy in Best Buy. Seriously. I was there.
Anyway, muted excitement. The reason for this is because I've been playing City of Heroes for two and a half years. As you can probably imagine (if you've heard about it), news of its closure was shocking and devastating to me as someone who has come up with at least a dozen of thought out concepts, with many more that I've wanted to explore with the content that was being planned.
Essentially, the upcoming loss presents opportunity for me so see how this game is and form my own opinions of it, considering I've heard mixed opinions about CO from various friends and other sources.
I'm sure you'll see me in a starting zone eventually, I'm just going to need some time to figure out what I want. I'll look forward to eventually getting there, soon!
Regards.
I'm Epelesker, and I've finished installing Champions and dabbled in the character creator for a short while to get a feel of the interface. Unfortunately, for me and new games like this, that's as far as I get in my (as you'll read, muted) excitement! I got the game as a gift from a family member--
OK, he spent 13 cents on a boxed copy in Best Buy. Seriously. I was there.
Anyway, muted excitement. The reason for this is because I've been playing City of Heroes for two and a half years. As you can probably imagine (if you've heard about it), news of its closure was shocking and devastating to me as someone who has come up with at least a dozen of thought out concepts, with many more that I've wanted to explore with the content that was being planned.
Essentially, the upcoming loss presents opportunity for me so see how this game is and form my own opinions of it, considering I've heard mixed opinions about CO from various friends and other sources.
I'm sure you'll see me in a starting zone eventually, I'm just going to need some time to figure out what I want. I'll look forward to eventually getting there, soon!
Regards.
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Here we are now going to the West Side
Weapons in hand as we go for a ride
Some may come and some may stay
Watching out for a sunny day
Where there's love and darkness and my sidearm
In game as @forgemccain
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But a lot of us just can't resist showing off our -know-whats
So here's a few to get you started...
How to get the most out of the forum, and get a custom avatar and all that...
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If you want a guide to something.. or anything, it's probably on this list..
Big Box 'o Guides
-note- Some of these guides haven't been updated since the latest changes, but the majority of them are still sound
Here we are now going to the West Side
Weapons in hand as we go for a ride
Some may come and some may stay
Watching out for a sunny day
Where there's love and darkness and my sidearm
In game as @forgemccain
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Some time back, the designers felt the game offered far to many tailor options. Enough to intimidate new folks. As absurd as that might sound. So they restricted full access to all the costume parts until you get your feet wet.
Basically, you wont be able to see full array of options until you reach level 10 on at least one character. So, id personally advise too just plunge in and worry about looking fancy later. It should save on frustrations.
I don't really have any useful advice, but I hope you find the game to your liking in spite of the situation. And yeah, what Sockmunkey said about the costume creator - there are a bajillion options, but you won't get to see them all right away <x.x> which is dumb.
At any rate though, I hope you have fun <^_^>
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Take it easy, have regular breaks and you should be fine.. i think.. don't stay up too late.
And i know how it feels when a game shuts down. I played exteel when i was young and was with it from start to end until it died. I hope this game brings your hopes up, the community here is fun and always willing to help.
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Champions Online.. where we sell lockboxes by the dozen.
Starting with Sock: This is probably where I'll say I'm having the most difficulty right now. I just got out of playing with the CC again and I'm amazed that there's more initial, and wider variety, of choices here in Champions than I've seen in CoH. (Jaw almost dropped at the proportion slider of all things.) Even with the Lv10 requirement, it's a tsunami of... things. All of the things.
The other issue is the fact that I'm (understandably) going from characters I've intuitively built under the CoH engine. There's quite a few concepts that I've become so attached to and yet I know that there's a few of them I can't adapt to Champions, possibly ever. I'm trying to get into a "start fresh" mindset, but even that's difficult as much as my mind wanders back to thinking about the usual.
I do thank you for the advice, though.
Now, to Mistform: Issue 24 was very promising, yes. A lot of the cool stuff was for VIPs and what not, and I've been playing Premium for several months, but I still like to see progress and getting new things.
Finally, Steffie: "Don't stay up late?" Habits die hard with me, unfortunately. :P
Exteel was something I wanted to look into. Shame that it closed.
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That said, your best bet initially is to keep it simple. I always recommend starting off with a solid defensive AT like the Behemoth. The squishier DPS types like the Inferno, can be fun, but also frustrating, especially when first learning.
If nothing else, simply ask around. Everyone loves to share their own opinions on what AT does "whatever" better then the others. Most can agree, however, that the premium ones don't always equal better. So there should be no reason to feel like you have to spend to compete or win.
If you ever need help on anything,just give a shout out on the forums,and also theres a nice little old promo still going on,you can get a free archetype in it,it uses powers much like the Titan weapons set in CoH,have a good time,and see you in game!
Consolidate currency!
Munitions additions
Petition to take in game report spam function out
Why not to do surveys and free offers
What happens when an order-abiding citizen decides to use his unusual, ever-changing anatomy to fight injustice and keep the peace?
I'm about to find out.
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Send me a friend invite~ My global is @Reldin (of course).
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Here's a good thread : http://co-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=2367411#post2367411
for all transferees from COX
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I think I can learn to ignore the broadcast. I do it enough on City of Heroes right now. ;P
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Cupid@Tool-box, stunningly radiant stag ready to play matchmaker between villain and arrow!
Vixon@Tool-box, frighteningly eager to summon despair for his adversaries!
Jebin Zedalu@Tool-box, elementalist weaponmaster. ...One of these things is not like the others!
Be sure to get the free Alienware Promo code for CO, which unlocks some free goodies here: http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/champions-online-ffa-game-bundle
Keep in mind that there are a plethora of pinatas, (err, I mean, choices), when it comes to gear, costumes, and possibilities. The costume creator is a little limited until you complete the tutorial or get to level 10 at least once. Afterward, you get a ton more options, so withhold judgement at least until you check out the unrestricted one.
I also highly recommend running the starter mission chain until you're at least level 15 - you'll have all your super stats and some decent gear by then, as well as a good loadout of powers.
Lastly, be careful if someone broadcasts in zone chat that they're selling items for aprice that's too good to be true, (check the Auction House price for said item first to get a decent idea of what it's worth first).
"Is it better to be feared or respected? I say, is it too much to ask for both?" -Tony Stark
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Some of my SG mates from City have recently started playin this game as well. I know that the community back "home" is ramping up efforts to try and keep CoH floating in some way, I'm crossing fingers and seeing how it goes.
CoHrefugee: Well, hallo back to you!
Toolbox: Being as much of a RPer as I am in City, actual gameplay mechanics probably concern me much less than normal. Not that I don't appreciate a well-working game, of course! Like broadcast, I can ignore the dooooom.
Bioshrike: I can tell a City character by looking at it ;P Thanks for all the info and reminders, I do know that some of it was posted up-topic (like the Alienware promo). I may give in and go for it, as much as I hate creating throwaway accounts for one thing sometimes.
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In short, things are actually pretty good, in my opinion, even through a bit of a remake. My first character, Lawshaper (for all of my playing with proportion), wasn't turning out to be a concept that I could get into, not to mention I missed something in the tutorial and wanted to better my record after dying endlessly to that first boss (I *did* learn to block at some point.)
I went ahead and deleted the poor guy and rolled up another Behemoth AT, this time to try something else I wanted to really use in this game: size-changing, and came up with... Atomac!
I'd bought a PWE card to spend and it turned out that in addition to the 500 Zen from my box code activation and 100 from the tutorial... I got another 500 Zen? Anyway, in grand total I ended up with 3600 points to spend on things. In addition to the Super-Shrinker and Super-Magnifier, I also picked up the Power Armor bundle.
I spent most of the evening making and tweaking the new guy, touring hideouts (Moon Base!?) and then inviting Reldin over to my hangout to chill, discuss concepts, more costume tweaking, etc.
I got so into things I forgot to visit CoH, so I have to make up for it tomorrow, but I think I might be on to something here...
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second, if you want to change your costume you didnt have to remake your toon, you could have made changes at the tailors in ren center. (they are under the curved roof around the edge of the inner circle).... but i can understand rerolling your toon if you want to check out what you missed and basically do a better job now that you've figured out a bit more. regardless... is all fun :biggrin: