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Re: Build Your CU Characters With This Builder the same one stickied over there.

Folks, grab ChampionBuilder 0.2.2 and start playing with the power sets. This program was made by a fan and posted to the Champions Online boards where I found it. Note the game is still undergoing some last minute tweaking, so the starting stats are now limited to those under existing powerset builds. That's basically 12 in two stats and 5 in the rest. Ignore the 10s 6s 4s. To get the ball rolling, here's my idea of a pirate. Build by championBuilder 0.2.2 Download this Build here. Pirate: Level 40 Champion Superstats: Level 5: Super Strength Level 13: Super Dexterity Powers: Level 1: Reaper's Touch Level 1: Reaper's Caress Level 5: Lightning Reflexes Level 5: Flight Level 8: Scything Blade Level 11: Dragon's Bite Level 14: Thunderbolt Lunge Level 17: Masterful Dodge Level 20: Sneak Level 23: Focus Of The Unconquered Swordsman Level 26: Bountiful Chi Resurgence Level 29: Reaper's Embrace Level 32: Holdout Pistol Level 35: Retaliation Level 35: Teleport Level 38: Roomsweeper Talents: Level 1: One Of Mind And Body Level 6: Jack Of All Trades Level 9: Martial Training Level 12: Sniper Training Level 15: Survival Training Level 18: Field Ops Training Level 21: Covert Ops Training Yes, Acrobatics would be the perfect travel power choice, but everything pales when compared to flying.

Re: Lifetime Subscription Bought the lifetime after playing the beta this weekend. I am still blech on the "updated" character designs, and missing Nighthawk, but overall the game is fun and immersive. I do feel like I am in the CU. Made a pure Supernatural "angel" that looked more like a Victoria's Secret model, an Iron Maiden power armor toon, and my favorite so far is my Indiana Jones ripoff. Yes, I found enough powers to simulate limited pistol use, fisticuffs, fast healing and recovery, lunges, and chain (hoping for a whip power replacement, couldn't find one yet). Even if I get bored, I can pick it up again later. And say what you will about Bill Roper, he is NOT running the company. I feel this game will not be a HG:L repeat. Jack Emmert pissed me off a few times in CoX, but so far his new game feels right. With no required fees ever again (expansions excepted), I can really enjoy this game without worrying about another bill. And the action is fun! I can fight non-stop and it's still enjoyable. Lifetime also grants more alt slots, so 16 toons at the start should do me good. Wonder if I should start a gun and sword toon on the first...

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I am in a similar situation. I love Eve Online's sandbox, but am iffy on its PVP. I normally won't PVP in games, but I bought Warhammer to force myself to try it without consequences. Very fun to pop in for a few hours and smash people (and get smashed by people) in the scenarios, but the PVE content in WAR is lacking. MMOs tend to force me to group, and I hate being forced to do that. I took advantage of the sale on Steam to buy Bioshock for $5, Ghost Master for $2.50, and Darkstar One for $5. Also grabbed Sacred 1 and Aquaria and Fallout 3 before the sale. Fallout 3 is pretty good for gore and you can use tactics (not really required though). Sacred is fun, think of it as an improvement on Diablo 2 with better graphics and exploration. Aquaria reminds me of an underwater Super Metroid. Darkstar One reminds me of my old Wing Commander days. Just grabbed Bioshock and have yet to play it. Suspect I have ADD. I get bored easily and prefer to solo. I play MMOs for the lore but really need a sandbox aspect. If you use Steam, check out their current holiday sale, and you might find something you will like. I should go look for my Dungeon Master CDs and see if I can make them work under Vista... Oh, Steam has the best single player strategy game on it for you. For under $12 you can grab the X-Com strategy bundle! X-Com 1 and 2 were some of my favorite games back in the 1990s, building my bases defensively, trying to capture aliens alive, save civilians, improve my team members and keep them alive, and research new techs before the aliens overwhelmed me. That may be just what you need, and the files have been tweaked to run under XP and Vista.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I solo in the starting newbie corp, run level 4 missions in my Dominix drone carrying battleship, and sometimes join with others for a go at PVP. I will never get into Tech 2 manufacturing, starbase sieges, and alliance raids on systems. I DO like to spy on such in my CovertOps. Overall, I am carving my own small niche in near total safety, and like it that way. Sure I can be suicide ganked, but not easily.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game From XKCD originally, here is the learning curve for Eve, and why even I after 2 years still have trouble getting into it. Yes, it is accurate, not exaggerating.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Thank you, Lemming. Seems they still don't want or need my money. Back to Sacred 1, Fallout 3, Warhammer Online, and Eve Online for me.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Shame I can't trade in my powersets for the new ones. Have they added such an ability yet? They broke my Supergirl build, now I want to switch her to another powerset as they switched her strengths away from her original ones.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I think I will take a break from MMOs. I have Fallout 3, Sacred, Aquaria, and can always pick up Sacred 2. Think once my WAR sub runs out, I will take a break from pay to continue play. Debating on renewing my Eve sub though, my toon is one smoking talented pilot in a Dominix, Crusader, Cheetah, and Ishtar.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I miss flying around the city, seeing a foe, readying an uppercut, and dropping down from the skies to deliver it. In the meantime, I am an Engineer in Warhammer fighting for those humans' Sigmar. And a Knight of the Blazing Sun. And a Warrior Priest (best soloing class EVER!). Now hurry up Cryptic and DC. I want to recreate my Supergirl character that CoH ruined.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I5 is when they gutted my Invuln/SS tank, and after they promised no more major changes, they gutted her again in I6 with ED AFTER I had compensated with slotting. This is also when they promised heroic solo missions would never require groups for normal missions, and then stuck Hero mobs in my CoV missions at basic difficulty. I pop back every once in a while when I get a free weekend trial, and can no longer get into the game.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I too am waiting for Champions, but leery of the Atari purchase. CoH/CoV got boring as my friends left and I had fewer and fewer connections and more frustrations from the Issue 5 and 6 nerfs to my tank.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Good job, Tim! Kimmie, wondering if I should bother looking at I7, or just assume I would be further disappointed and regret spending any money to pop back over for a month.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Think I will fire up EQ1 and work on my High Elf Mage. I'll miss flying around neato areas, but I can still summon. I will not miss the Issue by Issue need to respec to match the latest Dev whim. Hopefully the "bugs" get worked out and CoH/CoV becomes fun for me to play. In that event, I will return.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Sadly, I just canceled billing for CoH/CoV. I enjoyed the games, but I do not trust the devs any longer. I will sign up from time to time after issues are released to see if things improve, but otherwise I am back to EQ1 and EQ2 while dabbling with SWG. Oblivion is coming! I can't wait for that! I have to wait, but oh how I will anticipate my return to the Empire!

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I dusted Kara off and had her run around Steel Canyon opening. I missed the Winter Lord due to WoW last year, but it was a nice experience. Got bored and went back to EQ1 and EQ2 after a while. Still like CoV/CoH for a quick fix, but I am loving the feel of exploring Norrath in two time periods after all of these years!

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Tankers get a lower base %, but it does indeed stack. If you wish to help a team more, that is a very wise choice.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I had Kara flying around Steel Canyon with her new festive Jetpack, and I love it! While Kara's fly is much faster than the jetpack, it just looks so neato and makes the coolest sounds! Uses next to no endurance also! Then over to CoV where I saw Karen has the same, and a slightly different badge related to it! As her Fly is just base speed with End Red, hell yes my little Dominatrix of the Damned is using it!

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I took advantage of a Frys' special (http://www.outpost.com) just a couple of weeks ago, spending $450 to get an AMD 64 3500+ socket 939 with 2GB of PC3200 (400mhz) ram and moboard. Stuck using my Geforce 6200 128mb AGP in it for now, but I can play EQ2 and CoH/CoV at 1600x1200 on my old 19" just fine. Trick is to set the game to an Above Normal priority in Task Manager, turn off Vsynch and Shadows, and have a ball.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Garou, at 22, Karen Lokidittir was able to afford 6 ACC SOs and 3 Endurance SOs. I would not expect most 22-25 Villains to be fully slotted with SOs, I'd say 10 at the most without a toon bankrolling them. For any villains under 22, SOs are not an option. That was my point. With a 25+ toon lowered to 25, you better believe they are fully slotted with SOs, and that gives them the advantage. Any toon entering Bloody Bay under 25 is gimped when SKed to that level. You're only advantage is that an attacker won't know who is really below and who is really above 25. If they pay attention to your powers used, they can figure out who to wipe first. The only reason Karen could afford 9 SOs at 22 is because I do not buy TOs and DOs, and instead save to buy ACC and Endurance at 22. That's how I play on all new servers, and the villain side might as well be a new server for how poor we start off. Blue, Ice tankers and SR scrappers have + Perception in some powers. Also, Tactics from a Defender has a greater detection range that plays against you. Heck, with drones adding to perception, no more stalking at the hero base. Defenders get the best Tactics Perception bonus. If any were with those heroes, that would explain it. Especially if Ice Tankers or SR Scrappers were with a tactics using Defender.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Bloody Bay is the lowest, 15 to enter, then all are set at roughly level 25 once inside. I say roughly because someone over level 25 and exempted will have SOs and a whole lot of slots. Someone under 25 will be SKed to 25 and will be lacking the higher level powers gained between their level and 25 (a 24th level toon has 5 more powers than a level 15 toon SKed up) and likely lacking SOs. Still, once inside, you are level 25. Resummon your pets and see their new level. You will also have both Tier 2 pets. Still, MM should expect to die in PVP at that level. Players just ignore pets and move in for the kill.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Think I should force myself to look up free image hosting sites for holding screenshots of my toons. Karen is a hottie! Both in her dominating supersuit and in her civvies. Kara is a hottie as well in all 4 of her outfits! Hell, none of mine are unattractive. Thinking of redoing some costumes ala Iron Vixen's looks. She's become my buddy, and we seem to be rubbing off on one another.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Those look like pointed ears. Only one of my early toons still has pointed ears, and I can not find that setting now. How did you get them, or is that an older toon? I tried to remake Nacht Madchen's appearance as Night Maiden, and the pointed ears option no longer existed. Demonic BDSM dominatrix is the look.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I am mostly on Champions with toons on all servers and Justice as my backup. @SvZurich global.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Drat! While playing Karen Lokidittir (my Necro/Dark MM, cousin of my tanker Kara Lokison), I had a great evil idea for a stalker, but the costume creator won't let me do it! Drat! AmerInd, the last American Indian Warrior! She would be an immortal stalker who seeks vengence for the loss of her lands and people to the Europeans! Her battle cry would be "Xians killed the Indians, time for payback!" Shame the costume creator doesn't have what I need for her look. No feather headdresses or anything more tradional. Might still create her with an updated look. Really like the reactions people have when I say Christians killed the Indians, especially since it is true. Finally got all 6 of my Champions heroes into Kara's Army of One SG, and all 6 of my Champions villains into Karen's Legion of Dooooommmmm SG! Let the good times begin for this soloist's alts! I also took the time to update Kara's costumes (Invuln/SS tanker) and Hela's costume (DM/DA scrapper) as well. Might update the Grav/Kin and Ill/Rad controllers' appearances later. The two blasters really don't need updating. Kimmie, annoyed that villain options do not appear yet for heroes, although fishnets and metal bottoms do overlap. At icon, I can briefly get fishnets to appear on my heroes in place of metal (text overlaps).