Darin Johnson <darin.RemoveThis@usa.net> looked up from reading the entrails of the
porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>I'm new to CoH and have some probably obvious questions.
>I'm not finding lots of good info on the net, at least not well
>localized.
>
>First is, what good guides are there out there? By good,
>I'm hoping for something similar to WoWWiki for WoW.
>I've seen Paragon Wiki but it's very incomplete, and doesn't
>have newbie advice, build advice, etc. Even the official site
>is very lacking in useful information. (it would be handy to
>see pictures of the powers to help decide what looks good)
Don't know about WoWWiki since I've never had any interest in WoW, but
there are numerous guides on the coh forums.
Here is the guide to guides thread with links:
http://boards.cityofvillains.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=3765522&page...view=co
>When a group fights an enemy, do all members get
>inspirations, or does only one group member get one?
>How are inspirations and influence divided up? If there
>is a group, how is XP divided up? If my friend is a few
>levels higher than me, will I catch up to his level faster
>by soloing or grouping with him?
Been so long since I grouped (can't these days due to lag when grouped)
I can't answer this offhand.
>Is there anyway to chat with someone who isn't in
>your SG or friends list except by typing in the full
>name? Ie, if someone in a help tab asks for something,
>is there a quick way for me to respond, or do I have
>to type in the full "/tell Long Hero Name, ..."?
Well if you know they're online you can use the team search thing to
search for them (and that usually only needs a partial name), then click
on their name to send them a tell - if they reply you need only hit
backspace to reply to them.
>Is there a way to get a notification if one of my friends
>logs in or out?
That's already in there, for logins anyway.
>I've noticed that everytime I create or restart a character,
>that my keybindings and settings are all reset to the
>defaults. Can I make these stick somehow?
Yes and no.
Settings, no, keybindings, kinda;
There's no way in game to specify a set of keybindings and have them
used for all, but you can import/export.
1. Set things up the way you like
2. /bindsavefile filename
3. Should you happen to delete that character to restart, but want the
same keybindings
/bindloadfile filename
I've taken this to extremes of a sort, and bound F12 to load that
character's bindfile, so changing a bind is as easy as shelling out,
editing the file in notepad, saving, flipping back into coh, and hitting
F12 for the changes to be imported.
Makes it damn handy when I start yet again another alt, since I just
have to choose the binding file of the closest existing character, copy
it to the new character's name, edit it (power differences and of course
the F12 bind), and import it.
>What is common etiquette in the game? I've had lots
>of players randomly invite me to groups, without ever
>first asking me if it was OK. This is considered rude
>in some games, but maybe it's just culture shock and
>this is normal polite behavior in CoH?
It depends on the age of the players for the most part.
There are those that hate random invites (like me) and those who don't
care.
Older people tend to ask first (and not ask people who have invites
off.)
The younger set seem to feel they shouldn't waste their time before
sending an invite and don't seem to give a damn that it's rude since the
invite can popup in the middle of combat and may get the invitee killed.
Their time is too valuable to "waste" asking, your time needed to
decline is worthless to them.
Self centered little shits!
I have invites set to refuse, and still I get notices every now and then
that someone tried to invite.
That kind of player tends to be in a rush to get the most Xp possible in
the least amount of time so they're generally not much fun to play with
anyway.
>How much does it cost to redo costumes at ICON, when
>I get that high a level?
You can redo costumes at level 1 if you want to and can get to an ICON.
One word of advice: if you plan to edit the costume at low level do NOT
try to go to the ICON in Steel Canyon as you'll have a long run through
things much higher level that will almost certainly kill you (and the
hospital is in the south end while ICON is in the north end, so a death
will throw you back again.)
Instead, goes to King's Row and head over to the Independence Port gate.
The ICON in IP is all of 1 block from the gate and there aren't many
critters around, so it's easy to avoid them and get to ICON safely.
>Is it cheap enough that I can just
>not worry, or do I have to budget for it? I've restarted a
>character a few times just to change constumes a bit.
The price scales with level, so what costs a level 3 a few k will cost a
level 50 over a million.
>Are there more costume choices later, other than cloaks
>and wings? I've noticed character types that just don't seem
>to be possible with what I've seen at the start. Ie, werewolves.
There are a few costume options that come later - normal capes at level
20 once the mission is done, certain veteran rewards that come with time
subscribed (shoulder capes, angel/devil wings, samurai, and a few
others) and of course the inventable costume bits (all wings but
angel/devil and the 3 boots that can be made anytime you can get a
recipe.)
Much later (35+) you can get credit tokens fighting in the rikti war
zone that let you buy Vanguard armor pieces.
Werewolves types should be available at the start, since it's just a
head option. This was introduced with the release of CoV and may
require it - plain CoH might not get it. [Kinda hard for me to check
since I have both.]
Xocyll
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