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RPGnet CoH:Homecoming Resources

2019-06-05T14:16:02Z

Dreamfarer:

== RPGnet City of Heroes: Homecoming Resources ==
(Copied from RPGnet CoX Resources page from the original servers)

First and foremost, join the "RPGnet" channel in order to be able to chat with the rest of us, no matter what server you're on. To join, either right click on a chat tab and choose "join channel", or use the command:

/chanjoin RPGnet

A lot of people use binds to make it so that when they press a key (the "." key in the example below), they can just start typing and have the text go to the rpgnet channel.

examples:

/bind . "beginchat /send rpgnet "

/bind . "beginchat /send rpgnet [$name $level Ever+] "

=== Supergroups/Villaingroups ===

{| style="width:640px" border=1
|-
! align=center style="width:200px" | Supergroup
! align=center style="width:100px" | Server
! align=center style="width:340px" | Description
|-
| align=center style="color:navy" | The Young Paragons
| align=center | Everlasting
| align=left | Youth oriented hero Super Group
|-
| align=center style="color:navy" | The Liberty Legion
| align=center | Everlasting
| align=left | General hero Super Group
|-
| align=center style="color:red" | The Lethal Legion
| align=center | Everlasting
| align=left | General villain Super Group
|-
| align=center style="color:red" | The Wasted Youth
| align=center | Everlasting
| align=left | The Young Paragons' Evil Counterpart, only most of the members are much more interested in just raising hell than trying to take over the world or something.
|}

=== Useful Links ===
[http://mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?GAMEID=3&SETVIEW=videos&BHCP=1&VIDEOID=1054&bhcp=1 Invention/Consignment tutorial video from NCSoft], hosted by MMORPG.com. About 4 or so minutes of your time.

[http://www.paragonwiki.com/ ParagonWiki] is another invaluable resource. Some good topics for new players:

* [http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Hero_Story_Arcs Hero Story Arc] which can help you find [http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Story_Arc story arcs] to play through. No wandering around aimlessly, plus an asset for role-players wanting to take on certain storylines/enemy groups for RP-purposes.

* [http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Enhancements Enhancements] - A good overview of City of Heroes/Villain's Enhancement system (enhancements being the closest thing to actual equipment in COx).

* [http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Consignment_House Consignment House] - Now that you can create things, there's a place to sell them at too. Its different than what other games have to offer - its not like a City of Heroes eBay.

[http://community.livejournal.com/city_of_heroes/2066886.html FAQ] - This FAQ was put together by people on LiveJournal, and was then linked to by a dev on the forums.

The [http://community.livejournal.com/city_of_heroes CoH Livejournal Community] also has a great many active players.

=== Help for the Color Blind ===
[http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/GamingGeek/cohfleshtones9qz.jpg Skin Color Chart]

[http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/GamingGeek/cohcolorchart3bz.jpg Other Color Chart]

=== Who's Who ===

Please add yourself to this table so people can easily associate who you are on RPG.net with who you are on City of X.
{| border=1
|-
! align=center style="width:100px" | RPG.net User Name
! align=center style="width:100px" | CoX Global
! align=center | Main Character(s)
|-
| align=center | Arbane the Terrible
| align=center | Arbane
| align=left | Everlasting: (Blue) Thermodynamic, Kagehoshi, Deathshriek, Esverra, Recombinant, Cluestick, Tenshi & others.
(Red) Scavenger Lass, Princess Ariosal, Majin, Warpwitch, Scarman & others.
(Yellow) Necromaster, Nemesis Lass.
|-
| align=center | Dreamfarer
| align=center | Dreamfarer
| align=left | Everlasting: (Blue) Giggle, Dragonstriker, Quicksprite, Playful Mockery, Proton Scream
|-
| align=center | Knockwood
| align=center | Physics Engine
| align=left |
|-|-
| align=center | Quantum Yuusuka
| align=center | Quantum Yuusuka
| align=left |
|-
| align=center | Ubergeek2012
| align=center | Ubergeek2012
| align=left | Everlasting: (Blue) Aphrodite, Gravitica, Sky Knight, Gigamax
(Red) Adversary, Mizzia
|-
|}

Blizzard Game IDs

2016-08-14T14:35:57Z

Dreamfarer:

Here is a page in which people can put their Blizzard tags, for those of you who want friends when playing WoW, Starcraft, Diablo or Overwatch.

{|
! style="text-align:left;"| RPG.net user name
! Blizzard ID
! Notes
|-
|Knockwood
|Knockwood#1869
|
|-
|Killerjoel
|joely#1610
|
|-
|Rupert
|Sharrow#1730
|WoW, Overwatch
|
|-
|-
|Quantum Yuusuka
|DKlatte#1998
|
|-
|-
|ParadoxDruid
|ParadoxDruid#1472
|Overwatch only
|-
|-
|Assclown
|Alex#21265
|EU
|-
|-
|MoogleEmpMog
|MoogleEmpMog#1513
|-
|-
|bv728
|bv728#1498
|-
|-
|GojiraRed
|Gojira#12626
|Overwatch only, US
|-
|-
|Fidras
|Fidras#1135
|US
|-
|-
|Lord Ogre
|TheLastOni#1802
|-
|Apis Rex
|ApisRex#1740
|RPG.net username used to be Thunderchild, plays on NA
|-
|-
|ShanG
|ShanG#11868
|Overwatch only
|-
|Mortimer
|Mortimer#11219
|Overwatch Only
|-
|-
|Quantum Bob
|Weltraumfred#2646
|Overwatch only, EU
|-
|-
|Snoof
|Snoof#8601
|Overwatch, US
|-
|-
|NeoVid
|NeoVid#1862
|Overwatch, Diablo 3, US
|-
|-
|Stryke
|Stryke#2743
|Overwatch, Hearthstone, EU (Can US for Overwatch)
|-
|-
|Donald K.
|eatmorebees#1211
|Overwatch only, US
|-
|-
|Peers
|Peers#1161
|Overwatch & Hearthstone, US
|-
|-
|-
|VladTaltos
|VladTaltos#11430
|Overwatch, US
|-
|Kurotowa
|Voronezh#1454
|Overwatch & WoW BSC audition, US
|-
|-
|Pandora Caitiff
|GanguroGal#2421
|Overwatch only (EU)
|-
|Tanka
|Tanka#1628
|US
|-
|-
|Molleh
|Molleh#1193
|Overwatch, US
|-
|Bira
|Bira#11733
|Overwatch, US
|-
|Ascanius
|Zomfies#1978
|Diablo III, Overwatch, World of Warcraft
|-
|Chicanery
|Chicanery#21520
|Overwatch EU
|-
| The Unshaven
| TheUnshaven#11960
| Overwatch Only (Also I don't play competitive often if at all, and I am not skilled)
|-
|dreamfarer
|dreamfarer#1130
|Overwatch NA PC

Talk:CoX Arc 28856

2009-04-14T18:02:38Z

Dreamfarer:

Played through this arc on my Kat/SR scrapper and had a very nice time with it.

The storyline was pretty straightforward but it built up nicely and Agents Sims (the contact) came off well. Mort, the villain, was well used and not that bad of a fight (caveat: with /SR+Divine Avalanche I was way over the softcap for melee defense which rendered him pretty easy to deal with - squishy alts will probably have a rougher time).

For an arc that almost exclusively used standard mobs there was still a nice variety of critters to fight against and each fit well in terms of story placement and environment.
[[User:Dreamfarer|Dreamfarer]] 11:02, 14 April 2009 (PDT)

Talk:CoX Arc 4804

2009-04-11T23:27:03Z

Dreamfarer:

== Feedback ==

Nice storyline on this one! I loved the "inversions" of the cannon characters as well as the idea of Bright Astoria. Also, once again, good job on the enemy difficulty. Wasn't bad at all soloing on Heroic with my Ice/Ice blaster.

In terms of suggestions:
* I would consider swapping UD in for his wife in the final mission. He comes off a bit poorly in that he's basically dictating through Hetrodyne what the players are supposed to do but can't be bothered to lend a hand himself ("all that stuff cons grey to me"?). If he won't fit in any of the missions then perhaps some text describing how he's helping off screen would help too.
* The line in the first mission briefing of "Usurper Dyne has declared this a Task Force" is a bit dubious too. It smacks of UD having some form of official authority that the player character should be bowing to. My first reaction to that was "who died and made him Positron"?
* If they can't manage to fix the melee npc problem it might be good to make sure everyone has a ranged attack available. The wife was 100% useless in my run due to that bug.
[[User:Dreamfarer|Dreamfarer]] 16:17, 11 April 2009 (PDT)

Talk:CoX Arc 4804

2009-04-11T23:17:19Z

Dreamfarer:

== Feedback ==

Nice storyline on this one! I loved the "inversions" of the cannon characters as well as the idea of Bright Astoria. Also, once again, good job on the enemy difficulty. Wasn't bad at all soloing on Heroic with my Ice/Ice blaster.

In terms of suggestions:
* I would consider swapping UD in for his wife in the final mission. He comes off a bit poorly in that he's basically dictating through Hetrodyne what the players are supposed to do but can't be bothered to lend a hand himself ("all that stuff cons grey to me"?).
* The line in the first mission briefing of "Usurper Dyne has declared this a Task Force" is a bit dubious too. It smacks of UD having some form of official authority that the player character should be bowing to. My first reaction to that was "who died and made him Positron"?
* If they can't manage to fix the melee npc problem it might be good to make sure everyone has a ranged attack available. The wife was 100% useless in my run due to that bug.
[[User:Dreamfarer|Dreamfarer]] 16:17, 11 April 2009 (PDT)

CoX Arc 4804

2009-04-11T22:59:31Z

Dreamfarer:

= The Inversion Point =
by Dyne

Arc ID 4804

RPGnet CoX Arcs

2009-04-11T22:54:54Z

Dreamfarer:

= RPGNet City of Heroes / City of Villains "Mission Architect" Story Arcs =

== General Notes ==
Issue 14 saw the release of the "Mission Architect" for City of Heroes and City of Villains. This new feature allowed players to create series of missions with custom story text and characters.

Up to 5 missions can be joined together in 1 arc, with each mission leading to the next in a linear path. The arcs can be played in test mode by their creator which allows the player to check for errors and gauge the strength of the foes they've included. Once the player is satisfied with their creation they can "publish" is to the Mission Architect server which then makes it available to hero and villain characters on all servers. Players may have up to 3 arcs published per game account, as well as as many unpublished arcs as they care to write.

Published arcs can be rated on a scale of 1 to 5 stars and players can provide in-game feedback as part of the process. Well crafted arcs can receive two different sorts of special recognition.

The NCSoft Developers can grant it a "Developer's Choice" award which marks it with a special flag in the search window, locks it from being changed and frees up the slot the player was using to publish it. Arcs which are granted a Developer's Choice award also gain the ability to drop regular rewards like recipes and enhancements for the people playing them.

Similarly if an arc is rated by enough players at at 4.5 star average or higher it gain a "Hall of Fame" award which works similarly to the Developer's Choice, except that it will continue to award tickets in place of recipes or enhancements.

== RPGNet User Created Arc Master List ==

{| border=1
|-
! align=center style="width:100px" | Arc ID
! align=left style="width:200px" | Arc Name
! align=left | Creator (by CoX Global Handle)
! align=left | Description
! align=center | Arc Page
|-
! align=center | 3962
! align=left | Temporal Anomalies
! align=left | Dyne
! align=left |
! align=center | [[CoX_Arc_3962]]
|-
! align=center | 4804
! align=left | The Inversion Point
! align=left | Dyne
! align=left |
! align=center | [[CoX_Arc_4804]]
|-
! align=center | 6558
! align=left | PPD Delta Blues
! align=left | Overclock
! align=left | Sgt Miles Danvers think the Paragon Police can coordinate better with heroes than using cheap radio scanners and would like your help in proving it.
! align=center | [[CoX_Arc_6558]]
|-
|}

RPGnet CoX Resources

2009-04-11T20:57:27Z

Dreamfarer:

== RPGnet City of Heroes/City of Villains Resources ==

First and foremost, join the "rpgnet" channel in order to be able to chat with the rest of us, no matter what server you're on. To join, either right click on a chat tab and choose "join channel", or use the command:

/chanjoin RPGnet

A lot of people use binds to make it so that when they press a key (the p key in the example below), they can just start typing and have the text go to the rpgnet channel.

examples:

/bind p "beginchat /send rpgnet "

/bind p "beginchat /send rpgnet [$name $level +VIR] "

=== Supergroups/Villaingroups ===

{| style="width:640px" border=1
|-
! align=center style="width:200px" | Supergroup
! align=center style="width:100px" | Server
! align=center style="width:340px" | Description
|-
| align=center style="color:navy" | The Liberty Alliance
| align=center | Freedom
| align=left | The old-guard of Paragon with historical and cosmic ties
|-
| align=center style="color:navy" | The Royal Family
| align=center | Freedom
| align=left | A family of adventurers
|-
| align=center style="color:navy" | Court Royale
| align=center | Freedom
| align=left | Offshoot of the Royal Family (for folks without the 'Royal' surname)
|-
| align=center style="color:navy" | The Young Paragons
| align=center | Freedom
| align=left | [http://www.youngparagons.org/ Youth oriented with teen angst]
|-
| align=center style="color:navy" | The Wrong Place
| align=center | Freedom
| align=left | Mostly just a nightclub for the coalition to go to.
|-
| align=center style="color:navy" | The Penultimates
| align=center | Virtue
| align=left | A loose collection of like-minded heroes (all of Dunlaing's heroside characters...but we're happy to join coalitions and team and stuff)
|-
| align=center style="color:navy" | The Family Royale
| align=center | Virtue
| align=left | An alternate-world version of the Royal Family (pretty much nothing story-wise in common, just theme and name style)
|-
| align=center style="color:navy" | The Inappropriates
| align=center | Virtue
| align=left | The unofficial low-maintenance RP-friendly RPGNet supergroup
|-
| align=center style="color:red" | The Intolerables
| align=center | Virtue
| align=left | Like the Inappropriates, but, you know, evil.
|-
| align=center style="color:red" | The Army of One
| align=center | Victory
| align=left | Catch-all villain group. Odds and ends and everything in between.
|-
| align=center style="color:red" | The Uncanny Legion
| align=center | Triumph
| align=left | Good crew mostly, even if we do have our occasion "The hell are you doing?" moments. Also, home of the [[Multiple MANIACS]]
|-
| align=center style="color:red" | The Wasted Youth
| align=center | Freedom
| align=left | The Young Paragons' Evil Counterpart, only most of the members are much more interested in just raising hell than trying to take over the world or something.
|-
| align=center style="color:red" | The Crime Family
| align=center | Freedom
| align=left | Much like the Royals, they all share the last name Crime.
|-
| align=center style="color:red" | The Lords of the Abyss
| align=center | Freedom
| align=left | A catchall group with a demonic leader.
|-
| align=center style="color:red" | The Regal Family
| align=center | Freedom
| align=left | The Praetorian version of the Royals.
|}

=== Useful Links ===
[http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=faq&Number=8922474&page=0&fpart=1 COH/COV's "Guide to Guides"] - Your #1 resource for COH faqs.

[http://mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?GAMEID=3&SETVIEW=videos&BHCP=1&VIDEOID=1054&bhcp=1 Invention/Consignment tutorial video from NCSoft], hosted by MMORPG.com. About 4 or so minutes of your time.

[http://www.paragonwiki.com/ ParagonWiki] is another invaluable resource. Some good topics for new players:

* [http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Hero_Story_Arcs Hero Story Arc] which can help you find [http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Story_Arc story arcs] to play through. No wandering around aimlessly, plus an asset for role-players wanting to take on certain storylines/enemy groups for RP-purposes.

* [http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Enhancements Enhancements] - A good overview of City of Heroes/Villain's Enhancement system (enhancements being the closest thing to actual equipment in COx).

* [http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Consignment_House Consignment House] - Now that you can create things, there's a place to sell them at too. Its different than what other games have to offer - its not like a City of Heroes eBay.

[http://community.livejournal.com/city_of_heroes/2066886.html FAQ] - This FAQ was put together by people on LiveJournal, and was then linked to by a dev on the forums.

The [http://community.livejournal.com/city_of_heroes CoH Livejournal Community] also has a great many active players.

For City of Villains players, [http://boards.cityofvillains.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=3949032&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#3949032 Khaiba's Mastermind Numeric Keypad Pet Controls] are head and shoulders above the default Mastermind pet interface and can spare a player many pet-related headaches.

=== Help for the Color Blind ===
[http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/GamingGeek/cohfleshtones9qz.jpg Skin Color Chart]

[http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/GamingGeek/cohcolorchart3bz.jpg Other Color Chart]

=== Who's Who ===

Please add yourself to this table so people can easily associate who you are on RPG.net with who you are on City of X.
{| border=1
|-
! align=center style="width:100px" | RPG.net User Name
! align=center style="width:100px" | CoX Global
! align=center | Main Character(s)
|-
| align=center | Chikahiro
| align=center | Psyte
| align=left |
|-
| align=center | Dunlaing
| align=center | Dunlaing
| align=left | Vir+: Darkforce Bowman; Free+: Pr0n Monday; Vic-: Madame Vamp; Free-: Agent 8008
|-
| align=center | Drnuncheon
| align=center | Dr. Nuncheon
| align=left |
|-
| align=center | Gregor
| align=center | Dyne
| align=left | Vir+: Still Heart, Vir-: Grim Grinner ... heck, just check [http://www.virtueverse.com/index.php/User:Dyne here]
|-
| align=center | Knockwood
| align=center | Physics Engine
| align=left | (several, mainly on Freedom)
|-
| align=center | Menteroso
| align=center | Menteroso
| align=left | Vir: El Bango, Juan Corazon,
|-
| align=center | Quantum Yuusuka
| align=center | Quantum Yuusuka
| align=left | Tri: Penny Requin
|-
| align=center | Scoundrel
| align=center | Scoundrel
| align=left | Fre: Rebecca Faith, Archer Deft, Eric Grey, Nymren
|-
| align=center | Andrew Bates
| align=center | agent006
| align=left | Fre+: Fight Lass, Mega-Steel / Fre-: BlackBug / Vir-: Hellthing
|-
| align=center | Erstwhile
| align=center | Salvor1
| align=left | Free+: Commander North, Sam Volt; Just+: The Azure Ifrit; Vir-: Reactor Tractor, Public Offender
|-
| align=center | Arbane the Terrible
| align=center | Arbane
| align=left | Tri-: Princess Ariosal; Free-: Nerd Rage; Free+: Kid Cryo; Vir-: Sledgehamster; lots of others
|-
| align=center | JustinCognito
| align=center | JustinCognito
| align=left | Fre+: Forge's Flame, Almsman, Steeltrap, Summer Regent, Sgt. Johnny Steel; Fre-: Fomorian
|-
| align=center | Soul of Lost
| align=center | Bashere
| align=left | Fre+: Rook Starfyr; Bashera; Fre-: Maureen Faith; Silken Slice; Vic-: Frau Oberherr; Vir:-The Poisoned Scorpion; and many more
|-
| align=center | Epoch
| align=center | Watchful
| align=left | Fre+: Illuminent, Sanguine Scaramouche, Le Merle; Fre-: Electric Barb, Nonborn; Vir-: Harvest Time
|-
| align=center | dreamfarer
| align=center | Overclock
| align=left | Tri+: Giggle, Fireskimmer, OCR, Rising Day, Tri-: Cruel Mockery; Fre+: Dreamfarer, Kid Darklight ; Vir+: FireDancer; and lots more.
|}

=== What's Changed Since I Left? ===
'''Issue 6: Villains! and Bases.'''
- i6 was largely about introducing CoV. It also contained the dreaded ED nerf.
- The short form of ED is if you try to slotmore than 3 of the same type of SO level enhancement into your power you suffer extremely diminishing returns on the 4th - 6th ones (like instead of 33% they add about 1%).
- If you have some i5 alts that you like to play who are in the 22+ range you'll probably want to respec them to be inline with ED.

'''Issue 6.5 Pocket D'''
- Not technically an issue but for the Valentines day event Pocket D was added to the game as a place where Heroes and Villains could meet on neutral turf. Holiday missions that originate in Pocket D also allow heroes and villains to team up together.

'''Issue 7: Newspaper and Mayhem missions and level 40-50 (all) for Villains'''
- Newspaper missions are accessed by typing /newspaper which brings up a list of 3 missions in the current zone, scaled to your level. These are endlessly available so no more running out of missions from contacts and needing to street sweep for a level or two. If you do enough newspaper missions (3-5 depending on level) your broker offers a Mayhem mission
- Mayhem missions involve robbing a bank in Paragon City. You have 15 minutes to do so. Also there are side missions like Arsons that can get you temp powers and accolades. You can earn more time in Mayhem missions by going nuts and blowing stuff up (cars, bus stops, fire hydrants etc).

'''Issue 8: Radio and Safeguard missions for Heroes and Faultline revamp'''
- Faultline the all but abandoned hero zone at the bottom end of Skyway got a *HUGE* revamp and is now one of the coolest zones in the game. 4 new story arcs added as well as a special store that lets you get some SOs before level 22.

'''Issue 9: Inventions'''
- Probably *the* most game changing issue to date.
- Inventions are a giant topic, but pretty much they're all to the good. If you don't want to hassle with them they're completely optional. If you do work with them though they can vastly improve what you can do.

'''Issue 10: Rikti War Zone'''
- The Rikti War Zone is a revamp of the Rikti Crash Site.
- It's now open for level 35-50.
- Heroes and Villains co-op in the zone, so you can play mixed teams.
- There are 5 new arcs here + a Task Force + a zone level Raid (which happen fairly frequently on Triumph at least).

'''Issue 11: Ouroboros'''
- The new Time Travel zone - level 25+.
- a new story arc, 6 new Task Forces (3 for each side, the zone's not co-op but is available as separate instances to both h and v - the tf's are also soloable to a degree.)
- "Flashback" functionality lets you revisit earlier story arcs from contacts. You are level capped back to the range of the contact and can run their missions for badges or temp powers you may have missed previously.
- The Ouroboros Portal power is gained in a variety of ways and is *incredibly* handy for moving around in general since it recharges in 5 minutes and the exit from Ouroboros into Talos is right near the auction house and the tram.

There's a lot more too including new sets, a *huge* change to the way Blaster Defiance works and other tweaks and fixes. Overall though it's a much better game than it was back in fall 2005 (aka post i5).

'''Issue 11.5: Real Numbers!'''
Almost forgot the most droolworthy (to me anyways) update: In February they rolled out another mini-expansion. There was a special limited time mission you could do related to Manticore and Sister Psyche's wedding (kinda a lame mission to be honest) and WAY COOLER than that....we finally got a way to see the real numbers that are going on for our powers!

If you're not Arithmophobic check under your Powers -> Combat Attributes to see a whole bunch of handy info on your character. Like what your defense levels really are, what your current stealth radius is and so on. Also you can check your combat tab to see on a shot by shot basis what chance you had to hit someone and what number was "rolled" for that hit.

'''Issue 14 : Mission Architect'''
User created story content on an unprecedented scale. Within the first day of it going live there were over 10,000 story arcs published and the number is increasing all the time.

[[RPGnet CoX Arcs |Arcs made by RPGNet users]] are listed here and discussed here.

RPGnet CoX Resources

2009-04-11T20:54:06Z

Dreamfarer:

RPGnet CoX Resources

2009-04-11T20:45:31Z

Dreamfarer: