City of Heroes

[DinoDoc]

What's a good newbie archtype to make? I'm thinking of getting this when I get regular employment.

[Grumbold]

It depends on what you think you will enjoy most. Blasters are the "wizard" type - kings of damage but fold like a wet rag in hand to hand. I personally love playing one and find it easy to solo and very useful if you group. If survivability is more important, both scrappers and tankers can mix it up with the enemy more comfortably. You can get to level 5 in an afternoon of play once you are familiar with the system so I have tried out a lot of types to at least that level before concentrating on being a blaster most of the time.

[Jon Miller]

I quit playing for reasons of work sunday morning at 8:50 am eastern

I am a level 16 Gravity/FF Controller on Victory

name of Dr Gravitino

part of the supergroup Field Theory

Jon Miller

[asleepathewheel]

those are pretty cool heroes

If only there were time to play...

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Grumbold
It depends on what you think you will enjoy most.

The characters I'm most interested in making my version of are Storm, Batman, & Magneto. What archtypes would these be?

[General Ludd]

Any information on the villains expansion? I noticed that it has it's own forum on the official website already.

[bipolarbear]

So is it possible to get all of your power form a distant planet called Oa, from some really smart blue guys, and maybe have it be wek to only yellow things? Just wondering.

[Grumbold]

Download the acrobat format manual if you want to see all the powersets (its too big for me to upload here.)

Its certainly possible to come close to Storm and Batman, perhaps harder for Magneto. Batty could be a scrapper or tanker, depending on whether you see him as more offensive or defensive. Natural or tech origin for his trained physique and gadgetry. Storm would probably be a mutant defender with storm summoning & electrical powers. Magneto is trickier. There are different sets for kinetics, gravity and mind control so it would have to be a question of which powers you wanted to make primary.

I don't know anything about the Villains pack except what the website mentions. I'm not a PvP player so I'm enjoying what we already have

You can get your powers from one of 5 origins: Natural talent, Science (experiment accident etc), Tech (gadgetry), Mutation and Magic. Its up to you what backstory you invent to elaborate on that, but the only power weaknesses are written into the set, i.e. mind control sucks against robots

[Urban Ranger]

What's a "defender?"

[Adagio]

I think the defender was the 'healer' for the team... could be mistaking though... check out the quick-start guide on the site...

[Jon Miller]

healer or buffer

JM

[DinoDoc]

[Place Holder Name for Batman type character]

Origin: Natural
Archtype: Scrapper
Power set: Martial Arts, Super Reflexes

[Place Holder Name for Magneto type character]

Origin: Mutant
Archtype: Controller
Powerset: Gravity Control, Force Field (Figure out how to fly)

What do you think of these build? Also what names would you suggest?

[Grumbold]

Defenders have a combination of weaker blaster powers and some ability to improve group performance or weaken enemy performance. For example a dark/dark defender can drain the enemy of accuracy and strength, blast them for damage, heal themselves and nearby friends by draining foes and resurrect a friend by draining foes. The empath is the only defender that really concentrates on healing. Some people insist on them but I find all the rest just as good. If you don't get hit because the enemy goes down fast or is weakened, you don't need healing.

Names are tricky because you're competing against thousands of other heroes. To get Phoenix Flames I went through half a dozen Phoenix variations before one was accepted

One thing you are not supposed to do is choose both the look and the powers of a true comic book hero. So your guy with batman like powers should not try to imitate his costume (there's no bat ears or bat symbol anyway) or go by names like The Bat. How rigidly this naming/look is enforced I could not say.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Grumbold
One thing you are not supposed to do is choose both the look and the powers of a true comic book hero. So your guy with batman like powers should not try to imitate his costume (there's no bat ears or bat symbol anyway) or go by names like The Bat. How rigidly this naming/look is enforced I could not say.

I only want the powers anyway.

[Q Classic]

i love this game. simply because there are only two types of items you can ever get and no crafting; simplifies it nicely.

anyway, i usually play on the virtue server as alex lee (lvl 8 rad/rad def) or sidney brewster (lvl 11 grav/kin ctrl).

maybe i'll see some of you around.