# Wanted! City of Heroes Players! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 10, 2005, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023 "2005-01-10T10:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 39
**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/761 "2008-08-27T22:28:04Z")
So my wife(Aangelica here on the dope) and I have come back to COH. We last played in like 2004 or so, so it’s been a while. We rolled up new characters on Justice, good guy side. She made an Ice/Ice Blaster named Aangelica, and I rolled a Fire/Fire tanker named Urry. We’re a bit lost with all the changes and stuff though, so we could use a SG and some advice. Teammates for missions are always welcome. I also made a Stalker named Serrated Angel, also on Justice. One specific question. How do you use the global chat thing? I joined Global CECIL, I think, but I don’t know how to chat in it or check if anyone else is on. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/762 "2008-08-27T23:15:51Z")
I’m not sure how to join a global chat. I’ll look at it again tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/763 "2008-08-27T23:46:47Z")
The command for joining the channel is just /chanjoin CECIL. Thanks to problems with spammers lately, I believe it defaults to “silenced” when you join, so you may need to send a tell to one of the channel operators to get unsilenced. To actually see the channel, you’ll need to add it to a tab in your chat window. Pick wherever you want to see the chat, and right-click on that pane. Select “Edit Tab”, and you’ll get a popup window with a list of the channels for that pane on the left and the channels you have access to on the right. Pick CECIL from the list on the right, add it to the list on the left, and click OK. **Nanook** , some of us (mostly my family) have been playing quite a bit on Justice lately. We’ve got a couple of theme teams and some more one-off heroes. We’ve almost always got room for a couple more. We mostly talk over Skype, rather than using the chat, but most of us can keep up with both. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/764 "2008-09-05T14:20:42Z")
After a long hiatus I’ve picked CoH back up, having tired of WoW and EVE. My character is on Freedom, which seemed to be the most active server when I joined. Is Virtue still the preferred SDMB server? Is there still an active SuperGroup on Virtue? If so, I’ll create a new character there…any particular AT needs? I have some experience with Blasters (Ice) and Scrappers, but I’m willing to try others if it helps out. If Virtue “sticks”, I’ll eventually transfer over my other characters. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/765 "2008-09-05T14:50:43Z")
There is an active supergroup with a rather nice base (thanks to Culex and Balanced, mostly), but there isn’t a lot of chat regarding forming pickup teams on the channel - once in a while someone asks for some help. Most of us have so many alts that there are plenty of ATs that can be sidekicked or exemplared to the appropriate level to fill any need. Usually there are about six or so people on in the evenings and weekends, occationally more - but that is the CECIL channel, not the supergroup - and the CECIL channel is spread across the servers - Virtue being the primary home for most of our heroes, but people playing on any server thay want. (Its a little different than WoW since most interesting things - except TFs and a few missions - can be done solo and sidekicking means you can play any two characters together, making the supergroup not nearly as important as a WoW guild.) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/766 "2008-09-05T14:52:37Z")
> [@Raza](#): > > Is Virtue still the preferred SDMB server? Is there still an active SuperGroup on Virtue? The most active servers and SGs are Virtue for Heroes, Protector for Villains, but I think we have smaller groups everywere. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/767 "2008-09-05T15:18:19Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > The most active servers and SGs are Virtue for Heroes, Protector for Villains, but I think we have smaller groups everywere. That is the most active for the SDMB players. Freedom is the most active in terms of players in general, with Virtue second. I have a CECIL group started on Freedom, not many members, I don’t think I have even started a base yet. **Raza** , the base really makes things easier (especially when you get the [Base Transporter](http://www.cityofheroes.com/community/veteranrewards_24months.html) for getting around with the transporters. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/768 "2008-09-05T15:54:52Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > I have a CECIL group started on Freedom, not many members, I don’t think I have even started a base yet. If you don’t mind some help/questions, my level 12 Ice/Energy Blaster _Free On_ would like to join your group and receive your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/769 "2008-09-05T16:20:57Z")
> [@Raza](#): > > If you don’t mind some help/questions, my level 12 Ice/Energy Blaster _Free On_ would like to join your group and receive your newsletter. You are welcome in any of the CECIL groups on any of the servers. The hard part is actually catching me online to get invited to the SG. 😛 If you haven’t yet, be sure to join the CECIL global channel, Balanced gave the instructions a couple of days ago here. If you see Justice Blues there, just mention you need an invite to the Freedom group. I am pretty sure someone else can invite you there too, maybe Obscure Blade. I just love having alts, it is so easy to keep track of things. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/770 "2008-09-05T16:28:46Z")
And of course y’all are welcome to come visit me on Liberty! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/771 "2008-09-05T17:53:17Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > That is the most active for the SDMB players. Isn’t that what I said? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/772 "2008-09-26T17:23:29Z")
[New features announced for I13](http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/archives/2008/09/issue_13_so_big.html); user-created missions has been pushed back to I14 and replaced with stuff like > [@](#): > > The Leveling Pact: A new innovation to MMOs, this groundbreaking system allows you and a buddy to create new characters and have your XP be permanently in sync, whether both characters are online or not. You will always be the same level, even if your buddy plays ten times more often than you do! It’s sort of like “Extreme Sidekicking.” > > Multi-Builds: Another innovation to City of Heroes, we are delivering the ability to have two different build-outs of each character, including which powers are selected and which Enhancements are slotted. This will now be possible for characters who want to take advantage of it. By visiting any Trainer you can switch the entire build of your character to an alternate one. You can use this separate build for whatever you like. If you wish to use different power selections for soloing and groups, you can do that. This even makes it possible to have different IO sets slotted for PVP and PVE. It’s up to you. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/773 "2008-09-26T17:50:00Z")
Also: revised SG base pricing, which I’m looking forward to. While I don’t have a real need for the changes just mentioned, it impresses me greatly that they’ve thought of, and implemented, such cool features. Take that, WoW! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/774 "2008-09-26T18:47:37Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [New features announced for I13](http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/archives/2008/09/issue_13_so_big.html); user-created missions has been pushed back to I14 and replaced with stuff like To clarify a bit, those aren’t “replacing” the Architect feature. As I understand it, they were always in the feature list for I13, they just hadn’t all been announced yet. The marketing team tends to dole out feature lists and such gradually; it was about time for them to announce the rest of the list anyway, and this way, they could use it to soften the news of the Architect being split out into a separate Issue. The delay on the Architect feature isn’t as big as it sounds, I think. They’re wedging another issue between I13 and the planned I14 (which will now be I15), not putting the feature off until the original date planned for I14 (which I would expect to be mid-to-late 2009). From what Posi said, I would expect to see Architect in January or February. Anxious as I am for the feature to go live, I can wait that long to get custom character designs in it. I wasn’t expecting to see it before December, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/775 "2008-09-26T19:22:33Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > To clarify a bit, those aren’t “replacing” the Architect feature. As I understand it, they were always in the feature list for I13, they just hadn’t all been announced yet. [Doesn’t sound that way to me](http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Dev&Number=11990297&bodyprev=#Post11990297). ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/776 "2008-09-26T20:05:02Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > The delay on the Architect feature isn’t as big as it sounds, I think. They’re wedging another issue between I13 and the planned I14 (which will now be I15), not putting the feature off until the original date planned for I14 (which I would expect to be mid-to-late 2009). From what Posi said, I would expect to see Architect in January or February. Anxious as I am for the feature to go live, I can wait that long to get custom character designs in it. I wasn’t expecting to see it before December, anyway. Yep. The Halloween event starts in a week or two, then I13 will hit, then the Winter event, then I14, and they’ll already be rolling on to I14-now-15. There’ll be plenty to do in the next few months. The main thread on the CoH forums has been an absolute trip to read, though. I’m sure there’s not any more doomsaying on the forums than there usually is, but some people are freaking out hard. Day Jobs and Leveling Pacts are intended to make you play less! :eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/777 "2008-09-26T20:57:40Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [Doesn’t sound that way to me](http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Dev&Number=11990297&bodyprev=#Post11990297). The post you linked there seems to be saying much the same thing I said, though more vaguely–that there were more features coming in I13 than they had released information on at the time, and that they were encountering feature creep (presumably in the increased focus on customizable enemies in the Mission Architect). How are you interpreting it? They plan the Issues well in advance, with lists of all the major features, and additional features (or details of features) as stretch goals. Sometimes a feature gets delayed or canceled, or a minor tidbit (extra costume pieces, badges, and such) gets added, but not multiple features that require substantial coding time. If they had started coding for Multi-builds and Pacts when they decided to delay the Mission Architect–which can’t have been more than a week or so ago, given that the decision was a response to forum feedback on the feature–then there’s no way they’d have them ready in time for I13. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/778 "2008-09-27T01:06:02Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > The post you linked there seems to be saying much the same thing I said, though more vaguely–that there were more features coming in I13 than they had released information on at the time, and that they were encountering feature creep (presumably in the increased focus on customizable enemies in the Mission Architect). How are you interpreting it? That the recently released features weren’t always in the feature list for 13, thus the feature creep. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/779 "2008-10-02T22:05:30Z")
Now [this](http://www.cityofheroes.com/community/contest_14.html) is a costume contest! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/780 "2008-10-02T23:54:51Z")
I’m looking for players to collaborate on a story arc for the Mission creator. Is anyone else looking forward to this? We still have planty of space on Victory server for new villains; come by and join us. I try to keep an eye on the CECIL channel. I like the prizes in the costume contest, looks like something more to work for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023.md?page=40)