# 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:** 63
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1241 "2011-09-20T00:29:05Z")
Woohoo! My pink building issues are solved! I ended up having to delete the whole game and re-load the entire thing, but hey, it’s fixed! Now, question… I’ve been away for a while, and I started building a new character. I remember before that I could edit the colors of my powers. It’s looking like I can’t do that anymore. There’s a power edit screen, but it only seems to allow ‘light’ and ‘dark’, no color changes. Am I missing something? I’m hoping that didn’t get removed from the game. Also, I kinda wanted to have a character with something of an energy blade to wield, but it looks like that’s not an option, appearance-wise? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1242 "2011-09-20T00:43:09Z")
> [@ArrMatey](#): > > Now, question… I’ve been away for a while, and I started building a new character. I remember before that I could edit the colors of my powers. It’s looking like I can’t do that anymore. There’s a power edit screen, but it only seems to allow ‘light’ and ‘dark’, no color changes. Am I missing something? I’m hoping that didn’t get removed from the game. Strange; you can certainly edit the colors; Light and Dark are just the different palettes. > [@ArrMatey](#): > > Also, I kinda wanted to have a character with something of an energy blade to wield, but it looks like that’s not an option, appearance-wise? It is; [Vanguard](http://wiki.cohtitan.com/w/images//5/53/Talsorian_Sword_Final.jpg) [Blades](http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/File:Dualvanguardkatana.jpg). But since you were apparently away for a while you missed out on the Loyalty Award program a while back that made them available to all your characters; so you’ll need to wait till 35 to unlock them. Or make a Fire Melee character for an approximation I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1243 "2011-09-20T00:54:11Z")
_COugh_ If I were to hop in early… what server might be appropriate/Doper friendly? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1244 "2011-09-20T01:08:11Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > _COugh_ > > If I were to hop in early… what server might be appropriate/Doper friendly? Virtue is the main Hero supergroup, Protector the main Villain group. There’s also smaller hero groups on Justice and Guardian. And at the moment Exalted the VIP (aka subscriber) server is busiest, but keep in mind that if you were ever to drop to premium you couldn’t play those guys unless you moved them off the server. The SDMB global chat channel is CECIL. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1245 "2011-09-20T01:28:11Z")
BTW it is really hard to make a gimped character. Really the only Archetypes where it is possible are Controller and maybe Defender and even then you would be fine on teams just struggling solo. Really the main choice is whether you want to be Shooty or Punchy. Most suggest new players start with Melee like a Scrapper or Brute,. I found that choosing a Blaster first was best for me. Hanging back and aiming ans shooting seems like less pressure when you are still learning the game. It is a little tougher solo because Blasters have almost no defense but I found it fun and ironically easier when I was new. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1246 "2011-09-20T01:28:23Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Look for a slider bar next to the map. I’ll look for that. It must be tiny for me to have not seen it. Or if I saw it I assumed it was for scrolling. > [@mlees](#): > > The tailor is an NPC standing out on the street in the second “zone” (the lv 10-15 zone). I’m sorry I forgot the name. It is the same zone the auction house is located in. > > If you come out the tram station run around behind it and look for the bank/vault. Up the street to the left (as you face the bank) is the tailor standing near a street corner. > > You can fiddle with the mini map to get it to display vendors. (Dollar sign symbols on the map.) The tailor is marked with one of these. Thanks! Looks like I won’t be able to visit for a few more levels (though I was mainly wanting to log out there for the relevant “day job” credits). Well, I’ve already rolled up a crapton of different characters with different archetypes and power sets. I kind of like to do that in these games, and just play each one a bit here and there and see which ones “stick” and which ones don’t. So far I’m having the most fun with my “blasters”, in particular Green Shriek, my mutation/sonic attack/mental manipulation character, and Chill Kill, my magic/archery/ice manipulation character. One of the first characters I rolled, Missterra, has perhaps a “less than ideal” power set. She’s a controller — earth control/kinetic, without much in the way of offensive capabilities. But it’s fun and challenging trying to beat the encounters using the tools she has available to her. Plus I figure that not every mutant is blessed with a perfect combination of powers. ---
**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 20, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1247 "2011-09-20T01:28:49Z")
> [@ArrMatey](#): > > Now, question… I’ve been away for a while, and I started building a new character. I remember before that I could edit the colors of my powers. It’s looking like I can’t do that anymore. There’s a power edit screen, but it only seems to allow ‘light’ and ‘dark’, no color changes. Am I missing something? I’m hoping that didn’t get removed from the game. > > Also, I kinda wanted to have a character with something of an energy blade to wield, but it looks like that’s not an option, appearance-wise? What powers did you choose? Sounds like you have ones that are color-locked. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1248 "2011-09-20T01:42:35Z")
Hm. Maybe. Is demon summoning color-locked? ---
**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 20, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1249 "2011-09-20T01:50:56Z")
> [@ArrMatey](#): > > Hm. Maybe. Is demon summoning color-locked? Looks that way. Demon Summoning isn’t listed [here](http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Bright_Power_Colors) or [here](http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Dark_Power_Colors). ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1250 "2011-09-20T02:43:52Z")
Okay, then no problems. Man, I’m jonesing to play now. Of course, I have option paralysis when it comes to character creation… ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1251 "2011-09-20T14:17:55Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Try again, they [claim to have fixed it](http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?p=3884316#post3884316). OK, that worked, although not at first. At first it didn’t “stick” and I had to log a character back into the game for a few seconds before it would allow me to log back into the forums. I PMed a redname and was told “it might take over 15 minutes to propagate” to all the places it need to propagate. So I stopped worrying about it, and it seems to be working today. Finally, after 6 days of being mute. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1252 "2011-09-20T14:43:02Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > I’ll look for that. It must be tiny for me to have not seen it. Or if I saw it I assumed it was for scrolling. > Thanks! Looks like I won’t be able to visit for a few more levels (though I was mainly wanting to log out there for the relevant “day job” credits). There’s no real need to wait. 🙂 You can take the tram to the next zone right away. When you leave the tram station in the next zone, go clockwise (to the right) around the station, and behind it (and across the street) to the south-southeast is the tailor. There should be no mobs to worry about. The tailor is a female NPC. The vault/bank is to the west, down the street (a short city block), also safe to approach, on the south side of the street (same side as the tailor). The auction house is across the street to the west from the bank. (And up a set of stairs.) There are occasionaly some level 10-12 mobs hanging out in the mouth of the alley to the north of the auction house (to the right as you face the auction house), but I never had any problems avoiding those chumps. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1253 "2011-09-20T15:15:02Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > It is; [Vanguard](http://wiki.cohtitan.com/w/images//5/53/Talsorian_Sword_Final.jpg) [Blades](http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/File:Dualvanguardkatana.jpg). But since you were apparently away for a while you missed out on the Loyalty Award program a while back that made them available to all your characters; so you’ll need to wait till 35 to unlock them. Or make a Fire Melee character for an approximation I suppose. You should actually be able to purchase the blades in the store, too, as well as the entire Vanguard pack, if you’re willing to spend extra money. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1254 "2011-09-22T03:37:05Z")
Intial notes: The costume creator is nice but _painfully_ limited in some areas. It has about 900 different weird varieties of tech armor, and 500 varities of formalwear, but rather limited as far as smooth coats or jackets. Pants are similarly weak. I expected more from the game which later gave rise to Champions Online. Dammit, I wanted my character in some shorts so as to show off his legs, but apparently the only “Shorts” available are valkyrie skirts for some reason. I was originally going for semi-human face (“Feline”) and monstrous legs, but decided against that on the grounds that the monstrous legs looked meh. Way better than Champions Online, however, where they omstly made you look like a carnival show. Combat seemed smooth, except I had terrible and constant lag. Eventually I digured out this was probably the downloader and not the game. Very poor detail even on “Ultra High”, and not as good art design as WoW. Ah well, I’m past the tutorial and onto Mercy Island. I will let it download everything before proceeding, so it’s off to bed for me till the morrow. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1255 "2011-09-22T12:28:27Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > it seems to be working today. Finally, after 6 days of being mute. 🙂 Okay, it’s UN-working this morning – cannot log into the COH forums _again_. I can read posts, but I don’t see any awareness that the problem is back…wish I could post at least once to say “Hey, I’m getting it again, anyone else getting it?” Sigh. > [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Dammit, I wanted my character in some shorts so as to show off his legs, but apparently the only “Shorts” available are valkyrie skirts for some reason. There are definitely shorts available. Sometimes things are organized in ways that may baffle users, though – but they should be in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1256 "2011-09-22T13:01:15Z")
Well, I dropped DC Online yesterday, and I would have dropped City of Heroes had I been able to log into my account. They apparently added new security questions for computer verification that - having not set those up - I couldn’t answer. Finally resolved the issue with their support team this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1257 "2011-09-22T14:37:19Z")
What exactly does it mean each time I log in a new character and the words “New Costume Part (Piece?)” flash across the screen? The wording implies a new slot, which I see I get at certain levels, but visiting the tailor doesn’t seem to reveal any new slots that weren’t there while I was creating the original costume. It looks like I probably won’t be making any “summoner”-type characters. Every time I get near another character who has their pets out — at least the “little flaming demon” type, which seems to be most of them that I’ve seen so far — my FPS drops into “unplayable” range. I have to ask: is loitering around Ms. Liberty with pets out the CoH equivalent of WoW’s “mammoth on the mailbox”? I’m starting to think it’s a good idea to learn “Flight” as soon as Pool Powers are available. ---
**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 22, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1258 "2011-09-22T15:37:43Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > What exactly does it mean each time I log in a new character and the words “New Costume Part (Piece?)” flash across the screen? That character just got access to a new costume part. Wings, for example. > [@](#): > > Every time I get near another character who has their pets out — at least the “little flaming demon” type, which seems to be most of them that I’ve seen so far — my FPS drops into “unplayable” range. Go into options and turn off the display for other players’ effects. ---
**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 22, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1259 "2011-09-22T15:46:00Z")
It’s very common to see anyone and everyone loitering near Ms. Liberty. Atlas Park, specifically under the Atlas statue, is the primary location for costume contests. I’ve seen some so big it that looks like the entire zone is there. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1260 "2011-09-22T16:33:51Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > That character just got access to a new costume part. Wings, for example. Is there something that will tell me specifically what “new part” I got access to? Like I said, I visit the tailor and I’m not seeing anything I didn’t already see during costume creation while making the character. > [@](#): > > Go into options and turn off the display for other players’ effects. Cool, didn’t know about that. Thanks 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023.md?page=64)