# 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:** 66
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1301 "2011-09-24T05:24:27Z")
True. But some of the half-assery grows on you after a while. For example, Dangerosa and I have a standing joke that every single architect in Paragon City is either barking mad, on serious drugs, or both, because the offices have floors that cannot be in the same building, the same exterior door will lead to more than one interior (including swapping between office, underground lab and warehouse), and there are hallways that seem to exist for no purpose other than to have a water fountain around a corner at the end of them. It could be irritating, but it’s actually kind of pleasant once you get used to it. And the awesomeness makes up for a lot. I love the fact that it’s both a fun, four-color superhero game and a home for some serious number-crunching optimization. Understanding how the rules work makes a really big difference in how your character performs, which I enjoy. ---
**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 24, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1302 "2011-09-24T15:04:02Z")
When I was a much more active player, my mates and I used to claim that ‘No Sane Architect’ was the firm that designed 99% of the urban structures we did missions in. 🙂 ---
**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 24, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1303 "2011-09-24T16:05:48Z")
Well, I meant more along the lines of interface issues and bad meshes, myself. Edit: So, do missions all level with you? because I’ve having a devil of a time with Dr. Graves mission in which I have to fend off my fellow villain’s plans (where I’m the “Hero” and the target.) It’s nasty, and I’m having to face down multiple liutentants a level above me. It is not going well. ---
**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 24, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1304 "2011-09-24T16:31:47Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Well, I meant more along the lines of interface issues and bad meshes, myself. The interface at least has a fair amount of customization available, between the options menu and keybinding. > [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > So, do missions all level with you? No, they remain at the level you take them. Also, at the difficulty contacts (“notoriety contacts” on your minimap, make sure that option is turned on; the last Issue screwed it up somewhat) can adjust the mission’s base level from -1 to +4. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1305 "2011-09-24T17:34:48Z")
While we’re talking about Dark… there’s a little secret I used to use in PvP that nobody ever figured out. Dark Servant, or ‘Fluffy’, as he is commonly called, is a wonderful, wonderful pet. He heals, he tentacles, he even holds. But what you might not notice his that he has a -To Hit aura. Stand inside him. ---
**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 24, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1306 "2011-09-24T18:05:27Z")
Aha, tyty. Right now I’m trying to find enough wiggle room to level up to 11. Slow going, since the missions I don’t get splattered on are few and far between right now, even with Darkest Night. ---
**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 24, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1307 "2011-09-24T22:34:09Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > [veteran forumgoer pet peeve]Gosh, and here I thought all the names had been taken already and the inability to find a good one was going to drive new players away.[/vfpp] > [@Quimby](#): > > That was probably the best part of them creating a brand new server. I got some names I long wanted to use that had been taken on all the other servers literally years ago. Just recreated my CO flamethrower as a Fire Blaster on the VIP server. If you see a “Ghostflame” running around, that’s me. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1308 "2011-09-24T22:47:44Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Aha, tyty. > > Right now I’m trying to find enough wiggle room to level up to 11. Slow going, since the missions I don’t get splattered on are few and far between right now, even with Darkest Night. You can adjust the difficulty of your missions, as noted above. At the lower levels, the hit on XP is not too bad, and since you start getting debt for defeats at level 10, it may be worth dropping down a level; you’l earn fewer XP but avoiding faceplants will avoid the 50% xp penalty for eliminating debt. You also get patrol XP (CoX’s equivalent of WoW ‘rested xp’) that gives a 50% bonus to earned XP for time spent offline. This is one thing that encourages altitis - one character builds up patrol XP while you play another. ---
**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 24, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1309 "2011-09-24T23:19:47Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > How often do you guys get to 50? > > Also, it’s gotta be tough for some builds. I mean, for Fire Armor, rezzing is part of the attack chain. 😃 Yes, it’s tough. We’ve had exactly two characters reach 50, neither of which spent a lot of time teaming, so they might have been facing smaller spawns. I currently have a level 46, played largely on teams, but I should caveat this achievement by pointing out the character is a Stone/Stone Tanker, and prodigiously tough. It’s worth noting a previous attempt at the same build died somewhere in the 20s from massed tommygun fire against the Family – I believe it was a rare case of “despite high defense, everyone rolled hits on me” bad luck, it happened blindingly fast. My previous high was 44 on a Broadsword/Shield Scrapper. Parry is _awesome_. He died against 3 Carnie Master Illusionsists – I think Parry didn’t help against their powers, and he couldn’t kill them rapidly because they phased. It wasn’t _my_ idea to aggro all 3 at once. I had some success with a Fire/Dark Tanker…rebuilt him 3 times, each iteration lived into the 20s or mid-30s. Wasn’t me, but one person got a _Blaster_ to 44. Currently I have some alts in the teens and 20s – we do have a casualty rate that varies but seems comparable to real warfare, and we’ve had teamwipes at times (shudder). ---
**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 25, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1310 "2011-09-25T02:30:01Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > [veteran forumgoer pet peeve]Gosh, and here I thought all the names had been taken already and the inability to find a good one was going to drive new players away.[/vfpp] > [@Quimby](#): > > That was probably the best part of them creating a brand new server. I got some names I long wanted to use that had been taken on all the other servers literally years ago. True; I got Fimbulwinter for my Ice/Time Corruptor, taken on all the other servers. ---
**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 25, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1311 "2011-09-25T03:21:40Z")
My cool character names - On Justice: Flaminatrix, Green Shriek, Chill Kill, Missterra, Cutdown, Reina de Noche, Bunko, Flamehound, Bruised Violet, Siyanda, Big Apple, Ankheza On Liberty: Cobalt Cutter, Rahne On Exalted: Whitefire ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1312 "2011-09-25T05:03:20Z")
My best character name is one I have on a couple of servers: Scraptacular. I have a lot of others I like - Thermocline, Attack Vector, Illusion of Security, Bot Smash, Doctor Livingstone, Truck Driving Elvis - but Scraptacular is just so perfect. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1313 "2011-09-25T05:04:39Z")
Oh, forgot about Jet Scream - I have that one on a couple of servers as well. Also Resistor - Elec/Elec corruptor Praetorian. Resistance, of course. ---
**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 25, 2011, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1314 "2011-09-25T08:49:30Z")
Cool or hard to get names in general then? Well, here’s a few: Mister Fist on Justice; my Super Strength/Willpower brute; and I’m amazed the name was free Occam the Razor - Broadsword/Ninjutsu stalker. He eliminates unnecessary entities. Winterwrath Steel Sovereign Lex Invictus, a Super Strength/Invulnerability brute; a hero, naturally Steel Reaper Taurus Malleus; made as soon as I won an Animal Pack in one of the code giveaways they had. A giant cyborg minotaur with a hammer Divine Wrath (Two of them; one of which is of course an angry angel, Fire Melee/Shield to be specific) The Will of the Storm Deus Ex Machinist; Bots/Storm Winterqueen & Hellqueen - two others I was surprised to get Flora Fatale - my female Plant/Thorns Dom Mr Murder Winds of War my Mercenary/Storm; the name inspired the character Hellforge my demonic Bots/Thermal; born of my attempts to come up with someone who’d have robots that were on fire Shatterqueen - I was surprised it wasn’t the name of a pre-existing comics character Black Ops; was available only on one server, Champion Queen of Legions - Necromancy/Thermal Mastermind ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1315 "2011-09-25T14:11:30Z")
Nice ones, Der Trihs. I think my favorite of yours is Deus Ex Machinist, but you have lots of great ones. I forgot one of my other favorites, which I think I got from an SDMB suggestion in this very thread: Suspended Animator. Ice/Ice dominator in the Urban Legends villain group on protector. He’s Walt Disney, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1316 "2011-09-25T17:27:43Z")
I was able to get the following on Exalted: Nuclear-Winter Thunder Snow Terawatt (tried for Gigawatt first and it was taken but decided I liked Terawatt better anyway) Red Wood (Redwood was taken) Bleeding-Edge Treble Clef (a Sonic, of course) Ice-Pick Had to use a few hyphens in there but still… ---
**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 25, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1317 "2011-09-25T18:46:56Z")
I suppose the system is set to automatically reject “Superman” 😃 How about “Ubermensch”? I did spot a character named Total Defense whose costume was an almost perfect reproduction of Captain America’s … ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1318 "2011-09-25T19:42:38Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > I did spot a character named Total Defense whose costume was an almost perfect reproduction of Captain America’s … It’s amazing how many people still try to get away with that crap. They’re just going to get reported eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1319 "2011-09-25T21:16:48Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > It’s amazing how many people still try to get away with that crap. They’re just going to get reported eventually. Something I have seen is people who have generic costumes while out in the world but then as soon as you are with them in a mission they change to something stolen. Seems dumb to me. The whole point is to be creative and make up something. ---
**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 26, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1320 "2011-09-26T03:19:48Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Go into options and turn off the display for other players’ effects. Okay, I went into Options, but I’m just not seeing any such option. I’d love it if I could find it, because some people like to stand around Ms. Liberty with their bigass auras (from their powers, not costume auras) active, and I can’t get within a hundred yards of her without my graphics locking up to the point that I can barely even turn my character. Though speaking of those costume auras, I gave Flaminatrix a fiery aura (though not the one _named_ “Fiery” - I picked a different one and gave it fiery colors). I gave her the full-body job, but it was just … too much. So I switched it to a fists & eyes aura that only activates when she’s in combat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023.md?page=67)