Retirement is fun!

I have some job interviews and then the Super Duper Bowl so I don't know if I will be on much this week. But in the mean time this card thingy is fun.

Chaud...I am working on your pic. Look up Adam Hughes for the style I am ripping off this time.

Coming soon!

The first annual Debt Brigade supergroup uniform fashion extravaganza!

Watch this space!

Meg

Ptah!

l to r: Tech-Blade, Avalance Lion, Garl Darklord, Amethyst Archer, Azrhiaz, Captain Thundar, Colder, and Chaud Woman

I hope everyone had a great double xp weekend! I'm sure levels were gained and sleep was lost :D

I went up a few on two alts so thanks to everyone who teamed with me!

Now, the DB really wanted to cap things off so we ran the Justin Augustine TF in Zulu. It was a blast! We cut through all the hunts rather easily being lvl 50 and all (good call by Azzie on printing out the maps...quit blacking out my Chantry map damn game!)

We tore through all the mobs pretty handily (mostly yellows and oranges) and I think we only had about 3 deaths total. I almost bit it when I just had to shoot at the crystal imprisoning Faatham. I'm proud to say that swallowing about 6 greens can help you survive a CoT onslaught :P

Sunday was also quite the day for milestones! Ebon Mauler and Slasheery hit 50, Tech earned 1 freakin' million prestiege, and the Justin TF was the last TF on Az's list!

Talk about a dedicated group! Gratz to everyone on their accomplishments and with Issue 9 coming soon, I'm sure there will be more to be had! Statesman's Task Force is calling out names...

Before I sign off, here's a special gift to everyone since we all love Zulu so much!


Dr. Freud, we thank you :P

Issue 9 Preview

Issue 9 Preview
Just a teaser but a few new changes hinted at for Hamidon! Get your HOs while we all still know how to beat the green goo!

City of Heroes... playing cards :)

I don't know how recent this is but I just found it and I thought it was cool. It's a CCG generator so.. if you've ever wanted a collectable card of yourself.

http://www.cohccg.com/cardbuilder

And for kicks.. guess who? :) (Apologies for the cruddy resolution - had to shrink to fit)

Grats and Stuff

Congrats on Megeara for finally turning 50! Our spiffy ice/mace tank has at last reached the big FIVE-OH! Great job!


Weekend events! Saturday evening we are thinking of running the Lord Recluse Strike Force. Level 45-50 villains. If you plan on coming, make sure you get a shivan! Also please post of whether you are just interested in running it (non optimal team) or you want to beat it. If so, we'll have to go to the boards and recruit a rad and/or a kinetic corrupter.

Sunday afternoon, say around 2pm pacific, Justin Augustine TF in Zulu! This one will probably be full but we'll play it by ear and see who shows up! It's the very last taskforce for many of us, so let's make it a good one! Should take about 3 hours.

I think the patch is hitting today since servers went down this morning for maintenance. So yay, first secure plot, here we come!!

Who can help me get Ahne's money off him before I remake him?

The News You've All Been Waiting For

Gather your teams and get ready! Shape up your soloing prowess! Get those eager lackeys and sidekicks in line! It's time to clean up and cash in!

Another Double Experience Weekend looms on the horizon! Mark January 26th to the 28th on your calendar because you won't want to miss it! All weekend long, experience, infamy/influence and prestige rewards will be doubled! It's time to level up!

Program to watch CoH videos YOU record

Man, City of Villians has the coolest toys for your toons! What does this picture and comment have to do with client demos? NOTHING! So lets get on with my post...

http://www.net-marks.com/software/tweakcoh

OK the link is for a client demo launcher. What is a client demo launcher? It is a nice easy tool to open up videos you can record during CoX gameplay. How do you make a video during gameplay? To record a demo you must first be logged into the game with a character. When you are ready to begin recording use the the following slash command:
/demorecord
Where is the name of the demo you are recording. When you are done recording use the following slash command:
/demostop
This will stop recording and close out your demo, . Your demo, , will then appear in the selection pulldown on the "Demos" tab in this program and, once selected, you can click "Play Demo" to play it. You can use the various demo settings to change playback from fullscreen to windowed, change its resolutiuon, change its frame rate, disable text, or dump screenshots during playback. If you'd like to be able to play demo files by double clicking them in Windows Explorer, you can use the Set File Association button to use the current Demo settings (except for dump to files) to create a File Association for .cohdemo files. Please note a reboot/restart/relogin of Windows may be required for this to work.

Now for the bummer, we can't upload the recorded demos in this blog, but if you want one of a a sewer trial I was on or copies of others I have, email me and I will send it to you. The actual files of the demos must be saved in a folder called client demos in the CoH folder in your C: drive.

Good News in Latest Patch

Rent has FINALLY been overhauled!

Base Rent Overhaul
Base Rent is now calculated solely on your plot size. The larger the plot, the larger the rent. Secure plots also pay more rent, due to the number of defenses they are allowed to have. When they are re-introduced, Items of Power will reduce the amount of Rent due.

Existing supergroups will see this change take place immediately, but it is not retroactive. No supergroups will be receiving refunds for rent already paid.

So instead of paying 300,000 in rent, we will be paying 43,000!! Wow! What a difference!! Death Brigade will pay NOTHING in rent! Even when we finally get a secure plot, we'll be paying a lot less than we have been. Yay!

The patch is currently on test. There are also some changes in animations and other stuff you may be interested in, so read the patch notes here.

The Freaks are in the House

Second respec trial on Sunday 1/7 @ 4 pm pacific! Lvl 34-43. We have three spots occupied currently, with 5 left! Come on, you all love a good freakfest don't ya?

Oooohhhh! And I just read Double XP is being put back on the test server so get ready for another Double XP marathon coming soon!! Who is everyone going to get BURNT out on this time? (yes, I think I've played Burnt twice since the last event! lol)

Oh and congratulations to our latest 50, Cowboy Scrapper!

Finally!

I know it's been a few days since we completed it but it took me that many days to wash the stink off of me :P

For those of you not in the know, we finally completed the damn sewer trial! With some creative sidekicking and exing, we finally managed to send that giant glob of green goo (phew!) back to where it came from!!!

The generators were giving us some trouble at first with their damn regeneratiion and timing of the particle shot but in the end we managed to get the timing down and take Globby down.

We were worried that it was all gonna for naught because the mish was telling us there was still some Rikti left from the stairs (we assumed anyways.) I never wanted to see that big blue "exit" button so badly in my life!!!! After some wandering, cursing, and random killing we managed to somehow finish the mish and collect our shiny new badges!!!

Burn in hell Sewer Trial!!!

Don't cross the streams!!!

I think we've done it!

We have! We have! We decided on The Debt Brigade Reserve as a name for our sister SG. Calmar Chaud is heading it up. This SG will be for inactives, bankroll toons, or for overflow of new members if DB fills up. We still need prestiege earners, so start recruiting if you see a player you think might fit in! Even if they are in an SG, ask anyway. We all know *ours is better! :)So if you have toons you don't use that much anymore in the main SG or want to make influence on, you can move them over there. You'll have access via coalition to all DB's teleporters and inspir dispenser. We will work on getting a bare bones base going for DBR as soon as possible.

I have also met a Triumph VG on the boards that would like to do some raids with us. They are "The Hellfire Brotherhood". So we may get a little mayhem coming our way! I will keep you updated as to when the fun will happen! I thought it also might be fun to do a little Death Brigade vs. Debt Brigade one of these days. I know Baba's very anxious to see how badly plant/thorn fares in PvP. :grin:

Sewer trial tomorrow 2 pm pacific. Gonna try and run Eden tonight at 8 pm pacific. Winter event comes back to live on Monday! Chili Penguin needs his Santa Hat! We will also be holding an official DB uniform contest in the near future. Fusion Force and Alpha Team do such a nice job of representing, I thought it might be fun for us to do the same. And can you say "Big fat prizes"?

Check these out

My daughter joined our SG (woot!) and when I can pry her from her main (Dark Calling, Champion server), she is Yomiko Readman, a spiffy scrapper. Check out her artwork, she studies the manga styles. I will have her send an invite to get on the blog.

It's Official!

Jack in Irons wears a black thong!! Chuz kicked his *ahem* butt yesterday and since everyone was clamoring for another picture of his bootie, I thought I'd help ya'll out since he died in a um, perfect position!

Reminder! Sewer trial Sunday 1/7 @ 2pm Pacific! Where's the love on helping Chaud pick a name for the splinter group? It's WAY too hard to pick one all by our lonesomes! :)

These are the finalists:
Debt Brigade Max
Debt Brigade Elite
The Debt Brigade Reserve
Please vote in the comments of which you prefer!

KATIE HANNON TASK FORCE TONIGHT (MAYBE)

Winter Lord wants you to join Katie Hannon tf tonight at 8pm pst.(Maybe delayed for various reasons)

Otherwise Jack will not share his beer with Eochai!!!! Poor, poor Eochai.... =(

So join me, Deep as Millie Volt, Azrhiaz, and Captain Thundar in this epic journey.

Only 5 spaces left.

PST Millie Volt, Chuz, or Captain Thundar

Founders Falls Freaks For Frequent Freezes From Frigid Felons

...And the Debt Brigade had the cure. Another Winter Event has come and gone, and we were there to represent, have fun, and off course, collect some debt. Winter Lord met his match with just one team, we had some outside help (it was needed) and Az was needing another Snow Beast before it was done. Well folks see you at Valentines Event :-).

Happy New Year!

It was a weekend of giant monsters and TFs. Boy, I need a nap now.

But! we will be running Sewer Trial AGAIN on Sunday Jan 7th @2 pm pacific.

What's YOUR resolution? In RL and ingame?