Call me Crazy

I was messing around on Mids last night and I noticed something. I could have sworn that to take the top power in a power pool you had to take one of the two first powers, the third power and then be at least 20th level and you could take the top power. It seems this is no longer the case. When did this change? Or has it always been like this and I am suffering from some sort of delusion...

Pay Check

New Task Force

Big. Bad and Bad Breath (the AV too)

OK gang meet the new insanely tough AV in town. If you try him, bring a tank or brute (yes another co-op), an empath or kinetic, and at least one debuffer. This TF is beautifully rendered, fun, and stupid hard at the end. When we gonna live up to our name and earn some debt on it?

post nuke :)

It starts with a skull

and ends with 3 million influence OR your choice of 10 free generic IOs (of any type or level) of your choice!


In any Midnight Club entrance, you will find this skull. Click on it and then follow the many mysterious clues to acquire the Midnighter Archivist badge. First person to post a screenshot of the badge in their listing here on the blog will win the prize! Open to heroes only (since I'm broke villainside) And don't you dare cheat! :)

Don't forget the level 4 fights tonight! Lighthouse will be there around 6:30pm pacific giving out some temporary gold titles!

Also, there is a freebie enhancement storage in the Planeterium room, chock full of free generic IOs that electron kid and I have been dropping in there. Take whatever you like. Just a reminder: this is the ONLY free-for-all enhancement bin in the base. The others are for private storage.

So...What did you roll?

Click photos to enlarge, well worth it, I must say.

So, you have had a few days to ponder it, debate, roll, then re-roll your new issue 12 toon(s???). What did you make? Limited Visibility made a Mace/SR Brute, I made a SS/SR Brute, and Azr went all VEAT on us. We made some hero toons too but I haven't made any screenies of 'em yet...so sound off Soldiers, and Banes, and Villain Stormers, and...etc :-)

Arena Fun - Level 4 Fights

Gonna be hosting some Level 4 fights tomorrow May 23rd at 6:30pm pacific in pocket d. Definitely not a serious competitive event, but always lots of LOLs. So use a new slot, take 20 min and roll a level 4!

Rules:
Natural 4s only
No stalkers
No inspirations
No travel and recovery settings will be selected

Hope to see you there!

The Coming of Cimerora

Well boys and girls, the game will be offline tomorrow morning for approximately 5 hours. Could it be the dawn of issue 12? Will Baba roll more alts? Will Az hit 50 number 10? Will Colder hit "Random" on another toon and be ridiculed once more? If you'd like to find the answers to these questions, don't look in this link because it goes to an article about Cimerora, from conception to final design. Or you can watch a nifty video on the Midnight Squad here.

I won't post about the raid except to say grats to all on a fine job of winning both. Baba's blogs are so much better than mine, I figure I'll let him do the honors! But here are most of us in front of the insidious, booby-trapped dimensional vortex!

Captain Thunder gets a movie????

For those of you been around long enough, our old pal Cap would love this. A movie is in production called Captain Thunder. I just want to know how he gets to co-star with this lady....

Way to go Cap!

Base Raid tomorrow! Sunday at 3pm pac/6pm east

Diabolique
Don't forget to come defend our home tomorrow! I'm giving up my Sunday beach volleyball for this, so you better show up! :) That's Sunday at 3pm pacific/6 pm eastern! Against our villain pals!

I'm not aware of anyone with a customizable weapon character, but in case you have a broad sword scrapper or a dual blades tank hidden away somewhere, here is a link with some of the new options you can pick in i12! Britney is currently working on getting enough merits for the talsorian blades! Deep and I got our Overseer badge for the rularuu weapons! Check out the cool eye they have! They move around too, I'm told! Creeeeepy! Stop looking at me! :)

Mothership raid will be forthcoming! Anyone have an TFs they want to do?

Open Beta

Iziki Demoness (aka Ruby)
Beta is now officially open to the public so head over and check out the new shinies! Save the Lost! Visit the Romans! Take your place among Lord Recluse's elite fighting squads!

C0PPER and Iduna in a slugfest with Maruader
Or if you are at work and are tired of Itunes, tune into a podcast with Lead Writer, Hero 1!! Or maybe Positron and Castle on issue 12? The downloads are at the top in 2 parts.

Child of Nature, Izi, and new guy, Glowyrm

Of Gods and Heroes

Ebon Mauler laying the smackdown on Dominatrix
Happy May DBers! And happy 4th anniversary of CoH to you! Your "Entertainer" badge awaits your log in during the month of May.

First of all, open beta on the Test server will be happening on the 6th! So if you want to head over and check out the new shinies in issue 12, you'll soon have your chance!

It's been a while since we've done a major taskforce. I haven't done the Sara Moore one in the Shadow Shard in a long time so if there are any takers, let's try for Sunday evening perhaps? Around 5pm pacific? This TF isn't short, maybe around 5 hours (lots of kill alls) and the level range is 40-50. You will fight Ruladak the Strong, a GOD, at the end and it awards the "Destroyer of Strength" badge. I'm flexible on the time and day so if something works better for the group, I'm down. I'll bring Lumeir most likely.

DB's very own Dry Icicle and Ahne Toreph at PvP Kickball in Pocket D

Jello, Bubbles and Bosses -- oh my!

Well yesterday I went on my second successful Hami Raid since i9. Here was a result that wasn't uncommon. It took a little over two hours and I came away with an acc/mez HO. All in all, not a terrible experience, but I think once the technique is more commonly known, it'll go faster. I raided with HUB (Heroes United in Brotherhood), which is a channel I was invited to awhile back. Good people and a great resource to build teams from.

As requested, I have put out the feelers for another base raid. Link (AKA Dotenshi, Phantom Breeze) from Bandit's Brigade and I have tenatively set up Sunday, May 18th @ 3pm pacific/6pm eastern. How does that sound for everyone?

We should have a contest. I don't know what the prizes could be, but maybe you have suggestions? I think we should rename the various ranks of the SG. Sound fun?

As a blaster and usually a player of squishie characters, I don't usually get a decent look at my enemies. In the past, I have brought you pictures of Dr. Vahzilok and Clamor and now, for those of you who haven't seen her up close and personal, Countess Crey. Somehow I never figured she'd look like a librarian....

All IO'd up and no one to Cage...

Patiently waiting on Raid dates and times. Will bring teabag as needed. Also breakfrees and blues. :-)

Welcome Ace of Kane!

Just a quick post to welcome our newest member: Ace of Kane!

I wanted to run over to get a screenshot of him but I was in Crey's Folly and he was in some far away zone...yeah, I'm that lazy :P

Him and I were left over in a PUG...we were soon joined by Chica, Dirka, Cap, and some of our other crazy compatriots so suffice it to say, I was impressed he stayed for the entire time. It says something about his character and/or insanity!

Welcome to the SG Ace of Kane! We're a nice bunch and we hope you enjoy your stay but unfortunately, pending further SG policy, we don't leave a mint on your pillow everyone morning :D

How about it fellow DB'ers? Any tips/hints/secrets that he should know about in order to thrive in the SG?

Tip #1: "Always play in SG mode damnit!" - Azrhiaz, copyright 2006

Tip #2: Using a base telporter without pants on is frowned upon. My apologies gang...I'm still sorry about that...

Happy Earth Day!

Dunizel and some participants from the Intro to Base Raids class
I wanted to run the Numina TF or the Eden Trial today but got called into work and it turns out I won't have the time! But maybe Sunday night? Gotta celebrate Earth Day with the DE, that's for sure!

Speaking of trials and taskforces, have you ever wondered about the different IO pools? Certain things in the game will yield different results on drops so if you've ever wondered, here is a link that will tell you what recipes are in which pool so you can streamline your efforts (and keep your fingers crossed!)to get that recipe you are looking for!

Tomorrow there is an exhibition match between Triumph Ladder teams, Old School and Paragon Elite. If you've ever wondered what high end arena PvP looks like, come on out and observe the matches. This will be happening Sunday, April 20 (tomorrow) at 6pm pacific/9pm eastern. After the matches, I'll be hosting some kickball and perhaps the teams will join in for a bit of fun. Kickball, if you do not know, is simply an arena match that chooses two captains. The captains take turn picking who is on their team until all players are picked. So if you are looking to test out a toon, please join me in Pocket D!

a very Veat video

Windows Movie Version

Positron Speaks!

NCsoft NorCal Studios is pleased to announce the pricing and details for the coming Optional Additional Character Slot feature. As we previously announced, we heard the request for a system to allow more characters on a single server and this is our answer. City of Heroes is a unique game that offers many playstyle options; options that are growing in a large way due to Powerset Proliferation and the addition of the Villain Epic Archetypes in the next free expansion, Issue 12: Midnight Hour. To accommodate playing more characters on your favorite server, we will be including the following features in Issue 12:

All current subscribers will receive 2 free character slots, each of which can be used on the specific server of their choice. This is to help you make new characters to take advantage of the new features of Issue 12, even if you already have maxed out your “home” server’s character slots.


1 free character slot will be granted retroactively on a yearly basis through the current Veteran Reward system. Every 12 months that a subscription is maintained will unlock an additional free character slot that the user can apply to the server of their choice. Thus, existing players will be eligible for up to 4 additional character slots at the launch of Issue 12. This will continue into the future for Veteran Rewards given out every 12 months, so you get another slot for 5 years, another one for 6 years, etc.


Additional Optional Character Slots will be available on a purchasable basis. These are one-time fees, not an addition to your monthly subscription rate. The additional slots can be had at the following price points:

• 1 Optional Character Slot for a one-time fee of $5.99
• 2 Optional Character Slots for a one-time fee of $9.99
• 5 Optional Character Slots for a one-time fee of $19.99


Players can have up to 36 slots per server, with an update to the character selection screen that lets you re-organize your character list by Drag and Drop, as well as easily flip between up to three pages of characters available on that server. All customers benefit from these great new User Interface features included with the revisions for Optional Character Slots.

The above features are planned to be made available at the launch of Issue 12: Midnight Hour, which is currently in closed beta testing. Be sure to check out this feature, along with the rest

Like a bull in a Crystal shop

Cast and crew of a very well done Eden Trial. Please note that no fleas were picked up on anyone's fur during the making of this Trial (Although Woodsman WAS itching alot).

This bad guy is big. Like NBA center big is small compared to him. This was the best shot I had taken without chopping his head off. Well we did that after we beat him, but I digress.

Well another Trial has come and gone, this time the old Devouring Earth got smacked around. We went into a dark hole in the ground, then it was light, then we went in another dark hole, and then it was light...whoa this Trial is turning out to be "X" rated.

In the end...ok not a good segue after that last joke, hmm umm, ok when we were all done, we had fun and had a few spare ambrosia inspirations to boot. If you have never done the Eden Trial before, go to our SG base, teleport to Eden and you will be at the contact for this puppy. It is fun and one of the more unique Trials/TF/SFs in the game. And grab a spare ambrosia or two in the storage BEFORE you go (doh!).

By popular demand...

It was at this exact moment that Limited Visibility noted the desire to have the temp snowball power.

...Then the Debt Brigade saw him. Hannibal Lecter said, "Ready when you are, Freakshow Tank," stated in a slow methodical voice only serial killers can be comfortable with.

Yeah that was a nice long TF, spanned over 24 hours it did. We took our frustrations out on the tanks, medieval style. We all were humming, "Your own, personal, Freakshow..." Seriously, dude has cartoon mallets for hands...how does he wipe?

Sweet Sixteen!

Phantom Breeze (Dotenshi/Link), Skyline (Colder), Thurrisaz (Az), Eduardo Foster (Baba), Limited Visibility (Makin' Debt)
It was a wild and chaotic romp through the sewers to finish up the Sister Psyche TF! With only support characters and a warshade, we were hard pressed to defeat the Freak Queen, but we did! Colder was probably dizzy from switching back and forth from lobster to squid when Phantom Army(s) were down! Baba super long DC kept us safe in a bubble and we made it through, got our recipe and a few levels along the way! Congrats to all on a job well done!


I'd also like to congratulate the supergroup on moving into the #16th ranked position for prestige earned on the Triumph server! Congratulations! There's not a ton left I can do with the base, so if your 50s need money, please don't feel guilty playing out of SG mode (did I just say that?!?). But it would be nice to keep your lowbies in SG mode as long as possible. Also, keep them logged in! Our 30 day inactivity kick is still in effect. So make sure to keep your toons happy in their home and not on the streets, alone and resourceless! :)

Riders have approached me on another raid. We have some neat toons being leveled that would be great in raids. Any suggestions on when we'd like a rematch?