Comments on: City of Heroes, City of Villains: First Impressions http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/03/city-of-heroes-city-of-villains-first-impressions/ "You never paint what you see or think you see. You paint with a thousand vibrations the blow that struck you." --Nicholas de Stael Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:33:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: heather http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/03/city-of-heroes-city-of-villains-first-impressions/#comment-1828 heather Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:37:49 +0000 http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/03/city-of-heroes-city-of-villains-first-impressions/#comment-1828 AHA! I think it's the comma I was missing! The error text when I didn't do it right didn't mention a comma! You're my hero. I love the fact that the monthly fee is the same whether you play CoH, CoV, or both together, and that you can now get both games packaged together for $30. I have no idea how long I'll end up playing it, but at least I think I'm certainly getting $30 worth of fun out of it. I adore picking fights on rooftops. There are some snakes on the rooftops in the villain starting area, which is fun. I haven't played with knockback on rooftops, but now that I have my little Brute I can try that. ;) AHA! I think it’s the comma I was missing! The error text when I didn’t do it right didn’t mention a comma! You’re my hero.

I love the fact that the monthly fee is the same whether you play CoH, CoV, or both together, and that you can now get both games packaged together for $30. I have no idea how long I’ll end up playing it, but at least I think I’m certainly getting $30 worth of fun out of it.

I adore picking fights on rooftops. There are some snakes on the rooftops in the villain starting area, which is fun. I haven’t played with knockback on rooftops, but now that I have my little Brute I can try that. ;)

]]> By: Aaron http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/03/city-of-heroes-city-of-villains-first-impressions/#comment-1818 Aaron Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:54:41 +0000 http://www.errantdreams.com/thoughts/2007/08/03/city-of-heroes-city-of-villains-first-impressions/#comment-1818 I forgot how to send tells in that game, so I did a quick search: "To send tells in CoH it's /tell name, text need the comma in there because there can be spaces in your name." Maybe it didn't work for you because you didn't include a space between "/tell" and the name? I think you'll really enjoy CoH for at least the next month. You don't fully understand how sweet the vertical axis is until you start picking fights on rooftops! That's my favorite memory from CoH. NPCs take falling damage, too. You can position yourself relative to the enemy and use knockback attacks to push enemies toward the edge, and eventually over the edge. Usually, if they're still alive, they'll run back up to the fight. But if you're fighting a group, knocking one off evens the odds a little for the time it takes him to climb back up. There were times when I was able to knock a second NPC over the edge before the first got back, and other times when I was able to knock more than one NPC off at a time! It's also fun for Blasters. One of their optional skills is a sniper shot, and you can modify it for long distance and higher damage. Then you can start fights by shooting an NPC on another building! I don't remember the name of the zone that was so good for rooftop battles, but I remember it had a lot of those necromancer-cult types and it's one of the first zones you gain access to after the newbie zone. I forgot how to send tells in that game, so I did a quick search: “To send tells in CoH it’s /tell name, text
need the comma in there because there can be spaces in your name.” Maybe it didn’t work for you because you didn’t include a space between “/tell” and the name?

I think you’ll really enjoy CoH for at least the next month.

You don’t fully understand how sweet the vertical axis is until you start picking fights on rooftops! That’s my favorite memory from CoH. NPCs take falling damage, too. You can position yourself relative to the enemy and use knockback attacks to push enemies toward the edge, and eventually over the edge. Usually, if they’re still alive, they’ll run back up to the fight. But if you’re fighting a group, knocking one off evens the odds a little for the time it takes him to climb back up. There were times when I was able to knock a second NPC over the edge before the first got back, and other times when I was able to knock more than one NPC off at a time!

It’s also fun for Blasters. One of their optional skills is a sniper shot, and you can modify it for long distance and higher damage. Then you can start fights by shooting an NPC on another building!

I don’t remember the name of the zone that was so good for rooftop battles, but I remember it had a lot of those necromancer-cult types and it’s one of the first zones you gain access to after the newbie zone.

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