All Your Base Belong to Us

More screenshots.

These are just some oldies back when Super Group Bases debut. I was the architect of the base for my SG and SVG at the time. We were sort of medium-large sized and very active, so I had a bit of prestige to work with right off the bat.

Here's the first iteration of the Super Group base for the Paragonian Knights.

The Energy Room

The Workshop

Resurrection Chamber

The Control Room

The Teleportation Chamber (that also doubled as a gathering room, if I recall correctly)

The Bird's Eye View

When we got the hang of the base builder, we eventually added more rooms and such:

The Great Hall. Many ceremonies and stuff were held here. 

So I also play the Sims (starting from the 1st one) and coming from that to the CoH/CoV base builder was somewhat of a shock. It's limited, yes, but you know what? It's great for what it was, an add on to an existing game that added value and another dimension of fun to an already fun game.

Here's the pictures for the SG base for Villain side of the Paragonian Knights, the Rogue Knights:

Entrance, first view

Entrance

Control Room, pic 1

Control Room, pic 2

Control Room, pic 3 (I guess I really liked the control room)

Crafting Room

Energy Room

Resurrection Chamber

The bird's eye view

Just a random picture of the RK's TP room. It seems like I was very happy that we finally gained access to all of the zones in CoV. 

After leaving the PK around 2008 (or so?) and taking an extended hiatus from the game (about 6 months), I came back and made my own private SG with my brothers and we had made our own SG base. By that time, the bases were much more affordable and it was very possible for a micro SG to have the bare essentials in their home base. 

Unfortunately, I don't have many pictures of my private base, other than what was mentioned in this post, but by the time of the sunset, it I do recall that it was about the size of the early PK/RK bases seen above. 

It was very nice to have a little home of my own. Those were good times. Ugh, I miss this game. 

More Halloween Grinding with Annzilla

As the title says, I trick or treated all night with my Stone Armor & Fiery Melee Tanker, Annzilla. I started at 10P.M. (give or take a few minutes) and grinded with a full team of 'pick up' folks and reached level 38 by about 1:30 in the morning. I was level 35.4 when I last played her so a 3.5 hour grind isn't too terrible for about 2.5 levels. It makes me very glad that I am that much closer to 50 for Annzilla. I am probably going to continue to milk the trick or treating as much as possible. I really would like to start on the next Tanker Project already! And if you're wondering, its a split between either Willpower, Dark Armor, or Fiery Aura. Most likely it'll be DA because its new!

3.5 hours of just standing around clicking doors may sound rough, but the folks I played with knew what the heck they were doing and they were also a hoot. It was actually very fun!

After the ToT grind, I ran to Wentworth's to craft some goodies and noticed this along the way!

I had no idea that NCsoft is now advertising in-game. I have been away for 6 months after all.

I do have mixed feelings about it. I think its neat because of its novelty, but it is a little annoying But my fear is that the in-game advertising will morph into a more intrusive form like "pop-up" ads or in-game email spam. Don't ask me how I think that'll be possible, but I just don't want my games to get there. Ever.

And Lastly, I've finally decided to build that base for my Super Group! The group consists of all my alts and my brother's characters (who's account is inactive at this time). I have no intention of inviting anyone else to the group. It's just a personal base for my characters so I don't have to rely on other people to transfer items or influence between my characters.

So far, there is only the entrance and the energy room -and NOTHING else! I couldn't afford it. I think I'll only be able to afford one big item per every two gaming sessions so the base is not going to be functional for another month I think.

Its okay though, I'm in no hurry!