So Issue 14 is Live

Its been live for a few days now. I still haven't re-subscribed to CoH yet.

I'm going to wait a bit until May when I'll actually have time to play.

Until then, I hope everyone who's still playing is having fun!

Update

Sorry folks, I haven't been playing CoH lately. Too much work to do IRL and all.

Sadly, I am also getting bored of the game. It's starting to become very unlikely that I will get all Tanker primaries to level 50. =(

I'm not sure what the fate of this blog will be..

That's got to hurt!

Not only did he land squarely on his jewels, his head is stuck on the barbwire.. Ouch!

The Faultline Story Arc

If you haven't run it already, do check out the Faultline story arc. The story is pretty good and the missions were fun. Its also nice to check out the scenery.

Below is a pictorial entry of my adventures in Faultline running as my Dark/Dark Tanker, Paradoxic. Enjoy!

Yes, the good doctor is much taller than me.

Looking for that boss to pwn.

Villainous propaganda!

Is he that wimpy, or am I just that awesome?!

A nice shot of the hideout interior.
The submarines are not shown, I already destroyed them =)

"Listen Buddy.. "

Getting ready to save the world -again!

Guide: Positron TF Speed Run

I've been meaning to do this for some time now. Before you consider running the Posi TF Speed Run, please read this post on the team requirements.

1. Mission 1: Test Your Mettle (Defeat Boss)
   
   • The leader stays with Posi while the team heads to the mission. Once in the mission, the Invis+TPer finds the boss, ports the teammate over for help (if necessary) and defeats the boss for a mission complete.
   • Vahzilok is the enemy in this mission.
   • Once both members exit, the team leader waiting at Posi can start the next mission right away.
   
   
2. Mission 2: Save the FEMA Workers (Lead out 2 hostages)
   
   • This mission is best to fight through(quickly!) so that the team can lead the hostages back to the mission entry door.
   • There will be spawns after a hostage is freed
   • Circle of Thorn is the enemy in this mission. Their –accuracy debuffs may get annoying so packing some accuracy inspirations will help.


3. Mission 3: Find a Piece of Clockwork that is Still Functioning (Find Clue, Defeat Boss)
   
   • The Invis+TPer goes to find clues & boss and ports the team over once the boss is found. Defeat the boss for a mission complete.
   • Clockwork is the enemy in this mission.
   
   
4. Mission 4: Check out the Fake Company (Find Clue, Defeat Boss)
   
   • The Invis+TPer goes to find clues & boss and ports the team over once the boss is found. Defeat the boss for a mission complete.
   • Vahzilok is the enemy in this mission.
   
   
5. Mission 5: Check out the Circle of Thorns Hideout (Find Clue, Defeat Boss)
   
   • The Invis+TPer goes to find clues & boss and ports the team over once the boss is found. Defeat the boss for a mission complete.
   • Circle of Thorn is the enemy in this mission.
   
   
6. Deliveries
   
   • Player #1 heads to Positron (then stays there)
   • Player #2 goes to Atlas Park to see Azuria
   • Player #3 goes to Kings Row to see Paula Dempsy
   • Player #1 who is still at Posi, delivers last message
   
   
7. Mission 6: Stop Zombie Boss and his Guards (Defeat Boss and Minions)
   
   • Patrol: Find the Clockwork’s Base of Operations
   • The team will be patrolling in Perez Park. The next mission will spawn here as well.
   
   
8. Mission 7: Defeat all Villains in Office (Defeat All)
• Clockwork is the enemy in this mission.


9. Mission 8: Check out Possible Circle of Thorn Hideout (Defeat All)
• COT is the enemy in this mission.


10. Mission 9: Defeat all Villains in Sewer (Defeat All)
• Vahzilok is the enemy in this mission.


11. Mission 10: Protect the Substation (Defeat All)
    
    • This is the last mission! You will be fighting Clockwork, COT, and Vahz.
    
    

Stone Tanking in the Statesman TF

Ran a Statesman TF today as my Stone/Fire Tanker, Annzilla (I'm the green lizard lady sitting down).

The team consisted of mostly folks who never ran it before. You can imagine my anxiousness as the team leader. I really want it to be a good experience for folks and running a TF with the possibly of team wipes is not the ideal situation.

Needless to say, this run nearly could have been a Master of Statesman TF (with the exception of one death in the first mission). Yes, we kicked butt that much.

Its also worthy to note that I have never run the STF as a Stone Tanker before. I couldn't believe how freaking easy it was compared to running one an Invulnerability Tank. Stone Tanks got it easy. Seriously! I'm looking forward to running it as other Tanks. =)

Moving Again?

I apologize for my absence -again.

I do have several excuses:

1. I'm busy playing issue 13, duh!
2. I am once again entertaining the idea of moving this blog over to wordpress
   

The reason for #2 is because, if you haven't already noticed, the site looks like stinky poo poo. I really am no good with the blogger format. I admit, I haven't put a 100% effort in actually trying to theme it out due to having to write it in XML format. And as always, it does not nearly have the same level of customization as WP.

Decisions, decisions.

What do you think?

Introducing NeoGeode

That's right, I made a new Tanker. No surprise there given what I want to do (get all Primary tanking powers to level 50).


Although other people don't really have the same goal I do, with the Shields power being new, everyone and their mom rolled a new Shield toon. We'll see how those new Shield Tankers last, especially those that do not normally play Tankers. I think it takes a certain type of person to play Tanks and actually like it. It's slow leveling (unless you know how to run your own teams), so it starts to feel like pulling teeth after a while.

Definitely not for the faint of heart.

As for NeoGeode, she is a Shields and Stone Melee. I am loving the different graphic options you get for the shields. It certainly opens up options concept-wise. If they had gone the way of the broadsword, axe, and mace pre Issue 11, all the concepts will be something medieval-ish. This way, I get to be a psuedo Stone Tank =)

For her concept, I gave a kind of anime spin to her. You know, bright colors and funky hair. And I rather like the look of her.

I don't really have a background story for her. I didn't put much thought into a background story for her when I made her. But its very likely going to be something cheesy very much like the animes (not that cheesy is a bad thing, mind you!)

Don't mind me, I am just admiring myself.

City of Heroes Servers Down!

Apparently the CoH servers are down, like, right now! I suspect that it either means that issue 13 will be live once its back up or that they are jump kicking the holiday event. Either way, I'll be on tonight for some fun!

Status Update:

Many apologies for not updating. Referring to the last post, I was unable to run the test speed run. RL and all that caught up with me with Thanksgiving in between as well so I haven't been too active in Paragon City (or the Rogue Isles) too much.

I've also been cheating a bit on City of Heroes... I started playing World of Warcraft again. I am actually juggling between the two games (WoW is currently winning), but I'll most certainly dedicate some time to CoH and Paradoxic this weekned.

I promise!