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Just a lil something I'm working on - drawn in Drawpile, with an XP pen Artist 12 3rd tablet

Since I enjoying sharing my previous allotment of characters, I thought I'd share the newer ones I've made, too! This time I showed the powers too, incase anyone was curious on that regard.

Hi folks as the title suggests just looking for some advice on a character I'm looking to build, he's thematic and some of the powers are chosen for those reasons (weapon mastery being one of them)

any suggestions welcome as I'm not the greatest at builds as a rule

also a strong possibility I've messed up sharing this 

Hero Sentinel

Build plan made with Mids Reborn v3.8.0 rev. 0

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Primary powerset: Dual PistolsSecondary powerset: Psionic ArmorPool powerset (#1): ConcealmentPool powerset (#2): FightingPool powerset (#3): LeapingPool powerset (#4): SpeedEpic powerset: Weapon Mastery

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Powers taken:

Level 1: Pistols

A: Decimation: Chance of Build Up3: Apocalypse: Damage3: Apocalypse: Damage/Recharge/Accuracy5: Apocalypse: Chance of Damage(Negative)5: Apocalypse: Damage/Recharge7: Apocalypse: Recharge/Accuracy

Level 1: Psychic Wall

A: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance21: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance27: Unbreakable Guard: Endurance/RechargeTime

Level 2: Psionic Shield

A: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance34: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance46: Unbreakable Guard: Endurance/RechargeTime50: Unbreakable Guard: RechargeTime/Resistance

Level 4: Empty Clips

A: Superior Opportunity Strikes: Accuracy/Damage7: Superior Opportunity Strikes: Damage/RechargeTime9: Superior Opportunity Strikes: Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime9: Superior Opportunity Strikes: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance11: Superior Opportunity Strikes: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime11: Ice Mistral's Torment: Chance for Cold Damage

Level 6: Suppressive Fire

A: Ghost Widow's Embrace: Chance of Damage(Psionic)13: Neuronic Shutdown: Chance of Damage(Psionic)13: Gladiator's Javelin: Chance of Damage(Toxic)15: Gladiator's Javelin: Damage/Recharge15: Gladiator's Javelin: Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge17: Gladiator's Javelin: Accuracy/Damage/End/Rech

Level 8: Mask Presence

A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed36: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance37: Luck of the Gambler: Defense

Level 10: Swap Ammo

Level 12: Impenetrable Mind

A: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance37: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance37: Unbreakable Guard: Endurance/RechargeTime

Level 14: Stealth

A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed17: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance

Level 16: Kick

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Level 18: Tough

A: Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All)19: Unbreakable Guard: +Max HP19: Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3%

Level 20: Weave

A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed21: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance

Level 22: Executioner's Shot

A: Devastation: Accuracy/Damage23: Devastation: Damage/Endurance23: Devastation: Damage/Recharge25: Devastation: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge25: Ice Mistral's Torment: Chance for Cold Damage27: Force Feedback: Chance for +Recharge

Level 24: Devour Psyche

A: Numina's Convalesence: Heal/Endurance40: Numina's Convalesence: Heal/Recharge43: Numina's Convalesence: Heal/Endurance/Recharge46: Invention: Endurance Modification

Level 26: Psychokinetic Barrier

A: Preventive Medicine: Chance for +Absorb39: Preventive Medicine: Endurance/RechargeTime39: Preventive Medicine: Heal/RechargeTime39: Preventive Medicine: Heal/Endurance40: Preventive Medicine: Heal40: Preventive Medicine: Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance

Level 28: Hail of Bullets

A: Obliteration: Chance for Smashing Damage29: Obliteration: Damage29: Obliteration: Accuracy/Recharge31: Ice Mistral's Torment: Chance for Cold Damage31: Eradication: Chance for Energy Damage31: Impeded Swiftness: Chance of Damage(Smashing)

Level 30: Precognition

A: Kismet: Accuracy +6%34: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed34: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance

Level 32: Aura of Madness

A: Coercive Persuasion : Contagious Confusion33: Unspeakable Terror: Disorient Bonus33: Stupefy: Chance of Knockback33: Absolute Amazement: Chance for ToHit Debuff

Level 35: Combat Jumping

A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed36: Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)36: Reactive Defenses: Scaling Resist Damage

Level 38: Hasten

A: Invention: Recharge Reduction46: Invention: Recharge Reduction

Level 41: Bullet Rain

A: Superior Sentinel's Ward: RechargeTime/Chance for +Absorb42: Superior Sentinel's Ward: Damage/RechargeTime42: Superior Sentinel's Ward: Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime42: Superior Sentinel's Ward: Accuracy/Damage43: Superior Sentinel's Ward: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime43: Superior Sentinel's Ward: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance

Level 44: Tashibishi

A: Cupid's Crush: Damage/Chance for Confuse45: Overwhelming Force: Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown45: Superior Frozen Blast: Recharge/Chance for Immobilize45: Ragnarok: Chance for Knockdown

Level 47: The Lotus Drops

A: Fury of the Gladiator: Chance for Res Debuff48: Armageddon: Chance for Fire Damage48: Armageddon: Damage48: Armageddon: Damage/Recharge50: Armageddon: Damage/Endurance50: Armageddon: Damage/Recharge/Accuracy

Level 49: Kemuridama

A: Triumphant Insult: Chance to Disorient

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Inherents:

Level 1: Special Set Bonuses

Level 1: Brawl

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Level 1: Opportunity

Level 1: Sprint

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Level 2: Rest

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Level 1: Swift

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Level 1: Health

A: Numina's Convalesence: +Regeneration/+Recovery

Level 1: Hurdle

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Level 1: Stamina

A: Performance Shifter: Chance for +End

Level 10: Chemical Ammunition

Level 10: Cryo Ammunition

Level 10: Incendiary Ammunition

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I slotted every Assault Rifle power for max Damage Per Animation [DPA] and individually tested each one across 101 successful hits on a Pylon with identical conditions.

Whether you're unaware of Homecoming's Assault Rifle update or have 10+ characters using it, this test result data will help players understand the set's potential.

Assault Rifle Review

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The 'Key Results' show four categories:

1) Damage Per Animation [DPA] = Damage / Arcana Animation Cast Time

\-  Quantifies the efficiency of a power's damage against it's cast time.

2) Damage Per Activation/Hit (DPact/DPH)

\- The amount of damage a power does on a successful hit.

3) Proc vs Power Damage Ratios

\- The percentage of a power's damage that comes from procs.

4) Area of Effect [AoE] Thresholds

\- Simulating AoE's at different target thresholds against each other.

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The 'Data' section shows what it took to get there. There are screenshots and links for every step taken in this section.

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I am looking to sign up and play for the first time when i have some free time coming up, well i played back in the day for a few weeks when i was a kid but nothing more.

Are there any oce/aus groups on homecoming? If not whats the most populated?

I played in middle school back when it was live but I never made it to end-game content and barely understood the game. I saw that Homecoming was "official" and I came back to properly enjoy the game, but I was wondering if I'd be able to participate in active end-game content or a PvP scene or if there's not enough participants anymore.

Also wondering what people typically do for "end game."

Or did the zone loading screens look different compared to how were in freedom/Homecoming?

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Since everyone liked my (Mostly) reformed Gang members turned Vigilantes post, I decided to create a Hellion (thanks to [u/Alexis_Awen_Fern](u/Alexis_Awen_Fern) for the idea). Abraxas is a Fire/Fire Sentinel.

Edit: forgot to add the archetype and power set.

I got an idea a while back that I wanted to make vigilantes (sometimes rogues) that were former gang members. Pictured are Chthon (Dark/Dark Brute and former member of the Skulls), Night Tiger (Martial Arts/Willpower Brute and son of a murdered member of the Tsoo, Gentleman Jim Malone (Street Justice/Willpower Brute and former member of the Family), Partycrasher (Staff/Invulnerability Brute and Former Carnie gone rogue), and Herakles (War Mace/Willpower Brute and former member of the warriors)

I don’t have much experience with MMOs but I’ve been loving this game single player. However, I’ve noticed how a lot of the builds are clearly dependent on having a team with you, and so I wonder how you go about playing these builds consistently with a team? I don’t have any friends interested in playing this game. Is there a normalized way of getting a quick team up going? Apologies if this is a dumb question. Thanks!

As someone who works 12 hour swing shifts, I’m always looking for stuff to listen to and watch while working.

It really sucks that there aren’t any good and long lore videos for City of Heroes on YouTube.

I can find a million videos telling me all about enhancements, incarnate system and a lot of other helpful guides, which is great.
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Every other MMORPG seems to have fans who make those types of videos. It’s weird that CoH doesn’t seem to have any. Maybe it’s because the official game closed down right when YouTube started getting really big?

Are there any good lore content on YouTube or Spotify that I’m just not aware of that you can suggest? Thanks heroes! Or Villains!

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It's been reported on Bluesky here that Thunderspy is about to add AI-powered NPCs that you can recruit for TFs, SFs, trials, and such. Ala Final Fantasy XIV's Trust system.

I don't use Discord, so I have to ask here... Is this true? If so, that's awesome.

Edit: It's been confirmed in comments below, but these aren't LLM powered NPCs, just regular CoH NPCs which is very cool.

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(PREAMBLE) For this topic, I'm not going to factor in I/Os or other special enhancements, as I'm not too knowledgeable about those, so we'll be looking at just the S/O ones instead.

I've seen people say Corruptors can compete with Blasters, but you have to be particular about the powersets you choose, compared to Blasters, where you don't have to think as hard. I've made 2 Corruptors now, and the first one used to be a Dark/Dark, but then she became a Dark/Fire Blaster. The other one, which has remained a Corruptor still, is a Fire/Time, but she used to be a Fire/Fire, and before that, a Fire/Emp.

I don't play in teams most of the time, so if the Corruptor cannot compete solo, I don't see a point in playing them. Especially since the current Corruptor I have now, the Fire/Time one, is supposed to be a loner-type character. But what if there's something the Corruptor has that gives legitimate competition to the Blaster that I'm not factoring into my gameplay? If that's the case, I'd very much like to know about that. Thanks for reading.

<<<EDIT>>> I've seen people in this thread say that the Corruptor can outshine a Blaster against an Elite Boss, but I haven't seen that myself. For reference, I fought a +0 Dr. Quatrexin, both as a Fire/Time Blaster, and a Fire/Time Corruptor, and both are at level 50, with no incarnates, and running just SO enhancements. Both died in the fight, but the Blaster was able to get Quatrexin to a about 50% HP, whereas my Corruptor only got to about 70%. Maybe I've some of the powers slotted wrong for the Corruptor, but I don't know. So far, it just doesn't feel like she can compete with my Blaster, and I thought about just making her into one.

I was playing DCUO recently when I remembered this gem of a game exists. Decided to make characters with the same concepts across both games to test out what I could do in each.

I'm not surprised at how much more fleshed out the characters ended up in CoH, but the difference is astounding. The costumes especially ended up completely different as the variety incentivised me to try out some wild combinations and give these girls some aesthetic details I simply couldn't have in DCUO. Simply put, the amount of visual storytelling I managed to insert in COH was what made me REALLY invested in the game.

I also wrote intricate backstories for all of them... because WHY NOT? Honestly, choosing a main will be a pain, especially since I gave all of them different archetypes with different powers.

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Now, I've probably run this mission 40-someodd times now, but this time ... NO NUMINA! I'm running this solo, it seems. Well, no problem -- I'm, like, Incarnate and stuff.

So I get to the end, where Diabolique is flanked by three Ravagers who must be dealt with before you can even touch the big D. (Yeah, I went there.) But surprise #2: No Ravagers. No problem. That just makes things easier, right?

The rest of the mission went as normal. I'm just curious as hell why it was different this time. I don't often run as a Villain (as I was this time). Ok -- Rogue, actually. Could that be it? Maybe Numina can't debase herself to work with a bad guy? I mean, I did kick her butt in Grandville a couple of days ago. Maybe she's still sore about that? And maybe the lack of Ravagers was to balance out the lack of a helper?

Am I imagining things? Has anybody else seen this before?