Where I Don't Belong
I tell ya what, one of the most important things about CoH is knowing what you can and what you cannot handle. Part of leveling up and getting into the more advanced (read: hard as hell) parts of the game is knowing when to hold them and when to run like a scalded bitch.
See the latter for what I tried to do tonight, and lost terribly.
You see, there's a little mechanic in the game called debt. This means that whenever you get 'killed' (of course, in MMORPG's you never actually die--you just go to the hospital), on your magical blue experience bar there's some black on the end of it. That's your debt. So when you're gaining experience by fighting enemies afterwards, you're also paying off that debt from dying.
This does two things: one, it teaches you to know your limits. Two, it teaches frustration when realizing you can't defeat a group of enemies, and that leveling up will now take that much longer. Because really, all you want to do is get stronger, faster, better. Yes, the game is based on AOL commercials. Yes, that was a joke. Let's move on.
Anyway, as I was saying, one of the ways to not incur debt is by teaming up with other superheroes to help out. Each hero has different abilities, and mine is the Ass Kicker (read: Blaster). This means that not only do I do a lot of damage, I'm also the first that gets picked on when you engage a group of bad guys.
This brings me to a crossroads in the game: Now that I'm at level 9, I can't surf the old spots and get a ton of experience. Since each level requires more and more of it to move on, you have to find bigger enemies to get more experience per kill. So you're basically forced to team up, or suffer. And teaming up is nice, but I like the solo thing. It's nice to have backup, but I like the free-roaming aspect myself, not having to wait on anyone.
If you want to get more in-depth, there are Super Groups. These guys are the hardcores, the 'guilds' of City of Heroes, even though I said that the game doesn't have guilds. They set schedules and work on missions from non-player characters to get max XP for their time. Of course they can roam around and whip ass like anyone else, but remember what I said about the debt thing.
Right now, I'm playing CoH until I die, then I quit and rethink my position. At this point I'm having fun, but see the path I must now walk down: team up or lose. I don't know if I like those options. While the guys at work are on the same supergroup, Liberty Force (yes, that is their official website), I can't handle that type of commitment while I'm still digging and working on Star Chamber. It's the same reason I've been so damn absent from IRC lately: with kids and friends and responsibilities, there's just not enough time in the day to commit to such an endeavor.
On a different, lighter note, Jeremy's wife Lesley is having their little boy sometime very soon now. The due date was today, but oh how nutty those things are. They anxiously await each day, hoping that their child will arrive then. But no, alas, the god of all things birthy fools them again, and so they head home, with days filled with walking and wondering 'when its time.' The funny part is, it's never when you think it is, and it is never, ever convenient.
Here's to hoping the birthy gods (yes, birthy) prove me wrong. I know they're excited and kids are fuckin cool. I got two to prove it.
Lastly Tone laments about his rainy woes, and suddenly I begin to rethink my plans to take residence on his couch for Origins. Just kiddin. I'd not stay there only if it were ankle-deep, because that's the magical Fuck It line. You cross that line, and you just say Fuck It. I hope that line is never crossed.
He laments about me wanting a GMail account. You damn right I want a GMail account! See my left nut down there? Yeah, trade ya for a GMail account ;)
See the latter for what I tried to do tonight, and lost terribly.
You see, there's a little mechanic in the game called debt. This means that whenever you get 'killed' (of course, in MMORPG's you never actually die--you just go to the hospital), on your magical blue experience bar there's some black on the end of it. That's your debt. So when you're gaining experience by fighting enemies afterwards, you're also paying off that debt from dying.
This does two things: one, it teaches you to know your limits. Two, it teaches frustration when realizing you can't defeat a group of enemies, and that leveling up will now take that much longer. Because really, all you want to do is get stronger, faster, better. Yes, the game is based on AOL commercials. Yes, that was a joke. Let's move on.
Anyway, as I was saying, one of the ways to not incur debt is by teaming up with other superheroes to help out. Each hero has different abilities, and mine is the Ass Kicker (read: Blaster). This means that not only do I do a lot of damage, I'm also the first that gets picked on when you engage a group of bad guys.
This brings me to a crossroads in the game: Now that I'm at level 9, I can't surf the old spots and get a ton of experience. Since each level requires more and more of it to move on, you have to find bigger enemies to get more experience per kill. So you're basically forced to team up, or suffer. And teaming up is nice, but I like the solo thing. It's nice to have backup, but I like the free-roaming aspect myself, not having to wait on anyone.
If you want to get more in-depth, there are Super Groups. These guys are the hardcores, the 'guilds' of City of Heroes, even though I said that the game doesn't have guilds. They set schedules and work on missions from non-player characters to get max XP for their time. Of course they can roam around and whip ass like anyone else, but remember what I said about the debt thing.
Right now, I'm playing CoH until I die, then I quit and rethink my position. At this point I'm having fun, but see the path I must now walk down: team up or lose. I don't know if I like those options. While the guys at work are on the same supergroup, Liberty Force (yes, that is their official website), I can't handle that type of commitment while I'm still digging and working on Star Chamber. It's the same reason I've been so damn absent from IRC lately: with kids and friends and responsibilities, there's just not enough time in the day to commit to such an endeavor.
On a different, lighter note, Jeremy's wife Lesley is having their little boy sometime very soon now. The due date was today, but oh how nutty those things are. They anxiously await each day, hoping that their child will arrive then. But no, alas, the god of all things birthy fools them again, and so they head home, with days filled with walking and wondering 'when its time.' The funny part is, it's never when you think it is, and it is never, ever convenient.
Here's to hoping the birthy gods (yes, birthy) prove me wrong. I know they're excited and kids are fuckin cool. I got two to prove it.
Lastly Tone laments about his rainy woes, and suddenly I begin to rethink my plans to take residence on his couch for Origins. Just kiddin. I'd not stay there only if it were ankle-deep, because that's the magical Fuck It line. You cross that line, and you just say Fuck It. I hope that line is never crossed.
He laments about me wanting a GMail account. You damn right I want a GMail account! See my left nut down there? Yeah, trade ya for a GMail account ;)
4 Comments:
Your left nut? That should score you an account here http://www.gmailswap.com/ :)
And damn, the lack of anonymous comments made it a pain to post that! I had to sign up for a blogger account, in spite of the fact I don't use blogger for my blog :)
Oh, it's NightRain from Starchamber in case you're wondering
But I specifically put in my setup on this blog to allow for anonymous comments.
When you click on "Post A Comment", you'll see the sign-in screen, but underneath the Sign In button there's a link that says "Or Post Anonymously"
Use that one...or at least, those who aren't already registered can do so :)
I knew it! You G-Whore ;) Of course if you get one, and it comes with more invites, I expect one.
-T
Ah, see, you have to sign up to blogger to post anonymously. If you click on the comments link, the very first thing you see is a comment saying it doesn't allow anonymous posts, then, once you're in to your blogger account, you can choose anonymous as an option :)
Oh, do you have an RSS/ATOM feed for your site?
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