Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION The Anywhere Machine City of Villains...Your Chance To Be Part of the LSV

They announced today that the NDA for CoV has been lifted and we are now free to discuss our characters, the game and share screenshot.

So I'll be back later with a run down of who I've been playing so far and a couple of screen caps.

I've only seen a demo of the costume generator which was, of course, awesome.

I'm extremely curious as to how far "villainy" extends in this sort of game.

Well I didn't get much chance to take any screenshots tonight but here is one of the evil version of my first CoH character, Gungnir. Instead of an elec/elec blaster this Gung is ice/ice.

I received a beta invitation, but I haven't been able to use it because my account is set for cancellation (when you set to not be rebilled, they shut off your forum access). I'm hoping that I'll be able to restart my sub once I'm settled in California next year.

The beta is open until Sunday for a stress test. So instead of the regular 3 hour window we have all day/night until Sunday to play.

You do bank heists, kidnap people, kill civilians, other villains and heroes...pretty villainous I would say.

BTW, Gung got up to 10 so he registered the name Legion of Super-Villains and got his base permit.

Doesn't it seem kind of counter-intuitive that villains would need a permit to build a base? You figure if a building inspector comes along wouldn't they have some villainous means of getting around stuff like zoning, building permits, and codes?

Got my first look tonight. The lag was pretty bad, but I managed to put together a Science Mastermind with a Robotics primary named Rotwang. I'll give it try tomorrow during the day to see if the lag is a bit more manageable.

You'll love Masterminds DL. They're great fun.

Just saw this posted.


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Villains Prepare for Statesman’s Strike! Impending Invasion October 26th!

Friday, October 21, 2005
Attention, villains of the Rogue Isles! This is your leader, Lord Recluse. I address you, my mighty comrades, to warn you of a dastardly plot hatched by the contemptible Statesman.

Arachnos technicians have intercepted a Longbow transmission detailing a massive assault on the Rogue Isles! Statesman and his lackeys, the Freedom Phalanx, plan to coordinate their efforts with Longbow in a pathetic attempt to destroy us.

If they want war…they shall have it.

I call on all of you, my dreadful allies, to join forces. We will dispose of the wretched Statesman. We will crush his mindless minions underfoot. With our dire and ruinous powers, we will exterminate all those who wish to make us slaves to their own narrow-minded ideals.

They believe that we will be caught unsuspecting, that we will be easily beaten. This arrogance will be their undoing. We will lie in wait, ready to rain destruction on those foolish enough to oppose us. So, my ascending evildoers, be prepared to unleash your destructive rage on the evening of October 26th! We shall make the marauding Statesman rue the day he chose to confront the all-powerful villains of the Rogue Isles!

I was playing around on COV, and it gave
me the option to create a hero or a bad
guy. Anyone know if the hero starts out
in Paragon City or what?

I haven't played with the hero part yet but I understand that it is in Paragon just not the 'live' one.

Created a new MM necro last night since they obviously aren't giving us access to our characters on the other servers after the open stress test. Got him up to level 10 before I quit this morning. Trent Reznor with his zombies PrtyHateMachine and Perfect Drug.

Attention Villains!

We are having a special beta event tonight to test Siren's Call and PvP. We hope all of you will join us! Here are the details…

Tonight from 8pm-10pm Central (6-8 Pacific, 9-11 Eastern, 7-9 Mountain), we plan to shut down the normal beta server temporarily and bring up another one. We’d like for all of you to log in and create either a Hero or a Villain... we need players on both sides!

After you create your new character, you’ll notice a couple of special guests in Mercy Island and Atlas Park. If you’re a Villain, you should talk to Ghost Widow, who will be stationed near Kalinda. If you’re a Hero, you’ll seek out Statesman in the area near Ms. Liberty. Ghost Widow and Statesman will grant you enough experience for level 25, as well as some Infamy/Influence to purchase enhancements and inspirations.

After speaking with Ghost Widow or Statesman, you will need to visit the trainer to level up (Arbiter Diaz in Mercy or Ms. Liberty in Atlas Park). Once you’re finished at the trainer, speak with Ghost Widow or Statesman again and select the “Take me to the fight!” option. This will teleport you to an instance of Siren's Call.

A few things to note:

1. None of your characters/progress will be saved on the new server. The purpose is for everyone to have fun while helping us gather data about Siren's Call and PvP. The additional server was wiped and prepped especially for tonight, and it will be wiped again afterward.

2. If you encounter any bugs during this event, please report them using /bug! Do not use /petition, as the GMs will be unable to get to you before it is over (plus, everything is going to be wiped anyway).

3. The regular server will be available again at the conclusion of this event.

Thanks everyone! We look forward to seeing you tonight and hope you have a great time.

I'll be on with the new Kingmaker tonight. MM w/ poison & mercenaries. Send me a tell at @kingmaker so we can team up.

Look for me as Thorniest.

Next time any of us in the SG are logged in, let me know. I started crafting some items, got a number started, but I'm still needing some salvage. I want to try and get everything together to see if we can get the stuff we need for a teleporter.

Saw a villain called Thorny Pansy... anyone we know?? I gave him a shout out for his fantastic name

Vee, you did a truly inspired job on the Legion Clubhouse digs !!! Oh man, I just saw it and I love it. Gonna design some quarters too, or keep it generic? I love the Mission Monitor Room and the tech/med areas and then the tasteful bringing of the outdoors in with the solarium areas. Would you add some of those pretty giant crystals for some color??? Love the old world style globes as accents too. You have the touch !!!

Oh, and Trent hit 14 tonight. Took Flight. Finally able to move around decently.

Man. I need to take a look at the SV
hq.. 8-)

Look for me as Sulfur. Been around a while but didn't really play much till the weekend.

Jamie

Did you guys see they are running a new
event tonight?

Just saw this on the boards...

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Here's a post and Cuppa's response from another thread:


Post: "CuppaJo said she'd Warn us ahead of time when we should be using our pre-existing "Free Respec from Issue5".

Cuppa's response: "Use it before Thursday heroes. "

So take that for what you will since I6 is to include a free respec (either I6 goes live tomorrow and they give the respecs out Thursday or it all goes live Thursday-ish.)

CoV is supposed to be available on the shelves on the 28th so that would make sense.

So did anyone get a chance to participate in the event last night? I got about a half hour in and the lag was so bad, it was almost not worth playing.

Jamie