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[Noyjitat]

I miss zwillinger. A very friendly... no charming person and even when you wanted to be mad about something he seemed to be very good at distracting you away from what got you mad in the first place.

[Blondeshell]

I miss zwillinger. A very friendly... no charming person and even when you wanted to be mad about something he seemed to be very good at distracting you away from what got you mad in the first place.

Like this?  :)

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[Aggelakis]

Zwillinger was probably the best CM we had. CuppaJo was pretty awesome but Zwilly? Zwilly rocked socks.

[Night-Hawk07]

If you're having fun and not harming other players enjoyment of the game then you're playing it properly.

Which is why this game was superior. I didn't always play with a group, but when I did, I felt comfortable playing knowing I wasn't going to get b****ed at for "not playing properly" (as long as I took my scrapper-lock medication beforehand). It's why I almost exclusively solo in every other game, cause I already know if I don't fire off a specific attack at a specific time, I'll never hear the end of it. Cause "that's how you play that character".

/rant

[Little David]

I miss zwillinger. A very friendly... no charming person and even when you wanted to be mad about something he seemed to be very good at distracting you away from what got you mad in the first place.

Zwillinger was probably the best CM we had. CuppaJo was pretty awesome but Zwilly? Zwilly rocked socks.

Agreed on both counts. I still remember the time Zwilinger snuck into a solo mission I was running. He scared the crap out of me! I still have the screenshots from that ...

And people say Guardian never got any love from the devs or the CMs, hah.

[Ankhammon]

Which is why this game was superior. I didn't always play with a group, but when I did, I felt comfortable playing knowing I wasn't going to get b****ed at for "not playing properly" (as long as I took my scrapper-lock medication beforehand). It's why I almost exclusively solo in every other game, cause I already know if I don't fire off a specific attack at a specific time, I'll never hear the end of it. Cause "that's how you play that character".

/rant

That's true.

CoH managed to pull off something I've not really seen in any other game. Making the game loose enough that you don't have to use X power exactly 4.21 seconds after Y in order to defeat the big baddie while not making the game seem too easy for words.

[Super Firebug]

That's true.

CoH managed to pull off something I've not really seen in any other game. Making the game loose enough that you don't have to use X power exactly 4.21 seconds after Y in order to defeat the big baddie while not making the game seem too easy for words.

Allowing for variety in how you play, allowing for variety in teaming, devs who played the game and listened to the players...CoX was/is the thrown hammer through the typical-MMO screen. (Reference: Apple's "Big Brother" commercial during the 1984 Super Bowl.)

[Felderburg]

You know, there are some people that if they found a button that if pressed would destroy the planet they would have to press it just to watch the world burn.

Well, curiosity did kill... apparently all the cats.

[Super Firebug]

You know, there are some people that if they found a button that if pressed would destroy the planet they would have to press it just to watch the world burn.

If not, there would undoubtedly be some moron who would push it just to see if it actually does destroy the planet.

[Everfreefire]

If not, there would undoubtedly be some moron who would push it just to see if it actually does destroy the planet.

Bonus points if the button is actually on the planet.

[Codewalker]

You ever been on a team with three perma or near PA Illusion controllers talk about chaos I thought the tank was going to  :'( or  >:( quit was not sure which one

Once I was recruiting for an STF and grabbed a bunch of people who were either in-zone or responded on the global channel. We got up to 7, and a couple people on the team were starting to get worried that we didn't have a tanker on the team, for the Patrons and Recluse.

I glanced at the team roster, checked info on a couple people, and saw that we had not one, but two Illusion controllers on the team.

Teammate: "I can switch to a tank I guess, was really hoping to get the badge on this toon though."
Me: "Don't worry about it. We'll be fine."
/invites another blaster

We were fine. ;)

[Ankhammon]

Once I was recruiting for an STF and grabbed a bunch of people who were either in-zone or responded on the global channel. We got up to 7, and a couple people on the team were starting to get worried that we didn't have a tanker on the team, for the Patrons and Recluse.

I glanced at the team roster, checked info on a couple people, and saw that we had not one, but two Illusion controllers on the team.

Teammate: "I can switch to a tank I guess, was really hoping to get the badge on this toon though."
Me: "Don't worry about it. We'll be fine."
/invites another blaster

We were fine. ;)

Peoples get so silly sometimes.

If it say Ill on it, it can tank. Not that lots of other chars can't do it too.

Heck, I've tanked a TF with a TA/Ice defender before.  Did a couple TFs as tank on my Time/Ice. Both worked like a charm.

[JanessaVR]

Once I was recruiting for an STF and grabbed a bunch of people who were either in-zone or responded on the global channel. We got up to 7, and a couple people on the team were starting to get worried that we didn't have a tanker on the team, for the Patrons and Recluse.

I glanced at the team roster, checked info on a couple people, and saw that we had not one, but two Illusion controllers on the team.

Teammate: "I can switch to a tank I guess, was really hoping to get the badge on this toon though."
Me: "Don't worry about it. We'll be fine."
/invites another blaster

We were fine. ;)

As I've said before, I was down to playing Controllers pretty exclusively by the last year of the game, and, as someone focused on Holds, Slows and Confuses - and stealthing missions - I found that Illusion/Time Controllers were the absolute best.  I got well and truly spoiled by Superior Invisibility.  You get used to being able to go just about anywhere without being attacked.  Even crowds of purple enemies surrounding you start to feel like scenery after a while...

[ivanhedgehog]

Once I was recruiting for an STF and grabbed a bunch of people who were either in-zone or responded on the global channel. We got up to 7, and a couple people on the team were starting to get worried that we didn't have a tanker on the team, for the Patrons and Recluse.

I glanced at the team roster, checked info on a couple people, and saw that we had not one, but two Illusion controllers on the team.

Teammate: "I can switch to a tank I guess, was really hoping to get the badge on this toon though."
Me: "Don't worry about it. We'll be fine."
/invites another blaster

We were fine. ;)

I once tanked recluse with a fire blaster. the tank we had quit in a huff saying recluse was "impossible to tank". I did it

[Nyx Nought Nothing]

I once tanked recluse with a fire blaster. the tank we had quit in a huff saying recluse was "impossible to tank". I did it

Bouncing around the plaza with Duke Hermit running after you panting and gasping and flailing his spider legs at you?
"Stop! *GASP* Stop moving! *GASP* You pathetic insect! *WHEEZE* Stand still and let me hit you!"
At least that's how a lot of my teammates tended to tank him. The tanks who thought they could just stand toe to toe and trade blows didn't always do so well.

[Codewalker]

I once tanked recluse with a fire blaster. the tank we had quit in a huff saying recluse was "impossible to tank". I did it

I know my energy blaster tanked Ghost Widow on at least one or two occasions after the tank got held and died.  Ranged defense set bonuses + inspirations = Winning.

[Des_Tructive]

I see the Knockback hatred and have to repeat, I used to run an ALL knockback team.

You were required to have Knockback, Disorient, Stun or other such power to get on the team and you HAD to use those powers. You could use non-Knockback powers but we wanted Chaos - pure and unadulterated.

It was by far the most fun I have ever had and once you get used to the fact that:

1. No bad guys can hurt anyone because they are all flying in the air
2. Everything dies really fast
3. Aggro control is completely unnecessary when they don't have time to move to shoot back

It wasn't nice and neat - it was glorious chaos. You felt incredibly super powered with people flying through the air constantly. My greatest memory was facing some elite boss and him getting hit by multiple people flying in the air and dying before he hit the ground. It was impressive.

You would have loved my defender Bowling Bot. A kin/nrg clockwork built out of parts of a bowling alley, his progamming went defunct and he couldn't stop running in to things. He had repel maxed for end and knockback, and I had to bowl over at least one juicy group per mission. Most of the time it went something like this:

Tank: Gonna herd.
Bowling Bot must resist urge...
-Tank carefully herds groups.-
Bowling Bot must resist urge...
Tank: Okay, hit em.
-Bot siphon speeds, crashes in to the group. Hilarity ensues.-
Dead group member: Dude, what do you have to say for yourself?
-Bot rescuscitates him-
Bowling Bot: (F10) STRIKE!

On some maps, I almost felt like a controller. *bounce - wait - bounce -wait - bounce -wait*

[Scendera]

For all of the unorthodox things I tried that worked, I think I'm going to have to actually learn how to play COH properly when it returns, without a crapload of baggage from WoW and the EQs. I had a bad habit of thinking in holy trinity terms, either "proper" or "desperate, but it worked".

[Ankhammon]

For all of the unorthodox things I tried that worked, I think I'm going to have to actually learn how to play COH properly when it returns, without a crapload of baggage from WoW and the EQs. I had a bad habit of thinking in holy trinity terms, either "proper" or "desperate, but it worked".

Yes, please leave your babbage behind. :)

[Goddangit]

You would have loved my defender Bowling Bot. A kin/nrg clockwork built out of parts of a bowling alley, his progamming went defunct and he couldn't stop running in to things. He had repel maxed for end and knockback, and I had to bowl over at least one juicy group per mission. Most of the time it went something like this:

Tank: Gonna herd.
Bowling Bot must resist urge...
-Tank carefully herds groups.-
Bowling Bot must resist urge...
Tank: Okay, hit em.
-Bot siphon speeds, crashes in to the group. Hilarity ensues.-
Dead group member: Dude, what do you have to say for yourself?
-Bot rescuscitates him-
Bowling Bot: (F10) STRIKE!

On some maps, I almost felt like a controller. *bounce - wait - bounce -wait - bounce -wait*

I want to team with you.   8)