Strategy for Heroes 101 Also known as "The Complete Idiot's Survival Guide 1.2" by SunderX
This has apparently reached the "expiration date" of 5 years on the forum, and has disappeared.
Strategy for Heroes 102 Also known as "A Small Guide to Pulling" --by Dwimble
Archived
here in anticipation of it being scrubbed from the
CoH forums, as SunderX's guide apparently has been
(I will continue looking for a backup copy of the above.)
Starfire/Hellfire Forum
City of Heroes Resources
New Members updated 2/18/06
General information
Super Group Formation
PL (Power Leveling)
Past Glory
Party and Party Room Information
Official Starfire Badge Bright Star (location updated)
List of Coalition Teleports we can use
Brides in Black coalition web page
Congratulations to Blood Nut, Starfire's very first level 50! He was on an AV mission with a team that included myself, Mantid, and UPWARDS of The Swarm.
Looks like we need to get that base built, so that we have a place to throw him a big celebratory party!
March 12, 2006
Link added to the Brides in Black web page. @Meredith of Brides has opened BiB on Infinity, and has added one of her new toons, Sukaiko, currently lvl 5, to Starfire. Welcome, Mere. In the meantime, my Lileth on Infinity has jumped ship to the new Brides in Black SG. Not to worry, my other five toons are still in Starfire Infinity. :-)
January 31, 2006
Paragon Dance Party to be drastically altered! Being tested now on Test Server.
PDP on CoH official forum
Addition of bartenders ("Sam" and "Isaac"), potential TF contact, new entrances (old ones closed), reclamators, portals, girls in cages, a live WarWitch, and Hero-Villain teams....potential for Hero-Villain TF in future?
Where, oh, where, will Starfire have its parties in the future? ;-) Well, at least we can have a joint Starfire/Hellfire party, now.....as long as we can find a quiet corner to have it in.....
If you have access to the Test server (and if you don't you might want to set it up, I have links to the relevant instructions under "Resources"), check it out....and we might want to have a meeting on Test while waiting for it to be implemented live....not just a "meet-and-greet", but also our own version of "showing off my latest outfit" or even our own costume contest.
January 14, 2006
New Starfire/Hellfire Forum
I have signed us up for yet another forum. I am hoping that this will be the last change that I make of this nature. The new forum, at server.com, is one that has been used by another group I have been in for several years. You don't even need to register in order to post to it. It is extremely simple to use, is threaded, and searchable. I got tired of the popup ads, so I have now paid to have them removed, but even if the bill doesn't get paid, it will not just "disappear", it will continue with the ads. Try it out, I think you will find it very easy to use. I have created a calendar with the same provider, but have not paid to have the ads removed from that one. ;-) I have a link to the calendar on the Forum page. Please note that there is no login to edit the calendar. Therefore, anyone with this URL can create and even delete calendar entries. I have also added a link on the Calendar page to a World Time Zone map, which shows the current time all around the world. When posting entries to the Calendar, please note date, time, and the intended time zone for the time given.
If you see any abuse of the forum or calendar, please email me...I think everyone with Starfire now has my email address...or contact me in-game.
For security reasons, I strongly recommend that you NOT post any personal information to either the forum or the calendar; this includes full (RL) name and any email address that you don't want spammed.
November 9, 2005
Stray (@Mantid) helped me get an SG for Starfire people set up on CoV, on the Liberty server. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing, so I just went ahead and called it Hellfire. If you have any villains that you want inducted into Hellfire, contact either Outlander (Stray/@Mantid) or myself, MadamMadness (@Linuial) (note the lack of a space in my villain's name).
- - Linuial, SuperNova, Starfire Leader (Global: @Linuial)
Several new alts of the old members have also been inducted into Starfire Liberty.
Maggot Man/SuperChris may be creating a Hellfire SG on Infinity, as well, for the villains on that server.
Starfire is actively seeking members.
Starfire exists to create a pool of players who enjoy teaming with each other. We are looking for strategists, planners, players who like to use their mental capabilities as much as, or more than, their fast-twitch skills. All archtypes are welcome, it's the players' gaming philosophy that we are looking for, not the characters' skill sets.
If you are unsure what "strategy" entails, take a quick look at the two links at the top of this page, Strategy for Heroes 101 and 102. If this sounds like something you do, or want to get into, you're Starfire kind of people!
Engineers, computer programmers, and other such professionals who find themselves using their analyical skills even when they game, will find a welcome home here.
Role-playing is also actively encouraged, although not required.
Because PL (power leveling) has become such a volatile subject, we are going to avoid the whole sticky mess by avoiding the activity. Players who enjoy PL are actively encouraged to look into our allied SG, Public Defenders.
We ask that members make a commitment to log their member characters in at least once a week. (teaming is not required but actively encouraged....we don't want this to become another "dead" Super Group.)
We have begun having parties in the Paragon Dance Party room so that members can meet each other.
Starfire is allied with Public Defenders, The Swarm, The Knightz of the Round Table, Northern Lights, The Pantheon, Cavaliers of Justice, and Philly Freedom Fighters.
We have a Starfire supergroup on both Liberty and Infinity servers, and a villain SG, Hellfire, on Liberty.
If you think you might be interested in joining us, please send a "tell" or ingame email to @Linuial.
Knightz (of the Round Table); Boomtown, Crey's Folly, Dark Astoria, Hollows, Perez Park, Striga
The Pantheon; Crey's Folly, Dark Astoria, Hollows Perez Park
Northern (Lights); Hollows, Perez Park
Cavaliers (of Justice); Perez Park, Striga
The (Swarm....appears on my screen as just "The"); Crey's Folly, Perez Park
Philly (Freedom Fighters); no teleports
Public (Defenders); no permission to enter
R_M's Comprehensive Rapid XP Gain/Debt Loss Guide v6.0
(Formerly R_M's Comprehensive Guide to Powerlevelling)
Not just a how-to, but definitions, terminology, and why and when to/not to PL
When is PL not PL? (One man's PL is another man's PowerAdventuring)
Ongoing for/against discussion on the official CoH Forums
When does one player's PL negatively impact another player's game experience, and why?
Why do so many people get so angry about it?
And the final word from Statesman (i.e., CoH):
Statesman: I have to say that I'm not fond of PLing. It ends up cheapening the game
experience. Someone is quickly and unnaturally leveled up - and then complains that the
game has "no content."
If you don't know how to find the Paragon Dance Party room, there are three entrances/exits, one each in Steel Canyon, Independence Port, and Talos Island. The easiest to find (and reach) is a door on the back of a strip mall just to the left of the Icon store in Steel Canyon (as you are looking at Icon from the outside) and set back behind the Icon strip mall. (As you leave the party room, remember that each of the three exits goes to a different part of Paragon...it is the center exit that returns you to Steel.)
I have seen mobs as high as level 18 across the street from Icon, so if your toon is too low to safely make it to the door, just go to the Yellow Line station in Steel Canyon and send a "tell" to @Linuial, I'll be happy to tp you to the Party room door.
The usual time is 9pm Eastern Daylight Time (which would be 8pm Central, 7pm Mountain, and 6pm Pacific) until the rooster crows or everyone leaves. After the first hour, if people want to form up teams for missions, I think that would be a great idea.
I am officially declaring the Bright Star badge to be the Official Starfire Member Badge.
You can find it in Steel Canyon, on the south side.
Location: -3001.3 -26.2 1830.1
To see your currention location, type /loc in the chat window
This is due west of the Yellow Line train station, past the street ramp, on the roof of a University building, at the northeast corner of the campus.
Updated December 10, 2007