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For my Storm Knight homies

2005-09-23 doycet MMO & Computers 5 comments

How to go about getting the Knight Errant badge.

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Starts off about SD, but mostly Strat

2005-09-22 doycet MMO & Computers 7 comments

Got Shade Dancer to 14, got a new power, promptly got her killed twice, messing around with it (two Quantum

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Kheldian Hack for CoH Planner

2005-09-21 doycet MMO & Computers 8 comments

I’ve tried to email this to folks, but it’s not working so… if you want an updated file for CoH

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CoH: Mid-week grin

2005-09-21 doycet MMO & Computers 14 comments

Positron TF, Cavern of Transcendance Trial, and (most recently) a night of kicking the asses of a number of the

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That’s… interesting.

2005-09-20 doycet MMO & Computers 2 comments

You know those test-server changes I mentioned yesterday? Looks like some of them are already in on Live, TODAY. (Vigilance

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Unforeseen Consequences

2005-09-20 doycet Links & Resources 3 comments

Plague Strikes WoW: Blizzard recently added the Zul’Gurub instance to the game, where Hakkar, the god of blood, uses a

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The sincerest form of flattery. :P

2005-09-19 doycet MMO & Computers 7 comments

So I’ve got this thing that one of my newer characters does… a little ’emote’ that establishes the character —

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Training Room stuff

2005-09-19 doycet MMO & Computers

Now Testing in the Training Room Link has the full list as of 9/16. Below, stuff I actually care about:

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Positron TF Thoughts

2005-09-19 doycet MMO & Computers 2 comments

As noted in the week summary, I ran Positron with a total of six folks this weekend. Here’s a few

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More Cavern of Transcendance Smackdown: Sign up

2005-09-19 doycet MMO & Computers 11 comments

Short version: Lee (War Bones, Invul/Mace Tank, Freedom Phalanx — formerly Hushman/Cap’n Carnage/etc) has the Cavern of Transcendance Trial and

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CoH — the week’s update

2005-09-19 doycet MMO & Computers 3 comments

As noted on RandomWiki | CityOfHeroes, in the last seven days… Hyperthermian hit 44 during (as predicted), the first Shadow

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Planner Hacking

2005-09-13 doycet MMO & Computers 2 comments

Hacked the CoH Planner Kheldian data file and got the resistances for all the human shields and dwarf form defenses

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Huh. What Devouring Earth “eminators” do…

2005-09-13 doycet MMO & Computers 4 comments

From the CoH Forums: [blockquote]Quartz crystals give a +to Hit (which is technically different than +ACC from enhancements) of around

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CoH Ping

2005-09-12 doycet MMO & Computers 13 comments

I’m assuming that The Big Secret Fun Phalanx Leadership Thing is not going to happen today/tonight, since the forums are

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CoH: The Weekend in Tights

2005-09-12 doycet MMO & Computers 9 comments

I know, you guys want some Actual Play reports from my face to face games… Well, we’ve got a three-week

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CoH: The Task Force Twins, coming soon to a dimension near you.

2005-09-12 doycet MMO & Computers 4 comments

Lesse, since last update on the Wiki… Hype and Syn have dinged 42 and 43. 43 came about four missions

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CoH: Planner Update

2005-09-07 doycet MMO & Computers One comment

Joe Chott’s got his numbers updated in Hero Planner, as well as adding the new Archetypes. A few notes: *

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CoH — new DE addition

2005-09-06 doycet MMO & Computers One comment

Ewww… DE-Spawning boogers!

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Weekend(s) in review

2005-09-06 doycet MMO & Computers 2 comments

So, since updating the wiki page last, let’s see: Hyperthermian’s dinged 39, 40, and 41… and run the Eden Trial

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CoH: I5: Strategist

2005-09-01 doycet MMO & Computers 7 comments

So… logged Strat in to see what there is to be seen with regard to a respec. Here’s my respec

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CoH: I5: Gilly — the freedom of tight constraints

2005-09-01 doycet MMO & Computers 8 comments

So, when reworking Gilly, there were a couple ‘rules’ regarding the character that I had to adhere to: 1. If

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CoH: i5: Hype

2005-09-01 doycet MMO & Computers 4 comments

A few jot-thoughts from running Hype last night: 1. No resistance changes — my best numbers without Tough (not counting

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CoH: Issue Five

2005-08-31 doycet MMO & Computers 10 comments

I5 is out. Here is the official list of updates, sans numbers.

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Scrapper i5 link

2005-08-30 doycet MMO & Computers 4 comments

Hard numbers on Scrapper defenses: SR, Invul, DA, and Regen. First reaction: Wow. Super Reflexes is screwed.

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Playing with a Kheldian

2005-08-29 doycet MMO & Computers 2 comments

Shade Dancer: The Avatar of Malak Ta’us (praise his name), meets Alliance people for the first time. Damn that was

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More examples of why I love playing Hype :)

2005-08-29 doycet MMO & Computers 3 comments

Pretty normal weekend. Mom-in-Law was in town, so Jackie and I had lots of ‘free’ time. M-i-L fooishly thought this

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coh Stuff

2005-08-26 doycet MMO & Computers 4 comments

Few quick updates: Shade Dancer: Level 10 and fun as heck to play. Lightborne: Level 8, a semi-solid background, but

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CoH: Eden Trial

2005-08-24 doycet MMO & Computers 19 comments

Okay. I’m not putting this up on the forums, because I’ve no intention at all of making this a free-for-all,

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More HQ rambling

2005-08-23 doycet Musing

Non-Gloranthan Magic

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Link of the Now

2005-08-23 doycet Musing

Heroquest: Can you do EVERYTHING with an Extended Contest?

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Mostly actual play from online tabletop games, played on Roll20. Also random other stuff.

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Session 09 of our co-op playthrough of Ironsworn: Starforged.

We pause long enough to trade supplies with an old and deeply unsettling acquaintance: Anora Talin, a razor-sharp trader with too much insight and no hesitation about using it. What starts as a resupply stop turns into one of the biggest lore sessions of the campaign so far.

In this episode:

- the precursor map/tablet reveals more strange behavior
- Cole’s importance becomes clearer
- secrets about the Balefire and Cobalt Reach emerge
- a new faction concept appears: The Tethered
- Tinker risks deeper contact with the symbiote
- navigation experiments go very, very wrong
- we end with one of our favorite cliffhangers yet

Thanks for watching/listening along with our little corner of space.

2026 04 14
Sometimes, the story tells you it wants to be something else.
Timefoolery finds us once again.

2026 03 10
See the thing is, I called episode six "Crystal Snails", and then I got Vulfmon's Disco Snails stuck in my head, and then this happened. I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry if you've never heard of Disco Snails.
I'm sorry if you HAVE heard of Disco Snails.
Mostly, I'm sorry to Vulfmon.

Inside every snail shell is a tiny glowing gastropod
Precursors might be dead, or fled: transcended into spacey gods
But here they left behind these shiny slimy buggy bodies
These super freaky guards will slime and kill you as a hobby

Crystal snails, they’re on the walls and closing in on you with glowing trails
Their slime is poison that will make your nervous system FLAIL
They crawl into your suit and lick your face until you fail
To breathe! Because you cannot fight these snails

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Current position's in your engine
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They’re not ill-willers, they’re just killers.

There's bodies in the airlock, for the snails are on the loose
Watch your step, they're only one inch tall and they crawl right at you
They've synthesize deadly toxins up in their buggy bodies
This downright funkadelic bunch have come to start the party (P-p-p-party)

Crystal snails, they’re on the walls and closing in on you with glowing trails
Their slime is poison that will make your nervous system FLAIL
They crawl into your suit and lick your face until you fail
To breathe! Because you cannot fight these snails

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Current position's in your engine
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They’re not ill-willers, they’re just killers.

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Their location? In your station
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They’re not ill-willers, they’re just killers.
(With apologies to Vulfmon.)

Inside every snail shell is a tiny glowing gastropod
Precursors might be dead, or fled: transcended into spacey gods
But here they left behind these shiny slimy buggy bodies
These super freaky guards will slime and kill you as a hobby

Crystal snails, they’re on the walls and closing in on you with glowing trails
Their slime is poison that will make your nervous system fail
They crawl into your suit and lick your face until you fail
To breathe! Because you cannot fight these snails

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Current position's in your engine
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They're not ill-willer, they're just killers...

2026 03 03
Tinker and Quin engage in a time-honored spacer tradition (drinking and conspiracy theories) followed by another time-honored ironsworn tradition (fighting for your life).

2026 02 24 timebolted
We meet Quintin's daughter, and then head out on our main mission. Both of these go exactly as we expected, as usual.

2026 02 17

Music by Kevin MacLeod. Intro by kleber-kgf.
This game, man... this game....

A few notes: the audio is still uneven. I tried a few things, but I need to try a few more. Stay with us and I'll get it sorted, I promise.

2026 02 13
Kiri's symbiote saves him... from something, or for something?
Quinn pulls on the strings trailing from everyone on Providence Station.

2026 02 03
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