Guide to Guides

[Zombie Man]

This is a compilation of Player Guides put together by the Players for the Players. A big thank you to everyone who contributed!

If you are interested in writing a Guide or becoming involved, click the Section I link to the Introduction Post.

This post contains an outline of the organization of the guides which are grouped by category in the following sixteen posts. Click on a section heading to go to the corresponding post. Click on the link in that post to read the particular guide you’re looking for.


“PLAYER GUIDES” FORUM & “THE GUIDE TO GUIDES” THREAD

This particular forum, Player Guides, is a place for players to share their guides with other players. Unlike the other forums on this bulletin board, the threads in this forum do not automatically 'scroll off' or get 'aged out.' They stay until the time comes when the forum moderator decides they should go. Right now, threads go all the way back to May of 2004.

If you make a player guide, we ask that you place a copy of it in this forum in a separate thread, even if you are hosting another copy off site. This will help to reduce broken or stale links.

This thread, Guide to Guides, is an effort to organize all the player guides. This thread contains links to the guides that are not specifically written for an Archetype (AT) or powerset. There are guides for each of the ATs in their own forum (a link to the AT guides can be found in this thread below). The AT guides are stored in this forum, but the guides to AT guides are in their AT forums (in other words, the Guide to Scrapper Guides thread can be found in the Scrapper forum, but the actual Scrapper guides are stored here in the Player Guides forum).


I. AN INTRODUCTION AND GUIDE TO “GUIDE TO GUIDES”

Find out what these guides are about, what to do if you want to write or update a guide, finding the guide you want, and the history of the guides.

II. BEFORE YOU START – PREPARING TO PLAY

MANUALS, NEW PLAYERS’ GUIDES, & OVERVIEWS

• Official Online Manuals
• Beginner Guides
• Tips
• Guideposts to look for / Long range planning

CHARACTER CREATION

• Names & Titles
• Rolling Role-players
• Origins
• Alt(ernative) Characters
• Costume
• Hero/Villain Planners

III. ARCHETYPES, POWERSETS, POWERS, AND BUILDS

GUIDES TO ARCHETYPE AND POWERSET GUIDES

• Heroes
• Villains

POOL POWERS

• Travel Powers
• Other Power Pool Powers

SPECIFIC POWERS & CHARACTER CONCEPTS

• What Archetypes Can Do (See also Team strategy sections.)
• Powers Used by Several ATs
• Character Concepts

IV. OPERATING YOUR GAME – HOW TO MAKE THINGS GO

COMMANDS

USER INTERFACE

BINDS & MACROS

• How To Bind & Macro
• Binds for Specific Purposes
• Travel Binds
• Remapping

V. COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS

PLAYING NICELY

KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO SPEAK

UNDERSTANDING ONE ANOTHER

SAYING IT WITH STYLE

VI. COMBAT MECHANICS

INTRODUCTION TO COMBAT

DEFENSE & ACCURACY & TO-HIT

DAMAGE & EXPERIENCE & REWARDS & LEVELING

HEALTH & ENDURANCE

OTHER MECHANICS OF COMBAT

CONTROL AND AGGRO AND STRATEGY

• Pulling
• Managing Aggro

VII. FOES

COMBATING THE ENVIRONMENT (PvE)

• Giant Monsters
• ArchVillains (and Hero Class)
• Foes in General, and Other Specific Foes

COMBATING OTHER PLAYERS (PvP)

VIII. MISSIONS

CONTACTS, DIFFICULTY, AND MISSIONS IN GENERAL

MAYHEM & SAFEGUARD, SCHEMES & POLICEBANDS

SPECIFIC MISSIONS

TRIALS, RAIDS, EVENTS, AND TASK/STRIKE FORCES

• Trials, Raids, Events, and Forces for Both Factions
• City of Heroes Trials and Task Forces
• City of Villains Trials and Strike Forces

RESPECIFICATION TRIALS

THE HAMIDON RAID

LORD RECLUSE STRIKE FORCE

STATESMAN TASK FORCE

OUROBOROS AND FLASHBACK

IX. TEAMS, GROUPS, AND BASES

TEAMING

• How to form a team
• How to run and care for a team – leader tips
• Team Strategy
• Knowing the ATs, Powers, and Abilities of your Teammates
• Voice Communication

SUPER (VILLAIN) GROUPS & BASES

• Creating a group
• Creating a base
• Base Salvage and crafting

X. POWERS – ENHANCEMENTS & RESPECIFICATION

ENHANCEMENTS

RESPECIFICATION

XI. INVENTIONS – ENHANCEMENTS, RECIPES, “LOOT,” & THE MARKET

INVENTIONS IN GENERAL

INVENTION SALVAGE, RECIPES, AND DROPS

THE CONSIGNMENT MARKETS AND ECONOMY

XII. OTHER GAME SYSTEMS

BADGES

• Setting Badge Title
• How to get a specific badge
• How to get a specific badge set
• Badge Lists
• Badge Trackers

ARENA & GLADIATOR

DAY JOBS

XIII. THE IN-GAME WORLD – A TALE OF TWO CITIES

BACKGROUND, STORYBOOK, LORE

AREAS AND ZONES AND OTHER PLACES

• Finding yourself
• Hero Zones
• Villain Zones
• Inter-Factional Zones

XIV. THE OUT-OF-CHARACTER EXPERIENCE

COMMUNITY HISTORY, CUSTOMS, AND CULTURE

LEADING BY (BAD) EXAMPLE

COMIC BOOKS AND ‘THE INDUSTRY’

XV. LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD – ADVANCED MECHANICS

3RD PARTY CUSTOMIZATION (maps, graphics, sounds, fonts, powertray icons)

SCREENSHOTS, DEMOS, VIDEOS

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS

XVI. GETTING HELP AND OTHER RESOURCES

OFFICIAL CHANNELS

USING THE OFFICIAL FORUMS

OTHER WEBSITES WITH GUIDES AND FURTHER INFORMATION

[Zombie Man]

I. AN INTRODUCTION AND GUIDE TO “GUIDE TO GUIDES”



PLAYER GUIDE FORUM & THE GUIDE TO GUIDES THREAD

This forum, Player Guides, is a place for players to share their guides with other players. Unlike the other forums on this bulletin board, the threads in this forum do not automatically 'scroll off' or get 'aged out.' They stay until the time comes when the forum moderator decides they should go. Right now, threads go all the way back to May of 2004.

If you make a player guide, we ask that you place a copy of it in this forum in a separate thread, even if you are hosting another copy off site. This will help to reduce broken or stale links.

This thread, Guide to Guides, is an effort to organize all the player guides. This thread contains links to the guides that are not specifically written for an Archetype (AT) or powerset. There are guides for each of the ATs in their own forum (a link to the AT guides can be found in this thread below). The AT guides are stored in this forum, but the guides to AT guides are in their AT forums (in other words, the Guide to Scrapper Guides thread can be found in the Scrapper forum, but the the actual Scrapper guides are stored here in the Player Guides forum).



WRITING GUIDES

If you have written a guide, please let us know by posting a link to it at the bottom of this thread.

If you write a guide for a particular AT (Archetype), then post a link to it both in this thread and the appropriate Guide to AT Guide thread (for example, if you write a Scrapper guide, post a link both here in the Guide to Guides thread and in the Guide to Scrapper Guides thread in the Scrapper Forum).

If you have created a guide, then please do not post the guide itself in this thread. Start a brand new thread in this forum (Guide to Guides) for your brand new guide.

When you title your guide, it's helpful to be as clear as possible what the guide is about. Fun names like "Guide to BOOM!" don't really explain what that guide is about. Instead, something like "Guide to BOOM: How to make exploding objects work for you" is clearer. If your guide is dependent on certain game mechanics that might change over time, it is also helpful to indicate what Issue your guide was written for. For example, putting [I7] in the title lets us know about when your guide was written (during Issue 7's release) and for what game mechanics it applies.




FINDING GUIDES

Please do not make a request for a guide or ask if a particular guide exists in this forum. We don't want to save all those extraneous threads in this archive-only forum. If you have a question, please post it in the [u]Player Questions[u] forum. If a guide exists, someone will probably give you the link to it, else, they can answer your question directly. If you have a suggestion for a guide, please don’t post the suggestion here; place your suggestion in one of the General Discussion Forums: City Life - CoH & CoV General Discussions or Suggestions and Ideas.

Tip: Use your web browser’s search function (usually Edit / Find...) to search this thread for the guide you're looking for. So, for example, if you want to find a guide on Hamidon, just search for ‘Hamidon’ in this thread.

If that doesn't help find a guide you're looking for, try the Search function of the forum (there's a guide linked in this thread that tells you how to use the Search function of the forum!). You can limit your search to the Player Guides forum so you find just guides.

As players add links in this thread to the new guides they’ve created and posted to the forum, we’ll try to edit them into the first pages… but that may take weeks or months to get around to it. It should be understood that anyone coming to this thread take a glance or do a search of the entire thread in order to catch the most recently added guides.




READER BEWARE

It is important to remember that almost all of these guides are written by players for players. They are not official guides from Cryptic (the original game developer) or NCSoft Paragon Studios (the game publisher, owner of the forums, and now the sole developer of CoH/V).

Some guides contain straightforward factual information. Much is easily verified or has been confirmed by the Developers. Some information is simply the best guess of the player because we don't know all the secrets of the game mechanics. There's a reason the company is called Cryptic. So, use the information at your own risk.

Some guides are more advice, suggestion, strategy, and opinion. As such, feel free to disagree. People are attempting to be helpful, but you don't have to take their advice. Play any way you like as long as you don't break the EULA (there's a link to that below).

Some guides get better with feedback, but only if it's constructive feedback (see the guides on forum etiquette). If you wish to discuss the content of a guide, please do so in that guide's thread, not in this thread.

Also keep in mind that some of these guides might have become outdated. That's why we include an issue number with most of them. Some guides are timeless (like good etiquette). Some become stale as game mechanics change, for example, a recent buff to the strength of Archvillains might make many of the older guides to defeating Archvillains no longer helpful. Here are the dates for the issue releases so you have an idea of how old a guide might be....

I1: 6/30/04
I2: 9/17/04
I3: 1/5/05
I4: 5/5/05
I5: 9/1/05
I6: 10/28/05
I7: 6/6/06
I8: 11/28/06
I9: 5/1/07
I10: 7/24/07
I11: 11/28/07
I12: 5/20/08
I13: 12/2/08
I14: 4/8/09
I15: 6/29/09
I16: Soon


(Issue highlights link ParagonWiki.)



UPDATING GUIDES

We strongly encourage authors of guides to revisit their guides to keep them fresh and updated. A recent call went out at the beginning of 2007 and again at the beginning of 2008 for everyone to update their guides. If you authored a guide, please go back to make sure the info is updated. It would be nice to change the [I2] tag next to your guide to a [I11] tag! You may find that other players have contributed to your guide with corrections, suggestions, additions.

So, go ahead and create a brand new thread with your updated guide and include all their amendments and give them a credit and thanks for their help. This will especially help guides that generated lengthy discussions or for those where you wanted to edit the first post but were no longer able to. Don’t forget to post a link to your updated guide in this thread. And don’t forget to put a link at the end of the old guide pointing people to your updated guide.

If you see a guide (or a group of guides) that have become outdated and stale and the author hasn't updated them recently, well, you're certainly welcome to update it yourself if you'd like. Just simply cut and paste the old guide into your new guide and update it. Then it would be nice if you linked back to the original guide(s) with a thanks to that author's initial work. There, everyone benefits.


REVISION HISTORY

March 21, 2005: CuppaJo, the Community Rep started the first Guide to Guides thread. (Please do not post in this old thread.)

September, 27, 2005: After the original thread above got too unwieldy, CuppaJo created an updated Guide to Guides (thread missing, presumed deleted).

January 10, 2007: Lighthouse, the new Community Relations Manager, puts out the call at the beginning of the month for everyone to update their guide in preparation for a new and updated Guide. Thanks to milk_weasel, everything in the lengthy Guide thread was organized and given to Lighthouse so that the first post of that thread now included all the links added to the thread.

January 30, 2007: Zombie_Man combs through the Player Guides forum for all that threads that never had a link posted to the Guide to Guide threads. After going through over 4,300 threads (two and a half years’ worth of threads), ZM created a much enlarged Guide to Guides that covers everything up to and including Issue 8. Ex Libris takes over caretaking for the guides as the Community Coordinator.

April 4, 2007: Ex Libris creates the Issue 9 Guide to Player Created Guides. It is filled by contributors who start getting rewarded for writing guides with a special forum title by their name. Last update to the main page of this thread was June 28, 2007. (Please do not post to this thread anymore, the new Guide to Guides contains all the I9 Guides now.

August 8, 2007: Zombie_Man creates a new Guide to Guides, which contains everything in the previous Guide to Guides thread, everything in the Guide to Issue 9 Guides thread, and as many guides that were posted in the forums as can be found for which the originator unfortunately did not post a link. Also, Issue 10 Guides are included. All the links were made cityofheroes / cityofvillains neutral, i.e., if you’re on the blue heroes version of the boards, all the links will keep you in the blue, and likewise for the redside of the boards.

Jan 3, 2008: Comprehensive update and this new thread started by Zombie_Man

August, 200: Comprehensive update initiated by the new forums by Zombie_Man


NOTES FROM YOUR EDITOR

Editors of the AT Guides should go back over the history of the previous Guides listed above to include the appropriate links to new guides in their Guide to the ‘X’ Archetype Guides.

In looking for guides whose owners never posted a link, I did use my judgment in not including certain guides which were only little tips, terribly incomplete, rants against ‘bad play styles,’ or hopelessly outdated. If the authors of those guides are put out by that, they are free to update their guides and post a link of them here for inclusion.

Any feedback would be welcome on the structure, or grammar, or typos, or whatever.

Thanks all. I’ve learned so much from doing this and reading all of your wonderful guides! – Zombie_Man

[Zombie Man]

II. BEFORE YOU START – PREPARING TO PLAY


MANUALS, NEW PLAYERS’ GUIDES, & OVERVIEWS

Official Online Manuals

City of Heroes Manual (Zipped PDF)

City of Villains Manual (PDF)

Beginner Guides

Hero University _Tog_ [I10]

(New) Player Guide - Roughneck_Doc [I3] Deadlink

The New Player's Guide to Life Outside the AE Building Amberyl [I15]

The Little Guide To CoH V0.9 Nova_Ankh [I1]

A Guide to CoH For New Players From Old MMOs Adam7 [I6]

Jordan’s Town Fan Site New Player Guides Jordan_yen

Jordan’s Town Fansite Basic CoH Gameplay Jordan_yen

New Player's Guide to Life Outside the AE Building Amberyl [I15]

Tips

Commonsense Solutions to Everyday Problems Textilian [I11]

Useful Tricks/Features for new and old players Starflier [I6]

Little Things I Wish I'd Known MikesMind [I1]

Guideposts to look for / Long range planning

"Things to do" guide redux (Heroes and Villains list) Thunderforce [I16]

Issue 10 Guide - Comic Book Style ChaseArcanum [I10]

Guide: List of things to do at each level (Hero) Eldandil [I10]Correct link to spreadsheet of Sept 27, 2007
City of Villains Content Guide Krepoort [I10] Info lost to dead link.

Thresholds CoH: What to do When cohRock [I7]

Guide to Level Unlocks and Bonuses ParagonParagon [I6]

How to avoid The Grind TonyV [I8]

CHARACTER CREATION

Jordan’s Town Fansite Character Creation Guide Jordan_yen [I15]
Discussion thread here: Jordan's Character Customization Guide Jordan_yen [I15]

Names & Titles

Demonweed's non-dairy naming guide Demonweed [I9]

Guide to naming without replacements Harry_Canyon [I8]

Naming For Noobs: A Guide To Originality! Tyrantula [I7]

Naming your Character Speed_Bump [I6]

A Guide to Creating a Name for New Hero Characters tpull [I4]

MrMarvel's Quick-and-Dirty Guide to Naming Heroes MrMarvel [I4] {Dead link}

Villainous Titles Proserpine [I6]

The Adjective-less Naming Guide! ThornWeaver [I9]

Rolling Roleplayers

Guide for the Beginning Roleplayer Colette [I8]

Guide to Creating Roleplayable Characters Snowlily [I6]

Character ID and Battlecry Creation Guide (stuttermonkey) [I6]

Arrr, Matey: A Guide to Pirates CannonballJack [I6]

Roleplayer's Guide to Fascism and Naziism AmazingMOO [I6]

Origins

Natural Concept Characters Enantiodromos [I6]

Picking Origins by Desired Enemies (stageIII) [Pre-I1]

Jordan’s Fansite Origins Guide Jordan_yen

Alt(ernative) Characters

Altaholic setup script PHGraves [I8]

Altaholics Anonymous, a Guide to Kicking the Habit (Naughty_Nadya) [I7]

So You Want to Make a Random Character? Vidicate [I6]

The Graceful Exit Guide Heraclea [I5] {Dead link}

Costume

Jordan’s Town Fan Site – Character Creation Guide Jordan_yen

Named Colors for the Color Blind (CoH/V) Altoholic_Monkey [I8]

How to "transfer" old costumes to new characters marqaha [I3] {Dead link}

Guide to making an AWESOME costume crashfreeze [I8]

Costume secrets and advice. Soulie [I10]

A guide to copying costumes the hard way Samuel_Tow [I11]

Guide to/Database of Capes Obsidian_Farmer [I11]

Hero/Villain Planners

Mids’ Hero and Villain Designer website & download page [I13]

Web-based Hero/Villain Planner Sucker_Punch [I11]

[Zombie Man]

III. ARCHETYPES, POWERSETS, POWERS, AND BUILDS


GUIDES TO ARCHETYPE AND POWERSET GUIDES

Hero AT Guides and FAQs

BLASTERS

CONTROLLERS

DEFENDERS

KHELDIANS

SCRAPPERS

TANKERS

Villain AT Guides and FAQs

BRUTES

CORRUPTORS

DOMINATORS

MASTERMINDS

SOLDIERS OF ARACHNOS

STALKERS

POOL POWERS

Travel Powers

Travel Powers & You: A Beginner's Guide Kikker [I6]

TopDoc's Complete Movement Guide (TopDoc) [I4]

Travel Powers Essay Navarp [I6]

Get a Travel Power by level 8! Airman_America [I6]

How to skip travel powers (Villains Only) Direwolf21 [I7]

Teleportation Tips Grotus [I2]

The Teleport FAQ Erlkoenig [Pre-I1]

One-Handed Teleportation Guide! JonahY [I10]

Teleport Foe, and why it rocks(PVE!) (BlackCarnage) [I7]

Using Team Teleport Colette [I7]

Other Power Pool Powers

Endurance Costs for Toggle Powers Vennom [I1]

Power Pool Defense Calculator _Uun_ [I7]

Power Pool Attacks: Damage At Level 6 (_Sinnyil_) [I1] {Dead Link}

Leadership Pool (_Sinnyil_) [I1]

Guide to Aid Self 1.0 (Dracomicon) [I6]

Guide to the Medicine pool v1.0 Terminotaur [I4]

Epic Power Pools/Ancillary Power Pools (A Complete List) AnotherDeadHero [I3]

Unofficial Ancillary Power Pools Database Storyteller [I2]

SPECIFIC POWERS & CHARACTER CONCEPTS

What Archetypes Can Do

Jordan’s Town Fansite Guide to ATs Jordan_yen

City of Hybrids: Understanding the Vision of CoH Pitho [I1] {Dead Link}

Powerset Selection Guide mk III Starfox [I8]

CoH & CoV AT Comparison Guide DrRock [I6] {Dead Link}

Why Defenders are better than Healers Linea_Alba [I8]

The Least Common Powerset Combo TiempoVola [I9]

Controllers and Defender Powers Blueeyed [I6]

[See also section on Team Strategy.]

Powers Used by Several ATs

Quantification of Powers (the numbers!) Red Tomax City of Data [I14]

Temporary Powers Red Tomax City of Data [I14]

Attribute Modifiers by AT and Level Red Tomax City of Data [I8]

Apprentice Charm Guide wackodraco [I7]

More than you EVER wanted to know: Build Up & Aim Mystic_Amethyst [I9]

Guide to Power Boost v1.0 F22Major [I8]

Dull Pain Guide: post ED & I6 Stupid_Fanboy [I6]

Everything you wanted to know about Heal0rz*, but… Bakta_hero [I10]

Character Concepts

The Lazy Player's Guide stageIII [I3]

How to Make an Anti-Stalker Fury_Flechette [I7]

[Zombie Man]

IV. OPERATING YOUR GAME – HOW TO MAKE THINGS GO

COMMANDS

Slash Commands, Binds, & Macros, Oh My! Storyteller [I11]

Kenja's Consice Command and Emotes List CuppaKenja [I10]

List of Slash Commands Colder, Grotus, AnotherDeadHero [I7]

Motorhead's Organized List of Commands Motorhead [I6]

Guide to COV /Commands Lunar_Girl [I6]

Complete Cov Command List nyditch [I6] {Dead Link}

Suppressing Personal GFX: /suppressCloseFx Zombie_Man [I10]

USER INTERFACE

Scaling the UI, or, Make Windows Big or Small! Zombie_Man [I12]

Customizing the QuickChat Menu Fleeting Whisper [I13]

Combat Monitor: Cycling Attributes Grumble [I14]

BINDS & MACROS


How To Bind &Macro

Slash Commands, Binds, & Macros, Oh My! Storyteller [I11]

The Incomplete and Unofficial Guide To /bind Curveball [I1]

Wonderful, Wise, Winza's guide to binds! Winza [I3]

Key Names Storyteller [I2]

Macro File: How to Load Macros from a Text File Grumble [I14]

"Custom" Macro Icons Mantid [I6]

CityBinder Beta Version 0.76 Monorail

Black_Specter Bind Guides

Advanced Bind Guide updated and off site Black Specter [I8]

ADVANCED BIND GUIDE v1.3 Thread Discussion Black_Specter [I7]

Troubleshooting Binds Black_Specter [I10]

The Complete List of Key Names Black_Specter [I9]

Sample Binds

Binds for Specific Purposes

Compiled List of Binds Camo_Fiire [I15]

Post your /bind's here Grotus [I13]

Plant-the-Bombs missions got you down? targeting bombs SkunkWerks [I6] {Dead Link}

Bomb-planting mission tips and coordinates Drastic [I6]

Hunt Target Macros/Binds Snow_Globe [I8]

Dial G for Glowie McBeast [I6]

The TMI Guide to: Costume Change / Changing Binds AnotherDeadHero [I3]

The Inspiration Maker's Guide Microcosm [I12]

Khaiba's ARENA Gladiator Pet Controls Sandolphan [I6]

[See also the MASTERMINDS Guide to Guides in the MasterMind forum for MM pet binds.]

[See also the Arena section.]

Travel Binds

The Best Hover/Fly /bind EVER!!! Sinabyss [I2]

The Second best Fly/Hover bind Acidic [I6] {Dead Link}

The Penultimate Flight/Hover Bind--WIP HeartBurnKid [I7]

The New Ultimate Teleport Bind for Laggers DrLetharga [I4]

The Ultimate Teleport Bind - The Program DrLetharga [I4]

Teleport Bind (Yea I know it's posted elsewhere..) CockAroach [I3]

One Handed Teleportation Guide! JonahY [I10]

Remapping

Pulsewave's FPS Keybinds Pulsewave [I8]

Numpad Binding AnotherDeadHero [I2]

Playing without a Mouse and SuperJump Keybinds 010101 [I3]

[Zombie Man]

V. COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS


PLAYING NICELY

Courtesy South [I5] {Dead Link}

Mind Your Manners! peterpeter [I3]

Player Etiquette (Demon_Dono) [I1] {Dead Link}

A Guide to Anti CyberStalking--Compiled by TheRing Acemace

[See also section on Getting Help and Petitioning.]

KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO SPEAK

Global Chat Guide PDF Conversion Robotech_Master [I3]

Global Chat Channel Tabs Tutorial -Robotech_Master {Dead Link}

Sending to Global Channels: A Microguide Robotech_Master [I3] {Dead Link}

Guide To Chat Tabs Sam_Fetisher [I9]

Making your info appear next to your name-channels Camo_Fire [I9]

List of Global Channels

List of Global Chat Channels

UNDERSTANDING ONE ANOTHER

In game Abbreviations Golden_Ace [I4]

Guide to Jargon & Abbreviations v2.0 Tyrant Mikey [I10]

Official Noob Guide to Abbreviations and Jargon Discobug [I1]

Guide to CoH L33T-speak 101 (semi-long -- for fun) RayOfHope [I5]

Jordan’s Town Fansite Glossary List Jordan_yen

SAYING IT WITH STYLE

Blood Wolffe's Guide to Better Writing Blood_Wolffe [I8] {Dead Link}

Updated list of all Emotes ParagonWiki [I15]

Emote Randomising Guide v. 0.1 Skarmory_the_PG [I7]

Flight poses for Issue 9 (Only on test now) Grumble [I9 Beta]

Your Guide to Dynamic Flyposes - i9, by Duck Duck_LOrange [I9]

Making Your Speech Bubbles In TechniColor! (Leatherface) {Dead Link)

The TMI Guide to Chat Bubble Coloring (zdegrees)

Guide to Random Phrases! Starmor [I3]

Guide on How to insert Nifty Symbols™ into CoH/V Baba_Kanoosh [I14]

[Zombie Man]

VI. COMBAT MECHANICS


INTRODUCTION TO COMBAT

Survivability: Game Mechanics Explained Beau_Hica [I8]

Catwhoorg’s DRR theory of Survivability. [I7]

The Combat Handbook v2.0 PhiloticKnight [I7]

Between Death & You 3.0 Starsman [I7]

Utilizing Terrain Flying_Carcass [I8]

Dark Invado's Simple Steps To Avoid Debt [I6]

10 Habits That Will Save Your Life Someday Moncro [I2]

The SPIDER - Power Data Standardization 3.0 LJHalfbreed [I12]

Why hitting the softcap is important. DechsKaison [I15]

How to Die Properly (or not at all) McBeast [I5] {Dead Link}

The Basics Primer MMORPGboy [I3] {Dead Link}

The CoH Survival Guide 1.4 SunderX [I3] {Dead Link}

DEFENSE & ACCURACY & TO-HIT

Frequently Asked Questions about I7 Defense Scaler Arcanaville [I7]

Guide to (Tohit and) Defense v1.10beta Arcanaville [I10]

Attack Types vs Attack Damage Fleeting_Whisper [I10]

Enemy Resistances - Damage and Mez Culex [I14]

Enemy accuracy spreadsheet! v1.72 MrQuizzles [I12]

Accuracy and Defense the Simple Explanation Havok_NA [I1]

A Brief Guide to Level Scaling Pippy [I6]

DAMAGE & EXPERIENCE & REWARDS & LEVELING

Damage Mitigation Spreadsheet-o-rama Arcanaville [I13]

Comparative Analysis of Damage Mitigation... Tic_Toc [I8]

R_M's I9/I10 XP Gain/Debt Loss Guide Robotech_Master [I7]

Incomplete brawl index database #2 Ian_Of_Moore [I3]

Power Data Standardization v2.0 iakona [I7]

The MinMax Army's Guide to Sustained DPS -da5id [I6] {Dead Link}

Beginner's Guide to DPS and Chains Leprechauna [I3] {Dead Link}

CONFUSION AND XP/Time (v2) Enantiodromos [I6]

45 Second Guide to Getting Lots of Infamy in CoV wackodraco) [I7]

Leveling Chart -AnotherDeadHero [I2] {Dead Link}

Philotic Knight's Mini-Guide to Debt Philotic Knight [I6]

CoV Guide to leveling - contacts-newspaper-xp tips Plater [I6]

Feeling like a powerhouse levels 1 through 15 Az005 [I7]

Enemy XP Mods Culex [I16]

HEALTH & ENDURANCE

Calculator for HP Regen. Stupid_Fanboy [I7]

The Stamina Crunch Aggelakis [I14]

Endurance Management & Damage per Endurance Chart Linea_Alba [I7]

How to survive before Stamina Tramalian [I10]

Endurance Management Guide Gilfred [I7]

Easy to use habits to save endurance -digdug [I3] {Dead Link}

OTHER MECHANICS OF COMBAT

Guide to Calculating Recharge v1.0 Arcanaville [I8]

How long do your attacks *really* take? Arcanaville [I12]

#'s of Perception/Stealth Peritus [I5]

Advice on Inspirations Elijah_Perkins [I7]

Lucks and Insights do not work the way you think Arcanaville [I7]

Candy Popping Your Contacts for Solo xp Jim_G [I2]

Follow: the Secret Power -McBeast [I5] {Dead Link}

Assisting -Kridina [I5] {Dead Link}

Guide to Anchor Powers (FAQ & Screenshots) deadboy_champion [I2]

Magnitude - or, why Johnny can't hold Dr. Vahzilok GlaziusF [I1]

BluShield's Guide to Holds BluShield [I8]

Comparative Analysis of PBAoE and Ranged AoE Holds Mystic_Amethyst [I7]

Guide to Confusion v.1.0 cforce [I6]

CONTROL AND AGGRO AND STRATEGY


Pulling

The Art of the Pull Circuit_Boy [I9]

Pulling - A lost art? Mageman [I6]

A Small Guide to Pulling --by Dwimble Dwimble [I3]

Pulling singles in CoH... SomeLameDude [Pre-I1]

Managing Aggro

Agro Chart 1.0 [I6] Dracomicon [I6]

Aggro" - a beginner's guide Cerebris [I2] {Dead Link}

So you want to know about Taunt... Circeus [I8]

Taunt Myths Debunked Aett_Thorn [I9]

Let Fly! v2.0. An Updated Knockback Control Guide Midnight_Flux) [I11]

Guide to Knockback Lycanus [I11]

How to herd and play on a herding team (i7) PolarMama [I7]

Guide to Anchor Pulling and Mgmt. Emnity [I7]

Travelling The Hollows (and elsewhere) safely Player_of_Pur [I7]

How To: Traveling without dying - Mr_Multiplicity [I2] {Dead Link}

[Zombie Man]

VII. FOES


COMBATING THE ENVIRONMENT PvE

Giant Monsters

Official Game Info Guide: Giant Monsters [I7]

A Guide to the Paladin IanTheM1 [I3]

So you feel like some Sushi... Fighting Lusca Memphis_Bill [I6]

Guide To Hunting Sally -Lime_Jello24 [I5] {Dead Link}

COV Giant Monster 101 hlkjn [I6]

The Arachnos Flier, White Whale of Grandville. Mr_Squid [I12]

ArchVillains and Hero Class

DISCUSSION: Any numbers on the -regen and AV/GM res change -community [I9 Beta]

Darke's Guide to Soloing the Archvillain Darke [I3]

Arch Villain Guide V1.0 -TheSpeedingSkull [I3] {Dead Link}

5 Easy Steps to Defeating the Psionic Clock King Hero_of_Steel [I5]

Foes in General, and Other Specific Foes

Red Tomax’s Guide to City of Heroes Website: Factions Listing [I9]

Volcano Juice's Guide to Killing Malta... Black_Specter [I7]

The Brief Shadow Cyst Guide Sooner [I7]

Storm Elementals Guide - Review, Please? Kangaroo [I7]

A Guide to the Skulls - Mighty [I4] {Dead Link}

See Task Force and Raid section, esp. for Hamidon.

COMBATING OTHER PLAYERS PvP

Guide to PvP Diminishing Returns Arcanaville [I15]

PvP FAQ and GUIDE TO GUIDES Maintained by NotPutzing Please PM for updates.

Sing’s Guidebook to PvP Shallow [I8]

Sing’s Guide to Successful PvPing
Sing’s Guide to Potent Mixed Teaming
Sing’s Highlights on Abstract FoTM Potential
Sing & the Snipe Surprise
Sing's Guide to Peacebringing Love
Sing’s Guide to Vengeance in PvP

Guide to Misconceptions of Zone PvP Dubya [I8]

An Introduction to Zone PvP Black_Snake [I7]

PvP 101 Nicci [I6]

The Harsh Reality of PVP BuffyASummers [I6]

Basic Guide to PvP SA7_Grail [I7]

Perception in PvP zones ConcreteDragon [I7]

The PVE'ers PVP Survival Guide 2.0 Memphis_Bill [I9]

PvE players: how to survive in RV Leandro [I7]

The PvP and PvP Avoidance FAQ v.1.0 -Lady_Sadako [I6] {Dead Link}

[See also PvP Zones and Arena sections.]

[Zombie Man]

VIII. MISSIONS



CONTACTS, DIFFICULTY, AND MISSIONS IN GENERAL

Red Tomax’s Guide to City of Heroes Website [I12]
- Contains Story Arcs and Contacts List for CoH and CoV.

Contact Guide RonLHiler [I3] {Dead Link}

How Contacts Work (or, "Getting Specific Mission") SinisterStairs [I4]

CoV Contact & Storyarc Guide trekain [I7]

CoV Contact Flowchart Balorn [I8]

Hermod's Guide to Unlockable Contacts. I6, ver 2.0 [I6]

Mission Difficulty Level and Notoriety Zombie_Man [I8]

Task Forces/Trials, Reputation, and you.[I8] Part_Troll [I8]

Impromptu Guide to Missions & Difficulty Settings -Dwimble [I4] {Dead Link}

List of Task Forces and Story Arcs -SirBruce [Pre-I1] {Dead Link}

MAYHEM & SAFEGUARD, SCHEMES & POLICEBANDS

Mayhem 101 Blackavaar[I12]

Guide to Mayhems, Issue 12 Edition Louneigru [I12]

Mayhem Missions Guide Ultra_Violence [I7]

Guide to Mayhem Veth [I7]

Guide To Mayhem High_Beam [I7]

How to sucessfully complete a Mayhem Mission Muad_Dib [I7]

Managing Aggro in Mayhems Memphis_Bill [I10]

SafeGuard Guide Tiger_Brute [I8]

SPECIFIC MISSIONS

Cape Mission Tips (Spoilers, from Training Room) TheCheshireCat [I2]

Aura Mission Guide - Spoilers AnotherDeadHero [I2]

How to get Shivan Pet temp power Flying_Carcass [I6]

Soloing the Bloody Bay Meteor Mission (I6) Robotech_Master [I6]

Guide to getting the Warburg Nukes TopDoc [I6]

Guide to Doc Delilah mish Find The Recording. deathkill [I7]

Guide to Scirocco story arc Pt. 1 Crush_Stalker [I7]

Mini guide to Sweettooth and nothing but the tooth Head_Kracker [I6]

TRIALS, RAIDS, EVENTS, AND TASK/STRIKE FORCES


Trials, Raids, Events and Forces for Both Factions

Guide to TF courtesy and strategy SailorET [I9]

GUIDE: Rikti Invasion Zone Events [I10] Zombie_Man [I10]

Lady Grey Task Force Guide WittyLibrarian offsite [I10]

Lady Grey On a Dollar a Day Update 1-16 New Strats Kinetic_Kitten [I12]

The Mothership and You- Raiding the RWZ Powerhelm [I10]

VALENTINE EVENT GUIDE: (warning - Spoilers!) Zombie_Man [I8]

Guide to Defeating Snaptooth (Valentine's Event) Boegs [I8]

WINTER EVENT, SKI SLOPE: Speed Demon Badge Tidbit_Jr [I11]

Guide to getting Winter Event Skiing badges Jiblets [I11]

The Newbie Guide to the Cathedral of Pain Trial Magia [I7]

Guide to the Cathedral of Pain Trial Lady_Sadako [I7]

Gleepwurp's Task Force and Trial Guide Gleep_Wurp [I5]

Guide to the Imperious Strike/Task Force Louneigru [I11]

Zoe’s Guide to Rikti Ship Raids SilentZoe [I14]

City of Heroes Trials and Task Forces

TRIAL OF TRANCENDENCE…A Guide Energy_Aura [I5]

Positron Task Force Mission for Newbies CB_GB [I1]

Synapse Task Force Guide -Juniper_Laine [I1] {Dead Link}

Synapse Task Force Guide RandomFX [I6]

Immortal-Nite's Hess TF Guide **SPOILERS** ImmortalNite [I5]

Spacekitten's Guide to the Moonfire Task Force -SpaceKitten [I3] {Dead Link}

Sewer Trial FAQ No Spoilers Backstab [Pre-I1] {Dead Link}
How to beat the Sewer Trial in 10 mins or less aaronz [I3]
The 30 Minute Sewer Trial Guide (LONG + spoiler) StabbinPayne [I3]
{note: this trial has been changed so as to make these guides antiquated}

Eden Trial - The definative guide Shirai_Ryu [I8]

Eden Trial Guide Secura [I8]

Eden Trial I7 in depth guide FMIST [I7]

Eden Trial Guide (spoilers) The_Spinning_Top [I4]

Cascades TF Guide - Sara Moore Saradin [I3] {Dead Link}

Shard Task Force #2 - Ruladak the Strong Trixi [I3] {Dead Link}

Shard Task Force #3 - Saga of Faathim Suikoden [I3] {Dead Link}

The Saga of Lanaru (4th Shadow Shard TF) Guide blzneh [I3]

City of Villains Trials and Strike Forces

Guide to the CaP SF Catwhoorg [I11]

Fast Virgil SF - Rare Recipe in 40 minutes or less Conspiracy_R_Us [I10]

Virgil Tarikoss Strikeforce Quick Guide infoseeker [I6]

Guide to Virgil Tarikoss SF - Dirtball [I6] {Dead Link}

Operative Renault Strike Force Quick Guide infoseeker [I6]

Silver Mantis Strike Force Quick Guide Infoseeker[I6]

Ice Mistral Strike Force Quick Guide infoseeker [I6]

[CoV] Ice Mistral Strike Force Osskask [I6]

RESPECIFICATION TRIALS

Guide to Saving Terra Volta Kiloton [I6]

Tricks and Guide to the COV Respec Trial! Murphy_NA [I6]

COV First Respec Trial GuessWhosBack [I6]

The First Villain Respec Blastblaze [I6]

HeroVorkk's Respec Guide - July 05 -HeroVorkk [I4] {Dead Link}

Respec Trial Guide – Levels 33-42 -Karon [I2] {Dead Link}

THE HAMIDON RAID

NOTE: With Issue 9, The Hamidon Raid has been drastically altered. Any previous guide is now mostly moot. The old guides are kept here for reference. If you’re going to participate in a Hamidon Raid, do not go by an old guide, but instead use the guides labeled for Issue 9 or later.

Nuke'em Til He Glows 10-min Hami Raid Guide Sandolphan [I13]

FashionSense's Issue 9 Hamidon guide v2 FashionSense [I9]

Guide to the Hamidon Raiding Experience i9 Sandolphan [I9]

Virtue Villain-side Hamidon raiding strat Sandolphan [I9]

Issue 9 Hamidon Raid Tanker Tactics Cannukk [I9]

Strykers Guide to Issue 9 Hami Raids EverStryke [I9]

Rooftop's primer on Hamidon Raids: (beta 0.2) Rooftop_Raider [I9]

Hamidon Raid Strategy, Revised and Finalized Marut [I9]

Issue 9 Hamidon Overview, 4/3/2007 Kossy [I9 Beta]

A quick guide to I9 Hamidon -Shadow_Fire [I9 Beta] {Dead Link}

The Hive—Hamidon Encounter Map -Mister Laser [I9] Please download once and save locally. {Dead Link}

The Abyss—Hamidon Encounter Map -Mister Laser [I9] Please download once and save locally. {Dead Link}

A quick guide to I9 Hamidon -Mjorn [I9 Beta] {Dead Link}

Guide to the Abyss and Hamidon Silverspar [I9 Beta] {Dead Link}

DISCUSSION: Consolidated Thread: Hamidon/Abyss Villain-side -community [I9 Beta] {Dead Link}

DISCUSSION: Consolidated Thread: Hamidon Hero-side -community [I9 Beta] {Dead Link}

Teleport powers at Hami raids Rooftop_Raider [I9 Beta] {Dead Link}

[See Powers -- Enhancement section for Hamidon Enhancements.]


These are the archived Hamidon Guides that are largely inapplicable to the revised Issue 9 Hamidon:

Updated Guide to Raiding the Hamidon Seyda [I8]
First Time Hamidon Raider's guide for issue 7 Call_Me_Awesome [I7]
Hamidon Raids - a Main Taunt Tank guide Call_Me_Awesome [I7]
Guardian's Hamidon Guide to a Drop Team Neuttrino [I7]
Neo Sporin's 'Aggro Team Healer Survival NeoSporin [I7]
Updated Hamidon Raiding Guide CrimsonShadow [I6]
Hamidon Raid Strategy, Revised and Finalized Marut [I3]
Guide to Hamidon Bubbling. Voidbait [I8]
How to Run a Hamidon Raid Teleport Train V1.0 -Robotech_Master [I5] {Dead Link}

LORD RECLUSE STRIKE FORCE

MotLRSF: Psychosis Guide to Mastering Lord Recluse's SF Guardian_Gaz [I11]

Tips for Completing a Buggy Post-I8 RSF... [I8] Darque_Duce

Recluse Strike Force Guide CrimsonShadow [I7]

Lord Recluse Strike Force Guide v 1.0 Geek_Boy [I7]

Lord Recluse Strike Force Guide The_Yui [I7]

Lord Recluse Strike Force Guide with pic and video RocknStomp [I7]

Chaos Rift's Mind Dominator's Guide to The RSF Chaos_Rift [I10]

STATESMAN TASK FORCE

Guide to the Statesman Task Force Call_Me_Awesome [I9]

Statesman's Task Force: Mission Details Red Tomax [I9]

Statesman's Task Force - Issue 9 Beta Linea_Alba [I9 Beta]

Statesman Task Force Guide TrueShadow117 [I9]

Combat's Guide to the Statesman TF Combat [I9]

A Really Short Guide to Stateman's Task Force STF Ruiiji [I10]

Guide the Master of the STF - 3rd Edition Doomlord [I12]

Guide to the Virtue Saturday Night Masters STF Mr_True_Shot [I12]

A Statesman's Task Force Guide! Beta version -Robot_Apple [I9 Beta] {Dead Link}

VIDEO: Statesman's Taskforce -Neutra [I9 Beta] {Dead Link}

OUROBOROS AND FLASHBACK

Welcome to Ouroboros! (version 1.0) InfamousBrad [I11]

Ouroboros (Flashback) Badge Guide for Heroes St_Angelus [I13]

High Beam’s Flashback Badging Guide (Hero) High Beam [I11]

Flashback Badging Guide for Villains Nericus [I11]

[Zombie Man]

IX. TEAMS, GROUPS, AND BASES



TEAMING

How to form a team

Setting your search status with /lfgset superfurrycat [I7]

Cure for the common PuG! Mithos_Aurion [I7]

How-to-invite guide Twilight_Snow [I6]

Guide to Team Invites and Team Search/Seek -AnotherDeadHero [I3] {Dead Link}

How to run and care for a team – leader tips

The Many Qualities of the Pick-Up Group Leader Arcas [I6]

Some tips to make leading a PUG more enjoyable -Raura [I6] {Dead Link}

How to Lead a Team Valdis [I5]

guide to Team Leading - ladiestorm [I3] {Dead Link}

Team Strategy

Red Tomax’s Guide to Division of Team XP [I9]

The Anti-PUG: The 10 Commandments of Good Teaming Colette [I7]

City of Villains Teams in a Nutshell -South [I6] {Dead Link}

Book of Mentoring Santa_Laws [I9]

How to know you're in a *GOOD* Pick-up Group Neuberg_Crowley [I5]

A Guide to Team Tactics - Backstab [I5] {Dead Link}

Ten Words Your Team Must Know Colette [I11]

ladiestorm's guide to good teaming -ladiestorm [I3] {Dead Link}

The SuperTeam: Advanced Grouping [long] Arcas [I10]
The SuperTeam: An Ongoing Concept Suggestion Guide Arcas [I10]

Guide: What to do re: Bad Teams Enantiodromos [I7]

Knowing the ATs, Powers, and Abilities of your Teammates

When to use What you have (Team Roles) Ebon_Angel [I5]

Guide to playing with a Healer in your team RedCrosse [I5]

The 6 most important things to know about Khelds Zeke_Thorn [I3] {Dead Link}

Guide: So you want to team with a Defender -aisais [I3] {Dead Link}

So why should you team with a storm defender? -Lady_Sadako [I3] {Dead Link}

Playing Kinetics on Large Teams Amberyl [I15]
What to Do if You've Got Kinetics on Your Team Amberyl [I15]

Teaming with defenders for the rest of us. abnormal_lee [I10]

Using Team Teleport Colette_NA [I7]

Voice Communication

FREE high-quality voice server Schnibbley [I6]

SUPER VILLAIN GROUPS & BASES

Creating a group

Creating and managing a Supergroup (Voodoo Girl) VoodooGirl [I6]

Guide To Getting a SuperGroup Off the Ground -Moncro [I2] {Dead Link}

Creating a base

Note: In Issue 13 and a few issues beforehand saw big changes to base: Reduced construction and rent costs, base salvage replaced by invention salvage, base raiding and pathing turned off, and changes in storage. Keep that in mind when reading older guides.

Building a fully functional base (i13) Terse [I13]

Bases So Good That Nobody Will Notice [I11] Takarik

The Teqnikal Way to Build a Base v1.0 _Teqnikal_ [I7]

Falcon Blasters Guide to Sg and Base Success Actic_Avenger [I7]

Complied Lists for Base Building - By Maldini Maldini [I6]

The Lil_Miss' Guide to Bases Mr_Right [I6]

Some Basic Tips For Base Design -Takarik [I6] {Dead Link}

Guide to stacking items in bases CaptA [I8]

Guide to base building for the small SG Bonker [I8]

A Guide to Small Bases in Issue 7 Jagged [I7]

Single-member and/or Starter Base Building Guide tiredinnuendo [I7]

A guide to giving your landlord the shaft! Dark_Tower [I8]

Base rent and you Snow_Globe [I10]

Guide to Base Teleporters - What you need to know CatpA [I8]

Base Salvage and crafting

Note: In Issue 13 and a few issues beforehand saw big changes to base: Reduced construction and rent costs, base salvage replaced by invention salvage, base raiding and pathing turned off, and changes in storage. Keep that in mind when reading older guides.


Conversion of Base Components and Salvage The_Alt_oholic [I13]

Base Construction Guides Comic_Relief [I12]

Red Tomax’s Guide: Base Items & Base Components [I9]

A List of Base Items in a Spreadsheet MadScientist [I8]

A List of Base Item Costs Justice Corps of Paragon City [I6]

Salvage Chart Sapph [I6]

Guide to Salvage & Crafting _Brev_ [I6]

Salvage Rarity guide MadScientist [I6]

A List of Salvage Types Justice Corps of Paragon City [I6]

A List of Tech Salvage Recipes Justice Corps of Paragon City [I6]

The Salvage Trackers' Guide -Balanced [I6] {Dead Link}

The guide to Arcane Salvage download -Arinara [I6] {Dead Link}

Guide to Empowerment Stations pudds [I7]

Success for the Base Raider Guide MCG_Warface [I11]


[ See Mission Section for SG/VG-only missions.]

[Zombie Man]

X. POWERS – ENHANCEMENTS & RESPECIFICATION


ENHANCEMENTS

A Short Guide to Enhancement Strategies Catwhoorg [I7]

Lots of Slots: Choosing *When* to Slot Powers Kallah [I4]

CoV Enhancement Price Guide Negami [I6]

A Guide To Overall Enhancement Cost The Laughing Man [I6]

Enhancement Chart -Winged_Nazgul {Dead Link}

Enhancement Level Buying & Slotting Guide Cinkidd [I6]

Universal Enhancement & Store Guide (v1.2) ZealotOnAStick [I1]

Improved Enhancement Calculator _Havok_ [I1] {Dead Link}

Enhancement Diversification Calculator & Guide Circeus_NA [I8]

Enhancement Diversification From I6 Patch Notes -Screwloose [I6] {Dead Link}

Enhancement Diversification: A Player's Guide Pilcrow [I6]

correct ED formulas. Ian_Of_Moore [I6]

Updating Hamidon Enhancement Guide v 2.1 ItsJustJake [I8]

The Guide to Hamidon Enhancements Version 2.0 Generic_Past [I4]

RESPECIFICATION

Respecs: Earned, Trial, Veteran, Free, Recipe Zombie_Man [I11]

R_M's Guide to Using Respecs Robotech_Master [I8]

How To Plan a Build/Respec By Example Plasma_Welder [I8]

A Respec / Respecification Guide AnotherDeadHero [I3]

Respec 101: So You Wanna Be A New Hero? -Sir_Payens [I2] {Dead Link}

[See also section on Respecification Trials.]

[See also section on Hero/Villain Planners.]

[Zombie Man]

XI. INVENTIONS – ENHANCEMENTS, RECIPES, “LOOT,” & THE MARKET


INVENTIONS IN GENERAL

City of Heroes Videos: Inventions Tutorial Video 4:10 Developers, Hosted by MMORPG.com [I9]

Guide: Introduction to Inventions 1.0 TerraDraconis [I9 Beta]

Inventions at Paragon Wiki Paragon Wiki [I9 Beta]

IO and U - a basic guide Brimstone_Bobby [I9]

IO's for Newbs, Casual Playas, & Cheapskates [I9] Capn_Canadian [I9]

Analysis of Basic IO Costs [long] MindEverBurning [I9 Beta]

Guide: What level IOs should you get? Eldandil [I9]

Don't Panic! Budget IOs I9 edition: First draft -Euler [I9] {Dead Link}

IO's, SO's, HO's and ED--a brief overview Grumble [I9 Beta]

Invention Enhancements and You -_Castle_ [I9 Beta]

The No Numbers Guide to I9 for the Casual Player peterpeter [I9]

The Viva Las Vegas Intermediate Guide To IOs -Fulmens [I9]

GUIDE TO IOs, SOs, AND ENHANCEMENT BONUSES Black_Specter [I9]

Extensive Guide to IOs BaronZealot [I12]

INVENTION SALVAGE, RECIPES, AND DROPS

Red Tomax’s Guide to City of Heroes Website [I12]
- Inventions and their components.

Guide: Invention Salvage and You! Version 2 InfamousBrad [I9 Beta]

Guide: What the drop rates mean. Coulomb2 [I9]

Salvage Price Guide TyrantMikey [I10]

Pool C & Pool D Recipe Guide Dollymistress

INVENTION ENHANCEMENT IOS SETS

EverydayJoe™ and his Set IO’s (v.1.2) Seldom [I9]

Invention Origin IO Enhancement Sets List Paragon Wiki [I9]

Printable Invention Spreadsheets Blargeth [I13]

IO Set Bonuses Shinobu_Maehara [I9]

IO Set Enhancement Percentages Chart CaptainSpud [I9]

Info: Invention Salvage Distribution Charts Blondeshell [I9]

Guide to planning your Ultimate IO'd out character Star_Sentinel [I10]

Planning Builds for IO Set Bonuses Scrapulous [I9]

IO slotting example: How to slot an AOE hold Scrapulous [I9 Beta]

IO slotting example: Health Scrapulous [I9 Beta]

IO slotting example: Combat Jumping Scrapulous [I9 Beta]

IO slotting example: Melee Attacks Scrapulous [I9 Beta]

Assessment of Pet set aura IOs preliminary Scrapulous [I9 Beta]

Consolidated Thread: Which Pools Recipes are in _Brev_ [I9 Beta]

The Road to 22 Leveling with IOs without outside inf. help -Venture [I9 Beta] {Dead Link}

IO Checklist: Enhancements by Set & Pool with Bonuses -_Lohr_ [I9] {Dead Link}

DISCUSSION: Return of almost Perma-Hasten? -Kage [I9 Beta] {Dead Link}

THE CONSIGNMENT MARKETS AND ECONOMY

Using The Consignment Markets (Wentworths/Black Market) Zombie_Man [I9]

Wentworth's 101: Introduction to the Markets peterpeter [I11]

Your Market and You! - A Guide LJHalfbreed [I11]

Guide to Market Participation Mind4EverBurning [I9]

Burn Rate: 0 to 1Billion Inf in 30 Days (or less) Mind4EverBurning [I13]

Frozen Horizons' Guide to getting rich quick! [I9] Frozen_Horizon

Making Money at Low Levels TopRamen [I9]

How to Get Rich Young and Stay That Way Scrapulous [I7]

A guide to influence and infamy for I9 Gilfred [I8]

Stick it to The Man! - A How-To on Forum Auctions The_Faou [I11]

Guide to a Small, Steady Income Redside Catwhoorg [I12]

Don’t Let Me Make Money Off Your Ignorance!!! Storyteller [I13]

Market Cliff Notes: A Guide to Marketeering AgentMountaineer [I13]

[Zombie Man]

XII. OTHER GAME SYSTEMS



BADGES

[See Badge Forums FAQ Snow_Globe [I8] {Note: links in the FAQ not yet updated for new forum}]

Setting Badge Title

Setting your Badge Title - /Settitle for Villains Hugues_de_Payen [I6]

How to set a badge title Saga_ [I5]

How to get a specific badge

Map to the Fortune Teller & Spelunker Badge Blackavaar [I10]

How Farm Rep Badge LightBill [I8]

Damage Badge guide TopDoc [I7]

A guide to the Banisher Badge - version 1.0 Zubenelgenubi [I5]

Mini Guide to Banisher aka Spirit Mask Badge Geoff [I3]

How to: Get the Illusionist badge IanTheM1 [I7]

A Guide to Arena Heal Badge Farming Cappy [I10]

What to do if you fail a buggy badge mission. Snow_Globe [I7]

Efficient Guide to Efficiency Expert Badge Nericus [I12]

Alannon's Guide to the Venomous Badge for Heroes Alannon [12]

Speeding (on foot) to the Reactor (and Meltdown Badge) Culex [I6]

What I learned from Field Crafter Squez [I11]

How to get a specific badge set

Accolade Hunting for Heroes Starfox [I7]

Accolade Hunting for Villains Starfox [I7]

Full list of requirements (Google Spreadsheet) to get Marshal, Born in Battle, High Pain Threshold, and Invader stat-boosting accolades. Storyteller [I13]

CoH Level-Restricted Badge Checklist Snarespawn [I9]

Guide to Croatoa: Monsters and Badges MagicalAct [I6]

The Minimalist's Guide to CoV Mission Badges 1.0 Chromium_Man [I6]

CoV guide to KILL BADGES Super [I6]

Hero History Badge Checklist Camo_Fire [I10]

Flashback Badging Guide (Hero) High Beam [I11]

Flashback Badging Guide for Villains Nericus [I11]

Badge Lists

Red Tomax’s Guide to City of Heroes Website [I13]

Badge-Hunter Website at Vidiotmaps [I15]

City Info Terminal Badge Tracker [I15]

CoV Badge Mission and Contact List Tsukiyomi [I7]

I9 Badges Spreadsheet printable download -Star_Seven [I9] {Dead Link}

Guide to Badges v.6 Stalemate [I5]

Badges and Plaques Locator [I4] {Dead Link}

Badges and Plaques Locations and Requirements -Grazel [I3] {Dead Link}

Badge Guide -RonLHiler [I3] {Dead Link}

New Fun Badge Guide Dollymistress [I8]

Current PVP Zone Exclusive Badges Snow_Globe [I8]

Badge Trackers

Badge Hunter Website

City of Info Terminal

Quickly /Settitle all of your badges! for use with City of Info Terminal Plasma_Welder [I8]

Coldfront's Badge Tracker FrostByghte

[see also section Third Party Badge Tracking Utilities.]

ARENA & GLADIATOR

Intro to Gladiator Matches Edict [I7]

Complete Guide to Gladiators Demon Keeper [I7]

Gladiator Guide 0.3 (Incomplete) Minmin [I8]

Guide to Gladiators Friggin_Taser [I6]

Skysaurus's Guide to Intern Battle Royales [I4] {Dead Link}

Khaiba's ARENA Gladiator Pet Controls Sandolphan [I6]

[See also Binds Section for gladiators binds and controls mostly the same as MasterMind pet binds.]

DAY JOBS

Day Jobs and Day Job Badges at ParagonWiki [I15]

Storyteller's Day Job Acquisition Guide [I15]

[Zombie Man]

XIII. THE IN-GAME WORLD – A TALE OF TWO CITIES



BACKGROUND, STORYBOOK, LORE

CoH Lore Manual Xaster [Pre-I1] x

Guide to Villain Backstories (CoH) sun_tzu [I5]

Guide to Villain Stories, Rogue Isles Supplement InfamousBrad [I6]

Kheldian Backstory guide 1.0 Memphis_Bill [I6]

The Azuria FAQ Demota [I4] {Dead Link}

NPC Citizens and their uses Sartorius [I1]

AREAS AND ZONES AND OTHER PLACES


Finding yourself

Location! Location! Location! - Coordinates & You -Visceral [I5] {Dead Link]

Traveling in Style - An advanced travel guide Geoff_NA [I16]

Hero Zones

The Completely Useless Guide to Outbreak -Kallah [I2] {Dead Link}

A Beginner's Guide to Atlas Park Camo_Fire [I10]

A Tour of Atlas Park -McBeast [I3] {Dead Link}

A Tour of Kings Row -McBeast [I4] {Dead Link}

The Perez Park Group XP Guide -Arcas [I1] {Dead Link}

The Striga Isle FAQ -Lady_Sadako [I3] {Dead Link}

SuperSpeed guide to Terra Volta(Terrorus Sadistus) _Ilr_ [I7]

Redwood's Visual guide to superspeeding through TV RedwoodTheElf [I4] {Broken internal link in first post that needs to be fixed}

Super Speeder Guide to Terra Volta Reactor door -JaZonZ [I4]

Shadow Shard Tips Zloth [I8]

Shadow Shard Theory Zloth [I7]

Shadow Shard Superjump Video Guide Zloth [I11]

Shadow Shard Guide and FAQ -Fritzy [I6] {Dead Link}

COH BUSINESSES AND BILLBOARDS Black_Specter [I7]

Villain Zones

A guide to Grandville. Samuel_Tow [I8]

DISCUSSION: Thank you for Villain Monster Island -community [I9 Beta] {Dead Link}

Inter-Factional Zones

PVP Zone Guide v3 ColJasmine [I7]

[Zombie Man]

XIV. THE OUT-OF-CHARACTER EXPERIENCE


COMMUNITY HISTORY, CUSTOMS, AND CULTURE

Guide to exclusive stuff (account unlockables and purchases) LiquidX [I11]

CoH/V FTP Site: Movies; Music; Fansite Kit; Interviews

Launch CoH as CoV (and bypass updater) _Freya [I6]

Issue History (Direct link here) Zloth [I13]

Complete guide to Costume Contests Greystar [I6]

Cuddles’ Guide to Extended Gaming -Cuddles [I5] {Dead Link}

Jordan’s Town Fansite Guide for the Casual Gamer Jordan_yan

Guide to Gaming in Limited Times Gearsmith [I10]

Guide to Getting Your Non-Gamer Wife to Play Hand_Of_Osiris [I8]

Guide to the original COH trailer Memphis_Bill [I7]

The original Kill Skuls post, saved from the purge StarGeek

The COMPLETE Go. Hunt. Kill Skuls Guide. IlliniJen

This is how it start's jerk hacking (dupin) UniqueDragon

How to Speak Jerkhacking 101 WatchItGo [I3]

LORE: Back Alley Brawler: Oil Slick? WTH? Zombie_Man [I9 Beta]

Quinfecta! The_Boresight [I9 Beta]

LEADING BY (BAD) EXAMPLE

What NOT to do in CoX PSLAnimal [I6]

The Critter's Guide to EvP Arcanaville [I6]

CoV Bad Player Guide(orginized by class!) Candlestick [I6]

Bogus Guides I would love to read -foucault [I5] {Dead Link}

Guide to Quiting Teams -Iguane [I5] {Dead Link}

FAQ: R U H34lar? TheMightyStorm [I4]

A Guide to Regenisms Masterful [I9]

How to do Mayhem Missions with throwing up Kailure [I6]

COMIC BOOKS AND ‘THE INDUSTRY’

City of Heroes Comics, Online Version, FTP site

Guide to Player Cameos in the CoH Comic Razoras [I7]

Collecting Character Art (CCA) Bayani [I9]

Doc's Guide to the Golden And Silver Ages of Comics for CoH -Doc Atomic [I2] {Dead Link}

Golden Age is not just a look. Dogface [I6]

Bayani's Guide to Collecting Original Comic Art Bayani

A guide to working in the game industry CuppaJo

Guide to webcomics featuring CoH Scuzzbopper [I5]

CoV Tips for the SWG Refugee -SpectralDaisy [I6] {Dead Link}

[Zombie Man]

XV. LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD


3RD PARTY CUSTOMIZATION (MAPS, GRAPHICS, SOUND, FONTS)

[Please note the following programs and customizations do not 'modify' the code of the game, which would violate the End User License Agreement (EULA) you all agreed to when you bought/registered the game. These are more 'overlays' or 'readers' than 'modifiers'. See: A note about client modifications]

Vidiotmaps Map Patch

Paragon Maps Map Patch

TweakCoH Offline Graphic Options Settings by Circeus_NA

CoHSlpasher Offline Graphics Options

How to Silence Specific Game Sounds by Impkin

Better in game font - 'bars' are your friends! Kari_Trishfall [I8]

CoX Log Cleaner and Costume Extractor Crimson_Tao [I8]

Fix to Powertray Icons with the Wrong Borders/Colors Vanden (found on Vidiotmaps.com site)

Overlay Zone Names to Telepad Beacons Cende [I16]

City Info Tracker

Hero Stats

Customizing the QuickChat Menu Fleeting Whisper [I16]

The magic of the POPMENU command TheUnnamedOne [I16]

Your Popmenu Menus... Lost Ninja [I16]

SCREENSHOTS & ART, DEMOS, AND VIDEOS

Screenshot Guide - Paragon Wiki

Guides and Resources to Screenshots & Fan Art [I15] Red Valkyrja
Screenshots & Fan creations Forum City of Heroes Forums

Demo Recording - Paragon Wiki
Demo Editing - Paragon Wiki
Demo Editing and Videos - An end-to-end Guide by Majik

Guide to Demo Guides & Tools Scuzzbopper {links within not updated to new forum yet}
Multi-Media City of Heroes and Villains Forum City of Heroes Forums

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS

Guide to Moving CoH or Installing Test by BillZBubba [I9]

All-New Guide to Running CoH/CoV on a Mac by CuppaManga [I10]

The Beginner's Guide to Two Boxing by Brillig [I7]

Parts is Parts! A Guide for New Computer Builders by houtex

Final Revision of my Performance Guide by BillZBubba

Consolidated ATI Settings Guide by BillZBubba [I8]
Known ATI Issues [I8]

Beginner-level Guide to Lag by Noumken [I8]

An Informative Guide to "Lag" by Demobot [I6]

Balom's Guide to Lag, 1.0 by Balom {dead link}

A Guide to Lag by Ramia_Angriffe [I6]

Using X-Box S-type Controller with CoX by semiphreak

CoH Dance Pad Guide by Chriffer
CoH Dance Pad Guide v. 2. by Chriffer

Playing with a Logitech Dual-Action Controller by The_Alt_oholic [I5] {dead link}

Kenja's G15 Master Guide by CuppaKenja [I10]
Multiple Character G15 Macro Setup by Duck LOrange
G15 Ignore Spammer Macro Creation by Snow_Globe

Logitech Setpoint Mouse Setup Guide by Upsen_Downs [I10]

How To Make A Windows Vista Boot Disk! Killobot

NVIDIA Settings for Quality (ver2) [I11] jg0001's

[Zombie Man]

XVI. GETTING HELP AND OTHER RESOURCES



OFFICIAL CHANNELS

City of Heroes Official Website

CoH/V Knowledge Base (FAQs)

PlayNC Support Website

End User License Agreement (EULA)

Rules of Conduct

Understanding /petition -FyreGoddess {Dead Link}

What to do if you fail a buggy badge mission. Snow_Globe [I7]

City of Heroes and City of Villains Current Patch Notes List

Prima's Free I7 Update Guide New Web Address Zombie_Man [I8]

US Server Status RSS Feed Tiggy [I8]

USING THE OFFICIAL FORUMS

NightOwl's Guide to Guide Writing [I5] {Dead Link}

Guide to Writing Guides AnotherDeadHero [I3] {Dead Link}

Kiwi's Unofficial Forum Etiquette Guide KiwiLi [I5] {Dead Link}

How to Positively Participate in the Forums Project_Robobot [I7]

How to use the Forum Search Engine ZealotOnAStick [I1]

How to search the forums Memphis_Bill [I10]

How to determine a post's URL -Balshor [I5] {Dead Link}

A Guide on Shortening Forum links for Reference -tpull [I5] {Dead Link}

How to Make Tables for Posting at This Forum -Black_Specter [I9] {Dead Link}

Modifying Other Peoples Signatures: GreaseMonkey Script by Sharrow [vBulletin]

A Forum Mod: More Descriptive Page Titles: GreaseMonkey Script by Sharrow [vBulletin]

How to complain Gelu_Procellus [I2]

Guide to Getting Yourself a Forum Avatar Viga_Axe

Making your own avatar.. using only MS Paint! Miss_Kitty [I6]

AstroLad's Screenshot Forum Guide V. 2 AstroLad [I4]

HOWTO: Animated Avatar The_Spinning_Top

Guide to making animated heart avatars with GIMP Retrogression

Image Hosting Sites Red Valkyrja [I15]

Avatar Hosting Sites -AnotherDeadHero [I2] {Dead Link}

Forum Color Guide Golden_Ace [I8]

[See also jargon guides under Communication Section.]

OTHER WEBSITES WITH GUIDES AND FURTHER INFORMATION

Paragon Wiki

Red Tomax’s “No Future” & City of Data CoH Site

Coldfront City of Heroes

Fellowship of Paragon Library Archive

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