User:MacAllister

Userboxes This user's main hero is a Scrapper. This user's main villain is a Mastermind. This user plays City of Heroes on the Guardian server. This user plays City of Villains on the Guardian server. EST This user's time zone is EST. This user's global chat handle is @MacAllister. Soloer of AVs This user is Devoted.

Real Life

Work in Progress editing from code stolen from Catwhoorg

In the real world outside of Paragon City I am a professional scientist. I'll joke about watching the curing properties of a coating film caused by solvent evaporation ie watching paint dry, but at times that is genuinely what I do. I work for the worlds 3rd largest producer of Carbon Black, and look at it uses primarily as a pigment in the inks, coatings and plastics fields. I have a PhD in Material Science, as well as two Masters degrees. I Studied at the University of Cambridge (Fitzwillam College) and the University of Dundee. I also worked as a post-Doc at Cardiff Univeristy.

I am British, but I am married to an American, and we live just North of Atlanta, GA. Together we have a Welsh cat named Magrat (who came over with me), and no children (but 3 nieces and 3 nephews within a short drive). Our Wedding in May 2006, was preceded a week earlier by an in game ceremony/party for our friends from around the world. Never imagined I'd be geeky enough to do something like that, but it was kinda fun.

Prior to my association with CoX, I was married before, and nursed my wife through terminal cancer. I am occasionally active in spousal support groups, especially when someone younger is diagnosed. Most spousal support groups for cancer have an older demographic, and different priorities. (Such as how to continue your relationship with your grown up children, rather than the younger persons sense of loss at maybe losing their chance to ever be a parent).

CoH Forums

I guess this is where I am most well known in the community, having posted enough nonsense to have joined the organization that doesn't exist. Outside of the CoH general, I spend quite a lot of time giving input to the suggestions forums, answering player questions and the scrapper, defender and to a lesser extent the Mastermind sections. I haven't been banished to Niviene's oblivion just yet which amazes me. So I guess I can't be that annoying.

Have current guides on: DRR theory
SO slotting
Simple Market money making
The Cap SF - focused on speed running

But strangely never a claws/regen guide.

I believe defenders should blast, and will one day solo the Terra Volta Respec trial with Mister Wales just to show it still can be done with a defender.

Paragon City

I mainly play on the Triumph Server, and am part of the so called Grand Coalition of Global Heroics (Winner of the best SG Award in 2005), Wildcards, Fusion Force and the Demolition Girls

A selection of notable characters:

Hero

Catwhoorg level 50 Claws/Regen/Weapons Soloer of AVs and general defeater of Evil doers. My main Hero and he recently passed the 2.4 million prestige mark. With Police Scanner, Shard Missions and Safeguards he is pushing towards the 2 million mark pretty quick. A Lord in Fusion Force Legends. Sucessful soloer of Hamidon, in the Lady Grey TF

Mister Wales level 50 Rad/Rad. Defender Superpower in Global Heroics. A Much in demand build I'll often switch to Wales to help with AV Runs or GMs in response to Calls in Triumph Watch 2.0.

Doc Pinewood Level 50 Emp/Electric Defender Fusion Force. His background is confusing, crossing genres from 80s Films (Doc Hollywood) and Terry Pratchett (Trained by an Igor). Was a throwaway character at the time I made him but he fitted so well with on of my wifes characters that he worked to 50 pretty easily. Leader of a small superteam of all empathy defenders (along the lines of the Green machine). He has completed the States TF as primary empath, his well slotted vengance being used a few times. A few 'tweaks' to his build will optomise him in that role.

Dark Soy Sauce level 50 Kin/Dark Defender Fusion Force Reserves. Originally part of the Condiment Crusaders (a food themed SG) who pretty much never got going as an SG. Transferred to Fusion Force as I do enjoy playing her a lot. Yay for Fulcrum shift!

Kittenwhoorg Level 50 Claws/SR My 3rd attempt at a RP child of Catwhoorg and Magrat. Not quite soft capped defence yet. He is a pretty fearsome adversary in his own right now, but I still prefer /regen to /SR.

Firey Red level 50 Fire/fire tank originally from Liberty. Now transferred to Triumph and a member of Fusion Force. She has tanked the STF as the main tank as well as the ITF. Doom sayers about fire being useless still get short shrift in my book.

Hari Cane Ice/Storm controller. Transferred over to Triumph from Infinity and now level 41. The very first controller I got to the pet stage.

Villans

Userboxes This character's patron is Captain Mako.

ShadowCatwhoorg level 50 Claws/regen stalker. ShadowCats background is tied to Anti-Catwhoorg, he is quite quite mad and a true assassin (no defeating here). Double XP weekend were good for me here. Basically retired, he appears for the odd VG event.

Userboxes This character's patron is Black Scorpion.

Commander Voorg Level 50 Soldier of Arachnos. Build primarily as a Crab Spider focused on ranged defence and AOE. A very fun character to play. I'll be dual building him for sure with a Bane second build. Considered my villain 'main' these days. Very fun team build, lacking a little solo, hopefully the Bane build will cover that aspect.

Userboxes This character's patron is Ghost Widow.

Revenant Cat level 46 Necro/Dark my Villan thats is most active currently and about my 10th attempt at a Mastermind I finally hit upon a fun build. So far I have soloed several AVs with Revenant Cat and am looking forward to soloing the Villan Respec with him as well.

Cool Cymru Level 23 Rad/Rad Corr. A RP tie with Mister Wales, he went to school with him and has forever felt in his shadow. Driven by rage and jealousy he wants nothing less than Mister Wales head on a pike.

Task Forces

2007 data
2008 data

1. Hess with Mr England. 1/2 - 15 merits
2. Manticore with Mr England. 1/2 - 25 merits
3. Citadel with Mr. England. 1/3 - 30 merits
4. Synpase with Mr England. 1/3 - 45 merits
5. Numina with Mr Montserrat 1/3 - 27 merits
6. Eden with Hari Cane 1/10 - 2 merits
7. Positron with Mr England. 1/13 - 55 merits
8. Rikti Respec with Catwhoorg 1/16 - 25 merits
9. Citadel with Mr. England. 1/17 - 30 merits
10. ITF with Commander Voorg 1/22 - 25 merits
11. Moonfire with Mintee Fresh 1/25 - 25 merits
12. Sister Psyche with Mr England. 1/30 - 40 merits
13. Master Statesmans with Doc Pinewood 2/3- 30 merits
14. Ice Mistral with commander Voorg 2/5 - 25 Merits
15. Skyraider Respec with Mr England. 2/7 - 25 merits
16. STF with Mr Falkland Islands - 2/7 30 merits
17. Lady Grey with Revenant Cat - 2/7 30 merits
18. Numina with Diva Lanzerote 2/8 - 27 merits
19. Positron with Mr England (Guardian) 2/8 - 55 merits
20. Positron with Mr England. 2/13 - 64 merits
21. Master Statesmans with Dark Soy Sauce 2/14- Cyto
22. Hess with Gjallerhorn 2/17 - 19 Merits

Pool C Rolls

30-34

1. Perfect Zinger: Rech/Acc (Recipe)
2. Luck of the Gambler: End/Rech (Recipe)
3. Neuronic Shutdown: Chance for Psionic damage (Recipe)
4. Lockdown: Chance for +2 Mag Hold (Recipe)
5. Positron's Blast: Dam/Acc/End (Recipe)
6. Impeded Swiftness: Chance for Smashing Damage (Recipe)
7. Sovereign Right: Aura 10% Resistance (All but Psionic) buff for Pets (Recipe)
8. Tempest: Chance for end drain (Recipe)
9. Numina's Convalescence: +Recovery and +Regeneration (Recipe)
10. Analyze Weakness: Acc/End/Rech (Recipe)
11. Scirocco's Dervish: Chance for lethal damage (Recipe)
12. Debilitative Action: Acc/Immob/Rech (Recipe)
13. Pacing of the Turtle: Chance for Recharge Slow (Recipe)

40-45

1. Luck of the Gambler: +7.5% Recharge Speed
2. Gift of the Ancients: Defense

Pool D Rolls

30-34

1. Sovereign Right: Acc/Dam/End
2. Luck of the Gambler: Def/End/Rech
3. Aegis: End/Rech/Res
4. Sovereign Right: Acc/Dam/End
5. Decimation: Acc/Dam/Rech
6. Numina's Convalescence: End/Heal/Rech
7. Luck of the Gambler: Def/End/Rech
8. Devastation: Acc/Dam/Rech
9. Sovereign Right: Acc/Dam/End
10. Aegis: End/Rech/Res
11. Mako's Bite: Acc/End/Rech
12. Numina's Convalescence: End/Heal/Rech

General

Titan Tracker character list

Global Heroics

Fusion Force

I have characters on every server, altitis really grabs me at times, and then at others it is focus focus focus on my current most played character. Liberty, Triumph are both Full. Justice and Infinty nearly so. Freedom is being used for new alts as of now.

I was part of both the SG and the SVG that don't exist, and have never yet been part of the Legion of Catgirls.

My Sandbox

User:Catwhoorg/sandbox

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