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Shalefist, Wolfram and All

Pious says it all above(thanks Pious). As long as you're lev 7 and no higher you're in, just let me know for certain so I can update the teams. Look at the first post of the thread for a general guide. We'll be meeting at the statue of the female hero reaching for the stars in Atlas at 7.30pm(30 mins later than last week). Any questions or problems please post here or pm me. Oh, and we've all posted bios in The Militia Thread. There's some great RP stuff there All, it's great to see you getting in the spirirt of things.

As soon as Alpha and Bravo are full I'm going to start recruiting for Charlie team as long as it's not a problem. Objections? Comments?

Battleflag

Fine with you changing Cognito but we're short on muscle:blaster, scrapper, tanker so I don't know about your friend. See what the others have to say but i'd much prefer one of those three myself.

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Cognito

Astra's barely shown her face so far so I can't see a problem with using a different character if you'd prefer.

Oh and do you get benefits from badges? I thought it was just a compepetive thing.

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So, what do you guys do? Discuss!!!

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Well, that depends on the hero in question. Battleflag's view is:

"I don't try to kill criminals but if they die they die. Protect the innocent!"

Morally sound, probably not but that's his view.

Battleflag

People keep saying that COH is not made for rp. How do you mean? I've never played WOW, Everquest or any other game like that so what's the difference in mechanics etc? I'm curious.

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CONFIDENTIAL REPORT TO THE MINISTER

First night out, what can I say. I was pretty nervous but I think I covered it well; the whole leadership thing was intimidating but I quite liked it by the end.

We made a lot of arrests and there were a few casualties, but that’s the nature of the game and I can live with it. I only really got to know half of the Militia but that’s fine for now, they’re a good bunch…on the whole. I suppose I should give you a bit of feedback about them to add to your files; no doubt you’ve got us all reporting on each other. Fine by me.


Masked Angel:

A nice kid, too young for this kind of work but I suppose she’s safer with us than going solo, now that’s dangerous. Contrary to appearances she’s hard as nails and I can’t help wondering how tough she’s going to be when she’s stopped growing. she reminds me of my sister, Patience, but it’s probably best that I don’t talk about her.


Extrisity:

Another young one but at least he’s not a teenager. This lad has some serious hardware, God knows where he got it from but he talks about stuff I’ll never understand; give me root of mandrake and essence of sin any day. I don’t like the way I’m feeling like the big brother type to Angel but I can’t help feeling as though I need to keep an eye on this one: “I’ll help you study Angel.” Oh yeah, I’ve used that one before.


Tatters:

This is one young man who could go either way, and I should know. Somewhere in his family there’s been a dubious romance or two and he’s the result. I’ve seen a lot like him in small communities off the moors. He’s a crazy but he certainly can fight and he has a sense of humour, if a bit obtuse at times. Glad to have him but I’ll be watching his leaning if you know what I mean.


Astarphobia:

She seems ok but the jury’s out until I can get to know her; she had to disappear for a while.


Booster Ice:

Last but not least! We got off on the wrong foot pretty quickly; he doesn’t say much and I say a lot; I have a sense of humour and he doesn’t; get the idea. I just can’t seem to get on with him…but in all honesty I haven’t really tried, I just can’t help winding him up. Now you may think I want rid of the guy, far from it, If any one of us looks impressive dealing with the crowds it’s him; he has some healing ability too but strictly amateur stuff. a good man but don’t tell him I said so.

Dev

Positive responses so far

Okay, so Lief says Kings/Steel. I'm happy whatever but these missions will be new to me so it'll be a nice change.

Thanks Max, I'll try to be there a bit early again next week.

We're still looking for another 3 members to make two full teams if anyone knows someone who would be interested.

Battleflag

INFO THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS


QUESTIONS
• 7PM START NEXT WEEK OK?

• MAX, ARE YOU GOING TO SET THE SG UP FOR NEXT WEEK?

• SHOULD WE MEET AT THE SAME SPOT EVEN WITH A BASE? I’M THINKING OF PULICITY FOR US TO GROW.

• I THINK THE HOLLOWS WILL BE OUR FIRST PORTOF CALL NEXT WEEK(AS AN OPTION ANYWAY), AM I RIGHT? IF SO, SHOULD WE CHOOSE THAT OR ELSEWHERE?


INFO
• LEV 7 CAP FOR NEXT WEEK

THOUGHTS
• IT WENT WELL AND THE SOONER WE ARE BIG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO TEAM LIKE THIS WITHOUT PRIOR ARRANGEMENT THE BETTER.

• IT MIGHT BE WORTH HAVING MILITIA IN OUR SEARCH BOXES FOR OTHER CHARACTERS, IF APPROPRIATE, JUST TO SPOT EACHOTHER.


ALL RESPONSES APPRECIATED

Battleflag

First Night

Well, the whole experience was good from my point of view! I was initially concerned that I didn’t really know what I was doing and wouldn’t be able to find a voice for my character; I needn’t have worried. There were so many other personalities to bounce of that I found myself in role without even trying. The more I played, the easier it was.

Booster Ice and I fell out pretty quickly, and understandably when you take personality into account. This could have just turned into a one dimensional dislike thing but then I found Devlin(that’s me) having a grudging respect for the man’s powers and so made the odd positive comment.

The first time Devlin met Masked Angel he was slightly flirtatious but when she blushed he realized how young she was and felt guilty. This lead to him feeling guilty and then protective towards her. The Extrisity boy needed watching, he might only be at uni himself but he’s too old for her. He’s got impressive firepower though, I’ll give him that. In writing this I hadn’t meant to slip into character, it just happened.

Astraphobia had to log pretty early in the game and only made it back at the end so I had limited contact with her.

Tatters was a good character for Devlin to have a bit of fun with as there’s a demonic/magical link to the two characters. He’s crazy!!

The byplay with characters was quite convincing as I often missed out on some conversations between others as I was busy with my own, usually insulting/winding up Booster.

That’s just my experience with Team Bravo but I had some contact with Alpha which was fun. It looks as though Dev and Brother aren’t going to get on too well, unsurprising considering Devlin’s flippant approach compared to Brother’s serious tone. Hawkshaw came across as fairly aloof in my brief contact. Sorry if I’ve missed anyone but it was only the first night.

I imagine it will only get better the longer we play and the more difficult things get.

Battleflag

Devlin Saint(An ironic false name that appeals to him)

Mage of Atlantean blood--torn between good and evil(in the form of emp and elec blast)

Battleflag

Here's some of what you asked for Cognito:

Team A
Dante-blaster-Amber Banshee
Leif_Roar-tanker-Diamondskin
Lotus_x-scrapper-Masked Angel
Pious-scrapper-Dragonfly
Blitz Arrow-defender-Blitz Arrow
Ashen-defender-Brother Tchall
_Max_-controller-Hawkshaw

Team B
Dutch_Barbarian-blaster-Extrisity
Finn29-tanker-Manolith
Hot_Head-scrapper-Tatters
Battleflag-defender-Devlin Saint
Universe-controller-Booster Ice
Cognito-controller-Astrophobia

Battleflag

Who said anything about tatters

Battleflag

Of course crazy people can't lead the teams(now which characters could I be thinking of) and if anyone is keen to lead I imagine there wouldn't be much resistance.

Battleflag

Security under review, these things happen. This hacker will be hearing footsteps outside the door before he knows it. Paranoid Hacker? You should be. Wasn't that car behind you yesterday? Didn't the monitor seem to flicker? Was that a click on the telephone?

Militia, ignore him, that's why The Ministry's here. It's what we do best

The Minister

Well thanks for stepping up Pious, it's appreciated! You and I can step back and let two others take over next week; The Minister said we have to take turns!

Battleflag

I'll probably suggest next week as a 7.30 start unless I hear different.

The more I think about it, it more it seems likely that we'll end up playing in small groups whenever suits. If that's what happens and people are having fun then I'll be happy enough. I've already met plenty of decent types and hopefully we'll all share an hour or twenty as time goes on, regargdless of this team.

Still no volunteer Team A unless I'm mistaken.

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BTW, Have you actually tried many IC missions yet? Early level missions are usually shortish, but once you get into zones like Perez and Steel, you might find 2 hours for a fully IC mission a little optimistic! All depends on what you do inside them...

Also, I don't know if you were aware of this, but it IS actually possible to get more than 8 people inside a single mission... have 2 teams, one of 8, one of 7. The team with the mission leader enters and the leader then quits and invites the others to team with him. They can they enter the mission too! You can actually get dozens of heroes inside a mission that way As long as the mission owner is inviting them from inside, all is good! It's rubbish for XP as the mobs will only spawn for the original 8 man team (Push it to invincible setting), but it can be great fun for RP....

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All interesting stuff Floating Man, Thanks. I had no idea about the team numbers thing, that could be good. as for IC experience, I have very little indeed. The same could be said for my coh experience above lev 14 too. This is all going to be a See How It Goes thing as far as I"m concerned. Today I've been wondering if we'll grow into a fairly large SG IC group so that people's gaming habits will create natural team ups. Clearly, the time slot idea has limited appeal.

At the moment I'm enjoying playing my character as Battleflag(lev 14) but a lack of continuity as regards teams is something I don't enjoy; I meet the odd familiar face but not many. This experience is what has lead me to think of the game as being a button pressing exercise in the past. I'm hoping that as I progress in level I'll get more of a regular crowd to team with.

Any comments please.

Battleflag

I'm listening to all responses and I'll do my best to respond favourably.

Floating Man

Every time has its problems as I'm sure you know, for example, Friday and Saturday are often "Do Stuff Nights" for a variety of reasons, depending on age etc.

I appreciate the point about timing with GG but it's only one night out of the week.

As this progresses I imagine more freedom will develop, hopefully as our numbers grow. Maybe one day we won't need to specify a time because there will usually be a few of us online at any one time.. .I knowream on.

We'll see

Battleflag

Bad News

Finn29 can't make it tonight! As a result, I've changed the teams slightly. Masked Angel is now in Team B to compensate for a lack of tanker.

Team A
Dante-blaster-Amber Banshee
Leif_Roar-tanker-Diamondskin
Pious-scrapper-Dragonfly
Blitz Arrow-defender-Blitz Arrow
Ashen-defender-Brother Tchall
_Max_-controller-Hawkshaw

Team B
Dutch_Barbarian-blaster-Extrisity
Finn29-tanker-Manolith(MIA)
Lotus_x-scrapper-Masked Angel
Hot_Head-scrapper-Tatters
Battleflag-defender-Devlin Saint
Universe-controller-Booster Ice
Cognito-controller-Astrophobia

This was always going to happen and always will; as I said to Finn29: All it takes is a phone call or something and I won't make it. We need to get used to just dealing with who's there and forming up. Please type MILITIA in your search box so it makes spotting our team easier.

Iv'e been thinking about changing the timing slightly as i feel I probably haven't given enough consideration to others, here are some choices. Let me know and I'll respond to opinion:

7 to 9 as it is now
7.30 to 9.30
8 to 10.00 wow that's late

Battleflag

Any last questions? Anything I've forgotten?

Who is willing to lead Team A? Want to wait until we meet or sort it out now? Believe me, I'm willing to give up my leadership if anyone wants.

On the night, we all get missions and work through for a sense of continuity where possible. Sound good?

I don't know how people feel about setting difficulty levels but I imagine it's best leaving them alone to begin with.

The last thing we'll do is agree on a level limit for next week.

Max

Do you need to invite us all to an sg to start with so we have a base to meet in?

Battleflag

Say hello to our latest team member, Masked Angel. Team A now has a fair bit more Umf!

Team A
Dante-blaster-Amber Banshee
Leif_Roar-tanker-Diamondskin
Lotus_x-scrapper-Masked Angel
Pious-scrapper-Dragonfly
Blitz Arrow-defender-Blitz Arrow
Ashen-defender-Brother Tchall
_Max_-controller-Hawkshaw

Team B
Dutch_Barbarian-blaster-Extrisity
Finn29-tanker-Manolith
Hot_Head-scrapper-Tatters
Battleflag-defender-Devlin Saint
Universe-controller-Booster Ice
Cognito-controller-Astrophobia

3 places left for blasters, scrappers, or tankers...sort of in that order.

Battleflag

Finn29

It sounds inteteresting but were you thinking of arresting mobs or players? If players how?

Let's keep these theme ideas coming, they're interesting. The irony is good, especially these days.

Battleflag

Thanks All

When I first posted the question about unyielding I was a few levels lower, I'm lev 13 now. It's proved to be very handy, especially against Thorns and similar. I still toggle it on and off though jiaozy.

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Lotus

I love the stuff and can't wait for issue 2 to be published, they're looking for funding. One of my emails to Frank is in the front--claim to fame . I'm very much behind the superhero fiction movement in its prose form and hope to see it sitting on the shelf alongside more mainstream scifi/fantasy. You should have a look at the sites I mentioned, there's some good stuff. At The Metahumen Press there's a good retro story called Century and a slightly futurisic one called The Militia .

By the way, Lady Europe conjures up a great WWII image for me.

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Max

Finn29 mentioned that to me at one time, I've always liked the retro idea. People always mention Golden and Silver Age; now there's an excellent publication called Cyber Age adventures, but I'm never quite sure of the definition of these ages. Is there a site i could look at to get a more clear idea?

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