BeyondReach

I believe you are perfectly entitled to do so. But in the right place. MA is not meant to be farmed.

If absolutely truthfully the only way that you could use powers in Walk would be to do a complete redesign (although, from what's been said in this thread, I'd guess it has more to do with the fact that Walk was never a supported design choice) then this kind of solution is the kind of thing I would like to see.

A macro where when you use a power, you come out of Walk mode, then straight away go back into Walk mode. Are TPAs and macros allowed in CoH btw?

And to answer the question, why? Because Walk is the most awesome animation in the game. I have always disliked the regular combat stance and movement animations in CoH, they look really cheesy. So almost exclusively I have used either Walk or Hover when given the choice. Plus it's kind of RP. I have a character who is far too suave to run. So apart from when Sprinting around or using a Jetpack, I have been Walking everywhere. Thankfully he's a Mastermind so I can just click "Attack", but I do have to get involved sometimes. My suaveness got me killed earlier today. Now, obviously that was entirely my fault, but nevertheless, I would like to see some kind of accomodation.

Funny you should say that, but I have plans to create an arc using all of the new features I can - but obviously only five maps - from Issue 17 as soon as it goes live.

Basically, because the only thing accesible from the Mission Computer other than that was the Cathedral of Pain, he is implying that they are going to fix the Cathedral of Pain (which I think was already announced for i19).

As you will have noticed playing the arc, that I used a number of custom groups of Lost. This was originally for story purposes as I wanted the arc missions to go up in level range at the very inception - this was about eight months ago mind you - of the arc, but that idea was scrapped, and has since been replaced with just omitting certain Lost boss enemies (the Eremites and Anchorites, the type of Pariah and Aberrant Ishmael is).

I tried to characterise her as someone who's voice has a general sombre and almost uninterested, yet not tone. And I thought the best way to do that was through frequent pauses, as if it took her time in between phrases to gather the vitality to speak again.

Oh I see what you mean, I was a bit confused there at first, you're saying that she can't be carried by them if they're just resting there motionless on her back. I was just struggling to find the proper verb to put in there, lie and sit just aren't right...

[reversed change]

I can't change contacts Well...even if I could I wouldn't :P The Grimm Fairy is the heroine in this story, it is ultimately about her (well, it is about Ishmael and Neglect as well, but just as much about her) - apologies for heroes who like things to be about them :P - and put simply Abigail isn't anywhere as near an interesting a character as The Grimm Fairy. Of course, they are complete fabrications of my own - well, the name The Grimm Fairy isn't mine - but Abigail is a footnote at the beginning, a facilitator to the greater tale. And I would argue that what The Grimm Fairy says is far more important than what Abigail says. Sure, Abigail helps you find Ishmael, but it is The Grimm Fairy who gives you an introduction to the main theme surrounding this arc "Neglect".

metagaming! :P

The Grimm Fairy feels more involved in this story than you know. Plus, she volunteered to deliver news of the Abigail's brother's death to her, would you really argue to keep that macabre task?

I suppose in a way she is. I thought "carrying" was appropriate here because it's supposed to represent how this cold surrounding her is a burden that she is constantly bearing with her, rather than a light unintentional aura.

Consider this, an aura of bitter cold surrounds The Grimm Fairy, and she is moving at such a speed that this aura strikes you like a strong wind. I didn't want to use the word 'wave' because the elongated vowel sound damages the speed I am trying to communicate.

No no no no no no....Isaac didn't die. Well, Isaac metaph- just screw metaphors for now they're only confuse matters XD Isaac didn't die. He became Ishmael. The Words of the Teacher tell you you found a bunch of writings on the Lost at this tenement, three typewritten one handwritten I seem to remember. The Grimm Fairy took these to Abigail. She identified the handwritten as Isaac's. If Ishmael wrote these words, that means Ishmael is Isaac. James told you that Isaac died because in a sense he did, they believe that the human part of you dies when the change overcomes you, which happened to Isaac, at an exponential rate - though that is elaborated on later.

Missing person evolves into crazy Lost prophet rousing the Lost to tear apart the established order. It therefore moves up her priority list :P Not to mmention the fact that this time The Grimm Fairy actually went to meet Abigail. I could tell you stuff that I don't actually mentiond directly in the story at all because I didn't have the space, but that would be pointless XD (*cough* The Grimm Fairy knew about Ishmael before she sent you anywhere *cough*)

Ok, this does refer to a rather complicated thought process, but I have very complicated thought processes, so I'll try to explain: The Grimm Fairy has a mask that covers her entire face. I refer to this mask as a barrier of obsidian - purely because I think it sounds cool, I do that sometimes - and you are wondering whether she is smiling at you beneath it. But, smiling at you would be an almost pointless action seeing as you can't see her smile. However, she is enjoying her wilful (it is wilful in English (U.K.) btw) ignorance for a moment to the fact that she knows that you can't see her smiling. Errr, yeah that is the simplest way to describe it I think...Ok: She is purposefully ignoring the fact that she knows you can't see her smile so she can smile at you for a second. I think that might make more sense? Put simply, it's complicated. It's just another little mention of human nature's tendency to wilfully delude itself, and underlying theme in this arc.

She said she was going to search the sewers beneath the tenement, and you should search those beneath the Monorail Station. At least, that's what I wrote.

I have a punctuation thing. Except in academic essays, I refuse to bow to contradictory punctuation method of not putting in the apostrophe indicating ownership in it's.

If I can fix my arc and cut it down a bit I'm going to create a custom enemy that you will be able to kill.

:s It's only a Medium.

That's something that got changed without me touching it. He did have a custom bio for a while now.

Well when the well-educated CoH player plays this arc they already know the result, so this arc is much less about the investigation, and much more about 'why?'

The Device should say that it broke off during the combat. And the system text says that he disappeared in a flash of light you recognise as teleportation after you defeated.

You're misinterpreting what the story is about :P It isn't about the investigation and defeat of this evil Lost mastermind :P

I was a bit uncertain about this myself. I wanted a personal single hostage to get information from and the rest optionals, but I wasn't sure how to represent that in the objectives - what do you think of "Speak with the Hostages" as an objective instead?

Unfortunately these mobs don't have captured animations so I gave them "Bum Slump", the closest thing, but that seems to be another of the things that hasn't stuck.

This is a flaw, which I tried to rectify by putting his spawn at the Front. Didn't seem to have worked though.

He appeared to die before your eyes. And it doesn't say he's standing, you fell through a certain section of the floor, not the entire floor cleanly fell through. He is lying down because he is still near-death, just peeking his head over the side.

The Grimm Fairy thought quicker than you :P And I can't exactly write "If you have this powerset you do this" so this is the easier way. But although I will mention this again at the end, point taken.

I like my prose, which has been called a number of different things by reviewers, I can remember purple from you and flowery from another off the top of my head but I'm sure there were some other descriptions :P I'll take a look at it and see if I think there is anything extraneous, but I like my purple-flower-prose

I thought the Mission Intro mentions this - anyways I assume you noticed through their dialog why this is.

Uhh :S I mean The Grimm Fairy thinks she can move the bombs but can't defuse them.

Text space. If I had 600 characters in there it could be one objective, but I don't so I have to make do unfortunately in order to explain the plan. I'll look over it regardless.

Nooooooooes! She is saying that she has an idea of how to get out. I mentioned in briefings and clues that a barrier has been erected around the building and you can't escape. But, The Grimm Fairy has a plan to move the bombs into the caves beneath the building and blow a way out where there isn't a barrier. However, she believes that this will have the unfortunate side effect of causing the building the collapse in on itself (there is an optional way out)

You should have found a clue from them which will explain :S Unless bad stuff happened to that as well. But yeah, they aren't really you just freeing, it's you finding them so you can escape with them. I think here it isn't text space, it's the progression of the discovery of information. I think, again I'll look into it.

I thought 30 minutes is a slightly too long timer personally, but I guess it depends on the person.

If a building collapsing in on your character won't kill them then by all means they aren't dead, I mentioned that - but if you fail without putting up the psychic inhibitors the building collapses in on you. And The Grimm Fairy, she is also lost to this world. It is 'GAME OVER' in the arc. I'm not intending to be just stubborn and obstinate, but this is a scenario that threatens your character's life. If when the building collapses in on you you and The Grimm Fairy miraculously survive regardless, that would be a bit cheap, wouldn't you agree?

There was optional objectives that you would have been informed about by saving the hostages. (Oh and now that I recall there are supposed to be 3 hostages in total, not 4) If you had completed them the barrier would have been disrupted, you would have escaped with the hostages and the Lost and CoT would have been ticketyboo. If it isn't failable I can't put in the optional objective, which is supposed to be another instance in which your character's morality is tested - like to a lesser extent in Mission 2 - basically posing the question: would you condemn a gang of The Lost to death in order to make certain you escaped, when there was another option.

Yes, but how far will that code stretch? Ishmael's constantly growing mutation gives him the potential to grow to immeasurable heights in which he would be unstoppable in his domination of the world. You have the option to kill him now while you have the chance. If you ignore this chance he will succeed. If you attempt to capture him you will give him the opportunity for his power will grow to a point where he cannot be contained. What would you do?

You found a number of clues pointing to a "Kings Row Facility" which has been pointed out to you on a map you found in Ezekiel's hands. Strike the Final Blow is due to my arc getting corrupted and the transmitter objectives are like the hostage objectives, I never mentioned there were actually hostages in there. But that's what you find.

I just discovered that that is not what I intended. Sorry, that was a mistake. I meant as if they are separated apart slowly and intentionally.

I originally had it this way, but I prefer it without the chaining, so you see the transmitters there, and if you don't know why you are supposed to destroy them and are interested you can find the optional clues which will inform you.

Isaac Waters is triggered by Ishmael being reduced to 75% Health, and the ambushes come from 50% and 25%. Ishmael the Prophet is triggered by his death.

It's wilful, though I think I mentioned that before.

System text! System text! System text!

I appreciate you playing my arc, even if the 3 Stars did sting a bit! If I have completely ignored or left unaddressed any of your comments it's because:

A) I have completely taken them into account.

B) They were self-confessed as nitpicky and I didn't agree with them ultimately.

or C) I had addressed a similar or identical point earlier.

I hope you think my arguments are fair, and I will try to recover my arc from the corrupted stage you played it in XD I just hope nobody plays it before I'm able to fix it, because I can't even edit in a disclaimer into the description because it's over the maximum data and I wouldn't be able to republish the change.

His idea that the late-game Praetorian arcs would be revamped a few months later I assume was based on the idea that Issue 19 would be coming a few months later. I was pointing out that that may not be quite the case.

:S Four Praetorian zones. I doubt there's any kind of restriction on where people can go.

Why? There are zones in Praetoria. Incarnate is GR exclusive. Events that happen out in the open for everyone to take part in. I draw the conclusion that the zone events will be in Praetoria.

Hmmmmm. Well I would say that while Ishmael's reaction and objective does border into the extreme, and he is certainly motivated by anger, I wouldn't say that he is just insane. The first few entries in his journal are from before he even came across the Rikti, and the same thing drove him then drives him now. Only now he has the motivation and the power to do something. I'm not saying what he does is justified, but at least in my opinion, I can completely understand why he did what he did.