Blue Rabbit

Originally Posted by Sailboat

edit: I apologize for the title being so short; I meant to add more after I previewed my screenshot, but then forgot. It should say "What am I seeing in this team search screen?"

I was on Guardian early this morning (I think it was 4:00 AM in the server's timezone, whatever that's worth) and I got curious about what sorts of ATs people were playing at that hour. I guessed that I'd see mostly soloists.

Well, there weren't a whole lot of people on at that time, but I went through the search function, sorting for each AT, and stopped when I came to Controllers.

All the other ATs had a random-looking range of level variation and name styles showing among the characters online, but the controller population looked like this:



Out of 14 Controllers online, 12 of them are level 21. Of those 12, 11 have names that look (to me) to be either Asian or nonsense groupings of letters.

5 of those are in SG base and 6 are in mission(s). All 11 of the strange-looking ones are teamed (although I can't see if they're teamed with each other). The only two Controllers who are NOT teamed are the two with normal English names.

Is this a themed team or supergroup of some kind? Or Are we looking at a new crop of gold farmer Fire/Kins being raised?

The 11 teamed characters names look like the sorts of names I used to get gold seller spam from. If they're gold farmers, I don't understand why there are 11 of them instead of clumps of exactly 8 at a time, or why some seem to be in the supergroup base for...an hour and a half now. Also, none of the 21s have leveled up in an hour and a half, which doesn't seem to match what I'd expect to see from experienced power-levelers (unless the level showing is only the trained-up level, maybe?)

I apologize if I am slandering anyone's actual characters, themed team, or supergroup. I just thought this was a very odd grouping to see in the search window and wondwered if I'd stumbled across something.

Originally Posted by ketch

Now, that's a Male-storm I'd pay to see!

This comment was for comedic effect only. I loves the boobies.

Originally Posted by Gulver

And capes for our capes!








Too much?

Originally Posted by States

it's possible with going rogue comes out, you have to realize your character may it be hero or villain can go to either the hero side or the villain side, which makes getting some of the badges obtainable. So it's not going to be that hard to get such a badge or badges..

Originally Posted by Mornediel

I hope this post will be taken seriously, and not just a hate bashing note.

Originally Posted by Mindscythe

Three words: Oh HAIL no.

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

Sorry, but that is really, really...Stupid.
Why not allow the complete edition for pre-order?

And why in seven hells is Europe getting the shaft AGAIN when it comes to retail? It sucked when it came to Architect edition, and it sucks again now! What the heck, man? Not amused. Not amused at all.

Originally Posted by zachary_EU

Union is bigger and Defiant smaller

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

Link or screenshot, please. I'll believe that when I see it for myself. Otherwise I am calling dibs on BS.

Originally Posted by Golden_Avariel

Yeah yeah... 15 minute strike forces an' all that.

But 5 missions and 2 AV-class critters for 13 vs 3 missions with an EB for 14?

I'm just sayin'

Originally Posted by Carnifax

That's not the LOLBat, at least not originally. It comes from a dubbed Engrish version of Revenge of the Sith (dubbed as Backstroke of the West!!) where Vadars big "NOOOOOOOOOOO" at the end becomes "Do Not Want!"

There's screenies in that blog link above. They're brilliant (especially considering Vadar actually shouts "NOOOOOOOOOO" and it still gets dubbed as Do Not Want!)

Originally Posted by Slope

This is completely NOT mandatory, world pvp will be a total choice! If you choose not to do you won't lose anything if you do it you can only gain!

I'm imagining this would be in issue 19 or 20 at the soonest.
The Story
Paragon City was at the calmest it could get. This newfound peace let the Heroes go help the world in other places such as Hati (Hero Corps think the earthquake was caused by a Villain.) While Paragon was at it's weakest, Lord Recluse sent an army of Archanos soldiers led by his super-humans to to take over the city. The remaining Heroes forced the army back to it's boat base. Paragon was safe, for now. Lord Recluse was shown on every T.V. declaring "war" on Paragon City. There weren't enough Archanos spiders to attack again, so Recluse started sending his super-humans to kill the Heroes.
It was a battle of the Supers. Villain against Hero, powers shooting through the sky, cars flying into buildings, it was chaos. The mayor quickly sent out a message to all Heroes to return A.S.A.P. Now at war with Recluse, all the Heroes must do their best to stop the Villains, and the Villains must stop the murder attempts on their Lord Recluse.

The Rules/Restrictions
1. You can't go over to opposite faction land until you're level 10
2. No way to attack any player 6 levels under or above you.
3.If you're killed as a villain you go back to the boat, as a hero you go back to Paragon
4. No more than 2 people to another player
5. Only certain NPC's can be killed (PPD, Arbiters etc.)
6. Safe spots are; Hospital, Vault Reserve, University, Icons, WW/Market, Tram, and near trainers (Pocket D obiviously too)
7. No spawn killing (maybe reportable)
8. Sorry Villains, no killing citizens (otherwise it would be M if i'm correct) but you can rob banks, flip cars over (?), murder signature characters, and take people hostages (take them to the top of a roof and a message goes out to all heroes who have PVP toggeled on.
9. (in Rogue isles) Heroes can; save hostages, protect citizens (not letting them die), and arrest signature characters
10. more to come probably
The Rewards/Players
1. Players can only kill other plays 5 levels above or below them.
2. No full safe zones
3. Rewards for defeating players include; inf, inspirations, enhancements, salvage, recipes, PVP points, merits, and badges (dropped at random not by players)
4. New rewards for PVP points; inspirations, enhancements, salvage, recipes, and costume parts (maybe emotes?)



There might be more to add later

Originally Posted by gulver

wow, you got the entire server together.

Originally Posted by Power_NA

you need a secert you know :O

Originally Posted by Power_NA

Lets, put all 11 severs together! Then everyone can play with everyone!!! Also lets make it so we can have any name we want! If seem like no one is ever on!, mostly rthe villians but still if we combanded all 11 severs then we would see more poeple And, the any name thing so, you know, you can keep your names when they are combanded. It would be great!!

Originally Posted by Heart Attack

There's a woman standing near Miss Liberty in Atlas giving out a mission about Aniversary Pressies going missing. Is she new? Something to do with St.Vals? Is there a red side version?

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

....
THERE IS A GOD!

Sorry, Goddess!
And her name is WAR WITCH!

/airpunch

Edit: God, actually read the article properly Now. This is...I...

...GAMMA 1! Invent new words to express just how over the freaking moon I am!
Now...Where do I pre-order GR?

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

Here's what I'm really concerned with:



If this edition is a boxed set, then I CANNOT BUY IT. It's physically impossible for me to do so, as American retailers won't deliver to the butt end of Eastern Europe and I won't get a version of the thing compatible with my US game, even if I could actually FIND a game box in any store whatsoever. This concerns me greatly, as I very much do want the in-game times.

I sincerely hope that either they will release an in-game item pack separate from the full package game, or will release the game package on their online store. Because if they do neither, then things will become incredibly complicated and uncomfortable for me. I don't care about physical goodies like disks, manuals, figurines or all the assorted crap that comes with a boxed set (I have my CoH and CoV stuff filed away in a box I never open), but I very much want the item pack.

And I'm continually disappointed about preorder googies, as I know for a fact I won't be able to preorder online. Does not happen, will not happen. I don't know why that is, but that has always been the fact. Which presents the same problem - I want to preorder and have a go at the early advent of the sets, but I can't, thanks to locality. At least in that respect I'm not completely boned. Even if I don't preorder, I'll still get "the stuff" eventually when the expansion launches. This is more of an inconvenience than a practical concern, as I'm a patient man.

I'm not really excited about the rest of the announcement, as it basically says "Yes, there are more things coming." I kind of already knew that. It's comforting to know I17 will launch before Going Rogue, but we kind of already knew that, too. So while the announcement is much appreciated and I hope it will keep the "Where's mah GR info!?!" threads down for a days, it doesn't really say much, does it?

Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker

"Eff. Eff. Ess!!!!" Scarlet Shocker blinked, and stepped out of the base medical transporter. Instinctively she stuck a finger in her mouth and checked teeth, and breathed a little easier. She was fit and healthy, thankfully but it had been a close call. Her most recent memory had been the Carnie bucket head crashing down on her face. The Carnival of Shadows, in Ouroboros, handing the might of Heroes and Villains their collective backsides.


She winced and felt her nose - and needed to get to a mirror. Damn, it confirmed her worst fears. After all the years on the job her rockstar looks had never been tainted but now her aquline note was splattered and crooked. That was going to take surgery that the medi-sporters in the base couldn't handle.


She breathed, and struggling to gather thoughts filled a sink with cold water. She was in the medical facility of the Shock Tactics base. To say it was Spartan was an understatement but it had most of what the crew needed. A quick splash of cold water helped remove the traditional "fug" of the meditransporter and she grimaced at the mirror again. Her nose was bulging and twisted. It would take a while to get that sorted... and inevitably would leave a trace, like the scar under her left eye and the kink in the little finger of her left hand. She'd been lucky. Several years on the job, and she was still standing, largely whole and if she walked away now, not many would be any the wiser.


But walking away was the last thing on her mind. In an hour her world had been turned on its head. It was always meant to be Arachnos, the Rikti, the Council or Nemesis; one of the big players. Not some two-bit wannabe witch with a grudge that would suddenly hand all the heroes their posteriors - and also raise serious questions about how heroes (and villains) plied their trade. More... how the hell could anyone now trust the mysterious Menders to keep the end of time safe? Sure, everyone in the hero community knew Vanessa deVore wasn't to be trifled with, but not many had her high on the global threat level list. But suddenly things looked different. Mender Silos has seemingly been usurped.


"Carnies? Running Ouroboros? That's like the Redcaps taking over Portal Corp," she muttered to herself and struggled out of her outfit. It was mostly shredded and needed to be recycled but fortunately the city paid for replacements. Good job too... they weren't cheap.


She changed quickly, into her reserve (but still highly fashionable) outfit, for the sake of preserving decency and headed swiftly to the base Comms centre. The General Alert had failed to bring any of the Shock Tactics team in, but then she guessed she only had herself to blame. Poor leadership. Even the coalition teams, Wonder League, Generic SG, Karma... no response. She checked map status... Steel Canyon glared red, by Pandora's Box. Several markers for heroes blinked, but red dots indicated they were outnumbered and more red dots were arriving by the moment.


She opened the Shock Tactics group channel. "This is a recorded message. Check the status and the base log. Carnival of Shadows attacking Steel Canyon - overwhelming. If you get this tomorrow and can't raise me, expect the worst." She hit the date-stamp button and then sped to the teleporters - her friends and colleagues were relying on her.


It's always tempting to overstretch when flying and your buddies are in trouble - and this time she gave into it. No good arriving fit and late when you've got friends in the front line. She got there, panting and every muscle aching, a mass of Carnies and a small band of heroes in a tightly packed circle. She focussed and sparks crackled out, replenishing her energy reserves - at the same time she had a moment to idly consider how similar this was to an old Western movie, wagons in the circle beset from all sides. She aimed at a bucket head and zapped him to oblivion, then scanned the area - to spot some blue pointy ears and a few Seneschals with a mood on for them. From her height it wasn't too hard to flop down next to the ears and shock everything in a radius, buying time at least.


"You ok?" she gasped. This was mayhem


The Rabbit looked at her and gave a buck-tooth wink, then smacked back at an Illusionst. "Never better. Thanks for the save."


"Welcome! Don't waste it." Scarlet spiralled out, piling on attack after attack in a rare fury, alternating range and point-blank attacks. She didn't have to choose her target, just reach out and the sparks would do the rest, but the odds where overwhelming. Something caught her in her lower back and threw her meters across the road - to land beside a scaly creature and an unmistakeable piscine odour. She rolled over on to hands and knees, noticing that she'd trashed a car door. She was feeling that one.


"You ok Scarlet?" A large bulbous eye gazed down at her and a webbed... hand? fin? claw? reached out to help her to her feet.


"I'll surivive - for now," she panted. "Knew you'd be here, now duck!" She gave it a second and then exploded in an electrical fury and the hair of every creature around stood straight on end in a static burst but plenty of the Carnival either collapsed or staggered about senseless.


The ?s swung by, Mr and Mrs side by side as ever, fists swinging in a righteous rage, clearing a path but more Carnies filled the gap. A Carnival mage, robes swirling hovered up to Scarlet, ghosts attending her to ward off attackers, and reached out gently with a long finger to touch Scarlet on the cheek and a deadly whisper: "You cannot see or hear. It is painful," said the mage. Scarlet reeled in agony as her senses were overloaded in excruciating pain. She dropped from her hover and fell to floor, holding on to the asphalt for dear life.


Someone put an hand under her armpit and lifted her up, and snapped fingers in front of her nose. "Ok you're fixed. You ok? See me ok?" She looked at the golden-garbed figure and nodded, feeling fine suddenly.


"Thanks," she grinned and clenched her fists, powering her electrical armour. Right in front of her, an unknown hero took an horrendous blow from an Attendant and toppled. Scarlet stepped over his body and whirled with her fists, connecting with someone who wasn't going to feel much more for a few hours. An ally, unnoticed, cast a spell and the fallen hero slowly climbed to his feet.


This... this was what she was here for. Never mind tomorrow, when questions would be asked about how the Carnival of Shadows managed to dupe the Menders, or how Vanessa deVore managed to break out from the Zig or all the other questions. The moment was now and it was here, in this electrical maelstrom, this was why she was in Paragon. This berserk fury was what Scarlet Shocker did best and whatever happened from now on, this was her moment!


She grinned and aimed... However this ended, in the face of one of the biggest challenges of her career, she was always going to be Defiant!


*Thanks to everyone involved in making this happen. This was seriously one of the best events I've ever been involved in during the almost four years I've been in this game and I didin't know how else to say thanks to everyone who was there.*