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Originally Posted by Scythus

Jean Grey?

Originally Posted by Agent White

I'm not fond of him, but mostly because he's still the batman expy. I'm kinda glad they're cleaning up some of the blatant copies, might make room for more original or at least less standard characters to step in.

Originally Posted by ryu_planeswalker

Popular =/= good.

Originally Posted by SlickRiptide

Did I miss something? What mistakes has Wade made? He looks to be firing on all cylinders, to me. Mistakes that he makes off-screen where I never see them are useless from a story-telling standpoint. Why should I grant him a pass because he might have made some mistakes that I don't know about and never will know about?

I, as a player/reader, should not have to invent a second story in order for the first story to become palatable. I shouldn't have to wave my hands and say "Wade did have setbacks but they didn't involve you so you don't know about them." or "Wade did have contingencies and he was forced to use some of them but you don't get to see that he had to do that because it doesn't affect your perspective on the story."

That's the big problem here. Almost everyone who defends the story starts writing their own story to fill in the blanks. Well, the blanks are what I'm complaining about. If I wanted a story full of blanks to fill in, I'd write it myself and tell the story I wanted to tell from start to finish.

This is supposedly the premier super hero team in the world. Instead of working together and having each other's back, they're all working at odds and they have no frigging clue what they're doing most of the time. This is not a team. It's a group of individuals following their individual agendas and behaving like rookies. Frankly, if this is the way that the Freedom Phalanx handles a chain of crises of this magnitude then they deserve to go down in flames like they are currently in the process of doing.

Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba

Yes, but the majority will cry too much about it so it won't happen.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville

I don't know that it fails *worse* for them. I believe the canonical implication is that while anyone can pick up a gun and try to fight crime, most of them get gunned down in the street. There is something *special* about the heroes who *apparently* use nothing but natural means to be superheroic: call it luck, call it Ferris Bueller Syndrome, call it The Jazz. Something makes those people "just work" and its something deep within the way the universe works that creates such people.

The character of John Constantine was said to possess, and claimed to be able to control, a quintessential aspect of the universe called "synchronicity" which allowed him to subconsciously know the right place to be and the right things to do to have a huge impact on the world. Nearly everything he did wasn't ascribable to magic as such: he didn't have magical powers (most of the time) and he rarely used magical forces directly.

In The Books of Magic he shows up to save Tim Hunter and Zatanna from a club full of magical beings that were going to capture or kill Hunter. He shows up and basically tells them he's going to take the two of them and leave, and dares any of them to stop him. Which they all decide not to. When they leave Zatanna tells John that he has no magical powers and any one of them could have killed him easily, and wonders how he did that. John simply says that *is* his power. He says "stop me if you can" and they all run away, because they were all thinking the same thing: if he has the balls to do that, he must be more dangerous than they think. Which is his power: he knew the right thing to say, and it works - for him. It wouldn't for anyone else.

You could argue that riding synchronicity is a natural ability: its definitely not science, mutation, or technology. Its either magical or natural, but here no magical process occurs. John's weapons are sarcasm, bravado, psychology, and a little knowledge about forces beyond his actual control, and with those very mundane weapons he's taken down some of the most powerful beings in his universe.

Somehow, an analogous thing happens in the City of Heroes universe. Some beings armed with a gun and a utility belt of devices take down Cthulu. John Constantine has done it with a knife, some candles, and his middle finder.

Origin of Power implies there's some "thing" that makes this possible, but doesn't elaborate on it. But to be honest, the same conclusion was reachable *before* Origin of Power, so I don't know what it adds either.

Originally Posted by Leo_G

Test Rat's assumption is probably the right one. Because if the set had mechanical problems working with the AT, then you could simply change 2 (if there's nothing wrong with Scrappers granting cover, there's nothing wrong with Stalkers doing so) of the powers to have worked: 1st being Phalanx Fighting for Hide and the 2nd most likely a click buff for a burst of damage.

But to be more clear about what I said before, I was talking about the justification for not giving Stalkers that set hinged on the set's theme not being in line with the AT's theme. Whether that reason is overturned or not only really defines the pecking order:

The devs said Stalkers may get Titan Weapons ported to them despite what they previously said about it not being 'subtle' or stealthy. Scrappers can get Ninjutsu, a non-thematic set for them, *AFTER* the devs somehow prove they aren't holding such double standards to other ATs.

Originally Posted by Xzero45

You can use your Primary's Tier 1 and 2 abilities. It's the Secondary that you're restricted to using Tier 1.

Originally Posted by Colt_Martin

You read my mind! I was thinking about making a KM/Nin, but I was really surprised to see that the Stalker base-damage is significantly lower then the scrapper base damage. Does having AS, and Build-Up really make up for this? Even with the I22 changes?

I would have rather rolled MA, but, you know, a complete lack of AoE damage just isn't an option.

Originally Posted by Test_Rat

Yeah, How about we try sets stalkers don't get vs sets scrappers don't get.

Originally Posted by _Klaw_

All those sets have a self rez power for a reason .

Originally Posted by Venture

He sprung the trap when he killed Alexis.



The devs might get a bye with that, if the rest of the storyline didn't also have Wade outperforming David Xanatos on his best day.