Chyll

Or Justice, in Marvel's original New Universe release. He had offensive beam type powers or raised/projected shields (similar to Arcanaville's Doc Strange images). Shame there is not picture on the wikipedia page, a fast net search didn't turn up a good one of the shield in action either.

(As an aside, he could not do both at once, so if he had shields up, he couldn't shoot - like PPF I guess in that regard.)

I had a lot of fun with this for a while.
Some great screenies out there to us.

I uninstalled it recently tho... and not its stuck on the last random selections rather than the defaults.

I really probably should fix that.

So don't say it? I've never typed it once in my years of play, and never intend to. And deleted my only kin/ def after two team missions of SB PLZ spam.

OTOH, I have played ice, sonic, etc. shield buffers and never been annoyed keeping a team covered.

Need it? No.

However, what it does for me is that it provides an immersive semblance of depth and realism. That is, real life is filled with reminders that there is more detail just around the corner to everything. While playing games intellectually I know that there is a finite amount of content, but if there is 'enough' detail on the surface I will develop an impression of there being so much out there that becomes immersive. And no, I do not know what 'enough' is but I know when it isn't. When I encounter a situation like your example, I try to make sure there isn't some key element I'll need for later encounters, but otherwise skip fully absorbing the information. I try to keep the sense of 'more' without getting weighted in the detail.

What is bad, though, is that I can become one of those that has to complete every aspect - every mission, every badge, every item/loot that I can.

KotOR or Mass Effect are good examples, they feel vast and immersive, and I ran through them more than once happily. But, as soon as I started playing them from a completist's perspective - did I get every mission on this planet?, I need to mine more of this material, I haven't gotten radio message X yet, Did I talk to every contact?... bam! immersion lost and my interest in the games waned.

A constant effort on my part to resist this tendancy is the driving reason for why I continue to play CoH, but it required uninstalling mids, avoid heavy badging, etc.

Also loving it.

My elec/elec dom is mid-30s blueside, and has been without a doubt the best sapper of any elec power combo/AT I have tried - and without having to slot for it. The combinations and unique soft controls are just plain fun.

Easy to scrapperlock with this combo.

I prefer Riktii.

I recently picked this up on the recommendation of this thread.
I agree with Soulwind, a fine collection of short stories. Some only fair at best, but some down right interesting enough to make me wish there was far more to explore and learn about. Glad I got it over all.

I went following the Amazon recommendations based on ties to Masked, and turned up a few that looked intriguing to me - "Ex-Heroes" mentioned here in particular stood out. They are now on my wish list.

Yep, and doors inside the arenas in any zone are nice too, and don't have the nasty interlopers messing with your fun.

My apologies, I apparently read the post incorrectly - seems like you were saying 'why can't we?'...

I read it again, and I guess I do not understand your point... I have some darks that are all cloudy and sparkly and some that aren't (color selection matters with this one a lot - and you can set the one power to a different setting). Seems like it fits your desires fine, and I love the way dark armor looks as is.

*shrug* I'll move along all.

Ah, I hadn't thought that through. of course.

You only have to have the costume on when you click the door. Feel free to shift form to do any trick battling.

Why?

Heh, or how about Dollar Bill from the Minutemen (Watchmen)?

And any time my oldest daughter sees me in CoH with a caped hero she says "No Capes!"

You never fail to deliver, GG.

I'd love to craft a careful and thoughtful response... but I'm too busy laughing.

Not often enough to be worried about.

The bonus powers are cool, but I cannot argue with this logic.

Keep in mind you rarely need to keep the entire team covered with [Enforced Morale] for mez protection. You can generally prioritize your tanks, brutes, scrappers, & stalkers low as they will have some toggle protection. I only hit them if I have time - to grant the +rech.
Other corrs or defs prioritized highest, and I work it out from there.