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Or realise that "pimping concerns" are stupid and get over it?

There are a LOT of "fat" concepts that are very much in line with "Super Hero" that I would love to see. The Blob was always one of my favourite villains growing up (NOTHING MOVES THE BLOB!), and Huge just doesn't work for that feel. I'm also fond of the overweight speedster (named simply "Speed") villain from Sky High, which is a movie very much in the "Super Hero" feel.

Writing off "fat" as "not super" shows a lack of imagination.

But you don't get defenders redside, and MM numbers are only a tiny bit less than Corruptor numbers (who are, barring VEATs, the best redside).

And MMs will always have someone to share the bonuses with, unlike a defender running solo.

So while the fact of the numbers is true, I think your conclusion is off.

I have no issues with my Merc MM so far, but he's only level 12.

On paper. -to hit is, of course, affected by resistance (though I know that's negligible for anything but an AV), and by area (things outside Darkest Night and Chill of the Night, or outside the cone of a delivered Fearsome Stare all avoid the -to hit altogether). Defence applies to all things, regardless of outside modifiers.

But this isn't an "on paper" comparison. This is in actual play. My /Traps MM tackles +1/x8 content without much trouble. The /Dark one sometimes struggles with x5 or more content.

A key difference between the two is mez protection; the /Traps FFG grants some, while nothing in /Dark does.

Considering how close to "Golden" age I am, I'm not sure whether that's a threat or a blessing.

What you can do and what the design assumed you would do are often not the same thing.

City of Villains uses the same character creator as City of Heroes, and any option added to one would be added to the other. Should I post the list of fat villains, which is far more lengthy and serious?

Kingpin, Penguin, the Blob, Egghead, Doctor Octopus - that's just a small sample of fat or overweight villains in "serious" comic series. Excluding the option because "heroes aren't fat" also deprives us of fat villains.

Barracuda Strike Force gives that.

Short: Dumb villain frees Reichsman, Reichsman rallies the 5th column remnants, creating a new force.

Nite Owl was on the list I posted. Most people wouldn't call a member of the Watchmen a "B Rated" hero.

Not mine. I was replying to someone else.

I'm an older sibling too. How is that relevant?

They said no to "Hugh Female". Not Huge.

I think it was a dev being cute at a typo.

You're wrong. Many super-powered individuals are fat. Some are just overweight. Here's a list of ten (some silly, yes) that I found with a cursory search.

Super power does not discriminate based on body weight.

Personal Force Field pretty much effectively caps your defence, but that still yields a 5% chance of getting hit. It's not "perfect defence".

For the most part, the rewards are not choices. You get what you get.

C'mon Xan, I know you play on Virtue. You must see the same things I see - generally there's at least a couple people in any given AE I enter, while I can often pop into a PvP zone and see no one at all.

Sure, there's some selection bias there - AE buildings are considerably smaller than PvP zones, so it's easier to find people - but anecdotal evidence from in the game is at least as valid as forum post counts.

I think you have to consider the nature of the game's PvP system - it received a massive overhaul a year ago, one that did, in fact, result in a significant (if not financially dangerous) exodus of players from the game, and has been highly controversial since then. Those forums contain all that. Badging, on the other hand, will never be particularly controversial (the biggest controversy being, perhaps, the recent change to villain accolades, which seems to be widely well received overall), and Mission Architect hasn't been around as long as PvP to generate the same backlog of messages.

For me, personally, Badges and MA are about the same (I like to grab the occasional badge, but mostly in pursuit of PvE bonuses or content, not just for the sake of having it, and while I haven't managed to get an arc put together, as part of an RP VG we do make common, if not frequent, use of MA) and PvP is a far straggler behind it. I've never had much interest in competitive game play, in any game.

Yes.

It is less of a big deal than I generally present it, and more of a big deal than you generally present it. I'm sure the INTENTION of City Traveller was simply to make getting around the city a little less onerous for veterans by allowing them to have full travel speed at an earlier level. The side-effect of potentially unlocking a power choice was likely unintended. But it's still a side-effect that exists, and that should be acknowledged.

The permanent temp powers also add a considerable change to low-level (and potentially even high-level) game play by rounding out attack chains and allowing some by-pass of built-in limitations, such as the Rage damage crash. While it's easily argued that the unenhancable temp powers are hardly overpowered, they can still be quite game changing.

As far as entitlement goes, I would say the sense of entitlement to eternal unending further rewards for actions taken six years ago is no less than the sense of entitlement to eventually earn all possible rewards.

If you are level 50 and you roll on the 30-34 track and get an Luck of the Gambler piece, that recipe will be level 50, not level 30. The desired affect is to roll as if your level was X, rather than your real level, allowing you to gain level 30 (or whatever) recipes of sets that extend all the way to 50.

I'm merely asking for the chance to potentially earn all rewards someday, after having put in as much time as those currently enjoy those rewards now do. So long as the count of "all rewards" continues to increment at the same pace as the count of "my rewards", this can never happen.

That's not entitlement. That's being asked to have a fair shake at equality.

When we're talking about the difference between three years and six years, the concept of "proven to be loyal" really takes on a different meaning.

But more to the point, I advocate in favour of ending a policy that grossly disadvantages (and, in turn, DISCOURAGES) new customers without unduly depriving loyal customers of previous benefits.

The sense of entitlement displayed by (typically) 60+ month veterans never ceases to amaze me. You seem to think you're the reason this game exists. Your posts certainly convey that tone.

I'm advocating for a cap to Veteran's Reward - the cessation of adding new rewards.

I fail to see how that gets me anything "now".

Yes. One day I will die. I can only reach the end of infinity with infinite time. I know that I do not have infinite time. Therefore, I will never reach the end of infinite rewards.

That's just basic math.

Well, there's your solution to colour-coding and enemy/friendly maps, then. Raidable bases don't get colour-codes, unraidable ones do. Sacrifice convenience for function both ways.