Evangel

Yup, I was originally going to write tech and natural, but then thought about fire/ice/elec , who's to say you cant have tech powers to emulate those so I left it at natural only.

I think perhaps a list of natural heroes to emulate might be best ?

like,

Batman , (springs to mind first) ,
Robin (as darkwing)
Robin (as wussboy)
The punisher
The Green Arrow
Iron man (to a lesser extent ?)
i said Luke cage before but turns out he is more science...
the shadow
black panther
Zorro

etc.

hmmm, not sure.

are skyraiders naturals ? they have fly and tp using devices.

probably best to think in those terms.

sorry, regen popped in there without me noticing.

yes, I would say its a super power and so shouldnt be in a naturals setting (healing powers is enough of a let off imho!).

super speed: rocket boots ? roller skates ? use the prestige power slide animation and tell everyone its a skateboard ?

thinking about travel powers: in the absence of vehicles in the game, there arent that many heroes in comics to emulate (swinging isnt around, wall crawling/climbing is out). I would say we will have to relax that as long as you work it into the character somehow. (tech wings, rocket packs, piston boots etc. )

AVs and GMs without buffs etc. yes, it would be tougher but then again, in comic books naturals never really had it easy just means we'll have to choose our fights and work on our tactics 9and stock up on insps .

Of course I could be completely wrong and someone can fit a troller into a natural scheme.

Aliens: initially I hadnt even considered this but of course there is Jon etc. Up to the individuals and what you want in a team. I personally would prefer not, but if someone does, try to make it suitably alien looking and write a decent Bio.


Time / day of Play: as I said, I dont want to be setting rules for everyone so all aspects are negotiable. What time would suit you ? Would Sunday be any use ? just thinking that its the day before work / college / school so very few of us are in the pub , tv is usually rubbish.
In addition, it wouldnt clash with Knightly's psychic patrol so anyone wishing to do both , could.

good thinking there batma... oh hold on, dont want to get in trouble

will certainly make things tougher:
healing only available after lvl 6
cant heal self until lvl 14

means that the team would have to :
rely on insps up to 6
look after each other so we dont lose a strong healer
no res until 20 (time to stock up on awakens )

as for travel powers, fair enough, but the player has to make the necessary changes to the costume. and collect the required parts n stuff before taking the power.

But, I'm not trying to force rules on a group so it will have to be a group decision.

LostNinja, your scrapper would have to exemp down to 4th to match everyone else. as long as you're ok with that he's more than welcome. Just means you're not going to be rewarded properly until we catch up to you.

nope your theory is probably still correct. figures in my example were approximate to illustrate my question. any accuracy or implication of accuracy in my calculation is compeltely coincidential and Ramon Daark plc is not responsible for any confusion or grievance caused.

as for the listing fee. bummer. time to break out the begging bowl emote!

real heroes dont need power!

right, through my own fault, I missed the boat on teh psychic patrol group setup but in the original thread I made a suggestion for an all Natural team.

So, the plan:
create a team of heroes that use devices and skills to overcome enemies.

Rules:
must be natural in origin
powersets are limited to purely natural or technical abilities

maces, swords, bows , fists, guns, willpower, regeneration, resistances etc.

exception: healing should be allowed if all players signing up agree.

no outside influence (literally! ). We earn our own way so no transferring inf from higher alts. of course no-one has any way of checking this so its on an honour system, we just all trust that everyone is going along with it.

When: I would suggest 8:30 on a saturday to whatever time. This is open to discussion though. obviously people will have to miss a session every now and then but its up to the player to level up or be Sk'ed at before or at the next session.

potential problems:
1. travel powers
2. controllers and defenders (defenders have trick arrow ,but trollers dont seem to have a suitable primary).

Starting characters for week 1:
lvl 4 : gives you enough time to get the painful starts out of the way and enough leeway so everyone can make it to missions etc.


Anyone interested ?

possibilities so far:
myself
Xtream
_spirit

just a quick question because I dont know if I've been hit by a bug or not.

I recently listed a IO for 20 million , cost 1.5 to list. I changed my mind a day later and took it down to reduce the selling price. But I didnt get my listing fee back!

I never noticed this before so I'm not 100% sure, is this normal ? If it is, its a pain in the nether regions if you miss-type the selling price (I recently bought an awaken for 100,000 by accident...pesky beer...)

No worries. If it happens it happens.

in all honesty, RL is a bit hectic (has been for the last few months and will be for a few more!) so one less event in the diary is ok by me.

all natural team could be an idea (darke is a natural BS/WP hero so wouldnt require re-creation for me ah, laziness, thou art my god. i'd worship you if I could muster the energy).

do we have a meeting time / place for this ?

I created Darke - BS/WP scrapper last night

On standby i have
The Mentat : lvl 10 psy/mm blaster
Planewalker1: 14 mm/ff troller

I'd have no problem rollin gup something other than a blaster. TBH I think I'm in a bit of a blaster rut

I also have a lvl 14 psi/ff troller if we feel the need to mix things up a bit.

I would love to help do this, but my main villain is only lvl 25 and I'm woefully slow at levelling (if there's an opposite to powergamer, then thats me!).

does anyone organise GM hunts on villain side ? I took part in one (after robot rampage) on heroes and would love to give it a go in villains.

however I will try.

put me down as a possible (but unlikely)

Cobalt 90 (16 nrg/nrg balster) or Planewalker1 (damn I hate that 1... stupid account transfer) lvl 14.5 (will be 15 if I can make it) psi/ff troller

would love to but Im thinking my gf would skin me alive (or leave me, or skin me alive and leave me in a bucket of salt in the corner) if I forego an evening of her company to head off saving the world

I think it'll be saturday before I can wrangle enough time for another TF

Huge thanks to everyone on the team (especially erruption for the impromptu pick up and the excellent tanking and MP for the heals and the quite tasteful floor covering ) I dont know if its the TF or the level of the players but everything (except the hunts and CoT) was purple to me on that

Never thought I'd be so happy to see something other than "miss" even if it was a measly 4 points of damage . though it did get better toward the end.

Actually, I enjoyed that so much , I must see about giving it another run in a level or two

ok so, whats next ?

how about a swimming competition rstricted to levels 10-14 ?

swim 4 lengths of IP with a check in station half way on each length (on teh islandin the middle). If Lusca gets in the way... well, you'd better swim faster!

Just to keep things in the olympic spirit.

Right, power set proliferation has, imho , been quite successful so here's an idea for the next issue

Allow CoV access to the kheldian and evil PBs (cant remember who they are) or better yet, a void stalker AT.

Give Heroes access to unlockables along the lines of the Arachnos soldiers a sort of PPD or Longbow training path.

This would give an opening to nice PvP maps with a rivalry more than just hero vs villain. Void stalkers could have a mission to hunt PBs, longbow could be under orders to attack a stronghold defended by Arachnos.

Noooooooooooooooo.... I've committed myself to a TF on the blue side tonight.

I've a 25 Bot/Force MM (Melvin) who would love to have a go at this.

if you end up having to reshedule, give me a shout and I'll sign up.

1. Evangel lvl 35 AR/Elec blaster
2. X Phantom lvl 38(+) PB
3. Midnight Protector - Plant/Thermal troller (Level 36)
4. Solarstorm lvl 41 PB (could get 2 Kheldians)
5. @Aubrey : Gallatea 36 PB
6.
7.
8.

Passengers on Standby:
1. sassynation, lvl 39 DB/Wp scrapper
2. @Uther Uther Dracus lvl 41 broad/dark
3.

well, I hit 8th last night. a bit more catching up to be done methinks....

one thing. Positron's TF, isnt that the one against clockwork ?

arent a lot of clockwork completely immune to psi damage ?

.....

edited to add xtream and clawd.

Say, 8:30 PM (BST) at Numina
Details:
Contact: Numina
Level Range: 35 - 40
Notes: Requires 4 people
Zone: Founders' Falls
Location: Center of Williams Square near the fountain
Primary Enemy: Devouring Earth
Name: Soul of the Woodsman
Badge: Numina's Compatriot Badge

I'll use the same format as other task force arrangers use , just to keep up tradition:

1. Evangel lvl 35 AR/Elec blaster
2. X Phantom lvl 38(+) PB
3. Midnight Protector - Plant/Thermal troller (Level 36)
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Passengers on Standby:
1. sassynation, lvl 39 DB/Wp scrapper
2.
3.

I missed Xtreams run through the Numina TF last week. Anyone interested in taking part in a run?

Say, 8:30 PM (BST) at Numina
Details:
Contact: Numina
Level Range: 35 - 40
Notes: Requires 4 people
Zone: Founders' Falls
Location: Center of Williams Square near the fountain
Primary Enemy: Devouring Earth
Name: Soul of the Woodsman
Badge: Numina's Compatriot Badge

I'll use the same format as other task force arrangers use , just to keep up tradition:

1. Evangel lvl 35 AR/Elec blaster
2. X Phantom lvl 38(+) PB
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Passengers on Standby:
1.
2.
3.

stoopit RL(tm) thats two I've missed now . what level are you on now ? I've gotten the Mentat up to 7th in the short jumps onto the server I've had. Just want to know how much more jumping I need to do to catch up a bit more

A huge thanks to Omega for organising and to Hrungir et al for the team invite (I was evangel, the wimp at the back with the peashooter ). I've been wanting to do a GM hunt since I started Coh but was either too low level or no-one bothered anymore once the inf got nerfed.

Hopefully I'll be up high enough to help with the set up of R3 : the return of the revenge of the Bots

sorry for the no-show. real life (tm) got in the way....

is there a recommended level / minimum level ?

if not, I'll bring along a toon to lend a hand, or at least absorb a kronos punch giving the nearest medic enough time to res me so I can intercept the next flying fist of Kronal DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!