EvilGeko

I'm proud to be a fanatic for liberty.

No you can't recover so long as the Tyrant is in place. You can't say that I'm making the choice. TYRANT made the choice the second he decided that he gets to be god. He doesn't. He can either abdicate or he's going to have a civil war.

There's no other option. In all of human history, tyrants have been opposed. The human condition will not accept this. Whether the Crusaders win or not, another group will either win (like the Syndicate), or another will rise up later. One way or the other, there will be no peace so long as there is tyranny.

Damn straight I am. Freedom or death.

Who said I'm there to help. I'm here to take my freedom back from a madman.

If Cole demands his empire then there will be no empire. Freedom or death. There's no middle ground. There's no, "you're just as bad as Cole." That's the oppressor's BS. The Crusaders will not live under Cole nor suffer to allow his evil empire to exist. I admire their courage and have no patience for the idea that living as drugged sheep is preferable.

You're OK with a mad dictator attacking the people of Primal Earth? Because that's going to lead to the destruction of Praetoria as sure as anything the Crusaders do.

Sure...that's why he plans to start a war to subjugate a dimension that hasn't done anything other than repel HIS unjustified attack.

But in any event, a life as an animal in his zoo isn't a life worth living. Better the human race on Praetoria die off than that fate.

Except the armed insurrection going on in the streets.

Well, there is the psychic mafia, the insane disembodied psychic, the anarchist throwing molotov cocktails in the street, the corrupt brutal police, the shadow war between two Praetors.

Maybe if we ignore that.

Except for ALL the areas outside the capital.

Except for the homeless people in the underground running from ghouls trying to stay alive.

Praetoria is not large or dense enough to hold millions of people. Hyperbole for the lose. And Cole's reach and evil extends far past the capital city. You all ignore the terror that's not staring you in the face and denounce the Crusaders because they get their hands dirty.

At early levels, being in Nova would be a bit more advantageous until you got things in order. But Gleaming Bolt under this idea becomes a power worth using and its uptime isn't bad at all.

I would too, but I just didn't feel like having the "But I like KB" fight.

Castle's statements on the issue have been pretty firm. No permanent mez protection. The changes to Light Form I suggest would give you about 50% uptime with enhancement before considering other recharge enhancement. That's something at least, even if it does come late game.

I actually prefer my PB too, which is why it annoys me that they are clearly weaker.

I don't understand Bill, I had the inherent buff in mind at all times while constructing this. For example, while originally, I thought that moving the damage mods to 1.0 would be fair, then I ran some number on how that looks with a defender and tanker on the team and it seemed overpowered.

Likewise, given the potential for resistance from Blasters/Scrappers I thought that if you were going to remove the crash from Light Form and increase its uptime that its base numbers had to be lower ala One with the Shield/Strength of Will. In fact, I considered suggesting that the attack rate lock those powers had remained, but I thought that some folks would think that was a nerf, which wasn't my intention.

Honestly, take out the Seers & Enriche and Cole looks a lot more reasonable. I think the devs put those things in (and made some of the Praetors completely despicable) precisely to show how horrific Cole's regime is.

Whoever led you to believe that (even if it's a dev) is wrong. You don't have to believe me, just kill bosses and see for yourself.

Very fair criticism IMO. I think some of the people who get revolted by the Crusaders are reacting to the realism of Praetoria. Surely we do similar things in the Rogue Isles, but with the cartoony nonsense that is CoV removed it doesn't feel so good.

That and I'm pretty sure from Castle's cryptic posts that Cole is a raid boss!

Yes, you do get the traitor speech. Which was a bit silly for my Powers guy as he did the leaving mission directly after the final powers path mission.

That's the greatest lie of them all, and honestly undercuts the rest of your argument. One of Cole's first acts as a super-powered being was to kill best friend because he got powers too.

This monster took advantage of the Hamidon wars to instill himself as emperor.

There is no threat. More lies. Cole uses Hamidon as the boogeyman. We have no evidence that Hamidon isn't a hero in this world who tried to save humanity from itself. Because it was the nuclear war that nearly destroyed the world, not Hamidon. Hamidon stopped them from doing that.

And all the other people who live in areas without sonic barriers but manage along.

Because you have Vanguard and thousands of Primal heroes at your back now?

I'm disgusted by neither group. What I have found absolutely intriguing about these discussions is the complete disconnect from the real world that many of you seem to have. Both of the extremes of Praetoria exist RIGHT NOW on this planet. Men who have schools named after them and statutes celebrating their accomplishments have done things more horrific than anything in these arcs.

I favor the Resistance side because I do not see them as sociopaths. Their cause is just like many revolutionaries in the past. I feel their methods are very extreme and only justified under the narrowest circumstances.

By contrast, I think the Loyalists are probably the less "cruel" side. But they are wrong. They take reprehensible actions for all the wrong reasons. So to me it's more like this: Do you join the Resistance and do horrific acts in service of a most just cause or do you join the Loyalists and do less horrific acts in the cause of slavery and oppression.

No disgust here, because I recognize that people have had to make these choices for most of human history. It's only because of our modern society that we have the luxury of being disgusted by these acts. In other parts of the world and in our own recent past, we would be making these choices ourselves.

I find your lack of faith disturbing...

*Holds hand up and stares at GG real hard expecting something to happen.*

Palpatine would have stopped the Yuuzhan Vong in their tracks!