Fleeting Whisper

In modern times, sure. Several decades ago it was common courtesy to let a stranger stay the night if you had room for 'em

Based on the OP's recounting of the conversation, I wouldn't say he was being rude, even after having rudeness thrust in his face.

Reddi: I think your response remained polite in the face of negativity, and commend you for it. I would say you were entirely in the right, and the person you were talking to wasn't worth teaming with anyway.

I don't think I'd normally respond to a /tell like yours with an invite, simply because I'm normally interested in soloing or teaming with my friends. However, my response would be more along the lines of "No, thank you" than your recent experience.

Awww, man. Can't we at least be a good root beer, like IBC?

You enjoy your main by leveling up; once you hit the cap, you tend to start over.

Most people enjoy their mains with the accomplishments they've gotten using that main: badges, levels, enhancements, etc. Restarting like you do throws all of those achievements away, which most people are unwilling to do.

No it isn't.

Statesman's HP is nothing compared to Reichsman. The only thing that compares to Reichsman's HP are giant monsters.

Well... Silverlight is kinda like Microsoft's version of Flash. So, um... yeah. That's about it.

Which is not a problem with the system, but a problem with the players. The system doesn't call the Defense types "positional" or "typed"; the players do simply for the fact that some of the Defense types have matching names with some of the Damage types.

If you get into a detailed discussion about attack mechanics in this game, someone will usually come along with a big post specifically trying to divorce the concept of defense/attack types and damage types in people's minds. Because they're two very different things. Sometimes I wish the Defense types were named differently; something like Sharp, Blunt, Hot, Cold, Positive, Negative, Mental rather than Lethal, Smashing, Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative Energy, Psionic. I don't know... something to try and show that Defense and Damage are two separate mechanics.

My bad on the date of the cap raise; I didn't come in until I8. However, "level 35-50 characters that haven't logged in for 5 years" doesn't sound like it would be very much bigger than "level 35-40 characters that haven't logged in for 5 years".

Any particular reason? It's like installing Flash...

Chuck has had Lineage and Guild Wars stuff around the Buy More, too, IIRC. There's also been placements in Big Bang Theory.

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*wipes away tears*

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Let's see what I can find...
William Shatner: Shaman
Mr. T: Night Elf Mohawk
Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness
Verne Troyer: Mage
Steve Van Zandt
Office Space

There's also:
Willy Toledo: Paladin (Spanish)
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Mage (French)

Of course, Blizzard also throws money at WoW, so they've got the extra money to spend on the ads and TV spots. I'll not speculate on whether the celebrities actually play or not

And... how do you know which names fall into this category?
(And every name that falls into this category would be on a character that is over level 35. Since I3 is also when the level cap was raised from 40 to 50, the pool of names you're asking to draw from is very small; lv 35-40 characters that haven't logged in for 5 years)

*hides the prawn*

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I'm not certain exactly what you're trying to say here, but what I gather from "every power that fits is already applied" that you're just trying to formalize something that already exists.

Defense has nothing to do with skill. Defense is avoiding the damage and the effects of an attack, thogh whatever means you like. This is reflected by the multiple combat floaters that occur due to avoiding an attack by your Defense value: "Dodged", "Deflected", "Absorbed", etc.

While it may sound reasonable to say that only melee/ranged/aoe defenses are needed, it particularly falls apart with respect to Psionic abilities. How, exactly, do you dodge a [Mental Blast]? Doing flips or raising your shield is not going to help with that.

Again, defense has nothing to do with skill or agility. It is simply a game mechanic to cover completely avoiding an attack. In addition to defense, this suggestion is covered by the Purple Patch - if you're a level 50 hero who has save the world for the Nth time, a level 5 Hellion not only is going to have trouble hitting you, but won't even make your heath bar move if they do hit you (5% of the time)

You pour time into PK in a much different fashion to most players and their mains.

Tornado is a beast against targets that can't be KBed