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Quote:Exactly - the outcomes were left vague so that they could return for further naughtiness in the classic comicbook style - while the defeat of the loyalists has been written to end their threat to the multiverse permanently.Originally Posted by Scythus
Except the STF wasn't about removing Recluse from power, it was about stopping his plot to empower himself through the Web. And Dark Astoria acknowledged that Reichsman had his *** kicked in the KTF/BSF and that he could barely hold a candle to your character in terms of power now. Oh, and the Praetorian zones under Tyrant's rule are still in the game. -
I haven't run it once on live yet - I'll still get Hybrid on all the servers
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Quote:That's the way MMOs workOriginally Posted by Scythus
Except when someone starts a new character and then it happens all over again.
Meta-story-wise, the loyalists are finished - all new Incarnate content will be built on that as one of the basic truths of the meta-story - just like Statesman is now dead, even if players never play "Who Will Die".
That's one of the many things that's so awesome about Praetoria - they've created a huge story arc that actually has a permanent resolution - it's not like defeating Recluse and the patrons on the STF, but he's still in power and shows up with the patrons again in newer content, or defeating Reichsman in the KTF and he pops up again afterwards in DA - this defeat of the loyalist menace is final - the dictatorship is destroyed, and the AVs are either dead or captured - it's just awesome. -
I think that crazy Calvin's story isn't over yet, and it's quite possible that we might meet him again in I24.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Zemblanity
Southern United Manufacturing Company
A major Paragon City corporation in the 1920s, Southern United once controlled most of the Steel Canyon district. The company used coercion, blackmail, and numerous other immoral tactics to gain a stranglehold on the city. It also openly supported Paragon Citys corrupt mayor, Spanky Rabinowitz . Statesman eventually discovered that Southern United was actually a front for the villain known as Nemesis, who was subsequently defeated by Statesman and local law enforcement. Although Nemesis escaped capture, its believed that Southern United was dissolved after his disappearance.
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Might For Right Act
Inscription (413, 8, 890), Galaxy City
In 1967, these streets were filled with protestors railing against the Might For Right Act. The country had united behind the cause of three African-American heroes, who claimed that the CIA was discriminating against minorities by targeting them for conscription.
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Project: World Wide Red (49-50)
Souvenir - Crimson
The thanks of the World
(...) Acting quickly. you were able to find Dr. Lamarr at the Malta base where she was being forced to work on Project: Wildflower. She explained that Wildflower was a perversion of her own work. a symbiotic invisible nanotechnology-based ecosystem that Malta wanted reprogrammed to kill on their command. If released. it could infect the entire world. invisibly placing it under Malta control. Their first strike would be to kill thousands of heroes. yourself included! As you rushed to the site where Malta was letting the nanites multiply before releasing them. Malta unleashed their Kronos Titan! Undaunted. you made it to the nanite factory and reset all of the nanites to break themselves down. nipping Project: Wildflower in the bud.
(...) You also found out that Director 17. the head of World Wide Red. was in the city and that his cover identity was within the CIA.
(...) Crimson used his ex-CIA contact Melvin Langley to learn the identity of Director 17. and when that contact was captured. you went in and rescued him. Melvin told you that Director 17 was none other than Jack Firenze, the head of the CIA's China Bureau.
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I'm not quite sure what you're getting at with those - you seem to have given 3 examples that were dealt with by heroes and are no longer a problem - that's the way the game works.
Like Roy Cooling's arc, where we take down some rogue PPD, or the various Tip missions where we arrest vigilantes - whenever we learn about criminal activity by people in positions of power, we deal with it - which is what's been happening in the Praetorian war - the loyalists have now been dealt with, and can't harm the people anymore. -
Well done
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Quote:Next time, it's unlikely that any of the options will have charcters down the side.Originally Posted by Tyger
I'm not upset but I am disappointed. Won't bother voting next time since it's just gonna come down to 'whatever fits best'.
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The could reduce the IDF IXP by like 75%, and then give a massive IXP bonus for beating Tyrant.
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Quote:Vanessa DeVore founded the Resistance, and she would have appointed another military commander if Calvin hadn't been around.Originally Posted by Issen
Actually, Calvin Scott's delusion has EVERYTHING to do with it. And why the "Or not?" It's clear in retrospect that he was in fact delusional and that, like Posi said, there were subtle hints of that delusion all over the place. And one of Calvin's primary driving reasons for founding and leading the Resistance was in fact that specific delusion (that he was married to Aurora Borealis).
So really, had Calvin Scott not being a delusional psycho, the circumstances might have been completely different. -
Quote:We might get a unicorn pet if they ever made a medieval zoneOriginally Posted by Demobot
While we're dreaming, I would like that unicorn...
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Twinshot and her gang seem to be pretty popular, so I think it's a good bet that we'll see more of them in the future - they left open quite a few plot lines that could genrate follow up arcs.
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Quote:No - in his own words - he despises humanity.Originally Posted by Zemblanity
In your opinion.
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Quote:So women = heroes, men = villains?Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
It's like if they decided to create new enhancements that were only available to Heroes, but didn't give anything to Villains in return, with a perpetuated argument that "Heroes should get more enhancement options than Villains because Heroes typically use more varied enhancements."
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Quote:It wouldn't matter to him - he wasn't interested in an alliance, as that'd mean him losing his grip on the Praetorians - he only wanted war and conquest, not help.Originally Posted by Zemblanity
P.S. The question I would now pose is why did Cole fail to learn that the Primals had managed to defeat their own version of Hamidon?
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Quote:It's difficult not to though, when the loyalist dictatorship has been set up to resemble them in several ways.Originally Posted by Issen
Not to mention comparing Cole to Hitler and Nazi Germany is punching the Godwin's Law button and mashing it as hard as you can.
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The devs have said that he's alive and in our hands.
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It's late
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It should be SSA2 - we haven't had any new Penny content since Thursday.
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Devs hate.
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Quote:They're only in our hands after we crush them - that's how we capture themOriginally Posted by Rabid_M
"Hurting people who've fallen into your hands is the mark of a villain, not a hero."
So is taking enjoyment in the suffering of others, by the way.
A lot of the fun also comes form the sheer scale of what the devs have done - the loyalists are one of the biggest and most complex villain groups in the game, covering 1-50, with their own unique zones, troop types, AVs and history - but instead of the normal temporary victory that we get over other groups, this time the devs have spent almost 2 years carefully setting them up for us to utterly destroy them in the most permanent defeat and destruction of any villain group that's ever been done in the history of the game - they've basically given us a group with the size, scope and depth of Arachnos, but let us crush them in the most spectacular, wide-ranging and comprehensive way possible, even openly telling us which of the AVs have been killed rather than captured, leaving no room for a "world reset".
Add in the fact that ever since GR was first announced the heil brigade have been squealing their "for the greater good" lies just about every thread about Praetoria, but now have to witness the total rout, collapse, defeat and humilation of the loyalist dictatorship, and I23 becomes almost better than sex. -
Quote:They didn't do a very good job of buring it down - although if they vandalized the elevators first to stick to the Man, and then had to take the stairs to the top, they were probably too out of breath to start a big fire, and their anarchist spirt would rebel against the traditional method of setting fire to the ground floor first and letting the fire work its way naturally upwards, trapping everyone on all the floors above, and they were probably saving all their explosives for use on hospitals and orphanages, which would explain why they didn't simply blow the buildings up.Originally Posted by Ironblade
It had to happen eventually.
Picture it: "It the symbol of his oppression! BURN IT! BURN IT ALL DOWN!"
Or the 5-6 buildings with small fires taking up a couple of windows on each one while 30+ other buildings were untouched could have just been the result of crossfire during the battle. -
Quote:But then we wouldn't have had the fun of totally crushing the loyalistsOriginally Posted by Eva Destruction
I don't. I feel a sense of "we could have evacuated everyone who wanted to go and left the rest to the Hamidon back in i19 and spared ourselves this pointless, over-long drawn-out storyline."
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Quote:My global list keeps on increasing, and I keep meeting new people on the Trials all the timeOriginally Posted by Snow Globe
And those becoming VIPs are less than the amount leaving by all indications. People that have done trials in the past on my global lists (friends, global channels) aren't coming back and the new people aren't filling the vacancies. The new subscribers might slow the amount of loss, but the loss is getting bigger all the time.
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Quote:Battalion shows up in I25Originally Posted by Zemblanity
Now that all these interdimensional wars are over (against Praetoria, Axis and the Rikti), I'd very much like to see an effort to restore law and order to Paragon City and depose Lord Recluse in the Rogue Isles - if the Coming Storm doesn't mind waiting a few issues, that is.
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Quote:While others have become VIPs to take part in itOriginally Posted by Snow Globe
Some people are so annoyed at this point with the entire Incarnate System that they've unsubscribed.