Hyperstrike

I'm sure you are...

And they've already stated that their current virtual structure makes server costs essentially a null issue.

Plus there's the unwarranted assumption that such a plan will actually free up an appreciable number of space. It isn't.

Please don't misunderstand. I'm not saying you, yourself are necessarily being arbitrary or selfish. I'm saying the argument itself is. It's simply being put into reasonable-sounding terms to make it seem less offensive.


Again, you are missing the point that the temporal qualifier here "3 years/5 minutes/whatever" is utterly irrelevant to the actual argument. Again, it's simply an attempt to dress up a selfish argument in trappings of "that sounds reasonable".

If you believe this, then I have nothing further to say to you.

Why not? Pre-Freedom, there are people who'd kept names 6+ years.

Again, the whole argument about "time limits" is simply frosting on a turd.

The turd being "Someone else has something I want and aren't using it, so it should be taken away from them".

Forgive me if I don't take a bite.

Sorry about the lateness of the followup. Yes, we're looking at Saturday for the M&G.

Oh. I'm sure something will turnip.

Translation: All the time. That's why they're leechxecutives and not actually out doing something legitimate.

Joss Whedon to Peter Berg: Miss
Peter Berg to Joss Whedon: YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP!

No, reread the original. I made a statement.

You responded by disputing my statement.
I put in a rejoinder of disbelief.

It's very easy to "say". Because you're not actually *in* that position right now.

What makes you think that a database puirge doesn't require extensive work?

I stated my point in exactly the manner required. If the portrait it paints in your mind is less than flattering...

Like hell it doesn't. People who're too lazy to simply create another name are basically demanding that others be forcibly vacated from the names they want.

There's countless TRULY unflattering comparisons I could make to that. But I think I'll just leave it there. I'm sure a few will pop into your head for you.

Always easier to demonize those who have what you (in the generic, not YOU specifically) want. Makes it easier to justify taking it from them doesn't it?


Again, the basic argument is "They're not using it, therefore "someone else" should have the right to. With a given that, on some level "someone else" equates to "I/Me". Even if that's not what's being argued DIRECTLY.

The portion about "after *INSERT TIME FRAME QUALIFIER*" is utterly irrelevant. It's merely an arbitrary and facile justification spackled on top of a falacious and and selfish plaint in an attempt to imbue the argument with a false notion of willingness to compromise (where none actually exists).

A more ludicrous example is "Well you haven't used your car in the last five minutes. Therefore you don't need it. It should be taken away from you and given to someone else (or me)."

It's an identical argument with an identical attempt at justification. The only difference is the temporal parameters and the actual object of contention have been altered.

On some level, everyone here has an understanding of just how selfish, and self-serving the basic argument is. And most here are adult enough to actually feel shame for thinking in such a manner. This is why you feel my basic argument comes across as "insulting".

I've had DA groups curbstomp my Inv/SS tank. But I was running +4x8. An occasional "Whoops! *FLOORSMOOTCH*" is to be expected every now and again.

On WP, I tend to get much tighter swings between "Okay" and "Dead" than I do with Invuln. Still, outside of cases like this, WP is Just Friggin' AWESOME.

And were you to come back after an extended absence to find your character names generic'ed, you'd be ticked.

What you're trying to argue is an arbitrary number that "sounds fair" to you. You can't actually justify the number you pick.

Because it's arbitrary, I can counter-argue 5 minutes or 50 years. But I'm not going to. I'm just going to give a blanket "no" to it. Because it's not Paragon's fault, or the fault of the people who got your "chosen name" first that you're suffering a crisis of creativity and are ticked that you can't get XxWolverinexX

And I say again. No. Because it's completely arbitrary. And it doesn't address the real problem (lack of creativity and flexibility). Indeed, as flexible as the character creation is, its worst failures are at Layer 8.

It's already been stated that Paragon has NO plans to run a name-clearing script on their names database again. Eight years dormant or 8 minutes dormant, every account that's not banned represents a potential returned customer for Paragon. They're NOT going to waste time and effort on it because little Johnny can't create a toon called Batdude because LapsedGuy 2005 did it way the heck back..

With only 22% DDR, it's not going to matter a bunch anyhoo. Most of the enemies have sufficient defense debuff at 8x to wreck him but good.

Someone's been selling you a line THB. There's no such thing as "wrong power sets".

Additionally, my main is one of those who actually smacked down "Invincible" Reichsman back in the day.

"Oh my god! It's Reichsman and he's totally invincible!"
Hyper: Huh? Then how did my team and I beat him to the pavement and make him say "I'm your ***** and you're my daddy"?

It's an Invasion-style event.

You get a badge for slapping down Nemesis himself, but you really need a full team or more breaking things and blowing stuff up to get him to spawn.

1. The death god, Mot, finally broke loose in DA and things have gone from bad, past worse, into HOLY ******* **** BATMAN! All the solo/small team Incarnate content is in there now. And the portal zone by the hospital seems to be the new cool place to hold Incarnate trial assembly.
2. The Hacked telepads and their mystic counterparts cost the same to craft, but they cost more prestige to place. HOWEVER, they can mount up to six (6) beacons instead of two. Hero side can neatly be covered in 4 telepads, and with a large enough transport room, you can fit your raid telepad in there too. No more multiple rooms needed.