Kitsune Knight

It can carry a connotation of age, but is often used with no regard to age. Hell, the only person I've ever known to call other people "kiddo" was younger than me... and called me "kiddo" as well. I'd say it's far more likely to carry a connotation of implying you're less experienced, than actual age. And even then, it can be used merely as a term of endearment, with nothing more implied.

When a term can be used multiple ways, why are you intentionally choosing the one way that it could conflict with your RP? You're a creature of indeterminate age/93 year old man/jello-o/etc being called "kiddo" by some youngish punk soldier type... obviously she wasn't implying you were younger than her.

I'm pretty sure he means an NPC group (like the Malta group), not a SG.

Considering Twinshot's personality, I'm pretty sure she'd be much more likely to call a 93 year old "kiddo" than a 12 year old... especially if she thinks it'd bug them.

To make this explicit: Even a completely free account has access to City of Villains.


Is it that you made a Hero character, and you can't take that Hero to the rogue isles? Because Heroes can't travel there. Vigilantes, Rogues, and Villains have access. Likewise, Villains can't access Paragon City, because only Heroes, Vigilantes, and Rogues have access.

Using the alignment system, you can turn your Hero into a Vigilante (and then a Villain, and then a Rogue, and then back to a Hero if you so desire).


Alternatively, is your issue is actually that you can't click the "Going Rogue" button on the character creator? If so, when you bought Going Rogue, did you actually create a game account then or only download the game via Steam?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh, wait, you were serious?


So here's the deal. Cryptic Studios first game was City of Heroes. They weren't "experienced developers". Not in the MMO space, not in any space. They would have also had very limited funds available to them (being, you know, a start up with no product).

Now, lets take a look at Blizzard. While it's true that WoW was their first MMO... you kind of go completely off the path at this point. Blizzard has had a very long history of making games. They've also had some... lets just say, "hits". They made Starcraft, which has been incredibly popular (there's a joke that it's Korea's national sport... knowing a few Korean nationals... I'm not sure if it's a joke). They made the Diablo series, which has also been a very popular RPG with a huge online component (not "massively", but definitely MORPG). And, there's also... you know... Warcraft. Warcraft was huge before World of Warcraft, with Warcraft 3 / TFT. They also had many other games (check out their WP article!).

So Blizzard had the experience (including in online RPGs!), and they definitely had the money. They also had an already-existing rabid fanbase, which catapulted WoW to completely transform the MMO market from 'niche' to 'mainstream'.


So, what is it you were saying?


(fyi, I installed Oblivion recently... seeing as the box is still on my desk even... it looks like garbage in comparison to CoH)

That's awesome!

You're completely correct. It's been... at least a half dozen issues since they made the change.

Yeah, I was going, if anything, for the exact opposite, that it's easy to rationalize basically any origin if you're willing to be even slightly flexible with either your concept, or your definition of the origin.

The handle is wrapped in the finest animal hide that you could find in your county, giving you better grip (as compared to nothing), and thus better contol (aim).

The edge was sharpened by the local blacksmith to be... sharper... allowing you to slice objects better.

Your armor includes a belt loop that you can put your sheath through, allowing you to easily draw the sword.


In other words, 'yes' to all. My point, though, was asking what switches a human over from being 'natural' to 'tech'. Using a large stick as a blunt object, at one point in time, was the most brilliant idea any human had ever had... but now no one would think of a person carrying around a stick they found outside as a "tech" hero. In other words, the divide between "tech" and "natural" is "whatever the hell the person wants it to be"!

50... doesn't that number seem awfully round to you? Several issues back, the Devs modified the search window to not show how many (unhidden) players weren't shown like it used to. So all you can conclude is there's at least 50 non hidden players currently on blueside... there might be 50, or there might be 50,000.

Pondering about what the future holds is half the fun!

And I'm pointing out we've gotten the kind of stories you like in spades, and nothing else for around eight years. Getting something different is a good thing.

And this is the way you can describe 99% of the content as a Villain. You do something, and, nothing changes. Nothing you do matters, because it's just magically reverted. There should be give and take. It shouldn't just be all about maintaining the status quo.

If you played through the SSA as a Villain, you would have been working with Malaise to shatter her mind. You beat up Johnny to record the song for you. You plant the tape that screws with everyone's mind. Then, you go into her mind to break her. And, shockingly enough, you somewhat succeed.

Yeah, this. There's a huge number of stories in the game. A huge number are... kinda crappy (I'm looking at you, old blueside launch content!). But a lot are very good, and often little known.

We all know that's a load.

The "guy" part was not what made it squik-worthy.