Kitsune9tails

Beast Pack is something seperate.

Many people specifically requested the wolf/fox tail be added to the Mutant Pack, and they got their wish.

This is a good thing.

Much love to David and Jay!

If the debuff is a debuff, mechanically, then it is not appropriate for an ostensible ally to drop it on me (barring extreme cirmcumstances like a mission where that was the point). My allies should not be able to mechanically reduce my ability to engage npcs, especially outside of a PvP zone.

That thought applies to Increase Density as well.

Speed Boost may degrade a players performance, but it is not a mechanical debuff, so it gets a pass.

This all only applies if an actual decision is made as to whether players are allowed to damage/debuff/mez allies in PvE in this game. It should be allowed or disallowed, subject to prompt or not. Either we trust the players with powers that have ally debuffs as part of their 'cost' (which would open up a lot of interesting possibilities for powers, albeit at a potentially high cost), or we don't.

If the player is allowed an optional prompt, that prompt should apply to Increase Density as well as Mystic Fortune and any other powers that debuff allies. I think an optional prompt would be a good way to try to get the best of both worlds: players can in future powersets have powers that damage/debuff/mez allies in order to balance some cool beneficial effect, but the allies can lock those powers out or opt to be prompted before accepting them.

Ideally, there would be a 3 way switch:
- Accept potentially mechanically harmful ally powers without prompt
- Prompt before accepting potentially mechanically harmful ally powers
- Deny all potentially mechanically harmful ally powers

It's not a matter of allowing players control wherever they desire.

Explicitly players should not always have control over the content of a game. Such a game would over time filter out ALL of the players due to conflicting desires and priorities. Not to mention it would probably turn into a game no developer would ever want to develop, just on the PvP vs PvE issue alone, let alone other issues such as RP vs mechanics, casual vs hardcore, etc.

It's a matter of definitions and expectations: if the definition of ally is such that Increase Density is not an exceptional power, and the existance of the ally teleport prompts is the exception, let me know; that's important information.

Here is my thought regarding this: I think that the overall design of this game indicates that players are generally not allowed to mechanically debuff/mez/damage other allied players, even unreliably, because that can lead to griefing and is technically PvP.

Thus, the debuff in Mystic Fortune should technically (unless Dev policy on PvP outside PvP zones has changed) be removed.

However, as an alternative to removing it, incorporating a prompt that makes risking the debuff optional (as well as other similar powers that may be created in the future, and possibly Speed Boost as well) is acceptable.

Having the power not prompt for non-teammates in Warburg would be acceptable by definition.

By the definition of 'allied character' as it currently exists in game, players should be able to have the reasonable expectation that they will not be debuffed/mezzed/damaged by allies whether they be critters or players.

How's that?

The pole dancing was not the purpose of the kidnapping. But the pole dancing was a definite result of the kidnapping.

It will be interesting to see if the story is referred to in any encounters with Dominatrix in GR. Per the story, she was let go with no strings attached which definitely put some thoughts in her head that we Primal Earthers might not be as bad as she had thought we might be.

It will also be interesting to see what she thinks of what may have happened to her counterpart during a certain Task Force...

Extradimensional invaders kidnapped his grand daughter, took her to a nightclub and watched her pole dance.

I must admit I'm not sure what an appropriate response to that would be.

That is what you are supposed to do per canon. Nothing ensures that that is what you (RP-wise) actually do, by design.

Hmmm, you may be right:

They were organized by Miss Liberty.
They are trained and supplied by NATO.
They are part of Freedom Corps, whose primary purpose seems to be to support heroes, particularly those of Paragon City.
They are categorized as a 'militia' by Arachnos.

So they could be viewed as anything from an arm of NATO to terrorists in the eyes of international law (presuming that the law is close in the game world to what I think it is in the real world).

Not all villains come from the Rogue Isles. Presumably, most of the villains that were originally thrown in the Zig were birthed or at least convictied on USA soil. The fact that they were then illegally freed and transported to a foreign country does not get them off the hook. They are still convicts in the USA, and the USA can ask for them back.

Apparently, the Rogue Isles refused to allow the USA to extradite the criminals. Ms. Liberty then apparently requested that the UN special forces known as the Longbow extradite the criminals on international authority. The Rogue Isles is refusing to recognize the jurisdiction of Longbow in this matter and has ordered their troops to resist them.

The unanswered question is whether the UN actually condones the Longbow activities in the Rogue Isles (which would imply some kind of international injunction against them), or is simply 'looking the other way' (in which case the Longbow troops are breaking international law).

I suspect the situation is canonically vague, and not merely vague canon.

Heh, everyone married to a still-living wife or husband knows the answer to this question...

Also, like one of the replies on the link says, a lot of the questions are answered, just not by Basil Exposition showing up and saying "This is the answer to question x!" The example they give is that the fact that a polar bear is on the island is answered by there also being bear cages on the island.