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*Stalker: Energy Melee: Assassin's Strike does not play the entire animation. Character enters horse stance, but simply stands up instead of delivering the double fisted strike at the end.

After 5 and 1/2 years, I can have an MA Scrapper that can PUNCH! Hurrah!

I'd just like to say that I've always thought that it didn't make sense for Freakshow to give an XP bonus while Malta and Carnies do not. Still, I think .8 is too low for the pre-40 game.

Regardless, I will still love fighting Freakshow at any level, because fighting hordes of over-the-top cybernetically enhanced gang members hopped up on performance drugs makes my characters feel powerful.

They'll always be second only to fighting hordes of Nazi werewolves, vampires, robots, and super-soldiers.

As we discussed in-game, I see your point. She's using almost entirely the magic set, and it's not so imaginative as a result. I like some of your choices on design, but not the top/chest so much, so here is an attempt at a "best of both" option. (I've republished using this costume)

I finally had time to run the Dr. Kahn Task Force again (on live, I haven't seen it in I16), for the first time in maybe a month. Many of my criticisms regarding the story and canon issues have been fixed, and I think Horatio deserves a public thank you for delivering on his promise to fix up the canon errors. (Just FYI, Horatio, I don't know if you remember me, but I spoke with you very briefly at Comic Con about concerns with the storyline on the first or second day.)

I specifically noticed the following:

• The Reichsman is now specifically referred to as the 5th Column's new leader. No longer is it assumed that he's always led it.
• Axis America is called Axis America again!
• Tina Macintyre gives a much more detailed explanation of what is going on.
• Axis Americans are back in Axis America, and the dialogue for the boss ambush is great, referring to the Axis winning WWII in that dimension (I don't know if the dialogue is new, as previously people have always killed him before I even had a chance to see him)
• The final encounter with the Reichsman has greatly improved dialogue. It fits him, and now all the dialogue (both before and after their release) by the NPCs with him also fits their individual personalities.

There's really only one thing left that needs to be changed, and that's that the Axis America Oberst needs a new hat-- it still has a Council logo on it from the Council Empire models:



Edit: Oops, I also forgot to point out that the mission clues still say we witnessed a fight between the Reichsman and the Statesman, but we don't ever actually witness this event. It is also specifically mentioned by Tina Macintrye that he has captured the Statesman already to drain his power, and that's one reason why he is so powerful. While I'd prefer to see a cut scene fight between them, it might make the most sense to just remove the mention of their fight from the clues.

I also hope there will be some future story development dealing with how Requiem takes being abandoned for a new leader, especially after the revelation in the Imperious TF, but that's not a change, I just wanted to mention him again and make sure he's on your mind for future 5th storylines.

I do have one other request: I really would like to see Schadenfreude be the Axis America version of Nosferatu. Otherwise it's kind of weird to have someone that looks exactly like Nosferatu, and supposedly has always been in the 5th, but has never been heard of before. Obviously, you can't just stick it in his bio in the TF, since he shows up so early and that would ruin the surprise, but you could describe him as a mysterious Vampyr that looks just like Nosferatu, and have him refer to the 5th as allies in his dialogue, leaving it implied (for now).

But really, that is minor compared to the rest of the changes that were made. Thank you again so much for fixing these issues, I really appreciate the effort to make it fit in with the established lore for us picky long-time players.

I've got two story arcs that have occasional issues with objectives (bosses and destructible objects) not spawning. I don't know what to do about this, I talked to pohsyb about it back in Issue 14 beta, and he said he was trying to nail it down, but I haven't heard any mention of it since.

The first arc is Win the Past, Own the Future (Arc ID #1429), for which sometimes one of the boss objectives in the first mission won't spawn (note that there also is a spawn on a catwalk above the open area that lots of people miss-- I'm not talking about that spawn). Also, sometimes one of the boss spawns in the final mission won't spawn. These problems have existed since Issue 14 beta, and despite map changes and objective type changes, they have persisted.

The second arc, is Death for Dollars! (Arc ID#1050). In this arc, sometimes people report the final boss of the first mission (the Super Grunt) not spawning, and sometimes they report a destructible object in the second mission (the Special Bonus Prize) not spawning. When I run through the arc, sometimes they all spawn fine, and sometimes they don't. It isn't consistent. Note that I never received reports of problems with this arc until Issue 15 went live.

Has anyone else had intermittent issues with objectives not spawning like this? Have you found any way to fix them?

This thread was eaten in the old forum purge, and I'm just now getting back to reposting it.

Arc Name: Dr. Duplicate's Dastardly Dare
Arc ID: 1218
Faction: Custom
Difficulty Level: Low-Medium. Should be soloable for most builds.

Synopsis: Dr. Duplicate, a villain with a notoriously large ego, has taken over the Paragon Dance Party (people still go there?), and dared you to take it from him!

Estimated Time to Play: 10 minutes-- 1 mission.

This mission is intended to be short, cheesy fun, with some humor.

This thread was eaten in the old forum purge, and I'm just now getting back to reposting it.

Arc Name: Death for Dollars!
Arc ID: 1050
Faction: Custom
Difficulty Level: Low-Medium, should be soloable by most builds. There is an EB at the end, but there are optional allies to assist.

Synopsis: The makers of arcade classics 'Destruction Cinema' and 'Absolute Mayhem' bring you the action-packed, gore-filled Virtual Reality show, 'Death for Dollars'!

Estimated Time to Play: 20-30 minutes (3 medium sized missions)

Note: I've gotten occasional reports of objectives not spawning in the first and second missions. If anyone has any ideas on what to do about this, I'd appreciate it. I've /bugged it, and don't know what else to do.


Also, there's an "Extreme" version of this arc (Arc ID #1100), that makes use of Gang War for some really over the top play. I haven't kept it up to date storywise, and it's currently disabled due to some changes from previous patches. When I have time, I may try to update it, but I've honestly been considering deleting it altogether, because I originally made it for my SG, and we've played it enough.

The thread for this arc was eaten a long time ago by the forum purge, before this section was set not to purge, and I'm finally reposting it by request.

Arc Name: Win the Past, Own the Future
Arc ID: 1429
Faction: Multiple
Difficulty Level: Medium (One AV/EB in the last mission, but with an ally to assist. Probably best to have a team unless you are a well built Scrapper or Tanker with some patience)

Synopsis: In the midst of a riot, someone has escaped from Ziggursky Penitentiary. Discover who it is, what his plans are, and find an unlikely ally in your quest to stop a plan that will otherwise leave the world in a terrifying state.

Estimated Time to Play: 30-45 minutes-- 3 Missions in total.

Note that while this is Dev's Choice on test, so those in I14 beta may have played that version, this version is very different from that one. After getting lots of feedback, I've made several adjustments. I'd appreciate hearing any additional feedback!

Also: I get occasional reports of objectives (bosses usually) not spawning at all in the first and last mission. If anyone has any ideas on what to do about this, I'd appreciate it. I've /bugged it, and don't know what else to do.

Right before it went down, it kicked me out claiming that someone logged in with my account. That worried me. Then I logged in again and all of my characters were there, but invisible (the avatar didn't show) and it kicked me out when I tried to log in as one.

Hopefully that was just the death throes of the test server as it was going down.

One thing Rick Dakan deserves a lot of credit for, apparently, is the Story Bible, and therefore most of the lore of the game as it existed at launch. I spoke to Positron at Comic Con about it, and he said Rick wrote about 80% of the story bible.

If you like the stories behind Nemesis, the Rikti, Superadine, Crey, the 5th Column (but NOT the Council), the Freakshow, etc, then that was likely Rick.

It sounds like Rick didn't have management skills, but did have creative ability.

Sounds like sarcasm to me.

Whoa, I thought spaces were invalid. If I don't get Liquid, can you put spaces in my other choices where the capital letters separate the words? (I can resend the email if need be)

Edit: NEVERMIND! Thank you!