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  1. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Quasadu View Post
    My idea would be to... uhm... let Steelclaw write the show. >.>
    I know I'd be a bad choice. There'd be a lot more regularly occurring non-human characters, probably of odd sorts...possibly half-blooded characters...inter-racial romance most likely would occur

    Somebody would have an absolutely terrible history they're already recovering from

    A nonstandard relationship would be hinted at, if just vaguely, probably involving two or more female characters

    and the consequences involved would probably be a bit too harsh for a kids show
  2. Lycanus
    no, just no, I'm already having to go through a lot of effort just to get my basic attacks on my SS brute to a KB of 2, she's already going to have less KB than a blaster with power thrust will without slotting save maybe on KO-Blow and Hurl....I want more knockback, not less than already exists...
  3. Lycanus
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    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Once upon a time, I made a suggestion for "dual class" characters which worked in pretty much the same fashion as you describe. They were kind of like multiple builds for the same character, only instead of builds, they were entire different characters who just happened to share the same name and appearance. In effect, this was an extension of my suggestion to let a player reusing his own names on the same server where he has them.

    Provided each build takes up a character slot and each build needs to be levelled up separately, I don't see this as presenting a major balancing problem. If anything, it would just constitute making several characters who share the same costumes and whom you can switch between without going to character select, mechanically speaking. Conceptually speaking, it would allow us to claim that, for instance, each suit of power armour comes with different specs. One is a blaster, another is a scrapper and another still a controller. Or we could explain it as a character using multiple weapons and each one coming with its own unique stance and sensibilities.

    Believe it or not, I actually agree with what you're doing here.
    you see, this is what I'd like with my Dorsal/Mikosame/Same-Bushi character and other variations....I wouldn't even mind it if I had to log out and back in to switch...but it would be nice if each was linked to the same missions.....

    we have SOOOO many mission options now, I don't see anything wrong with having two or more characters linked to the same mission pool....especially since that would slow down leveling...since you're essentially splitting the xp across three characters


    then I could do my Halloweener(s) character (which would essentially be 9 character slots linked, however) and when one accepts a mission, I could do that mission with any of the characters I wanted
  4. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    I delete because I have no use for characters that aren't true to their concept. I play for the story and the narrative, and as such if a character was "improved" by being rerolled, then I quite literally have no use for that character ever again. Just a combination of powersets and levels doesn't interest me without a story attached, and if I have a version that's truer to that story, then the old one is obsolete.

    That said, I'll keep an "old" version of Xanta off-server just in case I end up hating Titanic Weapons after the fact, but I rather doubt it.
    ah, and in my case, no one powerset can truly fill what I feel is the story for some characters....which is another reason why I like proliferation...this way, I can do a complete set that represents everything a character can do...just, unfortunately not at once

    my most extreme so far are Jean Hannah (Mind/Force troller) and Hana Jin (DB/WP tank) who I haven't much played with, which are supposed to be the same person only Jin is Jean's repressed attitudes

    but yeah, I'll always tend to expand my characters and see a new version as just a continuation or expansion of their story rather than a retelling
  5. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zortel View Post
    Cardiac is my one true love. It makes sets more playable because you have more endurance to work with, and as such can attack for longer, run more toggles, so on.
    Cardiac is nice, I like Spiritual for the healing boost on other things
  6. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    I don't know... I used to think I wanted that, but then I wondered: Would I really want to have a brand new powerset, one I've never played, seen or experienced, shot straight to 50? I mean, half the fun of playing a character is getting up through the levels, becoming stronger and paying old foes back for all the crap they've given you. I'm not sure I'd use a powerset respec even if I could.

    And this is coming from a guy who's planning to delete a level 50 Sword/Inv Scrapper to remake her as a level 1 Titan/Inv Scrapper... Or Brute
    why delete here, look what I did with Kuwiko (granted haven't played her much)

    Kuwi is:

    Dorsal 32 kat/inv
    Mikosame 29 Tri/Arch
    Same-Bushi 2X WP/DB

    all on Freedom

    then there's blood rose

    Blood Rose 50 Dark/Regen (Scrapper)
    Blood.Rose 22 Dark/Dark (tank)

    I don't delete my old versions, I just re-equip them
  7. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Oh, I don't disagree that a free hand would be useful for a real life encounter. I mean, much as I love pistols akimbo, anyone who's ever tripped with both his hands occupied knows how... Unfortunate this could be. Either you throw whatever it is you're carrying catch yourself from smashing your face on the ground, or else you try to fall on knees and elbows, and I happen to know from experience that that HURTS.
    This is the main reason that I would like a single-pistol set...when I designed the way the goddess organization trains its members to fight in my Bystander book, I deliberately made them a single pistol based style combined with a single knife style (usually spring loaded in the gun handle) and considered that free hand to be for maneuvering, reloading, grenades, handling something (like a detonator), grappling, blocking and generally being out of the way and free during a fight
  8. Lycanus
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    Originally Posted by Lothic View Post
    I'm sure the artwork on the particular MtG card you're talking about looked good. But trust me when I say that the artwork from a MtG card didn't "invent" the idea of the "little girl big sword" thing. That concept, like most things, has been around far longer than the early 90s.
    didn't mean to say "the look comes from" meant "my appreciation of the look comes from"
  9. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    So show it! I'd love to see that card. Sounds like pure inspiration in physical form from that description
    not sure I have it any more, let me see if I can find it

    got it

  10. Lycanus
    The OP doesn't understand, you don't complain about wanting stuff you already have....you complain about wanting stuff you absolutely know is unlikely in the near future, look at my track list since launch back in 04

    the ability to have a skin-texture and clothes
    ability to shift size and build between costume slots
    power customization (before it was called that)
    better selection of animal pieces
    power proliferation (before it was called that)
    side switching (I've had an MM on the docket since CoV launch whom I almost never played until Going Rogue came out...she's now a hero...I still have some 1-5 villains that were waiting for Going Rogue, since CoV launch, which I haven't gotten around to leveling)


    my current list of wishes includes:

    multi-armed builds or power sets
    SS hurl being random stuff rather than just a hunk of dirt
    more proliferation
    incarnate-advancing content for soloists
    more powersets

    Trust me, I've been around a long time saying "a power in and of itself is neither good nor evil" or "why can't a blaster or controller use darkness?"

    and then saying "finally woohoo!" when it actually happens

    check back on my requests, you'll find most have happened and most were considered stupid or "too animeish" or "too furry" or "not right for that AT" at the time I originally suggested them
  11. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    Umm, you've been repeating content since level 1.

    Does it really matter that you're defeating Death Head this time instead of Bone Rattler? You're on an identical warehouse map, fighting identical bad guys, one of which happens to have had a different name typed in by the mission writer or randomly generated from a file that has generic villain names in it. For all we know, the Skulls are just 30 dudes and we've been fighting the same guys over and over the whole time.

    The entire game is repetitive. You have Defeat a Boss missions, Collect a Glowy missions, Rescue a Hostage missions, and that's pretty much it. The writers and mission designers do a pretty good job at making it not feel like that, but when you strip away all the fluff, you've been running slight variations of the same 3 missions from the day you first logged in.

    I find it odd that it took Incarnate Trials before you even noticed any repetitiveness.
    Personally, I'm not looking too deeply into Incarnate Content until it is available in methods I don't require anybody else to do....

    incarnate trials are fine for people that have a raiding mentality

    but the rest of us solo-ers would like at least the ability to advance in the incarnate mechanics without dealing with the mass PuGs
  12. Lycanus
    Tankers - bar none hardest to kill in the game, best aggro control, first line of defense

    Brutes - good second tank/satellite tank/back-rank tank, second to blaster in minion clearing

    Scrappers - torpedos, single-target specialists, can second-tank in short-term emergencies, almost the best single target damage potential (critical hit allows for overtopping a Brute's max by a lot.

    Stalkers - not played much, better damage potential to scrappers, but harder to pull off consistently

    Blasters - good rear support, best minion clearing.

    Defenders - my mainstay team role, actually. have some dark/rad/storm/trick defenders that do quite well

    Corruptors - not played much

    Masterminds - for when I want to watch

    Dominators - not played much
  13. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Doughboy View Post
    Same here. I'm not a fan of the giant swords and other huge weapons. Light poles and railroad crossings, sure. A super strength character could lug those around. But the manga-inspired swords as big as the character wielding it? Not my thing.

    If you like it, enjoy. If not, I empathize.
    I must admit, the little girl big sword thing is one I like, however, that look comes from a magic the gathering card way back when I still used to play, a black card from the same set that produced Thrulls there was a card that was similar to the black knight in a way that had multiple images and one of those was a woman reclining on a rock with a huge broadsword that was taller than she was.

    Loved the look.
  14. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Some days I forget that I'm excited about the new Titanic Weapons set and I get lost in unimportant squabbles over small details. However, whenever I remember how giddy-excited I am about this set, I also remember that if it turns out to be what I think it will be, I may have a LOT of characters to reroll. As such, I want to ask you guys for a bit of fairly general concept help, and hopefully a fun discussion.

    Now, to try and formulate a more a more specific question (than even the one in the title), let's go with the following few:

    1. Can you think of any concepts that make sense with conventional Weapon sets, but don't make sense with Titanic weapons?

    2. Do you have any weapon characters? If so (assuming the set contains all classes of weapons), which ones are you leaving as is, and which ones are you remaking into Titanic weapons? Why?

    3. Has hearing about Titanic Weapons given you any new ideas? Has it given you a new spin on old ideas?
    1. gunslingers, Ninja, assassins, muskateers....these don't really make sense with titan weapons

    2. I have a fun weapons characters

    Dorsal/Mikosame/Same-Bushi is a Kat-Scrapper/Trick-Archer-Fender/DB-Tank who is a were-shark medic who uses weapons in order to keep a layer between herself and her opponent and help channel her predatory instincts...she will not be going titan as she will tends toward more meditative styles...

    Castle Rat is a BS Scrapper, despite her weapons ability to shift forms, I don't think a 3'10" wererat with no real superstrength will be wielding massive weapons

    Most of my others are gun-users

    3. My SS/Will brute, Tender Bar will have a Titan Weapons version since seeing the proposed railroad crossing sign weapon gave me the idea for her in the first place...the SS version will not be dropped


    I do not really re-roll characters, I just make a new character with a similar name and play them as the same character with different focuses
  15. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dr_Darkspeed View Post
    It sounds like the plan is for every AT to get a version of every applicable set (at some point, given time to do it). Thats awesome :-)
    I've been asking for this since like 2004

    ^_^
  16. Lycanus

    Endurance Drain

    POST-ACTION

    gads, End-drain is one of the few things out there you have to actually think about and plan for, don't take it away

    on a side note, since this is a generically named thread I'm going to encourage the shift toward player End-Drain as well

    End-Drain is one of those status effects that is crippling against a player but rather bleh against the computer opponents

    It used to be okay against some bosses, AVs and the like but then they buffed the AVs or nerfed end drain and now it's again pretty bleh

    yes, I can floor a minion, lt or boss on my dark/elec/elec fender, but, unless she's solo, that's not really going to mean anything...for the most part, minions and lts die via blaster or scrapper before I can drain them completely...bosses only get drained moderately faster than they die

    really, the only place end drain would be useful is against AVs and giant monsters, but, of course, that is prevented as too unbalancing...

    I find the same thing annoying about range...there are enemies out there with longer range than I will ever get my non-sniper powers too, and they are not sniper-class enemies

    personally, I feel that if someone puts the effort to specialize in range, then they should be able to reach extremes on their normal powers (base 80 ft) that none of the mobs outside the two snipers should be able to reach
  17. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Haetron View Post
    And thanks Lycanus, Ill play with the coloration some more. I was specifically speaking of that bright sunburst body shape in the bottom middle. Haven't been able to get anything near it myself. I've mostly been trying to make something that matches up with default energy fists however though.
    that's the power-simulator in the costume creator showing what siphon life looks like on that character...

    Calico exists in two versions MA/Dark scrapper and Dark/Shield scrapper
  18. Lycanus
    the three things I'd suggest:

    a) allow customization that removes the screaming faces from the cloak of fear...I know we can't remove it from the affected targets since that's the fear icon, but would be nice if we could remove it from the character aura

    b) allow white/silver colors on the tintable choices

    c) allow coloration of the dark shield in shield defense (also allow a dark shield that doesn't have the faces...call it a smoke shield or something)
  19. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Haetron View Post
    Uh, how did you do that?
    using the colors in the center of the color choices produces brightly colored clouds...I'm partial to orange because I like the gold look

    I have a similar coloring for my character Endcaller Mara, dark/elec fender, for when she's being especially religious
  20. Lycanus
    Multi-arm melee
  21. Lycanus
    I'd also like the option of having the Level gauge being disconnected from the health endurance bar so that I could close it without closing the health/End

    I've currently got my windows down to 65% and still would like the option of having that gone
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  23. Lycanus
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TremDei View Post
    Here's Nezumi. She's an Empathy/Electrical Blast Defender, all of 4 1/2 feet high, and all mousegirl.
    I know I already posted this character's links, but have to post an image in response to that:



    Castle Rat is a former wererat assassin who wields the Morpheus Blade, which does not kill but only sends it's targets into a state of unconsciousness (unless they're a robot or undead)

    she's also something of a cos-player, early to mid 30s
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    Durarara!!

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rock_Crag View Post
    I only caught part of one episode. Was anyone else reminded of Paranoia Agent while watching this?
    vaguely now that you mention it, it does mind-screw....but not nearly as badly...

    they do the thing where they flash back to show you a different perspective on the same set of events, however, so you're constantly jumping around in time.


    however, most of the mind screw is being shown to the audience and its more of a matter of trying to figure out if Celty and crew will see through Izaya's plots