Lycanus

assuming this doesn't extend the reproductive window, what you'd see is people from ages 20-40 being supported by their 100+ year old family members and starting a new family until they're past child rearing years and really ready to get started working

ie, having babies would be a REALLY young adult thing

however, since the attitudes that's causing the population drop in many higher-tech societies won't go away over night, it would take some time...and women won't likely be happy if they got told "have kids until your 40" even if men got told the same.

it won't be true immortality of course, injury and some illness would still be an issue, as well as genetic defects

also, they don't note the fact that the longer the lifespan, the greater the chance of developing cancer

not a problem

an example of the wading behavior (from tndrst18.txt):

The command for H includes the follow for the annoyed behavior, after first target, follow must be manually applied

In files st11 through st19 there are six commands to change costume and move to a new level of erratic behavior (some on alt-2 and the rest at button 5 or higher) and 5 chat commands including 2 or 3 chats in powers 1-4

And Annoyed:

In files an11 through an19 there are 7 costume/erratic command changes and 4 chat commands, the CCs are in lesser used powers (though with 6 becoming hurl, some of this may need to be moved a bit)

Injury level 2 annoyed:

This run of binds has 7 costume/file set shifts; some on main-use powers 1-4; 4 chat commands; and 5 random shifts to the "Wading"/"Standard" behavior

A similar line from the tndrst21.txt through tndrst29.txt for the behavior shift looks like this:

note, again, when shifting to annoyed, follow is included

At level 3 in tndran31.txt through tndran39.txt, there are, comparatively 15 lines that involve switching to one of the standard files including "Target nearest enemy" in each command

15 out 90 basic 1-0 activation commands, not including alts and ctrls (including several on the 27 commonly used lines for powers 1-4) makes her very erratic, sometimes switching opponents on the first attempt to attack an opponent I've designated

at that level, I basically try to make sure my target is the only thing on the screen if possible....if there is no critical target, then I just give her her lead

On the tndrst31.txt through tndrst39.txt there are 26 instances where she shifts from wading to annoyed, meaning she's MUCH more likely to get focused away from wading than to go from annoyed to wading...each of those 26 instances does contain a follow command

as to the buffer files: tndrst1a.txt, tndrst1b.txt, tndrst2a.txt, tndrst2b.txt, tndrst3a.txt, tndrst3b.txt

they all look essentially the same:

hitting alt-2 (my rage button) here shifts to tndrst1b.txt hitting alt-2 there goes to tndrst11.txt

meaning I can choose to artificially advance through the buffer simply by double tapping alt-2, or I can let rage actually be recharged twice and use alt-2 naturally, or I can use the mouse instead of the keyboard and prevent the file from advancing at all

this is to both slow down the rate of injury and to prevent the bind files attempting a costume change in the 30-second no-change window

To start the sequence over again:

L takes you right back to the beginning. L was chosen due to being out of the way and something less likely to be hit by accident in combat

there are 68 total mostly identical files controlling her behavior, if I wanted to extend he erratic behavior to the buffer period, then I'd have to add more. When I add the 4th and 5th costume slot, I will add 22 files (11 wading, 11 annoyed) each time so the grand total number of files will be 112.

at level 4 I'm probably going to continue about the same level of behavior switching as 3 (perhaps increase it to 20 annoyed->wade and 30 wade->annoyed) but also add in random inspiration usage replacing a normal power use...she is already an inspiration hog, but currently I am deciding what to use at least

I'll probably embed 4-7 inspiration pop commands (need to look those up)

at level 5 I'll build on that and design it so:

which would turn what would be a planned kick into a hand clap, assuming clap is recharged

I'll probably embed only 4-7 of these so it doesn't happen all the time

just for fun

I get character whims and run with them...and needed a break from work for a bit

One line I'm associating with her right now is "Don't worry, I'm pretty sure its mostly my blood."

Natural Brute started Praetoria, currently in Paragon, basically a good person, but with a really bad temper and inexplicable levels of strength.

No genetic differences, no science accident or magical gift...she just gets mad and people are soon tossed thereafter.

And yeah, the character was inspired by Shizuo Heiwajima from Durarara!! who tends to get a slasher smile when he's starting to get angry

my thoughts are that her idea is that the best way she can avoid hurting decent people is to deal with people that are either deserving of her wrath or able to handle it

and I've been itching to play a knockback heavy melee for a LONNNG time

hmm, actually figured out the string of inspiration

watched Durarara!!

lots of fun watching the Shizuo character toss people around

remembered my own few experiences tossing people around in early CoH with an SS tank

rolled up Tender, tweaked her out from looking like a female Shizuo to being that first one above

played around with a bloody version for a second costume, planned it to be her "strength of will" mode...costumes linked to desperation defenses is nothing new for me, have had lots of characters with powers linked to a costume change emote

realized that the heavy knockback playstyle would be easier if I had "target nearest enemy" bound up with my 1-0 keys

put in the option of switching to a normal targeting thing (no target commands in the power buttons) and keyed with a follow

borrowed an old bind file set up I had with a character to rotate her battle cries and pithy-in-combat comments

and thus I have the above project

Actually, I've long thought about suggesting IO sets that include a damage-type conversion enhancement...rather than a simple "Chance of"

but don't know enough about their coding to know if its feasible

though given that that's probably more feasible than my wish for a multi-armed male and female models...

Iconic isn't a specific design attitude.

Iconic are those costumes that virtually define the character.

Costumes that say THIS is what the character should ALWAYS look like

awwwww...I just found this....sigh

oh well, Mellisandra has some great characters

ooo good one


really...I'm not a fan of the superhero costume....for some of the iconic characters it's part of them, but I don't like spandex without a reason

most of my heroes generally wear practical wear

I'm looking at a solo SS/Will Brute...geared mostly for "fun with KB" but want decent survivability still

the recharge debuff would help a little bit, assuming its effective...I'm not really worried about one on one's yet....most of the time I get down to a single boss, I'm good...haven't started thinking about gearing for AVs (she's 20 right now)

huh, hadn't thought of spreading the shopping around

unfortunately, I stretch my time to do 5 missions, and usually don't even sign on

so right around 10 days then

just know the prices on the auctionhouse are in the 150mils

was looking at gathering some for a friend recently, ended up harvesting my unused recipes in my characters to send him

invention stations in universities sell them

you can sometimes get them for less of a price from the auction house, but usually better not to risk...careful with that 50, that's enough to make you think you've got a lot

yeah, don't try to save up the millions(billions?) to get a complete Kinetic Combat set until you know for sure it will help your build

as just one example

small misunderstanding

IOs are still good to buy, just not absolutely necessary

also you will save money in the long run if you buy IOs at level 30+ and then just save up, because IOs will never degrade

if low on money, just go for common IOs and SOs

if you've got some money on hand or picked up some good recipes, "Frankenslotting" is a good option

for example, take the Dam/Acc from two different sets, Dam/Rec from two different sets and Acc/End from two different sets

and with that (depending on the level of IO you buy) you have the about the same as taking 4 Acc SOs, 4 Dam SOs, 1 Rec SO and 1 End SO, perhaps a little bit higher, in fact

small misunderstanding...I didn't say don't buy IOs, I said the priority is on your slotting stats


IE, rather than look at a set for what set-bonuses it gets early on, look to see what sort of enhancements get you the best stats

for example, you could get Dam/Acc, Dam/Acc, Dam/Rec, Dam/Rec, Acc/End, Acc/End from two different sets and you'd end up with overall better stats than if you just did the normal Accx2, Damx3, Rec