MTS

If it were to somehow launch before the problem was fixed, and people on live ended up being double-billed due to technical issues, I guarantee you there would be refunds.

Saying "all sales are final" is all well and good, but there are these little things called consumer protection laws that states tend to take rather seriously.

I agree in hoping that isn't what marketing considers their best foot forward. If it is, they should have picked something other than BLUE.

Sounds about right. IIRC all of them except the slow patch take Damage enhancements, and everything except the immob takes Slows. Only one of the vine attacks takes kb (I thought it was both but apparently not), and only the immob takes Immobolizes.

The immob however is based on a really funky psuedopet design involving dead hostile targets, so it's hard to measure. It might proc a little more than once per 10 seconds, but I doubt it will measure up to the slow and the damage set procs.

Err, the male barbarian stuff looks a lot skimpier than the female one. Unless you're asking for an option to let them walk around bare-chested?

I really wish they had picked a color other than blue to show the female version in though. I'm hoping that the fur is optional (like the magic bolero) and that they get the low cut boots. Even 'Witch' I think you can use as a pattern on regular boots if nothing else.

I always miss that one since Mids lists it first in the set instead of last. Yes, Javelin Volley should work nicely.

Impeded Swiftness is still the clear winner, since it has a chance to proc from both Brambles (AoE auto-power, so 10 second timer), and both of the Vines' attack powers.

More other counterpart than "evil mirror universe", I think. I'm sure GG will vehemently disagree with me (), but I think the 'new' Praetoria seems to be based on the idea that the counterparts are basically the same people, but who were shaped differently by their circumstances.

IOW, Tyrant wasn't born a ruthless dictator, he became one because that's what he thought he had to be to save his people.

By the same token, Synapse might have turned out to be an arrogant jerk if people had put him on a high enough pedestal.

And who's to say primal Tillman wouldn't have eventually gone crazy too if she hadn't gotten her body back? It's implied the circumstances of Mother Mayhem having Aurora's body are different as well, which could have quite an impact on her psyche (no pun intended).

Primal Vanessa DeVore put on the mask in order to fight the Rikti. And she did - it wasn't until after they were pushed back that the hunger for souls consumed her. Praetorian Vanessa was still fighting her war...

Anyway, I could go on and on, but it seems to me that it's more the setting that's different, rather than the players. Not the first time the idea has been explored in fiction, sure, but I still think it's infinitely more interesting than "evil goatee universe where everything is backwards".

Could be Geneva, since there's a very large U.N. center there. Makes sense if New Work wasn't in the running and Paragon was unsuitable for some reason (Rikti invasion?)

Wiki to the rescue! Earth thorn casters are 35-39, while Ruin Mages are 15-24. I guess I was hallucinating when I thought I'd seen them both at the same time.

I've never played a character that had any trouble whatsoever with level 50 CoT, not even solo blasters with SOs.

At level 45 they lose their last few troublesome enemies. At 50 they literally only have Guides, Ice Thorn Casters (pathetic), Behemoth minions and Lts, and Death Mages (keep a breakfree for the stun and you're golden). That's it.

There are Possessed Scientists near portal corp and on a couple redside missions, but other than them nothing else even exists at that level for them.

Both CoT and Crey need a 45-50 pass IMO, as they lose a ton of variety and challenge. Ironically, the shadow shard reflections of CoT have a lot more variety at 50.

I really don't get why people consider KoA difficult. Malta? Sure. Carnies? Yeah. But knives? I find them to be at worst a moderate annoyance (when playing melee characters). For ranged or control ATs, they are a complete council-level joke.

Actually, not really. At level 50 you can't get into the resistance base to see if she's there or not, so it's not an issue.

The possible contradiction with the responsibility arc where you have the option of turning her over to Mother Mayhem is an issue though. Presumably if you went that route she would had to have somehow escaped between then and when the underground trial takes place.

Earth Thorn Casters can be nasty at the level you first encounter them, too. Stacked quicksand and say bye bye to your defense. Pretty sure they're in about the same range as Ruin Mages, which makes for quite the combo.

Then they kind of get wimpy around level 40+ and eventually become the Circle of Fail with nothing but ice thorn casters, behemoth Lts (not even the boss ones anymore), and death mages. Yawn.

Not to mention phasing while held...... Dirty cheaters.

Well, they've said that the circle of thorns costumes will be one of the NPC sets purchasable for use by players, so it stands to reason that female versions of it will at least exist.

Whether or not the NPCs use them is another matter, but at least it would be easy enough to do.

Is there a source for that? At 30 minutes base, I have a hard time believing that it won't be slottable for recharge. That sounds like just the kind of "set it at 2-3 times how often want people to be able to use it" methodology that most long recharge powers use.

There's no PvP in the champagne room?

Yes, that's correct. The details are here:

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Archvillain

85% is against a level 50 AV. It's less (but still a lot) for lower-level AVs. Also, it'll be even worse against an AV who is higher than you. Your debuffs are only 48% effective against a +4 enemy, and that's before the AV resistance.

See also: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Purple_Patch

That video always makes me laugh so hard when I see it. Something about all the in-jokes and references packed so tight you have to go back to see the ones you missed.