Megajoule

Great post, Reiska. I'd be interested in seeing your suggestion implemented.

And here I thought this thread was going to be "so, we've all agreed to ignore the official backstory of AE, what with sticking our heads into something created by Crey and Dr. Aeon, because that's stupid and/or assumes we are, right?"

Tried it on Test. I keep failing combos because I can't seem to hit the arrows right as they light up.

I just hope that no one out there with 8 grand takes this (too) seriously, or we could have a repeat of the infamous "Pepsi Harrier" incident/lawsuit.

and the poor coulrophobes start freaking out just looking at that icon...

(well played, devs. I especially laughed at the Vanity Pet and the "There's Always One" temp power.)

SSA #1 already has enough happy relationships getting broken up, downer endings despite everything the heroes tried, and/or people shot through the chest to earn the Joss Whedon seal of approval. I would expect no less of an arc officially credited to him.

(Also, Penny Yin, tiny badass. Maybe he'd have her go barefoot.)

If you'd spent six months working on something, only to have the people you presented it to immediately smash it to bits and use the bits to try to get high, wouldn't you be a little bit upset?

No. You made your choice, you chose to sacrifice travel utility for more power. Even now, you don't want to give up what you took in its place; you want to eat your cake and have it too.

Some "secret" anyway - people open Oro portals right in the middle of Atlas Plaza, and even the newsies seem to know about 'em. I haven't seen such a badly-kept secret since the true nature of the Rikti, known only to those with Omega clearance... or the Malta Group... or the Circle of Thorns... or the Clockwork...

(face it, there are no actual secrets in this game. at best, there are spoilers, and those only for a limited time.)

Yes, I use globals. No, I don't recolor them. I have tabs for that.

(One tab for each channel in my main chat window, for sending/easy switching and regular reading, and also a tall window that opens on the far right side of my screen, with tabs for Local (+emotes), Team (+emotes), and my most commonly used channels - that one's for reviewing history and following long conversations with less scrolling.)

"More organs means more human!"
-- Invader ZIM

I think that what this SSA proved is that CoH can stand right up there with its inspirations in making a half-year-long, poorly written and badly telegraphed marketing stunt in which A Flagship Character Dies And Nothing Will Ever Be The Same, No Really We Mean It. (Bonus points for it getting spoiled in the middle, requiring a hasty attempt to salvage something from the rest.)

Our little game is all grown up and putting out storylines just as big and stupid as Marvel or DC! I'm... I'm so proud. *snif* *wipes at eyes*

Just a reminder for the players (and perhaps for the current Devs):

We're now just two months away from the tenth anniversary of the start of the Rikti invasion, a very significant event in the history of Paragon City and Primal Earth as a whole. If you intend to make any special observance of this date and/or Memorial Day (it's May 28 this year), now might be a good time to start making plans.

My recollection is that this has been asked for before, and every time the response has been that it's fundamental to how the character's data is stored on their end. They would literally have to rewrite a very old, very basic part of the game - without breaking anything in the process. This is very, VERY unlikely to happen.

I've rerolled two characters, in their 20s (and this is back when that actually took a couple of weeks' worth of evenings to get), to fix their Origin. I'm sure it'd be even easier now. If the characters in question are old ones with anniversary badges etc that you can't get again... I guess you'll have to decide which bothers you more, not having the badges or not having the "right" Origin.

My slate of characters includes a Peacebringer (who actually is a Kheldian, unlike some ), a former Sky Raider, a Vahzilok Abomination, a Resistance Heavy Hands, a Wolf Spider Huntsman, and the spirit of Kings Row itself.

On the other hand, I reject and ignore what I feel to be ill-considered, problematic and deeply flawed attempts to explain game mechanics in terms of lore - for me, the Origin of Power arc is as absurd as "midichlorians" (and for many of the same reasons), and trying to pass off the Mission Architect / player-generated content as a public joint venture of Crey and Dr. Aeon, and expecting people who really should know better to use it anyway, strains my disbelief past the breaking point. Finally, while some of my Incarnates are empowered by the Well, others are just that powerful (or have the potential to become so) because of what they are - e.g., the aforementioned spirit of the Row.

EDIT: Looking at the above responses, I'd say I'm pretty much on the same page as Techbot Alpha and others. I try to work within the universe, not the game, because many elements of the latter are nonsensical if taken literally.

But he is, himself, a wannabe hero, so that's... okay?

Two main goals:

Tier 3 (or better) in Alpha, Lore and Destiny as soon as possible, for the level shifts
Tier 3 (or better) in Judgment

Eh, I still prefer jwbullfrog's answer back on page 1 ("Don't take incarnate powers.")