Oathbound

Unfortunately BaBs (Least I think it was BaBs) has already said Granite will not be customizable (whether "at this time" or "ever" I do not know).

Granite Armor is not a power effect. It is an NPC entity that replaces your character avatar entirely.

I want to lie on my back, clutching a lily at my chest. Like some cheesy old movie.

While today's forecast calls for a relatively mild 83degrees, we've already gotten to within a few points shy of 100degrees this month.

And to think, it's not even summer yet.

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this school year is ending horribly

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The California school system is looking at the possibility of shortening the school year by a week, due to budget cutbacks.

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There are hot dog vendors Villain side. Who KNOWS what those things are made of?

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Who wants to?

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This please ?

Is there a Praetorian/Cimeroan version of Lord Recluse?

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Not sure if this has been answered or not... I heard from a source that the Tyrant killed the praetorian version of LR before he ever became LR - sorry that I don't have any specific details, but its my understanding that no, there is no Praetorian Lord Recluse.

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This is entirely forum speculation.

The general Forumite consensus seems to be that Praetorian Marcus Cole, being the power hungry [censored] that he is, would have killed Stefan Richter once they found the Well of the Furies/got their powers.

I argue that there's no evidence that Praetorian Stefan Richter was ever friends/comrades/associates with his world's Marcus Cole, or that he was ever even AT the Praetorian's Well.

Also keep in mind, not all Praetorians are polar opposites of their Paragon versions. Malaise is just as crazy and evil in both worlds. People assume Tyrant would have been able to easily kill Praetorian Recluse because he (Recluse) would be bound by whatever upstanding code that our Statesman is, where Tyrant is not, meaning he (recluse) would try fighting fair, and die to Tyrant's underhandedness. Praetorian Recluse *could* be just as underhanded as he is on Primal Earth, or even more so.

Given how fond the Devs are of alternate versions of the Signature Characters, I doubt they would definitively cut off any of them from making future appearances is some version or another.

I guess basically what I'm saying is:

We don't know enough about Praetoria (or the Dev's intent regarding it) to even begin making assumptions about what characters may or may not exist there.

(That was directed at the forum goes in general, not anyone in specific.)

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Thank you for opening this thread.

<ul type="square">[*]How and when did Lady Grey originate?[/list]&lt;snip&gt;

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Well, as far as when goes.... September 19, 1809.


Oh, and another question (or two) about Kheldians:

Is it the position of the Devs that Kheldians (Peacebringers/Warshades) Do not, Can Not, or Will Not join with metahumans?

If not, Why then is it that Metahuman Hosts never ever use any of their preexisting powers ever again? (Which could have been represented by Ancillary or Tertiary power pools of the various elemental types/etc)

The backstory of my Peacebringer is that he/she/it (Third Question; Do they HAVE genders?) joined with my Forcefield/Psychic Blast Defender, but it doesn't make sense that he would never use any of his bubbles, or Psychic powers anymore.

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This please ?

Is there a Praetorian/Cimeroan version of Lord Recluse?

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I would like to expand on this and ask, Are there Praetorian versions of ALL/ANY of the Signature Villains?

Are they Good, Evil, Neutral or whatever else they might be?

What groups are they affiliated with? (e.g. The Carnival of Light)

Finally, if they do exist what names do they go by and what types of powers do they have?

(I've been working on a Story Arc regarding Praetorian Belladonna Vetrano, and Ideally I'd like to make her a Peacebringer (if we ever get to use Kheldian powers for Custom critters) but if you guys already have names/powersets/bios laid out for them, I'd like to go with what you have.)

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The defense buff given to team mates is like having a built in Maneuvers. It's a perk but definitely skippable (it's not like you're giving your team a *substantial* defense bonus).

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If you're talking about Grant Cover, this isn't quite right. Grant Cover gives a very substantial +11.25% def(melee, ranged, aoe) to everyone but the tanker in a 15-ft. radius. Compare that to Force Field Defenders, whose Dispersion Bubble gives +10% def(all) to everyone within 25ft.

Grant Cover also provides 17.3% defense debuff resistance.

EDIT to add that Maneuvers for a tank grants +2.275% def(all) in a massive 60ft. radius.

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It doesn't grant typed defense? Ick, that means it doesn't stack with sets that utilize typed defense (like Invuln, WP, Ice, etc).

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It does. It's 11.25% to all positions and all types except psi.

Here's a quick composite showing the Old and New style of Gladiator Shoulders:

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GAH!

I hate Horatio.... Now I must hate Statesman too (frankly, I was rather leaning that way anyhow).


Such... horrible... acting... ugh....

(Sweet piece btw)

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The abbreviation Xmas for the word Christmas is of Greek origin. Since the word for Christ in the Greek language is Xristos, which starts with the letter "X," they started putting the X in place of Christ and came up with the short form for the word Christmas

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Interesting.

I would have figured it was because an 'X' is a crisscross shape.

Xmas = criss(cross) +mas = Christmas


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Once you come, you'll never want to leave...

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I know I wouldn't want to leave from that hot Florida sun.
I've not been farther south than Buffalo. Our summer here is about 4 months. And its not all sunshine.

I take it you are not from there?

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I'm a winter person. I'd much rather be too cold than too hot.

If you're cold you can put on a jacket/wrap up in a blanket/what have you.

If you're hot... there's only so much you can take off.

Sounds like a great idea.

I've had a couple people watch me building once or twice, it's SOOO much easier to show them how to do something, rather than trying to explain it.

I'm sure even seasoned builders could pick up a thing or two from watching each other.

I'd have to say that any of the buffing sets would work well.

Necro pets are by and large melee focused, but are pretty squishy. Anything that helps them survive melee range is golden in my book.

Cold Domination, Thermal, and Sonic would be my picks for support.

As for the Primary, basically anything you want, though I would shy away from Energy due to it's knockback.

Surveillance is a great power.

What's not to love about a ranged, non-agro Defense and Resist debuff?

I'm flying to Florida on the 2nd. It'll be the first time I've ever been farther east than Denver.

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Instead of darkest night for scrappers, I'd like to get tar patch - maybe an overall lesser version of it.

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I'd support that (along with some other -res, -dam, and other useful debuffs) and, if we did, we'd get a weaker version thanks to our significantly lower debuff scalar.

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Not just because of the archetype Mods.

Tanker Melt Armor was artificially lowered in debuff magnitude when added to their APPs, you can bet that Tar Patch for Scrappers would get the same treatment.

Thermal Radiation Melt Armor is a Scale 2 Defense debuff, and a Scale 3 Resist debuff.

Pyre Mastery Melt Armor is a Scale 1 Defense debuff and a Scale 1.5 Resist debuff.

If Melt Armor had just been ported to Tankers unchanged it would have been ~14% Defense Debuff and ~19.5% Resist debuff, instead of its current -7% Defense -9.75% Resist.

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Dark Miasma for Controllers also doesn't bother me. The only problematic power there is Fearsome Stare, which would probably have to be a single-target power to keep it from stacking too easily with Mind Control's Terrify.
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Frankly I don't think that's even an issue.

There are already support sets with overlapping AoE control capability. Storm has Thunderclap which stacks with the disorients in Earth, Fire and Gravity to for a total mitigation lock on anything that's not highly resistant to stuns.

Stacked fear is not total mitigation, as foes can still retaliate against you.

The changes I *do* expect to see to Fearsome Stare are it's recharge increased (anywhere from 60 to 90 seconds) and it's Magnitude dropped to mag2(possibly keeping it's chance for +1mag... Which it shouldn't even have as a Defender power, but it does).

My list of things not to do while intoxicated just got longer.

The town of Calma, Chile in the Atacama Desert has never had rain.

I have to say frankly I disagree on most of those things you listed.

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I find it rather fun to imagine things that *aren't* going to be proliferated.

-- Icy Melee for Brutes. Yes, make the enemies stop attacking you.


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Dark Armor is already available to brutes and has TWO toggles that virtually completely shut down enemy attacks on you.

SLOWING attacks is hardly as crippling to fury generation.

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-- Dark Miasma (support) for Controllers. Why? Tier 9 Pet- I don't think they want controllers to have two permapets at once.


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Dark Servant isn't permanent (lasts for 240seconds per summon), and would likely get modified the same way that it was for Masterminds (Recharge Increase to 500seconds) meaning it couldn't even be made permanent without Heavy recharge slotting and recharge buffs (hasten/sets/outside buffs).

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-- Broadsword/Katana for Tankers. They wouldn't dare remove Parry/DA. And they wouldn't dare keep it in.


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I don't agree. Siphon Life is total mitigation (via HP recovery) where Parry/DA are only partial mitigation (Melee and lethal), but Dark Melee got ported to tankers.

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This is the only one that I fully agree with:
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-- Illusion Control for Dominators. Sorry. It just doesn't mesh well with their inherent. And it's just not personal enough for a Dom. :3


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Illusion would be a craptacular set for Dominators, and as soon as the new Shiny Shiny wore off, people would start screaming for the devs to "fix" it.

Not gonna happen.

Hibernate has already been established as a power in the leviathan mastery set for stalkers.

Removing it from the pool would subsequently impact existing player characters, their builds, and potentially their playstyles.

Subbing something in Hibernate's place for Ice Armor however, negatively impacts no one, as there are no stalkers with the set.

Yuri:
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Okay, so the spirit sharks are out, but how does this necessarily discredit the Water Spout? &gt;.&gt; It's a giant column of spinny water!

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Never said it did.

I'm perfectly fine with Water Spout. But then personally, if I just -had- to have Hibernate in my build, I'd pick up the Shark if it were the only option, I just wouldn't bother slotting/using it.

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