Ravenswing

But... it doesn't make sense. If I'd said "I don't play with members of the opposite sex in tents," that would make sense.

I can only assume that you've moved your humour style from "Carry On..." to "Monty Python".

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No, I never play members of the opposite sex in tents.

(LARP joke.)

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What about in the bushes?

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Um... but that doesn't work with the 'intent' joke.

I think you're losing your touch, FFM.

I realise that... hence the suggestions thread someone posted to have all xp and debt removed from Siren's Call. Which would, indeed, make PvP totally devoid of any risk at all.

So, there's still a risk-free reward system for PvP in Siren's Call. Attack a target. Win, get bounty. Fail, lose nothing. Yes?

I'm sorry guys, but Risk vs Reward is totally messed up in PvP because there is no Risk.

Correct me if I'm wrong, please, but, in the PvP Zones, you get xp for defeating other PCs, but you take no debt for being defeated. If I'm wrong about the xp, then you still get benefits from defeating others, but no 'punishment' for being defeated. This is the only place in the game where Cryptic's much paraded Risk vs Reward rule is totally ignored.

Aside from that, I'd have thought that Bounty and such should be shared out in the same way xp is, so generally I agree with the OP. However, it's nothing to do with Risk vs Reward.

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It's part skill, part observation, part talent.

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and part intent?

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No, I never play members of the opposite sex in tents.

(LARP joke.)

FFM, considering some of the stuff Miss Ellie get's up to, you should probably get off your high horse.

Be interesting to see if they've managed to get any of the other very dubiously named SGs. It would probably be nice if they paid more attention to the character names going through as well. Aisla spotted 'Frozen Nipples' recently. You'd think the software could flag stuff like this to support for checking...

What Hoplite and Aisla said.

Creating plots for environments like GG is not easy. There are a lot of people with a lot of talents who can scupper your plans. You seem to leap in feet first, and that doesn't usually work.

So, sit back, take part in other plots, ask advice, see what happens.

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Personally I can't play male characters, I think it's that I can't get my imagination to really fire up unless I can put myself in the middle of things, whatever the reason, it doesn't work for me.

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My partner says the same thing. Can't play males.

She also seems to think I do a convincing female though. It may be because I'm in touch with my inner girl.

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Were the OPs article posted in the Creative forum then critiques of his work are to be expected, but this is the roleplaying forum and imho subject to different unwritten rules.

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Plot needs to be put over clearly and carefully. The post was logically inconsitant and badly written, which means it doesn't do its job.

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He got his point across, there's a dangerous killer on the loose and the players have a name to work with.

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You sure? I can guarantee that any planned plot would run to five minutes of IC roleplay and thirty or so minutes of OOC argument over how we couldn't just arrest his key plot NPC.

Zortel has a character, created for a plot, which is an ex-Council Vampyri. His name is Walsers. He turned up at GG and nearly got lynched. He didn't because he was a bit odd (he sings 'You are my Sunshine' a lot) and he didn't wander around on the first day explaining how he had just come from draining a victim of blood. I think if Walsers had turned up with blood dripping of his fangs, licking his lips, he'd be in the Zig, or in bits.

DwS got the benefit of the doubt first time around, partially because there wasn't a lot we could do. Partially because it's polite. Creating a 'news report' which basically says "you know that girl who acted weird at GG, well, she's a psycho who dismembers people," isn't going to get her a second chance.

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Not everyone is a skilled or experienced writer. In my personal opinion, this should not preclude them from taking part in roleplaying, either in-game or on these boards.

I fully appreciate that not everyone regards tolerance as a virtue, and that it appears that there may be some past history here.

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I wasn't going to comment further, however, I noticed the section above and for the sake of a novice roleplayer looking to learn form this...

The character Dancing with Swords introduced herself to my character by stuffing her face into his and shouting "Boo!" Fair enough. She proceded to boast about stabbing someone with her katana, licked blood off the blade of it, announced she wouldn't clean the sword since red was her favourite colour, and attempted to act like an insane person trying to intimidate everyone present. Considering she was trying to do this to two powerful magicians and a Peacebringer, it just confirmed she was insane.

I think we were really tolerant. I don't know Volcanos or his characters, I have no past history with them that I'm aware of. However, the 'article' above fills in all the gaps required to identify Dancing with Swords as a criminal who needs to be locked up for her own and everyone else's safety. Frankly, if there were open PvP throughout the game (which I'll remind you I would never want), DwS would have been taken out, subdued and delivered to the Zig psychiactric wing on the first night.

Creating plots like this does require inspiration, planning, and careful thought. It isn't easy. The really obvious plots (e.g. psychos, uber-villains trying to take over the world) don't work well because, frankly, there's always a really big supply of pretty hard heroes available to swat such things. Psycho hero types don't work well with the environment either. You also have to be sure that your plot can survive being worked on by a dozen fevered brains who may do things you were really not expecting. That is very difficult to achieve.

And beyond that, GG is as much a social gathering of heroes as it is a place where action happens. If you deliver up plots where some madwoman is wandering around stabbing up the populace, the locals will really not like it and react badly. If there's one thing heroes can be guaranteed to over-react to, it's the sudden arrival of someone who happily tells people that they enjoy killing people.

Grav's fast, shouldn't be much of a delay.

I should probably go through the Crow soundtrack for something for Jason, I have it on my laptop. (And he can't have "Missing" anymore.)

And you're right, "It Can't Rain All the Time" doesn't get played much.

"Burn", though, is absolutely archetypal dark superhero music, and it has a bird theme to it. I should steal it for War Crow, but I'll probably go for a Gary Moore track instead (even if Moore is Irish and Crow is Welsh).

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What ebout Nevermore then, Wordy? I'm thinking something from the score for The Crow, maybe The Badge by Pantera?

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Burn, by the Cure.

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My first girl toons vere perhaps overly meek, and I guess this goes for many male players.

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I've done the lot!

Glory is a total ditz... except she can be really wise at times.
Enherezza was an escaped slave and terribly submissive, except when hunting.
Velvet/Anna is a glamour model, used to dubious questions form men, and quite able to hold her own when it comes to conversations designed to make women blush. She's also a devoted mother, and the only character present who went all goo-goo at the baby that got brought to GG.

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Toughie, For Cuchullain, it would be Thunder Rising by Gary Moore.

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Good choice.

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And if she did that, after this story was published in the Times, she's unbelievably stupid.

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Crow's met her, she is unbelievably stupid.

If she turns up at GG again while Crow is here, I'll be taking this post at face value and arresting her on the spot. If she resists, she'll find out just how effective a level 42 (well maintained) katana is against a midget like herself.

I think Wordmaker can tell you a similar story from Warpcon. Just not with an evil chocolate bar.

I'd imagine it's because he drew the cards and several of the ideas came from him. It's well known.

All CoH players should immediately go out and buy SuperMunchkin, by the way. Much better than the CoH CCG.

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You misinterpet the term n00b and newbie

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So do you. How often have you heard someone described as a 'n00b' because they don't like being ganked, or dislike the idea of being ganged up on, or they don't like hearing totally OTT abuse levelled at themselves or other players.

Tainted, you can justify the use of the term as much as you like, but 'n00b' is a term of abuse and it gets way too much applied to too many people.

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Americans : Plan their RP 6 months in advance, Go to war at the drop of a flag, Wouldn't think of ruining a game by drinking or not using boxed text, Treat Dice like Gods.

UK : Turn up in jeans and T-shirt for any game running, Go to peace at the drop of a flag; Drink;Game;Drink;Game; Collapse; Wake; Drink Coffee; Repeat, Treat Dice like Missile Weapons.

That's from near 20 years experience

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Have you ever even heard of Dork Tower?!

Integration is a brilliant status resist power, but you're going to lose a lot of regenerative ability to the lowered HP.

I posted this elsewhere, but bear with me.

According to the devs, you can't balance Stalkers.

Logic:
The devs have stated that they cannot and will not balance 1v1 matches, it comes down to rock/paper/scissors.

Stalkers are, by definition, 1-on-1 killers. Even in teams, they essentially fight individuals.

Hence, Stalkers cannot be balanced effectively for PvP.

I'd certainly say that it appears that there is no valid way to balance the initial attack from a Stalker. If a Stalker is attacking a team, then the 'balance' is that they'll quite possibly die after taking out the first target.

The only real problem would seem to be teams of Stalkers who could, potentially, AS an entire target team. Chances of that working seem slim though.

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They'll need to have a Raid Teleporter and between 1 and 4 dimensional anchors since the only ways Heroes and Villains can currently meet are either in the PvP zones or during a base Raid. To avoid griefers ending our meetings prematurely Instant raids have got to be the way to go.


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And you can arrange meetings through the Arenas. Set up a match and invite away, as I understand it.

So, actually, there are quite a few ways you can arrange meetings between heroes and villains.

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Jason Caine - Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen, though for plot reasons, he has a call on Missing by Evanescence.

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On second thoughts, we decided the Queen track was much better fitted to Shadow's Grace (Aisla's character). Jason actually quite likes being immortal most of the time. He still gets Missing, but it's not exactly a theme tune.