Redlynne

If it's going to be a forum avatar, that means the final picture needs to be no bigger than 100x100 pixels. That "changes" what makes for a good pic (ie. you can't have panoramic views of tremendous frame and scope).

Good to know.

I think this is a mistake, to think this way. Primal Earth is aligned along the Good/Evil axis pretty strongly ... but Praetoria is different. Not opposite, per se ... different. My feeling is that Praetoria is strongly aligned on the Order/Chaos axis, rather than on the Good/Evil axis. Because of this, thinking of Praetoria purely in terms of Good/Evil is unnecessarily myopic.

Loyalists trend towards Order.
Resistance trend towards Chaos (and in some arcs, spectacularly so).

So rather than just thinking simplistically on the Good/Evil axis for Praetorian War Witch, I have to wonder if the more important question is ... where will she fall on the Order/Chaos axis? If she's hanging out in First Ward, voluntarily, and is partially a serpent herself (note "boots" scaly texture and the skin-to-scales coloration on her midriff in the picture) ... she may very well be an Agent of Chaos ... as opposed to being a Hero or a Villain.



Because as we all know ... Mother Mayhem isn't "evil" ... she's just ... misunderstood ...

Here's hoping that democode I sent you contains everything you actually need to work with. If it doesn't (somehow), feel free to PM me with request(s).

And I know you policy is one demorecord of one character per player ... but if you need anything else, let me know. I've got nine 50s on Virtue (scrapper, which you have recording of, plus warshade, tanker, controller, controller, peacebringer, defender, mastermind and soldier of arachnos (bane powers, huntsman build, but with the legs!)) that I can put through their paces on a Rikti Target Dummy for a demorecord, should you need it.

Actually, they could call the VIP Server ... <.< ... >.> ... Recluse.

Should I be worried that her hair isn't green and black?

Does this mean she "got rid of" that loser scrapper-boi she had in the comic books (seven years ago)?

And I sincerely hope that her costume isn't made of NPC-only parts!

This fuel pump works perfectly fine in my Honda. Why is it unsuitable for a 737 airliner? All it does is pump hydrocarbons around, and they both use hydrocarbons for fuel. What's the difference? Why won't this work?

Filed under the heading of: You Just Don't Get It.
Sub-heading: You Are Not An Engineer.

Are we talking about Peacebringers and Masterminds again?

/em reads thread

Oh ... we're talking about art and why the Base Editor will never get any better. Carry on.

Make it 1 second and you've got a deal. 3-4 seconds to shift like we've got now is just plain soft-headed.

More "elegant" sure ... but man ... what a way to buy a cottage!

One thing's for sure ... if the Devs ever made our Human Form powers do "double duty" in our Nova/Dwarf Forms ... you'd better believe that the Slot Crunch for Tri-formers would *RADICALLY* change! Instead of having "too many powers, not enough slots" we'd be going to a scheme where the available powers just about matches the number of slots we'd need for them.

I do like the "simplicity" of allowing the Nova/Dwarf Forms to apply Global Modifiers to whatever our Human Form powers do (+Damage, +ToHit, +Range, +Recharge in Nova) (+Recharge, +Resistance, +Mez Protection in Dwarf) and then restricting what Powers you can use in your Forms (Inherent and AT Powers Only?). It would also mean that it would be perfectly possible to "gimp" your Forms, just by making wacky power selections for your Human Form though (load up on Pool Powers, for instance).

This is going to be one of those "6 of one, half-a-dozen of the other" kinds of differences. My way has the Ninja Pets put on a higher baseline, which is then DEBUFFED by extra *Living* Crunchies. Your way keeps the baseline the same as it has been, but then adds BUFFING for every *Dead* Crunchy Ninja. The outcome is essentially the same (strong when few, weak when many) ... but the means and implications are quite different, not to mention the game mechanics involved.

The way I figure the Inverse Ninja Law *ought* to work (conceptually) is that it should be based on the number of LIVE Ninjas in the fight at the time ... rather than on the number of DEAD Ninjas who have been slain recently.

Of this I have NO DOUBT ... which is why I've got a baby Ninja/FF Mastermind, waiting in the wings (named "Soapland Shinobi" who uses a dark purple and hot pink color scheme).

/em rolls eyes

Tell me about it!

Trick Arrow not only doesn't help Ninjas survive all that well ... except when soloing where you can "control" the engagement speeds, timing and direction ... but to top it all off, the Debuffs that are the whole point of the powerset don't help your Ninjas attack all that well either. Yeah, you've got Acid Arrow and Disruption Arrow to Debuff Resistances with, but those two powers don't do a whole lot to "amp up" the damage your Ninjas are dishing out to the point where your Ninjas spend a LOT less time exposed to Enemy Aggro. You can't really "kite" all that effectively with Entangling Arrow and Glue Arrow, since the Ninjas just want to get into melee range (and Die Horribly (fast)). Just about the only help you get from Trick Arrow is Ice Arrow (to Hold a single target) and Oil Slick Arrow, which has a nice big FEAR Aura on it that stops Foes from attacking your Ninjas. Poison Gas Arrow is "useless" for mitigation, since it's only a Mag 2 Sleep that's not even 100% chance. Flash Arrow Debuffs ToHit ... but because it's Unresistable, the Debuff Value is puny and small and not worth bothering with (even when enhanced!).

And they die the fastest because they've got the weakest self-protection scheme (*TOKEN* Positional Defenses) and they charge into melee where they take the biggest damage hits in the most reliable way possible ... IN THE FACE. Lots of damage "potential" ... but no *staying power* to speak of (natively).

Personally, I'm of the opinion that Genin ought to have an Enforcer-styled Aura that gives +Defense vs AoE. Jounin would have another Aura that gives +Defense vs Melee. And Oni would have a third Aura that gives +Defense vs Ranged. These three auras would affect only Ninja Pets, and not the controlling Mastermind (who can get +Def from Set Bonuses just fine, tyvm). Only problem with that is ... it goes directly *against* the Inverse Ninja Law, by making them stronger the more of them there are (together).

Occam's Razor says ... they're just badly designed from the get-go.

Remember, the Ninja Primary powerset was designed by Geko and signed off on by Statesman back in the Issue 4-6 days ... not by Castle, and most definitely not by Black Scorpion. I'm thinking it's a far safer bet to say that Ninjas ... and Mercenaries(!) ... were just horribly, horribly designed to begin with, and they've had the fundamentals of the game they operate in changed out from under them (Global Defense Nerf, Enhancement Dysfunction, Inventions, Incarnates, Pets Ignore Recharge, Mothership Raids, Modern Hamidon Raids, etc. etc. etc.) and they've just never been brought back into alignment with how things ACTUALLY work in the game we've got today. Ninjas and Mercenaries are essentially "legacy" powersets that not only never kept up with the times, but which have been pretty much "left behind" as the game has continued to advance into the future.

I know there's an oxymoron in here somewhere ... why can't I find it?