RosaQuartz

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  1. I'll second Gail Simone and Marv Wolfman.

    Also:
    Mark Waid
    Marc Andreyko
    Michael Chabon
    Ed Brubaker
    Jeff Parker
    Matt Wagner
    Matt Sturges
    Len Wein
    George R.R. Martin
  2. RosaQuartz

    Plant Armor!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Stygian_Blade View Post
    Now all we'd need is Plant Melee.
    Spines with thorn assault power customization would cover it.
  3. Issue 13 features.
    Issue 14 features.
    Issue 15 features.
    Issue 16 features.

    Also:

    It is now possible to purchase Hold, Intangibility, Interrupt Time, Slow and Taunt Duration SO enhancements from the Merit Vendors.

    Plant Control Fly Traps pets had resistances buffed

    Trick Arrow/Acid Arrow: This power should now correctly display its resistance debuff visual FX.

    Trick Arrow/Poison Gas Arrow: This power should now correctly display its damage debuff visual FX.

    Fixed many Hold powers that were incorrectly causing targets to use the ‘disoriented’ animation, including Cinder, Block of Ice, Strangler, Fossilize, and Freezing Touch.
  4. Quote:
    That's right; there is the possibility of permanent death for characters in City of Sidekicks. "It's not something we're doing lightly," said Producer Jesse Caceres. "We're taking a cue from the world of comic books. If a sidekick finds himself in a situation where they might be killed in a villain's Deathtrap, we will poll all the online players asking if said character should live or die."
    I hope they also don't take a cue from the world of comic books and have players have to pay a microtransaction fee for the privilige to have a sidekick beaten to death.

    At the very least, if I pay to have that sidekick killed, I expect him to stay dead!
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by kerc View Post
    Thanks!

    I'm looking for not only RP-ing, but also other ways to expand my game...
    Make sure you are monitoring the global channels for your server. Find and get involved in a SuperGroup. Check out PvP, and see if that's your thing.

    There's lots of good content in the level 20 range as well... the Doc Delilah/Agent G arcs in Faultline and the 4 contacts on Striga Island, starting with Stephanie Peebles, are pretty good. If you've opened access to the Midnighter Club, Mercedes Sheldon has three short but high quality arcs.

    At 25, you can jump over to Croatoa, which is still my favorite zone heroside. One of the most popular heroside arcs is "Freaklympics", which is handed out by either Collin Larson or Marvin Weintraub.

    The 20s also provide several TFs -- Sister Psyche at 20, Moonfire at 22, and Citadel and Ernesto Hess at 25. All can be run in less than 2 hours with a decent team. Hess especially is not to be missed, and can be run in less than an hour with some teams.

    Good luck!
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by thgebull0425 View Post
    One idea is to have the option to auto exemp down to the appropriate level, so if they go to King's Row, give them a 2 level option, let's say 7-8 or even a 5-10 option, then run paper missions, exemping down with the appropriate power restrictions. Could be harder in reality than thought though.
    This is what I was going to suggest.

    A Level 50 wants to fight Skulls in Kings Row. Maybe he wants to get Influence while working on the Skull defeat badges. Maybe he missed the Kings Row safeguard exploration badge.

    He goes to Blue Shield, and he gives the player the usual options of changing titles, changing builds, etc. Blue Shield also gives him the option to be exemplared to him. Throw in some colorful dialogue about partnering up with the PPD to help clean up the zone, or whatever. The point is that the player would exempt down to level 14 and have the ability to run safeguards or street-sweep in the red zone areas if he wants to.

    The exemplar would last until the player either zoned or turned it off at the trainer.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Olantern View Post
    However, and it's a very big "however," I question whether this is really a good way to gate rewards that everyone is certain to want. As it is, the smaller servers often have trouble mustering even a single full team to deal with such zone events as Rikti and zombie invasions, not to mention banner events. I hope the devs are observing populations and zone events on the smaller servers as well as Virtue and Freedom and realize that after the first couple of weeks of Going Rogue, the other servers are unlikely to be able to gather sufficient numbers to do this kind of open-world content.
    Hopefully it'll something of a kin to the current Hamidon encounter where the players themselves initiate the event rather than the random to semi-random events that you describe.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nibb_Nibb View Post
    Yeah, I kinda felt this way too. While getting 1 - 20 content with Going Rogue is neat and all, I really wanted some end game content. And with the Incarnate levels only accessible with the GR expansion, Issue 19 should be renamed, "Issue 19 - The Stuff We Couldn't Finish On Time For Going Rogue".

    The other news with GR is pretty neat, but this was a huge disappointment for me.
    From the Live feed on NEWSARAMA:

    Incarnate System will be 10 Incarnate levels, the first level will be available in Going Rogue, along with new incarnate abilities. Issue 19 will bring 9 more levels and more abilities.


    The end game system debuts in Going Rogue, then is expanded in I19. Positron even said "Going Rogue system, a lot of fun, especially for level 50s".

    Yeah, yeah, what's the definition of "fun"... but if you wanted some end game content, it looks like Going Rogue has some.
  9. Issue 18: Oooo, Shiney!

    Issue 18: The Beginning of the End... Game System

    Issue 18: Shades Of Grey

    Issue 18: That'll be $29.99, Thank You

    Issue 18: Fire Walk With Me

    Issue 18: Pew-Pew-Pew!

    Issue 18: It's Kinetic Melee! Suck It, Physics!
  10. Probably safe to say it'll be Issue 18: Going Rogue, but who knows? I kinda like "Along Came A Tyrant",
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Heraclea View Post
    So now I've got bids out for a number of them. I expect quite a few to be discarded in disgust, and they still make you fly faster and jump higher.
    Maybe they'll be available to the squishies that actually can use them for mobility and KB protection.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake View Post
    the fact that he word polearm causes teenaged boys to giggle less?
    And "buttstroke" wouldn't?
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by black_religion View Post
    Why should the devs care about catering to such a small group, 99% of the community doesn't pvp(don't even mention test rofl) and there time and resources are gonna be spent accordingly.
    I generally don't PvP, but I understand that a thriving PvP player base is good for the long-term health of the game overall.
  14. Dual Archery.

    Carp Melee.

    Carp Armor.

    Vomit Blast.
  15. I've gone this far in life without seeing a movie based on a Mark Millar comic, I don't think I want to break the streak.

    Looking forward to Iron Man II, The Losers, and Jonah Hex though. And Thor, Captain America, and Green Lantern next year.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tyrrano View Post
    Is it just me? I hear his dialog in the voice of Dr. Doofenschmirtz...

    http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Vernon...o_Arbiter_Daos

    "Laugh with me, Perry the Platypus!" RRAAAA - HA HAHAHA
    Yep, that's pretty much the voice. Of course, his voice is very "generic mad scientist" sounding, so that's probably why.
  17. Rikti and Nemesis are my favorites. Arachnos would be up there too.

    Council/5th are always fun to beat up as well.

    If I feel like I want a challenge, I'll run the Gaussian arc where you fight Vanguard.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay View Post
    There is your hero, Resistance members. A man who would literally bring down empires for a piece of tail he once had. Isn't that the most noble way?
    Depends... how good was the tail?
  19. 1. New zones/content.
    2. New endgame.
    3. Email upgrade.
    4. Side-switching.
    5. Positron TF revamp.
    6. AE upgrades.
    7. New costumes.
    8. Badges.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vega View Post
    Nice graphics. Nice ideas. The only thing that I see wrong is the team insprations. Your idea is awesome, but the devs don't like hero-villain exchanges of insprations.
    The devs have indicated that opposite faction members on the same team will be able to exchange inspirations when teamed with Going Rogue.
  21. And Terrance Dobbs gets more competition in the extermination business. Competition, as all loyal minions of Arachnos knows, is key to survival.

    Good hunting, new Arbiters!


  22. And in Paragon City, the weather is going to be sunny, with occassional purple lightning and intermittent zombies. Highs in the low 60s, cooler in areas affected by Arctic Fogs and Shadow Falls.

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