RosaQuartz
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Quote:You're assuming that issues will be coming out at the same pace as before. It's pretty clear that they've accelerated their release times on pretty much everything.Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
TV shows can get away with cliffhangers because the viewers only have to wait between Spring and Fall to see them resolved. The devs could and can get away with that with the SSAs because they have a faster turnaround. But doing it the 'old way' with zone arcs just doesn't work.
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Quote:DC's new I... Vampire comic has been outstanding so far.Originally Posted by Noble Savage
The fascinating thing for me is that Marvel's tried to relaunch the Blade comic several times since then, and it hasn't worked out. I wonder why? Is there some fundamental reason why a vampire story can't work in print? I'd say no, so it must be something else.
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Quote:In the grim darkness of the far future there is only decaf.Originally Posted by Rainbow Avenger
How dark or grim can any future be that includes coffee? Mmm... refill time.
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Two questions:
1. How did you get both versions of the accolade powers?
2. Why not take Power Burst?
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Quote:We could also have a "flock of seagulls" CCE where an '80's synth band appears and changes your costume for you.Originally Posted by Lothic
It'd be great to have a "murder of doves" CCE right now, but I could see where something like that might be introduced for the upcoming Winter or Valentine Events.
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Heck of a good player. RIP.
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Quote:I have each costume set up to a bind.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Create a macro and simply change costumes by activating it thru your power tray. You can set one up for each costume slot.
I forget the exact way to create it because it's been a while but my Magician Sim Sim Salabim uses the Lightning CCE to activate and deactivate his Superior Invisibility.
/bind f1 "cce 0 ccmurderofcrows" will bind f1 to change to your first costume using the Murder of Crows emote. You can replace f1 with any key you like. -
Quote:I don't think the content and reveals need to be linear. I just assume that my characters are like Batman or Wolverine... appearing in about five or six different comic books at a time, each loosely tied to the same continuity, but not necessarily knowing all of the stuff at the same time.Originally Posted by Venture
It can't. It isn't doing it now, precisely because it can't.
You can cure the Lost at level 10, but the mission that formally drops the reveal doesn't hit until the 25-30 bracket. Crey isn't formally outed as corrupt until 45-50 unless you run tips in which case you know at level 20. (Villains get it at level 15 through regular missions.) The Praetorian invasion is all over the place. So is "the coming storm". The 5th/Council nonsense is a Gordian Knot. And on, and on....
If content set B is added after content set A in real time, then content set B must take place after content set A in game time as well. In most cases this means A must be removed to make way for B, and there is nothing wrong with that. Dynamic worlds require change, not mere agglutinization. -
Quote:It's implied in the Indigo story arc that most of the original Directors got ousted/assassinated and replaced after the Cold War ended. Malta had to evolve new goals, and the old-timers like Vrabel were in the way.Originally Posted by Mr_Grey
Then there's the Malta Group, acting as mentioned before, with decrepit old Directors suddenly showing up with excessively powerful weapons and gear. Now, granted, I'm willing to accept that the current crop of Directors are the sons and daughters of the original group (Old Money at work...), so the arrival of a lean, athletic and surprisingly capable Director 11 doesn't really bother me. But the fact that we get NO gameplay to explain these shifts, changes or even the core elements of their backstory just leaves for their insertion elsewhere in OTHER group's plots feel forced and artificial.
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Yeah, we saw that when we ran Posi Pt 1 a couple weeks ago. I put in a bug back then, but man... it was brutal. We had 3 /Time players and 2 were Beam/. [Overcharge] gave us back-to-back team wipes.
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Quote:I call this "Fight To Objectives". No long detours, but no shortcuts either.Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
This.
Even as a Vet, I assume that any TF that is not announced to be a Speed Run, well, isn't. That is how I run mine... and I almost never announce them as Speed Runs. Instead I might call it a "Kill Most" or a "Skip Where We Can, but I like XP Run."
But yes, if I start a TF, I make sure everyone is clear on how it's going to be run from the beginning. -
*shrugs*
I'm just waiting until next week for Street Justice. No biggie, got plenty of other characters to work on. -
Quote:We don't the the history of the CoL, or how they draw their power. Seems likely that the CoL started out the way it did for similar reasons as the CoS, that they are powered by emotions, though it seems likely that they "feed" in a more benign way than the CoS.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
But this doesn't answer the actual question as it pertains to First Ward and Praetorian Earth in general. Why are the Carnival of Light a carnival? On Primal Earth, the answer is actually simply - the Carnival of Shadows are a carnival because Primal Vanessa DeVore feeds on people's emotions, so it's natural for her organise events where people come to be entertained, thrilled and frightened. It also makes sense for the Carnival of Light to be a Carnival because this makes it easy for them to hide their activities, with people who've had their souls stolen simply believed to have been deeply affected, and where the women can wear masks all the time and the walking corpses don't stick out as much. The Carnival of Shadows being a travelling circus is just an extension of who and what they are and the convenience such a venue offers to villains of this type.
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Is Diamagnetic Interface still borked?
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Quote:And BABs is gone now, the weapons are no longer "Talsorian", and this is a game based on the superhero genre where Super-Science explanations don't require more than a hand-wave.Originally Posted by Shadow State
I believe BAB's response to that was that the field would lack the weight to be an effective club and you might as well just hit them with the emitter.
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I sure do like it on my Warshade.
1. Spring Attack. Everything is knocked down.
2. Eclipse & Sunless Mire. I'm now resistance capped and damage bonused.
3. Beatdown.
4. I eat the corpses.
The knockdown keeps off the aggro in that short time between getting into the mob and hitting Eclipse. -
I have a Dark Melee/Regen hoverscrapper and a Dual Blades/Invul hovertanker. Neither run into problems with powers that can't be used while hovering.
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Quote:When I can't spare a third slot for Hasten, I bump up the level 50 Recharge IOs to Level 55.Originally Posted by Zubenelgenubi
I'm hearing mixed messages on these. What good are they? I'd probly only use them on Zube, my purpled-out main character. Are they of any real value to me?
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In most big shared universes, there's Big Canon, Little Canon, Incidental Canon, and Unpublished Canon.
Big Canon shouldn't be messed with at all. Example: Marcus Cole and Stephen Richter were friends who discovered the Fountain of Zeus together.
Little Canon shouldn't be messed with, but if it's in the way of a better story it should be "written around". Example: Praetorian Earth is an exact dark mirror of Primal Earth/is an alternate world with a different history.
Incidental Canon is trivia that should be adhered to, but has no real bearing on the universe. Example: The Skulls have painted faces/wear skulls as masks.
Unpublished Canon is fair game to be used, changed, or ignored at the writer's discression. That said, dangling plot points should be closed up wherever possible. -
Also to help with Confuse in addition to Clarion, people should be running Tactics (Leadership Pool) and Steamy Mist (Storm Summoning) if applicable. Clear Mind (Empathy), Clarity (Sonic Resonance), and Thaw (Thermal Radiation) should be used generously as well, especially on people that are running Tactics and/or Steamy Mist.
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I've got a Beam/Time Corrupter set and ready to go. Got the costume and everything, just need to copy the costume file over from Beta.
I want to do a Dark/Dark Blaster too, but I don't have a concept yet I'm happy with, so that may wait. -
Quote:I'd just be happy allowing tourists to visit the "other side" Ouroboros.Originally Posted by Lothic
Ironically the main reason the Devs introduced the Alignment merit concept to the game was to give the "pure-bloods" some advantage to counter-balance the big advantage of being able to do almost anything red or blue at any time. I doubt the Devs would ever give Tourists some kind of -additional- benefit to counter-balance the counter-balance.
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Quote:And I say it's not only minor, it's not even a problem at all. It's designed that way to get people to use the market.Originally Posted by quickfire
I still stick to the contention that slots instead of items would be one way to improve it, even if it is minor as you contend.
As someone pointed out, the market is inexorably tied to crafting. Complaining about low-level crafting without acknowledging the market as the primary engine for acquiring and off-loading unwanted material is like complaining that a car won't work without acknowledging you have to put the key in the ignition. -
Quote:No insult intended, and it looks like you could teach most of us on how to be condensending. I just think you are pointing out "problems" than can be solved by putting in a modicrum of effort.Originally Posted by quickfire
Ok. Fairly condescending, but I get your point. I think you could have probably made it without the insult though.
I feel it's only fair to point out, however, that that in no way invalidates my post. It does say something about yours, however.
This game is far from flawless, but the early-level crafting system is, IMO, way down the list of problems. -
My eight year old, without a whiff of coaching from me, can figure out how to buy and sell material in the auction house. And he doesn't have a character over level 22.
This is a fairly bizarre list of complaints, IMO.