Schismatrix

i like his art as well, actually like it quite a lot, but i still feel capable of critiquing it.

While the skin tone on BAB makes sense in light of some of the explanations given the overall effect of that combined with the angle and style of his depiction in the image makes him look quite Hispanic or Asiatic.
i still think Sister Psyche's expression is inflaterrific. *shrug*

So one day job location in Nova and Neutropolis, and two in Imperial City. Employment in Praetoria is hard to come by.

It also implied that they wore armored boots while wearing armor nowhere else. Here i was guessing it was so that their ruffles, lace, and bows wouldn't get rumpled by the armor. "Ah, the sacrifices and risks we endure for fashion."

If it takes many times longer then it's not viable.
If you can unlock the powers in a couple days play by doing trials, but it takes months of play time to unlock the powers without doing the trials (assuming comparable amounts of play time per day) then the latter path is not particularly viable from a psychological standpoint.
The difficult part is nailing down what multiple of increased time is considered viable.

i'm also having a problem seeing the connection between raids and a strong social environment considering what the community is like in every other game i know of with a heavily raiding-based end game. To be fair, the 900 kilo gorilla of the lot had a pre-established community from its previous games, so it's hardly fair to say that a raiding emphasis in the end game is what makes its community what it is.

Raiding may not necessarily be detrimental to having a strong community, but i certainly don't know of any examples where adding a raiding-focused endgame strengthened the community.

That just means they're staying true to Starscream's traditional role of being a self-aggrandizing incompetent. Although to be fair in the original cartoon series every single character was generally deeply stupid. Sure, they might've had ambitious, and in some cases noble, goals, but every single character in the original cartoon repeatedly demonstrated the logical and tactical thinking skills of a concussed stoat with fetal alcohol syndrome.

Well isn't the plural of anecdote data?

Not really the same thing at all. Issue 20.5 is a free content update that you get simply for being subscribed to the game. The Devs could've not released it at all and you would've paid just as much. In any event the additions in 20.5 will still be just as relevant and playable when issue 21 is released. SWG on the other hand released a paid expansion just before they made changes to the game systems that invalidated and removed the majority of the paid expansion's content. (IIRC. It's been several years since NGE and i never played SWG, just had friends who did at the time.)

Not that there's anything inherently wrong with that, but it also means that virtually every knight and nobleman in medieval times who even merely trained for combat was gay.

i like this idea. i can't guarantee presence every single Saturday, but in theory the time should be good most Saturdays for me.

AT? Hmmmm, good question.

Semantics: quibbling in progress.

Sneaky, sneaky Mod. Here i thought Pacur had suddenly learned to use multi-quoting.

IIRC they were actually small blue-white balls of light. Not all that different in appearance from the wisps in Croatoa and the vet buff pets.

Well, no, they didn't say they're a girl. Although in many parts of what's referred to as the developed world it's possible to marry someone of the same gender. It's even allowed in some of the more religiously conservative countries. Even the US allows it in several states.

They could also be a male that enjoys looking feminine. The majority of people with transvestite preferences are heterosexuals who enjoy dressing or looking like the opposite sex. Sort of like how not all women who expose more than their eyes and hands in public are prostitutes. Some might be, but the majority are not.

i like the Polar Lights and Robotic Drones for offering more variety in sizes and shapes of pets. i'm more likely to use Storm Elementals myself, but i like having the options.

i'd rather remove all the hunt greys missions, but then i wasn't completely (or at all) serious when i suggested turning the TF into nothing but hunt missions. Even the hunts that aren't pure grey still have you fighting enemies that will mostly con green or blue unless you go out of your way to try to find the max level spawning areas.

At least as far as Bay goes.

Might go see it this weekend.

Also: Deep Wang.

Or remove all those door missions padding out the non-hunt parts of the TF. Just keep the final door mission or have Jurrassikk spawn as the final ambush a la Babbage and Kronos Titan.

No need to wait for nightfall the last couple of years or so. During the day Vahzilok can be found in the underground parking garage and assorted crevices of Faultline. They're not that rare if you look below the surface.

For a change i quite agree with J_B. Expression and dubious ethnicity aside it's an excellent picture. Just make Shalice more competent and heroic looking and BAB look more like, well, like BAB.

The new costume pieces can be claimed by any and all alts that have reached level 50.
i don't recall for sure, but you might have to have run the level 30+ aura mission to use the new auras. In any even they are also usable by all alts on your account.

As a Class Three Point Oh One Intellect i heartily endorse this... ooh! Shiny!

For some reason i read that as "Rookery AE tuna". Which sounds potentially delicious, but also potentially horrifying. Possibly both.

Also hi to the FeyDeux.

i laughed for a few minutes.
Then i felt bad for all my neglected Stalker characters.
...
i wonder if the name Measuring Tape is taken?

Corrected.