Techbot Alpha

Might as well update test anyway, because I hate having to wait for patches to load when stuff is actually there for me to mess with. Had to DL all of Test in France when AE went live. That was annoying XD

Yeah, do feed him, poor thing looks starved. I wouldnt be surprised, given how badly they usually treat race dogs.
Still, he's got a good home =] take care of him, SS.

I like the 'parts' idea, though how technologically feasible it is is another matter (eg I have no idea)

Heres what I would say;

Head Crippled;
-Acc(or ToHit, not sure which has a greater effect) -Perception -Recharge
Loses any powers related to the Head
-1 'Structure Point'

Right arm lost;
Loses any powers related to the Arm
-1 SP

Left arm lost;
Loses any powers related to the Arm
-1 SP

Right Leg lost;
-50% movement speed.
Loses ability to Foot Stomp, and any leg related power.
-1 SP

Left Leg lost;
-50% movement speed.
Loses ability to Foot Stomp, and any leg related power.
-1 SP


If both legs are destroyed, the Robot is immobilised. However, its other parts become stronger in damage and HP, as power is re-routed from the now broken legs.

If both arms are destroyed, the Robots speed is increased, and becomes resistant to slows and immobilises, and its head related powers become stronger, as power is re-routed from the destroyed weapons.

If the head is destroyed, the Robot becomes nearly immune to taunt effects, as it flails and opens fire on anything it can get a lock on, however temporary.

Robots 'HP' is 3 Structure Points. Once it has lost 3, it is destroyed.

Quick question; will new skins be coming when GR goes live, and the current ones are just stand ins? Or is this a more long-term thing?
Slightly curious, is all. (If a BaBs happens to wander by )

Its WIP. There is an 'unofficial' update with it in, but its not the finalised one.
Given Mids is made by a player, under his own volition, have some patience

Got to level 13 in one night, which is good going for me
Ran a sewer team from Atlas to Kings, ended up with four people, but bumped into some friends who were going the other way at the Kings door XD
Teamed, went to the Hollows, unloaded an ungodly F-ing firestorm on Frosty and crew. Good times =]

Blue....why you don't have a job at Paragon Studios is beyond me.
This stuff isn't good. It's A Grade Purest Awesome.

Don't you dare stop writing!

“Ok boys, we hit ‘em fast, hit ‘em hard. Oorah?”
“Oorah!”

The SWAT van was well disguised in the back alley in Skyway. The squad had been waiting all day, preparing for the meeting that information had placed at this site. A group of Hellion gang bosses had recently been upping activity in Skyway, and word was they were trying to push their criminal activities further afield. The PPD, obviously, was having none of it.
“Standard drill. Keep it quiet, only fire if fired upon until my mark, and don’t leave a man behind,” Jen muttered into the radio, as the squad edged up to the door. She nodded to Moore, her second and squad Grenadier, who cut the lock, edging the door open carefully.

The squad stuck to the shadows as best they could, heading down the halls of the abandoned warehouse. The so called ‘Land of the Lost’ was a dangerous place, even for a Hellion. But it did mean they could use buildings like these as safe houses. Usually.
Jen raised a fist, stopping the squad at the corner. Using the small mirror from her tactical kit, she glanced around the corner.
Hellions. A gang of five, one of them wearing the mask of a Fallen. No ways around. Jen turned back, motioning to the other officers. Weapons free; shoot to disarm.

The squad came around the corner perfectly, Moore landing a stun grenade squarely in the middle of the lounging thugs. Only the Fallen and one other, who had had his back turned, didn’t fall, clutching their eyes. The Blood Brother didn’t even bother reaching for his pistol, instead scooping up the fire axe that lay on the crate beside him and charging at the SWAT squad with a frenzied yell. The Fallen hung back, bringing his gun, some mark or another of Uzi, and opened fire. The Squad dropped into cover, Moore side-stepping and clubbing the charging Hellion in the stomach with his bulky grenade launcher, Jen managing to shoot the weapon clean out of the Fallen’s hands, before Ketchard tasered him, bringing him down.
“Move up, keep it tight.” Jen was relieve it had gone well so far. But they weren’t home dry yet, and, given the lucky shot just now, she wasn’t holding out for any more special get-aways.

They ran into another gang further in, this one alerted by the previous gun-shots. Both Ketchard and O’Neil went down, although fortunately not fatally, and they managed to help each other back down the hallway, headed for the exit.
Jen motioned to the eight men left; weapons free; shoot to kill unless vital target.

The way to the main warehouse holding room was blocked by a door, one which yielded to Conley blowing the hinges off with his shotgun. They fanned out, guns sweeping the upper walkways and the piles of crates.
All of a sudden the lights went out, a distant, dying whirr making it clear someone had just blown the generator.
“Shite...Infra-red,” Jen growled, flicking her visor down. “Ops team, be advised, lights are down in the building. Watch for anyone trying to leave via other access points, over.”
“Ah, but Sergeant...where’s the fun in that?”

Jen spun, gun already trained. There was a crackling growl, as fire caught on the upper balcony, spreading all along one side before spilling onto the stairs. A figure strode out from behind the wall, silhouetted by the flames. It was quite clear, from the horned mask and the hellfire in his eyes, that this was one of the Damned they had been after.
“Sergeant Kerringer, PPD SWAT! Drop any weapons you may have, and get down on the ground with your hands in the air!” Jen shouted, sticking to the book, despite an overwhelming urge to nail the demon summoning vermin right between the eyes. The city was better off without him and his kind.
“Oh, we know who you are, sergeant,” a voice, the exact same as that of the first Damned, came from behind her. She spun, Moore covering the first target; a second Damned was sat on a crane arm which, even as they watched, burst into flame, throwing his form into sharp relief.
“Who are you?” Jen snapped, training her M4 on him, the dot-sight centred squarely over his heart. If the thing even had a heart anymore, she added mentally.
“Who, me?”
“Or me?”
“Or maybe...me?” the fifth figure asked, as it stepped into view, on the balcony that overlooked the warehouse floor. Some of the squad jumped as the rest of the area burst into flames, in time with each figure speaking. That wasn’t what had Jen spooked, though; what creeped her out was that all five voices were identical.
“Identify yourself!” she yelled, glaring at the final figure as the squad formed a circle, back to back.
The man...no, Jen realised, the mask itself, grinned back at her.
“Why, my dear...You can call me Le Jean.”

I find it a shame about Atari, t'be honest. Ever since Transformers for PS2 (the one based on Armada, NOT the Bayformers game) I've liked them. That game was beyond just good.

Still, if it ever came down to us or them? Well, durr

I wasn't here (You had to be there, man!)

But what it ammounts to, it seems, was how little he listened to the player base, how he threw out promises like gold, which turned out to me made by leprechauns (i.e. it fizzled into dirt a few days later) and refused to compromise on his 'vision' of the game.

Basically, just take a look at the bad things in Champions. That'll be Emmert Grade fail. We still, sadly, have a few things left over from him, such as most of the Freedom Phalanx TFs. Thankfully, the current (superior) Devs seem to have finally gotten around to taking out the trash, starting with the Posi TF.

So, yeah. If its in CoX, and you really hate it...odds are its an Emmert

I do try

*Flies off the ship and heads away*
Omega 1: Alpha...that was a defeat all. We didn't -



Alpha: Sorry, what?
Omega 1: ...You're evil...You know that, right?
Alpha: Yes. And?
Omega 1: Just saying...