Thirty-Seven

I have one and only one question for you: What server was this?

To answer the question in the OP's subject: Nope, not a chance.

PvP being a very minor part, is one of the things that kept me playing this game in the first place, I would love it to stay that way.

Definitely send a petition in-game. Mine was showing that I had 28 months of time.... when according to the date of my last reward, I should have already gotten my 30 month badge.

I sent a petition, and got a response in a day or two that it had to be escalated, then I was told that my rewards had been recalculated and I received my wayward vet badge. Total turnaround time? Four days. Not bad, considering the first petition was filed day after X-Mas.

My issue with Purples is almost (ALMOST) nothing more than a personality quirk. You see, part of the issue is that when I hear something being hyped excessively, and becoming the target of some folks' obsessions, I tend to avoid whatever that is at all costs, it becomes an equal and opposite revulsion (almost) for me. Like a friend of mine realized one day, when he was in his teens, that he had never had gum. Well, everyone is like, oh my god, have a damn stick of gum, and he says no thanks, I have survived this long without it, I certainly don't need any now. And so it is with Purples. But that is only part of it.

The rest of it comes from the fact that of all the activities in the game, slotting is my least favorite. I hate doing it. I spend the least amount of effort possible. To the point where I take the time to slot the fewest times possible. For instance, I slot for the first time on ANY character at level 12, and then keep them up until 22, when I get SOs. Then, at 32, I slot level 35 common IOs, and don't slot anything else on my journey to 50... except for dropping in SOs in the new slots I acquire.

In fact, I almost never even use any set IOs, except for a few of them that have dropped (like an End Mod one, can't recall the name, it was a Proc) and a few -KB ones.

As a tertiary concern, is the fact that I really don't see the need to go above and beyond what I do. I don't play any one character enough to really need or want to get his numbers above what they are with simple IOs and SOs... it isn't worth the drudgery of calculating the numbers and slotting, and marketeering and what not. I play this game to have fun, and that is not fun for me, so I don't do it... and honestly, I have never had a problem where a bit of perseverance hasn't helped... While I'm sure an extra 2% of some stat would fill in the rough spots a bit on various characters, I simply don't care enough, and won't play them enough at 50 to justify it (the only 50s I routinely play are my two badging characters).

Nice concept there, with the more accurate type of fairy. Can't say I would have thought of that due to the common image of a fairy tale princess' type fairy.

Oh so very much... some kinda help that was, if I had wanted to get banned, I wouldn't have needed to ask for any help on that one.

For the Ill/Rad, I had thought about a name focusing on the star design on his chest... but everything I thought of was a bit cheesy, thanks for the assistance so far, guys.

[Edit: Thanks to all those with serious suggestions, but I now have names for both characters: Chris Allys (thanks to Pum), and Mantis Engine which I was able to come up with (I changed his concept to being the invention of the scientist, and not the scientist himself).]


I have two characters (one brand new, and one a transfer from a different server) that are in need of some names, unfortunately, I am drawing a complete blank.

Here's what they look like:

Mine are placed in 3 rooms, instead of two. And arranged almost precisely as Justaris suggested. Except that Atlas has its own pad, seeing as how it is so oft traveled, I decided to give it its own dedicated access, and PI and RWZ are in the center each on their own as well. Then, I have another room that only has the Pocket D teleporter, and connected to that room, are all the remaining hazard zone TPers.

So:

[City Zones] -> [Pocket D] -> [Hazard Zones]

I find it to be a rather intuitive system, and works just fine for us.

I have also seen it organized based on what areas branch from where. So, AP and Perez would share a spot, Steel and Boomtown would share, IP and TV, etc. This one is slightly harder to organize, as several zones attach to PP for instance, but it often ends up making a lot of sense as well.

Okay, here are two sets of costumes that I came up with to match the aforementioned concepts.

The first one is either an arctic explorer/adventurer or perhaps a product tester for Viper Clothing who got lost on a glacier. In either case, he gets his delusiony/cold powers from some sort of interaction betwixt his environment and his innate physiology and winds up with powers. He decides to do good/evil with them (this may be a candidate to go rogue).

Thanks a lot for the extremely well thought out post. I appreciate your suggestions, but I hit a wall when I get to the Magician concept... the Ice/Storm Controller I am currently leveling is of Magic origin and all of his powers are due to a magician type feel (including the hat and cloak in his costume). Since his powers were acquired from a mystical source, he figured why not go full bore and really look the part.

However, you are right, the Magician idea really would fit the concept the best.

Of course you do bring up a good point that the various effects could easily be explained via technological devices. Perhaps I should go with a gadgeteer character (something I haven't really done) and make him sort of a cyborgy Batman? Hmmmmm.

Short Answer: There is no best. Alternatively, define "best."

Longer Answer: See Bill's post.

Some interesting ideas there.

I think I may have just thought of an interesting idea... what if I go Ill/Cold and play the Illusions as delusions caused by hypothermia? It is a matter of fact, that people see and feel odd things as they experience hypothermia... perhaps that could work.

Hmmmm, maybe some arctic adventurer who himself experiences his own delusions after a brush with death at the hands of the icey north? Does that have a snowball's chance in heck? (I know, bad pun.)