Thirty-Seven

What percentage of your characters have biographies?
100%. Every character I make has a biography/history.

Do you usually write them at creation or after you've had a chance to get a feel for the character?
I know what the bio is at creation about 98% of the time, though it usually doesn't get written until all of the physical details of the character are nailed down (costume, powers, etc.) Sometimes as late as level 10, sometimes as early as level 1 just after it hits Atlas/Mercy.

Has a good biography saved a character you otherwise weren't that thrilled with?
Yes! In fact, I was about to delete a character when I thought of a new costume and bio that suddenly made the character seem fresh for me. I kept it, and still play him now and again.

And I have noticed that behavior on the bio screen. I am fairly certain the character count jumps you mention are due to HTML tags randomly coming into existence and being counted such as a "<br>."

Whatever one you want?

But if you like the control aspect, then definitely go with [Soul Tendrils], unless of course you like losing life to stun foes...

Not helpful? I know... but I just don't know why you are asking us what YOU should do, it is your decision and totally dependent on what you like and don't like.

I guess I don't get why folks are arguing against a change that has NO negative impact whatsoever. Things get cheaper: WOOT!

Yes, your title is indeed a bit vague... I had no idea what this post was going to be about.

On topic: I have noticed an issue on my Spines/Elec, but my Electric Melee character is a Stalker, so his targets die pretty fast, I haven't noticed it much.

Yes, the prevailing theory seems to be that mobs run when:
1) low on HP
2) outgunned
3) recharge is basically non-existant
4) out of endurance

The last two basically translate to mean "when it has no powers available with which to attack."

Thanks! I would have done that ligtening and such myself, but I was rather pressed for time.

I thought about that... but I have a different character using that face, and I try not to make any of my characters re-use too many parts.

Odd, I liked it the way it was... allowed me a giant easily clickable link to the main page. Especially, since I can't go to the main site while at work... it's blocked, yet mysteriously these forums are not.

I have not personally experienced this problem, luck I would guess, but it does sound annoying. Barring operator error of some kind, which seems unlikely, I fully support implimentation of one or both of the fixes you propose.

Short version?
/signed

Otherwise, you can simply use [IMG][/IMG] tags to go around the URL for any picture.

[IMG]http://www.health-fitness.com.au/images/cucumber-slices1.jpg[/IMG]
Yields:

Okay, so I took inspiration from basically all of you folks and came up with something I like... at least enough to make. I would love any suggestions you folks might have on it though:

Presenting, Project Alcatraz, in Entity form:


I especially liked how the villain claws melded with the black plant matter, so I went with a Claws/Dark Brute.

(It's a bit hard to see, but I went with the face that has the mouth and eyes sewn shut... and added a third eye to his forehead. I may work out some sort of symbolic reasoning for this. I also plan to get the bone wings, and see if they look better.)

So, I have what I think is a relatively decent character concept, but I just can't get a costume I am happy with for the character's "demon-form."

Let me tell you a bit about the character.

He was doing research funded by Crey to pull energy from an alternate reality that had recently been discovered that was literally brimming with energy output. Little did the scientists know, but the reason for this was that the reality had been used to imprison a primeval destructive force (this would be the "demon" for lack of a better word). So, the experiment gets underway, and a link between the two realities is made, the ancient force is released, and becomes trapped in it's new prison... the body of the research scientist.

The character's main form is going to be a typical scientist looking dude, but I want a ghastly kinda cosmic horror or demon form to use for him as well. I tried to put together a costume, but I was vastly dissapointed with it. I know the frequenters of this thread are quite creative, so I would appreciate your assistance. The less "cliché" the better.

Oh, the character will be named Project Alcatraz and will be a Brute... I am still deciding on powerset, but it will definitely be */Dark Armor. For primary, I am looking at Super Strength, Claws or Dual Blades (leaning toward Claws or SS).

Wow, I am a bit surprised that this got changed so quickly...

I think it's a no go.