Thirty-Seven

I guess I have trouble seeing having an extra power as something that needs to be addressed. Just... don't use it?

I totally think most contacts and trainers need an overhaul. Just look at Foreshadow, Mirror Spirit, the updated Praetors and Maelstrom to see just how nice an NPC can look.

Iron Monger

Nice! I see I have some more PSing to do.

Also, all of my characters have a human form now. I heart Costume Salvage.

Straight on is good, like the one you did. I plan to assemble them similar to my signature. Maybe I will do a sillhouette shot too as an alternate view just for giggles.

And the Eden idea is a great one! Don't turn that brain of yours off.

I would like to explain a few more of my thoughts on the group, and things I had in mind when I created my two characters.

We were created by the as of yet unnamed organization housed on Iota Sigma 12-5 (the Isle), under the heading of Project Moreau. The intention of this project was to create a cadre of part-human part-animals that could be made into a sort of army, or serve other useful purposes to humans. All were crafted through a mixture of genetic engineering and magic (aside from those that were "born in captivity" like Jason's character) so that they would be hybrids, but also have the ability to turn back into a human form when they require a level of stealth or if their animalistic talents were no longer required. Most of these Islanders were first animals, and then mutated into humanoids, however this is not universal, as some were first human and then forced into somewhat more animalistic appearances. There is no clear way to tell which an Islander is just by looking at it, though if it is known, there is some level of stratification among the Islanders (though this is more a personality quirk of certain individuals than anything else).

Another thing I was thinking about a lot when I created my two characters were names. What type of name should I have? Why? How did he get it, and should it mean something?

I came to the conclusion that each character's name would have been chosen by the character him/herself or by his 'family' similar to the way in which we humans name our young. It also occured to me, that the scientists of the project would not have given personal names to the 'experiments' and would likely have referred to them by original species and perhaps a number. After all, it is generally not a good idea to name and befriend livestock you intend to slaughter, nor would it be to name animals/people that you intend to conduct morally ambiguous (at best) experiments on.

Also, in writing this, it occured to me that naming one another and themselves COULD have been one of the first ways in which the Islanders rebelled... or at least showed signs of rebelling. They could well have formed far more social groups than the handlers would have anticipated, and so were somewhat taken aback and dismayed when they showed they could speak, that they referred to each other by name, and indicated a level of humanity that shocked the researchers. (Speaking of names, it is interesting that most everyone gave their characters somewhat unconventional names that we didn't speak about at all before we made them. In fact, I thought it was interesting that most are a single word, and are obviously personal names, rather than discriptors or more 'super-hero' names.)

Just to be clear, the majority of what I just wrote is subject to discussion, but reflects a good deal of the thought I put into my characters as well as being fairly representative of what we have already created.

As an aside to this, I would like to Photoshop together a little collage of all of our characters, and since many of us have several, it would not be possible to have them all on at the same time for a screenshot together. Sooooo, if you could all take a screen capture of all of your characters in the costume creation screen, or on the Character Selection screen and e-mail it to me, I would be much obliged. (If you don't know my e-mail, or can't send it to me via FB instead, PM me and I will let you know what it is). I want to have a nice little group shot to post here so that folks can admire our wonderfully diverse animal creations!

This post is pulling our various brainstorming from the FB 'thread'... and is not 'canon.' LOL

Either this is a REALLY isolated bug, or you never got those badges in the first place.

I can't imagine why this is an issue. Keep the badge where it is, and remove it from the Beacon's requirements. There, all you folks who say you must raid to get it, can retain that piece (for some unknown reason), and the non-raiders can get the Beacon (which the opponents of the move seem to agree is a worthless Beacon anyway).

This argument seriously has me scratching my head. What is this even ABOUT?

Oh, and while we are at it, the Devs should remove the alignment check on the elevator prior to the Edge of Chaos badge since the portal itself does that again anyway, it is a useless step that blocks yet another badge. (And no, you shouldn't need someone to help you get it in an open zone.)