Thirty-Seven

I felt like that too... for a long time. You just have to do as Psychoti said and jump in. Teaming really does add so much to the game. In fact, before I started joining (and eventually starting) my own teams, I really did feel like quitting. Despite the fact that I saw ENORMOUS potential in creating fun characters.

I am a lot like you in that I enjoy making the character and his story as much if not more than actually playing the game. Another thing that might keep ya going is to try and get involved in a light RP team. Check your server's forum for things that are going on or join a global channel or two.

This.

Not really. I don't see how any AT will become obsolete. People will still play them all, I am sure. And as such, they will still get invited to do things. In fact, some might (this is kinda crazy) NOT invite villain ATs because they are used to playing with hero ATs and fear the "unknown." Personally? I hate to team with MMs. They are great ATs, and fun to play, but having the pets all over the damn place drives me batty. That is why I solo with mine.

Sooooo, it all comes down to preference. Both that of the playing of said ATs and of those who choose to invite one or the other.

Ice/SS Tanker With cloven feet and ram horns, of course. SS so that he can have [Hoof Stomp].


Avalancher

And as far as I am concerned... that means those characters are overpowerd. Doing that, should be impossible for un-teamed players.

Invuln/Dual Blades Tanker


Karmacollider

Hmmmm....

MA/SR Stalker? (Nut-kicking doesn't feel very heroic... trust me.)


Jon Holzander

I'll put this line first... because it wouldn't make sense to respond to it at the end. (Obviously, I have not dropped it. However, I still stand by what I said before that NONE of that post was intended to be mean-spirited.)

Right or wrong, I suppose I should have referred to gender equality or some such. For reference, I have heard the term used before to refer to "reverse racism" in which the minority group excludes and persecutes the majority group unfairly.

Oh no, I did not take what you said to mean that ALL statistics are bad. Apparently your reading of my post was as poor as your accusation regarding my reading skills. What you are saying is don't use statistics to generalize and exclude behaviors. What I said is that YOU are using the statistics of these incidents to exclude situation as well (regardless of how rare). Is that not the same thing? (Underlined emphasis mine.)

Okay... NOW it seems that heterosexism has entered the conversation. Can't men harrass and stalk men? Can't women harrass and stalk women? Why can't you see that my comment in the first didn't refute ANYTHING you said. All I was pointing out was a bit of gender inequity. Could you not have just referred to stalking and such in general without bringing gender into it at all? I am sorry this is horridly OT and perhaps a bit unnecessary, also note that I am not trying to make you, personally, look stupid. I was just calling out the practice of making assumptions about victimization and perpetration. It is, and always has been, a two way street.

First, I said I meant no offense because, I did in fact, mean none. I know that I can be blunt, crude and accusatory. That is how I talk. I don't feel I should couch my language and water down my point, so instead, I tried to make it clear that I wasn't trying to get anyone pissed, just make my point.

Second, I said that, because I KNEW it was likely that you would read some sort of argument with you into my post that wasn't there. I agree with you! I just wanted to make it clear that a bit of gender neutrality would have actually STRENGTHENED your point. You do no one any service by only mentioning the victimization of women.

How did I misread anything? I read what was written, as it was written. If what you wrote, wasn't what you meant, either change it, or put a disclaimer on it.

If you are going to try to plead your case, let it stand on it's own merit. Obliquely referencing the "victimizability" of women (whether intentional or not) is a bit obsurd. Men get stalked, men get harassed and men can certainly get murdered. Reverse sexism should be made obvious where it occurs, and I try to do so... likewise with heterosexism (though that is not an issue here). And don't give me the statistics shpeal... because you just went out of your way to decry Venture's use of same.

(Please note that I mean no offense by the above. It is stated bluntly so there is no misunderstanding about the content, not as an attempt to be a total d*****bag. Of course, you are free to label me as such if you wish. )

So agreed. And if they insist on Tweeting and Facebook-ing stuff... it really should be announced on the official forums for the game as well... and not just "go to Facebook" but an actual link to the information.

Electric Control/Psi Dominator


Neganapse

The same reason other NPC pieces aren't available that fulfill those requirements? I don't see a problem here.

I was thinking a Kinetics Melee/Stone Armor or something. Sorta an explorer of some sort. *shrug*

The Doce. Like ESPN8, the Ocho.

Welcome, Doce!

That is perfect... but what if he doesn't like blue?

1) I dunno that I have ever consciously tried. I haven't really ever stopped having fun long enough to think about what I am doing. But, I team a lot, that's fun. I just started in a static RP team with some in-game friends; I alt like crazy; I try to run different story arcs and contacts on each character I make (to the extent possible); I badge hunt and with that, am on a mission (still after 3 years) to run every TF/SF in the game to its completion at least once.

I create costumes! If I am feeling not like playing, which happens, I wander over to the Costume Re-Design Thread linked in my sig and help people come up with costumes and such.

2) I... don't understand the question. Really. I am still not sick of the low level content. I am not sure how. Due to my alting, I have run the early villains stuff A LOT. However, now that I have probably a dozen or more characters in the 20-40 range, I haven't played the low level stuff in months. I think that might be the secret. Create a TON of characters at a time and play them all until they are 10. Then, go through and play them all until they are 15, then 20 then 25 and so on. By the time you get sick of some of them, and focus on others, the next time you go through the lowbie stuff you may just have forgotten some of it. I do not recommend AE though, just a personal preference thing.

3) If it feels like "mental abuse" then why are you back? Go play something you like. If you were just being dramatic there, then I would suggest PUGing. It gets you playing with a large rotating selection of people that you may grow to love... or despise. Either way, you are socializing. Friend those folks as you go. Gfriend them if you play with them again and they are still awesome. Start up your own SG and recruit. Hit up the global channels for your server. Etc. This game is exactly as social as you make it.

Kin/Energy Defender


Kinography (<-- To my knowledge that is not a real thing.)

Ninja/Dark Mastermind


Cartouche Blanche

Merc/Storm MM


Coronation