Tired Angel

I like the idea in theory but not entirely sure how this would work in practice with the number of alt toons people could have available.

Lets say you've got 3 friends who each want to bring in 5 characters into the SG, thats 15 toons in the SG but in my mind I would still consider that small because in actual fact there are only 3 active players.

Just my thoughts though

Did everyone make it over ok?? No missing limbs or letter Us anywhere??

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Crime doesn't pay

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Yeah it does, plus Arachnos has a really good pension scheme and medical benefits too!

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But does it offer dental for when the heroes come along and kick their teeth in??

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Going serious so its italics! The hardest thing will be our humour v theirs. I got 10 million influence on there being a guide to our language within the first two days

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I would love to start a thread trying to explain who the Milky Bar Kid is to them*

* ok I borrowed that joke from Dara O'Briain

In true kids TV show fashion - Im going to miss the letter U

But I'm looking forward to the number of misunderstandings due to sarcasm!

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So it was you who has left him scared as a little baby!


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Well... She IS a catgirl...

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Hehe - well you have a point there!

I think I would be left with a bit of complex if a little cat girl, one tenth my size, started whooping my [censored] with whitey blue energy attacks while I was minding my own business

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I'm looking forward to that actually. We'll be the "night people", then the Americans can argue over our posts once we've all gone home for the day, then, once they're all in bed we can counter-argue with them again.

The boards will work on a Shifts system (except for GG, who doesn't seem to sleep).

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The poor little forum hamsters will never get any sleep!

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I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

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Is that like Jack in Irons?

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Is he surprised?

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Well, he was rather surprised last time I beat the [censored] out of him with my little Peacebringer...

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So it was you who has left him scared as a little baby!

There were four of us (all mid 30s) and we decdied, for a laugh, to see if we cuold take out Jack.

Now being a GM you would think he would laugh at us and smack us all dead and go on his merry way. BUT no! He decided to leg it whenever we attacked and ended up giving us a tour of the entire zone. We would have done it if he just stayed still, but I decided to relog as a 50 just to get the whole thing over and done with because he was annoying me so much!

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Give all the zones the destructable stuff like the Safeguards have for a start

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Yeah, that wouldn't lag the servers out at all, would it?

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I was thinking of destructible objects myself but they could only spawn when an event starts. Lusca going mad in IP, when he spawns some of IPs metal transport crates become destructible and Lusca can go to town on them!

One thing I did enjoy from Warhammer Online when I tried it was the idea of Public Quests, quests where anyone can join at any point to complete a mission with several objectives located in a certain point on the public map. The more you are involved the greater chance of a higher reward (so if you are involved from the start you get 10 merits, halfway through 4, joined at the end 1 (this needs tweeking, it just an example)).

They could build upon the ones they already have. E.g. with the pyromaniac hellions.

Part one - save the burning building, hellions dont spawn at this point but the fires are 'stronger' so could require more than one hero to put them out. If this is a success then...
Part two - save the burning buildings and stop the hellion attacks. This time you have coordinate between saving the buildings and stopping x amount of hellions. If this is a success then....
Part three - stop the super duper evil hellion from destroying the zone, while stopping the buildings from burning. Similar to part two but has an AV spawn as well which will actively destroy objects in the area.

And then either after completion or failure the mission resets itself and starts again. The reset time could be quite high just to make it a bit less common. And the warning could give notice for people to get there in time. E.g. - "There are reports a fire may be starting in Steel Canyon soon"

And because these public missions are just located in a small part of the zone I was thinking that it could be just these bits that have destructible objects. Also if the quest is failed then it could just affect that part of the landscape. With the example above, if the heroes fail to stop the burning building then the building will be left scorched etc until it resets.

They could tweek Rikti raids as well. They would need to spawn in one area of a zone (although this could be quite big). For example:
* Part one: Repel the first line of invaders - as per any Rikti invasion. Once this is completed:
* Part two: Stop the unexploded bombs - you need to defeat the bombs while at the same time avoid being blown up
* Part three: Stop the final wave - which could have the big bad bosses appear

I think this could be a good way to do it because you are still able to get the badges, people will be less spread out as the invasion happens in a certain part of the zone and there is reward for participating. Also it means if nothing is done that part of the zone can be littered with the remains of destructible objects, along with scorched buildings and holes in the ground

Sorry if any comments I have made have offended Hidden - I will admit I can be a bit over zealous when it comes to GLBT issues and this may be a time of agreeing to disagree.

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Let me put it this way, do you see any supergroups that are called STRAIGHT? Or anyone going around saying 'I'm not G ay'

This is all.

And to your first comment, I was saying that having an SG called G AY or something to that extent would be screaming it about, not this topic at all!

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And does it say anywhere that the OP actually wants a SG called [censored]?? Everyone has assumed from the word go that any SG that encourages [censored] members is going to go around screaming it in your face! Just because someone wants to join a [censored] SG doesn't mean the SG is spending its time in Atlas having [censored] pride marches.

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There really, really isn't. [censored] Pride being a very big part of this actually. We don't see any straight prides about! And yes, there are straight relationships in CoX.. But so what? 'Straight' relationships are considered normal, since most people are attracted to members of the opposite sex.

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I would say you need to be very careful about your wording there Hidden. Saying that straight relationships are normal is infering that [censored] ones are abnormal, which is quite a homophobic/insulting view point. If thats not what you meant mybe you should rephrase it using the word common.

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1/ the term g-a-y being censored in the first place. I'm g-a-y yet I have to have the way I describe my sexuality in game and on this board, hidden or distorted. Do straight people have the way they describe their sexuality censored or hidden no they don't. I know ppl mean well by saying they are protecting me from bigots but trying to pretend I don't exist is even more insulting than any words from a bigot.

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I completely agree with your point here psychabilly. There is no logical reason why the word [censored] should be censored and it is insulting that is.

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Late response, sorry. But yes, it's the people who go around screaming 'I'm 'this' way inclined' the give the rest of us a stereotypical name, same thing with being camp. Just makes people feel like they're forced away from you, and splitting yourself from society even more. But anyhow, goodluck if you do make one.

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Again I stand by what I said earlier, just because someone has asked if there is a [censored] SG out there does not mean that they are going around 'screaming' it in people's faces.

So what if someone wants to create a [censored] supergroup or join one, doesn't mean they are going to go around the game shouting about it. Names can be subtle or not necessarily have any [censored] referrence at all.

From the way some people have described it on this thread even mentioning that you are [censored] is to much of an advertisement.

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Upstairs in the VIP lounge.

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Thank you! I will have to remember that, no more 'death runs' through Steel from the Yellow Line on my low end toons

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TA mate, though this is a moot point now... the base TP drops you out near the green line station... much easier trip!

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hehe true! Ive mainly done it on new toons which aren't in the SG and I want to reroll them but keep the cossie (I know I should just save them before hand!

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Upstairs in the VIP lounge.

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Thank you! I will have to remember that, no more 'death runs' through Steel from the Yellow Line on my low end toons

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If you ever need to get a lowby to a tailor and don't have Pocket D VIP access then the tailor in Independence Port can often be easier to get to than the one in Steel. The IP icon is near the Kings Row gate and usually there's only 1 or 2 Family spawn to avoid.

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I must admit Ive gotten a bit lazy when it comes to remembering how zones connect etc, espcially with so many TPs available (Pocket D, Mission TP, WW Day Job) and the train lines.

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Thank you! I will have to remember that, no more 'death runs' through Steel from the Yellow Line on my low end toons

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Just though I would let people know (that may not have already found out) that the Pocket D tailor is also counted as a Super Tailor.

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Ok going to have a 'noob' moment - but where abouts is the Tailor in Pocket D

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I'm sorry, but this is just thread bumping!!

Why has this been stickied again? It seems to have little interest ....

Bring on the migration lol

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I dont know if you remember but there used to be a lot of Atlas parties and Evo radio would advertise there shows a lot in Atlas,

Coalitionradio is a radio station where some of the DJs are players themselves and are trying to bring back these things to the game, and news I have just heard is that they have taken over Evo.

The GGRRR supergroup have regular dance parties on a Tuesday evening with Rosie's set where anyone is welcome to join in the chat banter and music.

We had a "Pool Party" while listening a while ago which seemed quite popular

Link to Screenie

Whats wrong with trying to bring back a sense of community to the EU game??

Feels like a huge assumption has been made here! Just because someone wants to join a LGB supergroup doesn't necessarily mean the group is blatently advertising themselves as LGBT in the groups name??

Being a member of the LGB community myself I can completely understand why someone would be interested in joining an LGB or an LGB friendly SG, there are some complete bigots in this game which I've been a victim of or have heard about.

If I knew of a LGB supergroup I would recommend them, but unfortunately I don't know much about the other SG groups on the server outside of my own (GGRRR, who I am "out" in and we don't tolerate any bigotry).

Although I did see a SG called 'Friends of Dorothy' which is a [censored] referrence but I haven't really seen them around recently and dont know much about them

I can kind of see what you mean Pyro although four powers do provide either some defence or resistance to Psi (Mind over Body, Unbreakable Will, Mind Link, Astral Form). But three of these are clickies (unless UW was changed as suggested above).

Also with Astral Form there is only one other 'god mode' which provides Psi resistance (will power) and two which provide def bonus (super reflexes and ninjitsu).

I think the easiest way you could add some is to telekenetic shield as long as it was balanced properly not to make it to powerful

Thanks for the feedback guys

I think I was looking at Shield set when I was thinking of the click mez resist power, but it has it earlier on and then checking Invulnerability its 5th power is a toggle mez resist. I originally made it a click because provided resistance to more mezzes plus the def to Psi. So maybe just changing it to either a higher than average endurance toggle or maybe reduce the types of mez it protects from could be a way to go.

I can definitely see now how WoC would not work for Brutes because of the Fury issue. I kind of envisaged it working how Carnifax and Dave describe it and from my experience of it on my blaster foes tend to get confused for a second and then come running straight back so they seem to still be agro'd. I think it would be a very chaotic way of keeping agro though from a team though.

My original thought for the 8th power was a clone of the Fortuna mental training that provided a auto boost to rechare, so maybe include that instead of the rez. Or possibly turn it into a second agro aura called something like Psychic Leach where foes around you suffer -recharge, while you gain a small +recharge for each foe effected. Actually thinking about it, I quite like that idea!

EDIT - oh and I can see what you mean Carnifax about the except AoE defence thing, I think I was caught up in the concept of it to notice the hole in the logic!

I have been thinking that there are some powers, from various powersets, in game that lend themselves nicely to become a new shield set for Tankers, Scrappers, Brutes and (possibly with tweaking) Stalkers called Psionic Aura.

Now I will say now that not all the powers are original and I have noted where some have been copied from.

But let me know what you think!

1. Mind over Body (Toggle: +Resistance (Lethal, Smashing, Psionic))
While this power is activated you embower your body with the strength of your mind and increase your resistance to Lethal, Smashing and Psionic damage
[As per Willpower/Psionic Mastery]

2. World of Confusion (Toggle: PBAoE, Foe Damage (Psionic), Confusion)
This toggle powers allows you to cause psionic damage and cause confusion within a group of foes, creating chaos. The chance of confusing an enemy is lower than the chance of damaging them, and it may take multiple hits to affect stronger opponents. All affected foes within the area will turn and attack each other, ignoring all heroes. You will not receive any Experience Points for foes defeated by Confused enemies.
[As per Mental Manipulation]

3. Telekenitic Shield (Toggle: +Def (all but Psionic), +Resistance (all but Psionic)
While this power is activated you create a shield of telekenitic energy around your body which will deflect incoming attacks. If an attack does get through its impact will be reduced and will cause less damage.

4. Drain Psyche (PBAoE, Foe: -Regen, -Recovery, Self: +Regen, +Recovery)
You Drain the Psyche of you nearby foes, thus weakening their Hit Point Regeneration and Endurance Recovery and boosting your own.
[As per Mental Manipulation]

5. Unbreakable Will (Self: +Resistance (Hold, Immobilise, Fear, Sleep, Disorientate, Confusion, Knockback), +Def (Psionic))
When you activate your mental will becomes so powerful you become highly resistant to status effects and Psionic attacks for a short while.
[A tweaked Indomitable Will from Psionic Mastery]

6. Telepathic Prediction (Toggle: +Def (all but Psionic and AoE), -Resistance (Psionic))
While this power is activated you are constantly scanning the mind's of those around and are able to predict their next attacks making you harder to hit. However, you are still vulnerable to AoE attacks as they are not necessarily targeted at you and leaving your mind open makes you less resistant to Psionic attacks.

7. Mind Link (PBAoE, Team: +To-Hit, +Def (All), +Res (Psionic))
Your Mind Link Power will enable you to link the minds of all your teammates who are near you for the next 90 seconds. This shared link improves your teams chances to hit foes, your defensive abilities and dramatically reduces psionic damage.
[As per Fortuna Team work]

8. Psychic Rebirth (Self Rez, Special)
When you fall in battle you reach out with your mind to your allies to give you strength to be reborn. The more allies nearby the more health and endurance is restored to you. Additionally allies used to resurect yourself gain a small boost to their recovery and regneration for a short time due to the psychic energies shared. This power will actually leave you invulnerable for a brief time, and protected from XP Debt for 20 seconds. There must be at least one conscious ally nearby to fuel the transfer and revive yourself.
[A kind of opposite to Soul Transfer from Dark Armour]

9. Astral Form (Self: +Resistance (all Damage types, Hold, Immobilise, Fear, Sleep, Disorientate, Confusion))
When you activate this power your entire body is consumed by psychic energy and you become a being from the astral plain. For a short while you become highly resistant to all forms of damage along with some status effects. Astral Form costs very little Endurance to activate, but when it wears off you are left exhausted, and drained of almost all Health and Endurance.

I would have thought the APPs will be the easiest for them to add in as a few of them are just clones of powers that will be customisable. But thats just my opinion.

Similar with some of PPPs as well, although some are more unique (e.g. Mako)

And definitely please make Hasten/SS customisable!

So hopefully they will either get them in for I16 and surprise us or they may be added in a patch shortly after.

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Tired Angel - May change his Gravity control slightly but will probably leave him mostly unchanged

Apocalyptic Jester - Pink Bubbles and Yellow Illusions!

Mind's Arrow - may change his Mind control slightly but otherwise no change

Psychic Whisper - Both his sonic, psi and (soon to have) electric are going to be a dark purple colour!

Black Karhu - Dark Red/Black flames on some cossies and blue other the others

Ok Ive had trouble settling on a secondary for my Zombie MM but with Issue 16 bringing thermal radiation to the MM secondaries I finally have my answer!

So anybody else going to be letting loose a Flaming Zombie army into the Rogue Islands??

I find it tends to happen if when I order them to engage a target and I am to close. If I am quite a far range then they seem to behave themselves

And I can finally respec out Teleport for something else!