Twisted Toon

My opinion is the only one that counts...


for me

As for balancing free form ATs in a computer controlled environment. That would be next to impossible. PnP RPGs have a living breathing GM who makes the decisions on whether Ubermax the Invincible was hit by a regular club or a club made from Titanium alloy with a genetic impact trigger that releases Anit-Ubermax Chemical #5 when striking all supers named Ubermax. The GM, in those cases makes sure that all the players have equal playtime in the game. At least, they should.

Computer controlled RPGs, on the other hand, have rigid rules they follow that apply to everyone, regardless of their builds, for every mission. Granted, a computer could be programmed to account for most every build imaginable and alter its approach for each build. However, that would require a lot of disk space and more programming hours that most companies would think are worth it.

I play a great many characters that do not have Stamina. Not one of them lags a team, when I team, because he's out of Endurance. I rarely start a fight with full Endurance, especially when teamed. But then, I'm also not concerned with DPS, or ExpS either. I play to have fun. I can have fun without Stamina.

Stamina is not, in any way, necessary, except where play-style demands it. And, frankly, your play-style demands it. Its a good thing that not everyone plays like you though.

All of them. Most of the characters that I play that have Stamina are melee types where I wanted to have them be able to fight non-stop for an extreme amount of time. Most of my ranged characters tend to wait for their health to come back more than their Endurance.

This happened to me as well.

Being able to fight every foe on a map without having to stop is a character concept. However, you have to make sacrifices in order to gain that ability. In some cases, it is still impossible. Depending on what foes are being fought.

However, the choice of Stamina is also based on your play-style. Most other character concepts are not. But, the choice of Which AT to make your fire based character is. So, Stamina is a choice that is part concept and part play-style. also, one that I don't really need. So, I don't use it often.

As for how to play smarter, don't use all of your defensive toggles in fights where only one or two are needed. My /Dark scrapper doesn't use the energy toggles when she's fighting Tsoo very often because its not needed.

I hate to say it, but you might try playing smarter and not just harder. I don't have to rest between every fight. I also don't have to start every fight with a full Endurance bar either.

*waves*

Hello.

Hell is in Michigan, I'm not certain if it froze over, but I'll bet its pretty darned cold there.

Only in a red-neck sense.

Just remember, that You-uns is Y'all +2

I was going to say something along the lines of "Anyone can build a house. Whether you'd want to live in that house or not is another thing entirely." But, it seems that others have done a better job than I. Alas!

What I find interesting, is that I am not creative enough to actually invent code from scratch, but I do tend to be able to tweak it and make it better on occasion.

I was certainly baffled as to why, when the game as being created, the power colors were "baked" into the power animations rather than allow that to be changeable from the outset. Seemed logical to allow for adjustments that didn't require completely redoing every animation for a power just to change its color (or colour depending on where you're from). Of course, I guess it could have had something to do with processing times and other such stuff. I just tend to think modular. But, I'm weird like that.

Don't know about you... Oh, wait. Judging from your post, you don't. So, I guess I do know about you. But, you're wrong. I like Kheldians.

Now, if you had used "many people", or "A lot of people", then I wouldn't have had an issue with that statement. Just sayin'.

To expand on this, the weapons you see on various characters for various power-sets are just costume options that have nothing to do with the animations for the power-sets they are related to. Take Spines, for example. You can change the look of the spines that are attached to the character, but you can't change what the thrown spines look like. Same goes for the Archery set and its arrows. The animations for those sets have a set emission point that all of the weapon costume parts correspond to. The Weaponless power-sets, like the Blaster's Energy Assault, also has a set emission point that would remain the same regardless of what costume part was attached to the hands.

I ignore most Avatars. The name is more important to me.

In my own personal experience, I have noticed a trend in the ladder rating section to lead me to believe that it is somewhat accurate. I have been LJBF'd right after a You're-a-great-guy-and-any-girl-would-be-lucky-to-get-you-except-I-want-this-other-guy-more.

I never saw a line forming for a "lucky girl" either. I always seem to be their second choice...even after they break up with choice number one and choose someone else. Odd.

I can only assume that it must be me and not them, since I seem to be the only common denominator in the equation. That would be the logical assumption anyway. Correct?

It is the answer to The question. No complaints here.

The wind blows. Tornadoes do, indeed, suck.

I should know. I was born and raised in Tornado Alley.

You are correct. I wasn't thinking all that clearly this morning when I posted, or I would have made that distinction myself.

My main point was, however, that it was elapsed time, and not prepaid/donated time that had not elapsed yet.

Don't count your chickens until they've laid the golden omelet. Or something like that.

Technically, its not played-paid time. Its more like elapsed paid time. Just wanting to me more precise.

I remember, quite vividly, the Rularuu invasions...er...visitation in Issue 2. I hated those freakin eyeballs of doom.

I've been here since Sept. 5th 2004, and it doesn't seem like it was all that long ago that some of those issues were released. I remember grabbing a bowl of popcorn and watching the Council and 5th Column have a lively discussion in Talos Island. Where does the time go?

So that's why Agent Katze has those cherub wings.

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Wait. She doesn't fly...

Well, not in the literal sense. She does move pretty darned fast, I will admit.

Maybe they should tax a villain everytime he/she/it robs a bank and throw more money at the schools. Or, just get rid of Westin Phipps.

I am willing to watch the completed project.