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I am SO looking forward to this booster pack! These things just keep getting better and better. I don't know how they are going to top, or even match, this one with the Mutant, Science or Natural packs, but I can't wait to see.

Only downside is I bought the new box off of amazon.com to get the coupon, so I'll probably have to wait a few more days to get the booster pack. Well worth it though!

Not one of my costumes, but the toon in the middle won first place in a CC I threw.

Junkyard Sentinel

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What exploit could it possibly prevent?

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I always thought the reason for the 30 second timer was so you couldn't go, "Oh no, Professor Pummelator is about to smash me to death!" >instantly logout< "Whew!"

Ack! I didn't realize the non-winners got pressies too. I will send you the requested info when I get home tonight. Thanks!

From your post...

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If you didn't win:
Please messaage me either at deviantART or here on the boards with the following:
- Archetype
- Origin
- Primary Powerset (favorite or most-used power in the set)
- Secondary Powerset (favorite or most-used power in the set)
- choose from the following poses: hands down to sides, hands on hips, arms crossed

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Does the last bullet item mean we should send you a screen cap(s) of the character in one of those poses?

Replace the sound FX for the Leadership pool powers with "Priceline Negotiator!"

Rplace one of the Banished Pantheon Outdoor missions, or one of the Vazhilok sewer missions with a mission that takes place in a shopping mall ala, Dawn of the Dead. Alternately, just give us a shopping mall zone.

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Posi,

We know now that EB's and AVs are allowed in the MA, But will Monsters be allowed too?

Like how Kronos Titan and others are allowed in certain missions?

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Wouldn't there be an issue with Giant Monsters fitting in most maps? Other than warehouses or outdoor maps, I'm hard pressed to think of a map with ceilings high enough for a Kronos Titan or Eochi. You could put them in the three story room in some office maps, but then if you were losing, all you'd have to do is run down a hallway and they couldn't follow you.

Another question - if I want to run a character from 1 to 50 completely in the MA will there be any way for me to earn capes, auras and extra costume slots?

I'm thinking I'd like to make a "Virtual Hero" who can only appear in the MA "world," but that would mean he couldn't run missions for Serge or anyone to get those rewards.

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Regarding Trial Accounts using Mission Architect, if they are going to put a new box on the shelves, specifically promoting MA, wouldn't they HAVE to let trial accounts use it?

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No, the boxes come with a month of time. They aren't trial accounts, they're real accounts with a month on them.

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Ah, good point. Still, introducing something as potentially "genre-changing" as this and not letting people play with it prior to buying the full version of the game...? It will make the trial users' cries of "Why can't I team???" seem like the pleasant babbling of a mountain brook IMO. Not that I don't see the potential for RMTers to exploit the system.

Regarding Trial Accounts using Mission Architect, if they are going to put a new box on the shelves, specifically promoting MA, wouldn't they HAVE to let trial accounts use it?

That would be like putting out the GvE Edition and not letting you try redside unless you subscribed.

My question: Will you be able to take virtual tours of whatever map you chose? I haven't seen every map in the game, and I haven't memorized every one I have seen, so placing glowies, or mobs on a map will be much more difficult if I only have the 2-D version to look at.

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Ms Peanut is brilliant. it makes me wish canes were an available weapon.

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Me too, but the shillil... whatever, is pretty close.

And thanks. She has won, or at least placed in, a couple of costume contests.

Pics of my Tribute characters, and my Joke characters, three of which are also Tribute characters. I never play most of these because they aren't really EULA-friendly.

These are what I would consider my Joke, or Tribute characters. Link

The first two are mace/WP Brutes with a basebal bat and a shilleleagh(sp?) respectively. The third is a MA/WP scrapper and the fourth a Bots/Traps MM.

Pretty nice, Electric Knight, thanks. I still haven't settled on a costume for her, so I may incorporate some of what you've done here. I like the blend (I use that option a lot), and the tights pattern.

I think I may stay away from the headband/tiara - after trying several versions on different costumes, it just... I don't know, doesn't fit my concept.

I thought about giving her white hair, but I am mindful of making her look too much like Clea from Doctor Strange.

Again, good suggestions all, and thanks. I will certainly post a final screenshot when I have settled on a costume.

Thanks, trickshooter. I like the addition of the tiara, I'll have to try that out. And yeah, I know the colors of the chest symbol and belt depart from the rest of the outfit. I wanted the chest symbol to sort of grab your attention, which is why I colored it differently, and then I just matched the belt to it.

I'll also have to try out the star symbol you used and the darker fuchsia type color to see how they look. I'm trying to stay away from things like bikini-bottoms and thigh-high or stilleto heels because I guess she's influenced as much by Mary Marvel as the Legion.

Thanks again for the suggestions and the costume designs! Anyone else who wants is still welcome to chime in.

I want to create an Illusion Controller with the super-awesomely creative name of Illusion Girl, but I'm having trouble designing with a good costume for her. I see her as having a simple sort of Legion of Superheroes-esque costume, but I'm waffling on the design and color scheme. So far the front-runners are:

Illusion Girl 1

and,

Illusion Girl 2

I'm looking for opinions, not only on which of these designs you, the discerning Screenshots and Fan Art forum readers like better, but also what you would tweek, or change out-right. Anything is fair game - color scheme, patterns, belt, boots, and especially chest emblem. There really are no chest emblems that scream "Illusion Controller" to me, but the one I chose kind of evokes the image of the hypnotists spiral in my mind.

You can even weigh in on hairstyle and color if you like, but to me those are secondary to getting the costume right.

So... opinions?

OK, I'm going to hold a Loveliest Larcenous Lowbies contest on Virtue tomorrow.

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Other contests I would consider sponsoring are a "Lucky Lowbie" contest and a "Natty Newbie" contest. While not technically "themes," these contests would only be open to toons under level 10, and toons with no vet badges respectively.

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I really like this idea! I would definitely come to see this one! The themed ideas are great too. I was in an SG where we would have a party night every so often. We did a beach party on the hero side, and a pirate party on the ship wreck on the villain side all the while we are goofing off on vent and listening to great music. Great fun! I will be taking some of the ideas you all have posted here to my new SG.

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Thanks, I think I may just do this. None of my toons are very rich, so the prize levels wouldn't be astronomical (probably 8 million total per cc). I'll probably hold one red-side on Virtue, and blue-side on Guardian, since that's where my richest characters are.

I was thinking about this on the way to work today, and if it wasn't susch short notice, I'd consider holding a Valentine's Day themed CC either tonight or tomorrow.

Other contests I would consider sponsoring are a "Lucky Lowbie" contest and a "Natty Newbie" contest. While not technically "themes," these contests would only be open to toons under level 10, and toons with no vet badges respectively.

I've seen some amazing costumes that utilize the Roman armor and vet costume pieces, but I think it would be fun to see what people can come up with using only the resources available to low level, and/or non-vet characters. Also, I think a 10-million inf price would be more valuable to a level 6 newbie than a level 50 with 12 vet badges.

Wish I'd seen this sooner. I actually have a toon named Victorious Secret.

My character inspirations come from all over the map.

My longest played hero was inspired by the old Marvel villain Graviton.

My longest played villain is a disillusioned Hooters girl.

I made a toon over the holidays that is a psychotic, living gingerbread man.

My most recent villain is a woman with multiple personality disorder whose one personality thinks she is Dorothy and the robots she controls are her friends from Oz.

I also have a toon named The Pittsburgh Pirate who has a hook for one hand and carries a baseball bat in the other. I used to have a villain dressed in a simulated football uniform called The Pittsburgh Stealer, but I deleted him to make room for other characters.

My most recent hero is a huge robot dressed in a tuxedo and top hat who was partly inspired by the Malta Group's Titan robots. His name is Titan of Industry. It was between that and The Steel Magnate.

I'd like to get the two "normally villains-only" badges - Weed Whacker, and Coldblooded for my blueside badge toon. Do we know if these will still be available to heroes through the co-op missions, or will they have gone the way of that Longbow defeats badge that heroes can no longer earn?

I don't want to waste my time running these missions multiple times only to not get the badges. I already have all the other Spring Fling badges on that toon.

1) Did one of the male Jackets options get replaced in a recent issue? The reason I ask is, I went to the tailor last night to save a costume on a toon in anticipation of re-rolling the toon with a new powerset, and it reset his upper body from the open military style jacket to tights. It looks like the open military style jacket is still available, but that now it has an inherent camoflauge pattern. Would that have triggered the reset? I don't mind because I have more free tailor tokens than I can shake a stick at, but I was curious what happened there.

2) If I save a costume for a toon with a certain weapon type - say an Assault Rifle - and I want to use that same costume on a new toon with a different weapon type - say Dual Blades - is it going to give me problems when I try to call up that costume for the second toon? Obviously I'm not expecting the scrapper to get an Assault Rifle, I just don't want to get an "Invalid Costume" error or something.

The style I most prefer is whatever you call the uncluttered style that comic book artists like Frank Cho, Amanda Conner, and Adam Hughes use. However, while not exactly the same style as those three, my all time favorite comic book artist is Paul Smith. It's a shame "PMS" does so little comics work these days.

Something I have wondered since I started playing this game:

Other than PvP, how is a perk like this such a huge deal in the game? In PvE my blaster doesn't fight other blasters, so why should I care that Joe Ampere can skip Recall Friend and go straight to Teleport at lvl 6, allowing him to pick up one more attack than me by lvl 14? Is his ability to kill mobs faster because he has more attacks a detriment to me? Do I get less XP/Inf/Prestige/Drops because he can do more DPS?

The only factor I see here that would cause someone consternation or anger over any of the Vet rewards is jealously. "If I can't have everything s/he has, I quit!"

I'll admit, I love having access to Sands of Mu at lvl 1 now, but I made it through a whole year of playing without that ability, and never once did I think, "That guy has Sands of Mu at level 1 and I don't, so what is the sense in even playing this game?"

I just. don't. get. it.

Boy, the gift horse's mouth gets more attention in this game than a teenager at an orthodontists' convention!

Any 60-month vet who feels the 5 merit reward is a slap-in-the-face is invited to look me up in game and donate them to me. I will happily accept free stuff.