Greycat

Server of a game that already went through a copyright lawsuit and is trying to become legit again is *very* different.

Right. And artists aren't being original because they use the same paints that other people use (other than vantablack.) Musicians all use the same instruments other musicians use, 99.9% of the time. They all use vibrations in the air to produce the same tones that have already existed. No music is original. Are you *sure* you want that to be your argument? Because there's a huge difference between "You're using the same parts and so can't be original, so copyright infringement is fine" and "You don't need to copy others." One is a huge leap in "logic," the other is common sense.

Oh, they'd read it, then try to rules-lawyer their way to finding some 0.01% to say "See, I shouldn't have been generic'd!" Which is generally, on top of the work to compile it in the first place, why these aren't listed.

That's that game's choice. And no kidding, comic con has people doing cosplays. Which the comic industry, *part of the con,* is fine with. You'll notice that comic con is not a legally-grey server trying to become legitimate. You're comparing apples and ... not even oranges. Apples and truck tires. You're trying to argue that Blizzard would have a problem with BLizzard cosplayers at Blizzcon. No, really? They like fans at their own event? *None of these are servers of a game that was already looked at for copyright infringement which is trying to go legit again, and which does not have the rights (that second half of "copyright") to other peoples' characters.* ... don't look like a copyrighted character, with a similar name and powers? How is this hard? There are hundreds of "power suit" wielding / wearing characters blasting energy, for instance, between live days and here. Somehow they managed to not all be Iron Man. The ones that went red and gold on with costume pieces that were very similar to the comic character, with some variant of "Iron man" in the name? Probably ended up as GenericHero####.

Hmm. yeah, I've got a similar laptop (as in "has APU and nVidia GPU," not an HP, though) and you can definitely use nVidia's drivers on it. (It also loves ignoring the GPU if I try to use the video out to play on a monitor or the TV, which is annoying. And looks awful.)

Regardless of how you feel (and you're making some pretty weak arguments - there's a difference between "I made a super strength/inv tank" and "I made a Superman clone named S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N and it got genericed," and I'm pretty sure you know it,) there are two big facts you're choosing to ignore: 1. Early in the game, Cryptic (at the time) was already embroiled in a copyright suit filed by Marvel. Yes, Marvel pulled some shenanigans, but it's in the game's history - which is why they were generic'd on live, and 2. *The devs are trying to negotiate with NCSoft to go legit.* People making copyrighted characters can cause issues with that. So yes, they have to act on copyright-infringing characters. If the choice is between "I want to be Iron Man" and "The game is now legal," I'm *not* choosing you. And I don't think the devs or GMs would, either. I'd much rather have donations go to keeping the server running than having to get even more to fight another lawsuit. I have had *hundreds* of characters on live (approaching a hundred here, actually.) Many of them probably had powerset combinations that matched comic characters - I don't know, I'm not a comic encyclopedia and there are hundreds of thousands of comic characters out there. Know how many of mine I've had a hard time trying to keep from being generic'd? Zero. It's fine to have ideas inspired by characters or franchises you like. But there's a big difference between "Female archaeologist and adventurer" and "I'm Lara Croft, down to name, backstory and look!" Be more creative. Be unique. Don't put the efforts to bring this game legally back to life at risk for everyone. And altaholic - "Everyone is using a costume that has been already done before." Really? In all the time I played live, from issue 3 to shutdown and now here, playing (there) on all servers, I ran across a similar costume to one of mine... once. I don't think I've ever had someone confuse one of my characters with a copyrighted one. So, no, "Everyone is using a costume that has been already done before" is not true in the least. The large number of costume parts make it *easier* not to look like someone else (part of the reason people play is to *make their own* look and character, after all,) not harder. (Edit: I should say twice, but that was a deliberate choice with myself and another player, and that costume didn't look like anyone else *or* any copyrighted character.)

... nothing about what I suggested modifies anything but player behaviour, and that only temporarily to earn a badge. Much like "master of" runs for badges, which already exist. I think you need to go back and re-read exactly what I posted. Since it sounds like you're mixing my suggestion and those of others.

There is not. As I recall, due to animation issues with players and powers. (You'll note the Illusionists just kind of float, versus walking.) Been asked for (with long dresses, long robes, etc.) for ages.

Assuming that's how things are done. And why are you trying to overcomplicate this?

I don't think it was in all that long. Maybe around the time of in game advertisements? I couldn't find word on teh wiki.

Yep.

Wow. I have't seen people try to do that (indiidually) since.... issue 3? 4? Of course, then they got their laughs TPing people inside of guard towers... which is why they now have doors. And why we have the accept prompt option... That's more a "report" than "ignore," I'd say.

... was the in game browser disabled? It was a fairly poor one, but I seem to remember having one for a bit. I don't remember how to bring it up to begin with...

While I'd be amused to be a Nemesis Nemesis again, I believe I heard somewhere or other that they actually ate more server resources than you'd think...

As much as I might gripe about other things relating to power creep, I've pretty much always agreed with this. Reward for hitting 50 and getting into Incarnates. I'd be... more fine with the other powers working at non-incarnate levels outside of incarnate content (available at the 5 level difference, something like that.) Lower damage/target cap on Judgement, for instance - so you're not outdoing the T9 of a blaster, as an example.

And if you read the rest of the post, the powers being there *but not being used* is the point of those badges I was talking about. Otherwise you could just get them by running the content before getting incarnate powers, which kind of defeats the purpose. The two I mentioned are not click powers. You can choose to have but not use Judgement, for instance. You can't have available but not choose to use Alpha.

Well, two of the powers you can't turn off (Alpha, which honestly I'm fine with being a "reward" for everything, and Interface.) Otherwise, there is one (for some) - Badges. Finish X content/TF/whatever "without using Lore, Judgement or.... " (the one that's slipping my mind right now. Clarion, etc.) "after obtaining them" - get the "(almost) old school" badge. Powers *have* to be in your tray and there to be used, but not used. ... heck, have one that you can only get by having no set bonuses. "Really old school." All SOs (or common IOs.) Just have to have a build with no set bonuses or procs. (Again, fine with Alpha or Interface.) Sure, they're not for everyone, but it'd be interesting to see who'd take those challenges.

Had one person the other day ask about... eh, some Incarnate power. One of those "Which should I take?" Didn't really give any information. Try to get any out of him, get abuse in return. Copied the PWiki link, since, hey, maybe he's new and doesn't know what they do. Get "I know all that already!" in return. He gets asked "well, what is your character weak on, what do you need to fill?" and he throws back "Oh, look, the same old copout answer." Yep. You could hear ignores slamming down like a corridor full of steel doors on him at that point... I think I saw one person try for 2-3 more sentences before giving up on him. So, ignore flags? Get rude and abusive to people who are trying to help and get plonked.

... daily, actually. And sadly they say "healer." Part of me dies inside every time they do that or someone advertises themselves as a "healer."

So, skimming through, I remember seeing a blurb about HOs (I think, I don't think it was Titans - though it may have been in a description) which said, paraphrased, "These make you more powerful, sure, but what cost might they have in the future?" - implying there was an idea to make them suddenly stop working or do something different vs some mob. I was sorry to see that never happen. Now, disclaimer, I *like* the idea of being rewarded for risk. I liked crashing T9s, draining nukes and the like. It meant you had to think, "Do I *want* to use this now, can I survive" before hitting it. And I think this was touched on already, sort of, but probably the "easiest" way ot introduce a player-controlled weakness could be... through IOs. Red set (to indicate a warning, and with warnings first thing in the descriptions,) that go "These will make you more powerful, but come with a cost," which would introduce a weakness - to a damage type, a group, something. They'd probably have to be made exclusive to each other so one set wouldn't nullify another. ... but would you want to be a more powerful 50 and suddenly take (scaled up) damage from those grey hellions when you forgot in Atlas Park? (Or something similar.)

I'd have to assume it would be a hybrid defense/melee attack set, but... eh.

I don't know if they can revert. Part would depend on just how far back you wanted to go - if someone wanted to experience "I can only run one armor at a time," that code would be *long* gone, for instance. (I would assume.)

To be kind of nitpicky, Incarnates weren't a system originally. They were meant to be an EAT when first mentioned. That fell to the wayside along with Avilans, Blood of the Black Stream, Nictus, and (possibly) Coralax. I should've asked that when they had the AMAs - the process of turning Incarnates from an EAT to an end-game system. Had Incarnates been dropped entirely as an idea, and the idea and name turned up when trying to figure out what the end game system was and should be called?

... should I mention that I once had a character who had a grudge against the DE because they were the reason he went out of business? After they showed up, nobody wanted to go to Hammy Don's Deli... (Yes, that really was his backstory. And name.)

"I can tell you what that sapper had for breakfast. Malta meal."