Greycat

Unrelated to troubleshooting but I thought this was funny... (If you're wondering, I was looking to see if there was anything with the old game Myth that would cause problems.)

... you know you can make your *own* teams and run what you want at any level, right...

Which doesn't preclude that followup I mentioned - hold a contest to design some basic bases that could be imported. They wouldn't *have* items in storage, after all. (Yes, I *would* love to see it... how can you tell? :) )

Cat: Isn't generally *embarrassed,* but - well, she's got mixed feelings about her office / apartment. She's proud of her business and how it's let her help people. It's *hers,* and even if money's tight, it's still something of her own, she's doing what she enjoys. On the flip side... most of her friends are, through one means or another, well off, so having them over when her whole place can fit in one of their closets, pulling out other folding chairs (normally just has one out for herself in the kitchen) and the like, well... Though she *will* point out that, despite their various high tech this, magic that, her paper filing cabinets and overhead projector (gotten cheap) and transparencies can't be hacked or monitored remotely. If they *do* get messed with, well, she's already got bigger things to worry about. Ish: Doesn't really *have* anything, but she's young. Some of the things she could be embarrassed about - she was kind of... not "scrawny" but wiry and undernourished when she was rescued and brought here, for instance, or just not knowing things (not a heck of a lot of education being given on a dying world...) she just takes either as "it is what it is" or takes as a challenge - she doesn't know something, she'll find someone who does or learn it herself. She's just ... rather practical. The one thing that *might* do it, though, is a little thing - a kiss. Not between family - that's fine - and not other people kissing. That's their thing. Until near the end of her time on her home, she'd been thrown in an arena and expected to die (penalty for theft,) and managed not to - and kept fighting. The lack of privacy in the quarters means that a lot of "taboos" don't bother her. The few times she saw someone just kiss their partner, though, they were going out and expecting to die - and usually did. So in her mind it's something... very intimate. (Her boyfriend gets this, after she explained it. They tend to rub noses, which their friends and familes find exceptionally cute.) Pri: Is sort of in the same boat as Ish as far as "hard to embarrass." She knows she doesn't know things, she's not shy, her 'job' generally has been to go out and find information, so learning something she doesn't know is just ... a thing. She was designed and was looked at as "a product," so comments that might embarrass her generally just remind her of that and she tends to either ignore them or get angry about them. But not embarrassed. I'm sure some of *this* will change over time, though... Rez: Being helpless. Less so now with her boyfriend, since she knows he'll be there, but she's mostly "helpless" if she doesn't pay attention and lets what energy the nanites that keep her functioning run down - she *can* still do things without them, but she'd suddenly get hit with all the pain they're currently suppressing and she's rather out of practice ignoring that amount of it and functioning.

If NC gave its blessing to HC? I'd want it - assuming they have these archived somewhere - to come with the tools used to actually *add* pieces, geometry, graphics and effects to allow them to create *even more.*

Honestly... I don't think they have anything in common. Some are younger, some are old. Some are in shape, some aren't. Mix of genders and origins. Some are ready to lend a hand, others would break it first. Can't even say all are human, or alive.

Calm down. See the 😉 at the end? Granted the forum left it in text form instead of converting into a little yellow face like it did there, but it's still there. It's an indication I'm kidding around. Same with the direct reference to "lighthearted poking" at the end. I put that in deliberately in an effort to make it *even clearer* that it should be found funny, or at least mildly facepalm worthy. I'm not trying to "scare" you with anything, so untwist your undies. I sent you links because you spent *so* much time explaining what an Epic AT was to someone who's *very* aware of them, I thought you might find it amusing. You *do* have a sense of humor somewhere, right? A costume slot does not "make VEATs what they are." The branching paths, the mixed powersets, even the fairly miserable arcs they get make them what they are. And, frankly, as a counterpoint? It can be argued that the shapeshifting "makes Khelds what they are," yet people skip those and play as, say, angels (popular for quite some time with PBs due to inherent flight and light-looking powers.) This is no different - heck, it's even LESS impactful since you're not skipping useful powers! As far as your last few paragraphs? They don't really counter the argument. Sure, it works... if you want to stick right along with the storyline... sort of. But, funny thing, players don't have to. Most of my VEATs don't because I can't stand the storyline. Which frankly means yes, I should have the choice to dump that costume. IF being "in costume" actually had a benefit - essentially stealth among rank-and-file Arachnos, for instance, since you look just like one of them, until - say - 30-35 when word gets out you've jumped ship and it's open season or something? I wouldn't be making this argument at all. It would have a purpose. (Yes, it'd also cause all sorts of issues, especially with side switching, but that didn't exist at the time. )

A, it doesn't do enough damage to them, and B, *I* wouldn't want to face both at once, especially if you get hit with Cpt Holz's Curse of Weariness and get your END cut in half for 5 minutes.

Zookeeper.

More annoying in FF. YOu can get stuck in a crossfire there really easily... and as level 30-40, it can hurt more.

... you really don't know who you're replying to if you think you have to explain epics, do you. ;) Just so you see why I find this funny: http://web.archive.org/web/20120907080230/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=263335 http://web.archive.org/web/20120905121326/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=114391 http://web.archive.org/web/20120907022352/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=239822 ... that's all me. I'm *quite* aware of how tied Epic ATs are supposed to be to bits of lore. :) However, lighthearted poking aside, I do have to address this: Regular AT or Kheld, you have ten slots you can do whatever you want with. VEAT, the first slot *must* be the Arachnos costume slot. You don't get an extra. (And yes, I'm quite aware of how it was on live, thanks, started in issue 3.) Also: ... would be even *more* reason to be able to dump the Arachnos costume from the listing, if desired.

WHile they're changing quite a bit for TV, I *really* doubt this'll be the case. Mat... well, they changed actors, I *think* the last ep was the last time we see *that* actor playing him (which is too bad, I rather liked him in the role, but the new guy seems to have chops, so...)

*nod* And as a plus, this could lead to a "Design a starter / basic base" contest, say, where several are submitted and the winners get to be put in as - well, starter bases you can select for your own (templates, basically,) for those that don't really want to / can't / don't have time for a lot of base building but want something nice.

All right, so I'm not the biggest fan of VEATs, I know. I dislike the storyline and the forced respec at 24. The first I handle by just not doing it, the second... well, grit teeth and deal, sometimes multiple times since you have to do it with each build on multiple builds. But they occasionally fit concepts I have in mind for characters. One of the frustrating things I'd love to see updated/changed/tweaked, though, deals with the tailor. There are a few issues. 1. The first costume slot *has* to be Arachnos themed. Of all the VEATs I have, only... maybe two at most could say they have any connection to Arachnos. However, the first costume slot MUST be Arachnos themed. Whether you want it to be or not. I'd love to be able to override this and not have that slot wasted, even if it has to be done after creation. (What can I say. RPer. I earn that Clothes Horse badge.) 2. The "black figure" blank on all the other slots is ... really kind of annoying. The first issue leads into the second. Even if you pick a face on helmet-less VEATs, it ignores it and gives a generic, all black figure for *every other* costume slot. (At least once you put something in the first slot, the earned costumes after that copy it.) Having it at *least* copy body, face and skin color would be nice. And/or having an option to "copy to other slots." (Yes, I know, costume changes under 10 are free, save/load into others. Still annoying.) 3. Arachnos parts can only be used in the first slot. Probably tied to the first-slot weirdness anyway, but it would be nice if, since you're a VEAT anyway, you could use the parts on *other* costumes, too. Yes, some pieces are kinda-sorta close (such as under "special helms" and the ... thorns? belt,) but if you want to go full-on Arachnos - or the parts just look useful for other ideas - you can't use them anywhere but as part of the full on first VEAT slot. Game breaking? No. It's costuming. But these most *definitely* affect my enjoyment of VEATs when I *do* play them, so... yeah. I'd love to see some of this tweaked.

I tend to do these frequently. The big difference I see has nothing to do with the extinguisher, but how fast you can take down the Hellions (since, if you're soloing it, they're a distraction at best, and at worst undo what you've managed to do in fighting some of the fires.) Granted, the larger extinguisher helps. (So would just having them be autohit, since the fire's not exactly dodging....) but you *can* solo-finish the event with the extinguisher. You do have to start *really* close to when the event starts, though. And yes, the difference if you've got a water or cold powerset is incredible. And yes, the exploding building *is* designed to be able to kill anyone near it regardless of AT or slotting. It's something like three hits of 30k damage. However, it's not uniform - I've occasionally been in "just" the right spot to have it explode around me and not touch me. Very much a "...*whew!*" moment :)

Mmm. Well, The Aes Sedai are the "powers" to begin with ... and the books go from that to showing all the squabbles and politicking inside. They're starting to touch on that. The focus will change and give our ta'varen their time soon enough, I'm aure.

I use them... solo, pretty much. Though my favourite place to use them has to be Mender Ramiel's arc. If you *don't* click the pile of debris before the final two rooms (past the Crey guards and into the Rikti,) nothing spawns in the portal room. Tossing trip mines throughtout he spawn points for at least the front two portals - don't put them where Cpt Holz or Honoree spawn - clears them out by the time you run back from the glowie. (Assuming, of course, you have the recharge to put more than a few down before falling asleep.)

Nope. And hard to get? You mention "kill x people in a PVP zone." You do not need a second account. You need to ... *ask someone to help.* Arrange a time. Go punch each other. Done. Tedious? Sure. Hard? No. Require second account? No. Any reason to make it purchaseable because of supposed difficulty? Absofreakinglutely not. They don't even award anything but another badge. So it's not hampering anything but a badge count.

No. Absolutely not. After all, if you do that, why stop there? Healing badges are hard to get on some ATs, those should be purchaseable too. Oh, and getting mezzed? What about those ATs with mez protection? Damage badges, too. Some ATs or powersets are not exactly high damage, those take *forever.* Oh, and how about killing all those Rikti monkeys for zookeeper? No. Make some friends. Arrange things with coalitons (or just other badgers.) Arrange times to do things with them. Otherwise, frankly, there's no point to the badges.

Cat: Cat isn't rich. She'd still likely be torn by it for a bit while she tries to figure out what to do with it. After all, *someone* lost this ticket, probably, and it's possibly one of the people who are affected by the fire. Or one of the fire fighters. She's also realistic enough to know walking around going "Hey, did you lose a winning lottery ticket?" isn't going to get her the real owner. So after talking to friends, her parents and her priest, Cat would put aside a chunk for taxes, see if there's any fund for the people who may have been displaced by the fire and donate to that, catch up on bills and give the business (and her apartment) a three to four month buffer of cash, start a little fund to help Pri out, replace the toaster that somehow burns one side of her toast while seeming to refreeze the other, put some in the plate at church, find a few charities to donate to, especially shelters with weather getting colder, and with what's left get herself a nice sandwich and coffee downstairs. Pri: "What's this?" Fortunately she does have friends to explain the lottery. And money. And help figure out what to do with it. She'd send some discreetly back the Ballroom's way, and hold on to the rest for later use. She's used to stashing things. And would likely have several actual stashes of physical cash hidden around the city. Not the whole amount, but still. Rez: "Sweetie? I know we just moved in here a few months ago, but how do you feel about a house? Or is there anywhere you want to go for a vacation?" Ishku: Would turn it over to her mom. Well, one of her moms, Lily, the one she lives with, who's good with money and finance. There are a couple of places that would get donations, but otherwise it's school - though, of course, some "fun funds" are available. And they'd have a nice Christmas.

Eh? They're dangerous *at* level, sure. But they don't scale with you - they're insanely easy if you happen to pop by on a higher level character. (And the firefighting badge adds "insanely easy depending on powerset." A character that uses some sort of Cold or Ice, or a Water blast character doesn't even need to see the Fire Chief by the mid levels to solo the SC fires.) And no, I don't think they *should* scale - no reason the Hellions or Trolls should be a threat to someone even in their 30s.

I don't think the target cap would have to be gutted that dramatically. It *still* causes aggro (which MC doesn't,) after all...

My Headcanon says there are headcannons. *shrug* (Also I thought I'd posted in this earlier, but apparently not. Possibly in some other thread. Headcanon - CLoning's the reason some groups have as many members as they do - and which we beat down regularly. Cheap, expendable cannon fodder. Especially if they can be masked.)

I think most of mine would just open it. The exceptions I could think of... Cat - Would be cautious about it. Jot down date received, etc. somewhere findable, just in case. The PI side of her business means she gets both junk mail *and* threats from peoples now-ex spouses and the like. Though, for some reason, I can't picture this as anything other than a letter from her aunt, who *insists* on using that sheet of free address labels she got... what, 15, 20, 30 years ago. Cat's told her the adhesive is dead on those things, and probably toxic, but her aunt uses them anyway and they *inevitably* fall off... Being near Christmas, she's tempted to send her a new set. Pri - Doesn't get mail. She and the group she's with are hunted, after all. Plus she doesn't have an address. Granted, she's staying at a hotel right now, but it's in someone else's name, so getting any sort of mail, much less something without a return address, would be a surprise and she'd likely find her friends to move her elsewhere while *they* take a look at the envelope. With luck it'd be a letter from Grace (also no return address, after all) - probably with some cash in it or something. Anything the least bit threatening or offering to talk about her car's warranty or get her a payday loan at stupid rates for the holidays ... well, she knows someone who can reduce that to a nice little pile of ash, so...

Hmmm. Sure, scirocco's redemption sounds good. The other thing I've really been wanting to see is one of the old EATs, Blood of the Black Stream. Sure, it's not going to show up as an EAT (sadly) but it could be a great vehicle for branching outside of Paragon, as their roots are back in ancient Egypt and could be developed with both red and blue side content. There are so many very obvious, longstanding hooks in game, I'd love to see those paid off.