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Ignore the name of that particular power for a moment. I think what @Rudra is trying to say is that "stopping time", in the colloquial sense, is NOT possible within the context of how MMOs, (or at least City of Heroes), works. It's not that your suggestion is a bad one, only that it can't be implemented. Now, you could try to institute an unresistable or otherwise extremely high-magnitude hold effect to lock down all characters, but that still runs the risk or accidentally missing some players if the radius wasn't set just right, or if someone had some sort of extremely high status protection - like imagine a league of 1 tank and the rest being empaths, who all cast clear mind on said tanker...

From my understanding, the AE used to erroneously apply an extra +X1 XP, (so if you had the 2X XP on you, you'd actually get 3X XP).

I think the mechanics behind that particular "time freeze" is different than what you are looking to accomplish. Beside the "untouchable" effect I mentioned earlier, another option would be to forcibly teleport all players to someplace away from Tyrant, so he can go through the shrinking back to regular size thing unimpeded...

Could they just flag Tyrant as untouchable while he's doing the whole "brought down to normal" thing? Would seem like a simpler route to go...

Welcome aboard! You get 1000 character slots per server, so what I'd suggest would be to try all sorts of ATs and powersets - go crazy, and try as many different characters out to see what you like. Once you do, then I'd recommend looking at the server status pane on the right of these forums, as well as doing a quick skim of each server's sub-forum, to see if what you're looking for is strictly the busiest/most populated server, or whether you want something with a different "vibe" to it...

It is still viable. The "nerf" you're likely talking about was requiring AE enemies have more attacks in order to grant full XP, as well as enemies beyond the aggro cap still attacking the character, only from range instead of closing to melee...

Or forge any ID by selectively changing different portions of said ID card. Heck, you could forge bar or QR codes if you were skilled enough. You'd never have to worry about red light or speed cameras since you could selectively (and reversibly) change the numbers or letters on a license plate, (or just change the color of the light), or even something as mundane as changing the numbers on a check or from a $1 bill to a $100...

You are the real MVP! Don't hurt your shoulder patting yourself, (or the OP), on the back...

Wouldn't want to create a useful guide now, would we. What's the point of providing contextless information? Who cares if an armor set's toggles cost 3x the normal amount, if it also provided with 5x the end or something?

TBH, it seems more like a list of pretty useful superpowers with severe limitation applied to them. It'd be like saying "My character has super strength, but they can only use it to lift single extremely light objects". Also, the ability to change colors is actually extremely powerful - change your opponents' cornea to some opaque color so they can't see, change their costume to extremely bright colors, etc. The touch-based language acquisition can be very useful if said "language" grants other abilities - like if it's a special language that allows you to cast magic or if there's some alien robot that only responds to its native language. The "dishman" one is just telekinesis confined to plates, but are you permitted to change the definition of what constitutes a "dish"? The ice cream creation ability is downright deadly - create some ice cream in someone's brain, (or other sensitive area). If there's some alien out there that eats "antimatter ice cream", can you create that as well?

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I appreciate you going to the effort to compile this information, but without taking all powers in a set, including those granting extra recovery, an end cost discount, or other forms of end-granting skills, it can create an incomplete picture about an armor set's effectiveness. For instance, radiation armor's particle shielding grants a significant bonus to end recovery, or bio armor can quickly switch between efficient or other modes, on the fly...

Captain Yeet!?

I have a few shark-themed characters; The males are "Megalo Don" and the females are "Meg Alodon"...

I have never run an ITF, except for the very rare "speed" ones, where the team consistently ignored any of the enemies. No attacks = no XP. It seems weird to me that anyone would think they should get XP from an enemy who, themselves, cannot harm you. Even the most team-oriented player character has at least some attacks...