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Wouldn't it be more about antagonizing an enemy, than intimidating them? Regardless, it isn't so far fetched as to think that a tanker causing a "sick burn" couldn't actually damage someone psyche in a superhero game...

You are missing my point. It does not matter what caused mutants to exist or how they were brought about. Only those first few could be considered to be of a science origin. Once they started reproducing on their own, and that external source no longer plays a role, they become "normal" mutation origin.

It is irrelevant if the "original" mutants were created via some scientific experiment - if someone is born *now* in the Marvel universe, and their powers are due to some anomaly in their genetics, (X-gene, etc), not directly brought about by some scientific experiment or accident, then they are still a mutant.

It'd need to be further differentiated from martial combat, especially if we were to "borrow" burst of speed from it.

As far as I'm concerned - if street justice powers can reliably build combo stacks and savage melee powers can reliably build stacks of blood frenzy, why can't kinetic melee get a guaranteed effect of its own?

A random thought regarding Star Trek, (and perhaps all Sci-Fi in general): Why is it that the characters are exactly as competent and equipped as they need to be to handle any given situation? It's interesting to see things like Voyager's "year of hell", where they suffered setback after setback, with resources constantly diminishing, (though the seemingly endless photon torpedoes and shuttlecraft somewhat counter that). That being said, with respect to the previous image that was shared:

I think this would be the best route to go. You could then pair it with different armor sets to encapsulate just the type of speedster you want.

It looks like some of the wedding set pieces with a bolero over it. Some sort of stealth power, (or IO), to give the translucent effect is a must! Very nice!

I want to expand upon this topic a bit by asking @Ultimo a question - how comfortable are you with the notion of having to do some setup in order to get the most of your powers; Storm blast is built around laying down your storm cell, then attacking enemies within it via your other storm blast powers. Without doing that bit of setup, your attacks will be lacking.

Frankly, I find fantasy themed MMOs to be worn out at this point. I like being able to play anything from a "peak human" with a sword and shield to an alien or guy in a power suit. I'm also not a fan of how amazon handled the LotR IP, and am concerned that this game won't be able to "just be" a fun game, divorced from any real world politics and/or acting as one giant advertisement for future seasons.

For me, aesthetics are just as important as actual effectiveness. I mainly play sentinels, but I've gotten ones with elec and storm blast to 50, so I think I have good experience with both sets. Elec is by far more straight forward and direct to use. That being said, if you want to project the feeling of actually conjuring a storm, storm blast is the way to go. It also has the advantage of dealing a variety of different forms of damage - energy, cold, & smashing. It also has 2 location-based powers, if you prefer those over more insta-cast ones. With all that said, level 35 is a sweet spot, progression-wise, so if you are already enjoying the character, stick with them. If you're not sure, install the Homecoming Beat/Test server, where you can insta-level a character to 50, (or whatever level you want), so try out storm blast there and compare it to your experience on live.

We have to look at this from 2 perspectives: The "easy" approach is just to add the coordinates of the plaques into the rotation for the tips/exploration missions. The more involved approach would be to create mini-arcs that take you through the related plaques, along with an associated mission or other such task...

When the game was live, I complete wrote off super reflexes. As of late, I've tried it on both a Sentinel and a Tanker, and it's actually pretty good!

I've installed CoH on many computers with fresh & updated versions of Windows 10. Missing OPENGL would not, IMO, cause the kind of "login loop" that the OP described. My inclination is to believe that a firewall or other kind of filter kicked in, blocking the actual game server/shard connection, vs the initial login one...

I can't speak to Musculature, but I have a dark blast/super reflexes sentinel with Intuition radial paragon, and they use virtually all of its buffs; hold, range, damage, & tohit debuffs. The only thing they don't really use is the bonus to defense debuffs & slow effects, (but they could if I picked a different APP).

One thing to keep in mind is that many items that can be bought with merits can also be found on the auction house, (bought using influence/infamy/information), so if you have a lot of inf, you may be better off using the merits for something that sells for a lot there, and using that inf to buy what you want off of the AH instead.

This is a good place to start.

Mastermind minion customization is a frequently-requested topic. I know other servers have implemented it, so I don't know if it's some mechanical, developmental, or other limitation that is preventing it from being implemented here - only time (or a dev) will tell...

I also think, (though I could be completely wrong, here), that the original cigar was intentionally a bit comical looking in order to keep the base teen rating, while the gunslinger one was added at a point where the game was well past the point where it would have to be submitted to the ESRB rating process.

I've seen something like this before, where a firewall pop asking if you want to allow the connection was minimized or closed without allowing it, and the game loads to the login and character select, but won't allow connecting to the game/shard servers...

Go with poison/water - color them some sickly hue. Water will also give you a heal that poison lacks, and go with a flies combat aura.

It would kind of be counterproductive if you want to continue to unlock and develop your incarnate stuff. That being said, I'm not sure on the double inf thing...

How is spending a bunch of converters to reroll embody "inventing" more than buying a recipe and crafting with it?

It's one of the few penalties in this game. you simply gain XP slower until you've worked it off. Frankly, don't let it stress you. Take a break if you need to - playing should never feel like a job...

Or just run content that gives you merits, then spend them on exactly what you want...