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What if I'm a police drone in real life?

Going along with the card theme others posted, here's "The Deadman's Hand": deadman's hand1.costume

In anticipation of this upcoming 4th of July, I present to you "Ol' Glory": ol' glory1.costume

Well, I think the biggest mistake was the binary nature of mez effects in CoH; practically no effect until some magic threshold is reached, then total lockdown. There really should be a sliding scale of debilitating effects until the enemy is completely disabled. It would be interesting if achieving that basically rendered the enemy "defeated".

They need to add a "fireman's carry" interaction option, where a specific team member can literally pick up the hostage and carry them to safety. Apply a movement & defense debuff to the one doing the carrying or something, but let us do this!

I think a better option would be something like "defeat a [lt or higher] of [enemy group in question]" to progress the quest line...

To a degree I agree with your summation, but I also think this falls into the "why don't you just shoot him" trope - We simply don't have the ability, as a super strong character, to flick an enemy in the forehead of knock them out, nor do we have the ability to interrogate or otherwise intimidate enemies, (in any way that would affect the mission flow), unless it was specifically scripted into the mission. Another mechanic that bugs me is that of power cooldowns. I can understand that a firearm only has a certain fire rate, but I should be able to punch or kick as fast as I, (perhaps trading attack speed for accuracy or damage). Then there's little things - like not being able to create a little light if you can control fire, or not being able to heal or rez certain NPCs, if they are injured/defeated...

The problem is, IMO, that many MMOs don't look very exciting to the uninitiated; If you don't know what you're looking at, it just seems like a hodge-podge of character models and power FX going off. Better to sell them on the character editor and variety of powersets...

I feel that this trope fits things very well; in real life, where I'm not about to break down someone's decorative fence or screen door to progress further, it's fully understandable. In a video game, where I'm ostensibly trying to save someone's life or prevent some great disaster, you'd be damn sure that such a flimsy barrier would stand no chance. It really irks me when my character can control primal forces or has a cadre of war 'bots at my beck-and-call, that some flimsy interior door could stand in my way...

Horribly disfigured when the Vahzilok who abducted her set off the self destruct in their laboratory, rather then let it fall into the hands of the heroes who came to save her, Lizette found herself forever changed. Her hideous visage hid a rather ironic property - no matter how much damage she sustained, she would always be restored to her new "state". Requiring additional equipment to move about freely, she soon discovered that she could cause bony claws to emerge from her hands, if she only just concentrate for a few moments. Deciding to focus her agony toward those that harmed her, instead of lashing out at the world in general, Lizette dubbed herself "The Ingenue of Sinew", and set forth to right some wrongs... in the must brutal way the law would allow! EDIT: I made a black & grey variant of the costume which is kind of meant to call back to the Vahzilok Eidolons... Ingenue of Sinew1.costume Ingenue of Sinew2.costume

Professional pool player turned hero - She's "Right On Cue": right on cue2.costume

Here are a few pieces I'd like to see: Barbarian rugged gloves to match the boots of the same name. Carnival masks for male & huge characters. Carnival masks in the hat category. Gunslinger 01 & 02 head detail 2 options for male & huge characters. This one may sound weird, but I think it'd be a great option: Add short sleeve and classic steampunk sleeves options to the "sleeveless" categories, since they don't extend to the elbow and thus wouldn't cause any clipping issues. The barbarian chest option is weirdly missing from the jacket option with sleeves, but is present in the sleeveless one. Several of the hats, like military or official, have yellow/gold parts that are both hard to match to the existing color palette or otherwise limit options. I would like to see alternatives where these parts either take on the secondary color or are simply black. I would love to see an alternative version of the 2-pointed jester hat where, instead of left & right colors, it'd be front & back. I like the matey & swabby hats, but would like options without the dots/circles. Classic steampunk hat without the goggles. I think that's enough for now! Thank you for reading!

It's tough to get something exact, but here's my attempt: ether hunter2.costume ether hunter1.costume

Experimental jetpack + experimental suit to allow you to survive its use + hotshot test pilot = Contrailblazer! contrailblazer1.costume

With the servers being down, I decided to go back into Champions Online and remind myself of the costume editor there. I really appreciate the greater number of options and materials, but no matter what I do, the characters' faces always look "plasticy" or toy-like. While CoX's models aren't perfect by any means, they definitely look more realistic, IMO... Here's an example, (I will say this much - I greatly appreciate the green-screen room in the tailor, there):

Down for me as well.

The self-proclaimed "master of all things that flow", also known as "Aqua Tempore": Aqua Tempore2.costume

"The Sublime Ichor": sublime ichor2.costume

Is that 1st one a tribute to his NES depiction?

A minor member of the Seelie court of Paragon City, who adopted one too many "bad habits" from its human populace, "The Midnight Sprite" has decided to immerse herself in said culture and fully embrace the heroic lifestyle... midnight sprite1.costume

The heiress to "Eldritch Cola", with a nearly unlimited R&D budget, aspirations to be a hero, and an ego to match, had her engineers develop the Tactical Heroic Interdiction Response SuiT, or "THIRST", so she could make those aspirations a reality. Now going by "The Pop-Star", she's ready to deliver a heaping load of refreshing justice to villains everywhere! pop-star1.costume

I just use windows in-built "snip & sketch" tool to capture mine; You just launch the program, shrink it down to its smallest size, then alt+tab to it while CoH is running, and click "New" to kind of freeze the window and select what you want to capture. You get good at timing the animations playing out in the power customization section of the costume editor...

Sometimes you're up against the clock, but a select few make the clock work to their advantage. One such person is "The Timeline Trooper": timeline trooper1.costume

I've had a bit of "costume-creator's block" lately, but I think this one came out rather nice; Don't let her darker coloration scare you, as "The Queen Beeyond" is here to help! queen beeyond1.costume

There is a hairstyle under "standard" called "topknot", which is what I think you're looking for...