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Clearly the "best" is from the BAF trial... (runs away screaming @Snarky did it!)

Actually, they are. You can undo something you don't like - automation. You can have it save your work at set intervals - automation. You can change colors, layers, hide some objects, and so on - all tasks you could not do by hand - all automation. They are different degrees of automation, but in the end, it is a person providing input and the computer processing that input to produce a result. You are just unhappy with the degree to which AI performs those tasks vs what you have deemed acceptable.

Take the actual physical photo and edit it without a computer, like people used to do...

Just as cars automated tasks that horses or other such beasts of burden used to perform, Photoshop and other such tools automated manual art/editing techniques. AI is just the next step in that evolution.

No one mourns for the buggy-whip salesmen...

"The ArcAgent":

You can edit a topic by clicking the 3 dots in the upper right of the post. Either way, why pair shotgun w/ a sword? Seems like an odd choice. Personally, I'd rather see a single blade and single pistol set, but it's still an interesting concept...

I don't know if the game can calculate damage or the magnitude of effects based upon the range of the target. What they could do is have the range and cone widths vary from power to power, but that might make the set a nightmare to play. I'm not against it, but how would you further differentiate the powers?

I've argued it before, but given that pretty much every APP/PPP for melee ATs have ranged attacks demonstrates that they can work with shields...

I could be wrong, but doesn't it count as an enemy defeat when they transform, since technically they are being replaced with a new entity?

We are talking about a 20+ year old video game, run by a volunteer staff. Nobody here has any leg to stand on, with regard to moral behavior or "consequences". If you find yourself spiraling down that hole, maybe it's time to log off for a little while - there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Still, if it matters that much to you, start your own TOT league and YOU take the burden upon yourself to set the "proper" example...

Definitely seems like a big oversight. I'd also love a matte version!

I'd also love a version of that cape with a plain outside, (with simple border), and the quilted interior!

There are actually many ways to achieve that look... And for reference:

So it's ok to invalidate a certain class of power? I don't understand your stance. Have you considered having special enemies that can use status protecting powers on their allies? What comes down to blanket immunity is an easy out instead of actually tackling the problem...

The best results I've had are to provide a sample image and tell the AI to use the eyebrows/ears/etc as a reference, and to adhere to it strictly. Sadly, I don't think it's quite at the point of understanding that nuance. For instance, Eeleanor uses the "Argus" face in order to get an atypical, almost mandible-like mouth, and unless I specifically tell the AI to follow the source image very closely, it, almost without fail, renders it as a normal mouth... For reference, the first image below was made with a prompt to more strictly adhere to the source images I provided, while the 2nd was a much vaguer one...

They're probably drawing from something like the version of power sets that custom AE enemies use, and as @Psyonico pointed out, it likely contains that hawk attack to fill the gap in ranged attacks...

Then, perhaps, some other manner of *not* invalidating an entire category of powers needs to be investigated...

I think he was referring to doing that *only* in the context of the star content, not in normal gameplay...

Another option could be to have confuse powers give enemies a chance of attacking their allies, instead of it being a guaranteed thing, or otherwise adjust it so they notice and aggro on players as normal, just that the damage has an X% chance to be applied to a random nearby enemy instead...

Clearly the game has gone to the americans, and the banner statement about double XP is a ploy to tricks the jerk-hackers...

I stuck with the same color scheme as the 1st costume, but went with a more classic superhero look... russian woman5.costume

I continued to tinker with those 2 pieces, and kind of went full "uncanny valley", and ended up with "something"... metal woman4.costume

Maybe, maybe not, but here are a few ideas for your consideration. Please note that I had to go with a skin color I could match as a regular non-skin costume piece option, to sell the look... metal woman1.costume metal woman2.costume metal woman3.costume

This was a tough one to come up with, so I kind of started with a generic "peasant girl" and went from there... russian girl1.costume