Aracknight

Well, anagramming Walker Texas Ranger gave me Karate Sex Wrangler and Extra Large Wankers, so Caveat Emptor I guess.

Or Action Figure variants, like the billion Cowboy, Astronaut, Samurai, Accountant Ninja Turtles and Batmen they made in the '90s and '00s. My brain had those wired just as different Costumes instead of possibly different Archetypes. There's enough overlap between Martial Arts (/Assault), Mu/Electric, and Super Reflexes to cover most things I'm comfortable with and keep me having fun while maintaining the integrity of my overall theme and enjoyment. What else is defense-y flavored that isn't SR? Force fields/Bubbles? Oh, and what's the Character name limit these days? I seem to recall 19? Sorry for all the questions, but this was all super helpful and inspirational and whatnot guys and gals. I'll try some stuff out and report back.

Steampunkette gets me! That's just what I was going for but trying to avoid name stuff. Is there a list of what special characters like * ( - etc are allowed in names anywhere? Google and Bing were unhelpful in that search. Thank you so much for the advice. I *really* am ridiculously happy to be home in Paragon City. I tried to fill the void with Marvel Future Fight on my phone, but what has always set Heroes apart for me is the community. You guys are so helpful and forthcoming with advice and numbers and just anything anyone needs, even at the Dev/Admin levels. Thank you guys for being....you guys. From the Department of Redundancy Department lol.

I played Galaxies, but forgot about it, until you mentioned it, and that is sort of the model I had in mind subconsciously I guess. Galaxies and Heroes were the only games I could ever get into. Really glad the universe saw fit to give us back Heroes. Anyway, thanks for the replies. Appreciate it.

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this before. Sorry if it has already been crapcanned. Unlike a lot of players, I really only enjoy playing my MA/SR scrapper main. I'm just invested that way emotionally, and I have trouble connecting or enjoying other characters on any real level, much less coming up with names and costumes for them. At the same time, I've also been that MA/SR Scrapper since I8, and sometimes I do want to try out other things, but I run into the aforementioned disconnection/disenjoyment. For example, I'd like to learn how to Tank... as a Tank. Those guys that know what they are doing are friggin' amazing. I'd also like to see how I'd perform as a Stalker, or even a Brute., Or try out Sentinel. Who knows, but you get the idea. Would it be possible, or even desired, to use the Alternate Builds system to function as a different Archetype? I'm not as familiar with non-melee powersets, but I do know that proliferation has been pretty good to melee toons, and it'd be neat to able to switch gears depending on need. Need a tank? Change your build to Tank. Something stealthy? Switch it to Stalker. And so on. I've seen some players with toons with the same name with an extension like Bob the Scrapper or Bob the Tank or whatever to differentiate, but that sort of breaks my immersion. Just a thought. Have a nice evening.

Okay! Got home and tried it out. Yes, you can set a snipe to auto. Also, with the new "Fast snipe" enhancement, it doesn't get interrupted when you move, although you were correct that without that enhancement it would suffer from interruptions. I imagine that test server junkies already knew this, but hey, whatever :)

I'm at work but unable to verify, but I seem to remember being unable to do this. With the changes to the snipe powers today, is it possible to set a snipe to autofire with ctrl-left click? Thanks

First time tried and successful: MA/SR Scrapper. I use Storm kick, Dragon's tail, Eagles Claw, Cobra Strike, and Crane kick with Muscular Alpha and Diamagnetic Interface. I also use Support hybrid for the END discount. I know my attack chain isn't optimal for this sort of thing, but my playstyle has all my attacks set to Target the nearest enemy and then trigger the attack. It makes it fun to jump into a huge pack of mobs and watch my soft controls (stun, knockback, etc) take mooks out of the fight while I just switch to the next target for the next attack. When they wander back, I rinse and repeat. Time: 9:45 193 DPS It might have gone faster if I had not spammed attacks so hard that I neglected to allow my Practiced Brawler to autofire. I got hit and knocked back three times. Pretty neat experiment though. I used to read about Scrappers doing this on live, and I never thought I could ever actually pull it off.

+1. Could do it to other things like arachnos maces in patron power pools too. Or wrist guns like Deadshot for pistols. Sounds fun.

Hey Scrappers! Recently returned, originally started with the Good vs Evil edition, had a question while I was rebuilding my main (currently level 24): Did power customization ever hit epic/ancillary/patron pools? I *seem* to remember they wanted to put like, Laser Beam Eyes as emanating from the hands and such. Can you change the animation and color of say, Mu Bolts like you could with other electrical blast sets? Thanks in advance! So glad to be home!