Rudra

All those red square exits are... tricky... to exit with. Not just the one in the King's Row map. (And by tricky I mean there is no consistency on what makes them let me out, and quite often they simply don't let me out. So I click the Mission Complete button most times for those maps instead.)

We already earn patrol xp everywhere in the game. There is absolutely no place in the game where players don't earn patrol xp. Believe me, I would have every one of my characters cramming into that spot if there was. So what is the point of a City Beat Reporter day job for earning patrol xp when the Patroller (Paragon/Praetoria)/Criminal (Rogue Isles) day jobs already do that everywhere?

I understand. Really, I do. It annoys me to no end when suggestions conflate henchmen pets and regular pets for the same thing. And when it comes to discussing the differences between them, I wholeheartedly agree that the distinction needs to be made. I just feel that in a discussion specifically about MMs, it isn't a problem if someone simply calls them pets rather than the longer henchmen. Just wanted to say that. So if you, @Glacier Peak, or anyone else wants to keep pointing out the differences? You aren't wrong, I just don't understand the drive in a MM specific conversation.

Like @AboveTheChemist said, there is an exclusion bubble there, but you can still get to 17 feet away which awards the badge. Just checked on a character that doesn't have the badge and got it with no problems. It even awarded before I got to 17 feet away.

There is nothing wrong with referring the MM henchmen as pets. They are pets. They are henchmen tier pets as opposed to pet tier pets, but they are still pets.

No it doesn't. When a Controller or Dominator uses their pet power while they already have surviving pets out, it dismisses those pets and summons new ones at the Controller/Dominator's selected location. When a Mastermind uses their pet powers while already have surviving pets out, it simply puts the power on cooldown. The henchmen are not dismissed and new ones are not summoned unless replacing pets that have been dismissed or defeated. (Edit: The pet powers work differently between Controllers/Dominators and Masterminds because Controllers/Dominators don't upgrade their pets and it would be problematic if the Mastermind dismissed surviving henchmen to replace defeated ones and lost their upgrades.)

This is the only thing we have agreed on this entire thread.

Fine, I get it. I'm in the minority crowd or the only one that thinks villains shouldn't be a fucking joke to the NPCs.

That isn't a Magisterium issue. It is a league issue. And yes, it needs to be fixed.

That sort of NPC chatter is fine. Now if only that triggered instead. Edit: Or perhaps I just should stop doing paper and tip missions? Or better yet so players can play whatever content they want? Replace those NPC comments with more like what you are showing.

You're right. They shouldn't have anything nice to say. However, when the NPC comment is presented not as you overhearing an NPC mumbling to himself/herself but out loud calling you pathetic or pansy, both get used in different NPC comments red side where the text is written like the NPC is speaking directly to you, then it is rather difficult to write it off as just something overheard. Where did you get the impression that I thought the NPC comments red side should be adoring? I never stated they should be. What I stated was that red side NPC comments are insulting and I don't want that trigger rate to be increased. A prime example being where my 50+3 character that just turned Captain Mako into sushi is being called out as pathetic for not being brave enough to go fight Captain Mako. After I had just completed a mission fighting Captain Mako. Or the many times my characters got called out as if being directly addressed by the NPCs to be called pansy because I had just completed a newspaper mission. Nowhere did I say that the NPCs should be adoring or singing our praises. Their comments should be fearful. Stating that the inverse of getting praise is good motivation is also true does not specifically mean I want the red side NPCs to sing my characters' praises. They should be cowering, They should be mumbling their anger/displeasure in the hopes my characters don't overhear them and murder them for it. They should be advising other NPCs to keep their distance. They should be doing damned near anything other than calling out the PC like they think they can take the PC. Edit: Hells, you can even keep them being insulting, as long as it done right. Like "That bastard <character name> did <insert last mission reference>. When will it end?". Or "Did you hear what that jerk <insert character name> did this time?". Or any of several other ways other than directly calling out your character like your character is just gutter trash waiting for the NPC to clean away.

There is no such thing as ranged damage or melee damage. There are ranged attacks and melee attacks and AoE attacks. And your kinetic pulse is a melee strike. Edit: Hells, you should probably go back and finish your edit. You still show 3 support powers. (The two shields and the heal.)

Sure. Tell me how. The only time you can do that is on a Mayhem. I'm not looking for praise as a villain. I'm simply expecting to not be constantly belittled by NPCs that should very well be crapping themselves. You're missing the point. No one plays a villain to be loved. Feared? Yes. Not loved.

Are you serious?! If someone is playing a terror of a character, do you really think that person is going to consider being called out by a nothing character and called pathetic as validation of that character doing a good job as a villain? Or do you think that rogue that just waffle stomped Captain Mako is going to take being called pathetic by NPCs while the NPC stands there cowering from a level 8 Goldbricker as validation of them being a villain? Those comments should have never been put in. It saps my desire to play red side and if red side wasn't more fun in my opinion, I wouldn't still be playing there because of the incessant bullshit comments from the NPCs calling out my character as if a random starter street punk on the routine. So just ignore the NPC comments red side but lap up the comments blue side? Double standard much?

The inverse of the OP also holds true.