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Seriously? The player's enhancement gives the enemy a boost? So the proc is an anti-enhancement?

I agree with @TheZag. If I take a power because I have to in order to get access to another power I actually want, that requisite power only gets its initial enhancement slot. Why waste enhancement slots on something I will not use when I need those slots elsewhere?

Fixed. Definitely. That would solve probably half the problems with trying to fit a bio in the given space.

Don't know why you are /jranger'ing this. It doesn't change anything in game, it just gives more room for text in the character bio. And as someone who has written shortened bios, at less than 1,000 characters including spaces and punctuation to be safe in Word, and then copied/pasted it over to CoX only to find out I'm some number of characters past the 1,023 character limit because of how special characters like apostrophe are coded, this suggestion makes a LOT of sense to me. Especially since just typing in the bio window, you can watch the character count jump all over the place by as much as 5 when you add or delete a single character as you rewrite the bio to make it fit somehow. Edit: Change short to shortened.

Was going to add this as an edit... but I'll add it as a new post. If you want an event for Mercy, it makes more sense for the players to stop a Longbow invasion to take back Fort Darwin. The player took Fort Darwin back for Arachnos, but unwilling to give up any of their footholds in the Isles, Longbow launches another surprise invasion like they were described as doing to capture Fort Darwin in the first place. Now the villains have to rally to stop the invasion before all their low level work is undone. Edit: Especially since Longbow is likely to have learned from the player's actions and not be so easily dislodged if successful this time.

Mercy's arc has you drive Longbow out. Don't need an event to do what the story already does.

I don't care what Mythbusters tests. I swear at or near the end of season 1, they declared there were not enough myths for them to check and so would check whatever they found and thought would be interesting. Your insistence on using a TV show as justification baffles me. If the report declares they are known to number more than 100, but the minions' info panel says they are rumored to number 100, I'm going with the report. "Myth" already busted. You want a badge for the KoA? Then I recommend the names from the original thread @Chrono-Bot was responding to. Probably the Shinobi/Kunoichi one. You want a Mythbuster badge? Ask for one for a group or group sub-set that makes sense. I'm a badger too, but I'm *expletive deleted* tired of chasing badges that feel like they are just being thrown in for the sake of more badges. Yes, I wholly admit the inspiration reject and recipe reject badges are what put me in this mind set. Forgive my angry opinion, but those badges are pure, absolute, unadulterated, *expletives deleted*. For crying out loud, the Circle of Thorns have FIVE defeat badges. I'm certain no one pulls out a dictionary when they come up with badge titles. Just like apparently no one bothers checking lore, as in the root mythologies, when coming up with enemy groups like the Talons of Vengeance in this game. Some things however, are pretty obvious. Like what a myth is, for example. Or at least I thought it was until this discussion.... ... ... ... And I said I was done, yet here I am still arguing. *throws hands up*

You are really trying to find a way to justify the word "myth" in here. Instead of going: "I would like to suggest a new badge: Mythbuster No matter how deadly or unknown the myth, you stand ready to take it down. You have defeated 50 (or 100, or pick a number) Keres, the most dangerous and (edit: possibly) least known creatures of Greek mythology. Defeat 50 (pick appropriate number) Keres. Why Keres? Because I doubt anyone that did not dig into Greek mythology on their own would even know what a Ker was outside of the game. And as precedence, the family have 2 badges. One for Family in general, and one for Family bosses." Nope. Instead you insist on twisting and re-defining words. In your example, "it's rumored that there are only two copies of the recipe of the 11 secret herbs and spices" is exactly that. A rumor. Now, in the follow up example "his story that there are only two copies of the recipe of the 11 secret herbs and spices" is an invention. The unspecified male in your example fabricated the story. So in THAT example, yes, it is a myth. Notice the difference between the two examples you give? In the first one you say, there is no attribution. It is an unknown. The statement would be circulated with a degree of doubt and cannot be declared an invented story, idea, or concept. It is a questioned statement that is being spread. In the second one, the statement is directly attributed to an individual that is implied by the example to be the originator of the invented story. A story that has no backing in data for its inception. So yes, that would meet the definition of a myth. Rumor: uncertain statement. Myth: Certain, but false, statement lacking foundation; an invention. Now apply that to the KoA bio. It is a rumor, not a myth. There is implied evidence to back up the reasoned guess. The FBSA or other groups that have had interactions with the KoA, and are presumably the ones providing the bio information to the character, are basing their guess on the KoA's size based on what they know. It is not an invented story, idea, or concept. It is a reasoned guess. (Edit: Based on available data at the time, rather than a fabrication.) Now, follow that up with the current data on the KoA: "When the Knives of Artemis were first encountered, it was suspected that they were a small group of only 70, or perhaps 100 individuals. Obviously their ranks have expanded since the Rikti War as more broken or disillusioned women were adopted into their ranks and hardened." Again, the statement shows that the group's numbers were a reasoned guess, not an invented accounting. ... Also... it completely kills the reason for this discussion in the first place. *sigh* I'm tired of arguing what words mean with someone who apparently is more interested in making a definition that does not apply work for something he wants rather than finding something else it actually works for. Especially since they are not "rumored to number 100". I'm done.

This statement is false. The rumor that there are only 100 of them is false, not a myth. The rumor is based on the perception that the KoA are a small group. This is due to the fact they prefer to keep a low profile since they are ostensibly a covert ops group. Neither Malta nor the KoA are out there telling anyone that the KoA number less than 100. They likely would prefer no one knew they even existed. The fact those outside of Malta or the KoA who know the KoA exist are unsure of their size means they question the group's size. Hence, they are rumored to number no more than 100. That implies doubt. A reasoned guess that should hold true based on known data and perceptions but cannot be verified either way. (Hence, "they are rumored to number..." as opposed to "they are known to number..." or "they number....") The example given: "any invented story, idea, or concept: His account of the event is pure myth.", shows intention. The account the unspecified individual in the example gave was invented, so it is myth. The rumor of the group's size is not an invented story, idea, or concept. It is a reasoned guess. Not the same thing. Edit: There you go. New badge title: Guessing Bane.

If you want to stick with nouns rather than what do I call a rumor that has been verified untrue? Then I still call it a rumor. Like you said, false is a descriptor. (It is also an answer.) That descriptor however, is applied to the word "rumor" which is implied in this sense. Or specified as per my examples. So that would change the title to Rumor Buster if you want to go that route. Because they are still not myths. Myth: 1) a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. (This part has already been discussed.) 2) stories or matter of this kind: realm of myth. (This part has also already been discussed.) 3) any invented story, idea, or concept: His account of the event is pure myth. (We know they're real. [In-game.] That rules this out.) 4) an imaginary or fictitious thing or person. (We know they're real. [In-game.] That also rules this out.) 5) an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution. (This is the only argument that could work. Except they are not a collective belief nor are they used to justify any social institutions.) Per their own bio, they are rumored to only number 100 at most. So you proved the rumor wrong. You successfully investigated and disproved the rumor. The rumor is false. Here's your "Rumor Investigator" or "Rumor Buster" badge.

"This is false." Edit: Or "This rumor is false." if you prefer. Maybe "This rumor has been proven to be false." if you really want to dig into it. Edit again: Or simply "False."

False. I call a rumor that has been verified untrue "false". Or a lie if there was malicious intent behind it. And until it has been verified? I call it a rumor. Edit: And what do I call the investigation of a rumor? An investigation.

At least he fared better than the administrator overseeing the construction. He went to complain about the time table for construction, took a number at the complaint box, and hasn't been heard from since. 🤪

I've all but face-planted into Scrapyard more times than I care to remember. The only reason I survive is because my stealth buys me enough time to crap myself and run away. I would prefer more events over more GMs. I would prefer nothing over more GMs. The game does not need more GMs. If the game became City of Giant Monsters, I would probably stop playing. I almost stopped playing back on live when they were running seemingly back to back invasions. (Then the invasions eased up enough that I stopped screaming at the game. Then the game shut down.) (Edit: "Zombie invasion? Just great. Need to postpone my street sweep mission so I don't get eaten. *sits out invasion* Okay, it's over. Rikti invasion?! Oh, come on! *sits out invasion* It's over! WHAT?! ZOMBIE INVASION?! AGAIN?! LET ME DO MY DAMNED MISSION, GAME!!!")

Kraken and Winter Lord don't wander around. Jade Spider does. And again, we do not need giant monsters everywhere. Especially the Jade Spider who was created for and is available in both versions of Mender Silo's TF which can definitely be soloed. (Edit: Kind of hard to lose when you have an army of superheroes backing up your character and uncontrollably attacking the Jade Spider.)

Once my red sider hits level 3 or 4, I always go outside the walls to look for lone reds and purples I can kite to death.

So less than 10th level characters can be smashed? No.

Just how many times is this going to be brought up? No. Edit: Hazard zone does not mean giant monster stomping ground. They do not all need a giant monster in them. We already have zones that are all giant monsters. We already have non-hazard zones that have giant monsters. Please stop trying to put giant monsters everywhere. This is not City of Giant Monsters. I would not be inclined to play City of Giant Monsters.

Nah. (S)he's just probably being snarky. 😁

Okay... let me blow a hole right through this argument. As an example, when I have pants selected, which has 2 color options because you can texture it, and I cycle down through the list to see how the options look and if they meet my desired look, the colors stay the same all the way down. Hit up arrow, hit down arrow, the colors stay the same. Get to the bottom of the list hitting down arrow and then hit down arrow again to cycle to the top of the list, and the colors reset and now my chosen color is gone and is black. That is not a difference in palettes like with power customization choices. That is a failure in the character creator's costume creation. To use your given response of tights, select bottoms for the bottom choice or tight for the tops choice, which still has two color choices, I just checked to make sure, it does the same thing. The chosen color stays as long as you do not scroll down through the choices and then have the menu cycle back up to the top of the list. And last I checked, the costume options, not the power customization options, all used the same palette. Edit: And before anyone points out that the skin palette and the costume palette are different, I'd like to point out exactly that. One is the skin palette, and the other is the costume palette. Then you have the different power palettes.

Hmm... more clear... this won't be helpful, but here goes.... On all my characters, for all their costume options, if I have any color other than black selected, the color turns to black when I cycle through the list and the list starts over. It only resets the color when going one way, typically when I hit the bottom of the list and it cycles back to the top of the list. I can't say that is what xl8 is experiencing, but I'm willing to bet it is.

Interesting read. So... Chrono-Bot's suggestion of Mythbuster, as provided in that thread, back in November did not take, so (s)he is trying again?

I can see it for the Knives of Vengeance, since they are an offshoot of the Talons of Vengeance. (And the Talons of Vengeance were already stated in game as turning people into monsters, so the converted KoA turning into monstrous KoV makes sense. (Edit: See the late First Ward arcs, specifically from Master Midnight, about how the Talons of Vengeance turn people into followers of the Talons and then monsters.) The KoA however, are not linked to mythology in any way. The transformations into psuedo-mythological creatures in the KoV is a stated transformation done by the ToV, not because they were from the KoA. Edit again: If you are going to ask why the KoV turned into monsters and not the CoV, remember that you take down the CoV as they start rallying to the ToV. When you encounter the KoV, they had been under the ToV's influence for an unspecified amount of time.

Despite being a badger, I am opposed. We don't need badges for everything. As for the proposal itself? 1) A rumor is not a myth. 2) The group is not a mythological group nor does it contain any mythological entities. 3) Using the name of a deity or mythological entity for your group name does not link you to any myth or religious belief system that the name comes from. Getting a Mythbuster badge for this group makes no sense. Maybe Field Investigator or something similar, but not Mythbuster. Edit: In case it is not apparent, I am already upset at some of the badges we already have. Most of the newer badges feel like they were added for the sole purpose of more fodder with no basis. (Looking at you recipe and inspiration rejection badges.) Feel free to disagree. This is the nature of personal opinions.

Historically? They still had other masks that were similar, but these were full face masks and only (possibly) worn during certain rituals or (definitely) by actors in a play to show they were a monster to the audience. (Note: See Hannya masks for an example.) The menpo, as a distinct and separate piece, exists solely in a video game and comic sense as a relatively new idea. Though more often, those masks are cloth masks rather than actual menpo. Personally, I'd like to see noh masks, hannya masks, long nose tengu masks, and the requested 'menpo as separate piece' masks, but I'm a greedy person.