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There is an ongoing conflict between the Mu and Circle of Thorns. Their war never really ended. The demons the Oranbegans made their pacts with demanded the annihilation of the Mu. All of them. The Mu still serve Hequat. (At least a significant number of them.) Their war isn't raging across the world in sky ships and enigmatic towers of impossibility any more. They aren't raining down armageddon upon each other openly any more. However, they are still very much at war. And will continue to be so until the pacts with the demons is rendered no longer binding and the Mu give up their blind obedience to Hequat.

I am not aware of anyone in a historical or comic reference ever wielding a two-handed melee weapon with two hands and also wielding a shield. (Edit: And please note I said wielding a shield, as in getting a benefit from the shield, not simply wearing a shield.) You asked for thoughts on the matter. And my thoughts go back to historical and modern usage of said. Not to include self-decapitation or knocking one's self out. They at least are positioned in a manner that they don't interfere with the character's actions. I don't care if bucklers, targes or other small devices are added as shields. I do care if the Shield Defense set has its identity taken away by not having a shield.

Sharkhead Isle, which is the leviathan, is a goddess your character kills in game. (Which is how the leviathan is formed.) Hequat is hostile to humanity in game. She is adamant that humanity's role is to serve the gods and obey them in all things. Tielekku does not share that philosophy. Mu Island, like Oranbega itself, is never found in its entirety by the players. They are both in ruins. Oranbega sunk beneath the earth by the Circle and the island of the Mu sunk beneath the waves from being destroyed. The Oranbegans fled from the island of the Mu. That is where they originated. So it wasn't a matter of discovering it during the war, it was a matter of surviving the Mu onslaught and then retaliating.

Yeah, you responded before my edit got posted apparently. Sorry. It looked like it was attached at the shoulder in the original picture. Edit: Again though, that isn't wielding a weapon that needs to be swung around to impact the target. Even mounting a shield on the shoulder, if you are swinging a greataxe, a greatsword, or some other large weapon like that, the shield is either going to restrict your movement (and so ability to fight) or going to knock you silly when you swing your weapon around. Even bucklers and targes were only used with one-handed weapon techniques. So hand-and-a-half weapons like longswords were fine with shields, bucklers were often paired with rapiers, and a good axman probably had a targe at hand, but a greatsword? Wasn't paired with shields for obvious reasons.

If you want Shield Defense, you have a shield. I'm not looking at pairings. I'm looking at removing a set's identity in the pretense of it being minimal FX. Though if you want to discuss two-handed weapons and shield use, it doesn't make sense to wield a two-handed weapon and a shield. It's rather difficult to swing a greatsword for instance when you also have to manage the shield. You're either not going to be able to maneuver that greatsword or you're going to give yourself a concussion with the shield trying to. Even targes and bucklers weren't paired with two-handed weapons because you needed that other hand (or arm) to be free to position the shield. To reference @FupDup's picture, the soldier in question isn't wielding a two-handed weapon and a shield for instance. He is firing from a ready position with a shield providing some basic protection. (Edit: And even then, the shield looks to be attached to his armor at the shoulder.) You can't do that with a weapon you need both hands to swing around to hit the target(s).

My thoughts on the matter are a given: Nope. There is a huge difference between minimal effects and removing a set's identity.

Not to mention we already stomp Hequat for Scirocco. At the seat of her power. And her abilities are already well known. (Edit: We fight multiple gods in City of. Stomping them all. We even get to play as gods in City of. And we got to play as gods before the Incarnate system was even added.) (Edit again: Hells, as best I can remember, the Rikti ended the gods of their world as part of erasing magic as a force in their world. So why would they have difficulty in stomping Hequat?) (Edit yet again: Hells, the only reason why Mot is so powerful is because he, like the rest of the Banished Pantheon, were eating their fellow gods to gain their power. And he added Incarnates, basically new gods, to his feast from all across the world, further growing his power. [As well as several million (billion?) others that you see imprisoned within him further feeding his power.])

And then when the mobs de-toggle our debuffs with their KB? Everything we can do, the mobs can do. (Edit: When I'm solo on my MMs or Corruptors and all it takes for my debuffs to get de-toggled is for any of the multiple KB-equipped mobs in the faction to hit me with a KB and now my applied debuffs are gone? And as often as I see KB from groups like the Council? I'll never be able to debuff my way to victory again.)

It's "rogue", not "rouge". Unless the game has a flag for mobs about makeup or a shade of red.

Doing the Rescue Emil Marcone mission from Billie Heck. Three Mooks are at the top of a stairwell located roughly: Zone/Mission: V_Office_45_Layout_09 Position: [-1261.7 72.1 529.0] When I aggro'ed them by moving to them, they all immediately teleported to the bottom of the stairwell located roughly: Zone/Mission: V_Office_45_Layout_09 Position: [-1319.2 54.0 544.4] Edit: Same mission. Same basic room. Three Mooks gathered in the end room on the floor level at roughly: Zone/Mission: V_Office_45_Layout_09 Position: [-1233.5 54.0 566.8] As soon as I shot the near one, all three teleported to the same place as before. Zone/Mission: V_Office_45_Layout_09 Position: [-1319.2 54.0 544.4] Edit again: For clarification, that room also occurs at another point on the same floor. The Mook and lieutenant located at roughly: Zone/Mission: V_Office_45_Layout_09 Position: [-1394.1 72.1 43.8] did not teleport away. They fought from where they were or came down to me normally. The Mooks in that second room at roughly: Zone/Mission: V_Office_45_Layout_09 Position: [-1331.7 72.0 5.2] also did not teleport anywhere. So it isn't that room configuration. Something at that one specific room on that map (and others) is broken.

Would definitely love MM pet customization. Especially if the MM could have different custom pets for each costume setting the character has. Got a formal look for that Vanguard diplomatic mission and don't want your ninjas looking like scrubs? Set them up with nicer uniforms that still lets them fight. Running around doing winter missions? They have their snow camo to match your snow look. Doing incarnate content and want them to match your "I AM GOD!" look because now they all share your level? Go for it! I'm probably dreaming though.

Atlas Park Mayhem PPD van has learned to fly. Zone/Mission: V_MAYHEM_ATLAS_PARK Position: [740.2 -0.0 -32.1]

Except increasing the count will not change anything other than require players to make even more to get the badge. Edit: Let's look at it from crafting. First, currently, there are memorization badges that require an equal number of each level in the badge's range. For those that don't? Let's look at level 25 & 30 endurance modification/reduction. To get that badge, you need to craft 7 of each plus 1 extra of your choice. So now we up that requirement to 8 of each instead of 8+7. If you didn't track what you crafted versus bought and you didn't decide to just hammer out 8 level 25s at level 22-26 so you can just look at it and know now you need 7 level 30s when you reach level 27+? You will need to watch the badge progress bar to see when your crafting stops incrementing it so you can work on the other. If the count is increased to 8 of each instead and you still didn't either knock out the 8 level 25s earlier than level 27+ or track what ones you made and now you want to get the badge? You are still going to have to watch the progress bar as you craft to see when it stops progressing so you can work on the other level. Only now? Instead of needing 15 IOs for the badge and maybe crafting 16 because you didn't track your progress, now you need 16 and you maybe crafted 17 because you didn't track your progress. Increasing the crafting count will not change anything other than make you have to craft more to get the same badge.

They may not be perfect, because no one is, but they've done mostly great work so far. and I hope they continue to do so. I think you are reading that post wrong. @twozerofoxtrot's comment about the developer reads to me as if the OP is insane for using quotes around developer as if insinuating the person is not a game developer. Whereas your response reads to me like you may think @twozerofoxtrot has a low opinion of the dev and is calling the dev himself/herself/themselves insane.

But how it works is the same, yes? (I'm asking here. I've never used either of the respec contacts as best I can remember.) And if it does, you could just throw a random NPC in your base as a respec agent and /respec there to maintain the atmosphere.

I'm sorry, but how would that change anything other than require more IOs be crafted before you get the badge?

With very careful (or accidental in my case) timing, it is possible to fire off two of the Wolf Spider's attacks at the same time. Twice now, on a new Soldier of Arachnos, I fired Single Shot followed immediately by Burst, and only Burst is seen firing. Looking in the combat log, each time it shows "You activated the Single Shot power." followed by "You activated the Burst power.". No gaps for other notices between them. Then it says the attack roll result for both powers back to back with no room for other notices. Then it shows the damage result (if hit) for both attacks. Both attacks are rolled into Burst's animation. I've been trying to replicate it intentionally, but so far I've only done it accidentally.

Trenchcoat on females has Yakuza 2 listed twice and no Yakuza 3.

Or just type /respec and bypass the agent entirely.

Controller players have been all but screaming for years to get Mastermind pet controls. Well, now you have Mastermind pet controls. Your Animated Stone is appearing in Defensive Follow as a controlled pet. That means it will not attack unless it or you have been attacked. If you want the pet to attack everything within its aggro radius again, set the pet to Aggressive Follow. (Edit: On the pet window, select options and choose "Switch to Advanced Mode". That will grant you the individual pet commands without being locked into the three basic presets.) (Edit again: You can also make macros for the commands you intend to use most often so you don't need to click and select from the pet window.)(Edit yet again: Or if you want to keep the simple controls, click any viable target and then click the attack (crosshairs) command. The pet will stay in Aggressive mode after the target is defeated.) Another edit: Les joueurs manette réclament depuis des années des commandes Mastermind pour leurs familiers. Eh bien, vous les avez désormais. Votre Pierre Animée apparaît en Suivi Défensif comme un familier contrôlé. Cela signifie qu'elle n'attaquera pas, sauf si elle ou vous avez été attaqués. Si vous souhaitez que le familier attaque à nouveau tout ce qui se trouve dans son rayon d'aggro, réglez-le en Suivi Agressif. (Modification : Dans la fenêtre du familier, sélectionnez les options et choisissez « Passer en mode avancé ». Cela vous permettra d'accéder aux commandes individuelles du familier sans être limité aux trois préréglages de base.) (Modification : Vous pouvez également créer des macros pour les commandes que vous utilisez le plus souvent, sans avoir à cliquer et sélectionner dans la fenêtre du familier.) (Modification : Ou si vous souhaitez conserver les commandes simples, cliquez sur n'importe quelle cible viable, puis sur la commande d'attaque (en forme de réticule). Le familier restera en mode Agressif une fois la cible vaincue.) (Translated using Google. Apologies for any errors.)

No, because the alignments in question for the OP are Vigilante and Rogue. Rouge is a shade of red or a type of makeup.

I am struggling so hard right now to not ask about vermillion, scarlet, carmine, and magenta missions....

That's pretty easy to know actually. It's half rounded down. With one other of your choice. And even when it isn't, you can still approach it basically that way. Make odd count requirements the next higher even number and make half of that total of each. Done. (Edit: So if you made half the total count rounded down of each and then the extra you made did not give you the badge? Make the other one. Badge acquired.)

On the one hand, I think leveled GM spawns should retain their level because it fits them. For instance, Scrapyard's constant stream of Scrapyarder followers are level 23. Doesn't matter if you're a level 1 trying to attack him or a level 50+3. That makes sense because the Scrapyarders are coming from elsewhere and rallying around Scrapyard. On the other hand, I have to question what is the intent behind any added spawns. If the intent with Babbage is for the spawned Clockwork to be a threat to the players regardless of their level because the Clockwork are spawning at character level, then it makes sense for them to go levelless like with the Giant Monster Construction's Clockwork spawns. If that isn't the intent? Then leave them alone. Other than that? I don't really care. I've done plenty of ducking, dodging, and running around to evade Scrapyarders to fight the Ghost of Scrapyard at only level 20 or so to know there is a way to deal with higher level adds when fighting GMs as long as you pay attention. This may mean using Fly/Hover to shoot Babbage from above so the Sprockets don't notice you to attack or moving to a different position away from the main group so you are less likely to draw Sprocket attention to running through/by level 50's (especially ones with pets) to either get their auras or direct attacks to deal with the Sprockets for you.