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The last one is probably why the restroom doors in all office maps are locked....

I heard that. I thought I was tripping.

When Kheldians were introduced you had the earn the ability to make one by getting at least one other character to 50 - that 'unlocked' Epic Archtypes, so unlike on HC nowadays, it was an achievement to unlock them, then you could roll one or not if you wished. Some folks never unlocked them. It took me a long time to unlock them, I ended up only having 2 level 50s on Live because I'm an altoholic and switch characters a lot. It was an act of will to stick to one long enough to make 50! So initially, they were special, and there weren't so many of them. Also, because they were supposed to be powerful (insert debate here) they also had their own enemies, Void Hunters, that only appeared in a mission if there was a Kheld on the team, and these guys could one shot most Keldians pretty quick. So yay, you have a cool character who can shift forms and do different stuff - blast, tank etc., but boo, you had to be careful of Voids in any door mission. Having them already unlocked on HC is what (I think) gives the impression they are hanging out at the 7-11 looking for partners. 😜 If you run a Peacebringer or Warshade they each have their own specific contacts and a mission storyline that gives more information, backstory and current story about what they are doing in Paragon. Cimerora story arcs and the ITF includes Nictus. The last surviving Kheldian is in Ouroborous. So there's material to work with, if you want to.

Okay here is my personal head canon. The first and for a long time only 50 I ever had on Live was my BS/Regen scrapper, Trixibelle. Now back in them days, children, in order to have some of the weapon skins you had to unlock them, like the Roman sword, and the Rularuu blades etc. To unlock the Rularuu skin you had to defeat a certain number of Overseers in the Shadow Shard, so it was an accomplishment. And who doesn't want a huge broadsword with a mobile eye in the hilt, right? So I hunted the critters, unlocked it and carried it proudly, and it's still about my favorite skin for BS. So when Trixibelle became an Incarnate, it made thematic sense to choose Rularuu Lore pets, because who doesn't want a giant floating eye that can munch your enemies as a pet, right??? I named him Ivan. His partner Lore pet, a Noble Brute I named Noble Bruce. And I decided that the Well allowed Trixi to summon these two from the Shadow Shard, because when she was spending all that time there earning her sword, these two just decided to follow her around and adopt her for some reason, like curious stray cats. "Bart only man ever whip Mongol... Mongol impressed!" When the time is up, they go back to the Shard until she can summon them again. That's my explanation. *^_^*

Yall, chill! Just fly over the traffic, right? 😎

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I don't know if this has already been posted but it gave me a chuckle.

Heh. Still seems weird. Leia with purple eyeshadow, Han's gun is hot pink, Darth Vader is green, Luke's stance is brokeded, and the lightsabers are the wrong color. Definitely weird. 🙂

Robert Vaughn

Thanks Tacheyon for the pics! I really love this costume: I didn't see this character at the time, I was down the line somewhere. It was very fun, I can't imagine the work behind the scenes juggling what, 350 or so (I heard) contestants in at least 2 (or more?) instances of Echo Park! So many monsters mashing, I think Tyrant was the worst, multiple Tyrants were wiping the leagues over and over! I was particularly happy to see my fav GM, the Mapserver (and I got actual mapserved once! thought it was over but reconnected!). Also love the GMs based on us, the contestants - so fun to see (and fight) yourself as a giant! Great party. Awesome gawking with excitement and sentimentality by turns at our HC devs mingling with the original devs! Thanks HC and guests!

I still remember when I got my first, and for the longest time, only level 50 character on live, Trixibelle (scrapper/regen). Towards the last couple of levels I was gaping at the power choices I'd never seen before and surprised that I had her attack chain completed so early. I ended up with everything I wanted and decided to take... gasp! --- a second travel power! LOL! My travel power choice for Trixi was Superjump (I still love it, it just *feels* like being a super to me, even more than fly, which I also love because - fly!). In the last power pick I got for her I added Superspeed, and it turned out to be a great combo. SS gave me speed and stealth and SJ for verticles. I did need a temp power to fly for the Shadow Shard and for doing Hamidon raids, but really, the SJ + SS combo covered everything else and was (is) fun to run with. Since HC allows travel powers so early and without the requirement for a prelim power in the same power set, it's even easier to have 2. I've only recently begun experimenting with the new(ish) combat teleport, after struggling with TP on one of my first live character and abandoning it as too much work to be fun (for me, no reflection on others who love it, they are more adept users!). I like combat tp, need to build up my reflexes to use it but it's pretty fun. 🙂 [SJ user still working things out below]

Very fun evening, felt exactly like a real tv game show! Monty, Money Mouse and the rest of their crew were totally professional! The audience / contestants were all great and everyone participated with great attitudes, really getting into it and having a blast. I'll be keeping an eye out for the next time, so I can bring my spouse, she would have loved it. Merv sez thanks to Monty & Crew. 😉