DoctorDitko

Peanut butter and garlic, as in the Thai peanut sauce, is great, too! Peanut butter and sharp cheddar cheese is one of my favorite sandwiches, though.

+! for Progress Quest! I used to leave it running over the weekends on work computers. The logs were hilarious! I thought it was unique, then I discovered the recent mobile "Idle RPG" genre. Is there a corollary to Poe's law that says "No idea is so silly that someone won't try to steal it?"

I have a few concepts (robots, scientists, superintelligent shades of the color blue) that will set to auto-deny and not take the P2W power. Otherwise, I'm in for both auto-accept and the power. I figure most anyone can pick up a lucky charm of some sort. It's Secondary Mutation ("Watch me turn into a monkey! Aw, darn it, missed again!") and self-destruction ("Wait, I can avoid debt, damage my foes, and get a free ride to the hospital or base? Yes, please!") that I find hard to skip regardless of concept.

Many of my characters are based on old PNP/Tabletop characters I used to love, but never get to play any more. As noted above, sometimes pursuing a concept lands you in a Flavor of the Month build (I guess the kids call them "meta" now). I always write a bio, just because. And I'm a were-roleplayer. When the Moon is full, I don't break character. (I actually had a friend on Live that refused to believe I was a guy because I played a girl so well! I took it as a compliment.) I guess this game has let me relive a bit of my misspent youth, and sometimes that results in in-game awesomeness. Sometimes even teaming with old RL friends. Love when that happens!

I find a Storm/Ice Defender or an Illusion/Storm Controller are pretty much Swiss Army knives of versatility. And (ahem) Illusion Rad Controllers are pretty handy, if I do say so myself.

Let me know if you get a group together to go after GM Impervium! I'll even trade servers for that! IIRC, Impervium once stomped on me as a giant version of my own character! Wasn't my namesake, but that kind of thing leaves an impression is hard to forget!

Oh, so much this! Also love fighting Carnies, Malta, Rularuu... Basically all the mobs the folks who say "This game's too easy!" run from. Yeah, it's easy if you only play the easy parts, ya doof! (Which is why you'll never find me running Council Radios in PI!)

Lol! Almost every character of mine except Ditko is a refugee from PNP Champions! Great game that cried out for a computerized version, then was betrayed by what it got!

On Torch, I have seen crazy people who run things like a "World's Slowest ITF." The one I went on was a hell of a lot of fun! The XP is excellent, and there is time for shocking things like -- banter with your teammates! Give it a try before you give up on high-end content! Edited to add: Darkaiser has an excellent point: Lead the team you want to be on!

I'm altophilic, but my main main is still my namesake, Doctor Ditko: Once a powerful and arrogant magician, he overreached himself and suffered a sorcerous backlash that left him unable to access the higher magics. In despair and wandering, he was taken in by a kindly relativistic physicist who taught him the ways of his field. Now, having achieved his own advanced degree, he uses his knowledge of both science and sorcery to make the world a better place. (Affectionate parody dedicated with love to Steve and Stan, who made MY world a better place.) First Appearance: Classic Issue 6 (2007-10-31) NB: Not a medical doctor. Do not take medical advice from Doctor Ditko.

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I keep thinking the IRL pretty girl who runs up and hugs me is a skeleton with meat all over it. Is that worse?

Really? Those two giant 'under construction" guys the Nazis are building?

It's a great way to turn a Doctor Q TF from a day-long grind into a 2-hour funfest. When hunting GMs, it can bring everyone to the spawn point when it happens. Halloween event, the whole ToT league can bounce from gate to gate, with side trips to hunt GMs. Hami raids, when a Golden Dawn happens, you can get everybody out of the pool in seconds. That sort of stuff.

I wish there was *some* benefit to playing in SG mode, but apart from storage, etc. as mentioned above, having a Rez point right next to an insp chest and a buff station (to help me avoid dying the same way twice) have been invaluable to me! (And then if you leave via the base entrance, you often zone in at the mish door. Priceless!) I do wish there was a way to make certain things usable by PUG members and such.

Absolutely agree that suppressed powers shouldn't be costing me END. Not qualified to comment on the rest of the discussion!

If I'm playing my 50s, it's usually because someone wants help with a cool TF or story arc, and I have the perfect specialist for the job. I don't build so that Incarnate powers "fix" my build, so exemplaring holds little fear (and I don't hate having a few extra powers and inspiration slots when exemplared). The only Incarnate power I actually grind for is Destiny's "teleport everyone you've ever met, plus their friends and relations" power (with a 2 minute recharge)! Love that thing!

This seems eminently reasonable, and reflects reality -- there are only so many bullets in a spray, and if your buddy takes one, that's one fewer for you. * But I don't think it would add fun to the game. * Unless you're fighting Deadpool, mister "I only have 12 bullets, so you're gonna hafta share!"

I think I like the idea, but of course the numbers will matter. Controllers might be more welcome on teams, but might find it tougher to solo. I'd say it's worth dropping in the suggestion box to see if the Devs are interested.

Ideally, I'd like to see alternate power animations that include instruments. But backpacks would be a great start! (And doubtless easier to implement.) ;thumbsup

The icon for Mighty Jump Takeoff, even while greyed out, has a circling orbital thingy as if it were an active toggle.

Thumbs-up to Inspired Mole Rats!

Since parody and homage depend on the doctrine of "Fair Use," they really can't be codified. Fair Use itself cannot be codified. It's literally an "I'll know it when I see it" standard in copyright law. The EFF has an introduction to the subject. The Wikipedia article goes into more detail. DMCA takedowns, which are rampant on Youtube, are often wielded without the due diligence specified in the law, which requires claimants to carefully consider the Fair Use exemption before filing. Unfortunately, the default seems to be to take the video down, and rely on the creator to defend it before it can be restored. If some IP owner files against Homecoming, we might be in a similar situation. Unlikely, yes, but that's why they have to be careful (not to mention the walking-on-eggshells complication of being an unauthorized server). So, we should probably be more vigilant than we were on Live, since NCsoft's reaction to a DMCA takedown would be to destroy the offending server. The number of eyes on us is undoubtedly fewer, fortunately. But I'm working on a new profile pic, just in case. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. I am not a doctor. I am not a cheese sandwich.

Is there no way to make this more... voluntary? I imagine logging in and getting a message, "Another player would like to use the name Jelly Baby, whom you haven't played in two years. Would you like to give up the name? You will receive a free respec if you do." Or something along those lines.

I have a Doctor Ditko on every server, including Brainstorm. I mainly play on Torchbearer, though, so many of them are mid-teens, mainly used for base tours and such. I flatter myself that I might have a microversal "brand" in the world of CoH, and I would hate it if someone grabbed the name on another server and behaved in a way that might be described by a term the profanity filter would flag.* (I like to make my own mistakes, thanks!) So, it would be great if there were a dispensation for names that are: a) Across all servers or b) Related to the global name In the "I win the lottery and donate all to the Homecoming devs" department, how hard would it be to link in a public domain synonymicon?** Finally, I'd like to suggest that some small reward be granted for anyone who gives up a name. Not big enough to encourage players to camp names, but some token to acknowledge the sacrifice. How about a badge that reads "I used to be Dingleberry" or some such? Probably overthinking this, but... it's what I do. * Which, by the way, I keep active because it's more fun to call someone an "ectoparasitic feather-feeding louse" than an "#$%%^&". ** Synonym for Thesaurus. Ironically, there are not many of those!