[Real-life buildings inspired by CoH?]

is that Stark tower?

[Can We Please Pin a Thread with Decent Powerset Pairs?]

On 3/25/2021 at 8:50 AM, Erratic1 said:

Fire/Fire is doubtlessly more popular than Elec/Mental, but the question is if Elec/Mental is so bad that it should not be played by beginners.

 

Right elec/elec has synergy with END drain.  elec/mental has drain psyche which gives -recovery.  So /elec and /mental are probably better with elec/ than they are with other primaries.

 

But I suspect a bigger question is what level you are playing at and if you are playing with IO sets.  At 50 with IO sets it basically comes down to damage so fire/fire wins.  But at level 20 with SOs having controls and other mitigation is actually useful so fire/fire may not win.  At least it may not win if soloing, if you team with a tanker you might just want aoe damage.

[Blasters as stalkers]

I am trying out a dual pistols/devices blaster.  While it played fairly normally at first, at 20 you get a stealth power.  I am sure it is not as good as stalker stealth, but especially when paired with smoke grenade you can basically stealth your missions and live the stalker lifestyle.  But dual pistols does not have a sniper attack, so I can't do the whole stalker lifestyle.

 

I know ninjitsu also provides some stealth function for stalkers.

 

So is anyone playing a blaster like a ranged stalker with stealth and snipe (I know it kids these days play stalkers like scrappers)?

[GM_Jimmy, time traveler and MTV celebrity]

that ain't working

[First world problems - Flash or Falcon]

We have cable.  We have an xbox.  We also have Disney+.  At first to watch Disney+ we had to plug our laptop into the tv to show it on the tv.  Then I discovered our xbox supported Disney+.  So we now switch our tv to the xbox and use the xbox controller to get Disney+.

 

I found today that our cable now supports Disney+.  But our cable box does not.  To use disney+ directly through our cable box with our normal remote we need to get a new cable box.

 

That would mean losing everything on our DVR - which includes this season of Flash, Superman & Lois, and Supergirl (also Frankie Drake, Murdoch Mysteries, and Murder in Paradise).

 

So we have to choose between losing our recordings of episodes we have not yet watched or going through xbox for disney+.

 

I think I would watch a lot more on disney+ like the old xmen cartoons, gargoyles, and more - but it is a bit of a pain to get to them.  I strongly suspect that I would not though, as it is not that much of a pain.  We get to Falcon and Winter Soldier just fine.

 

So at this point we keep our old cable box.

 

And really, I blame Comcast.  Why does adding a new app require a new cable box and not just a software download?

[The Cancelled TV Show game]

Dark Matter - they lost

[How does he do it?]

In one version I have read, Superman's costume is made from the cloth that arrived with him from Krypton as a baby.  It is Kryptonian clothes which is why it is invulnerable.

 

But a later version had superman create a forcefield around himself that extended just far enough to cover his costume.

[Got Wheel of Destruction missions out of order - 2 then 1]

Dr. Cheng as the contact.  I got Wheel of Destruction part 2, finished it and then was given Wheel of Destruction part 1

[Self-Publishing A Comic Book!!!]

I like the art. 

[How does he do it?]

Superman wears boots?  I thought he just had colored socks like spiderman

[Could you cut it in the big time?]

5 minutes ago, Darmian said:

Oh, never tried Aberrant? Or Wild Talents/Godlike?  Both, for me, sitting at the top of the Supers RPG mountain.

 

No, my simple Champions replacement was BASH.  I like 4 color heroes with a ton of flexibility in character creation.  The other systems I have found tend to have a list of powers you can have and lack the flexibility of Champions.

[Could you cut it in the big time?]

22 minutes ago, Coyotedancer said:

Do three minute combats take twelve hours to resolve? 😝

 

The fun ones do

[Could you cut it in the big time?]

1 hour ago, lemming said:

A decent percentage of my characters are from my tabletop RPG (Champs) days.  Obviously the power levels and construction are a tad different.

Now I need to go full circle and convert everyone back to Prowlers & Paragons UE

 

I'm a huge champions fan from 1st edition.  Are you saying Prowlers & Paragons is better than Champions for superheroes?

[Could you cut it in the big time?]

Tomb Fisted Kid, the undead cowboy marshal, would fit right in with the All Star Squadron.

[The Flash - season 7]

We have these recorded but have not watched them.  We just finished Season 1 of Orphan Black, so now we will catch up on the CW shows.

 

Good to know 1-3 wrap up the last season.  We will probably watch this before Superman and Lois to see how it wraps up.

[New Notoriety Option: No Enhancement Set Bonuses]

I like to play with no IO set bonuses.  The other IO effects are probably not as bad but clearly have a major impact on play as people design builds around procs, miracle and other bonus END abilities.

 

I frankly don't think that a notoriety option will be used.  When  I do TFs people do them at +0 with no challenges except maybe 60 min for a tf that takes 30 min.

 

I don't see people advertising teams with no IO set bonuses.

 

I think to make playing with no IO set bonuses really a thing it would need its own server so that like minded people could play there.  Of course it might only have a dozen people.

[Do you watch people play games on youtube/switch?]

18 hours ago, Saikochoro said:

This show however is amazing and makes me really interested in the age old RPG. Best way I can describe it like watching an audio book. 

 

I highly recommend Relics and Rarities.  Same thing as Critical Role but only 12 hours long. 

 

 

[Is there any way to make teams less boring?]

10 hours ago, Sovera said:

I'll go backwards and skip CoH to mention the game I played after that, which was WoW. TBC had just launched. Coming from CoH it was jarring. We don't team? A tank has to whittle mobs and does not tank until max level (no LFG tool at the time so we had to spam the chat for team members (not even server wide chat, we had the habit of moving to different capital cities and spam chat in unison) dungeons weren't run until max level unless after twink gear). A healer needs to whack things on their own until max level and does not heal until then? Everything is solo until max level and THEN we are suddenly in a world of grouping up.

 

 

My experience with WoW as totally different.  I started with the Ice expansion.  You could join LFG from anywhere and everyone used it, so you could just go into LFG and get a team.

 

You could do dungeons from level 15 on.  I basically just did dungeons and teamed constantly.

 

I played a tank and could get a team instantly.  Later on I tried a dps character and discovered that it took 15+ minutes to get a team.  So I switched back to tanker.

[Praetorian Piecemeal.]

52 minutes ago, Clave Dark 5 said:

(Helpful reminder that asking someone what's in their pants is really kind of rude, y'all.)

 

But the entire LotR trilogy hinges on Gollum trying to figure out what's in Bilbo's pants in the Hobbit.

[Orphan Black review]

It's been out for a long time but finally watching it.  Just about to finish season 1.

 

It is a multi-season serial show.  It starts with Sara at a subway station seeing a woman who looks just like her commit suicide.  Sara steals the woman's purse.  Sara is a criminal and wants to take the opportunity to steal the woman's stuff.  Sara learns more about the woman and why they look the same.  As do other women. 

 

The show is sometimes listed as science fiction, but it plays out just as a gritty thriller.  There are some science fiction ideas, but that's it.  There is a little bit of humor, but it is more desperate and unpleasant - Sara trying to figure out what is going on and survive.

 

Over the season a lot happens.  It is definitely serial and feels like it is going somewhere.  But little progress is made in the overall plot.  So it is never boring, but some parts feel like they are filler rather than advancing the plot.

 

My wife loves it.  I enjoy it but don't love it. 

[Falcon & Winter Soldier]

2 hours ago, Haijinx said:

Don't think it was Netflix that made the call to cancel Daredevil, Jessica Jones, etc. 

 

It was Disney acquiring Marvel. 

 

It is far more than the Marvel shows that Netflix has canceled.  Those were not canceled on cliffhaners, many other shows have been.

[What 3 content items (missions, tfs, etc.) would be the models you would choose for all future content?]

Assume you can tell the devs make content like these 3.  Ignoring powersets and costumes, just content. 

 

What 3 would you choose and why?

[Richness, sense, Mistborn, Marvel Comics, the MCU, and CoH]

12 minutes ago, Techwright said:

And therefore....

....it is a Nemesis plot?

Exactly!

 

that old woman is right

[Fan Favorites]

I would like to see them brought back in special missions.

 

I would like to see more things in missions that are not just normal mobs to fight.  CoT have crystals that heal, give END, or damage.  FF has ice slides.  More things that make a map or mission special are great.

[Richness, sense, Mistborn, Marvel Comics, the MCU, and CoH]

30 minutes ago, The_Warpact said:

then I think of Rom space knight

 

Is this the only time Rom has been mentioned in the 21st century?  I'll mention poor Torpedo as well so he is not forgotten.