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If one was to look at it from a pure business standpoint, it was market oversaturation in as many areas as it was (11 in Paragon including location in two Hazard zones). I mean the fiscal expenditure of maintaining those buildings from a pure infrastructure standpoint had to be crippling and then there is services consumption (electric, water, sewer). Story-wise the logical thread would be aggressive fiscal rightsizing and since Aeon is EBIL, all those employees just got their pink slips without warning and no severance benefits (Paragon is a work at will city). Now if I was writing it I would do a whole arc where players discover that AE is an elaborate scheme by Aeon to document in finite detail the powers and capabilities of as many metahumans as possible in order to develop countermeasures against them or ways to remove their powers or copy them (akin to the Revenant Hero Project). The players stumble on it and it becomes a grand adventure to reveal the truth to the masses. The players could face enemies that are powerful amalgams of themselves or other "signature" heroes who used AE, or super "AE Bosses". Or the players are trapped in a deep AE Cyber world (with reality distorting fun). Either way the end result would have to yield to simultaneous endings; the destruction of one or more AE buildings (there should be two or three max because really, have you ever been to the one in Skyway or Brickstown or Faultline for that matter?) and yet also the maintenance of the status quo (lack of acceptance of the "conspiracy" of AE) so that only the supers and those truly in the know understand the depth of Aeons EBIL!!!!. The Other Aeon Task Force Architect of Evil Task Force . . . oh that one is secksi, I have to write that down somewhere . . . oh wait . . . Architect Entertainment used for something other than creating the perfect farm. What a story 🙂

I have some form of fly on almost every toon I have ever. Not a Teleport as a travel gal. Leaping is only for Combat Jumping and Astral projection is right out 🙂

Sprite Brute Furball. But to be helpful its a shortform abbreviation of Set IOs found in Mids (or Pines). CrsImp is Crushing Impact. FrcFdb is Force Feedback. SprBrtFur is Superior Brute's Fury. There is no master translation list. You just have to kind of HC Wiki-fu your way areound the Set IOs that match the power type (in this case melee) then find one that looks like it. FInd the power on the wiki, then look for the hyperlinked Set IOs it can take which will sent you to the page of all of the appropriate type and there you go.

Maybe the flux of AE entities to Pocket D will make for more lively action; buy me a drink you powerleveling hunk of a fire brute.

Silver Mantis is the gift that keeps on giving.

I am sure the numbers people will have some data soon enough to be more empirical but I played my sonic/sonic and yeah there was a noticeable difference on the good side. I couldn't tell you how impactful the -res changes were but the cast time and cool down reductions totally add up to a smoother and more satisfying experience (sexual metaphor intended).

So Far: - Symphonic (or Symphony) Control - Awesome - Except the sound which I will once again point out sucks and is not symphonic (or Symphony). Someone commented on accuracy. I didn't notice any difference. Remember, cones require more accuracy (and there are a lot of cones). I made a Controller and a Dominator (like I did on Test) and am enjoying both flavors (buff or blast you decide). - Change to aggro - I didn't really notice it much on Test but noticed it a little. It wasn't a problem, it just made things . . . different which meant a little refreshing. Good going. - Removal of AE from AP (and that other place, somewhere in the Isles where nobody goes 🙂 ) - Twenty minutes of good clean fun listening to chat as the farm drones couldn't figure things out. I bet if they left the building in AP but just shrank it they would still get lost. People would politely tell them it had been removed then point out the other location options (The D and KR being near) and they were all "how get there" . . . glorious. - Watching the crowds at iCon in AP trying out the new sheathed weapons. That was pure happiness (as opposed to watching the world burn with the AE shtick). I only have one blade wielder (cutlass pirate scrapper) and those aren't strapped to your back (not a gripe). Seeing cats running with Nemesis staves or those giant twenty foot long swords' on their back was very . . . pleasing. - DFB breaking was just amusing to me; again its about watching the world burn for a few seconds. The devs are dealing with it and its not like its content you cant ever go back and do so the minor inconvenience just makes for great TV. - I got an Aether drop but was to distracted to se what was what. I never really tested the costume doodle stuff. All in all what is there not to like. Its a free game that continues to deliver new things (big or small) and while everything may not please everyone it should still be pleasing to everyone.

While playing a blaster (and the two symph builds) I felt the changes to the aggro deal a little which I found refreshing; made me move around a little more.

It was hilarious because someone would ask and get a civil answer then 1.5 seconds later another would ask the same thing. That coupled with the Lost Boss Break in DFB caused a large portion of Atlas Park inhabitants to literally vapor lock, so dumbfounded that they couldn't even lose their minds. It was the best! 🙂

I created the new toon, logged, deleted the placeholder and immediately renamed the new character with the name so all is well to me it seems.

That is interesting but good to know.

So is it fair to blame it on the rain? I am asking for a friend.

I've done dual builds on characters that aren't kitted out hard with Set IOs, mostly on my support toons. I have a Emp/Psi Defender who has a Team build (heavy slotting on Empathy) and a Solo Build (Heavy focus on the Attacks) which also means tweaking pool powers a bit; if they can only (mostly) buff others but not themselves they are dual.

I love that "all the stabs" flag on the power tray notes.

Now I am gonna hold off on pulling the trigger on making the Symphonic (or Symphony) Controller using the placeholder character I made to secure the name I liked (I haven't been camping on it forever I came up with it when the Symphonic (or Symphony) Control powers were announced in Beta). A bug perhaps. I look forward to seeing any resolution posted here?

Plus Phil Foglio's art in the books and later the comics is perfect I tellz ya. Oh Wait, back on topic. Grumble! Symphonic (or Symphony) Control crappy sounds grumble. Lots of alts to log on.

I love the Myth Adventures books

Stable players? What are these words you are saying?

That kid meme is freaking me the eff out.

That would be effing phenominal looking. Or maybe the confuse power uses a conductor emote for power use. Tingles.

Interesting. Good to know. My experience was from inside Navy ships with Halon 1301.

I look to LFG of all places to be a business up front and in back chat, even if the TF/SF/iTrial's are a little chatty because they sometimes sell the product. Not everyone knows what the WSTs so advertising the high number of Merits in the LFG call helps get joiners. But yesterday and the day before it was freaking panda BS (AGAIN!) that slopped over from General (which has already been moved to its own separate tab because it wont stop) into LFG. I will own up to shooting back in LFG at the attention starved panda clown shoes to STFU so I was contributing to the pollution. Then got my calm back and ignored seven more players and moved on. The problem is you cant ignore everyone and you shouldn't have to since the chat room is clearly Looking for Group, not Looking for Attention (aka General, and Help, and Broadcast and Local and I am sure if they could Hero Zone Events). I am the first person to engage in silly chat but I do it in the appropriate venue. And that is the key, appropriate to the community not to you or me. LFG cannot be clearer in its purpose to the community.

And PKP is right out. I'd Try Halon but it is only really effective indoors. Kills main space fires quick though.

Unless they are spamming general chat then they make me want to set them on fire.

I said some who run fast Manti, I didn't say all; those are really fast. 🙂