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  1. Under the dim moon light, two super powered individuals fought with super-punches and fridges thrown like they were nothing to them. All came to a sudden halt when a great disturbance were equally felt by both. The policewoman Emilie Kelly and the criminal Issac Kepler looked at each other bleakly, unable to believe what just happened. At that very instance, many have just disappeared, but *they* remained – spared. - Aetos Nobilis – the master of the house, knew that all he had was his title, he was the criminal mastermind, but held little to no power in real life. The squabbles between his daughter and the often frustrating debates from his wife though irritating were the only comfort he has life, reminding him that he still have them. He blinked and a lot of things were over in an instance, he didn’t understand what happened, and it seemed like whatever just passed wasn’t felt by his family. Somehow, he knew an alternate version of him, someone he never met from, someone from the other dimension had just disappeared, their invisible tie severed. He turned to look at his phone, many names who were there in his phonebook were not absented. *Deleted*. - Paperweight, the first of the Proto series walked the perimeter of the mansion. His mother - Alta Nobilis – had summoned all his siblings to protect them from an invisible threat, so it was natural that Paperweight was eager to meet his brothers and sisters again. Proto M was his second, he remembered that much, but he couldn’t remember what he looked like, as if he never existed. Proto F…? Proto R…? Proto N…? Something was wrong, there were blanks in his memory. He made note to ask his mother to check on it. At the very least, Proto E and Proto K remained, though the family looked a lot smaller than he remembered… - In the temple of Eo, there was an empty room, whoever once graced the hall now were none.
  2. I waited by the door for Lady Cassia, standing beside me was our robot butler Paperweight, the obsolete walking bulk. It said nothing and offered nothing to me, sometimes I wonder if it’s just that dumb, or had wised up after the numerous futile attempts to make me sit or serve me coffee. Or it just started to treat me as its equal, just another tool to the family, maybe it’s not that dumb after all. When Lady Cassia, I followed her into the sitting room of the mansion, where the others already awaited. Before Lady Cassia could say anything, Miss Clarice was already up on her feet, leaping off the sofa to catch us. “Amanda! Cassia!” she yelled. Though Lady Cassia merely stepped out of her way to avoid colliding with Miss Clarice, I could feel the annoyance in her step, she didn’t like people calling my name before hers, and Miss Clarice knew that as well. I caught Miss Clarice in the air, and placed her down, quickly moving away and dodging her attempts to pry my mask off. “Clarice, behave yourself,” said the mistress of the house, Madam Alta. “Let her be, Clarice hasn’t seen her sisters for some time,” said the master of the house, Master Aetos. Though Master Aetos had referred to us as sisters, none of us had truly treated each other as that. Both Miss Clarice and myself were merely clones of Lady Cassia after all. “Now that we are all here, Alta, why did you summoned our daughters?” Madam Alta threw a stare that could probably murder someone, but she was staring at Master Aetos, whom probably got used to it. “As you all know,” Madam Alta said loudly, “our names may be in danger!” “Your name, you are the one who registered your own first name as your hero identity, I don’t know which other idiot would do that,” Master Aetos said while throwing his arms up in defeat. True, I thought, our registered names were just nicknames, regardless of what happened, we would still be ourselves, but I said nothing, neither did Lady Cassia nor Miss Clarice. “You all are underestimating this issue, our fame and influence tie to our registered name-” “No, they don’t,” Master Aetos cut in. “And as a criminal mastermind, I rather go incognito.” It was then I could see how age had caught up to Master Aetos. It felt like just yesterday that we left Praetoria, and Master Aetos proclaimed that he would regain his lost fortune and missed glory, but as far as I knew, he hadn’t doing much lately. While Madam Alta went on, none of us were truly listening, but we could see the old man looking at each of us. Once Master Aetos saw promise in each of us, only to find disappointment, and though I might be imaging it, I think this time he was just happy to see us in the same room again.
  3. Olde Guard Natural Sentinel – Pistols/Reflexes Real Name: Aetos Nobilis Identity: Public Age: 60s Family: Alta Nobilis, wife; Cassia Nobilis, daughter Traits: Power-hungry, manipulative Likes: Power, Clarice Nobilis Hates: Powerless Desire: Power Day Job: Criminal mastermind Alignment: Rogue Theme: Rich old man Aetos Nobilis was the lord of a Praetoria noble house. He lost his fortune and status from the failed Praetorian invasion, but he retains his pride and ego. Though defeated in battle, he remains undefeated in his spirit, now he fights to regain his past glory. Paper Knife / Paper Blade Real Name: Cassia Nobilis Identity: Public Age: 24 Family: Aetos Nobilis, father; Alta Nobilis, mother Traits: Proud, ambitious Likes: Power Hates: Her family Desire: Fame Day Job: Noble Alignment: Power Loyalist -> Villain Theme: Noble The Praetorian House of Nobilis was once known for its powered lineage, but Cassia Nobilis was born a powerless Natural. Determined to restore the family reputation, Cassia honed her skills to perfection with her blade, to prove the point that she can succeed as a powerless Nobilis. When Emperor Cole created the Powers Division, Cassia saw it as her opportunity to shine, and enlisted without hesitation. Paper Copy / Paper Clone Real Name: Amanda Nobilis Identity: Secret Age: 6 Traits: Good-hearted, inferior-complex Likes: Cassia Nobilis (sister) Hates: Aetos Nobilis (father) Desire: Goodness for all mankind Day Job: Body double Alignment: Responsibility Loyalist -> Hero Theme: Middle-child A clone of the beautiful Cassia Nobilis, destined to die young as her body is ageing too fast. Cassia Nobilis who once detested Amanda’s existence now readily accepted her with open arms. The young Amanda being hungry for acceptance and love, eagerly accepted it. Amanda grew up worshipping Cassia as the perfect being she can never be. Due to Amanda sharing Cassia’s appearance, the older Nobilis instructed Amanda to always wear a mask, and to never to take it off. Paper Clip Science Controller – Gravity/Storm Real Name: Clarice Nobilis Identity: Public Age: 4 Traits: Cheerful, immature Likes: Having fun Hates: Boredom, being short Desire: Having fun Day Job: High school student Alignment: Warden Resistance -> Rogue Theme: Brat A clone of the beautiful Cassia Nobilis, but prematurely stopped aging too early in life. Free of all duties and responsibilities, she believes the world is hers to play with. She thinks you are thinking she's short, and she hates you for it. Paperweight Technology Tanker - Invulnerability/Strength Real Name: Paperweight Identity: Public Age: ? Family: Aetos Nobilis, master; Alta Nobilis, mama Traits: Clumsy Likes: Coffee, cats Programmed to Hate: Tea Desire: To brew the perfect coffee Day Job: Butler Alignment: Hero Theme: Coffee machine When the master of the house wished for a coffee machine, his wife made him a walking bulk who likes making coffee but is terrible at it. Being a giant waste of space, Paperweight was initially tasked in also walking the dog, but after the dog kept disappearing, and him returning with cats, they gave up, and just have him watching the house. Heavier Mutant Dominator – Gravity/Earth Real Name: Issac Kepler Identity: Public Age: 20s Traits: Professional, heartless Likes: ? Hates: ? Desire: Acknowledgement Day Job: Mercenary Alignment: Rogue Theme: Mercenary Disowned by his (mob boss) father when his power accidentally killed his mother when he was a child. Now a mercenary by trade, and makes a lot of enemies along the way, but personally view them as business opportunities.
  4. Idly cupping the empty styrofoam cup, Philip Bosch peered out the opened side window of his car at the mansion down the far end of the street. He could see nothing from this distance or this angle, he possessed neither super vision, nor high tech surveillance equipment, but he couldn’t help keeping an eye on it, something was happening, his gut was telling him. For the first time, there was a family meeting, for the first time, all five members of the Nobilis family were gathered in one place, where any attack could theoretically take them all out, which was why the Nobilis family never gathered in the same place at the same time. From the side mirror, he noticed a woman walked up to the car from behind, he spent a brief moment to examine the attractive figure from head to toe before returning his attention to the building too far away. The passage side door opened to allow his partner back in. “Fresh and hot,” Emilie Kelly exclaimed as she handed a cup of coffee to him, which he accepted and just placed it inside his empty cup. While not powered up (as she called it), Kelly was shorter than him, looking almost harmless and not a detective like himself. “Anything new?” she asked casually and expecting nothing. “Alta Nobilis has all her pet robots stationed and hidden everywhere around the building, she’s careful.” “All of them? Some of her robots are sentient and don’t like her.” “All of them,” he re-affirmed after taking a quick at the coffee. “Careful it’s hot.” “What do you think is happening in there?” Bosch asked instead. Kelly shrugged, seeing he just ignored her. Kelly gave it a thought, then started, “Maybe one of the princess got knocked up, and they are planning marriage. Maybe the old man passed away…” “I wonder where are their top henchmen, all the robots are here, but not them,” Bosch said suddenly. “I think they think of themselves more like independent contractors,” Kelly interjected. “When they have been working solely under Aetos Nobilis’ whims, I think they are more like henchmen, don't you agree, Ileana Doherty?” Bosch said as he turned to face her. The not-Kelly flushed for a brief second then winced at the sight of the handgun Bosch was holding in his left hand which he somehow managed to slip out in plain sight while handling the coffee cup with his right hand. “Tell me you didn’t steal the coffee from my partner,” Bosch said, then sipped his coffee. “Last I know, she’s still queuing for coffee,” Doherty said meekly as she allowed her illusion to fade away. “And Heavier is with her?” “Following, ya. Tell you what, you let me go, and you can zoom off and save her.” “She’ll be fine, she’s the one with superpower.” “And you are the one with the brain. What gave me away, detective?” “She’s wearing sneakers today, you are too tall, and she would know I can’t feel the heat of a hot drink.” “Right… and of course, the detective isn’t actually human. I’ve always forget about that.” “Tell me what you know is going on down there,” he asked without giving her break. “Nothing, really. Neither of us are informed or given any instructions. The fact that Missus Nobilis summoned all her robots, and Mister Nobilis didn’t called on us is what is bothering him, Heavier, I mean. That’s why we are here, or rather I’m here, to check up on what you know, and apparently nothing as well,” Illeana said, sounding dejected. Looking back at him with a sudden grin, she continued, “Now what? You and me know that we are at a stalemate, you can’t defeat me… you can shoot me, yes, but we both know you don’t shoot people. So what are you going to do with a superpowered beauty in your car?” Doherty teased cheerfully, excitement in her eyes. Just as soon as she was finished, she heard a couple of clicks as Bosch moved quickly to handcuff Ileana to the steering wheel. “Wait- what- what?” Ileana panicked, everything was happening too fast. “Unless you suddenly gained super strength, I will just wait for my partner to return, hopefully with your partner in cuff,” Bosch stated as he took another sip.
  5. Nancy cast a final glance across the kitchen, making sure all the appliances were properly turned off, before turning to the light switches on the wall, finally readied to retire for the night. Wisps of shadows and flames suddenly darted across her field of vision the moment the ceiling lights were off. Without a second thought, Nancy brought back up both hands already ablaze with flames, and herself in a battle stance. What comes next should be her firing off her fires at the intruders, but a calm voice greeted her instead before she managed to do anything "Accidental Fire, we did not come here for a fight." With the room now illuminated by her fire, she took a careful look at the three intruders, she didn't recognize them, nor was able to identify them with any of the groups she knew of. They were dressed similarly like some sort of uniform, but with minor details differed here and there. "What do you want?" she replied bluntly, still not keeping her guard down. "I am the Eo of Time, and these are my brothers. I can see time and future, and saw that a great many are at risk of losing their identities." The same speaker spoke while taking a slow measure step forward. "Go look for somebody else, I've retired from the hero business.” "You are among the oldest and is the most powerful-” "I'm not that old, and they are plenty of active hero whom are stronger than me.” “Your sister-” “Don’t you dare bring my sister into this!” “Homura Saiha is still young, and fairly unknown in the society. You, a seasoned warrior will be protected from the changes, but not her. And only YOU can protect her name.” “Me? Her name…? What are you talking?” “We have said enough, this is our final warning to you!” With that said, one of the men behind him raised a hand and conjured a cloud of black smoke around themselves, and when the smoke dissipated, Homura Nancy was all alone in her restaurant, wondering what just happened.
  6. The scope and volume of this patch makes me thinks it's a panel update (as in framed panel in a comic page).
  7. There is a fictional character whom I tried to make, the problem is that he used two-handed medieval broad sword. "Broad Sword" doesn't have two-handed! "Katana" doesn't have m medieval broad sword!
  8. A random thought comes to mind, in the wild, some animal use their tails to wipe off shit, now I can't help to think buttcape has similar function.
  9. The most I got are "nice costume" one-liner, and a random million inf, but I think that was just a generous bored vet. Since we are in "Off-Topic", I was proposed in another MMO (which has a marriage mechanic, but a pair of married characters is still an in-game commitment not something you can just randomly proposed for fun).
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    I like Rad/MA, because: - it's my first tank, so bias - Rad is very survivable - MA's animation is very nice to look at
  11. I don't have a pattern, since I've only got two 50+. But I do get bored when I'm reaching 50, and retired my second 50 after getting the Alpha, I plan to do that for my next 50, to retire at Alpha. To utilise the 10 costume slots, most of my characters have multiple "battle" costume, I change them when I level up or get sent to the hospital. Most of them have a dedicated costume for going to the sewers, because green sewer waters are disgusting. Recently, I'm determined to play it slow, pause XP at multiple interval to do the normal mish. I'm doing the Red right now, plan to do Gold next. Assuming I'll still be playing then, since playing slow Red takes forever. Other than these, I don't consider myself playing unusual than other players.
  12. Why stop at consolidating incarnate shards? If there is a crazy enough Dev, we can consolidate everything to the base unit of Inf. Inf 250,000.0 500,000.0 1,000,000.0 2,000,000.0 10,000,000.0 20,000,000.0 50,000,000.0 500,000,000.0 Alignment Merit 12.5 25.0 50.0 100.0 500.0 1,000.0 2,500.0 25,000.0 Vanguard Merit 7.5 15.0 30.0 60.0 300.0 600.0 1,500.0 15,000.0 Incarnate Shard 1.0 2.0 4.0 8.0 40.0 80.0 200.0 2,000.0 Incarnate Thread 1.0 2.0 4.0 20.0 40.0 100.0 1,000.0 Reward Merit 1.0 2.0 10.0 20.0 50.0 500.0 Astral Merit 1.0 5.0 10.0 25.0 250.0 Empyrean Merit 1.0 2.0 5.0 50.0 Notice of the Well 1.0 2.5 25.0 Favor of the Well 1.0 10.0 Transcendent Merit 1.0 * White = in-game conversion * Yellow = calculated value
  13. "All I Want for Christmas is you"
  14. Like Raptor Pack (and other technology/science jetpacks), except flapping wings as more organic options.
  15. As mentioned before, I like villains who think (too) big, those who thinks the means justify the ends. The perfect world at the cost of all/most humanity, a small price to pay.
  16. Not too excited, since the only things I'm interested from P4 is WandaVision (which isn't great in the end), Loki, Hawkeye, and Spiderman. Wake me when they roped the Netflix heroes in.
  17. Copied and pasted for you: One of which was reversal of the Issue 13 PvP changes. I hear alot that players are unhappy with the state of PvP across all Private Servers. I also hear the community want PvP rolled back to pre-Issue 13 days, the changes from way back when are noted here. So, for my sanity when I dig in the files, it looks like to bring PvP back to it's former glory we'd need the following: Removal of Travel Suppression Removal of Heal Decay Reversal of Mez Res back to Mez Protection Reversal of flat numbers on power durations Reversal of animation time = damage potential in PvP Am I missing anything major here, please let me know as I want to dig into the viability of reverting PvP!
  18. I'm playing a Demon/Pain MM. In-game dialogue refers to me as "Firey Demonling". I've also renamed my first pet from "Firey Demonling" to "Fire Imp", so the NPC has ignored that as well.
  19. I might be overdoing it. Tray: 1 - Single target 2 - PBAoE 3 - Things that require manual targeting 4 - Toggles 5 - Movement toggles 6 - WDW and SG bases 7 - Mastermind 8 - Badges and Emotes
  20. I'm not supportive of this. Using LEGO as an analogy, I rather HC provides more building blocks, than more unique playsets. As it is now, we have the crabs and widows, they are unique to themselves, they can't use Melee/Control/Defense, and neither could other AT use Widow/Night/etc. The concept of Mesopotamian-themed are too unique and specific, might be hard to gel with existing AT and lore. I would rather HC introduce new unique "Element"/"Primordial" Melee/Control/etc to existing AT, slowly one by one, until most/all have them I think my main concern is that the AT is themed. Other CoH servers have introduced new AT, but they are not themed to a specific background story. If anyone want to make a Mesopotamian-themed character, let them, but I think Mesopotamian-themed AT is too restrictive to the imagination. In other note, we could use more costumes for people to play out Mesopotamian fantasies.
  21. Can anyone tell me why most builds do not include Barrage. I know from other AT, the T1 is usually worthless, but from the description and feel of playing with it, it doesn't feel that bad.
  22. Thanks, Erratic1 and FaradayGauss. So Toxic damage is not that much of a concern?
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