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And here I thought breeding leviathans was bad...
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1 hour ago, MTeague said:
Anyone know if the Redside Brokers have any such TV/Film/Literature connections?
I'm kind of assuming no, at least, I can't place a single one of them.
Dr. Forrester is an homage to Dr. Clayton Forrester from Mystery Science 3000.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Clayton_Forrester_(Mystery_Science_Theater_3000)
I've not made any connections with the other brokers yet.
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I think Micky the Ear in Port Oaks is an homage to Mickey Goldmill from Rocky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Goldmill- 1
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5 hours ago, Ironblade said:
His last name was Callahan. And, for anyone who doesn't see the connection, the Westbrush name is derived from the actor who played him, Clint Eastwood.
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1 hour ago, Fire Chief said:
The Grimm TV series with Nick Burkhardt and his partner Hank Griffin would make a good fit in Croatoa or Striga.
Sam and Dean Winchester would have fit into Croatoa. As would have John Constantine.q
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Just now, ZekeStenzland said:
Alas, Carl Kolchak was a reporter, not law enforcement, so probably doesn’t qualify. Much to my disappointment.
Deckart was a private investigator, so there does seem to be some wiggle room. Harry Dresden wasn't a police officer, he was a consultant, but never an actual officer.- 1
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6 hours ago, Techwright said:
Faultline is actually not Dudley Do-Right. The zone's cops are a reference to the TV series "Due South", where a Canadian Mountie is given special assignment with the Chicago police.
Frasenbaker = Benton Fraser, the Mountie
Kowaccio = Ray Veccio, the Chicago partner
Founders Falls is themed to sci-fi cops therefore...
Junkers = Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford's replicant-hunting detective in Blade Runner.
NOTE: I was puzzled at the name, not seeing the comparison (is there a "junker" reference that I've forgotten in the movie?) However, I then learned about "Snatcher" a 1988 video game which was apparently a knockoff of Blade Runner. In the game, the equivalent to runners (Decker's job) are "Junkers". Looks to me like someone was a fan of that game, too.
Peregrine Island is themed to "island", specifically Hawaii TV detectives...
McLord (not McKing) = Steve McGarrett, played by Jack Lord in the original Hawaii 5-0
You've not got Brickstown listed, which is themed to the 1970's TV cop sitcom "Barney Miller", but also, cleverly, to the original development team
Miller = Barney Miller. Seems straightforward, eh? His looks, though, are modeled on Matt Miller, aka "Positron" from the original game's development team.
Fish = Phil Fish, Abe Vigoda's character on TV. His look, however, comes from Sean Fish, a former writer for COH.
To the best of my recollection, that is it. Which is unfortunate, as we have at least 2 zones that might qualify for cops: Striga Island, and Croatoa. While you might say that each has a small village in ratio to the rest of the zone, well, so does Faultline, and Faultline was a hazard zone as well. Perhaps it needs to be added to the Suggestions section, but I'd really like to see radio mission cops added to Croatoa at least, and Striga if possible. Maybe have a single contact at each, if you think the size doesn't merit two contacts.
I completely forgot about Bricks. I picked up on both Fish and Miller, but I didn't get the character model references. Thanks for the Hawaii 5-0 reference, I should have picked up on that given the Hawaii connection of Magnum PI.- 1
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1 hour ago, Sailboat said:
Croatoa being magical, may I suggest Harry Dresden and his cop buddy, Karrin Murphy?
I would think going a bit older...with the great granddaddy of T.V. supernatural investigation, Carl Krochack. - Perhaps Det. McGavin as an expy.
Given that Striga is populated with seemingly supernatural creatures that are actually alien in origin, I'd suggest expys of two FBI agents. Agents Cully and Vulpes
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3 hours ago, Grouchybeast said:
Kowaccio is a mash-up of both the Due South detective Rays, Vecchio (original) and Kowalski (replacement), who were Fraser's partners.
Frasenbaker is also a mash-up name, of Benton Fraser (the Mountie) and Diefenbaker (his lip-reading deaf wolf sidekick).
OK, see the Fraser threw me, as Brendon Fraser played Dudly Do-Right. I couldn't figure out what the Baker was referencing, but the Mountie - Fraser seemed like a Dudly Do-Right reference.
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I don't know if this has been discussed (I've done a quick search but didn't find anything), but I'm trying to piece together all of the homages for the detectives in COH. I'm trying to line up who all the homages are referening, but I'm missing a couple.
Kings Row
- Becktrees - Pep Streebeck (Dragnet)
-Freitag - Joe Friday (Dragnet)
Steel Canyon
- Martins - Martin Riggs (Lethal Weapon)
-Rogers - Roger Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon)
Skyway City
-Sluggit - Frank Bullitt - (Bullitt)
-Westbrush - Harry Hallahan - (Dirty Harry)
Faultline
-Frasenbacker - Dudly Doright
-Kowaccio -????
Independance Port
-Davids - David Starsky (Starsky & Hutch)
-Hutchinson -Ken Hutchinson (Starsky & Hutch)
Talos Island
-Basinns - Rico Tubbs (Miami Vice)
-Croquette - Sonny Crockett (Miami Vice)
Founders Falls
-Murwell - Alex Murphy (Robocop)
- Junkers - ???
Perigrin Island
- McKing - ???
- Selnum - Thomas Magnum (Magnum PI)
So, who am I missing?
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Given that stealth now functions as invisibility use to (making you indetectable to NPCs until an action was taken) and infiltration now acts as stealth use to (detectable to enemies at a certain distance, but with additional travel power benifits) I'd say keep "Invisibility" as invisibility and rename "infiltration" to "stealth".
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I searched the forms but couldn't find any mention of this, so sorry if I'm missing something. But as I was working on IOs today, I noticed that there are no "slow movement" recipies offered in the auction house, or in the workbench to purchase. However slow movement IOS are currently listed in the AH.
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Weatherman Dan - Storm/Elect Corruptor (All of his costumes look like 1980s reporters)
Supafly Samuri - SA/Katan Scrapper dressed as a 70s street pimp
Sphagnum P.I. - Plant/Nature Affinty Controler
Rock Mobster - Thugs Mastermind that looks like a lobster in a suit
Headless Norseman - Battle Axe/Dark Armor
G.I. Normous - Shield Tanker
Blud Bath - Water Blast (all power color sets are red)
Doctor Mange - Werewolf Time/Energy Defender
Baby Batter - War Mace Brute (think a very tiny baseball player)
Mr. Generic - Super Strengh Invunerlable Tanker in an all white costume.
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I would agree with re-vamping the older TF's. Just ran Citadel yesterday after running Yin's and Admiral Sutter's TF and the difference in how well the newer TF's flow versus the Launch TF's is pretty staggering. The travel betweeen zones itself in Citadel is such a time sink (with kill all missions ping-ponging between Talos and IP) that even with Ouro and Base Portals getting a group to missions feels like you're running a marathon versus the quick focused story of the newer content.
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Having the same issue. The temp power doesn't seem to be awarded after returning to the contact on the mission just prior to the "Talk to Ashley McKnight" mission.
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I just realized that you can travel up and down the chimney of the fireplace in the Ski Challet in Pocket D. May I humbly reccomend adding a badge to the inside of the chimney that's awarded if a player jumps through it. Something like "Down the Chimney she/he Goes". or "Santa's Little Helper".
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Ah...thank you!
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Hey, Just finished the first mission of the Provost Marchand mission after reaching Earth Prime. Realized I missed a badge and wanted to hit the mission again, but his missions don't show up in the flashback system. Is there any way to get those added in?
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1 minute ago, GM Arcanum said:
Nice job, @MrBadman!
I thought I had hidden that one well. 😄I was litterally finishing up an Azura mission on a new roll when you posted it. LOL
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Lore question: robots
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Wait, You're telling me there's some sort of machine intelligence that hops bodies and call itself "Smith"?
That seems highly....inevetable...that we'd run into something like that in this giant....matrix of a world.