Waljoricar

Winner Announcement! Discord CCs 2024 is back with the results to this week's theme. This week's theme was Sinister, which included the character name up for grabs if you were on Everlasting. We got so many incredible entries from various servers that we have 2 awards to give, alongside the winner and three special mentions. Our first award is the "Mainframe Award", going to an entry that captured the attention of one of our judges in particular (@Mainframe), and for that we have @Sile with Countdown to Doom. I'll post a few of their screenshots since the concept is brilliant, but we are happy you received this award. Well done! Our second award is the "Head Judge Award", which is a special award combining the viewpoints of Pandamonium All Stars leaders and contest head judges @Taffy and @Cyn. What they loved about this entry is the information the person gave us (included below), and is a testament to their dedication to great character design. Therefore, the award goes to @ColonelDave with Diabolitech. Now for the special mentions! We've 3 to award here, and these go to @Quantum Knight with Doctor Psychosis, @Dr with Spirit Justicar and @Canadian Prime with Volt-Ture! We love these entries so much! Well done. And our winner for this portion goes to... @Sile with Pickles the Clown. Man, this is such a perfectly sinister character that fits his name. He would've landed in our top 5 for the name grab if not for the fact he suits his name well and he is just so impressive to look at. By no means disrespect this, for this is a fantastic entry and you have the judge's respect since most of the people judging did vote for you. A massive congrats to you!

Thanks for taking the time to comment! The charactrer name is in no way being auctioned off; every player who submits an entry of a character from the Everlasting shard has an equal chance of winning that prize. It may not be bid for in any capacity. To the best of my knowledge, a contest with a prize like this has never been attempted before; it's a collaborative effort between passionate costume designers and an SG with years of experience running costume conests that drive engagement, reward creativity and motivate people to play the game. If the winner of the main prize wishs to release the character name into the ether afterward, that is their perogative. Perhaps that could be you. You're welcome to submit an entry 🙂

One Week Only! A HC Discord Costume Copetition Like No Other! The character name Sinister is up for grabs (Everlasting shard)! Thanks to a generous donation by none other than Huge Influence Prizes to winning entrants and special mentions! Any character may be entered from any shard Brought to you by Hosted on the #Costume-Discussion Discord channel (click the link!) The Rules: As many entries as you like Make sure the costumes adhere to the Code of Conduct Entries need to be in by 10pm UTC on 21st of June 2024, which is: 3pm Pacific Time 6pm Eastern Time 11pm UK time 12:00am Central European Time Please make sure to state the server that you are on. Due to the name up for grabs side of this contest, not tagging may make your ineligible for the name component of the contest Any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to post a message down on this post or use Discord. Discord names to directly contact are: Taffypanda, Cynwulf and Waljoricar. We'll aim to get back to you ASAP. If possible, please use the Homecoming Discord Server to enter results. This is on the #costume-discussion part, and you'll need to tag @taffypanda and @cynwulf for the entry to count. If you don't use Discord, post your entries below this post, making sure to make this obvious to the people collecting the entries. The results post for this theme will be available at some point after 7pm UTC on the 23rd June. This is because Pandamonium All Stars will be hosting an in-game unthemed costume contest on that date (Everlasting Shard). Said contest will take place at 6pm UTC on the 23rd June, in Echo Plaza. And, as always, have fun!

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When you say "remarkably accurate", do you mean accurate to a scale established within prior MMOs only, or are you including the real world too?

What is up with the size of cars, doors, NPCs, etc...? I'm playing a "tall" character for once and I'm still only just taller than most NPCs. Most cars, however, just look ridiculous by comparison. Running Twinshit's story arc for the umpteenth time have made me realise than Manticore is posssibly 5ft tall (which is hot). How do people feel about the physical dimensions of the world? Does it bother you that they're so janky?

I definitely see a lot of overtly Christian angel characters hovering around Atlas Park; with names and/or backstories that are draw heavily from theological sources, rather than angelic/demonic superheroes. I've no issue with it, but I do find their abundance a little surprising - I didn't expect it to be sch a popular type of character to want to play as, especially within the CoX setting. Sidenote: the Supergirl you're referring to went on to have a 20 issue DC Comis series called Fallen Angel which I loved back in the day. The character then moved to IDW and had a second, longer series, but I did not like that at all.

What's up with the large amount of characters based on angels/seraphim/fallen angels that I see? I don't remember there being such a significant presence when the game was live, but every third or fourth character I inspect seems to be some kind of angel character - fallen or otherwise. Is there a Biblical RP community Im unaware of? I am genuinely curious; it's not my intention to stoke a theological debate. I play exclusively on Everlasting, which is the primary hub/haven for RP, so my experience my be skewed. Still, I see more theological characters than classic comic book references. What is up with that?

This was really kind of you, thank you so much!!!

Hi all, I've done a few searches but been unable to find a build for this combination of powers. I've next to no experience with Dominators and would really appreciate having a build as a rough guide as I level. Does anyone have one they can share? Even an up-to-date Illusion/X build would be helpful. Many thanks!

I'd love to see Power Proliferation in general. I know it's not feasible, but a boy can dream. I'd happily sacrifice one "standard" power if I could give my character Call Swarm or Call Hawk or whatever as the theme demands. War Mace for Stalkers! Probability Alteration for Controllers. A light based powerset (ala Dr Light) Carnival MM powerset Density Control Poison as a ranged set (Blaster primary) Psychic melee that was all "big fist" animations and not the Focused Totality Of My Psychic Powers. Rogue style power leeching

I presumed this was the logic behind the decision. Though smashing someone across the head with a mace doesn't necessarily need to be a noisy affair. Bashing someone with a mace is a pretty surefire way to go unnoticed. Unnoticed by the person you brained anyway.

Is there a specific reason that War Mace is unavailable to Stalkers? Are we likely to see it someday? I love my WM/DA Scrapper, but I'd love them even more if they were a Stalker.

I do wish there was a way to decline a Contact introduction and still progress with the Contact that wished to make the introduction in the first place. I'm specifcally referring to Jim Temblor, who makes you pick up an old-school Skyway City Contact before introducing Penelope Yin.

I have adopted this playstyle for a very long time, even back when I was playing Live, and played through that same low-level content countless times, for a couple of reasons. I tend to run every character I play on permadeath rules and the low level content (Habashy et al, Twinshit, The Hollows and the Kings Row Skull arc) is a great way to get a feel for if I want to continue playing a character past level 20. Some of those missions are incredibly challenging (the Confront Veles mission where Atta makes an appearance in a cutscene and Talshak's final CoT mission with the Behemoth portals spring to mind) for low level characters too. It's a nice way to get to know a character. I've also got a real thing for fully completing any Contact I'm introduced to. Running those low level missions is incredibly satisfying as it means, by level 20, I've a whole bunch of Contacts with full bars and complete story arcs. Then I can talk to Jim Temblor who will introduce me to my firt old-school Contacts where I have to start freezing my XP gain and really grinding mundane content alongside the Faultline story arc.. I'm definitely considering rolling a "Contactless" character that only runs missions for Contacts you can't avoid (Twinshit, Detectives, etc), just to mix things up, but I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who plays this way!

Oh, I totally missed this. I'll have a read. Thanks so much!

I typically follow @Gulbasaur's excellent Good Missions Guide: A Heroic Levelling Journey through Story Arcs for most of my characters, but I want to explore some alternative levelling methods to keep things interesting. How do you like to level your characters, typically? Do you have a series of well defined methods that you rotate, or one stretegy you employ time and time again? Do you still run through the old-school origin Contacts in City Hall? Are you focused on completing as much content as possible, or teaming with others from Level 1? I'm thinking of running a character that only interatcs with Contacts that you cannot avoid (Twinshot, etc) and levels mostly through Safeguard missions and Task Forces. Maybe. So, yeah, how do you like to level?

Yeah, you're absolutely right. I would be satisfied with the generic Tights/Full option, but I have a specific character in mind for whom this option would be ideal, so am somewhat biased. The same applies to the sneakers too.,

Title says it all; it would be amazing to have a Tights option for the Sneakers and Small Gloves/Small Gloves Pointed costume pieces. Currently the Sneakers costume piece has two variations - Skin and Socks. Both Small Glove costume pieces show a significant amount of skin from elbow to wrist. It would be amazing if there were a Full or Tights option that allowed these costume pieces to instead have traditional spandex all the way to the ankle/wrist.

I've a concept I was thinking of rolling as a Dark/Sonic Blaster. I've not really played a Blaster before at any great length, so thought I'd see if this powerset combo had been discussed previously. As far as I can tell, it hasn't. Not on these forums anyway. Is the Dark/Sonic coupling inherently bad, or is there a viable build in there somewhere? What kind of playstyle would it require? Does anyone play as one?

Thank you for such a thoughtful response - this is all really helpful information. I've done exactly as your friend did and followed that end-game build from L1. The biggest hurdle I'm facing so far is my lack of attacks, With regards to which powers to choose and when to choose them, do you have any advice? No worries if not, I'm already very grateful for your input!

Hi all, in honour of yesterday's wonderful news, I decided to roll a new character and my first Brute! I've been following @Hyperstrike's build found in this thread, but it seems like an endgame build that one might respec into after reaching level 50. Would anyone be able to kind provide a build I could follow whilst levelling from 1-50 please? I've never played a Brute before and would really appreciate a guide I can follow so I can focus on stomping stuff! Thanks so much 🙂

If you find yourself overly senstive and/or receptive to portayals of adult mediocrity, then that sounds like a skill issue on your part. Do better. Or don't - it seems like less is more in this instance. If you are concerned that you're being made obsolete by fictional stories that attempt to represent the world as it actually is and always has been (diverse and better for it) then, I promise you, you already are obsolete. That you think a white protagonist accepting help from capable women, PoC or LGBT+ people "sullies" superhero fiction makes it abundantly clear the lens through which you view those people in real life. Your opinion is an ill-fitting lid trying to hide a much more insidious, trash rhetoric. This take is shameful, you should be ashamed and great creators like Jack Kirby, Dwayne McDuffie and Stan Lee would have disliked you immensely.

That's certainly one solution, although, ultimately, removing the level cap from all Contacts would be preferable for me. From a story-telling standpoint, I've never really understood the rationale behind "these threats aren't worth your time, hero". Crime is crime, and threats to the lives and safety of citizens need a response - why shoud a Contact care what level you are? Iconic superheroes regularly combat B, C and D-list villains regardless of their own power level and it's not uncommon to see foes - once thought to be a minor threat - return to challenge a hero in new, unexpected ways. I've no issue with facing high level Hellions or Skulls. I just want the arbitrary restriction on content accessiblity lifted. I'd like to move a contact to the inactive category because I've chosen to do so, or because I've taken the time to complete all the content they have to offer.

1. Removal of the level cap on all Contacts Once I hit that minimum level requirement for a Contact, I want to be able to do their content without worrying about outlevelling them. 2. The ability to decline Contact introductions Being forced to accept Jim Temblor's introduction to an old-school Contact in order to gain access to Penelope Yin and the content that follows after infuriates me every time. I would love to the ability to decline an introduction permanently so I can focus on playing content I enjoy without having a messy, incomplete Contact list. 3. The Ability to Dismiss Conctacts We can do it for Detective Contacts. I'd like that option for all Contacts. Twinshot, for example, I'd happily dismiss on most of my characters if the option were available.