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I also disagree. I'm running a SB/Time Blaster as a solo and ripping thru mobs. I'm loving the power set.

Well...that would explain why my toon froze in combat and became a glorified TARGET for the Syndicate. Is there extra XP gained for "Death by Skynet"? ROFL

They use the ugliest possible models as well since insurance companies refuse to provide coverage due to the frequency in which vandals and clockwork destroy them throughout the city.

If they are there holding the line...wouldn't they be Tsooper heroes in that case or just Tsooper Troopers?

I tend to be strictly solo since most teams I've joined in the past have almost zero concept of the term tactics and strategy beyond CHARGE! and BLAST EVERYTHING THAT MOVES! which irritates me. I rarely every face plant on missions with myself...with teams...it's like every ten minutes. 😉 lol Mostly I play to kill time or simply explore around new zones or with different power combos...some work for me...others I end up bored or just lose interest in and delete the toon. Since I absolutely hate CoT and BP, I tend to avoid those missions as much as possible. Definitely more laid back and not worried about optimizing etc.

I tend to favor Electric, Fire, Rad, and Dark though Storm is making a real favorable impression so far. Seismic animation just turned me off and it was slow to my perception. The rest of 'em I've dabbled with but didn't last 10 levels before the 'meh' factor had me move on. Then again I play pretty much strictly solo...so that can factor into what one gets out of a set as well.

I've done several toons to 20. Fire/Rad Brute, Water/Rad Sentinel, Electric/Rad Sentinel, Seismic/Fire Sentinel, a few others I don't remember...and am working on a Fire/Dark Corruptor presently. No real issues with any so far...though I do pull the hover trick with the squishies.

I've got a Storm/Time Blaster going that's been working well.

Just look at Greatest American Hero (1981) or The Phoenix (1982). lol

Not really into the Zone Events myself. Generally too much hassle for not much gain...and I tend to solo more often than not. What does surprise me though, is given the number of Skulls and the ineptness of the City Planning Dept in putting the Main Police HQ in the middle of what amounts to occupied territory, that there isn't a Skull Army zerging the PPD HQ until you find and put down the main leader(s) type event. Skyway....yeah. Planning Dept. needs to be completely canned for that mess. The elevated roadways look wild and all...but no City engineering dept in the world could budget for a mile of those things, not to mention dealing with the earthquake resistant design protocols. (yeah...my day job involved this stuff so it trips my OCD button every time I'm in the zone.) lol Same thing with some of those monstrously tall retaining walls. 😉

You missed Meg Mason beneath the Water Tower on the Hill in Cherry Hills.

Amusing...I ended up with "Durandel" - Tanker: Bio-Armor/Katana

Enjoyin' retirement on one the outlying islets in Nerva and cashin' in the bits of scrapped tech washing up on the beach from the frequent Longbow vs everyone else clashes. Those days as a 'Lectric/Rad Sentinel cape are just memories. Yup...listenin' to tunes and watchin' sunsets over the water while sippin' my lemonade without a care is great. And the locals have long since learned to leave me alone...the hard way.

Battlesuit: Offensive & Defensive lets you slot powers from some other power sets...so you end up building a really unique set up. Trade off would be costume parts limited to armor/tech only and slightly higher endurance costs. Something I had been thinking about before I left the game in 2008-9. Would have liked to see water blades in that power set for some high lethality damage. The ultimate power for a Controller type: Cloth or Thread manipulation. Nothing like having the baddies' own clothing shred itself then burrow into their bodies and shredding it...Invasive Weave. (evil grin) Masterminds would appreciate Golems/Puppets....or Elementals....or Insect/Serpent/Spider types...

Even if it's Air National Guard...Crey & Family private jets...Longbow heli-base...PPD air patrol...Kaiju chasers!...Rescue ops and Coast Guard....

Boomtown is partially revitalized, a private hero group (or is it) moves into the Hollows and begins driving the gangs out of Cherry Hills and Red River, Sky Way City and Faultline's construction advances with more buildings up, terrain recovered, etc., Perez Park is finally cleaned up (I mean, it's pretty useless as a zone currently really) or the Shivans make a break thru from Galaxy City into it thru the war wall, An aquarium/amusement park zone has been repaired and re-opened north of Kallisti by Boomtown and is now a Carnie turf war with the Family butting in, with the Lords of Death defeated and Kings being a massive Urban Renewal success (really, decide if its offices, slums/burbs, or industrial...the current mix makes no sense from city planning standpoint...especially with the PPD HQ right in the middle of it all. really?!!?) the Skulls presence is reduced as the King Pin (Praetorian Syndicate Survivor) rises. A new gang (Skorpions-backed by Professor Echo) appear and lay siege to Crey (a tech war in the truest sense) over left over Rikti salvage around Paragon. There really should be an airport zone given Paragon being a major city...and between Perez, The Heights in the Hollows, the islands and fringe areas in Talos, Fringe areas in Founders...that's a lot of waste space. Perez makes sense. The hollows, given the size of the park there...roads or trails should be established to reach the lookouts and such. The islands should have docks if not actually designated as nature preserves, especially if someone spent the $$ to put a police call box out there. And who in their right mind is going to allow Devouring Earth there and around Terra Volta to remain when they are isolated and no chance of being reinforced? We call that a turkey shoot party where I'm from. lol

Get READY? Is that like...a Rock Band or something? :P

HEY MEAL! I'M HAPPY! - Happy Axe (Axe/EA Brute)

I'll be tagging 57 in a couple months myself. Still no signs of aliens to partner up with though. Dang it. ><

That brings back memories of so many players hunting the badge that new toons showing up to run the tutorial had to wait for respawns and then try to beat the hunters to 'em. Totally forgot about that 'til now....though the part of running pointlessly long distances thru a zone that is essentially half empty (start to thugs) wasn't mentioned. 😉 lol

Major Holocaust: LETS BURN! Stygian Flare: SAVE THE OREOS! Major Chill: DING DONG! Cool guy calling!

Running a mission in KR this afternoon and literally ran into a Firestorm clone. Didn't catch the name...but the look and colors were pretty much spot on, including the flaming hair. May not be exact...so skirting the line...really close. 🍍

Yeah. I'm on Torch myself and seldom see much going on the chat channels and even when it's there, it's pretty much looking for groups and such.

Yeah...I started playing July 2004 and I remember Boom being there....and the mad rush when The Hollows opened up (along with a ton of dirt naps from pumicites). Also remember a lot more mobs in the fringe areas of Talos than there are now. The SE red zone is totally deserted...making me wonder why it's still a red zone when it's the safest area on the map now. The Babbage hunts in Skyway's Land of the Lost were epic as well. I guess now it only shows up in north Boom?

I totally forgot about the comics. Ahhh...nostalgia. Does anyone even organize Hydra hunts in Perez anymore. Not run into a single mission related to them since I came back. Weirdness.