moonligh7er

Well, I think in-progress is a category for a reason. They're perfectly playable for custom enemies and rewards. I specified they're in-progress, no dialogue, etc. 4 EB's aren't impossible at all when you've read and understood what, "ideal for teams," means, which I did also again mention to bring a team in the post for playability. For someone so mad about having nothing to read, you don't seem to have read any of my actual post because you actually added no information lmao?? Aside from alleged typos. Cute, thanks, honestly probably the only even potentially useful bit. Seriously thanks for your opinion but it's unnecessarily aggro fluff. Playing people's in-progress mishes not for you? Find something else to do. Nobody asked you for a favor or tricked you into playing a half done mish. I've seen people express disappointment that people's bios aren't filled, etc., but what you're on is weird dude. Nobody else who played or rated any of these stories whined about lack of story let alone (wtf?) discouraged me from sharing. It's in-progress--labeled as such and specified wherever I share it (like being ideal for teams). Testing is part of progress. Story will come when I've figured out the limitations of AE and all it's glitches, structured my story with them and per the methods I choose (open to feedback, which isn't whatever you're on), etc. There were issues with your social and reading skills, while we're being critical. Maybe use the labeling system better. I didn't wanna play that. ^_^

Has anyone been able to get these to spawn correctly/at all? Not me. All my other objectives are done, but they never spawn (which is level breaking if they're objectives). x_x I also spent a lot of time looking for them and found them in this goofy place only, only for them to break my levels lolll

Just wanted to share a few AE stories I'm fairly proud of and that you should play if the genre appeals to you. 😄 All are very long with 4-5 missions with extreme custom AV's (& most everything else). Recommend +4/x8 for full experience, and a full team for success. All of these are in-progress/under development. 2 don't have dialogue yet (Just follow the mostly linear objective navigation). These are my fist ones and I welcome any feedback particularly about optimizing gameplay flow (or obviously anything obviously broken--Shouldn't be any). Strange Spear (edit: temporarily withdrawn) is the only one that hasn't been fully tested (I'll get a team together and beat it soon, probably around 11:30 ESET one day this weekend). Radiance of Theia Genre: Fantasy/SciFi (Cosmic pirates!) Enemies: Theian Space Pirate Armada, contains GM Arc ID: 63222 Cursed Game Genre: Fantasy/SciFi Horror Enemies: Various factions within a cursed tribal/Voodoo board game Arc ID: 63223 Strange Spear (temporarily withdrawn) Genre: SciFi Horror Enemies: Vicious aliens or corporate experiments (who knows), Galactic hunters, Corporate mercs Allies: Galactic Colonial Force Recon Arc ID: 63256 Don't forget to rate! ❤️ I need more AE arc slots. D; Edit: "Strange Spear" temporarily withdrawn due to some unapparent glitches.

These powersets are not yet calculated for balance, just awesome moves. ⚫What about giving Mm's more villain group options? That's what I envisioned when I heard CoV was coming out. Maybe some more hero-oriented NPC's as well. There are so many awesome NPC groups, and imo Mm's could get a nice upgrade and become attractive to more players, themes, etc.. As well, what about letting Mm's custom create and control their highest level minion? Could give them the full customization or make it more limited and targeted (e.g. design a particular NPC like a Dark Ring Mistress to have custom powers). Obv it wouldn't be as strong as a player character but it would be more fun to control and to fight, and it would make fighting Mm's a lot more interesting (can't merely predict what they're gonna use). Let robot Mm's have a cyborg? Not just the groups that come to mind (I envisioned a bunch of Lost or Freakshow or carnis), but maybe also or only more obscure groups like Experiments, or maybe you're a Vanguard captain, or maybe we do something with the Coralax other than just unfinished enemies-by-default. Any OP changes are easily balanceable: Maybe the more minions you have deployed, the more Concertation it takes and it de-buffs them a bit. ⚫It would be awesome if there were a power that, somewhat like Rogue, borrow an enemy's power (random, selected though that could be difficult mid-combat, or just their most powerful move just one time). Give it a short stun effect after the fact, and maybe even boost the power slightly. Take it further if you want, make an offensive powerset for bio armor and make it about stealing moves, even collecting them (blaster's most powerful blast, a tank's armor), etc. It would be a really challenging powerset, possibly even a little too challenging... but I think it would be awesome. Make yourself into a weird combination of the enemy's team's powers. Or, just make a shapeshifter class. I don't think it gets a lot more recycle-y than that! I think Overwatch would be a much more interesting game if you got to choose your character's powers, so that you didn't know exactly what to expect from the enemy or how to neutralize it. Games are more fun when you can calculate less and have to adapt more. I'm sure that's an unpopular opinion to some, but so it is. ⚫What if we gave powers the ability to work synergistically? I don't have any advanced designs for this but for a rudimentary example if I blast someone after someone's knocked them up, maybe it does more damage. But really I'm thinking more like fire tornados lol. This wouldn't require any new assets, but would require more work to balance across powersets than a new powerset. ⚫Shades could have a different primary powerset when in human form. Idk if this gives them 2 or 3 total forms, but a lot of people say human form Shades are boring and I'm inclined to agree. They'd be much more interesting as aliens living among us as humans if they had some humanity. ⚫What about something with portals? We have some beautiful portal animations. Maybe make some different sizes/effects (fire, etc.) and make them horizontal sometimes. Iimagine it would be a corruptor type set with decent CC and defensive utility. Maybe choose between a portal power and a optional portal gun/device? ⚫All the magic theme options in the game are very light/dark or elemental. What about something more neutral for a magic powerset? Haven't had enough time to think this one through but maybe something like planetary magic where each planetary invocation does a different think? An effect or "essence of," spirit type minion? Mars is obv DPS, maybe Venus is confuse, Pluto something cold/dark. Unfinished through train but I think it has potential. ⚫GHOST! So much potential. The animations can all be recycled. Let them get that ghostly aura! The greenish one one you have to buy, not the one in character customization that's like wisps. Haunt: Possess: Phantom Strike: dmg Touch from Beyond: stun Ethereal Advantage: +def, +res or intangibility (like Phase Shift) Spectral Blade: Like Psi Blade Shadow Step: Like combat TP but shadowy, with +Tohit Poltergeist Rage: like tornado with knockdown, maybe throw in the magnetic aura animation Netherworld Surge: PBAOE dmg Spectral Chains: AOE immob Haunting Echo: kinda like Phantasm meets Spectral Army but just 1 Phantom Pain: -def, -speed Spirit Link: Perish Song anyone? Beyond the Grave: summon some spirits like Haunt? Two forms: Spectral and Switch between two forms: Spectral form: Support abilities only but intangible to either damage or status effects? Corporeal Form: PBAOE dmg during transition, become tangible but can do high damage Insidious Attachment: Let the character get the DEF and RES of an enemy, and/or transfer all or a portion of damage taken to that enemy ⚫Spear Fighting would be a sick powerset (I would settle for SPEAR sounds when I have a spear equipped as my staf. The staff one's sound goofy and I deleted my staff (spear themed) toon for this reason lol. No, mods aren't good enough; I know my animations sound out of place to everyone else lol. But Spear Fighting though: I studied Kung Fu for awhile and I think the powerset offers some really unique considerations versus staff. Some of these have recyclable animations (even if they're parts of other animations), some would take some new ones. The names I obv haven't worked on. I like the idea of the spear being a bit OP but risking a little -DEF for unsuccessful higher-end moves (the spear isn't such a great weapon when your opponent gets past the scary sharp part, and being attached to a 2-handed weapon that's lost it's umph is a major disadvantage irl). -Pike Wall: You dig the heel of your spear against the ground delivering massive damage to attacking enemies in a cone and/or keeping melee enemies at bay (stronger enemies may break through, which will stagger you slightly, momentary -DEF). -Monkey's Vault: Basically pole-vault over the enemy and kick them from behind for KD and -DEF -Spinning Jump kick PBAOE + knockdown -Piercing Lunge: Significantly extends melee range and delivers a superior damage attack. If the attack fails you are staggered slightly, momentary -DEF. -Parry (cone or single target but can also hit enemies behind your target) -Harpoon throw: Stick an enemy and pull them in to you (maybe allow a sword or dagger animation to finish this attack?)(--FLY) -Defensive sweep: PBAOE Knockdown only -Stake or Pike (Think Vlad the Impaler) -Stabbing Cone: rapid consecutive normal stabs (cone) -Swinging PBAOE: Swing the spear over your head in a wide 360 arc -Throw Spear (Sniper) – can jump to with knockdown and perform spinning jump kick (--FLY) -Spear of Destiny: Throw your spear to a distant location, teleport to spear, perform 360 PBAOE spin kick on spear -Phalanx Bonus: Phalanx Bonus to DEF & DMG with other shields, tanks, brutes

Gimme a few tanks with fold space and between that and contagious confusion I can probly pull this off. 😄

It's not just one or the other, or I'd go play their games (I do). You've never wanted to make your own character within a pre-existing universe, or wanted your character to fight an existing one? Must not be a fan of anything? Or, you've never wanted to mix superheroes into a universe that doesn't have them, like Superman vs Predator? What about fights (for me it's Scarlet Witch vs Legion) that Marvel or somebody just refuses to give you? I'm getting the tattoo, too. That's my middle finger to them for denying me that. Like Star Wars got an emo boy but still no 3-sectional lightsaber? Pff. Made that myself too.

TLDR; I can DM a GM costume screens and details; I have a question about if it would be taken down for trademark concerns. So if I made a character and/or story that includes characters/groups that are similar to copyright characters/groups insofar as for example Homelander is similar to Superman (or the Honorees are to zombie Superman) or... many Marvel and DC characters are to their corresponding archetypal characters in the other universe (eg Green Arrow and Hawkeye, Flash and Quicksilver, Atom and Ant-Man... and then ofc every Watchmen character is a rip-off although generally imo more interesting and relevant, which I would call transformative--but not the point and I'll digress on that point). Sometimes the overlap is due to universal, even Jungian archetypes, sometimes it's due to the pragmatic use of deeply-engrained cultural icons especially with transformative use and all it's added value (eg the sort of reality check that Homelander introduces borrowing the icon that is Superman the same as the game and everyone as far as I know borrows laser eyes from Superman, although the Comet had them as early as '39 where Superman debuted the power in 60-something despite it's first issue being published before the Comet), sometimes both writers are making new characters based on the same older idea (eg Robin Hood) that neither of them came up with, and although I like to think there's the least incidence of this, sometimes due to lack of originality. Marvel's Asgards, for that matter Stargate's Asgards and all it's alien species, and the Predator franchise all draw from the Annunaki sort of trope about ancient gods really being advanced alien species. Predator just adds another trope about alien species that hunt the galaxy, which the Hirogen from Star Trek are basically... uh, are, basically. This is the general realm that I'm in. DC and Marvel aren't suing eachother so far as I know, so if it's safe insofar as copyright law, is it probably safe in game? Likenesses may be similar but with some significant changes Powers, weapons may be similar Names may take one single part of the name, be the name backward, or be an anagram of the name or part of it (eg Nimlael=I Am Enlil, Thomas Marvelo Riddle=I am Lord Voldemort) Characters relationships, storyline may be similar but with changes and original content No direct references are made eg franchise names, species, factions, character names, etc. Edit: I just realized that I was using, "Space Marines," and just now found out that that's trademarked by the folks who made Warhammer? Which poses an interesting question: (I don't mind changing the name, buttt) That's safe, right? Because the TM only protects the term in the context of the Warhammer universe (it's too generic a term to be generally enforceable, especially since we'll have space marines soon enough... that's not a political reference in the slightest). It's not as much of a copyright concern as General Hammond or the Oranbega portals. Further than that, if round gates that produce wormholes are considered to fall under the umbrella of the Stargate copyright, then yes I'm screwed. But that's not the case, I'm still uncertain lol. I know we're avoiding too much guidance and loopholes, but what do we think? I don't wanna call out the specific franchise/s that could from one perspective be said to bear a striking resemblance to my works, for obvious reasons, but I can DM a GM costume screens and details. Appreciate anyone who read that lol

Name of SG: Forge of the Cosmic Fire SG Passcode: WANDERINGSTARS-30426 Base Description: Arcane & tech with nightclub, hangar, and a couple of secrets. Massive secure complex, single-level. Raid ready (Hopefully they re-enable base raids! *begging*). Not the most efficient taxi (due to portals being spread into several groups), but a fun first SG base that has most all of the amenities. Shard: Excelsior Global in game: Planesripper Flying isn't important but if you're exploring portal points within the base, one of the last areas may require an Ouro to escape (or I suppose teleport to contact or something).

Name of SG: Forge of the Cosmic Fire SG Passcode: WANDERINGSTARS-30426 Base Description: Arcane & tech with nightclub, hangar, and a couple of secrets. Massive secure complex, single-level. Raid ready (Hopefully they re-enable base raids! *begging*). Not the most efficient taxi (due to portals being spread into several groups), but a fun first SG base that has most all of the amenities. Shard: Excelsior

Yeah it was just the standard server maintenance message but I haven't seen that since the last day NCSoft had a good game lol so it was weird and nostalgic haha. Also even circa mid-2000's it was a pretty useless message (like, it could say there's server maintenance being done lol) so that's funny too. Super excited! You guys will definitely get a monthly monetary, 'subscription,' from me. So happy to see the game in better hands than NCSoft, hopefully officially one day soon, and in any event grateful for the legitimate revival. ❤️

Just because the title was clickbait-y doesn't mean I was conflating anything lol, just haven't synced with server maintenance schedule as I just became aware of this game being online again a few days ago! 😄 As a result, seeing the last message everyone saw before NCSoft screwed us was a bit nostalgic is all lol. And funny it's still the same triggering and not actually adequately informative message lol

I just found out about this game (again) like a week ago. I assume this is just the standard, horrifically-wrongly-worded message for maintenance D; but . . . Y'all have to know how triggering this is. T_T' This is a high-level troll, keeping this. lol