TheMoneyMaker

"Zero"? Thread is about not wanting the patrol XP gift and wanting to give it back. I'm contributing by saying that I appreciate the gift and don't want to see any way for it to be taken away; in fact I want to see more of it given. So.....you're welcome.

Really like Divegirl's design

Gravy is good

I think Ice sprites would nicely complement the Jack Frost ice pet from ice control

I've got a new argument, or at least one I don't think I've seen while skimming through all the old posts I like patrol XP, and I like the bonus patrol XP for picking up explore badges. I wouldn't mind seeing another 5 bars of it added to what can be accumulated and more options to accumulate it. Right now it seems we have time spent offline, explore badges, and the Experienced temp power we get at the anniversary and sometimes as a bonus in the holiday packs. Maybe some super rare inspirations like that level boost one where you can use the inspiration and add a level's worth of patrol XP.

The only boost lightning storm needs is making it mobile so you can drag it around

It just seems to make sense thematically. If dying and getting back up is pretty much expected and a feature rather than a flaw, then the penalty for dying should be reduced when you use Regen's revive power to get back up. If you're in a rush and the recharge isn't up yet, and you use something else (inspiration, rez from ally, other temp power rez, etc), then you don't get the bonus and can still accrue debt normally if you're inclined to do so. Don't want no one complaining that this would make it harder for regenners to get their precious debt badges.

Considering that dying and getting back up seems to be expected of Regen, maybe have it wipe out debt, or at least some of it

Very cool design.

Probably. More thoughts of things I'd want to work on: partial revamp of Boomtown, clearing some of the destroyed buildings to show progress in the rebuilding effort. The green outlined area in the southeast corner would be akin to the rebuild efforts in Faultline. Smaller structures, no giant skyscrapers yet, though some foundations with the framework of such taller buildings under construction. North of that would be a new generic U.S. military base with an airfield with a military jet and helicopter at the ready as a staging area to do military themed missions, some of which will be representative of the government's interest in taking a more active role against Council activities (and choosing to help start the renovation of Boomtown so they can establish a presence where the Council's GWW appears. The military will be in over their heads against Council resources, thus their need to recruit heroes for missions. This can also lead to later missions in other zones where the military interest becomes more questionable, perhaps even looking to send heroes to the Rogue Isles (instanced maps) to raid for technology, capture prisoners, and so on. This could even lead to missions where the heroes discover rogue factions within military leadership, forcing conflict with military troops (which can also lead to military troop ambushes against the hero until they finish the arc and clear their name by exposing the rogue faction). Previously, I mentioned creating a new independent Robots enemy faction that is led by an AI that converts other robots to its cause of rising up against humanity. I'd make Terra Volta the primary zone for introducing those bots as they seek to overthrow the city with constant attacks on the reactor, knowing that if they control it that they not only take the power source for themselves but also potentially cripple the city's ability to defend against them. Fun twist: because Sky Raiders have bots in their ranks, they will become enemies with the AI bots who are converting/stealing jumpbots and force field projectors. They will have skirmishes against each other in the zone much the way Council and 5th Column skirmish elsewhere. A new rogue Sky Raider contact would be made made available in the zone, discreetly offering tips to the heroes against the Robots and possibly other level-appropriate threats in other zones (to show an effort to work with the heroes, but perhaps also to divert them away from Sky Raider activities). I'd set up a primary "base" for the bots in the central Eastern side of the map, just into the red labeled area, and this area would be heavily fortified with bots as they are converting and manufacturing there. There would also be 2 smaller bases, either decoys or start ups to facilitate more Robot servants.

So much replay with all the mods and levels created by the fans

You're entitled to feel that way, but the many that would create alternate accounts to hoard names would not only be taking those names but also be removing @global names from the available pool. There may be some inconvenience to having multiple accounts, but since they're free people would create as many as they want to make sure they reserve the names they want. Also, fewer people hoarding names doesn't guarantee that any of the names you want would be available... it might mean that the fewer people would just have more names to hoard among themselves. But you feel however you want. There's no putting the genie back into the bottle now, so no knowing one way or another if you would be right or not.

They have meaning?

I saw that the name Way was let go in the name release thread a couple days ago and decided it would be perfect for my cyberpunk beam rifle ninja. Forget all your preconceived Mandolorian notions. This is now The Way.

I could see an argument being made for melee ATs getting their own versions too

Released: Broken Law Fist of Gloom Holo-Simulator My Left Bigfoot Tesseracter

Pretty sure you can have the one eye or a horn but not both

I made a firetruck in my base garage and put a teleporter linked to Steel Canyon in it, so when I see the fire in SC notice, I don't bother with the standard teleporters and finding the right zone on the list.

Just get yourself killed a lot and the XP debt will cancel out the patrol XP

Fortunately, the difficulty in implementing the name + @global identification makes having your way more likely

Yeah, but he -like Lex Luthor- is a villain, so it's expected they would do it. I was just referring to heroes that get caught up in big finance.

Like heroes don't have wealth and corporate investments And those are just the first names that come to mind... other billionaire heroes include Prof. X, Mr. Fantastic, Archangel, Moon Knight, Emma Frost, and that doesn't even take into account those are independently wealthy because of things like being royal or gods (Black Panther, Thor, etc)

Have you considered using the energy shield colored to look like her attacks to represent manifesting a psychic shield?

What kind of question is this?

The concealment pool has a Grant Invisibility power, but it's single target only, so you'd have to apply it to each pet individually. It has a 3 second recharge and lasts about 2 minutes, so it might be tedious but it's more effective than unsummoning your pets then resummoning and rebuffing them again later.