TheMoneyMaker

Maybe street justice would be a better fit with dual pistols. It's still martial artsy kinda but different from the actual martial arts of Martial Assault.

I remember something from Homecoming's big Q&A with the original Devs, something was mentioned about either a planned magic powerset being in the works or something they wanted to do. Chances are that we probably would have gotten a few magic-themed costume pieces to go along with it if they'd gotten the chance. Unfortunately, we'll never know as the sorcery pool is as close to a proper "magic" set as we'll ever get.

I've had it for awhile, but I can't believe I got the name Firearms.

Needs more helicopter access.

Can't I be sarcastically serious? Or seriously sarcastic?

That sounds like an admission of guilt if I ever heard one.

Instead of a -RES bonus why not have piercing ammo give a ToHit bonus to the user? If it's penetrating more easily, that should be reflected in a slight improvement in the shot going through the target's defenses.

You can also click on and hold the Chat tab (the green tab in the image above) and drag if back up to the middle or wherever you're comfortable with. I've had it happen on occasion where the Tab is literally right above the text input line and don't remember how it got there, but yeah it's easy to grab and move around.

The problem with a "hardcore mode" deleting a character when it dies is that it completely invalidates rez and self-rez powers. What do you mean I can't rez him because he died? That's when rez is supposed to be used!

Blaster can pull just fine. If there's a tanker to get in between to taunt when too much comes charging in, then even better.

The savvy suggester looks to make suggestions that can utilize existing resources with minimal effort to develop it. For example, people often suggest new power set ideas and include ideas for existing animations and effects, mentioning them specifically so that if the idea were to be considered, the developers would see the possibility of minimal effort needed to make it happen. But even that isn't a guarantee....it's just being smart about what you suggest by knowing the limitations of the development team.

Right, "some" of it. And I'm not saying anyone should be forced to copy anything, but the idea that if one server has done something then the others "respect" it by not doing the same or similar is just dumb. I mean, even though wind control was going to be in the game and partially developed, because another server did it means we'll never see it worked on at HC? That's just lazy but also infuriating because if I want a wind control character but don't like the other server I'm pretty much out of luck.

I feel like this isn't just about people playing the way they want to but also about wanting others to play the way they want.

I don't see a problem with anachronistic costume pieces because comic books are full of time travelers, virtual immortals, and people that just rock those old-fashioned looks for whatever other reason. It doesn't just seem reasonable that some characters seem trapped in the 80s, I almost expect it of some.....and some being trapped in the 70s, 60s, or even the 1800s.

Origin powers are dumb. Throwing blades is natural? Why? Can't the blades be magical? Mutagen is mutation origin? Why can't my science origin create a mutagen? Oh, right, they can because origin powers aren't restricted to origins anymore. They're nothing more than thematic additions, which I think can be cool, but I prefer that the thematics stay flexible enough to let anyone take whatever fits their character concepts.

I really despise this policy. I like some of what some of the other servers do, and I also hate some of what they do. I like some of what HC does and am not a fan of other things. And there is no one server that has all the things I want, so basically I have to pick one or another or play on multiple, and the powers that be can go pound sand for making me have to choose any of those options. Instead of not trying to replicate each other's work, do your own thing and if another group has already done it, just do it your own way... or maybe acknowledge that they had a good idea that's worth copying. At the end of the day, none of them should be treated like their work is untouchable because they did it because all of them, HC included, are still essentially playing around with someone else's sandbox. Sure, HC got the license, but that doesn't make the game theirs.

I don't see the problem with kicking with invisible legs. I'm also against the argument that a lot of the costume items are restricted for clipping because there are plenty that still clip that are allowed, and sometimes people can do things with the clipping that makes sense for their character concept. But instead, arbitrary restrictions were set in place because someone decided that SOME of the clipping is unacceptable. It's a weak argument, and I'm not having it.

Seems like a little hypocrisy on some level. They "can't" do this without recoding the powers for aesthetic reasons, but also the aesthetics are just fine under specific circumstances... it's fine, there's no issue here whatsoever.

released: Body Shot

This is absolutely untrue as evidenced by that floating torso freaklok temp power we can get at Halloween (and maybe as a reward for trading prismatics). Technically, there are still legs there but they are invisible, but anyone --even martial arts and street justice characters withtheir kicks-- can use this costume effect without visible legs to deliver the kicks. Now whether or not the devs want to allow kicking without legs outside of this costume power effect is entirely up to them, but there is no need to recode anything to accomodate the appearance of leglessness.

I think trying to pigeonhole it as something for everyone but heroes was where the merit was called into question. The real issue with the request --as with all things-- is where do we get the animation from? Remember, this is all now a volunteer project with no finances permitted except the donations to keep the servers paid for. That means no funds to develop new animations, effects, or other resources. That's not to say that nothing new can be added (see innertube emotes), but anything that does get added will likely be a developer pet project that they want to work on and devote their time to without getting paid for the effort, and then on top of that get through whatever internal approval process they have in place to get things added.

The other differences between the TF and regular arc is that there is no locked in TF mode until it's complete so you can do other mission content in between, including joining other teams for whatever content they are doing. There's also the lack of the TF-associated badge(s), and the ability to visit the START vendor for whatever you might want in the middle of the arc while in the TF you can only do this in Pocket D.

I went into the character creation screen to check details in the costume items, and when I was clicking the back button to return to the character select screen, I got stopped at the Powers tab telling me I must choose my archetype to continue. If I were continuing, I could see an argument made for no don't do this but I wasn't trying to continue I was backtracking. Yes, it's easier enough to click the archetype tab and then continue clicking Back or just jump right to the Origin tab and Back out from there.....but what is the point of stopping the player with a lack of Back or Forward buttons at the Archetype choice screen? For that matter, why do we NEED to select an Origin to move forward? The face that we can jump straight to the costume editor proves that we don't need to select an AT to continue. The fact that we can skip over the power choices and then be directed to select powers before we can proceed to the powers customization tab shows that it's possible to have the game sense what's missing before proceeding to next necessary steps. No Origin? No problem.....just make it so player can't enter the game until they go back and choose an origin. And take away the AT choice requirement notice when going forward or back in the tabs.

Would be cool to see the new force field effect mapped onto the rotating Victorian Decor aura style where the hex pattern seems to move around on the affected portions of the body. Any chance you could reproduce that effect, whether as an aura or tier 3 reward?

I'll allow it 😎