The Witchfire

Humor me here, it's been forever since I played... Back in the old days, all the minions used to start going mindlessly aggressive as a MM leveled up. iIRC, Bots were the worst and would get out of control around level 20, etc... Long diatribe cut short, I just wanted to know if their AI and controls have gotten any better before I make a cbaracter.

Fair enough, but am I that far off in thinking it wouldnt be hard to adapt something along those lines as a blaster power set?

Scarcer and more expensive... Well, that would be a great way to drive off new players; make them unable to acquire or afford anything.

Nobody (except Uncle Ben) ever dies permanently in comics after all. I never liked the way the character was killed off anyway. The actual story wasn't bad, but it felt like it had alot more to do with the conflict between the devs at Paragon, and that a good flagship character was killed off over who occasionally played him in-game. The reaction to the fake Statesman in that fighting game years back shows the fan base was able to separate the character from the dev.

Interesting idea. With my old speedster, I went the 'Reverse Flash' route and had her absorb kinetic energy. As has been pointed out, the powers and origin are less important for RP than just being approachable and likeable as a character. I agree with the don't abuse the fourth wall thing also. Even Deadpool gets obnoxious after a while, lol. Beyond that, do what feels right. Let me briefly tell you what I'm doing with my character Witchfire, who is also a reaiity hopper. She's a Wiccan who comes from our world and got recruited by her goddess to dimension hop and help alternate realities. Paragon will be her second. She's played COH, but that's only given her a basic understanding of the factions & marquee characters; only a bit morr knowledge than the average person on Primal Earth. When asked about "we're all just a story or game", she replies that imagination is a gateway to seeing other worlds and nobody is any less real. 🙂

Seems to me that we MIGHT be overthinking this. Granted I've been away from the game for a long time, but isnt this basically what the Arachnos Wolf Spider's primary set is? Maybe the simple option is to give the blaster an option for a mixed range primary set similar to that. 🙂