Andreah

This is the real problem, imo.

Absolutely none of them are Villains in Paragon City. They're Rogues or Vigilantes, both of which have in-lore explanations for why they are allowed to roam the blue side.

A friend of mine ran an open court session with his Judge character recently. I don't have permission to post his screenshots. There are also almost daily club events, for dancing, hanging out, and so forth. Once, I attended a concert in-character, that was really cool.

Imagine this: Directive from Lord Recluse to All Destined Ones Subject: Strategic Re-Prioritization in Kallisti Wharf To All Destined Ones: A concerning development in Kallisti Wharf demands immediate strategic re-evaluation. Blackwing Industries' uncontrolled expansion and disruptive ambitions could undermine the order Arachnos seeks to establish. Therefore, by my command, effective immediately: Cease hostilities against heroes in Kallisti Wharf. Redirect all efforts against Blackwing Industries and other destabilizing elements. This is a temporary, tactical alliance. The enemies of our enemies are, for now, tools. Your loyalty to Arachnos demands this foresight. Do not fail me. Lord Recluse Master of Arachnos And this: Urgent Dispatch from Ms. Liberty to All Heroes Subject: Critical Threat & Provisional Cooperation in Kallisti Wharf To All Valiant Heroes: A new and urgent threat has emerged in Kallisti Wharf. Blackwing Industries' operations are causing dangerous chaos, and worse, threatening the safety and stability of the entire world. Therefore, effective immediately: You are authorized to engage in provisional cooperation with villains in Kallisti Wharf. Focus all efforts solely on Blackwing Industries and their threats. This is a temporary, pragmatic operational adjustment to secure the peace. Our fundamental mission remains, but for now, unity against this menace is critical. Be vigilant. Ms. Liberty On behalf of the Freedom Phalanx Now, ask yourself if anything BWI is doing really would warrant those sorts of directive?

The first command executes and then the rest don't. It successfully executed and found no targets to select. It didn't fail to execute; and only if it fails to execute does the next one in the command string get tried. This is different that, say, trying to turn on a toggle that's already on. powexectoggleon fails to execute if the toggle is already on. targetcustomnear doesn't fail to execute if there are no matching entities for it to find, it only determines there aren't any after it successfully executes and does the search through all the mobs in view. Does this help?

Kallisti is a co-op zone. You cannot fight the player villains you meet there. Why? because it's a co-op zone. I think we need a lot more than that to explain why. The reasons being 'outside' is the problem.

How about, those are mainly much older issues that have less biting relevance today. I won't lose sleep over the PPD Corruption issue, but I think it's a mistake. There's already some unpleasant stinky stuff in the sandwich, why add more? It's easily avoided. I am concerned that there's not a very solid lore foundation for why Kallisti is the way it is as a co-op zone. So far, it looks very hand wavy "it's co-op because it's a co-op zone."

I agree.

This doesn't really make sense to me. There's a difference between a villain and a rogue, and why I, when playing a hero, don't attack a rogue is because when in the city, I can't tell them apart from villains because they aren't committing villainy. Heroes and villains need a better explanation for why they're choosing not to fight each other. In the RWZ, I'm not attack player-villains because we're all there by an agreement with Vanguard, who sets the rules of engagement there. Is there an equivalent to Vanguard forcing the heroes and villains to behave in Kallisti? If not, tell us we don't fight because we choose not to isn't a good answer. That's arbitrarily forcing their roleplay.

I looked at his posting history and now suspect his keyboard is broken. That's my best offer.

I don't read what I wrote as implying that at all. If you have 45% defense to S/L and only 20% vs Fire, for example, you are more likely to be hit by a typed fire attack than a typed S/L attack.

This whole thing reminds me of CDF with the romans in the ITF. There you are, happy and snug in your 45% S/L defense, surrounded by hot men in leather outfits trying to put their swords in you. Wiff! Wiff! Wiff! They miss you over and over. Suddenly, one gets lucky and hits you. Bam! Your defense is debuffed and now they don't all have a 5-9% chance of hitting you, but much higher. Most keep missing, but another one hits! And BAM! Down goes your defense even further. They now have a 20% or more chance to hit you. And looking over the angry faces in that crowd, you know they've all been counting their many previous misses and get their very next hit on you for free -- curtesy of Streakbreaker, Inc. They all hit you with their next swings and down you go. This is why I like to be a little above the 45% marker :D

You're also more likely to be hit by things that are opposed by a different kind of defense than you have at the soft-cap. Some can get all three of their positionals soft-capped, and this handles almost everything; but often, people will only soft-cap a few types (such as S/L), and then when something shows up that isn't that type, they get hit.

Yup. I suspect it's because the vast majority of people don't run that content, and the ones that do are happy with their system to deal with the gimmics.

Also, if you are in the 9.75% chance to hit zone from an AV, if the AV is still alive long enough to have missed you 100 times, the chance a streak of misses that long even happens is less than 1 in 37,000.

The point is, it virtually never is 20% or more. If your defense is high enough, Streakbreaker lets them miss you 100 times before it forces a hit. Look, just use some high-school scientific method. Instead of obsessing over your parsing of the wording in the (old, out of date, I might add) wiki; put your interpretation to the test. Go in game, find a +4 AV to fight solo and examine your combat log. You don't need a five page thread full of caps locks to see it doesn't work the way you think it does.

Also, please, for gods' sake, turn off your caps lock.

No, that's not how the streakbreaker works. The allowed misses in a row depends on the final chance to hit, after your defense is applied, not before. If you have high defense, the final chance to hit you will be low, and streakbreaker will allow many misses, easily up to 100, before it forces a hit.

I like to hit the softcap, when I can, or go a little above it, since it's more a guideline than a rule. If the cost isn't too high in other ways, I'l significantly overachieve it, since enemies have tricks to play too, and you'll get hit a lot more often than you expect if you believe "The Legend". If possible, getting complementary resistances or ability to heal/regen can be more valuable that getting a few more defense points to match the technical softcap. I find in regular content that being reasonably solid protection-wise is a big help to feeling like a "Superhero" -- which is key part of what I like about the game. Sure, defeat's not really painful, but "Superheroes" should be hard to defeat! And good soft-cap-ish defenses are an achievable way to be tough like that for most builds.

Upper-Left, with character flaws and errors.

Mechanically, I likely would not. I don't find that particularly interesting. However, in Roleplay, I have thought out several serious weaknesses & deep flaws in my main characters. Basic mechanics can't represent these well, but they add storytelling potential that I would not pass up.

This is the main reason (apart from the character designs, which are a matter of taste) I don't like these stories. It's too much funneling.

Jingle bells, Shining Stars, Bumbling all the way. Oh, what fun it is to see The villain slip away! Twinshot took the lead, With her guns held high, But she shot the ceiling down, And debris filled the sky. Jingle bells, Shining Stars, Bumbling all the way. Oh, what fun it is to see The villain slip away! Proton’s clone-tech whirred, From dimensions afar, But he warped himself to France, Now he’s lost in a bar. Jingle bells, Shining Stars, Bumbling all the way. Oh, what fun it is to see The villain slip away! Dillo’s hoorb rang out, In the snowy fray, Slipped on icy ground, And rolled into the bay. Jingle bells, Shining Stars, Bumbling all the way. Oh, what fun it is to see The villain slip away! Flambeaux flipped her hair, Flames on grand display, But she torched her own costume, And ran screaming away. Jingle bells, Shining Stars, Bumbling all the way. Oh, what fun it is to see The villain slip away! Grym sniffed out the foe, With his hound-like flair, But he chased a squirrel instead, Left the team in despair. Jingle bells, Shining Stars, Bumbling all the way. Oh, what fun it is to see The villain slip away!

Serious reply, I'm not a huge fan of the Shining Stars, but the stories are undeniably well written.