Skyhawke

Anything I've been on that's run by Oklahoman is always a carefully laid out in detail setup before and during whatever it is. I see something from Oklahoman in LFG, I try my damnedest to get into it. Blapperella is another one. I love when team/league leads communicate and there is no such thing as too much communication. I can't keep some of these things straight and love getting reminders so I'm not on one side of the map wondering why I'm there alone (again). If a leader doesn't do that, I have no issue with letting everyone know I have no clue what I'm doing and to treat me like a noob. I prefer a ding to my ego than messing up everyone else's fun. I'd like to think that people causing issues aren't jerks or idiots, but either too shy or proud to ask for help. On the flip side, I've been on PUGs doing things like an ITF or a BAF and usually everyone just follows muscle memory and unless some bad luck hits, it's never an issue. That, however, requires everyone to just know the task at hand like the back of their...er...hand. Risky to be sure. I did a Posi 1 the other night and there was little communication other than the occasional joking around. When we got to that mission and we not only wiped the floor with the Vahz in front, but easily handled the ambush, I figured this was in the bag. Then, on the last mission, someone went to the door while we were still clearing around the steps. Went as well as you'd expect and the guilty party then announced that the TF was impossible to finish and quit. Three more followed and those that remained gave it the old college try, but finally had to admit that we were just outgunned. Again, I'd much rather have a team lead lay it all out from the start and offer reminders as we go along than just roll the bones and hope for the best. If someone's ego is so fragile that being told what to do on a TF bothers them, there's problems that need to be handled on the other side of the keyboard.

Base building is a rabbit hole that will steal entire weekends away if you're not careful. My base on Indomitable was/is (still there, just not used) a labor of love that lasted weeks of every game session being building, tweaking, hating, demolishing and redoing every nook and cranny until I could tell my wife exactly what each piece was there for from teleporters to NPC's to train/sell/tailor me up and all points in between. I. Love. That. Base. It had a pool! Then, I moved to Excelsior and just couldn't bring myself to do that to myself again. My current base is function over form and while I do feel the urge to redo it, I'm afraid of where that dragon might lead. Tl;dr Bases are fun to build, but easy to get lost in. Builder beware. 👨‍🔧

I did take a peek and TC is the same one complaining about how the drop in the enhancement booster market killed their ability to play. Best advice I can give to TC is step back, take a breather and realize it's just (I know, I know) a game. If it brings you no joy and you feel the need to bring others down with you, it may be time to take a break and get in a better headspace.

Little do people know, this is the true leader of the Skulls.

Posi 1 awaits all who rush to 50. Mwa ha ha ha haaaaaaaa 😈

I mean, the Vahzilok can do it...why not us?

Future Vomit attack set incoming? Ranged toxic damage ftw! Barf Blast? Spew Shot? Searing Upchuck?

Found the culprit.

Now, the question is: How many beers? 😏

Someone's obviously never fought a chicken. Much less 100 of them.

-20% accuracy, +30% absorb, possibility to mez enemies or yourself

So I was running a character through the Galaxy City tutorial and for some reason it hit me...what happens to Officer Daniels? He's the guy on the radio moving you along and gets cut off with static right as you get to the Longbow safe zone. Aaaaaand that's it. He just vanishes. The wiki just says he's in the tutorial and that's it. Would love to see him added in a future update, even if just as an easter egg somewhere.

Glam Rock and some Punk Rock Breakdancing outfits Jean jackets Plaid shirts Boombox weapon skin for things like war mace or battle axe

I'll see your committee and raise you a "Snarky can be the only one on the committee".

Human Only, jack of all trades Peacebringer. Had one on live and loved it. Just got him to 50 today. Solo is roooough til I get some sets slotted in, but on a team I can blast, nuke, scrap, tank for a couple minutes, heal in a pinch and even throw out a pbaoe hold. Am i great at anything? Nooooooo. Is it still fun to play. Yep.

Knockout Blow is still one of my all time favorite animations. It just looks like it should: that old school, Popeye winding the fist move followed by someone going flying into the air. Chefs kiss! The staff fighting animations are just so slick to watch. Least favorite? Probably the ragdoll physics itself. I've just stood still and watched a body twitch and distort and while amusing, it's 1. unnerving and 2. is just too much. I punched you in the face and you're out cold...why is your waist turned into a bow and your arms where your face goes?

I was on a kill most ITF yesterday with the team being a corrupter (the leader), a mastermind, a blaster, 3 controllers , a dominator and me on my main (a brute). First mission in and the leader suddenly calls for mobs to be herded for nuking purposes. Cool, no problem. I start pulling a group along to another and suddenly notice that I can't see myself for all the angry guys swarming me. Again, no problem, I can handle it...but where was the boom? I was promised an earth shattering boom. Turns out everyone was chicken with their head offing it, blasting anything (except the horde I had) that moves. Ok. Finish my mob, catch up and try again. Aaaand it's just a repeating cycle with the leader just as guilty as the rest. Fine. We get to the mission with the dark crystals and it's destroy, on to the next without a worry. Except I saw the incoming ambush and intercepted it. While I'm finishing off a cyclops, here comes another ambush. Then another. I then wondered if further in the cave, someone was wondering where the ambushes were. The blaster (I could hear the dual pistols) and eventually someone else (couldn't see, angry dudes in togas and armor everywhere) came back to help during the second ambush. One said in Local "Hold the door!", which made me chuckle. My story's nowhere near as bad as Snarkys is, but I did stick it out, got my double merits, money and Incarnate fixins. Plus, like Snarky, I came out with a good story...and I love a good story.

Web control. (Blame Coldplay for the "Spider-Man with his control" lyric) Have two animations for either organic (think pointy/controlly animations) or gadget (like web grenades or a web blasting gun). Everything but the tier 9 would be standard control type powers with holds, maybe toxic damage and things like webs on the floor as well as eebson people. I'm just not 100% on what the tier 9 would be unless a big ole spider (either organic or mechanical). Dominators could get some ranged web attacks that do toxic damage as well as some melee attacks like webbed up fists for smashing damage.

Finally getting around to getting the beneficial accolades on my villain and the Born in Battle one requires the Adamant badge which states "take 1,000,000 in damage". Now, as a Tanker, there's no way I haven't taken a ton of damage by now...but it's usually mitigated by rad armor absorption. Is the absorb field screwing with my getting the badge or am I loonier than usual?

Something, something, Capitalism, something, something, greed, something, something, exaggerated expectations, something, something, they ruin their own experience. That being said, 500k, no waiting, no refunds.

Or to put it another way:

No. Refunds. 😁

On a side note, I will be selling boosters in the parking lot behind the Auction House for 500k. No refunds.