Skyhawke

For just badges? Sure, why not. For anything else? No thank you. I'm a SG of two, myself and my uncle. I don't want any cool items locked because we don't want to run in SG mode. We don't have the manpower to just farm for prestige. The only way I see people being cool with new stuff being locked behind a prestige cost is making prestige crazy easy to earn and the cost of items so low that it becomes a "why bother with this system in the first place" thing. I feel like a lot of returning people are looking for things the way they used to be instead of how they are now. Kinda understandable in a Stockholm Syndrome sorta way, but not at the expense of those of us who've been here for years and like our free stuff.

For a first timer? I think it would be much harder than blue or red side. Everyone in Praetoria seems to have Super Reflexes and some sort of To Hit buff. Add to that what others have said and it's a pretty unforgiving place to start. I think some of us have lost our perspectives because we've been here with all the changes and new stuff, played, adapted and learned. If you've never played before, it's not where you want to start if you want to not get frustrated quickly.

Your question was answered two posts up, it's against the terms of service. If you feel the need to push that, feel free to, but you're gonna be spinning wheels and possibly banned if you keep doing it ingame.

On the flip side, I did a Posi 1 yesterday and it was like butter. Nobody got too loose cannon with things, the Vahz ambushes were handily taken care of and when the team lead asked everyone to not go to the door until we'd cleared the area around? Nobody went to the door. We even had one person ask why, which led to some of us explaining what happens. We held the door when we got there, two of us kept an eye out for the ambush and we rolled inside. Hug the wall and go left then to the other group, never an issue. When we got to the doppelgangers, we explained to the previous person that these shadows have access to powers we don't and we talked about who to take down first. We finished that TF in a shade over 29 minutes with zero deaths.

That sounds like something Lord Nemesis would say...hmmmm...

I sometimes hit a wall with names, but usually get something I want in the end. As much as I'm sure some are tired of hearing "use your imagination", you really do need to use your imagination...well, coupled with some resources as well. www.thesaurus.com has already been mentioned and I use https://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=superheronameorg as well. Seventhsanctum lets you input some keywords, like your powersets, and generate names from there. Definitely worth a look.

Communication makes every point (well, maybe not cannibalism...well, maybe for a zombie MM) relevant. I've been on teams where right from the get go the team agrees on a certain playstyle and I've been on ones that have a quick chat and change tactics midstream. Citadel is a great example as after awhile, a team that's gelling really well will say "Divide and conquer?" and we roll with that. I've also seen the teams where no communication and it becomes Keystone Cops really quickly. I find a polite way to excuse myself from those. Just a quick "Hey, mind if I stealth to the objective?" works wonders...like using your signal light in traffic. Sure, you know you can make that merge, but does everyone else? How many middle fingers can be avoided by just using your signal? Same here. Just a quick bit of communication goes a long way.

Page 8 update.

I'm seeing a pattern form...😁

For teaming, it's a mixed bag for me. Definitely more people to team with, but that also means more people that ignore "Please don't go to the door yet" and hilarity ensues. More chances to help teach folks the tricks of the trade, but also more chances for a "Don't tell me how to play" that results in teamwipe after teamwipe. Again, a mixed bag. Still enjoyable, overall though. Aesthetically, it's wild to see so many people everywhere. I saw another person waaaaaaay out in Nerva (you know where). That NEVER happens! Atlas and Mercy (haven't done another Gold run yet) are constantly abuzz and seeing random people flying, jumping or teleporting by me is really nice to see.

If watching the IT Crowd taught me anything, it's that this could be fixed by simply turning it off and on again.

Is that from Wheatfield of Titans?

I have a friend that plays the "must speed from objective to objective" way...drives me bonkers. It's why I shy from any speed run advertised anything.

Is there a way to make the Money Bag backpack drop clickable items? I ask because it would be hilar...aweso...good for the community to have Yomo running around Atlas with clickable cash flying out his backpack that would have random influence values.

Name your pets "Ole Yeller 1-6"...they'll get the message and quiet down.

Invisibility buff confirmed.

Funny, she took quite the shine to me.

I hate mysef for being overly curious...

Well, he was in the City then he championed himself to a differnt place and ended up directly continuing unnecessarily online.

My turn!

IBGMC

Adept at shrugging, or so I've hesrd.