Techwright

How can it be called "arrest" when they're flying all over the room? We need a better descriptive catch phrase...like Jackson Pollock. The meteor Jackson Pollocked those mobs...all over the walls.

Good episode!

Okay, that is just creepy.

That makes sense. (Though I'm sad it was so easy to guess!) It also explains why the Sky Raiders are stuck with Captain Castillo!

Welcome home! The game is most forgiving nowadays, so I encourage experimentation if you have any lingering doubts. For example, you can make a duplicate of your character, but pick a different secondary. Go talk to the P2W vendor next to the side of the Atlas statue and under the Temporary powers options, find the settings to run at 2x for experience points (which means no currency as a trade off). You can load that or either of the two lesser settings up to 8 times. Run your alt through "Death From Below" (DFB) with an Atlas-based team a few times, or get a farm team run for those under 20 to rapidly advance to the same level as your current character. If you don't like the powerset combo, fine. Drop any enhancements or salvage you've earned into in-game emails to yourself (your "@global" address), and erase the alt. But if you do like it, then simply rename your original to [Name]OLD on the character login screen (it's free and quick!), and quickly rename the alt to the name you wish. Then login, grab the stuff from your e-mail box, use or sell for INF (currency). As I said, the process can be very forgiving now. Enjoy!

Has it ever been revealed whom is the wealthy benefactor bankrolling the Sky Raiders, and using high-powered lawyers to keep them out of jail? The obvious guess would be Nemesis, but if its not been revealed in-game, that might make an interesting investigation, especially if it proves to NOT be Nemesis.

....or was it? One can never tell when Ourobouros and time manipulation are in play.

So the question is, must a dev name it after it landing, its flight, or its origin? Seems to me, they went for the middle ground in the discussion. It does spend an awful lot of time in flight.

In the sense that they market their supers for projects, yes. There is a black market for magical artifacts, more than just what the Warriors deal. It's hinted at with people having a history with the Midnighters Club. Mercedes Sheldon, for example, takes the high road, using a natural gift to the see the auras of artifacts up for auction (and presumably acquire them for the MC.) Darrin Wade's description shows him to be a broker of "lost information and ancient artifacts". I believe we actually witness him in a transaction in one of the redside stories, though its been a while since I did anything that side. He's possibly your closest analog. As to tech and science, I'm not sure. Something tickling the back of my mind says that the Sky Raiders do some tech trading, but I can't point to chapter and page. I'm pretty sure I've also seen something about underworld trading of abandoned/captured Rikti technology, but I can't point out where. I'm reasonably certain we don't have a clearinghouse character or group, at least, not one covering tech, science, and magic. Oh sure we have the Black Market and Wentworth sites, but they don't fill the story function in the game.

I was chatting with the league mates tonight while we were taking Lusca down and wondering if it were possible for a coordinated league to drop Lusca all at once. The league feeling was that though it was feasible, it would be incredibly hard, since the Lusca dives as soon as a limb is destroyed. We've got a lot of players who like to go for "Master Of..." kind of stuff, so the suggestion is: change Lusca so that everything doesn't stop & submerge immediately. (Call it a moment in the throes of pain if you need a reason for it.) Leave a very few seconds to destroy other parts of the GM before it sinks. Then give "Master of..." type badges. This gives you a challenge akin, but harder, to dropping the two robots together in BAF. I'd suggest 3 tiers (like skiing), but the top tier is the real bragging rights: 1. Gold level: participation in a league that drops Lusca's 8 tentacles and head in one attack. 2. Silver level: participation in a league that drops Lusca in two attacks. (Probably 4 tentacles / 4 tentacles & head) 3. Bronze level: participation in a league that drops Lusca in 3 attacks (Probably 4 tentacles / 4 tentacles / head) Lower badges to be awarded if a higher badge is earned first. Player must be part of a team or league for badges. One point to work out: participation/interference from others not in the league (or perhaps forming their own league). Possible solution: challenges conducted via an instanced event.

Tiny bit of a The One vibe. Also...nice to see Rocket has found work outside the MCU, even if it is a bit part...in another multiverse.

I'm picturing him as Dr. Vahzilok. Combs has a great ability to portray put-upon moral self-righteousness. He might do as Clockwork King as well. Obsession is another thing Combs does well.

Not so much back as dopplegangered, at least as suggested in the current description. Still, 'nough of a mystery there that a TF sounds plausible.

Rogue server SWG Legends: has anyone around here played on it? I'd like to know thoughts on it, especially if any once played and loved Star Wars Galaxy. I'd long heard about the game, but never got to play it. I used to hear as much "I miss it" chatter for that game as for CoH. So I'm naturally curious about it.

Statesman: Keith David Back Alley Brawler: Kevin Michael Richardson. Ms Liberty: Erica Lindbeck (Black Cat from the Spiderman PS4 game) Blue Shield: Steve Blum Lord Nemesis: Liam Neeson (though he'd probably have to fake a residual Prussian accent) Ghost Widow: Jennifer Hale Clamor: Tara Strong Arakhn: Nika Futterman (Ventress in the animated The Clone Wars) Montague Castanella: James Arnold Taylor Synapse: Jake Johnson Captain Castillo: Jim Cummings (Hondo Onaka voice actor in Star Wars animation) EDIT: Lord Recluse; Clancy Brown ...still working on a few

Give the archer a retractable sword, a leather hood, and a cool rogue name and turn him loose on the city's mob population. Therapy solved.

Get busy recordin' or get busy dyin'. 😉 Fred Tatasciore as Wretch Tiya Sircar (voice of Sabine Wren in Star Wars: Rebels) as Penelope Yin John Goodman as Citadel Dee Bradley Baker as every single non-human NPC creature. ...I have got some other names I just know would have a place. I'll have to think on those.

First off, Blue Steel is a wonderful pick. I'm sorry I didn't think of it. Second, you've given an idea: a task force where the TF giver (in this example Blue Steel) is actually in hiding, being perceived as having unexpectedly turned rogue and done something awful, and needs the TF's help to clear his name. Something ala Captain America and the Winter Soldier. Blue Steel, as probably the most upstanding citizen, would be perfect for that. In such a TF we'd have to face down signature heroes on the hunt as well as signature villains orchestrating the chaos. Such a TF would actually make sense why a team cannot recruit: only a few can be trusted to not blow the hero's hiding place.

Right, right. I had too little sleep when I wrote that. 🤣

It might help to have some context that goes outside the storyline. AoS was created with the understanding that they would be completely tied to the MCU movies, then that... changed. Initially, the AoS writing team was kept in the loop which led to some great stuff like episode 17 of the first series tying into Captain America and the Winter Soldier which changed the whole course of the show. But more and more, the leadership at MCU pulled away from all the TV shows, essentially leaving them high and dry. The only one they seemed to love was Agent Carter, which seemed true when Peggy cooperatively running S.H.I.E.L.D. appeared in middle age in Ant-Man, then confirmed when they brought Mr. Jarvis into Avengers: Endgame for a cameo. I've long held a belief, only speculative, that Joss Whedon's fall left a bad taste in the mouth of some high-ranked MCU powers, and despite the fact he was not really deeply involved in AoS, his brother was, and that may have poisoned opinion. In the end, fans realized it had to be a parallel universe when the end of Avengers: Infinity War played out differently then the parallel story in AoS, and we eventually got confirmation that MCU wasn't even talking to the AoS writers anymore, leaving them to guess as to how to play things. Throughout this, it was rumored that Kevin Feige had a beef with AoS somehow, and left them out to dry, though I've never seen proof in video or writing of this. The good news for AoS fans is that with the opening of the multi-verse, there essentially is a tie to the AoS universe, and it just might allow for some sort of acknowledgement in the future. After all, they're bringing Kingpin and Daredevil into the MCU proper, yes?

Sorry, sorry. I goofed and left some letters off. I meant "Luminary". Corrected in OP.

I ceased watching Daredevil due to the ultraviolence. I realize others thrive on that stuff, but I don't. I do feel there might be a place for it, but it should sicken, not excite. So I usually find it works best in a historical-based war film, ala Saving Private Ryan. I would welcome a Daredevil version that toned it down a bit. I do realize things can be quite brutal in a real criminal underworld. I'd just prefer not to call that "entertainment". Agents of SHIELD had an okay start to the 5th season, but finished strong. It stumbled, just a bit, in season 6, since up to then, they thought they were closing the show. 7th season was fun, and a love letter to the fans. I've ever after wished then MCU would bring them into fold again, at least Quake.

Nor did I. I'll have to check out SWG Legends. I never knew about SWG until after whatever that was that created a furor and caused folks to break off en masse. So I never darkened its door. Might be interesting to see the game so many have pined for, though. As of 10:50pm Eastern US time: