Techwright

They only need to power the elevators one floor up/down.

As a fan of pulp fiction, radio, and dieselpunk heroes, I heartily concur with the Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon ideas. Not so keen on the Twiki idea, though I'd be up for it if the robot being destroyed was that awful Crichton from season 2.

Most of the parts were played by the actors who did the live action. Even the creep commanding the SSR was taken from the live action "Marvel One Shot: Agent Carter" and is voiced by the live show actor. Notable exceptions (and I'm not really spoiling anything here): Steve was voiced by another, and Schmidt was voiced by the same actor who did Red Skull in Infinity War and Endgame. Both, I thought did a fine job. I've already read a lot of reviews and seen a lot of reactions. Even talked to two YouTube reactors who are on my work team. This is actually the first I've heard a lot of negative regarding the animation. I have heard a comment, based solely on the trailer, that suggested the mouth movements were odd, but that was about the depth of it so far. Speaking with my coworkers, we all agreed that the animation style, particularly the use of light and shadow, felt like a descendant of the old 2D Max Fleischer Superman cartoons of the early 1940s. I wonder if the fact that those were animation from the WWII era, meant that this animation style was a homage. As to the episode itself, I rather liked it. I do have a few nitpicks, which I'll put in the spoiler box with everything else:

Probably glad "Malta" replaced "Twilight Men" as the name. Otherwise, I'd be afraid they'd sparkle.

I'd not thought the Carnies through previously, but having psi hit my enemies for a change sounds pretty inviting.

Boy oh boy, I was hoping for a few interesting ideas, but y'all have some great imaginations! I'm liking what I'm seeing. 😎

Marvel's What If...? launches in mere hours on Disney+, telling tales of what would happen if the established MCU storyline played out differently somehow in endless alternate timelines. CoH does have something like this via Portal Corp, especially the Praetorian universe, but just for fun, what would you think might make an interesting twist on the official CoH lore? All I ask is that you keep it focused on the CoH/CoV universe. No "What if Synapse met the Flash and Quicksilver?"

Just last week I was watching a SWTOR player in action, and was reminded of one of the things I absolutely hated in the game: ridiculously long travel everywhere. It does reinforce the QoL that Homecoming has brought to the game's travel.

Correct me if I am wrong, but COH began in 2004, did it not? ( I joined during the first winter event around January 2005) This promotional video (earliest one?) Ends stating "summer 2002". Anyone know the story behind the delay? Also, neat to see the early character designer, and I am always fascinated by the potential in the gangs we never got to see.

It's one of the reasons I've done very little UI customization.

It's a fair point. Perhaps I should have added some qualifier like "first picks to build" or such.

I admit I'd not considered that, probably because I see it as redundant to group teleport or ATT.

There may be a bit of guessing here, and I'm aware that archetype influences decision, but what are likely the most picked and least picked powers in each of the six Incarnate slots: Alpha, Judgement, Interface, Lore, Destiny, and Hybrid? For example, I almost always pick Rebirth with Destiny. To me it just makes sense to have an emergency heal in a tough fight. Incandescent, however, just baffles me, so I never use it. Why would I want group teleport tacked on with all those other pluses?

I probably see more Banished Pantheon lore pets in action than anything else, and indeed, I build these for my 50's. I'd like to hear from those who chose other pets instead. What did you choose and why did you choose it? Was it a concept decision or a combat decision? Do you make several, either spread over multiple 50 characters, or several on one character so that you can select before each mission? Think of this as if you're trying to show me (and others) a strong reason to have another choice other than a Banished Pantheon pet.

I wish that, too. I'd even be willing to pay a fee at the tailor or P2W or whatever to have that customization per power. However, once someone pointed out to me that there's another power set heavily tuned to knock down (I forget which power set) in the same way Energy is heavily tuned to knock back and Electrical is tuned to endurance drain, I realized there's a diminished chance of that happening. It's a shame really, as it means we Energy users have to reserve one slot out of six for an enhancement to redirect the fall, rather than building out a full six-slot purple or orange set.

You're asking for a bit of spoilers here, but I'll keep it to a minimum. The villain/red side area, known as the Rogue Islands, is part of the Prime universe of COH. In the Prime world, the Rogue Islands are their own sovereignty and sit in the Atlantic southeast of Rhode Island and Paragon City. There's actually many alternate worlds in City of Heroes. Most of these are one-off missions accessed through...well...the storylines will reveal the various means. I will point out however, that some of those alternates can be accessed easily via the spinning gold disks protected by certain sentinels standing next to the foot of certain elevated train stations. But what you're most likely referencing is the Praetorian universe. As players can start new characters there, it is referred to as the "gold side" of the game. Praetoria has its own city, zones, missions, and storyline. As the blue and red sides progress, opportunities will open to cross universes and participate in Praetorian stories. Likewise, gold side players will eventually be able to access the Prime universe as their characters progress. EDIT: I will point out that there is one out-of-this-world place you should be able to access immediately: Pocket D - a large nightclub/ski resort/architect holosuite zone you can access through various means. It is essentially a pocket dimension anchored to both the Prime and Praetorian universes via certain dimensional doors. If you're on the blue side, try going to Kings Row, find the service truck a bit west of the central north-south road, and open the back doors to hop through. There should be Pocket D posters on or near it.

Wait...how does that work? Are the Shivan "forerunners" in the sense that they are advanced scouts and under the control of the Battalion? Or are the Shivan "forerunners" because they're fleeing from the Battalion and raiding anything in their path of flight (presumably for resources and such)?

Your comments on the Rikti stirred an old, old memory. I think I remember it because of how bizarre I found the concept at the time. Whether its accurate (canon) or not I've no idea.

Same here. Totally loving this!

Make it with sweet red peppers instead of tomatoes (or perhaps used sundried tomato), and I'll definitely try it. Unfortunately, I'm one of the roughly 20% of the population who gag on fresh tomato, and that extends far beyond pizza. Ironically, I don't gag on pineapple pizza, but it brings me no pleasure either.

Some of the water cooler talk at work about this last month suggested the situation was resolved around shutting down the printing operation and converting everything to digital. So did that not happen? Or is it still going to happen?

I've never heard the audiobook. Didn't even previously know that it existed.

Fruit that identifies as veggies? Peppers, fine. (though I'd stress moderation on jalapenos) pizza sauce, fine. Sundried tomato, fine. Fresh tomato, zucchini, eggplant...😝🤢🤮

I'd probably rejoin Star Wars: The Old Republic if a guild like that started up there!

I'll glance at it. I'm not a huge fan of anime, but I might find it interesting. At this time I find the decade old show The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes to be the most interesting of the Avengers animations.