Techwright

What was the original developers' thinking behind the specific selection of zones one can exit to from within Ouroboros via the front portal? Was it every updated as the game expanded? In your opinion, is the list good, or can it be improved?

I was about to try clarifying, then realized I already had elsewhere in the forums. It might explain why I listed the oddball heroes of the JLA in comparison:

Hey, if the Justice League can handle Plastic Man, Elongated Man, Booster Gold, The Question (first), Creeper, and even occasionally Ambush Bug, then a guy who likes embodying the costume, character, and ideals of old movie serial hero Commander Ray Gunn should have no problems fitting in. It's not cosplay if you can actually hero. 😉

I can definitely see a pull effect, or view, being usable in multiple ways. 1.) I'm wondering if a grappling pull can be an option for traps powerset. 2.) whether 1 target or a cone effect, use it as an air attack, like a reverse gale. Summon the wind to blow targets towards you. Might work well for that "air bender" powerset folks sometimes ask for, otherwise might prove an option for storm powerset. Or, really crazy idea: part of a new 3rd column powerset: elemental - giving one power each from earth, wind, fire, water, gravity. 3.) Visually, I'd asked back on live if at least some ice powers could have an optional pull look, rather than push. The idea being that frozen damage happens because the super is just a massive heat sink, instantly pulling heat away from the target.

Should be easy enough to explain away, perhaps with a bit of remodeling at the ends. There's several real world big city undergrounds that become elevateds, or at least above ground at some point.

The wiki notes that the blueside counterpart is called Exorcised. However, when I look it up on the wiki, the page looks a mess. it looks like someone cut and pasted the Demonic badge info into the Exorcised instructions. The page also states both that it is for redside only and farther down says it is for blueside only. Can anyone clarify it, and hopefully what the actual instructions for bluesiders is?

Actually, I'm towards that viewpoint as well. I always saw the character as ridiculously OP, especially when they started adding a ludicrous number powers to him. (I mean, in the comics he has super ventriloquism!) That said, I'd seen Tyler Hoechlin play him on the crossovers, and decided to give it a chance. Tyler and the writers have brought a fresh take (so far) on the character so far, which is far more about the family life and very "human" side of Clark Kent, who happens to wear the mantle of Superman, than it is about Kryptonian Kal El wearing the guise of mild mannered (unemployed) reporter Clark Kent. Although I can see a few ways this could quickly unravel into poor writing, so far, they're doing a great job. One of the compliments I'm often reading is: "this is a CW show?" Episode 5:

Independence Port, southernmost mid point between the east/west war walls, -48.6 -0.0 3902.5

I suspect this is where "Coalition" can be used. I've not really heard it mentioned in Homecoming, though I've had no need to look into it either. Link your SG (or your solo SG) to other SG's by mutual agreement and recruit via the Coalition channel. I believe this allows you to access their bases as well. True, you'll not be able to change SG names on the fly, but we've enough costume spaces that there's probably room for Coalition uniforms.

Great! Something to check out.

Yes, but did it happen in-game, or has the duality been there since the game began? I think that's what Andreah is suggesting, that once a game design is established, world changes don't work well.

I was doing some street fighting for a badge in southern Independence Port when I stumbled on this scene. I cannot ever recall seeing it. I assume it is associated with someone's mission, but they weren't around that I could see. I spoke to what appeared to be the NPC lead and he said something about backing you up with whatever you found inside. I assumed that meant behind the doors issuing a roiling grey smoke or mist, but they were locked. Any clarification as to what this is associated with?

Disney acquired Marvel 5 to 6 years before the Netflix shows came out. It's more like a combination of dropping viewership (season 3 started 57% less than season 2) and Disney's future plans for Disney Plus. And its a badly kept secret that Kevin Feige gave no support to the TV shows after a certain point, nor offered movie crossovers to their characters. So basically, they were hung out to dry.

Second episode out. Did some watchin', did some readin'.

Incarnate missions, trials, and task forces. Because so many of us have a parking lot full of incarnates just waiting to do something. Revitalization projects for under-utilized zones. Pretty self-explanatory reason. Reformation of current Task Forces and Trials. Get rid of all the dead wood and repetition, add exciting new content, and meter them well to fit within a reasonable time budget (assuming a skilled team, of course. a bad team can even take some short TF and turn it into a nightmare time sink).

But how do you know it is a Nemesis plot? Because it doesn't make sense! What makes you think it doesn't make sense? Well, because I turned into a Ritki monkey during the mission! (silent stares) ...I got better. There are other ways of telling if it is a Nemesis plot. Tell us! It is a Nemesis plot if it makes sense. But...if it doesn't make sense...it is a Nemesis plot. True. But if it also does make sense...? It... ....it is a Nemesis plot? Good! But that doesn't make sense! And therefore.... ....it is a Nemesis plot? Exactly!

It is a good point. Possibly the best way to handle it is to separate the requirement of a Kheldian before they appear. Then set cyst appearance at a 1 in 100 chance each mission, or some such. Or perhaps if you do have a Kheldian, that chance is slightly bumped up, but no more than a 1 in 90 chance

So, episodes 1 to 3 are now in the can and wrap up the major story of what should have been the last half of season 6, if COVID-19 hadn't interrupted filming. I liked the first two, but felt the wrap in ep 3 majorly dropped the ball. I noticed normally upbeat YouTube reaction folks felt the same. Nothing against the actors, the writing was just weak, but I'll forgive this because the pandemic made a hash of everything. Now we can begin with the true season 7 at episode 4. What'd ya think? I'm particularly interested in thoughts on the 3 surprises: two that happened in the episode, and one that happened in the tag scene. Spoiler thoughts:

Old school? Fussy little prima donnas. I'll show them "old school". Old school is a posting on a BBS using a dial-up modem and 2 to 5 minute page loading, assuming no pictures. And that's with a connection. Pray I don't dig out the Commodore-64 with its tape drive, or waft a few IBM punch cards under their noses. And we liked it!

Surprise cysts were the one thing I observed back in the day that could make a steamrolling pug team suddenly sweat bullets. In that sense, they were amazing, as they made you really step up your game quickly.

We already have it all tied together, do we not? And the tie isn't Nemesis or Circle of Thorns. It's POWER. They're just prominent because they have so much of it. The real source is, well, the Well. The Well has power and the Well enjoys displays of power. Anything not already known to be pointing to the Well is likely a thread we've just not discovered yet. And if I understand correctly, the Well is beyond the limitation of the universe as well, meaning it intersects all parallel universes. From my limited perspective (I've not played every mission) the Well is this game's version of Infinity Stones.

Yep. 500% magnification on Firefox is your friend.

You mean the Avalanche?

Thanks for the comments about MWB. First I've heard of it, though I've had no need to go reading for several years now. Looks like it is time to correct that. I've lost computers to McAfee before. Stripped them when trying to clean malware. And, though it has been a few years, we've had problems before with it refusing to uninstall, necessitating a re-image (rebuild). Not fun. John McAfee: is he still in Belize?

Never much cared for McAfee myself. It's been a bane in the IT Desktop Support departments I've worked at, and false positives were one of the problems. If you're still concerned, consider downloading a free copy of Malwarebytes and having it scan the file separately. I've known many techs who use it as a backup malware scan, though I won't recommend having two malware scanners on the pc permanently. It should do for an occasional check, though.