Techwright

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I'm trying to recall: is there one where the powers focus on stuns and heavy stuns in the same way that energy blast specializes in knockback or ice focuses on slows?

Hmm... Since they had the wireframes, I am surprised we didn't see more animal types in the game.

How do you know he'll accept cookies? He may be gluten intolerant or on a sugar-free, wheat-free diet. I suggest pollen-free flowers instead, and maybe a good audiobook on investing on a guard's salary.

In a broad sense, I'll agree with some other comments I've read that having some sort of outfit insignia of rank would be appropriate to these guys. Would colored berets be an option? For that matter, do costumes extend so far as to allow them to wear trophies from battles past? Clockwork parts, Circle of Thorn costume bits, etc. It would kind of be the concept of mythological Hercules wearing the Nemean lion's skin. How about adding a dash power to the Warriors? I'm not talking super speed, more like taking the Council warwolves ability to cover ground quickly and modifying it for a brief dash for highly trained warriors. Close ground before opponents are prepared. For that matter, is there an NPC version (or similar) of shield charge? Rather than charge with a shield, charge in with an axe or sword before players might react. Crazy thought: Would Warriors have a deep respect for an animal of power, to the point of occasionally having a trained one in a mob? I know there are NPC opponent canines and big cats out there, though their wire frames might need reskinning. Are there NPC options for something as crazy as a bola attack? I could see throwing the weighted cord as a natural origin immobilization tactic. And speaking of immobilization, can you give the guys using fist fighting a chance on some powers for a targeted nerve hit creating temporary hold or immobilization?

panthers, perfect! Any others?

Covering all sides: blue, red, gold...what animal NPC opponents are out there? I know there's the Ritki monkeys, and I'm trying to remember if there are canines on the NPC side of a fight. How about big cats? Anything else?

Unfortunately, some of what you describe would not be functional in the caves and tight corridors of City of Heroes. Now a "wall crawler" travel power might work towards that parkour concept, even in caves, but that would likely take an exhaustive amount of coding to change surfaces to adhesive ones.

Add enough knockback and those energy melee powers do offer range, "knock ya into next Tuesday" range.

Bless you, Faultline for both of your posts here. I hate to say it, but some of what you said in your first note are things I've never heard from my IT server and IT security teams after 6 years of working with them. (I'm the low guy on the totem pole: "Techwright" as in Desktop Support, hardware repair, and imaging) I could wish to be better informed to better help, however small, because I'm part of an IT division for a network of hospitals, and they've been ramping up security ever since the Wannacry hit British hospitals. I freaked out when I read your Remote Desktop comments because a decade ago I worked for a prominent bank, and was the hands and eyes of the rest of the IT department scattered around the world. It was standard practice to check the status of our site servers, by having the Desktop Support guy use Remote Desktop to log into them. I can only imagine how many bullets we dodged, and don't get me started on the condition of the branch network closets when I came onboard. Ugh. You must have never owned a beagle. We owned several in my youth and my neighbors were constantly letting us know how effective our beagles conversation skills were. 😁

I still crack up at a pair of "Police Squad" jokes:. 1. The "All-night wicker store" 2. Trying to recreate the bank teller murder scene, with the bodies piling higher with each attempt.

Magic Origin for Christopher Robin confirmed.

That would be Lower Back Pain, or LBP, for those of you who never saw first runs of "St. Elsewhere". 😉 I shall now have to make references to previous decades on all my PUGs.

That is a name I've not heard in a long time. I nearly choked yesterday when on a team where I joked about fighting Agent Manning of Crey. "Peyton? This could get rough." "Naw, he's old." 😲

Well, though I realize this isn't where you're going with the topic, there is a thrown weapon in the game: the natural-origin dagger. And you can acquire limited use pistols, so if you're willing to stock up, you can have your shield and pistol, too.

@Cutter Is that your final answer? 😛

I sense deflection... 🙄 😁

It ain't St. Paddy's day until the hospital cafeteria serves corned beef and cabbage. Looking forward to it this week. One of the few "ethnic" meals they get right. Well, except for their version of colcannon. Blech. (And trust me, when "southeast Asian" day comes round, don't ever try their pho. How can one screw up pho, and so badly?)

Need me something that can control a large area, say, the entire village of Salamanca in Croatoa, and bend everyone to my will doing ridiculous stuff like making period piece comedy TV shows. Higher level powers should allow me to expand my area of control, and convert any Longbow nearby into Carnies. Since this would be a control set, I'd like pets similar to the Illusion power: summon a sidekick phantom from my character's past, and two lesser constructs with powers of their own. Please and thank you.

If my humble Jack Kirby reference improves everyone's competitive results, I am deeply satisfied. Competitors or viewers, we all benefit from a gallery of great creativity. Besides, I've not posted yet, and I'm taking notes. 😉

Never really did these, except for one time where I got dragged into one mission dazed and confused. I seem to remember not doing much as a team member, which beggars my question: are these designed with team play in mind or are they more solo stuff? I notice that I almost never hear calls for teammates to do these arcs.

Otherwise known as What Would Jack Kirby Do?

Sorry to hear a fellow emulator has fallen. What on earth would attract hackers to a low-population (presumably), greatly-outdated game? The rewards would seem minuscule compared to other targets. Too bad a situation like that couldn't be turned on its ear with law enforcement using the game as a hacker honeypot. Those that played Sanctuary: did they have any unique advancements that would benefit other emulators? Might be a silver lining legacy to come from it, if the others could agree on a share arrangement for anything unique.

C.R. - are weapons permitted in the snapshots? Just wondering 'cause I can see how those can play into the theme this week.

What difficulty level are these epic times set to?