Techwright

I suppose "Ice Ice Baby" is taken? I checked each of the following against Excelsior before posting. Pick fast as others might like them: Ice Flow Icesmith / Ice Smith Coldsmith / Cold Smith Coldstream Guard / Cold Stream Guard Party Ice Chill Wind Crystal Rain Sleetshard / Sleet Shard Snowshoe Hare / Snow Hare Giacomo Frost (Italian version of Jack/James) Winter Olympian Winters Tail / Winter's Tail (punning The Bard here. Perfect for a catgirl, if desired.) Siberian Leopard (a.k.a. the Amur leopard) Siberian Bobcat Icing Guard (Isengard, get it? No? ...okay.)

I remember, (circa 2005-6) before difficulty settings were a thing, running with a PUG team into a large, multi-tiered room, with far, far too many Tsoo sorcerers (maybe 40% of the room). 3 hours later, and I don't remember how many team wipes, we cleared the room.

I think much more highly of my northern neighboring state than I do a certain Korean business. Honestly, double initials are too short for a brand name, too easy to be shuffled into obscurity in dialog. "NCSoft" at least was distinctive enough to know immediately what organization you were referring to. And yeah, I know "HP" is out there, but at least when I was a kid, still helping Dad learn how to turn on the telegraph, we referred to HP by its full name always..uphill, both ways, in a snowstorm...and we liked it!

I am curious... I have never seen the TV show "Dark Angel", but was shown a clip with a gang with some pretty crazy cyber implants, not as outrageous as the Freaks, but enough to give me pause. Then I learn the show has an organization called "Manticore" and considering the show predates COH's release, well, my conspiracy theory went into overdrive. So is "Dark Angel" the inspiration for both Freaks and for Manticore's name? If so, did the show influence any other game elements?

Inspector Gadget. Surely one of Ben10's avatars can do it, though I never stuck around to figure them all out. I'm guessing The Thing likely could. He's gone toe-to-toe with Hulk, and although Ben Grimm is weaker, he's definitely got the strength. But one group not being mentioned are the characters that have connections to the main characters. That is every Kryptonian, and even Bizarro, for Superman. why, even Doomsday was introduced as jumping. Most every Hulk adaptation, including Abomination.

Oh, I've an idea, but it's not an established character. From established characters, it's a tough pick between Forge and Multiple Man. The first because he can literally create and build tech to duplicate or neutralize most any other power (and do it before breakfast), the second because who wouldn't want 20 of themselves to get everything done in a day? Corrected that for ya. We are talking politicians here...

Is this exactly like it sounds? Coffee/sandwich shop combined with mending? I'm intrigued, if so, for I've never heard of one. It sounds like my parents got together to create a business. Dad managed a 1950's style soda fountain for years, and Mom was a seamstress and laundress.

So I take it your character's friends and enemies won't have first and last names beginning with "L"? I've got ornamental red berries growing on several nandina (aka "heavenly bamboo") outside my front door, and they're quite poisonous. Don't suppose you're referencing that plant?

Please just assume I know nothing on this topic, but wish to learn. Question: What does it take (or is it even possible) for a team of players skilled in base design and architect storytelling, to create new door mission material to tie to new or current NPC mission givers OUTSIDE of architect? I'm even thinking this because my mind is trying to pull several bits together.: 1) I just got done looking at the base builders' show-off thread, and the results are always improving, with some very impressive layouts and looks. 2) I know there are missions where the entire layout is designed for that mission, so no randomly putting similar rooms together to create a warehouse maze, or such. 3) I know it's been stated throughout the years that folks would appreciate new mission interiors. We have gotten the occasional re-skinning of rooms, but not a new design, per se. 4) Seasoned architect story designers usually know what the players want, resulting in a better mission. So, to restructure my question: Is it possible for a team of experienced designers to create new mission givers, stories, layouts, and looks that would be approved by the Homecoming team, and does the game's design allow for these to be ported from development tools permitted to the players into the main game? If this is even possible, this might go a ways to freshening up areas that currently exist but are largely ignored. I'm thinking of westside Independence Point for one. Placing a new mission giver or two, and running their storylines through the zone's current "dead" spaces, could really open up some areas. Of course, this all hinges on a lot of things coming together, and the technology even being able to function towards this goal. Help me understand?

Well, it's not Asian, but since your female character is a nature controller, and red plays dominantly in the design, might I suggest combining "Ceres", Roman goddess of agriculture (or "food plants" as the internet put it), with "cerise", classified as a type of red. So "Cerise Ceres" or "Ceres Cerise". One downside of this: cerise has a tinge of purple in it, leaning towards a bit of a wine red in its dark forms.

Well, certainly, but if the city would finally add additional laundries certifiably-trained in the proper cleaning and care of super costumes, rather than just rely on Surge's team, they might not ruin (at least not nearly as fast). As it stands, Icon's laundry service is backed up, and those costumes sit long in the hamper marinating in residual AoE stealth funk. And, hey, it might be that healthy competition will bring the price down. I mean, have you seen the Icon laundering bills? I'm trying to save to put my triplet imps through college, and I need all the INF I can save. I...I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me. Guess I just had to get that off my chest.

I was always under the impression that it had less to do with stealth, and more to do with too many of those powers running gumming up the fps for players with lesser computers. At least, that's what has been stated in chat at times as we prepare to enter the bowl.

That's very kind of y'all. I was going to say an imperfectly balanced day would be doable, say 1/3 light and 2/3 night, but I can certainly work with this as well.

A months without sunlight. Oooo boy. On the other hand, the only motor inn on the island should be doing great business this month.

So more Tok-Ra than than Trill?

What archetype/powers do you solo it with?

Looking at the peacebringer in Ouroboros, Twilight's Son, it seems to me its name has less to do about a space or sky and more to do about a momentous event. It is the last, the "twilight" of its kind, and has taken a name to represent that. In this, memorializing important moments, it is a bit like some Native American names. I was very recently reading about the Chickamauga Cherokee chief Dragging Canoe, whose name came from a defining event in his life: as a youth, wanting so desperately to travel with the warriors, but being told he had to port his own canoe, or he would be unable to join the warriors, he dragged it, being physically unable to lift it at the time. His name memorializes the event and also reminds the tribe that here was a man with significant will that wouldn't be easily crushed. I'd also note that some of the Kheldian names I've seen remind me of the ship of the line names in the TV series "Andromeda": Halcyon Promise, Fingers of Dawn, Pax Magellanic, Million Voices, Wrath of Achilles, Clarion's Call, and of course Andromeda Ascendant, among others. The ships AI and avatars went by nicknames reflecting the ship name. Perhaps a Kheldian could be named like these, and utilize a nickname on chat channels. The Halo game series has several more ship names in a similarly poetic flow if you need additional inspiration.

Late to the party, I know. Let me split a hare hair first. There are the games that I realized could USE art, and then there are the games I see as BEING art. I think the first game I saw that made me realize games could truly USE art would have been the coin-op Dragon's Lair. (On which I used too many coins. There's a reason that dragon is sitting on a hoard.) It's sequel and Space Ace continued that. Honorable mention goes to the coin-op X-men which really felt like a comic book from the time. Balancing between USE art and BE art would probably be Myst. The graphics were gorgeous for its time, if a bit stagnant in places (USE art). The story and universe created however, felt like a good fantasy book (BE art). The game that probably brought it all together as pure art was probably Journey (not the Atari 2600 cartridge ) . It has a flow that just fully encompasses sight/sound/story. Honorable mentions to Shadow of the Colossus and Flower. I can't say "first" with these, because, although they came out first, I only discovered them after seeing Journey.

Has M$ got a sequel or reboot/makeover/explansion of Freelancer in the works? No? Then no, I'm not in favor of M$ doing anything in the PC gaming world, until they do.

That's one ledge the pigeons don't approach anymore.

And I thought parts of the red side were disturbing.

I dub thee The Bling King! (Wait...is that name taken? *Goes to check*)

Some of y'all really need to understand the word "one" better. Man, that's a long read coming to the thread late. Like others, I could do a list, but I'll simply say the first thing that sprung to mind: Either switch the powers default setting so that knockdown is the default and knockback is the option you get by slotting a special enhancement (more likely), or (my personal favorite) provide a toggle, either per power, or per character, that allows the player the option to choose KD or KB. "Simple" as that, and ranged energy (and others) gets all their 6th space slots back, assuming they aren't those who prefer to work with the unpopular KB.

Not challenge as in competition, but rather "let's see your creativity shine." I usually have good word choices. Perhaps I didn't this time?

I rather think we all derp quite a lot and each in our own silly ways.