Techwright

I appreciate the insight! That said, your short answer seems to be based off the assumption that the damage was localized. We don't know that for certain, but there are hints in the game that it is pretty much the full zone. BaBs no longer posted there and the gates sealed, for example. Still, in counterpoint, we honestly just don't know whether large or small. I'm all for this, as long as it truly feels like a hazard zone, as in "You're six rungs up the Incarnate ladder. You'll need a squad." Recently the original hazard zones have just felt like standard zones, and I feel comfortable, if slightly cautious, entering them with an equal-level character.

Never heard of Whamageddon, but, yes, I could definitely see the need for that game. 😬

From a game lore perspective, Galaxy is the most recently destroyed zone. Unless I've forgotten or missed something, we don't even know just how severe the destruction is, save for the couple of blocks in the tutorial, and that's quite extensive. Boomtown has the first step towards rebuilding going, and Faultline is farther along. I'd rather these get the focus for revival first. It would look odd and suspicious if Galaxy were given the fast track beyond those two and the other destroyed zones like The Hollows.

Don't forget that both are also in Fort Trident. Well, pretty much everyone has forgotten Fort Trident, despite it's potential usefulness. 😔 Just for discussion's sake, taking the side of reviving Statesman: it's exactly what could be improved in reviving him. Give the guy a really interesting character development. He's been dead. No need to stick 100% to his old nature, such as there was. This is a chance for him to grow.

Well, at least you didn't reach the dreaded levels of "Bah, humbug!" So you're fine with endless repetitions of Maria Carey during the season?

Not necessarily trying to set up something for devs to consider, but rather possibly trying to raise awareness across all players. I'll admit the question came from a point of frustration where I often see an invasion event that no player attends. I guess I'm trying to bring to light why that is, and perhaps in the process, find a solution for all. It could simply be that raising awareness brings people to the less-trafficked areas for invasion events. I agree with both summations. From a solution standpoint, I see two areas needing address: 1. Getting there quickly, especially in regards to those zones having pathing not well known. 2. Knowing where in the zone to set up camp. In regards to these, what might player-driven solutions be? It would seem to me in the second one, that a group of players locate an optimal spot in each zone that hosts an invasion, one far from police drones and with enough room for a league and its pets to maneuver. It probably also should be close to zone access of some kind. Peregrine Island, for example, has the agreed-upon fighting space near the supergroup portal. Has such research been attempted and published by anyone? Pathing is more of a problem, and I'm not sure there's a player-created solution to it, but that's why I'm putting the question out there. Possible solutions from a dev team side mean a lot of work, but some wild ideas might be to remove the invasion from really out-there zones like the Shadow Shard, or create a teleport or an assembly function that will port a character to the event (possibly via the LFG function?), or even show a temporary map path to the access points needed to reach an event, so that even a new player could find it. But such may never come about, so it would be better to discover a player-based solution. I've not seen a separation of terminology. "Zone events" in the wiki cover both. If the development team has separate terminology, I'd be happy to learn it. It's actually not a bad idea to separate one-zone events from multiple-zone events. The latter would probably include the Ghost Ship, since it covers both Talos and Independence Port. I like the idea of having a fire event elsewhere, but I'm concerned about watering down the results (pun intended). Perhaps a very similar event elsewhere, but with additional badges and perhaps a few change-ups to make it interesting (maybe tossed explosive devices pose a threat). A different enemy group involved as well, just as you stated. I'd been thinking along the lines of either different multi-zone events only showing up in lesser-trafficked areas, to encourage visits, or making one of the events only show up in these areas, and the other events say away, to encourage traffic to it. Again, a player-driven solution is to be preferred, and it simply might be raising awareness, as I state at the start of this post.

I remember that show. I was always mystifed by the fat robot, but I did enjoy the show.

Which zones (if any) that currently have zone events do you feel totally squander the use of that event? While I am specifically thinking of the zone events Rikti invasion, Nemesis incursion, and Zombie apocalypse, because they appear in so many zones, you may be considering another, including one that only appears in a single zone. For additional zone events, see the unofficial wiki category page.

What stagnant, possibly dead, possibly long-forgotten fiction franchise that had a visual representation in the past (TV, movie, internet) and fitting the topic of this forum (Comic, Hero & Villain Culture) would you like to see revitalized, updated, generally given a new chance at life? I can think of several, but I think the first one I'd name would be The Wild, Wild West. The 1960s TV show was considered both "proto-steampunk" and the precursor to most "weird wild west" stories, and was just great fun. The 1990s film, though very clever in some of its steampunk material and definitely having some moments reminiscent of the TV show (such as the room with lifesize "pictures"), was not that fun, and completely killed the fine franchise established by the TV show. I'd like to see a new work, preferably a series, that sticks closer to the TV show while building upon it, and using more special effects for an expanded steampunk world, but not so that they overpower the story and acting. Expanding that thought: Regarding "building upon it", I could see a somewhat darker show, not so much that it doesn't become a "family show" (which the movie was not) but enough to give some good scary moments. I'd also like the inclusion of a 3rd and 4th agent to be (initially) unknown to West and Gordon, namely the two men operating the Wanderer's engine. Until his death, I used to say that Michael Clarke Duncan would have been superb for one of these roles as the train's stoker. Sort of a John Henry type with muscle to back the team in an emergency, and the ability to move through the African-American population of the Old West, observing and gathering intel in ways two white guys could not. This stoker would actually be a highly-educated man, appointed to the position secretly by President Grant himself (and answering directly to the president), but asked to pretend to be a mere stoker and to keep his true nature secret as long as possible to gain advantage by being overlooked. With MCD's sad passing, I think Henry Simmons ("Agents of SHIELD") could nicely fill this role. This is not to say the team becomes a full squad of four main characters, but that the engineer and stoker will play stronger secondary roles than the TV show had. A revitalized work would also bring back Dr. Miguelito Loveless, and I'd love for Peter Dinklage to take the role. Even better (to my thinking at least), keep one thing from the failed 1990s movie: the name Arliss Loveless, just the name, and give it to Warwick Davis. Have the character appear first in the series, simply called "Dr. Loveless", but when he fails and is arrested, have the audience discover his name is "Arliss", then in a tag scene, show the "real" Dr. Loveless singing with Antoinette and receiving word of Arliss' arrest. He then laments his "inferior" relative's actions but feels duty bound to break Arliss out of prison. This sets the stage for the eventual clash between the Secret Service team of the Wanderer and the forces of Dr. Miguelito Loveless.

Yep. It's called "Praetoria" and it works pretty well.

Is it possible to create an "either this or that" situation? That is, leave the Shauna Braun arc in place, but also present a "true blue" arc that could be substituted for those who prefer the "true blue" status?

I'm not one of them, nor dd I play one of them on TV. I can't even match them, having not stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night, but...Welcome, Home!

To ask about their car's extended warranty? I've not encountered GM Conviction before, at least, not in that guise. What's their function as a GM?

Corrected that. 😉🤣

For those still learning the lore, there will be spoiler talk in this thread. Not everyone may bind it behind a curtain. Is there anything in the game lore that says that Nemesis has been introduced to, or is at least aware of...

I had much the same line of thinking. Bringing him back at the same level of power, same everything...no. To me that leaves two options, both of which I find intriguing: 1. Bring him back in either a powerless or lower-powered status. @Scarlet Shocker gives a good powerless description so I'll not dwell on that. "Lower powered" to me has plenty of story options. For example: The game introduces a new NPC hero that integrates into the ongoing story. His back story is a mystery. He has no memory and limited power, and for some reason is not recognized by anyone, though a sense of familiarity persists. Like any player, he works his way up the skills ladder, and we encounter him periodically in this process with his story gradually opening up. Eventually, a major story both unlocks his memories and recognition by those around him. However, he's not the elite power of old. Instead, this time, he's taking the "slow" path towards Incarnate power, avoiding the trap of the "fast" path as before. His rediscovered memories are his real asset. He may rejoin the Phalanx, but in an advisor's capacity, and more likely as an auxiliary member. 2. We get him back but in a flashback zone like Chimerora. Something like 1930s Paragon City at the start of the Freedom Phalanx. He's every bit as powerful, but young, and rough around the edges with experience. This also gives us a chance to meet and interact with his wife: Lord Recluse's sister and Ms Liberty's grandmother.

I'm game for it. If I understand correctly, you're basically saying a player could gain the temporary use of a War Walker similar to getting the nuke from Warburg?

Actually, given the scenario you've presented, I could see an EB being controlled, but at a diminished capacity representing a stronger, on-going resistance to your control. That would also mean a shorter control time. Perhaps it is converted to fight at a Boss level to show that resistance? My concern is what happens in a scenario where your teammates have wiped out every NPC on the field except the Big Bad? How does your character contribute meaningfully at that time? I've even recently been teamed with PUGs where one or more players has an "I Win" power that destroys every NPC in a grouping in one blast, possibly two if the other player next to them has a similar ability. That doesn't leave much opportunity for the Manipulator to react. Perhaps if the archetype had a rez power that could resurrect one or more controlled characters that fell in battle, it might negate the concern?

It's been a long while since I did a Sutter TF. Am I correct in saying the airstrike originates via machinery? That is, is it airships or satellites dishing out death and destruction? If so, that doesn't really strike me as Incarnate in nature, and I realize there's likely a certain irony to that statement. The Incarnate system has long been acknowledged as flawed. Why continue that pattern, though? When it is on target with the lore, the Incarnate system is supposed to represent a person-altering experience. My character may have started as a tech-origin or nature-origin character (and I have many of each) but once he's started on the Incarnate path, the lore is indicating that he's modifying himself, not the tech or gear. Electrical, ice, fire, and dark blasts are coming from himself. Pets arrive to serve because he has gained an overwhelming will (read as target-specific telepathic or techno-telepathic control). That sort of thing. That said, perhaps there's a way to modify the power and ability of Airstrike to make it appear as originating from a character and not an airship or satellite. Not that he calls forth airships, but that he, with Incarnate power, violently disturbs the forces of nature in the surrounding atmosphere unleashing their energy in a hail on the target. Now, separating this theoretical Airstrike from the Incarnate system for a moment, if the goal is just to have the ability added to the game, put it in the pre-Incarnate list of abilities and make it a tech-based ability using a backpack drone with micro-missiles (think Iron-Man tank missile). That allows for a flying device small enough to work in a hallway or cave.

Knowing the movie is practically a guaranteed hit and cash cow, their agents were asking too much, which must have been substantial when you consider the price of making CGI dragons.

A man walks down the street brandishing just Brawl, people know he's not afraid of anything.

Yet another Disney live-action treatment? Disney has gone to the Armenians. Wait, I think I got the phrase wrong. Regardless...I'll tell you one animation-to-live action Disney treatment I'd like to see: The Black Cauldron. My 6th grade (roughly 12 years old for those outside the USA) student teacher read the book by Lloyd Alexander to us, so the animated movie a few years later was interesting to me. But clearly it was not so to a great many others. Giving it a live-action treatment, possibly expanding it into a couple of movies or a mini-series for D+, and holding it close to the book series would give them a chance to correct their mistakes, introduce something that literally two generations now have not learned about, and maybe, just maybe, invoke a nostalgia feeling in Gen-Xers that will make the animated version meaningful again.

I suppose it depends on your definition of "cheese". We Americans call that yellow stuff that can be sprayed from a can "cheese" even though...wait...sorry. wrong notes card. There are a lot of Halloween films I'd consider terribly cheesy, and quite a few Valentines Day ones as well. I'm now picturing The Rock in a cheesy Halloween movie: "What did you get trick-or-treating, Charlie Brown?" "I got a Rock." Yep, it works!

Hey, if I was going to make $50 million for doing the movie, and apparently get $20 million per movie on average, I'd be happy to act in a stale, cookie-cutter fashion that movie studios like for each and every movie as well.

This one's a curiosity. It shows the whole central lowlands as one big inlet of the ocean. One of the other shots at least showed the trees.