Techwright

I'm surprised no one else has posted in a week. This thread is usually moving. Anyway... Red skies at night, sailors delight. Red skies at morn, sailors take warn. This is Red Skies Rogers (aka "Red Jack" Rogers) a leader of the Dread Skies Pirate League or "Skyrates" as they have been dubbed. (Yes, that makes him "The Dread Skyrate Rogers", as someone pointed out, I suppose.) Rogers is a dual sabers/(red) electrical brute, and a dieselpunk-themed sky pirate. I whipped him up one afternoon on a lark just to be different for the Friday costume contest themed for pirates. (I figured ghost pirates would be everywhere, and I was right.) While I'd not intended to retain him beyond the contest, I've grown interested as I've played the lower levels. While steampunk costume choices, thanks to an original game rollout, are fairly easy, and 1930s "pulp" look is also pretty easy, I found getting a dieselpunk look somewhat challenging. I'd love to see a possible expansion of costume elements allowing for more of it at some future point.

Just thought of one other for Gleeson's villain: Hammerhead. The character would fit nicely into a 1930's/40's noir gangster role, and hasn't been in live action (though he was a major villain in recent, incredibly-popular Spider-Man games.)

I loved Sky Captain, one of the best dieselpunks out there. That said, the ending felt weak by today's standards, though it lines up with serial movie sci-fi of the day and era it was tapping into. I've wondering if this was what played against it, younger viewers not brought up on the "old stuff" and therefore not connecting with it.

I never said it wasn't. I only said he's got a "better shape". 😉

This game in development caught my eye while looking around Steam this evening. Sumerian Six: Basically a Weird Science/Magic superhero tale with a WWII setting. The video will give the details. Page quote: "Lead an unlikely team of commando scientists behind enemy lines to fight Nazis, uncover arcane mysteries, and wield experimental technology to turn the tide of WWII in this real-time tactical stealth adventure." https://store.steampowered.com/app/1429850/Sumerian_Six/

Russet, Golden, Irish, or Idaho? Also, "incarnate potatoes":

Interesting idea. One problem...at least, last I knew it was...is that sometimes the team enters a building door and ends up on a cave map. If, in addition to what you suggest, there could be a "no caves" check up front, then presumably even if the mission is generated after acceptance, the game will alter the map to something not of a spelunking vein. That would be obvious in some case like the isles up north in Talos Island's zone, but less obvious in, say Independence Port or Skyway City where there are some cave doors under the buildings. A 2D map won't reveal those, only going to them.

So are they doing the film in sepia tone, or at least black and white? Except for a Rubik's cube, of course. It's not just that it is a noir Spider-man, it is also going to be the oldest Spider-man put to film yet. I find that intriguing. Every new Spider-man work, be it live or animation, starts off with him in high school. I'm good and ready to move past that. Tobey was a pleasant surprise with a 40's something Spider-man, but dealing with an aging spider has some untapped potential. EDIT: After perusing a pretty exhaustive list of Spidey villains, I'm guessing Gleeson might be playing a noir version of Otto Octavius. Gleeson's got a build and look reminiscent of early comic book Doc Ock. And Octavius is the safe bet for corporate bean counters. People loved Alfred Molina's version, so why not get lightning to strike a 3rd time? Considering other possibilities, however, we've not seen Shocker in live action (at least that I can recall) nor Chameleon. The latter might allow for other actors to do any physicality in the role, as Gleeson is approaching 70.

Depends on the zone and the team. If I'm soloing, I'm more patient, unless the zone is very broken (Faultline) or long (Independence Port). I almost never go into the Archipelago, but I consider it "broken". The other reason, the team, is something I gauge at the time. If I feel the team is casual, I'll take my time. If however, there's a couple of members trying to burn through everything, I'm more likely to use mission teleporter, lest they rudely start without the rest of the team and I lose what little XP will come from their barnstorming.

Rogers would potentially heal (with memory loss?) assuming the damage done was not instantly fatal like grenade shrapnel to the brain, hence the helmet. Walker, after juicing, might as well. I get the impression that Walker's outfit was designed to make the viewer slightly uncomfortable, but I've not heard confirmation of that. Sam Wilson, sans super soldier serum, is as vulnerable as a watermelon, just like any other normal human soldier. Which is exactly why normal human soldiers wear helmets. Sam's costume should have had one as well.

So as superhero pictures decline, Hollywood returns to Sword-and-Sandals pics? Got it. Any chance they are holding true the the real co-Emperors? I remember it being said that Joaquin Phoenix's role bore little resemblance to the actual Commodus. I'd rather have name changes and similarities than to give the public a false perception of a real person, even a tyrant. It's my one beef with Shakespeare's Richard III, though I'm fully convinced the villain ordered the deaths of his nephews.

Yes, I'd like to know that as well. I am currently available a lot more than others, I think.

Just learned of this new superhero show on Netflix. I currently don't subscribe to any internet movie & TV account save for Amazon Prime, so I've not seen it (which also explains why I've not commented on stuff I'd normally be chatty about). However, this seems to be something gradually building steam. The article hasn't been updated with the results: Rotten Tomatoes currently has 14 critics reviews sitting at 100% and viewers reactions at 78%. News blurb on Supacell

I also liked the outfit in the miniseries. My understanding was that it was on point to the comics. However, a great many people mentioned something that bothered me as well: the lack of a helmet.

I could see the hawk. A bird of prey is just a predator with wings after all.

It's also listed towards the bottom of Incandenscent's wiki page, including a photo of her in the conference room. No clear percentage is listed however.

If you're thinking in terms of team contribution, something with ice might be helpful. Ice slows, holds, and even completely freezes, buying teammates time to repair, recharge, and slaughter aggressively arrest. Depending on the archetype, ice can disrupt an enemy group's rush at your team, especially if there's more than one NPC group that's been aggro'ed. I personally love the polar opposite nature of ice & fire: one to slow/hold, one to do high damage. I have multiple characters in different archetypes with this arrangement. But that is me. You play you.

Regarding Clark: I'm actually intrigued. They've combed his hair a different way, enough so that a quick inspection might have me looking elsewhere rather than see Superman in glasses. I've long said the story should be retconned to say that Clark got the glasses from his dad's AI who designed them with some holo tech or some such to subtly confuse people as to Cal-El's look with the glasses on. That way, someone like Lex would look at him, say they're of similar build and hair color, but that's it. Regarding the Superman outfit: I can't condemn. Even if he's not so muscular, he's in way better shape than me. 😌 I'm wondering who Blue Man is supposed to be? Martian Manhunter? Elongated Man? Blue Beetle?

🤯 You...are a mind reader! Actually, yes, I like tech, but I'm serious about the full set. I'm all for science, natural, and mutation as well and have characters with all of them. It is a personal preference, I realize, but I'd be very much for a rotation of releases focused on each, one at a time.

I agree with all of that statement. MCU Falcon has (mostly) been an amazing character all on his own. I get that Falcon in the comics becomes Captain America for a time, but with wings that can act as shields, the actual shield looks awkward with MCU Falcon, like something tacked on to an already significant tech load. Add to that the fact that Falcon is not a super soldier (something I'd had hopes would have happened with so much of the chemical floating around in the mini-series) and I'd much have preferred Bucky to wield the shield. Using the cyber arm as a shield only gets one so far, and Buck doesn't have a lot of extra tech to rely upon. I'll probably watch this, but my interest, which initially was peaked with that phenomenal aerial fight scene at the start, and continued by Walker's horrific fall from grace, was greatly curbed by the ending of Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Capt. Falcon going on some preaching session about railroading a "little girl" after she'd deliberately murdered a number of people and repeatedly called it justifiable and everyone else's fault shows a serious lack of understanding in the Falcon character, IMHO. The Isaiah Bradley story arc was incredibly painful to watch, especially as I was born into a state that was just coming out of the Jim Crow era bearing the scars from it for years, but I could accept the story, knowing some of the rotten things done here in the past, and I loved the resolution to that arc. I liked the Bucky redemption arc best, as he's first freed from his mental conditioning hell, is forced to work against his rescuers, then has to face an incredibly painful confession to a friend. I also liked the scenes with Falcon's sister's family, including the banter with a calmer Bucky flirting with Falcon's sister. Those just felt right (well, mostly. The banker scene was cringy). All that to say, I'll probably watch the movie, but likely after I read reviews from early viewers.

Interesting. Makes sense since that's where Cryptic was at the time. Has anyone checked to see if Providence has an extensive cavern system underneath? That is, has anyone ever checked and returned to tell the tale? 😉 I don't remember where I'd heard it, but I remember someone associating Paragon City's land with the ocean corner around Point Judith Lighthouse (Siren's Call zone?), which includes "Great Island" which looking at it kind of gave me Talos Island vibes. https://maps.app.goo.gl/CUJbhiBFTNMAaEtM6 At the time it made a certain sense because Peregrine Island does not appear to be in a bay but the last land before ocean, though admittedly there are no corresponding ocean-edged islands in that corner of the state, unless you consider the more distant Block Island (to the south) to be a corollary to Peregrine Island.

You mean titles like "Helper", as oppose to the currently selectable badge titles that also appear with the name, yes?

I saw Sovereign and others holding torches for the fallen several days back (a good tribute) and it suddenly occurred to me that I never see AFK with them. Is there some override possible to keep the game from logging one out for AFK?

Unless you're from the American West. Then it is "varmint".

Though I've not jumped on beta yet to test, and I accept that there's always a chance I may not like something, I can't fault you for trying hard, and I'm deeply appreciative of the effort you've put forth. In the event you see a previous comment from me in another thread mentioning my distaste for what I perceive as an over abundance of magic in a game I thought would be a balance between 5 origins, please take no offense. I was only stating a personal opinion and preference. I've nothing but respect for the entire volunteer dev team. It's part of why I've gone through more than a dozen other games these past 5 years, but always maintain CoH.