Techwright

You can submit a request to the Devs. Make certain you submit it as the supergroup leader. If I remember correctly (I renamed mine some time back) I went with my lead character using in-game Menu/Support/General Help selection, gave the old name and requested the new one. EDIT: I can't recall if they needed the server name as well, but it couldn't hurt.

I don't think the OP is questioning why folks are standing in Oro in a general sense, so explanations of why stand/float elsewhere aren't really pertinent, I think the question regards standing in the way of the portal so others have trouble using it. After all, folks stand around in several zones, Atlas Park most notably. Honestly, hate to say it, but I suspect the answer is: I mean, short of dc'ing when entering the zone, how hard is it to take 2 steps?

Right. If someone is going all the way in Incarnate crafting, it's far more for just something to do, than for a genuine need. Especially since some of the options are more specific to certain character builds. I just started asking myself regarding the character's future self: given that much time, would the character not possess all options (those that we know)?

Just curious: Knowing we have people with hundreds/thousands of veteran levels, has anyone pushed well beyond having one power in each of the 6 incarnate slots, instead shooting to complete every power at both maximum options? If so, has anyone actually achieved that?

I hope I'm not duplicating anyone. There's a lot to read and I saw this with almost no time left. If Clockwork were to receive electrical powers, I'd want it to be something along the lines of the Mu's blasts, due to the Clockworks' unique nature and power source. They're not so much electronic machinery as they are assembled junk held together by duck tape and sheer will. Literally.

I'm still trying to finish reading your forum name. This will be a while. 😉 First thought: What person or faction creates this particular A.I.? First to come to mind is Dr. Aeon, but that's kind of a soft target. Perhaps dabbling with someone else's stable A.I. triggers it, such as messing with a Rikti A.I.? (I realize that's essentially Tony Stark creating Ultron in the MCU, so...homage piece.) Just so long as it doesn't include the Primal Clockwork due to their unique origin, design, and power source. Praetorian Clockwork brought over to the Primal Universe would be fine, though. Infected Freakshow might be good for some dark, hilarious dialog if the human part of the cyborg is alert but not in control. I wonder: for the sake of the task force storyline, could synchronization mean a slight increase in attack speed and movement in all robots? That would, of course, be a bit more challenging. First image that comes to mind when reading "tower" and "giant antenna" would be a visual homage building to Tesla's "free energy" tower. Splitting up is interesting. I can see the timer for sake of gameplay, but honestly, even a human could figure out that blowing up the enemy at first chance is a more practical move. That said, remember I mentioned the dark humor? Infected Freakshow could be telling players there's a timer, maybe even occasionally stating the time remaining (I believe we have the mechanic for that already. There are street NPCs that give us changing stats like timekeeping, yes?) It's machines: why does it need to be one boss? Perhaps the Terminator franchise has conditioned us to think one at a time. I'd tend to think "swarm" with evil A.I. machines. Yes, you have more opponents in later fights, but I'd feel that might need to be a constant. Perhaps two Elite Bosses per player present? Or a few Elite Bosses teamed with an AV? Or an AV who can repeatedly summon hordes like a tougher version of Gang War? I like the unexpected (story-wise) move of co-opting the teleport to send the A.I.'s enemy crashing into the planet, but it's an A.I.: would it really have to "self destruct" or would it be trying to move itself out to the world wide web, while crashing the satellite at the same time? One of the tremendously scary things about an evil A.I. is the thought that it might never be entirely eliminated if it's out there in cyberspace. An archvillain immortal, and likely to strike again at any time. More like an explosion the size of...Belgium. Well that's a bit underwhelming. Ten minutes to Belgium! Honestly, I'm not sure a crashing satellite from orbit, even with a nuclear reactor to help, would cause a scale like that of the dinosaur extinction. It should, however, cause a city-sized explosion, and worse, a radioactive fallout for a huge area. That's every bit as important to stop. This fits with my thought that the A.I. might not be in the satellite but causing havok from cyberspace. The special badge is an interesting wrinkle, however, despite their few numbers, there are perma-death player out there. Should they make it this far, they'd never be able to earn this badge, unless there was some agreement that this doesn't count.

Thanks. May I presume that DIB is the same?

🎵 Old McDonald had an AE farm... Joking aside, I kind of like the idea. I'd be for other uses of the extra incarnate materials as well, such as using a crazy amount of materials to craft a 7th enhancement slot on a limited number of powers, say 3 or 4 max.

I've not tried this myself, so I'm just curious: there's a means of accessing Pocket D from Gold side, so would it be possible for a goldside character to launch a DFB or even a DIB from Pocket D using LFG queuing?

*Deep Inhale* THIS IS SPA... oh wait. Wrong city. Not really 53. Like the other enhancements, there's space reserved for items above 50, but the reality is that they're only to 50, and there's not much of them.

I'd try gassing the door mobs for 33 minutes. I'll need 20 seconds to get into position.

I can just imagine what the AH would look like if we could craft/buy/sell via a mobile app when not in the main game.

Okay, you got me to break my 2+ year marathon of not utilizing two characters, 19 and 24, but I can now confirm the Fort Trident vendor sells up to level 20 TOs.

I feel like Fort Trident would be an ideal location for a Day Job badge, working with the team running the place. It might raise awareness of the place and all that it offers as well. (Still don't know why people don't run the TFs from there.) The flaw in my cunning plan is that I've no idea what might be a good earnable from camping out there. Suggestions? Perhaps a minor boost to powers when running a Task Force? Maybe a limited time boost to reset of Team Transport, mission teleport, and ATT (P2W S.T.A.R.T. items often used in Task Forces)?

The vendor in Fort Trident, just off of Atlas Park's center, offers the TOs. I don't know to what level, but it's not to 50. I just checked and my level 7 is offered them, but a level 50 was not.

Is the head shot with two tentacles something new? I've not faced Lusca since the redesign. I've never heard anyone mention this before, so if it's always been...wow.

After having seen all episodes through #7, it's pretty obvious that they're moving towards a canon version of the clone uprising referred to in Legends materials, though already I can see differences in how it will play out. This will probably be the single greatest canon event to date between the Prequel movies and the Rogue One/Original movies tetralogy, with the possible exception of the liberation of Lothal. (The events in Andor season 1 are critical and directly impact the Rogue One/Original movies tetralogy, but the season is a focus on a couple of planets as a microcosm study of what's actually happening across the galaxy). In the Legends telling, the clone uprising is a heroic but ultimately doomed effort, essentially Star Wars' charge of the light brigade, and explains why such a significant fighting force as the clone army of the Prequels was not available (at large) to add teeth to the Rebellion. It will be interesting to see what the canon version, if indeed it is going to happen, will bring. One other note probably not needing a spoiler: Time has passed, and Omega is far less a wide-eyed child, and much more of a grounded personality this season. I've seen several reactors comment positively on this, with some of them reporting she's now their favorite character. This does not mean she's without a moment or two of her old nature, but that's a genuine reflection on being a young teen. Star Wars animation has always grown their younger characters to more stable individuals. Ahsoka, for example, was horrible when she first appeared in the first animated movie. But over time they grew her, sobered her personality, into possibly one of the most popular characters in Star Wars. Ezra Bridger is undergoing a similar transformation. Spoiler material:

Why does that sound like James Gunn vs. Marvel-Disney all over again?

Welcome, Home! No reason to be embarrassed asking. Currently you have a "1" count for posted messages. We all realize what that means, and hey, long-standing forumites ask obvious questions at times too. I hope you enjoy Homecoming and don't hesitate to use the Help Channel in the in-game chat as well!

Gadgetry within game context would be tech in function. It's likely to be more like Tony Stark revealing his watch transforms into an Iron Man glove just in case he's attacked in civilian clothes, and that his glasses have an A.I. and H.U.D. display with A.R. controlling all his stuff. Utility Belt, though I see your argument, would be more like pulling out a high-tensil strength thin cable and foldable grappling hook for climbing, or grabbing a few marble-sized smoke grenades or handful of caltrops from a belt pouch. Yes, there's tech behind their creation, but not necessarily in their function.

Well this doesn't sound good... https://www.superherohype.com/tv/570241-x-men-97-creator-fired-ahead-of-disney-series-premiere

Rogue ...

That would...partially...explain it. I left the OG game in 2011 to get involved in the very long closed beta of Firefall. When the buyers of Firefall, The9, finally made their last bizarre trashing of their own property (for reasons I don't understand to this day). I tried to return to OG CoH only to find it closed. I can't explain the last 4 years in Homecoming, though, except that I really don't pay attention to the billboards. (Except Capt Kraken in Talos, but that's 'cause I leap over it on one of my appointed rounds.)

I'm on a jaunt through old films. Not sure how you'd feel about viewing older stuff, but here's a couple: The Straight Story (1999)- Richard Farnsworth's last role, and IMHO, he exits on a high note. Based on the true story of an old, feeble WWII vet who, lacking a driver's license, hitches a trailer to his lawnmower and begins a 240-mile journey to mend old wounds with his estranged brother who is dying. Wikipedia reports: "Reviewers praised the intensity of the character performances, particularly the realistic dialogue which film critic Roger Ebert compared to the works of Ernest Hemingway.[5] It received a nomination for the Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and Farnsworth received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor." David Lynch directed, and Sissy Spacek also stars. I checked and it is currently available on Disney+, with rental options on Amazon.com (probably other places, too.) The Satan Bug (1965) - based on a book from action-adventure writer Alister McLean (The Guns of Navarone, for example), this is possibly one of the earliest viral-threat films. It has a star-studded cast, including George Maharis, Frank Sutton (in a role completely opposite of Sgt. Carter of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.), Ed Asner (of too many things to name), Anne Francis, and even James Hong (whom younger folks love as the voice of Po's noodle-loving goose father in the Kung Fu Panda films). It even has a few big names in the unbilled roles, including James Doohan (forever Star Trek's Scotty) and Lee Remick. The print I saw on Amazon definitely could use a restoration, but it was not bad. It is in the filming style of that decade, so go in accepting that. (I found the ending a bit jarring in a very short denouement, but so was Michael Caine's The Italian Job and also The Ladykillers with Alec Guiness and Peter Sellers. It was the style back then.) It was rather fun to see buildings and interiors that reminded me of my earliest days. The acting is good, and a great many characters are smartly written. I was a bit lost over Anne Francis' part. It felt tacked on with not much to contribute, but at least the character wasn't stupid or simpering, just under-utilized. Overall, I found it a good popcorn flick, usually smart. I've previously mentioned elsewhere the Tom Hanks' western News of the World (2020). I found it surprisingly good, and a different vibe than what I usually see with westerns. The young German actress teamed with Hanks, Helena Zengel, was really well-picked for the role.

When did this go up? I admit I hardly notice billboards anymore (got tired of that Chris Whatshisname lawyer), so it may have been years for all I know. Spotted this one behind and a bit below the Skyway hospital. I must admit, it's quite clever!