Techwright

Ice is one of my favorite powers in game, so I'm all for an ice faction. I suggest one of the top leaders be named Cocytus, after Dante's 9th and lowest level of Inferno, the ice level of treachery.

I take it ol' Pink-and-Yellow's "F" stands for "Fotobombing"? 😁 Oh, and hey, look, it must be A.I.M.'s bio science division. Okay, you've got me curious: where can one go to learn about demo editing for this game? Something like this could be it's own thread, like the A.I. stuff.

Also, I realized with mine that I'd been posting several pics per post, so I went back, copied all within a given post, opened Paint (yes, still good) and pasted them together in one pic, saved as a JPEG, and re-posted, removing the old space-hogging originals. I cleared about 20 to 25 % space that way and didn't truly have to delete. Still a 3rd party storage is in my future. I used to utilize Photobucket, but had some issues with them a couple years back.

@Etched, assuming you put Windows on the computer, you can run a search in the Windows search box (Not a browser search. Look for the magnifying glass on the Windows toolbar) on "dxdiag", which will pull up the Direct X Diagnostic Tool. This has tabs containing a variety of information about your computer, such as a display tab that will tell you a many details about your video card. The tool also has a save all information button. I highly recommend running it periodically and saving a copy to a thumb drive if there's a second PC in the house (to read the drive) or a print out copy if there's not. Not only will it let you know details about your computer now, but routinely updating it will give a computer repair person valuable info in troubleshooting your PC, such as what versions your PC's BIOS and DirectX are set to, in any future event where you cannot get your computer up and running. There's one or two somewhat sensitive info bits, so share judiciously.

It's not you. They're far more blue than any photo of her face I've looked over. Catherine's natural color seems to lean more towards a multi-shaded gray, if I can describe it that way. The character's pupils are very small and the left pupil is off-centered. I've not seen that in any of Catherine's close ups, even those with enough Hollywood lights beaming on her to make irises shutter. I suspect colored contact lenses or CGI. One thought does strike me: Johnny Depp when playing the Mad Hatter specifically requested colored contact lenses where the pupil of one eye was slightly off-center. He felt it would add visual impact to the madness of the character. Perhaps something like that is being done here? Both movies are Tim Burton's work, after all.

Not a big fan of Spider-man 2. I felt the writing was inferior to the first one. At least Miles has had two rock-solid animated movies to do him justice. So I'm hoping there's a different writing team, or should it be the same team that worked on Spider-man 1, then I'm hoping they return to form. Nanali...well, Queen of Wakanda pretty much removes the redshirt idea. From what I know of the lore, Wakanda has always focused on the home game, and until recent years, deliberately portrayed themselves as forgettable. This is not only because they've long had the most advanced technology on the planet, but also sat literally on a mountain of vibranium. Both of these attributes would have been exploited by both sides in WWII if they could. A crazy "What If...?" story would happen if either the Stalinists or the Nazis took Wakanda. (Likely a phyrric victory, though.) And to be honest, there are factions with the other allies that would have exploited these, too.

I'm hyped. Cap is my favorite Marvel character and the Black Panthers are all interesting. It will be nice to finally see some of Azzuri's (T'Challa's grandfather) story. Gabe is an interesting choice and I enjoyed the MCU portrayal. It would be interesting if he's equipped with the Howling Commandos briefcase of awesome gadgets. (His grandson, Trip, was pretty awesome in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for his short time appearing in the show. He carried his grandfather's bag of tricks for a time) I'm not sure of the woman's identity, though. Is she Azzuri's sister? love interest? a Dora Milaje? I think the thing that concerns me with this Cap version is not the accent. It's that, what we've been shown so far is more in line personality-wise with John Walker, aka the U.S. Agent (and failed Captain America). Steve Rogers can be cocky, but his bridge scene feels a bit like an abuse of his authority. Question: who is the third "super soldier" Cap refers to? I presume it is a bad guy, and probably tied to HYDRA. "...a Resistance member called Julie": Hmm...is she wearing a red shirt? 'Cause she sounds very disposable for story needs. EDIT: forgot to mention I like Cap's outfit. I was just visually brushing over it, until I realized there are distinctive differences between his WWII MCU version and this one. Most notably, they've removed the suspenders, instead making binders for the shield holder.

I was already grown, playing the 1992 Konami arcade game X-men, and had started collecting X-men comics when the animated X-men show appeared. While I thought it a little over the top at times, I really did enjoy it. I don't think I got to the final season, though. One of the first things I noticed was X-men '97 is edgier than the original. It also says or does a few minor things that wouldn't have been consistent to 1997. I'm not sure they could have gotten away with things like talk of dismemberment on the original show due to it being part of the Fox kid's programming. Overall, I like it. The writing feels tighter than the original, at least the early seasons. I can already see they're going to be doing adaptations of at least 3 story arcs from the 1990s comics, and I'm hoping my all-time favorite arc is a result.

So far, the stories are set in a time/times when the Jedi are deteriorating. That sets up conflict and upheaval, and is why storytellers focus on those points of time. When the Jedi (or heroes in a larger sense) are at their purest and best, conflict would likely quickly resolve, and the story be rather dull after that point until the next cycle of growing lax resting on laurels, deterioration, conflict, purging, and renewal. I do agree that if one is painting all Jedi of all ages with the broad brush of "failure", it is, well, too broad and quite myopic (though a very human thing to do). There's a chance you may get your wish. There's a hypothesis among fans that the ending of Season 1 of Ahsoka sets the stage...

Respectfully, I'm not seeing where Dave Filoni has any part in this project. I went over to the page on IMDB.com and Filoni's name appears in no credits, not even in a consulting role. George Lucas is acknowledge (probably contractually has to be). This is is squarely Leslye Headland's project (and to some degree Kathleen Kennedy's). I am not previously familiar with Headland's work, at least, I don't think I am, but mentioning Rian Johnson just put a foul taste in this S.W. fan's mouth. However, I will remain open-minded and let the work speak for itself. Three brief observation:

Disney/Star Wars is stating that their first trailer for The Acolyte, their Sith-centric tale set during the High Republic era (when Yoda was young...er), is set to drop tomorrow, March 19, 2024 according to Superherohype.com. The announcement was accompanied by a new poster showing a blood trail imitating the look of a red lightsaber. The blood trail poster, taken with the understanding that this is the first canon Sith-centric tale, has me wondering what level of violence this thing will be. For those not familiar, the High Republic is a period of about 500 years prior to the Prequel Movies timeline, in which the Jedi were wildly dominant, the Sith were (incorrectly) believed gone or completely ineffective, leading to a certain arrogance and lax approach from the Jedi Order. To this date, I think the only current on-screen canon elements from them come from the recent, canonical video game, Jedi: Survivor. Members of the High Republic Jedi Order were key to laying the foundation for the events that play out in the game, and part of their tale is told in flashbacks.

Why is it that some mission NPCs, I'm thinking specifically of rescues, can run down a corridor, then stop and stand beside you until you move again (they may shuffle a little but generally remain calm), while others hover around you in a constant and annoying frenzy of movement like bees around a hive? I'm most familiar with this latter effect with the characters in the blue side Twinshot story arc, but encountered it again this evening on the red side with the Mr. Graves story arc. What's going on under the hood/bonnet?

Yeah, I just realized that when starting one now. Not looking to add negatives to the pile, but for me, that's one.

Create a new one and run in through gold side?

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.