Techwright

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!

At least they don't sparkle.

What image generator did you use?

Thank you for the clarification.

Curious. The article lists 42,000 players, but then we have Number Six's comment from yesterday that tallies up to over 71,000 computers (or more accurately, operating systems) being used. Are the majority playing on two computers?

I've stated it multiple times on the forums: I'd love to see ethnic neighborhoods added to Paragon City: Little China, Little Italy, Little Greece, Czech Village, etc. With their Hmong origins, I've felt the Tsoo were a natural for a Little Asia neighborhood. So I attempted this look. For the sake of the A.I.'s feeble understanding, I made some compromises. Instead of a "Little Asia" I went with "Little China". Rather than waste limited text, I went with "ninja" for a general description. As always, A.I. struggles with proper rendering of fingers and swords, and some of the rejects were hilarious. Even so, some of the finalists have these problems. It was unavoidable. Also curious, the system had a hard time figuring out what a ninja looked like who wasn't in black. Some of the rejects look liked they formerly attended Ringling Brothers' Clown College. I've yet to figure out how to get the figures to quit mugging for the camera and get into a real action shot. Lastly, initial shots of the Little China were overrun by cars and pedestrians, so I placed limiters up front. Other than that, this wasn't so bad. Description: Low-population, 4 cars, street-level Little China district at night in New England big city, with male ninjas wearing a variety of dark colors with Asian tattoos on their chests, wrapped forearms and shins, holding a kitana and a tanto and wearing paddy hats and Asian demon masks, in action pose (for the top left shot, I edited out the sword info and opted for "in martial arts action pose".

I don't recall surfers.org specifically. I did spend an inordinate amount of time on BBS systems in the first half of the 1990s.

You always have nice use of color. I always send a private tell complimenting appearance, clever name, or great biography. The last admittedly I don't read unless I'm first hooked by name or appearance. I've had it happen often enough, often when I never would consider it, like shopping the AH, sometimes with characters I didn't think really looked that spectacular, and it always brings a smile. So why not make someone else's day?

Vazh: Ah, your mother's a hellion and an outcast...and a milquetoast mook...and she's got the big feet of a Tsoo...and a pretty pathetic Skull, and...

FFFF is correct, @tjjano33. If any reader is relatively new and attempting it in Atlas Park, when you grab the Observant badge in Vanguard's building, just use the nearby portal to hop over to Vanguard's war zone base and grab the Vanguard Operative badge right in front of Borea, then portal back. It's a quick and easy ninth with no threat for low ranked characters. The tenth should be easy, too, and there are several ways to get it. Here are just three: Get someone to drop an Oroboros portal near Ms Liberty. The badge at the highest point in Oroboros will make a nice, no-threat tenth. You'll need the steam jump or it's alternate from the S.T.A.R.T. vendor near Atlas. Take the T.U.N.N.E.L. portal (that glowing swirl at the foot of the Atlas Park tram station) to the Night Ward. Jump over the maze go up the ramp and enter the rambling old house. As soon as you step inside, there's a badge there (and it gets you into the Midnighter's Club immediately without having to do the Montague Castellon mission arc, which is the other way.) Or one can take the T.U.N.N.E.L. or the tram to Talos Island, and if there's not a fight at the top of the hill, grabbing the badge near the hilltop should be easy. Just don't dawdle as there are level 20+ goons on other parts of the hill. I'd wondered when reading the release notes if we'd have to go back and edit old, formerly helpful comments just in case the diligent researchers were confused by the out-of-date info. Seems so.

I'm intrigued by the Windows 8 RTM and Windows Server vNext in @Number Six's chart. I've never seen either.

Ah...so you were the other one. 😉😂 J/k, I was pretty invested in that game despire the office politics that brought it down, and despite the aptly named The Mires zone. I actually wrote most of the wiki on the Palisades zone. I miss everything that was good about that game. I think I've mentioned all the weird stuff before. Well, there was this... I joined right before the first Winter Lord event, I think it was. And lacking even hover, I went hunting WL's on the rooftops of Kings Row by running up the fire escapes, verifying the roof, then running back down the fire escape. Next building. Run up, verify, run back down. Rinse, repeat. If I spotted one a few separated roofs away, it was a mad dash back down the fire escape, booking to the correct building and running up the fire escape in hopes of getting it before a flyer spotted it. Really got digital leg exercises in on that event. It didn't really occur to me to switch to street level searches.

Regarding @ThaOGDreamWeaver's spoiler box: