Techwright

I'd be down for it, assuming I don't have a RL interference. On the subject of thematic, might it be something that feels like a fit in Praetoria? EDIT: Can we get it recorded either in video or stills and published? Perhaps it will inspire others to join.

My rose gardens will be...magnificent! (Good work on the "action figure" by the way.)

Rats! I was hoping for the burro. 😉

Ah, thanks! I was not aware there was a server rotation involved. No wonder I didn't see anything.

It's okay. What's behind curtain #2? 😁

I'd be down for it. Not racing through the content just to get to Primal side, mind you, but not necessarily killing every last goon either. My challenge comes from real life. Due to the nature of my work, I'm never quite sure of the schedule and cannot commit to a classic guild raid-type schedule. In my case, better to cast a wide net for casual players and get a team or two each time from them. I'm quite content to re-run content if it aids someone who couldn't show on a previous scheduled event. I do think it would help the cause if we had something Goldside that functioned like a DFB and DIB. Not for skipping all low-level content by repeated runnings, but for getting folks started in a team format. I'd also love it if a couple of task forces could be created for Gold side. If there were a way to extend the contacts beyond current expiration levels, that might help as well. If a player wants to race to 20 and exit, fine, but if they want to stay and work through everything towards 30, 40, or 50 without having to run "radio" missions, that might help too. But all that would require some thought and effort.

If I understand correctly (NASA people correct me if I'm inaccurate), while the Space Shuttle crews had specific functions like Missions Specialist, they had to be competent in all disciplines on the ship, in the event that one or more of the crew was incapacitated or lost. Sci-Fi would expand on that concept then. McCoy may be a medic, but he has to know enough to assist Spock in reconfiguring a torpedo, or working bridge controls during Kobayashi Maru trials (one of the things the Alternate Universe movies got right, IMHO). He's competent, but not the genius in any field but his own. That said, space travel and the knowledge needed for it is vast, and one thing sci-fi fails on repeatedly is how the crews get and retain such high-end knowledge. Star Trek shows Vulcan childen standing in training craters undergoing training on a level humans would consider torture, but those are Vulcans. This is where I think The Matrix got it right. The future should be about hacking the brain to stuff vast amounts of information in it. Then training should solidify the understanding of that information, and provide muscle memory for tasks. Regarding your hidden remarks @biostem, reference the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Relics in which brilliant Montgomery Scott is brought into the TNG era, and struggles with the engineering concepts that have far surpassed his knowledge. It is his antiquated ways that provide a solution to the episode that future generations have forgotten. In the end, he's given a slower warp-capable shuttle stocked with all the info he needs to bridge the gap between the two time periods, and directed to a planet of retired engineers who will doubtless help him. It's a good look at how the two generations don't work well in each other's wheelhouse, but work well together.

Not really. My info is about 7 months out of date. I had a couple of coworkers at my last contract that played it. Their comment was that they liked it, it had some innovation, but they felt it was repetitive. I don't recall if they clarified that comment.

Correcting for greater authenticity:

After running a rad blaster for a while, I'm pretty sure I can say they've never had Burt the Turtle with Duck and Cover either.

For a moment, I thought a Futurama MMO was in the works. I would have been more excited. Any MMO having both "Amazon" and "LoTR" in its discussion better prove to be 100% vaporware. I actually would be interested in a LotR MMO if it covered a topic not previously covered, like say, the conflict in the east, or the First Age, or even projected into the Fourth Age, covering The New Shadow, a direction Tolkien started but then aborted. These have gaps in the lore, some big, and gaps can mean great writing opportunities. But whatever such project, it would need to be consistent in detail with the works of Tolkien and his son Christopher. I feel two lifetimes spent in getting the details right should be respected. I'm not terribly interested in a retread of The Hobbit or the events of The Lord of the Rings, and I'm certainly out if Amazon is involved.

The question is...

I can't speak to the costuming, but have you considered using Spectral for the hands and face? White, pale grays, and even some of the palest blues give off a ghostly vibe which can be enhanced via auras.

I'm not consistently on during Tuesdays, but the last couple of ones that I was on, I never saw a Tanker Tuesday announcement on Excelsior. Has that gone the way of the dodo?

I too have a fire/fire/fire blaster. It's simple: if fire doesn't kill it, apply more fire, if they're still coming apply more fire...faster. The trick is in remembering which button is for fire and which is for the fire extinguisher when working with certain Steel Canyon events. I heard one as he ran away. Said something about him hearing ship building being a noble career choice or some such.

That I have run multiple times before from my Primal universe characters visiting Praetoria. There was a really nice player that for a while ran the event nearly every hour. (I apologize, I forget the character name and global. I wish I could remember as it was as good an act as the folks who run the Incarnate trials, MSRs, and Hamidons.) Just to be clear, are we to cut off right before those levels or during those levels/before exiting those levels?

I'm still puzzled by the loathing of Cutthroat Island. I saw it premier week, and thought it was a jolly good popcorn flick, nothing deep but entertaining, then the trashing from all sides started. I mean, were they expecting Citizen Kane?

Kind of defeats the D.E.'s purpose if they keep attacking you. Hmm...idea. Don't suppose you could pull from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch could you? Then you and all the others like you stand inside the entrances to Oranbaga and aim in a downward slope. Two birds, one stone.

I'm not sure it's greatness, but after failing to get a fully viable fire/fire tank in the OG but liking the look of my design, I decided to rebuilt it as a brute in Homecoming. Better, but I was still being tossed everywhere. I shelved it for a few years, came back to it several months ago, determined to make it work this time, and started researching and asking questions, which led me to crafted solutions. I'm still trying to squeeze a bit more knockback protection into his design, and he's functioning more like a scrapper than a brute, but I consider him playable now, so...success.

I suppose that means checking the wiki on each contact. I've never heard of an in-game method for seeing the cutoff.

Sounds like it might be better not to visit the P2W for an XP boost.

Nor have I. You may be on to something.

Thinking about finally running through the full gold side, something I'd not done since the OG's Going Rogue. What suggestions are there for a solid Gold solo character? (archetype & powers)

Where is this Little League encountered, and on which of the three sides?

"Working of Debt" is a euphemism for "life". 😁 More seriously, Red has the gist of it, and the graphic at the link they provided will show you the debt. The good news is: debt tends to be very quickly overcome these days. In eons past it used to be a choker, especially if you were just getting your super legs and were falling in battle a lot. Nowadays, especially in a team or league, it will quickly be paid back. I actually had some the other day when I was in league on a mothership raid. It was onscreen long enough for me to notice it, and then it wasn't. Solo play is where it will last longer.