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I remember on Defiant back on live there was an event with GMs in Pocket D. They spawned all the villain AVs and many more so we spent a couple of hours getting all our badges. Lots of fun so I know it can happen but I didn't think the GMs would be able do it through incompetence 🤣

Radium was the component for watch lume back in the 1940s and the girls who painted the dials and hands would get terrible mouth cancer from licking the brushes to a point. Nobody knew this at the time of course. Most watch lume remains green... and Ball Watches (and other military watch styles) use tritium tubes which glow green 247365 for around 20 years. The tritium tubes were originally developed by the US military for gun sights. Tritium is very mildly radioactive but harmless. There are orange and blue tritium tubes used in watch dials but those seem to be less common and more expensive.

I believe one reason for not being able to change them is that the status effects need to be consistent so other players can tell what they are. If players have the ability to change the colours of status powers, then you're rather left guessing why Romulus has a strange blue glow around him... This could turn into a minefield and I'm not at all sure it's a good idea even if doable.

I believe back in the day, when PD first came into existence, all powers were suppressed. That changed at some point and now only combat powers are disallowed. GMs have the power to turn them on at will I believe but it's probably for the best that doesn't happen often

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I dislike the idea of syringes, for a number of reasons but a "Spines Blast" set could be very interesting. Especially if there was a toxic or somewhat debuffing secondary effect.

I disagree. @Snarky sometimes pretends to be nice and even on occasion agreeable. I'm genuinely envious. I love mustard sardines. 🤣 (also, why is this not super rare [red] salvage?)

you're not supposed to macro in the bath!

Are you suggesting @Snarky is a scammer? How can that be? Scammers are blood sucking leeches who prey on the weak and helple... oh

Most of my invention salvage is more than cross, it's fucking livid mate!

@Snarky is loaded from all the donations he keeps getting. I'm sure he'll oblige if you tap him up for a Respec recipe or six

I've made a new toon; Foxy Frost - Beast/Cold. I will probably go LEviathan as a PPP - it's got some good defences and a nice AoE immob too.

ooh I love this. I am wondering if I can repurpose Glass Fox/Vitric Vixen to that concept now! I've also considered /Dark too

Well the fact that I have an incomplete understanding of the mechanics of Veng is possibly a clue to how often I take it but the sense of it seems rather... obsolete given how relatively easy this game is and how easy it is to survive generally. That said I'm currently teaming with a regular outfit and we are all pretty squishy so perhaps I'll think of taking it and experimenting a little.

I've very limited experience of Marine. I don't hate it but it doesn't seem to "fit" in the powers pantheon. I guess it does have that animal thing going on though.

I ran a Beast/Thermal (called Hot Dogs) to 50 and I really enjoyed that. Sadly it's on Runion so I tend not to go there any more, mostly due to low pop issues. I prefer to team. So I'm thinking of rolling a new Beast MM, but I want to try something different than Thermal for obvious reasons. There's a few secondaries that I don't want to play - FF is one since I recently ran a Bots/FF to 50 and I don't want to play Traps since that feels to static. I'm not keen to play another Poison toon since I've got many of them. Poison is a great set but I want to try something else. Beasts seems to be largely a melee (or close quarters combat) set and the main pets can be vulnerable in my experience, so I want to both protect them and debuff the enemies. I like Storm a lot but I'm currently levelling a Zombie/Storm so I probably won't play another right now. So... I'm keen to get your input. The real question of course is why you'd choose a set and then when at A/PPP level what compliments the build?

I do know it's Guard. That was a play on words. You're also correct that I can't slot UG in Manoeuvres, despite my brain playing tricks on me and my distinctly remembering that it lit up when I clicked the Proc in my tray. So in a way that question is moot, but thanks for your other input too. I usually put the Kismet Proc in my combat travel power but that's not a bad shout. That's not a bad idea either I will speriment

I usually like to take Maneuvers when my End use can afford it, especially on a squishy, but once taken I'm never quite sure how to slot it. I also like to take Tactics if I have the slots/end. It seems to me that's a far simpler proposition when slotting is concerned - just one additional slot and I can get the Gaussian proc and Rectified Reticle's Increased Perception there giving me substantially better chance to hit and thwart invisible foes such as Arachnos I don't usually take Assault because I'm never worried about being taunted, and Victory Rush does not exist in my universe. I can't ever recall having taken Vengeance either... killing enemies more switfly seems to be... redundant in this game. I may be missing out but I certainly don't feel as though I am. My challenge has rarely ever been to do more damage or defeat foes more quickly, but rather to stay alive and ensure I hit said foe. Not hitting slows down defeat more than damage IMO. However I find that Maneuvers and Assault suck up huge amounts of Endurance, which can make them inefficient. So basically two questions: 1) How to mitigate End costs in a meaningful way? 2) If taken and slotted with Procs do those procs function even if the power isn't toggled on? (This was also inspired by my Unbreakable Gourd thread which got moved to the MM section. If I slot UG proc and Res into Manoeuvres do I get those benefits without toggling it active?)

Thanks, yes I'd say I noticed a definite benefit. I also suffer End issues on this one so the idea of an UG proc + a Res gives me an End bonus so that's an extra reason to pick it! 😄

It's that time of year when the nights get their longest in the northern hemisphere so remember what today means to us all: Yule be sorry! Have a good one 🙂

Played my MM today and I did notice that even without the UG proc, just setting my minions to Defensive had a huge positive impact on play.

What would advertising actually do for this game? Where's the benefit? This is strictly a non-profit exercise and bringing in a new influx of players would put servers under additional pressure for no real gain. Population is good and steady, with capacity for some more but not many more. Do we need more players? I don't think that's a case that can be made readily. More players can only mean more costs which then means more donations. Things are good right now. Ain't broke, don't need fixing.

Ripper mate. Throw another kheld on the barbie and crack open another can of the amber liquid.

Vampires, relaxing

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