Scarlet Shocker

choose Spectrum from the costume options for your legs and then choose fiery aura

Dam bro, you shoulda axed earlier!

I won't lose my head over it!

somebody's got an axe to grind! Time to bury the hatchet

Welcome back. Looking for Group channel ( /lfg ) will help you find new friends to team with. There's lots for you to discover

the enemy group is a long-standing typo. They were meant to be automata controlled by a supra-intelligent computer and called SkAI rAIders

well they were called PI missions because they never end.

We know a song about that don't we boys and girls?

fixed it for you but I'm certain nobody had any doubt about it I've not had an opportunity to try new content but some of it sounds pretty good.

Montague told you that you cured a lot but I seen you scratching when you think nobody's looking. You seen how he looks when he gets older?

Very good answer, thanks!

You are very, very, very bad and I call BS on this one!

Blue Steel's a funny one. I remember on live there was a big Atlantic divide about how he is perceived. On the US side he's considered to be a hero, but most EU players just thought of him as a thug wanker who created a (very good character) enemy in the Clockwork King by being unnecessarily brutal. Personally I side with the latter but I do think Clockwork's origin and the entire group is one of the strongest (in story terms) villain groups in game IMO. I find Clockwork to be a sympathetic villain group and thus more interesting and so the Clockwork King's origin is kind of valid. But yah, personally I see Blue Steel as a complete wanker. I like the other BS much better

For me it's (in reverse order) 3 2 1

But why?

Some NPCs have a well crafted, detailed back story. Others less so. But some are extremely interesting despite, or because of their back story. I've got a few who fascinate me and regular readers of my words might hazard a guess as to some of them. I was thinking about one in particular who seems to have had a pivotal role in the game lore but has largely been consigned to a relative backwater which seems odd, given the context of their story. There are many NPCs and signature characters that deserve more exposure and better fleshed out bios but who are the favourites amongst us mere mortals who play the game? Who do you think deserves greater attention, and why do you think so? I have some ideas but I'll point them out later...

I did recently get a Night Widow to 50 and I mostly hated it even with a supposedly "good" build. Again, strength of the game - it has something to appeal to everyone!

Are you suggesting that every power set should be "all things to all men"? Should everything be able to solo every content? Then what's the point of it being an MMO? You might as well turn it into a solo game and have done. Ultimately, teaming is what makes us great. Sure, set yourself challenges. Set unrealistic challenges. But don't come home bleating because you couldn't beat all the things with a thing that wasn't designed for that

Euphemisms to tell to your mother part DXIX

Personally I found Widows really difficult, but on live I made an Arachnos Soldier and I went middle path, basically a Bane Spider and he rocked a sea of orange numbers. I've recreated him on HC and he's still good - but I think XEATS are rather overshadowed by the powers creep we've seen in game over the last decade They aren't bad, they're just left behind but bringing them up to date makes the spiral worse.

truly impressive. Well done to all participants. Excellent stuff. Again, this is a thing that even two decades later, other games still cannot do.

I'm not sure what the big takeaway from this thread is; Dominators are shit? Joking aside I love that there are still some significant challenges in the game that require thought, strategy, temps maybe and sometimes a bit of good luck... and in extremis, help from other players. I know that's a pretty unusual concept especially in an MMO but it's something that is often worth remembering. I'm a firm believer that not everything should be capable of being soloed, that's not good design or gameplay. Nor should everything be able to solo all the things. One of the great and lasting strengths of this game is that often we have to rethink how we plan objectives even after two decades, and that's a very good thing. Long may it continue!

I used to play for literally hours on end I was so invested in the game. Now, usually a couple of hours tops. I do sometimes find that I'll get a scheduled activity down but after that's done go off and PUG somewhere on a different toon, just for gits and shiggles. If I play for 3 hours even on a weekend that's quite a bit for me these days