Scarlet Shocker

Watching the Deadpool & Wolverine trailer and I saw this. Am I so very very bad?

well that certainly fits in the TYDKYDK category. I didn't know there were Channel Islands in the US I was actually referencing the ones in the English Channel (the clue is in the name) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Islands So I guess we've all learned a bit today!

Welcome

Makes it easier for newer players, and there's a new exploration badge at starting points, so reducing the burden. That's the theory at any rate and it seems to have been received well. I think it's important to remember that the game made us travel a lot in the early days as a way of taking time out of playing the content - you were still playing the game running from Atlas to Steel Canyon tailor, for example but you weren't rushing through content that took time and development resources. That is no longer the case and so it makes a lot more sense to give players the ability to get to the content they want to play, as quickly as possible, is an inherently sensible option and picking up 10 explore badges is a quick, sensible solution that allows even players who aren't invested in looking "under the hood" (ie spending time on forums etc) to get the accolade quickly and easily.

Hence he's a DJ

I feel sorry for anyone who's balls make such a loud noise!

Archive image of Null in his guise as a low level MM telling his T1 lackey Poseidon (played by Jason Mamoa) to kill Lusca

The Shard I mostly play on these days is Indomitable. Nice threads by the way. You put some work into that costume, I can tell

Good question. Data is all over the place and it took me a while* to compile but I think I've come up with a good approximation. Hope this helps *20 seconds, tops

Potato cannon

you get the Prestige attacks too don't forget. Six slot brawl and win!

you would need to give the dual support some attacks initially and maybe optional pool powers would help. I would expect their APPP to be more attacking than most simply to make up the deficit.

Well I was more thinking of the APP/PPP with the third option Yes I looked in Mids and figured that was a likely possible combo but I wanted to ensure. It's made me wonder if there's scope for a "Super(de)buffer" - an AT with two power sets aimed at support, but I fear they would be too potent on a good team. Imagine having 4 of them and a Blaster and Brute.

I was half-heartedly following a conversation in chat the other night and somebody suggested Sleet and Melt Armor as a wicked combo and I just wanted to play a toon that had both those powers. My instincts tell me it's not possible, but I've always been attracted to the notion of an AT that offers two support sets in one avatar. Even more so if you could add Poison into the mix 🙂

A lot would depend on when in live you played, to what level, and what content you were trying to play. But the short answer is almost certainly "quite readily"

you need a Fulcrum (to) Shift it

The more I read this thread and the more I reread the OPs missive I can't help but feel that he wants to control all the things like one allegedly could back in Issue 3. Game has changed. It allows all ATs to contribute in meaningful ways rather than "I'm herding to here" mentalities. Tanks today are pretty well where they should be in a functioning team. Here's a nice tune

/jranger

I've always found Hyperbole very underwhelming. In fact on many toons I usually skip it, since it almost always fails to do what I want it to. It promises so much, and delivers so little, especially on the ATs that do damage.

I often take stealth - not least because it's a useful mule for an LotG Global Rech - and then shove a stealth IO in to one of the Prestige Sprints. I find those work fine in almost all instances - and if they don't I'm probably out of my depth anyhow

I'd be happy with just two costume options - one, helmet on, two, helmet off for the VEATs and then customise the rest. It does seem that when VEATS were created the costume options weren't properly thought through

that was rather my point

I think it's important to remember that the internet and online life is significantly more mature than it was when SGs were introduced - Facebook, Social Media and especially Discord have been game changers for building communities. The SG as originally conceived was designed for friends to play together but since then other ways to play have superceded the SG in many ways. But, as MP3s came along, vinyl and cassettes didn't just go obsolete, and still have their fans and purposes. People can still form SGs and do all the things SGs do - including have shiny costumes looking alike if wanted. But we should remember that life moves on and we have to adapt. Perhaps the better question is what do you want to make your SG? Nothing is stopping you for running one old school or you simply can own it as a storage dump. No wrong answers.

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