Scarlet Shocker

I saw this and thought it amusing and hope you do too. Apparently it's by Jim Benton - I'm claiming no credit here but found it on Bluesky

There are plenty of us but we tend to be less vocal about forming groups etc. If you happen to play on Indomitable there's a solid group there known as "steady Indom" (you can join the channel) and we have a regular Saturday team and often do other content runs.

I feel like some posters are being a tad harsh on the OP. I think being able to solo Frostie is a laudable effort, regardless of how "difficult" he is these days. We all know the game is significantly easier now than it was on live and it was much easier late live than early but for a long time (I'd say until DFB) Frostfire and the Hollows arcs generally were a right of passage for those of us who love running content. In one sense I think Frostfire was so much of the only realistic option it put some players off it Is it impossible? I doubt it but I have little interest in attempting it myself because I don't generally enjoy melee characters and I'd struggle - but that doesn't mean it's not a worthy or important personal benchmark. Will it wow the entire CoH playerbase across all known (and unknown) multi-verses? Highly unlikely. Will it give the player a sense of achievement and glow of prize. Very likely! The game is to be enjoyed by whoever plays it - and if that's their bag, then I say go for it and have a blast* doing it! I've said before and will continue to say, there are as many ways to play this game as there are players. You do you! *that's not an AT suggestion btw

It was at this point that Snarky revealed his general posting strategy for all situations across the internet

I do like the idea of being able to optionally exemp down to a zone's level to run its content solo or in teams. I don't know how easy to implement it might be (I suspect not at all) but it would be great to have the ability to re-run lower level street content once you've dinged the big five zero

I think it's fair to say that if you were paying $15 a month to play, like many many people reading this, you'd consider yourself very fortunate. If you want evidence just look at how fast their donation window closes after being opened.

A super power I would also love is to be able to deliver a hefty, visible V sign to vanquished or departing foes, especially Rikti as they retreat from their invasions with their proverbial tails between their legs. I know it's different for our American cousins but ,like god, I am an Englishman and I uphold our noble traditions by maintaining positive Anglo-Saxon gesturism. https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803120300620

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I've never teamed with him. I genuinely enjoy his input on the forums but I can imagine he'd be a right royal PITA to team with if the mood took him so! 🤣

Here, in one post, is why SGs and good mates are a valuable teaming resource.

This is really useful. I'd not considered it to be that good... but I do like using Stealth as a kind of Defproc mule too. I shall have to give it some thought.

Kids nowdays... Ian Fleming was approached to write a James Bond TV series but he'd sold the rights (twice over) to movie producers and it wasn't doable so he came up with the concept for the Man from U.N.C.L.E. If you watch the episodes, UNCLE is the western alliance and their arch enemy is Thrush, which oddly was not easily defeated by cranberry juice. Look on the bright side it wasn't Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

that's Han-dy Should we call you Napoleon?

It's sad that this thread is still going

are you certain you're not just teaming with Snarky?

I believe you can adjust it in settings but even when I've done so I often lose it especially during active fights with lots of stuff happening. I've had this problem since Day 1 in 2006 when I started now I just learn to live with it

... then you can run faster, still have stealth, and you've got a useful mule for an LotG. It's a nice to have, not an essential. If you fly all the time, then it's probably of less use to you but if we take out all the snarkless powers in game we'd have a much more limited set. Your mileage is clearly different to others - which is not only ok, it makes the game more interesting.

You know those two aren't mutually exclusive (so I'm reliably informed) right? Also you're supposed to punctuate short comparative sentences such as the one above with "Jim", inserted between the two phrases just for good measure.

Wait... you only learned to use a desktop PC when Going Rogue came out? 🤯

I support this. I'd also like an additonal mask aura that is stronger and more visible.

I'm old and I haven't outgrown this game. I reject that hypothesis! 🤣 I prefer Defenders which debuff rather than buff, simply because the best mode of defence is a dead antagonist. If they are laying on the deck they aren't likely to hurt you. It doesn't matter how good your own defenders are, a live enemy can still splatter you across the floorboards and send you back to the hospital. Reduce your enemy's uptime and win!

No clue either. Potentially useful

I've never noticed that. When I first started I made my characters super tall and Scarlet is probably the tallest at over 7' That wasn't intentional, more about not understanding the scales in the CC... but having played Scarlet all that time when I came to recreate her here I felt like she had to continue to be tall. I've never noticed a huge disparity between environments except as some have said of base items, but given the complexity of actually sitting down it's rarely an actual problem.