Scarlet Shocker

So there is a potential spoiler I'd taken this to be almost at the very end of the Praetorian story - post Cole's self-immolation when essentially they realise the ruling cabal has shot all its bolts and Primes have won. But I do not recall when that indicated spoiler event comes in the story and I may have my timelines borked. But one thing is very clear - this is clearly an exercise that would be very well to be done in sequence if possible to affix the story in our own heads as players.

I do like how the OP thinks and I've expressed similar myself but I don't see it happening easily. It's possible to travel between worlds/times - in the Lady Grey TF The Honoree comes back with a Rikti army but many losses are incurred just getting through. (I haven't yet run the advanced version so I'm uncertain if that changes anything materially) But yes the whole Honoree thing and Rikti are one of the great "loose ends" in the lore of this game and it would be great to put it to bed. We don't even yet know who Lady Grey is or why she sent us on that errand. Clearly the Rikti still have designs on earth given they are trying to harness the power of Hamidon. With Nemesis' involvement as well, it is a story worth exploring and telling.

I have a base already, called the Glass House. It's made of bricks That is incongruous in itself. But that's probably more a reflection of my (lack of) skills in building. I recall it was possible to make huge bases - effectively a single plot massive entrance room that is divided by walls we place ourselves. I don't know if that's still possible but if it is, how do I do it. My vision for this is a large base, not overly large but in a world where I have the ability, multi-level, and interesting for visitors, where most of it looks like glass or at least partially transparent, and preferably floating in space. That leaves questions such as how do I anchor the floor, made of what, and what goes under it? I have few building skills and issues withlong attention span so I will welcome any quick tips, advice, suggestions, guidance, what have you. Like I said I already have a base with storage, TPs etc whcih means I'm probably going to have to build around some of it (unless I can build a base and import it somehow?) so I've probably made a rod for my own back but so be it. If you're struggling with the concept, try imagining Superman's Ice Palace melded with Gerry Anderson's Skybase from Captain Scarlet (the original puppet series) but with views outside from inside

I actually omitted a very important consideration in the above: SG Bases - many players LOVELOVELOVE building, and produce wonderful, amazing results and other players (like me) while lacking the skilz/patience/ability to learn base building get great pleasure from them and the love, attention to detail and passion some have for a beautifully crafted base. That's actually a significant reason not to tinker too much with what we have now.

Absolutely. Unless you're extremely unfortunate 🤣

I know this will leave many of you headscratching. But for some of us it makes perfect sense and brings back joyful memories too - so excuse the puns and enjoy

When we write stories for the AE, we clearly become Arkwrights. So presumably we can only set them in G-g-g-g-grandville!

I am very open to correction on this but I thought most arcs were roughly indicated by level. We've been doing regular arcs at high 20s, low 30s in First & Night Ward - which would indicate to me those come before the Tina Mac arcs that bring on the end game. Are there further First Ward arcs at 50+?

One of my takes from this thread is the issue of personal storage - which almost everyone seems to desire. I can't help but feel that increasing it or in any way allowing more to be stored damages the economy of the game, by removing stuff from circulation. The more personal storage there is, the fewer items on the MP, so the prices go up across the board and exponentially for the rarer items. As others have remarked, at a practical level, there's little to work for in actually getting a base or SG off the ground, meaning that the group element of supergroup is pretty redundant. To me, that's the key to storage but even on live I recall there were many issues with people taking stored items from base storage that others felt they were not entitled to. The only way I see to resolve this is likely to be highly unpopular; restore the need for Group Prestige - base items need to be paid for (and is it even a practicable suggestion?) and also potentially to reduce storage capacity across the board forcing players to prioritise and where necessary unload their shinies. Given that would likely cause uproar, I can't see much better alternative than maintaining the status quo

That's a classic!

I couldn't get past your titular earworm

Well it stopped working for me suddenly. I saw no notification and I could not connect using Tequila. That's all I'm saying. It was very sudden and unannounced.

Props to you for psotting that ytop

I think you'll find that tomorrow is Brubeck day 5/4

because it's that day, again

I want either Cloudbase or Tracey Island. Nothing less will suffice.

last time I tried serious farming I ended up with shit on my boots and a bad back.

Nostalgia; it's not what it used to be!

sounds like a rough time for the OP which is sad. I also feel sad for the player in question. I think maybe the player has some serious trauma relating to shutdown. We know memory is faulty and s/he has had over a decade to misremember stuff (a natural thing) and paint rose and gold over those memories. then the current reality smacks them in the face and "IT'S NOT HOW I REMEMBER IT!" That can be genuinely traumatic. But if that person was struggling and distressed it's unlikely they would be open to explanations/discussion/teaching and might rail. We know nothing about them or their situation. I hope this doesn't colour OP's good nature for the future and I hope the other person finds a way back to enjoy the game.

Blasters are pretty obsolete in this game these days. If you want to solo, you've many better options. If you insist on soloing a blaster at anything /4 then try sliding down a gravel slope sans t-shirt and then take a salt bath. It will be less painful

Maybe worth reminding everyone that it was going to be switched off a week or so before... just to jog memories. I certainly missed it in the HC/NC announce cuz it was relatively uninteresting news at a time of great excitement about other stuff... easy to skip. I guess most folks know now but I did look in the Announcement section and didn't find anything obviously on a cursory search. Not saying it wasn't there - but if it was, it was not at all prominent.

It seems illogical to have a single option for what would appear to be two discrete display categories

It's in the Powers section... Disable Power Tray Animations I think. That's what I did and I don't get a pulse. I noticed I had to disable Power Tray Labels too

Gotta keep that cystitis at bay!