Player2

Love the way your chest detail melds with the cape's mantle. Good stuff.

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Don't forget to take into account a nerfed nerfs have a high resistance to denerfage. Up your denerfication game.

There are a couple Bio Armor powers that don't maintain a consistent effect but do still manifest that ugly shell, and there's no minimal F/X option to make it not do that.

You attacking with darkness. It shouldn't feel as impactful, it should feel almost... stealthy.

I would like to see additional zone events, with some of the more common ones repeating in different zones. Like why aren't there fires anywhere else in Paragon City other than Steel Canyon? Maybe have Hellions start some fires in Kings Row, too. Babbage lives in Boomtown but pops up in Skyway for the Synapse TF... how does it get there without being spotted anywhere in Steel Canyon, Perez Park, or Atlas Park? Sewers? Just saying, it would be nice if Babbage occasionally (very rare) popped up in one of those other locations to represent yeah it's just passing through. Deathsurge came from Dr. Aeon's power transfer system? You know what would be funny? If Aeon sent him to Paragon City to plague the heroes and it occasionally stampedes around outside Terra Volta looking to drink in some delicious power. Jurassik spawns in Crey's Folly, but also shows up in the last mission of Numina's TF... which is in Eden, which has Brickstown and Faultline between them according to the map. Big J gets around, maybe moving though the earth. Might be fun for it to show up somewhere in the Rogue Isles where polution could draw it out. Maybe a couple "new" events, too. Would love to see a Freakshow equivalent to the supa trolls rave... or a Ghostbusters style showdown with lots of spirits and demons coming through a portal on a rooftop somewhere the Circle of Thorns operate regularly.

Or you can take what's behind curtain number 2.

Life is full of disappointments. I'd say get used to it, but no... embrace it. The differences are what set the different AT and powerset combos apart. Nothing is supposed to do everything, so find what you feel like you can live with as shortcomings and then learn to love those shortcomings as the sign of what comes with the things that make your AT and powerset choice great. Do you love the raw damage of a fire/fire blaster? Then learn to love being a squishie. And really, just learn it for awhile because once you get to level 50 and start working on your incarnate stuff, you'll be less squishie. Also, instead of focusing on what mechanics make the best choice, make a character you can feel proud of... maybe it's a cool costume or you find the perfect name, perhaps you've got a fantastic backstory in mind for the characters that really strike your fancy. Those you can feel some attachment to are always the most satisfying characters to play.

You can email them... one at a time.

There isn't. There should be, but there isn't.

Nice costume. Rad/Dark tanker?

Player2: **states obvious opinion** So, again, I say that none of this is for you or anyone else to decide what would be helpful, either. So play nice or don't play at all.

Oh, I get that. I was pointing out though that I was singled out for that preface when I presented a differing opinion. It wasn't necessary to tell me my opinions are just opinions and that I don't get to make any decisions... but it was stated to shut me down rather than really discuss the points I had made. I got the distinct impression from it that Zac wanted to talk at me rather than with me, as if his opinions were somehow more valid than my own.

It's funny, you don't preface your own statements with stating that you don't get to determine anything; you didn't tell anyone else the same. I made a statement counter to yours and very clearly indicated that it was my opinion, but you immediately tried to shut me down by telling me that I don't get to determine anything because that is the province of the HC team. Did I throw a hissy fit or was I just throwing some well-deserved sarcasm your way because you started our interaction by assuming that I misunderstood your post. I originally chimed in with some commentary about trademark law, which is relevant to the discussion, showing that it can be a confusing territory to navigate. Of course, at no time have I argued that this should be a grounds for permitting people to do what they want, but you dismissed my comments as irrelevant because HC makes the rules. Not only do I agree with that, I later explained why that is and should be the case beyond just "its theirs and they can do what they want." But okay, I moved beyond my armchair trademark/copyright lawyering and joined the discussion proper by stating my opinion, which is that I think that most people who make infringing characters know what they're doing is wrong and either act innocent or just don't care, and that "I see it as unnecessary" and questioned why waste resources on something that people are just going to ignore to do what they want anyhow? That's when you snapped back telling me it's not my place to determine anything... Did I start out by telling you that it's not your place to determine that this was something we needed? No, I offered my opinion and you chose to be dismissive of my place in the discussion. Then you gave me what is clearly your opinion of the whole process of GM policing, stating that they have to spend the time looking at the violation and watching the transgressor's account to ensure it doesn't recur as justification for this idea, but you clearly don't know how much time the policing actually takes and just assume by stating that it seems wasteful of the GMs' time. We both offered anecdotal evidence regarding our experiences with people who commit the infringements, with me seeing a lot of people who know better and just don't care and you claiming that the people you've encountered just don't know because no one would ever try to deceive you on that if they've been called out for doing something they know is wrong, right? No one would try to play innocent in hopes of not getting reported... It's funny though, how you can point out how you were "only making a suggestion and leaving the decision up to HC" but my expressing an opinion that deserved a rebuke that I don't get to make any decisions because I'm not HC even though I never said "No, we are most definitely not going to do this." I said drop it, you persisted by saying I can state whatever opinions I want but that you would not drop it because apparently that statement somehow implied to you that I think of you as one of my children or a dog. Maybe people keep suggesting it because it is the correct thing to do. Maybe they keep suggesting it because they disagree with the point of the thread and feel it's just easier to state how the problem should be addressed. Maybe the point of the thread is pointless because it's an unnecessary bit of extra work which you yourself have stated won't stop people from making infringing characters, only to help enlighten some apparently clueless new players. So here's my final recommendation on the topic: If you're going to put a note anywhere, it does not have to be part of the game. Put an additional notice here on the website in big bold letters for people creating new accounts to let them know "DON'T MAKE CHARACTERS WHOSE NAME, LIKENESS, OR STORY VIOLATES TRADEMARK and/or COPYRIGHT LAW AS IT WASTES THE TIME OF OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEER STAFF WHO MUST REMOVE THEM," and maybe add a link to the EULA and a note to please read the section that specifically pertains to that part of the rules. They would be put on notice before even entering the game. Here's a thought: put it as a note on the game launcher so they must see it every time they load the game but before they even get to the log in screen. Surely modifying the code for the launcher would be significantly easier than adding a short, ill-defined blurb in a pop up tooltip. There is absolutely no reason this needs to be notes added to character creation or any other screen in the game, especially when such notes are going to be either short and not well defined, requiring people to go back and read the EULA anyway if they want to understand what constitutes infringements... and if you don't give a properly detailed explanation in your tooltip idea, then I submit that there will STILL be people who will claim ignorance because the note wasn't clear enough... like maybe they understood "Don't make Marvel characters" because they heard about Marvel's lawsuit in the past, but why not a fast food mascot like Ronald McDonald or mascot from their favorite breakfast cereal? And surely movies don't count unless they're superhero movies. Leave the game code alone unless it's to add something of merit like new content, new powers, bug fixes, balancing issues... that sort of thing. This is just nonsense.

I agree with you. I'm saying, it's a determination that can only be made in court by a judge after lawyers for both sides have made their case. It's far better for HC to set rules to prevent it from having to go to court.

I get it. The rules only matter if the Mouse will sue. So you're saying the other rules are meaningless. Gotcha. Carry on.

Correct. It is a matter for a judge to decide. But lawyers can be expensive, and no one wants to have to go to court for other people choosing to disregard the posted rules. Homecoming gets to decide to shoot down whatever they want, whether it be protected parody or homages that strike a little too close to the source material, to ensure that there's no need to have to go to court at all. Instead of warning people at the character creation menu about what not to do, maybe an effort should be made to educate people on what constitutes acceptable homage and where parody crosses the line. I'm sure some people will say that's a bad idea because the moment you draw lines of what is or isn't acceptable, you will have people looking for ways to skirt or exploit it. But why is keeping things vague and putting up warning messages a better solution?

Again, I have to say why stop at the character creator? Because despite the obvious awareness across the internet that people aren't supposed to harass and insult, it does still happen. General chat in particular can become a real cesspool. So no, unless we're going to address ALL of the problematic behaviors of breaking rules in the EULA, then I don't think we need or should have such a warning in the character creator. I agree that some people don't read the EULA... so maybe we need an additional pop up after logging in stating that you should read it and be aware of all the rules within because ignorance of the rules does not permit disregarding them.

I appreciate the Storm/Energy defenders slotted for maximum knockback. Make those mobs run so they're not all over my blaster.

Maybe it would be easy to implement, or maybe it wouldn't. Even if it's easy, I still think it would be a waste of time and effort. We don't need extra reminders not to break rules... but if you are suggesting that we do, then why limit it to just this issue? Why not have a pop up in the chat window when ever someone is about to type something to remind players not harass other players, engage in name-calling, or any of the other behaviors that are prohibited? Are we going to put a reminder in the base builder also in case someone tries to build a faithful recreation of the inside of the Tardis or the Ghostbusters firehouse? Do we need a pop up in the character description screen to remind people to refrain from copyright violations? Yeah, let's put reminders and warnings everywhere. Or we could just leave it in the rules that people are supposed to read and follow, and report violations when they occur... perhaps friendly suggestions from concerned players who believe the offenders might not know, if they want to do so.

Oh, do I have your permission now to disagree? Am I allowed to express an opinion on the matter that differs from your belief that they should do something? It is my opinion that it would be a waste of their time. That is my determination. Deal with it. Whether or not the HC team chooses to act on that, or your opinion that it would be beneficial, is entirely up to them... but I can still state my opinion on the matter without having to listen to you tell me it's not for me to decide anything. None of anything is for any of the player base to decide... so why should anyone bother suggesting anything? But that doesn't stop you, does it? So just go on about stating your wrong opinions and, again, drop it with regard to me having my own opinions.

I would be happy if we could have the ability to recolor in Bright or Dark tones. The rainbow would like get washed out by the recolor, and that's just fine. Snarky could do a nice dark tones in blood red, someone else could do a vibrant Bright green for their plant dom... yellow or orange on a fire dom, etc and so on.

They will be given a cookie? Just kidding. Nothing happens to them beyond getting a form email stating that the matter will be looked into and that the reporting player will not receive any additional information regarding any action possibly taken against the individual that was reported.