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It gives the people who want something to unlock something to do without making it a chore for people who don't care for unlockable content because it's all purely cosmetic and the usefulness is iffy at best, mostly for people who have specific themes in mind. As for it being limited to one character per purchase... some things are apparently as expensive as they are, like the mini characters, specifically to keep them from being too easily attainable because there will be people who just won't appreciate it. And I can tell you, I'm one of those unappreciative people. I think the minis look stupid and I will not hesitate to immediately drop from a team with one, whether I show up and one is already there, one is recruited, or the player has the mini in reserve and turns it on in the middle of a mission. Sorry, no time for your short shenanigans... I've got big people problems to fight, alongside big people. Take your little monstrosities elsewhere. 😝

Some aesthetic observations about the new EBs: 💯 The mummy looks as solid as it acts. I could kind of see a lesser, non-EB mummy (like a lieutenant or just a regular boss) but with a skinnier body and maybe give it the zombie walk... but otherwise it would look just like the big guy. 👻 Spectral werewolf looks cool. It is distinctly different from other ghosts and werewolves because it is both. Green and transparent with ghostly aura makes this EB a distinctive werewolf that I don't think we've seen the likes of in any other medium. 💣 The crone matriarch actually seems pretty boring. From a distance, she looks very much like the other coven regulars, specifically the minions, which can be a bit of a surprise if you weren't targeting her and she suddenly unleashes the storm on you. 💀 Hollow reapers are nightmarish clouds of indistinct darkness with skull and bony hands sticking out. Pretty grim looking, but when they seem to lurch forward suddenly with what I'm guessing is titan weapon attacks, it looks even more nightmarish. Love it. 🧛‍♂️ And the ancient vampire is perfect... very classy in his all-in-black Dracula-esque attire, not like those shirtless weirdos from the 5th Column/Council... and the other Halloween Vampires who look exactly like the 5th Column/Council science vamps. That said, I would actually love to see the Halloween monsters all show up a little bit more outside of Halloween. Maybe now that the ancient vampires have awakened, they might take an interest (for better or worse) in the affairs of the 5th Column and Council due to their vampire members. Would be interesting to see a mission arc where heroes are put on to some Council activity by an ancient vampire contact, giving heroes tips on the villains' activities in exchange for the heroes giving back some info on the Council vampires... and in the last mission, the vampire contact turns on you (and your team) because you know too much. Wolves are territorial and crossing into another pack's territory seems like a go to move for a story, but instead of the Halloween monsters looking for intel on the Council, let's bring out the 5th Column trying to stay relevant. They've learned about the spectral werewolves aren't think that those could give them an edge against the Council, so they've been poking around werewolf burial grounds. The heroes are asked by a concerned citizen who fears what will happen if the 5th Column gain the ability to summon the ghostly werewolves to their side, but it's already too late. Using some arcane relic, they've already begun forcing the ghostwolves to work for them and the heroes will have to put them down... and ultimately retrieve the relic so that the villains can't keep doing this. Of course, the final mission is to deliver the recovered relic to somewhere safe... at which point the heroes will be double-crossed and attacked by werewolves and spectral werewolves alike so that knowledge of their summoning can't be shared around further. I could see the Cabal witches of Croatoa taking an interest in the Coven witches of Halloween, perhaps looking to recruit old blood into their faction to boost their ranks... and it has people in the know around Croatoa worried that an alliance between the Cabal and Coven could become the greatest threat anyone's ever seen (obviously not, but worrying about witches teaming up sounds dramatic). Heroes are sent to investigate a couple meetings, maybe the first one against the Cabal who have stolen some relic from Azuria (because everyone steals from her) that you need to get back, and you find that they were using it to as a bargaining chip to try and bring in some of the Coven members who will be on site for the boss fight. Next mission maybe delving into that underground Croatoa map with the cauldron, and fighting Coven witches to get to the end only to find they've captured a high ranking Cabal member to torture for info because they're not happy with the Cabal's interest in recruiting from the Coven. Ultimate showdown at the end of the arc will be witch vs witch vs heroes free-for-all. Mummies... I don't know, maybe something to do with Circle of Thorns disturbing some ancient burial grounds. You have to stop them, but the dead there don't care if you're villains or heroes trying to stop the villains... so the mummies come in ambushes to wreak a little havoc every now and again. Final fight in the last mission will have multiple mummy EBs rise up from their graves to attack as the heroes attempt to return some cursed object that would ultimately unleash an apocalyptic mummy curse on the city. Hollow reapers are just grim reapers that come out to play at Halloween. But maybe have a solo mission or a short arc about either someone dying or attempting to be resurrected, and the reapers don't want heroic interference in the natural order things in this particular death... so they'll be a fun ambush in the final fight after dealing with whomever else was involved in the mission. I don't know, it's late. Make something up.

She needs a loyal following of vamp girls.

Riktified Hero-1 looks like a zombie.

That is terrifying. Clowns are terrifying.

Thoughts on the Halloween EBs: Spectral Werewolf is an interesting combination. It's a werewolf. It's a ghost. It's both! Makes me wonder why we didn't get other combo monsters. Vampiric Crone - it's a vampire and a witch. Seriously, where are the female vamps in this game?? The mummies are fine without a combo because they're actually new. We have other undead like zombies and such... about time we had something zombie-like that's more powerful. Still, there seems to be no in-between ground on the corporeal undead. Zombie minions and Mummy EBs. Where are the Ghoul lieutenants and Lich bosses? I guess there's vampires, but I've always felt like they more stand apart from the more mindless undead. That's all I've got in my head on this matter... for now.

Influence nerf: time for you all to start paying taxes on all your influence- and infamy-backed transactions. Auction House already takes a cut from sales... I think it's time for Paragon (and Rogue Isles (and also Praetoria)) to start taking a cut for buying anything at stores and vendors and tailors and crafting at the universities. You have to spend more to get the same amount of everything you used to get. Emailing influence to alt characters or friends? Sounds like inheritance tax and gift tax to me. No escape from the political machine!! We just can't define sides other than the system is taking more from the players. All those level 50 alts sitting on huge influence gains without doing anything? Random audits and income tax payments... and if you log in those characters, all services (stores, auction house, base access, hospital rez, public transit, etc) will be denied to the randomly audited character until they pay their income tax bill.

This change is a PVP-farming boon. As in... we can now farm the player comments relating to it, for good or ill, and level up as drama-watchers. We gon' farm ur souls!!

So I just claimed a name and I have no idea what to do with it. So I'm taking costume suggestions for a character named Heebie-Jeebies. AT and powerset suggestions will also be considered. 😎

I know we're smack dab in the middle of Halloween, but I had an Irish itch to scratch... Based on the Irish hero Fionn mac Cumhaill, or Finn McCool: Finna McCool Broad Sword / Shield Scrapper

There is no problem. Hideous was a compliment.

Hideous. I love it.

Trying out the new dominator illusion and I put this together for a character named Suggestive: Celestial aura in purple to match the purple of the Elemental Order gloves to make the glowing crystals even more vibrant. Also made the already glowing eyes glow even more. Face mask is achieved using Cybertech 4 with eyes in black primary and dull blue secondary colors with Streak option on the face to connect them like goggles.

**roleplays in Echo Plaza** "N-n-n-no. You take your filthy RP to Pocket D where it belongs!"

Headstrong Mind Control / Psionic Assault Dominator Not my favorite song by a longshot, but with a name grab like this, how could I not?

The Man-God Street Justice / Invulnerability Brute

I generally avoid it.

Make the transformation seem really trippy by making the tights a solid dark purple (darkest possible), and then switch to this costume when you power up so it looks like the Malaise pattern is part of the energy effect as opposed to just blending with it while your powers are on.

No. I was merely responding to the comment that Echo Plaza is a safe, neutral gathering place for players by pointing out that we had a safe, neutral gathering place already. That does not invalidate any of what you said nor any of the additional observations made by Krimson.

These should be confiscated by the devs and added in the background to the House of Horrors trial for next year.

Just saying... we already had a safe, neutral gathering place.

You mean like Pocket D?

I've been using the cel shading (just for the outline, everything else was set to off) for as long as I've been playing and edited both of my bases often enough without this ever happening before. I'd be curious to know how long this has been occurring with others.

Weird how this only just started for me. But then the last time I made any base edits was early summer.

I do, although I always have and this hasn't happened before. I'm wondering what's changed.