Infiltration is clearly very badly broken

[Scarlet Shocker]

I'm talking about the Concealment pool.

 

It seems to be quite effective against most enemies but there is a massive problem with it.

 

Civilian pedestrians wave at me as they walk by! 😱

[The Trouble]

I hate to admit it, but your post title got me. 🤦‍♂️ Trolling level: Expert.

 

If only civvies had that level of perception when rescued in a mission!

[Snarky]

33 minutes ago, Scarlet Shocker said:

I'm talking about the Concealment pool.

 

It seems to be quite effective against most enemies but there is a massive problem with it.

 

Civilian pedestrians wave at me as they walk by! 😱

civilians push granite tanks with rooted out of the way like they are toddlers.  They are very powerful

[Troo]

1 hour ago, Scarlet Shocker said:

massive

 

[BZRKR]

Well yeah. Civilians are the Grownups.

All of us, Heroes and Villains and everything in between, are just children in costumes playing pretend.

 

That's why pedestrians can ignore our powers.

[MTeague]

This is why you Fireball civilians anytime you're on a Mayhem mission. One of your rare options to retaliate!

[Scarlet Shocker]

Don't forget, Praetorian civvies are even worse, they can fell an Incarnate hero with just one well aimed rock

[srmalloy]

On 5/18/2025 at 1:11 PM, Snarky said:

civilians push granite tanks with rooted out of the way like they are toddlers.  They are very powerful

It's a poorly-known fact that all the civilians in Paragon City are retired heroes -- that's why they're able to hold onto their purse forever, jump down from 100' high walkways without harm, and do other things that would normally be possible even for level 50 active heroes.

[bAss_ackwards]

On 5/18/2025 at 12:37 PM, Scarlet Shocker said:

I'm talking about the Concealment pool.

 

It seems to be quite effective against most enemies but there is a massive problem with it.

 

Civilian pedestrians wave at me as they walk by! 😱

They push aside 2-ton mecha heroes as if they were made of cardboard. 😩

[Scarlet Shocker]

1 hour ago, bAss_ackwards said:

They push aside 2-ton mecha heroes as if they were made of cardboard. 😩

 

Civilians: Best cure for Rooted, EVAH!

[Jacke]

1 hour ago, bAss_ackwards said:

They push aside 2-ton mecha heroes as if they were made of cardboard. 😩

 

Maybe they are made of cardboard !?!  Lowest bidder, am I right?  (Just because it's a Nemesis Plot doesn't exclude it could be a Corporate Plot!  As well....)  😺

 

 

[bAss_ackwards]

1 minute ago, Jacke said:

 

Maybe they are made of cardboard !?!  Lowest bidder, am I right?  (Just because it's a Nemesis Plot doesn't exclude it could be a Corporate Plot!  As well....)  😺

 

 

"All this Influence and all I could afford was a cardboard mech." 🤖

[merrypessimist]

3 hours ago, bAss_ackwards said:

"All this Influence and all I could afford was a cardboard mech." 🤖

 

Just think how environmentally conscious you are though.

[Skyhawke]

'Til you run up against a water Blaster/Corrupter/Defender.  🤜💦

[High_Beam]

1 hour ago, Skyhawke said:

'Til you run up against a water Blaster/Corrupter/Defender.  🤜💦

That is a tale right out of a PULP magazine!

[Rishidian]

And have you tried to kick a cardboard box out of the way?  Or even a trash can?

 

I makes me think we are in an alternate dimension where we have the ability to interact with this reality, but only 5%.  Enough to be seen, but powerless being effortlessly pushed aside by a random pedestrian, waving at us and mumbling some platitude,

[Go0gleplex]

They're all part of yet another Nemesis plot! 

[srmalloy]

12 hours ago, bAss_ackwards said:

They push aside 2-ton mecha heroes as if they were made of cardboard. 😩

They're also virtually blind, in that they will walk blithely up to a villain that is actively being pounded on by a hero, and only when they're within a couple of feet of the villain will they realize the 'danger' that they're in, cower, and run away.