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It could be worse...

We could be on the server with you on it

Judgemental much?

Don't bother coming to Union, please. Thanks.

QFT ^ I know I get a lot of use out of 'street clothes' and really wish we had more.

You, sir, just won the Internets.

Science is the origin of all Nictus, though. They're standard Kheldians, warped through scientific experiment to be energy-vampire-things. That's why PBs are Natural; they are natural for the Kheldian race. Nictus are warped offshoots of that. Hence Science.

AMEN!

Loving some of those comments. Backpacks! Thank ****! More NPC parts for us being noted is good. Just... Can't wait for the future! Too much carrot, hehe

Alright, but I think everyone and their dog knows that its still true

Holy-!

Ok, THAT alone is pretty big news! Well freaking done, Devs. Well done indeed!


That said, Michelle could still have done a much better trailer than that. It was a tad lackluster

So you're basically telling me that the way me and peeps on Union RP is wrong, then?

Understandable since the LGTF was fone before Ramiel.
But how else do you justify doing a LGTF with the Alpha slot? By the game time-line (i.e. most recent content) they now know its Hero 1, and are trying to cure him.

Feh, y'know what, t'hell with it. People are just being awkward here and the whole discussion is giving me a headache. But asking for more options is not a bad thing, and saying other people shouldnt have options is just being a jerk for the sake of it.

The thing is, though, the game does have a timeline that has moved on.

A great example is in the Ramiel arc where you have to fight the Honoree. Now, in that mission it is now treated like, yes, Honoree is Hero 1. No, we haven't figured out a cure for it. We're still working on that. And we need him back, ta.

Now, that still can work with the LGTF, despite fighting the Honoree there.
Simple answer? He's temporarily back under Rikti control in the living weapon tug-o-war and you have to fight him to bring him back under VG control. Sure, it doesnt tie in great if other people are doing it at seperate times, but hey, thats a meta-game continous world flaw.

And it sure can work for a lot of peeps on a sever, from an RP view. Union manages it just fine, thanks.

Except thats not what I want of the concept, not without some character development and such. As it is, though, that is the one option forced on me by the meta-game mechanics we have at the moment, and with no other option. Which is pretty lame, frankly, given the ammont of choice we've been given for so long that its become par for the course with CityOf.

Hogwash. The multiple SGs full of RPers on Union and likely Virtue make that arguement totally invalid. Union has followed the timeline until the present day. Stuff like Angus McQueens arcs have to be fudged, because there is no way you can pretend the 2nd Rikti Invasion hasn't happened yet. The Invasion is happening on a day to day basis with Rikti Raids. The Warzone is just that, no longer a crash site. You cannot discard that. The timeline has moved on.

And, much like comic book continuity, the status quo still works. Big AVs are still at large for any number of reasons, such as jailbreaks, interception of PPD couriers, fakes, etc. Requiem, Vanessa DeVore, Baron Zoria and all that will always be out there because thats what Villains do.

It's called Negating Action. The Villains steal the Omega Team time memorial capsule; Heroes retrieve it. Villains set up a cloning lab; Heroes thwart the plan. Yes, that last ones twisted a little from in-game, but it still stands true.

It works, see? It already works. Otherwise the entire Freedom Phalanx would be dead, as would Lord Recluse, from people beating down on them. But they aren't. Why?
Villains beat down the Phalanx and make their escape before heavy Longbow and PPD reinforcements lock them down. Heroes infiltrate Granville just long enough to defeat Recluse and destroy his machines before fleeing to safety.

So, no, it doesn't invalidate the story, not in the slightest.

No it wouldn't. See the above example. Theres an entire world to invade here.
I can easily think of a TF for Praetorian sleeper agents, or those who want to buy into submission to Cole in exchange for power, or just because they want to watch the world that badly.

-Get a call from Marchand stating that the time has come to make a move. While the main Invasion will be fairly obvious, they want you to go around and give them a backdoor option should things go wrong on that front (which we know they do, due to us thwarting them in Apex/TM)
Fight Longbow and Vanguard forces to release captured Praetorian forces, establish a beachead and then hold out long enough for a Portal to be stabilised while holding off attacking Primal forces, before teaming up with reinforcements to make a sally to cause some havoc/destroy something important.

All it takes is a little creativity. Which seems to be lacking in the 'Well+Cole = Ebil lolzors!' story so far...which is a little sad.

No worries. Im not trying to say their nice people Just that not having an option is kinda sad when it builds up so well.

Example; despite not being a Praetorian mechanics wise (he was rolled before GR) my DP/MM Blaster Executioner Morden is a Praetorian Agent linked directly to Mother Mayhem. He's bascially a drugged up cyber-soldier mind-pawn, who hunts down anyone on his hit-list and terminates them. He would side with Cole through thick and thin, because Mothers the one grinding gears in his head wether he likes it or not.
That all takes a horrible disconect when it comes to end game content, sadly, due to the lack of any other option.

Well, if you look at it;

Why do people ask for more villain choices? Why do people play redside? Why do people play Crusaders? Why does City of Villains even exist?

Just because you don't like it doesn't mean other people aren't going to, or aren't going to want to flesh out concepts they have.

And honestly, given the knotted mass that he end-game 'story' is becoming, I'm not sure what the Devs are aiming for anymore. Is Praetoria the Coming Storm? If so, what the hell was all that about the Shivans and Kheldian fuelled star ships? Doesn't that totally negate everything the mysterious letter writer said? Why would that link to the Pillar of Ice and Flame?