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Can this get moved to General Discussion please as it's not a Suggestion? It's a rant.
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Quote:Ghost Widow has that one, including the rare 1000 (I may be exaggerating here ^^) mag Hold proc. in Soul Storm. In fact it's so rare and valuable because the proc. fires 'all of the time'.Originally Posted by Sailboat
If they did have sets, I would fervently hope one was named Purple Triangles of Doom.
A lot of NPCs actually have IO sets and, in one case at least, SOs named after them.
Ghost Widow
Mako
Manticore
Positron
Back Alley Brawler
Serpent Drummer
Dark Watcher
Lady Grey
Scirocco
The rumoured ultra rares that will never make it into the game are as follows:
Swan's Neglige - a Confuse set
Valkyrie's Big Pointy Spear of Doom - a PBAoE set
Castle's Power Negation - a ToHit Debuff set
Statesman's 'I Win' Button - a Global Def/Res set
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This was a great quiz!
39/91 and I kicked myself for missing WW and she of the long, black, animated hair.
Some of them I got because I've only this week run through the arcs that they're in/give out.
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The police commander cursed. Acid, UFoMW and the congressman had vanished.
He looked up. He sighed.
"Send in the Peacebringers."
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High above a group of twenty Peacebringers changed course and headed upwards and outwards towards Acid's ship. They were not intent on attacking something of that scale, in fact it was highly unlikely that they would succeed boarding the craft. The important thing was the congressman.
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Inside the ship, Hell and hysteria combined in one last assault on the congressman's sanity.
For a moment he thought he had detected a shift in reality to that of some strange, cartoon Universe, but it passed. Now he was in the heart of a spaceship.
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Will Captain Apathy be there?!
But seriously, this sound slike fun and I shall eb looking forward to cheery (and cheesy!) stuff from the NV.
Also, I'm kinda serious about Captain Apathy. I love him
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((Just a short bit of fluff that I conjured up out of my brain after the events of this evening. If you want to post your own 'fallout' story, feel free.))
Manny Azeerah, aka Whirling Dervish, walked through the dim dimension-bending cave that led back to Pocket D. She had drunk enough water to sate the inexplicable thirst she felt after the ceremony to revive Drade had finished.
Stray chalk dust was on her fingers and long coat. She smiled to herself.
Sometimes it's the things that are done for show that quiet the mind the most.
Drade hadn't leapt for the vial of blood she'd thrown at him. So he was Drade and not some slavering beast from The Pit.
She passed through the gaudy halls of the nightclub, still clutching her 'prize'. It was a small disc and carved into it were images of mountains. At least that's what she saw. The disc, she couldn't help but feel, had picked her and not the other way around.
At King's Row she hopped on to her trusty motorbike and sidecar, the disc safely in her inside coat pocket. The faithful old machine putt-putted along the streets towards Skyway where she lived in a small apartment in one of the many high-rises.
The others at the ceremony had spoken about putting their 'gifts' somewhere safe and special. Manny thought that there was nowhere more special than behind the clock on the mantelpiece. Who would bother to climb all those stairs to her home? Who would even know?
Sometimes, being a minor entity within the Hero Community was the safest bet.
She placed the disc behind the clock, her hand trailed over a picture to the side. It was a young man, his skin much lighter than Manny's, but there was a resemblance. He was wearing a military beret and smiling.
"Looks like I'll have to keep going a few more years yet. Until someone comes along who can guard this better than I."
Manny got ready for bed and switched the light off in the living room. She glanced at the disc and the photo one last time before lying down.
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Quote:And all that because you don't like RP and enjoy deriding it. Wow.Originally Posted by Mr_Hellcat
Way to respond to my response to someone else that wasn't you as if I was personally attacking you. That always makes me feel awesome. Had I thought for a second that any response in this thread would've been taken seriously unless it was anything other than in support of your righteous indignation, I assure you I would've made a more serious post to begin with.
I'm not sure quite where you're going with this line of thought considering I was quoting someone else and referencing a point made by someone other than yourself.
Incorrect, and herein lies the meat of the issue. You HAD a grievance with the person, but as soon as you petitioned them you officially lost your grievance with them as you put it in the capable hands of NC Soft Community Relations. As such, if anything is done regarding the matter it's solely at the discretion of NC Soft.
Had your post simply been the first paragraph or two inquiring about the rules on the matter instead of a lengthy description of the events, I'd say you were simply looking for clarification. Considering the nature of your original post and your subsequent posts in the thread, I can only conclude that you're not seeking clarification but instead looking for support. Hence why I didn't think you'd take an honest differing opinion seriously and instead opted for the more humorous and fun for me route in posting.
Just because it's in local doesn't mean people can't see it. Depending on the server population at the time and their location in a zone, local can be seen by just as many people as broadcast.
You mention the EULA, so that's a nice segue into responding to your initial post, which I will do below.
Right there is where your post should have ended, with perhaps a slight bit of background information. Say a sentence or two.
In response to your inquiry regarding the stance held by NC Soft on harassment during RP in game, I'd say that there isn't an official or unofficial stance considering Roleplaying is an uncovered byproduct of the service NC Soft provides and as such, NC Soft is not liable. There are, however, rules in the EULA and the Rules of Conduct regarding harassment.
From the EULA:
From the Rules of Conduct:
As you've pointed out, only you are privy to the conversation between the two of you, so we only have your word to go off of regarding the situation and how things were handled. I'll merely point out that powers and emotes are content supplied and supported by NC Soft, while Roleplaying is not. While everyone's fun in this game is subjective to themselves, they were using aspects of the game and you were not, so the situation is quite murky.
A nice afterthought and a good way to try and cover for yourself, but you've already supplied through your post a) a time, b) a server, c) a zone, d) a location in said zone, e) an archetype and f) a situation tied solely to the player in question. While not quite as concrete as giving out the character or global name, it's certainly enough to bring that person to light. Combined with this public thread you made detailing things, I'd say you yourself have risked breaking the EULA and the Rules of Conduct regarding causing "distress and/or unwanted attention" to the other person.
The reason I responded to your post is because it annoyed me. If you don't like RP, that's fine but that wasn't the point of the discussion. Attempting to turn my replies into some kind of 'you have become the person who was haranguing you' are puerile. Oh and very passive aggressive.
This is a discussion board, not a 1-1 conversation board. Therefore anything you, me, or anyone else puts up, is up for discussion. -
Quote:Agreed.Originally Posted by Dante
I can certainly smell something.
OP, I think there have been some fine suggestions in this thread as to how to handle the situation and I don't think there is much more you could have done. As such, unless you get a redname post to clarify what kind of griefing gets the GM's attention (not likely) the thread has served its purpose. I think I'll step away now before it degenerates into random babble.
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Quote:Way to overgeneralise. Good for you.Originally Posted by Mr_Hellcat
Tsk tsk, you know nothing of RP, I see. Allow me to elucidate for you the finer points of the roleplaying mechanism put forth for your and others' benefit in Pocket D and other public places: their characters are all a bunch of horny ***** and ****** who like to have *** and **** each other in public to get off on their exhibitionism, and they're merely "playing their characters". Just like you do when you log into the game.
A difference of opinion. Obviously I am wrong in the face of your logic and must be ashamed. In fact, I'm going to write a piece to the Devs asking them to ban RP from every part of the game, tear down the RP section of the forums and ban accounts of people who put more than just 'My level 50s....' in their character description.Quote:In fact, I put forth that since we're all roleplaying by the sheer fact that we're logging into the game, then the OP disrupted the player with the stone tanker's snowball fight and teleporting demonstration roleplaying session!
Ah so you were there, listening to me chat about stuff? Ah, right. Yes, my ego needs stroking, hence why I posted on here. Silly me, I thought I'd had a grievance before starting this discussion. But it turns out I was totally wrong and being silly.Quote:But srsly, lolRP in this case. By roleplaying in public instead of team or tells or channels, all you're doing is stroking your ego extra hard by MAKING SURE everyone around HAS to see it. *shakes head to self and sighs*
In that case, would you care to list any of the posts on the whole forum that need immediate deletion? I'm sure I'm not the only person who's ever had a bad experience of something and has felt the need to post about it here.Quote:See what I just did there? Ya, I like to stroke my ego, too, but I don't complain about not being able to or about the fact that MY fun might be ruined if someone else doesn't like it.
Broadcast. Not local. And I doubt, under the circumstances, that they were RPing because their two characters were in a relationship. Or had even read the EULA. Of course I wasn't there, so I don't know. I'd hope, under the circumstances, that you reported them.Quote:Try back when you're dealing with two immature males badly roleplaying homosexual sex in the broadcast channel in Atlas Park of a non-traditional roleplay server complete with attempting to line up emotes. -
"Bingo!"
An official-looking cop in a heavy mac punched the air.
"Lock down the area, triangulate the co-ordinates of whatever just tried to teleport those mooks out of there and..."
"Yes, boss?" A small group of PPD with a vanload of tech gear were busy pushing buttons and pulling levers.
"Tell the Psi Corps they can begin making contact. No attacks, not even the slightest attempt at mindreading. Just plain, old-fashioned telepathy. If any of those supers get a whiff that they're about to be shut down one neuron at a time, they'll no doubt have some kind of protection against it and we'll have no choice but to fire. How long until we get full detainment?"
"'bout five minutes, boss."
The police commander nodded.
A moment later another vanload, this time full to bursting with Psi Cops, began sending out the usual 'Stand down. We do not intend to harm you.' messages towards the group around the congressman.
"Where the Hell is 'Psyche when you need her? I thought dat broad hung around here all the time!"
"It is real early, boss."
The commander looked at his subordinate.
"I was thinkin' out loud. Get back to work."
"Yes boss."
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Matron Knowles detected a shift in energy, something tugging at her hindbrain. It wasn't a magical talent that she had, more experience of life in Paragon City. In fact she possessed no magical abilities whatsoever: she got her 'power' from the arcana given to her by the Midnight Squad, wholesale.
She didn't shift from her position within the hospital. The inpatients and Doctor Carson seemed oblivious to the teleportation occurring outside too.
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The body of Widow Frost rolled as it hit the floor for the second time this morning. It was a lifeless husk, forced to suffer further degradation after the soul had been paired from the body.
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Dervish can take either Air or Earth. Thematically that makes sense.
Earth for preference, Air for if it's easier
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Quote:So how would you know their reaction unless you asked? It's the same sort of situation, potentially. Ask them if they could move a bit further away and if their response is rude and they refuse then get a GM involved.Originally Posted by Flarstux
In that other more or less super powers type game, I've seen RPers stand ON a respawn point while RPing. Every time my toon died and respawned, there they were. RPing. I was thinking, can't you guys move over about five feet? But I didn't say anything. You've all seen some form of Frankenstein movie, I'm sure, with the obligatory 'mob chases the monster' scene. That's what would have happened if I'd dared to speak up. They'd have chased me to the nearest windmill and burned it down with me inside. And when I respawned they'd have been there, again, at the respawn point. RPing.
Now, to be fair, if they'd been RPing about some strange location they'd discovered where random people kept suddenly appearing out of thin air, that might actually have been, well, almost kind of cool. Almost.
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Quote:I'm not sure I've ever been somewhere when it gets 'filthy'. I think a definition of the word is needed here. Cybering is somewhat different to roleplay in this situation and I, personally, find it amusing and a little worrying at the same time.Originally Posted by GreenPiranha
Ok I have read this and I have to reply.
To be honest, I do get tired of the groups standing around in Pocket D spamming local chat with all this nonsense cybering, it gets filthy sometimes and my kids are in there playing even making comments like "wow, you can tell school is out".
Why don't the RPers use private chat or some channel.. why MUST they use local in those areas? I'm sorry but its so freaking annoying.. and its like 15 conversations melted into one nonsense stream.
Also I'm not school-age, so whilst your kids may not like RP, I do. That's more a difference of things that people enjoy, rather than some kind of social standard to which people 'must' reach and strive for.
And 'we' (a term I don't want to use as it somehow separates this into an 'us vs them' discussion) don't have to use local. In fact quite a lot of roleplayers don't. However, I've read your post several times and have drawn a personal conclusion: you feel that RP is somehow wrong and should be hidden away from sight of those that don't want to see it. Fair enough, can't argue with your personal preference.
It's very difficult to have a conversation in character with many different people unless all the people involved are in the same global channel or supergroup. As there are lots of different people and groups of people that RP together, not all at the same time and about the same thing, local is as fair a way of chatting as any other. Do you have an objection to people chatting under Atlas? Have you seen some of the obscenities on Broadcast?
And to answer another point raised - I am not talking about other people using the ski chalet to team up for the Winter Event or chatting together (and not RPing). I raised the discussion because of a particular incident of griefing which rankled me. And it was griefing. And it did rankle me. And it was to the point where I couldn't concentrate on the activity I was engaged in, even by turning off the sound.
As Grinning Spade has mentioned, I wanted to know if anything is done about these kind of harrassment cases. I do not want 'Ultimate Banhammer of DOOM' or revenge on said parties involved. I just want to know if it's worth me going to the trouble of petitioning behaviour like that. -
It's a fun piece of software!
My main problem now is that I want to do very complex things and be far too clever for my own good with it. So, I'm resisting...
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Quote:Originally Posted by Kiken
Not even just states. Most large companies have their own share of factionalism and in-fighting over resources. As do universities. And even organisations such as Greenpeace. It's just a sad fact of humanity that, if you put enough of us together, there will be some that will immediately start looking to advance their own position at the expense of others. And that attitude is often encouraged by those at the top, especially in the case of companies.
This is very true.
Rule by committee can also be fraught with such dangers. Especially when elections are entered into 'for the sake of appearances.' -
Thanks to all those who have posted with regards to the actual topic and not attempted to threadjack.
Well I've received the usual response by email, it's just a shame that some people feel the need to disrupt others in that way.
Perhaps I should have known better than to post this discussion in 'General Discussion'. -
Quote:Not always appreciated though. In this case it isn't.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
It's very, very rare that PK posts without his tongue firmly implanted in his cheek. It is recommended to read each of his posts with YOUR tongue firmly implanted in your cheek (not his, that's awkward).
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Quote:Yup, you're right, I should have sent the one and then updated. I guess I was just annoyed at the time.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Clogging up the petition lines.
You should have sent one petition, then updated it as you were getting more harassment. As it is, a GM is going to have to manually link all FOUR of your petitions together, instead of having a single record of the whole event.
Thank you to all of you who have responded sensibly.
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Hello
I found a thread over on General Discussion and decided, after toying around for 5 minutes, to post my attempts at my own 'video' here.
This actually took me 10 minutes after fiddling and waiting for it to render.
Oh and it's my first ever entry onto the forums (past and present) of this kind! Eeep.
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I'd like to know if there's any stance held by the game GMs on harrassment during RP in game.
I'd finished playing as my corruptor (missions etc) and alted to my controller whom I RP with. I went to the ski chalet in Pocket D because, at least on Union, it's a popular place to hang out and chat in character.
One user decided it would be fun to constantly do the throwing snow emote and occasionally spam some powers which was, at the time, a minor distraction but a distraction nonetheless.
I politely asked them to stop as it was distracting me.
I got a response that said, in cruder terms than I'll put here, no.
So I sent a petition (marked under Harrassment) detailing the conversation we'd had (Cut and Paste in the chat window was very useful).
Then I global ignored the user.
Then they alted to a Stone Armour Tank and proceeded to teleport into my vicinity, effectively pushing me out of the ski chalet. The user also did this to a number of other groups of users who were chatting in character.
The user continued to do this so I unignored them (to check the global, hence why I know it's the same user). I asked them politely again to stop but this time got the response 'No, I am RPing'. This led to a silly conversation and repeated teleports to disrupt me and other people.
In that time I sent three separate petitions, detailing the continued aggravation this user was causing me. I reealised after the silly conversation we'd had that the user had effectively 'won' by rankling me. So I logged and decided to channel some of my frustration into this post, which I hope doesn't sound whiny.
I do generally want to know if there is a position on this kind of behaviour in game and if these situations ever lead to a GM intervening and talking to the 'offender'.
I know that it's not policy to inform the petitioner of the outcome and I'm not asking for that.
Also, could this go in a better place on the forum? I just wasn't sure if there was a harrassment/GM questions section.
EDIT: Oh and for those that were there, please remember there is no naming and shaming, however tempting. Nor implications of name and such. I'm not intending to persecute the person who I felt disrupted my enjoyment of the game. -
If you still need Dervish then I can join in.
RL, as ever, has been busy-busy-busy!
Honestly, a two year old, a cat, overprotective parents and a father who has the innate ability to wind everyone up do not a happy, family Christmas make! -
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"Oh, we'll get to him lady. But first, I'd like to know what you know. Why are there super powered humans fighting over the congressman in the parking lot, what was going on in the morgue, and why did you want to do it all in the dark?"
"Firstly I had no idea so many people would be gunning for Congressman Wolfe. I was merely instructed, by my employers, to detain him here. He was scheduled here for an operation: It was a good cover story." She looked around cautiously as she spoke in hushed tones, although the small crowd of inpatients were doing their very best to not look in the direction of the Matron and the mercenaries.
"It was Doctor Carson's and my job to make sure that the Congressman didn't slip back to New York after the operation. He's suspected of having in his possession a very dangerous, magical artefact and using it to further his own career." The Matron was looking exceptionally tired. She kept running her fingers through her wispy hair and blinking.
"Secondly, we'd set up a small base of operations - a handful of magical arcana to hold the artefact in a safe manner until our employers came to handle it. That's what we were doing in the morgue. We didn't realise that one of our own staff was an imposter." She looked out of the window and saw the prone body of the woman in black.
"Is that her? I suppose it must be."
"And thirdly--"
"Thirdly," Doctor Carson emerged from the basement, "I turned the lights off. Once I'd found out that the woman who claimed to be Nurse Celo was, in fact, some deranged lunatic I thought it would be better to cause a distraction and deal with her without the rest of the hospital cottoning on."
He looked like Hell, with his unbuttoned shirt stained with blood. He instructed the nurses who followed from the stairs to take the children back to the ward. Walking over to the group by the door, he pushed up his glasses and straightened his hair.
"I wasn't aware of our other 'visitors'. I have, however, taken the liberty of phoning the PPD."
"And what about... our employers?" Matron Knowles enquired.
"Since Nurse Celo, or whatever her real name is, stole our main means of direct communication with them, that's anyone's guess."
Doctor Carson looked at Balgair, sensing common ground in leadership.
"So, now you know about our involvement, who the Hell are you?!"
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Quote:"HEAR ME GUARDIAN SPIRITS! A woman died today whose pain and grief drove her to madness. I beg you allow her to join her love in the world beyond. I.. I am willing to accept her punishment for the sins committed on the mortal plain! Please let her be with her love!"
Light and dark played above the clouds. As the figure of Dark Lament headed to wherever it was she was headed, trailing black energy and a new hunger for blood, the light energy that had shone on the body of Widow Frost lingered in the air.
The Spirit's cry was not unanswered.
"IT WILL NOT HAPPEN" the voice communicated via the celestial plane. Below, it sounded like a distant rumble of thunder.
"TOO MUCH PAIN AND SUFFERING DID SHE CAUSE. SHE LOST HER WAY. HER POWER HAS BEEN STRIPPED FROM HER. IT NO LONGER PROTECTS HER. SHE IS GONE."
In the distance, lights flashed. But they weren't magical. From the Spirit's viewpoint she could make out beings of energy flying above the clouds. Like the police sirens in the World below, they were holding back but they had no need to disguise who they were.
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Down below, the congressman snarled at Acid.
"How dare you laugh at me! You think I'm just some regular joe? Some politician with only the backing of the CIA and the FBI?! Ha!"
There was no reasoning with these people!
"Don't you hear those sirens? The Police are on their way! They know! Let me go!"
The sirens were getting closer now.
500 yards from the assembled group of heroes, villains and other, SWAT vans approached. Then they reversed another 100 yards. A small squadron of PPD cars and vans drew up behind them. For those that were looking (and could see that far) motorcycles were stationed along with another group of SWAT and PPD vans.
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Some kind of 'Bounty Hunter' style store would be nice.
A place to either purchase or craft items that do special damage to certain mobs:
Vs. Robots
Vs. True Undead
Vs. Fae
Are there any other Vs. types?
So things like EMP gloves, EMP grenades for robots
Holy Shotgun Shells, Holy Water, Silver Bullet Crossbows/Rifles, Ghost Traps for Undead
Banishing Staves and..um.. well, not sure about the Fae as we currently only have the wand thingy from Buck Salinger. But you get the idea.
I was thinking about this in terms of a new AT earlier in the year but, due to the limited number of 'special' damage attacks, it soon turned into a regular AR-style set with not enough stuff in it to make it any different from existing sets. -
Quote:When you mentioned Malta making Longbow tougher, something stirred in the deep recesses of my memory.Originally Posted by Dr_Illuminatis
Um That's the whole Reason MS. Liberty Founded Longbow, which was an offshoot of Her mom's Freedom Corps (Which Miss L, still runs from what I understand). She Started the Longbow Special Division to be more Proactive in it's fight against evil instead of Reactive, which she felt Freedom Corps was being. There is some Merit to the Suggestion though and would make a really Cool TF idea, with the former Miss Liberty being the TF contact and sending you through the mission set to counteract Malta's takeover of Longbow. Would be interesting if during the missions if you were to learn that maybe, this time, Malta might have the right idea to make Longbow a bit more "tough" against it's enemies, and you'd actually get to choose whether to restore Ms. Liberty as the head of Longbow, or choose to back Malta's Choice (Who should also be a Woman). Actually have the Leader of the TF have to make a choice on who to back. Might not work with the way missions are coded into the game, but it would be a neat idea to implement.
It wouldn't effect Ms. Liberty's status as AP's trainer either, since Hero Trainers Don't have a Description Page attached to them, so whether she was still the head of Longbow or not wouldn't be an issue, and would make an interesting Badge reward since you could do the TF again, but could only get 1 of the 2 badges associated with the TF the 1st time you finished it.
Darla Mavis's description (she's in Nerva) mentions that, as Maverick, she was hit by a Longbow Sapper? I may have got that wrong. If I have then it is of no consequence, however if it's 'true' then I wonder what Longbow were doing with sapper rifles... -
I think the problem with the Arbiters is that, unlike their Hero counterparts, they are the administrators and judges of Recluse's territory.
They are supposed to be impartial to the goings on in the Rogue Isles and are not fazed by having to pull apart the big 4 and their factions should the need arise.
Giving them more personality, I think, would take away from the personalities of the contacts (including Recluse and the Patrons and their Lackeys) already in the Rogue Isles. Let's face it, even with the introduction of the newer contacts blueside, redside has far more interesting characters (Doc Buzzsaw, Gregor Thingamybob, Vernon Von Grun, Becky the Tarantula Mistress (yes she's not a contact but she's ACE!) to name but a few) - heck even the Mayhem Brokers have more personality than, say, Christine Lansdale or Linda Summers.
I quite like that the 'trainers' in the Rogue Isles are the grey faces of bureaucracy.
It makes Sands, Daos and Leery stand out all the more for it. Actually, Leery is still pretty bland, he just has an interesting arc. In my humble opinion, of course