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I completely agree. My friend has a "Windows mobile" OS on his phone, and some how got a virus on the stupid thing... Maybe it's just me, but when you need to worry about viruses on your phone, it's about time to just say "screw it" and go get a new phone...

Agreed!

I miss those days...

Yeah, I have my graphic settings all turned up to full on my desktop, and can't believe some of the details I find in the game that I've missed over the years of playing on my previous computer... Everything's so shiny now, I don't think I could go back!

Speaking from the point of view of someone who's tried many many different build setups on his own PB, you're both right. Leaving out Nova and/or Dwarf can hurt a lot, but it's not necessarily going to gimp you leaving them out. At the same time, taking the forms might hurt more than help, as you've got to split your slots between human and form specific powers. Either way you go, how well you do will depend entirely on your build layout, and your personal play style with it.

Personally, I view Peacebringers, and to a slightly lesser extent Warshades,(WS less so, because they can solo much more effectively on average than PBs do) as a whole as the "Jack of all Trades; Master of None" ATs... You can spec them to do all kinds of things, but as said above, you really need to focus into one area to excel, or you just water down how effective your build is.

My Peacebringer currently has two builds. A solo build, and a team build.

My solo build is pure Human, with a lot of emphasis on damage and durability,(yay Light Form for the tougher stuff!) up to and including a few IO sets that boost my damage bonus a bit... I haven't finished the build just yet, but I have a perma 20% boost to damage from set bonuses, at present, which helps quite a bit when solo... For me anyways... Also worked in Acrobatics, so I could have at least some hold protection... As a whole, the build works better on teams, but PBs are always going to be better with others than they are solo.

My team build on the other hand, is in essence a "screw damage, I'm support!" build. I took Nova for some damage,(though it's not fantastic damage, with the way my build is divided up) Glowing Touch along with some powers from the medicine pool for Stimulant and Resuscitate,(so I could heal if needed) the Leadership pool for the team buffs,(not to mention Veng) and Dwarf form so I could tank, whether because the actual tank dropped, or there was no other tank to begin with. Granted, this build sucks at soloing, but that's not what I designed it for... Offers quite a bit to a team that has certain spots that need filling on the fly.



In other news, I always find myself slamming my face into my keyboard when I hear of a Kheldian who doesn't know what Void Stalkers/Hunters/Slayers, Quantums, or Shadow Cyst Crystals are...

Even more so over the Cyst Crystals when I have to explain them to an entire team of 50s, as they're typically a bigger threat to non-Kheldians than they are to Kheldians themselves, as we at least have negative energy resistance...

"Wait guys, there's a Cyst Crystal in that next group!" ~Me

"A Crystal what? Ah who cares, pulling that Malta Gunslinger!" ~Over-confident blaster

*Nictus pour out and attack the over-confident blaster, and the rest of the team rushes in to help*

"Anyone have a purple or a blue?" ~OCB

*Looks around at the carnage, thanking the light that he popped Quantum Flight as soon as he read the word "Pulling"*

"Well then, the team's down, only one thing to do now..." ~Me

*Flys far enough away to lose aggro, then uses the Vet Team recall to teleport the team out of the mob of Nictus and angry Malta then does "/em teabag"*

"Next time I tell you guys to wait..." ~Me

Sorry, I don't really have the inf to give out notable rewards red side at the moment,(I'm supplying much of the inf prize in this contest out of my own pocket...) but I'm hoping I'll be able to host another contest for all you evil doers at a later date.(Hopefully soon! )

Decisions will be made based off of most of those criteria you listed right there. In essence, you'd be more likely to win if you have something original, that looks good, and isn't a complete ripoff of some copyrighted hero from a comic.(i.e. you come dressed up as Batman, don't expect to win)

Color co-ordination will be something we'll look at as well, but it all depends on how color combinations are pulled off. You could have a costume that's red, blue, green, and pink, and still win, if you can do it in a way that doesn't make my eyes bleed to look upon you... (Could swear there was a "Rainbow Man" type costume at the last major costume contest we held, and it didn't look half bad...)

If your character has a good bio, that will be a factor as well, so long as the bio and the costume match.(A bio about a dark semi-evil former demon, running around in a neon pink tutu doesn't really mesh well, does it? )

So in a nutshell, it's not going to be just a "coolest costume wins" thing, we'll be looking at all kinds of subtle details to figure out who will win. So don't worry, we won't end up with a bunch of generic looking costumes winning.