American_Valor

Originally Posted by enderbean

Wow. Long time no see. Welcome back.

Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood

That amuses me even more than the IO thing. Sure Stone tanks are awesome, but it rarely makes a difference.

Originally Posted by Fury Flechette

A couple of nights ago, I congratulated a relatively new player (6 month vet) on her very first level 50. While she started a number of different alts, her Rad/Rad defender was the one she fell in love with and played almost exclusively for the last couple of months.

Up to that point, she had done most of the hero side TFs but had yet to try the three of the more popular end game TFs: the Statesman TF, the Imperius TF and the Lady Grey TF. She was eager to try them out, since they represented completely new and unexplored content for her.

Upon reaching 50, some of the comments she made were rather interesting (paraphrasing): "Yay, level 50 at last. Now all I need start farming so I can afford all those IOs." You see, she was under the impression that you had to have IOs to even attempt the end game TFs, and that her mostly SO build would be inadequate.

I tried to tell her otherwise, but she commented that she had seen other Rad defenders and they seem to heal faster, take less damage and have their key debuffs up faster. She remained convinced that a TF team leader would take one look at her character info, see the karma -knockback IO as her only set bonus and kick her off the team. Understand that the player in question also played World of Warcraft for a couple of years and apparently such gear discrimination is a lot more common in that game.

I even told her I'd be happy to start up any TF she wanted, invite good and friendly players and would gladly take her Rad defender. She demurred stating that she'd feel terrible if she "dragged down" the team, and that she'd only join once she was convinced that she could pull her own weight.

So today, she contacted me and asked me how to farm with her new level 50 and asked me for tips on how to leverage the market to get influence quickly. She told me that she had started an electric/shield scrapper, not because she enjoyed playing scrappers, but because they were good farmers. Somehow, this left me a little sad.

Originally Posted by BlueHeeler

Best wishes to everyone from Liberty and COH this holiday season!

Originally Posted by Steele_Magnolia

The Helen/Helsinger arc I wrote Dec 04-Feb 05 in Whitmoore Apartments.

A little cowriting I did (and a great deal of reading as a fan) with American_Valor for Tales of the Council.

Starting Paragon University with Citizen_Stu, writing Winter Kills.

The big blow-out arc and final fight with Citizen_Stu and American Valor for Simon-Says, Kid Valor, and Jack Stryker.

So many, many good memories and most of them as a fan reading my fellow writers' work.

Originally Posted by Steele_Magnolia

Friendly opponents, no verbal abuse or insults. Just competitive fun and "good shot, you got me!" type stuff.