Techbot Alpha

/Signed
It would be nice if, tied in with MM customisation in the 'Soon' future, if we got a few more options like this.

Give Bots inherent fly, if only because those jets are so cool

There was a coiling, twisting bend in the air. There was a distinctly strange feeling, before, with a blink, two figures were stood near the group. One was slim and fairly tall, clad in gleaming white armour with a sky blue inlay. Pure, white pinions spread from her back, and as she walked towards the group the air seemed to clear a little. Even the rain didn't seem to land on her. Her face was covered by a white hood that seemed far, far deeper than it should do, with two glimmering starlights in its depths.

The figure who followed towered over the other. Scorched black armour with a red inlay that shifted and writhed in unsettling ways, a blood red hood covering his face. The depths seethed like the armour, two patches of even darker darkness glaring out from the deeps. The pinions on his back werte scorched, charred and ruined and, over all, silver chains that shone faintly were wrapped and bound all around his torso and arms.
It was very clear out of the pair who was the angel, and who was the fallen.

"Tor vaneth amorta," the smaller figure said in a soft, feminine voice, bowing her head as the two came to stand beside the group. "I am Arkeela and this," she motioned at the titan beside her, who merely rumbled, "Is Xariel. I apologise in advance for anything he says that is too...blunt. And worry not, he can do you no harm."
The twin starlights glimmered as she looked around the group.
"We're here to help."

Hey...D_R...
Vanguard movie-trailer-esque video? =P Just had a few ideas crop up looking over this thread.
Y'know, this is what I love most about the game. The backstory and canon. So many gems in it.

An endurance balance, especially at lower-mid levels should be done soon, IMO. There is a definite range, mostly 14-19 where endurance consumption on pretty much every set and AT becomes pretty much crippling except on teams. AND thats with acc and end slotting, etc, before people ask.

OT...I just want the mutant pack to include some decent animal faces. NOT Monster heads, animal faces. Something you can realistically use heroside without looking like a red-side reject. Whatever silly prejudices Jay has...

Night Hunters good to go for the group name? Thats the one thing we need to get right first go, since that's the only thing we can't edit at all.
Afterall, demons/ghosts and supernaturals are all usually associated with the Night...so what they literally hunt IS the Night? =P

Well, ranks have got to mean something. That was just an example, and some reasoning behind the rank names. SWAT was the only equivelant I could think of. e.g the most experienced members, etc will, by default of being around the longest and earning the most prestige, will have been fighting for the longest...ergo.

And this is very baseline for me, Pious. If you want deep, I can do better

AE seems to have twin Katanas and twin swords, as well as the (worse looking imo) dual blades.

Wish we got the other options for VG weapons. The traditional VG DB look rather pants, I think. Im not saying everyone hates them, just some options would be nice.

MA hits like a run-away freight train, but at lower levels its rather endurance heavy.

Psi/psi blasters are great, simply because the damage type is so un-resisted and very heavy hitting. Squishy as all blasters are, but rather damaging.

Regen is pretty good for a first scrapper set, mainly for a better version of Stamina at level 4 (Quick Recovery). That eliminates endurance problems pretty well, and its less management heavy than some of the others.

My first hero was and still is an Invul/EM tanker. He levelled slow, but only cos I'm a raging altaholic. Nowadays he is, literally, invulnerable, and this is without finishing the slotting for Psi res I'm giving him. Tough and Weave + Invul is something wicked.

Hnn...Inquisitor sounds too religious/Warhammer based, maybe that's just me...
Some reasonings;

1. Associate - The newest members, those who have not proved their worth or who only work alongside the group occasionally.

2. Tracker - The go-to members, who hunt down the supernatural wherever it lurks. The high-ups point, they track, trap and terminate.

3. Seeker - Specialist and elite Trackers. Seekers dont just track marked targets, they hunt down anything that registers on the list of targets, mostly under their own volition.

4. Judicator - The 'SWAT' of the group, the heavy hitters and trusted exterminators. The beings of the night and darkness know to fear these individuals.

5. Enlightened - The 'officers', those who have not only faced but understand the true nature of the Darkness, and are still standing. Where they walk, shadows retreat in fear.

6. Illuminated - The Illuminated is not so much the 'master' as the elected leader of the Enlightened, the spokesperson of the group. They bear the metaphorical light of the group, that burns away the Darkness and stands out as an example.

Warden rank sounds good, and replace Newcomer with Associate...that way its a tad more flexible.

Other than that, I say I think we're ready to get this show on the road, the SG name is starting to grow on me

I'm going to break the mould a bit and say /Shield Defense.
I built a Vanguard Colonel with Sword/Shield heroside. Despite it only being lethal damage for the most part, the -def is nice to keep things going.
And the main reason; Shield Charge. Rikti don't like shield charge, and drones especially hate it.

I've not tried it, but Elec/Shield, with Lightning Rod AND Shield Charge, would be particularly nasty.