ArcticFahx

My response is a resounding "meh".

My SG doesn't really use it much, but we have a TS already, and we have used it before.

Also, as regards this supposed "alt+tab crash", I've only *ever* had that happen when alt+tabbing on a load screen, and it's usually just a D/C, not a full crash.

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positron already said corrs will get storm...meaning empathy is out.

[/ QUOTE ]Who said it would be *corruptors* getting empathy?

Thugs/empath MM ftw!

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Just wondering if this indicates a change in business model from NCSoft. After all, its a low cost pay upgrade with a small amount of content. Im wondering if this is a sign of things to come?

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It better not be. To Be honest, 2nd pay for microexpansion I see NCSoft for CoX and even though I love COX, I'll have to start thinking about canceling and I been here 45 months and never thought I would cancel CoX.

Seriously, even the greedy SOE has never thought about charging for just a few costume parts and emotes.

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Yup, instead they charged more than NCSoft is charging for this pack, for expansion packs that did things like increase the level cap, and if you didn't buy them, you were left in the dust. Shame on NCSoft for providing an option for some nice cosmetic things that you don't have to buy to remain competitive, and providing our Issues, which are roughly the same in content as, say, an EQ Expansion Pack. [/sarcasm]

One thing that might be nice is a way to buy this as a gift, since the store apparently doesn't support that directly. I mean, if anything screamed gift that would be in the store, this does.

Okay, I've read about how good TP Foe is for pulling, but how about Wormhole? I realize it's AoE, but is the AoE small enough that it can pick up only one or two, and is the disorient long enough for the team to blow the living **** out of the villains you pull in it?

I ask because my main is getting close to getting it. And I like the idea of an AoE disorient. Or teleporting them to the energy blaster

LR (Doing a spoken-word rendition, Shatner-esque): "I get knocked down. But I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down. I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down."
Mako and GW: *leave where they left him* Let us never speak of this again.

You're right. There are more theme songs.

For when I finally get CoV and make a stalker: Invisible Man by Queen

Star Urchin, my Science Spines/Regen scrapper (got her powers from an experiment gone wrong): Weird Science (I love that movie, and the song.)

Can't think of the others.

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How come you go on two missions but use the same door?

[/ QUOTE ]Criminal elements move swiftly to take these abandoned warehouses over after they've been cleared out of their previous occupants.


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Actually, what bugs me is that I go to a dingy first floor apt in a bad part of town (more like a motel than an apt really), enter the door and find myself in a very spacious and modern multi-story buisiness office -- one that by no stretch of the imagination could ever have fit into the physical confines of the building, much less the single room flat, I just entered....

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Where are all the rp groups???!
I have yet to run into anyone rp'ing to be honest!

[/ QUOTE ]Virtue

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Who brings you to the hospital when you are killed?

[/ QUOTE ]Emergency medical teleportation device given to all heroes, developed by Portal Corp. after the massive number of hero deaths during the Rikti wars. (actual in-game explanation, paraphrased)
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Why do the contacts never move? I mean come on, they have to stink by now!

[/ QUOTE ]Same time you wash your costume, they bathe and do that stuff. 9 AM - 11 PM our time, roughly 1 day Paragon City time, IIRC.
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Why do criminals carry around so many enhancements for things they dont use?

[/ QUOTE ]Enhancements represent refinement of your powers through use, and I can explain away the TOs. Haven't gotten to the level where mobs will drop DOs yet.
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How come you go on two missions but use the same door?

[/ QUOTE ]Criminal elements move swiftly to take these abandoned warehouses over after they've been cleared out of their previous occupants.
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What exactly are those pink force fields between cities....further-more...why are they sooooo...pink?

[/ QUOTE ](from official material, again) War walls, developed from Rikti technology, that are employed by Paragon City to divide the worse sections of the city from the better ones. They are complete impassable as far as is known. As for why they're pink? Statesman's favorite color is pink, everyone knows that.
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How come I can run faster when I get a better vid card!? lol...

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Anyway...not really wondering or worried about these things, just tossed them in for fun and laughs. The servers are great to the eye, and fun to play within.

[/ QUOTE ]Of course. Why do you think we're all so hopelessly addicted?

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If you are looking for a scrappy rp scrapper, or brainy Controller...please look up Grim Iron or Dr Sanction!

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Oy... It's the word limit that constantly keeps me from submitting anything. Every time I think "I'll just make this a short peice." It takes on a life of it's own...

*Shrugs* Oh well...

[/ QUOTE ]I know that one. I've got a background story for a character in a one-shot DnD campaign that is 2 pages on college bound looseleaf.

((Thanks . Unfortunately, I won't get any play time in today, as I picked up some extra hours at work this morning. So, no new journal entries yet.))

Today I reached security level 15. I have learned how to "teleport." It's really a fascinating process. I open a wormhole in front of me, then simply allow its gravity to pull me in and spit me out seconds later nearly 100 yards away. I've seen some heros teleporting even faster, but this is definitely much faster than running everywhere.

I've now been fighting a couple of new groups instead of Vazilok recently. The clockwork, whose appearances are deadly deceiving, and the Council. I've researched the history of this paramilitary organization, and its somewhat intriguing. The Council was once known as the 5th column, an arm of the German Army back in World War 2. They used subversive tactics to attempt to overthrow the US government, although they seem to have become a bit more open in their methods of late. They seem to have a serum that has similar effects to the Superadine that the Trolls use, however it doesn't seem to turn them bestial, but rather to subvert their will to that of their superiors. They will be far tougher enemies to fight due to their organization, far better than that of the Trolls and Outcasts in old Eastgate.

Note to self: Keep better track of updating your journal, Theodore.

((OOC: I know people have been reading this. Please do review.))

You have made an excellent choice, my friend. Virtue seems to have the most rpers, which has lead to it being dubbed the unofficial RP server.

which is good as official rp servers are always filled with griefers and "rp nazis"

I've met a new type of Vazilok. The Embalmed. They are suicide bombers, without the suicide part. The Vazilok "scientists" considered them flawed creations, and therefore rig them to explode when they approach anything that isn't Vazilok. I discovered this the hard way. While engaging in a battle with the Vazilok, one of my teammates was severely injured, and out of the range of the defenders healing ability. I didn't know how at the time, but I managed to pull him back. I do this by creating a wormhole, through which I "pull" the other hero. Apparently, I can also gain a lot of currency through this new power, as I see other heroes with this ability "taxiing" their fellow heroes about.

((I had planned on having an update on the continuing adventures of Quantum Ted, but unfortunately, my cohupdater.exe and cityofheroes.exe are both corrupted, so I'm re-downloading them overnight tonight.))

From the research and personal journals of Dr. Theodore Vero.

4/2/2005 - research entry
Gravity. One of the four fundamental forces of the universe. People think it's so strong, and sometimes I don't blame them. I mean, Gravity reaches for thousands of light-years. It forms the galaxies, and can even manipulate light. But it's actually the weakest. Electromagnetism seems weak, until you go down to a junkyard and watch it defy gravity. The nuclear weak force, the one that aids radioactive decay, is between elctromagnetism and gravity in terms of strength. It has a limited range, but it can also defy gravity. Some scientists theorize that electromagnetism and the weak force are aspects of the same force, dubbed electroweak. It makes sense. Just last century, electricity and magnetism were believed to be seperate. Finally, the nuclear strong force. The only force strong enough to defy electromagnetism. Without it, we'd cease to be. It has a range that is barely a range at all. And thankfully, no hero or villain has been able to manipulate that force. It would be too much power for any one person to have, and they'd be absolutely unstoppable.

That's why I'm here, at the supercollider. I'm studying the forces. To be specific, I'm studying gravity. Searching for the existence of gravitrons. I just need to activate the shielding, start up the supercollider, and I'll finally find them. Years of research boil down to this one moment. I'll either find them or I won't. But either way, science will benefit.

4/4/2005 - mixed entry
I'm in the hospital... why? Oh right, the explosion. A safety malfunctioned, one of the electromagnets failed for a brief seconds, maybe the shields dropped. I don't know what caused it. I'm absolutely parched though. And the water's on the opposite side of the bed.

What? The glass is hovering over to me. It seems that there was more to that explosion than met the eye. It seems I've gained the ability to manipulate gravity. I'll have to experiment with this some more.

4/5/2005 - personal entry
I've discovered a new power after being released from the hospital. I was ambushed by a group of Skulls on the way home, but instead of running, I wanted to stay and fight. I nearly took them all out, but unfortunately, one of their lieutenants, the ones they call "Fallen" was nearby. I saw my life flash before my eyes, but before the killing shot was delivered, a strange green sphere formed itself around, and the bullets simply bounce off of it. I try to use my powers to throw the Fallen against the ground, but I find that they are also blocked by this sphere. Tommorow I'll have to go sign up for my superhero license.

4/6/2005 - personal entry
I have my license now, and the people at the registration office pointed me to the hot zone, where an apparantly rikti-made drug is being used by street thugs to give themselves superpowers. I agree to go there. The police there are doing as good a job as they can, under the circumstances, and I feel this great rush when I arrest my first bad guy. If this is what being a hero is like, I'm glad that supercollider malfunctioned. Tommorow I begin patrolling Atlas Park. Apparently, I'll be dealing with the Vahzilok for the most part.

4/9/2005 - mixed entry
The Vahzilok are extremely misguided. They are apparantly attempting to use science to extend the human lifespan and improve upon the species, yet all they've acheived so far are what some people term "zombies". From what I've seen of them in battle, the term is somewhat accurate. They shamble, they have the most unpleasant odor, and, if one isn't careful, they can rise up from being "destroyed". I've begun to foil some of their schemes, but not all of them. And as a result of exercising my powers, I've gained more ways to use them. I can now hold a foe in place, completely helpless, by warping and twisting the gravity around him, and I can aid a teammate by giving them a forcefield similar to my own, except this one is one way. Unfortunately, I seem to be incapable of creating that one around myself. I still have yet to figure out exactly how I manipulate gravity like this, but I shall in due time.

10/18/2005 - mixed entry
I've taken some time off from heroing to find out exactly how my powers work. I am closer to figuring it out, but I still can't quite fit that last piece in. I have, however, found out what happened to cause the explosion. The supercollider is near the area known as "The Hollows". Apparently, an Outcast bombing of a Troll base nearby caused a brown out, which caused the particles to hit the sides, causing an explosion. I also found out that the explosion injured my research partner, badly. He was released from the hospital yesterday, and will be stuck in a wheelchair the rest of his life. The Outcast and Trolls will pay for this. I'll make sure of it.

10/20/2005 - personal entry
I need to plan better. These outcast and trolls are nothing like the Vahzilok. They plan. All of them plan. I was beaten by a group that I would have been able to take if I'd planned ahead, or brought an ally. I write this as I return to The Hollows, and seek out a party. I have also gained another ability. I discovered it fighting a group of Outcast, when I "threw" a nearby oxygen tank at one of them. I actually manipulated the gravity around it to make it fly at high speeds towards the gang member, but I think referring to it as "throwing" will be easier from now on.

10/24/2005 - personal entry
I have defeated a pair of Outcast gang bosses. Electric Eel, and Bedrock. I also gained the ability to immobilize many foes at once, protecting me from having to engage in fisticuffs.

10/26/2005 - I prevented an Outcast raid on a Troll base, that could have had similar effects to the one that gave me my powers. I also helped a fellow hero take down Frostfire, who apparently rules the Outcasts in The Hollows. I gained a new forcefield to put around my allies. This one gives them protection from elements.

10/27/2005 - personal entry
It seems that Frostfire managed to escape from jail. Looks like I'll be taking it to him in his new base.

10/28/2005 - personal entry
Frostfire is in jail, this time for good, as far as I know. I feel that I've avenged my research partner, and I'll go back to fighting the Vahzilok, whose creations have gotten more powerful. Hopefully, I'll be able to get some of them to reform.