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I'm in!

Tormented Lotus - level 23 Ninjas/Pain MM

I remember being in a bowling alley in the early 80's and my uncle playing Pong (yes people used to pay to play Pong on an arcade machine) and saying "Wouldn't it be great if you could play this at home?"

And a year or so later, we could.

Sorry I missed the TF, but thanks a lot for the SF. Was good times.

At first I was a bit ticked because I was about to switch to it, now that Halloween is over, but then I couldn't stop laughing. So I'm either going to keep my bat a bit longer, and then reupload my iArwen avatar Phantom made for me.

Also, it was Picasa. A pox on Photobucket!

Wow, I had no idea this was so controversial. I came looking for a thread as to why I can no longer see which of my posts were repped and my comments, and found this. I guess I'm in the minority because I like seeing my comments. You see, I come from Justice, and we're a lot that's known for being a bit off. I had some really funny comments stored that I'd go back and read just to get a chuckle. And now they're gone.

Can we please at least have the option to see them or not? Having them universally off is just as disappointing to some people has having them universally on is to others.

I liked the instanced raid zone. I hope this tech continues to be used, and I think it's a great alternative to a future Hami update.

The new badges have great artwork! I also really like the purchasable /throwsnowflakes emote.

While I appreciate you guys making some things more difficult, I think this is a bit over the top for a holiday event. Like Abraxxus said, it's too much like the hero encounter of Reichsman. It also seems to take an incredible amount of people to have an encounter run smoothly. My second attempt at it consisted of two full teams and a half team, and we couldn't beat him. That is way more than should be needed for a holiday event. I am also concerned about how low level characters would fare, especially low level Scrappers and Tankers as that foot stomp is nasty. It also doesn't help that he has the super annoying ability to detoggle you and has a mag 1000 hold.

Further complicating the encounter is this:


My screen did this every time Lord Winter phased. I noticed it was worse when flying, which made finding the invading Winter Guard more difficult than it should be. If, however, this is WIA, could we please get ambush text for the Winter Guard so they're easier to find?

Another issue I had with the raid encounter is that after my first run, I was granted Holiday Spirit again, after having received it at log in. I had used the one I received at log in as soon as I got it, and I got another one when I got the Lady of Winter badge.

I also have to agree that the art and the naming are too close to what we've already seen.

I greatly dislike the removal of the candy cane reward option at the end of the Father Time mission. This puts a real damper on a soloer's ability to collect them.

The advanced ski slope has a major glitch in the portal section of the slope. When you emerge from the other side, you are turned the wrong way and the camera is zoomed into first person.

Granted, and now your bathtub is full of ducks.

I wish Going Rogue gives us more character slots per server.

I'm in:

Star Siren, level 49 Sonic/EM Blaster

Acid Raine, level 50 Rad/Rad Corruptor

So, I finally got my pictures uploaded.

I've also discovered that Picasa is a lot better than Flickr, and am currently switching everything over there.

At HeroCon, the devs stated that they prefer to give us "new" content rather than revamp old content. However, I argue that revamps are new content. Let's take a look at Faultline. As it was, no one used it and no one even went there unless it was to badge hunt or to do the one sweeper mission that sent you there. Now there are well-written story arcs, the underground tunnels, the back end is opened up, and the front end looks like it's been repaired. If that isn't new content, I don't know what is.

I would love to see Boomtown get the same treatment (5th Column zone please), as well as Dark Astoria, Perez Park, and the Shadow Shard. It would be great if content we already have was actually used before brand new stuff was added.

In addition to this, I would really like to see an alternative to the Safeguard mission. I would like to see a pro-active mission that would send heroes into the Rogue Isles, with destructible environments, side missions, etc. Safeguard missions as they are are boring as all get out. Mayhem missions, on the other hand, are incredibly fun. It would be nice to see something that awesome for heroes, too. I know that there has long been the dichotomous thinking by the devs that heroes are reactive and villains are proactive, but I think there is room for both on either side. Perhaps even add an alternate to the Mayhem mission that keeps the villain in the Rogue Isles, stopping the invading heroes. There is already precedent in game for something similar, as Longbow has that base in Nerva. Other hero groups, like Legacy Chain, also have a presence.

I would like to have NPCs in our base. Perhaps a receptionist that would be an access point to a revised mail system that lets you mail items and influence/infamy. But as it is now, bases are too quiet.

Great screen shot Golden!

It just goes to show that not all villains wear red and black.

Happy Birthday Gnome!