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  1. Autonomous Prime
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Like that's hard to do. Actually, I DON'T want to see up super heroines' skirts, but the game doesn't really allow me, especially if that skirt is on one of my own super heroines. Put up a skirt, fly. Welcome to upskirt city.

    I DO want to know what happens to City Hall's floor, though. Right now, the "fake reflection" works on all graphics settings, but come Going Rogue, what will happen to it? Undoubtedly we'd have a REAL reflection as a variant, but will that override the old reflection? Won't two City Halls AND a reflected City Hall just lag the place too much?
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    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    I DON'T want to see up super heroines' skirts
    ...why not?
  2. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker View Post
    Ok just a quick one but are we going to get multiple pistol options?

    And if yes, can we please have a Mauser C96 option?

    PLEASE!

    Thankyou In Advance.
    I just hope we get color tintable versions of the rest of the pistol options. Gold-plated Uzis, anyone?
  3. Autonomous Prime

    Underwater?

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    Originally Posted by Ironik View Post
    Just give everyone a temp power. I would say "skin-tight force field." There is even a handy visual to base it on: the "force fields-as-spacesuits" of Star Trek the animated series. The crew had belts which surrounded them with a force field. It was a cheap way to do the animation, but it existed in science fiction before that.

    http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/5...efarthests.jpg
    Good god! The force fields are misaligned! Kirk and Spock are mere millimeters from exposure to the freezing vaccuum of space!
  4. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Well, if you were the neg-rep in a world of pos-reps, that'd probably stand out, but since so many of us have our rep turned off and so many others get negative rep for stupid things (like daring to so much as mention Champions Online), it's a lot less meaningful than it ought to be. These days I see people with negative reputation not as negative posters but as some unlucky underdog who stumbled into a bad situation, since that's how that usually happens.
    And inversely, there are some people with a lot of green rep that make me wonder how they got it all.
    UPDATE: And apparently one of them just neg-repped me. Should've predicted that. Oh, even better. They get additional neg-repping power. I went from +6 to -9.
  5. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker View Post
    "Six at Once" - log off in a bus stop
    Okay, I don't get it. Could someone explain this?
  6. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by Energyman View Post
    But I think our best bet is new sets all together such as the demon summoning.
    I just hope they allow for the possibility of future Power Customization letting us personalize some Demon Summoning henchmen as cyberdemons that shoot the rocket missiles.







    And maybe an ability that leaves the enemy trapped and unable to kill.
  7. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano View Post
    Hmm...

    Would the Freakshow think that Praetoria is like the most awesome dimension ever?

    I mean they can smash stuff up and be hailed as heroes, infact the Resistance would actively encouraged the bringing down of Cole's monuments. I could see the Resistance actively hiring the Freakshow for a bit of urban deconstruction. Come for the pay, stay for the carnage!
    t3h fr33k5h0w iz n0t j00r p3r50n4l 4rmy.
    Seriously, man. It would NOT end well.
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    Originally Posted by Eisenzahn View Post
    I'm really hoping that both sides are presented as being as morally ambiguous as I imagine, and that the the decision making process that influences which side your character ends up on won't be a bunch of simple "Do you help the lost little kid find his mom or MURDER HIM AND EAT HIS TENDER FLESH MUAHAHAHAH" kind of crap. I'm hoping for some decision trees where you won't know until after you choose which side you just pushed yourself towards. But with some way to recover standing with the other faction before the final decision has to be made, if you've really got your heart set on one side.
    I will support any idea that could put all those "He killed all the villains in his home dimension and came to Primal Earth cuz he was bored, but he's a hero, honest" characters in the Rogue Isles where they belong.
  8. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by Captain_Photon View Post
    Ugh, no, see, that just falls into the equally irritating "turns out there are no heroes, Man is an animal, society is a veneer stretched over the law of the jungle" trap. That kind of thing is just as validly explorable, philosophically speaking, but also just as out of place in the simple world of the superhero.

    Seriously, I'm just tired of all the postmodern self-examination in today's pop culture. It's why I love Atomic Robo so much. Those guys still get it: Nazis are bad, punch them in their face, the end.
    Indeed. A comic book universe should be a world to escape TO, not FROM.
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    Underwater?

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    Originally Posted by RosaQuartz View Post
    You've been shooting Superadine.
    That's something that bothers me about the drug. If overdosing on it mutates someone and gives them heightened regeneration and/or nigh-invulnerability, how do the Trolls take Superadine?
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    OPERATIVE IAGO WANTED FOR SELLING INFORMATION TO ARACHNOSYou knew Operative Iago didn't have any scruples, but selling secrets to Arachnos? How could even a villain sink so low?

    -or-

    KIDNAPPED SCIENTISTS WERE APPARENTLY MIND CONTROLLED BY LOST TO WORK ON LOST
    Mind control? You didn't even know the Lost could do that! You'd better get those scientists out of there, quick!

    -or-

    THE PORTAL TECH WAS STOLEN BY A CELL OF THE FREAKSHOW THAT BLAMES SOCIETY
    A cell of the Freakshow that blames society? You might just know which one they're talking about, and where they're hiding the portal tech.
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    Underwater?

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    Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler View Post
    I'm going to kill everyone's pony and say that as long as I am on this project, it will never happen. They will have to replace me with a gibbering idiot to get the okay to move forward with animation and VFX needed to support 'underwater' zones.

    And then it will take years and ultimately look stupid.

    P.S. Aquaman is lame!
    Thank God, I was getting sick of this argument. Even if I was right.
  12. Autonomous Prime

    Underwater?

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    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    A smoke grenade in air creates a rapidly-expanding, rising cloud of smoke. An ink-grenade in water creates a slower-moving blotch of ink which expands via omni-directional tendrils and tends to float in place, slowly sinking over time.
    People don't get violently knocked back when hit with a rifle round, Polonium Irradiation would actually be quite unhealthy, and if Impervium were indeed the hardest metal in the known universe, it would in actuality be quite brittle. What's your point?
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    Originally Posted by Liz Bathory View Post
    I like this ALOT! But I would change the temp power to a breathing apparatus/diving gear. Like the jetpack. Sell it.. and / or make it a recipe we can buy and make.
    Also, we shouldn't have to spend influence to survive underwater. We don't have to spend money to NOT get cancer when we trudge about in Crey's Folly, Bloody Bay or Siren's Call.
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    Originally Posted by Captain_Photon View Post
    She's a Claws Scrapper, so presumably Focus.
    Wrong. Mynx would use Hair Ball.
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    Glowie Emotes

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    Lady Jane already does it! ...not sure why she was carrying that bat, though.
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    Underwater?

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    Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
    I have to admit the more and more I read Sam's point of view, the more I agree with everything he's saying about the problems with how the powers would work underwater.
    I'll take this point by point.
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    Take Hurricane and Tornado for example. If they did work underwater wouldn't they pull things towards them instead of pushing them away because if used underwater they'd be creating whirlpools?
    Just spin the OTHER way.
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    How do you throw a grenade? Caltrops?
    Simple. Use the ones you designed for underwater combat(for instance replacing smoke grenades with ink grenades). Same for any other technical equipment or weapons you use.
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    Wouldn't someone entrapped in a block of ice float to the surface?
    Use Heavy Water for your ice powers.
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    Wouldn't fire imps get suffocated (put out) underwater?
    Augment them with underwater flares. And other fire abilities still give off a lot of heat.
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    The list goes on and on.
    Alright. Control plants of the sea instead of bringing down land-based greenery, put your chemical doses in pouches, use an underwater microphone(go with a high-end model), train in a swimming pool before using your martial arts or weapon prowess in a real aquatic battle.
    As for the problem of breathing underwater...
    I'm Batman. I can breathe in space.
  16. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by Lazarus View Post
    It makes much more sense to be a Dom specific set as they already have had Electric Assault for a while now. If Controllers get to keep Illusion all to themselves while taking our Plant set then it's only fair that we get a new set to keep to ourselves.
    Of course, you do realize that if they do that, they'll later make it so pet attacks build Domination...just in time for the next round of Powerset Proliferation. After all, we need something to pair Storm Summoning with other than Ice Control.
  17. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    That reminds me of a huge continuity gap with regard to the Praetorians:

    The Primal Earth Phalanx and Vindicators all are from Primal Earth; but, many of their Praetorian counterparts each have their own 'World.'

    Wha?

    If Portal tech is something they just discovered in Praetoria, then how did Tyrant hook up with all these goatee-counterparts from various dimensions?
    Didn't the Praetorian Infernal come from an alternate world where demon-binding is common the same way our Infernal did? And if so...what does that say about a certain part of our Infernal's backstory, being that he is NOT native to Primal Earth?
  18. Autonomous Prime
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    pulling Eochai into the drones until Jack in Irons spawns
    You should keep in mind that this method would deprive you of the Reward Merits that multiple Eochais would drop. If you have a good debuffer or two on the team, I'd suggest killing the Eochais yourselves. Though I will admit that Iron Warrior is the kind of badge title that is extremely difficult to wait for.
  19. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by Aura_Familia View Post
    ??? so I'm confused what the concern is? Isn't there a system in place called Oroborous?
    Also equally confused as to the OP as the devs already stated there will be high level content in GR.
    Click the underlined things in my post. They'll link to more information about the badges.
  20. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by Qurios View Post
    Why not just roll a new toon?
    Because oddly enough, there's a lot of people who don't want their character to lose one-time-only-and-that's-it badges like Pursuer/Elusive or the whoa-that's-a-lot-of-work badges like Field Crafter.
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    Why are people interpreting "Will content in Going Rogue be capped at level 40?" as "Will there be a level bump beyond 50?"
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    When City of Heroes was first released, the highest level a hero could be was 40. With the release of Issue 1, the level cap was raised to 50, and consequently accompanied by new zones. In the release of City of Villains for Issue 6, the initial level cap was again 40, and wasn't raised to 50 until Issue 7. Will Going Rogue follow this weird 'tradition'? If so, will level 50 characters be unable to do anything in Praetoria, or does Ouroboros patrol alternate timelines as well?

    UPDATE: Since some people apparently aren't paying attention, I will note I am NOT asking for a level bump beyond 50.
  23. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by Solicio View Post
    My Night Widow always roleplays dragging the bodies away so that they won't be discovered. She'd never be so careless or sloppy as to leave a body lying around so that a patrol could come along and trip over it...

    So if you add a taunt to defeated enemies, at least give us the option of "moving" those enemies so that they don't draw attention, or so that you can group bodies for certain powers. Warshades would enjoy that option.
    City of Heroes: Tactical Espionage Action. FUND IT.
  24. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by AkuTenshiiZero View Post
    "What was that noise?"

    !

    "Snake? Snnnaaaaaaaaaaaake!"
    ...we need a stealth power that consists of hiding under a cardboard box.
  25. Autonomous Prime
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    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    The problem is that it's a badge for Heroes that has a title that's taken for a horrible and evil book that helped in the murder of thousands and thousands of people, mostly women.

    It's not a religous objection - it's a moral one.



    Wanna go with the "moral objection" route? Let's dance.Not to mention the Corrupter, Predator, Mercenary, Trigger Man, Hired Gun, Hit-Man, Arms Dealer, Bonecrusher, Hellspawned, Hangman, Inmate, Imprisoned, Jailed and Apocalyptic badges! Every single badge title with even a HINT of moral ambiguity should be removed from heroside! Even the ones that sound really cool!

    I somehow doubt that's what you want. Plus, the witch hunts you refer to were indeed a very regrettable part of human history, but they occurred about 3 or 4 CENTURIES ago.