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Originally Posted by Space_Ace

Circle of Thorns are ghosts from thousands of years ago, yet again, I don't see people who have lived long enough to have seen people owned before would be very progressive.

Originally Posted by IanTheM1

I'm thinking movie focusing on the Rikti War (though strong characterization would be a struggle; the trilogy idea is a good one), followed up by a modern-day, slightly more cartoony TV show focusing on a bunch of newbie heroes.

CG would be a strong possibility for both.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go rewatch all of the CoX trailers and keep on dreaming.

Originally Posted by Sigium

This. Memphis Bill has a huge cut-and-paste about it, that I'm far too lazy to look for.

Also, Nova/Dwarf form does NOT constitute being able to universally apply this to all ATs.

Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler

Even better, I've got an ice cream scooper that I could use to build a space elevator and escape madness like this post!

Originally Posted by Sapphire7

First allow me to say that I do not think anything I could write can adequately convey just how thankful I am not only for this game, but also for you, the Developers, and your openness and dedication to the City of Heroes/Villains franchise. I wanted to send you goodies, but I understand you have discouraged that behavior, and so I am relegated to this: mere words.

I appreciate how much you guys listen. You spend a lot of time here on the forums, and endure a lot of abuse from people who have no idea what they're talking about, all in an effort to hear what we are saying. And while we all know how fruitless it is to try to please everybody, it is quite apparent that you do care what we think – which seems common sense as we are your paying customers, but I have infrequently experienced this from other vendors. Not only do you solicit player feedback, you act upon it. You guys have implemented changes based on player input, you try to keep us in the loop as much as possible regarding the thought processes behind the end results, you make yourselves available to the player-base on a scale I have never observed elsewhere. Of course I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, but I want to let it be known just how much your herculean effort is appreciated.

I truly love this game. I've spent hundreds, or perhaps thousands of hours logged in, and when I was (for whatever reason) unable to log in, I've spent additional hours with City-related activities: build planning, forum-reading, art. There are so many reasons I love City; it appeals to many distinct sides of my personality. And that in and of itself is a reason to love this game: There are innumerable ways to have fun, different goals to strive for, distractions to amuse. I feel like the game is a Tweaker's Paradise, though I must admit I may simply be biased. In any case, you have given as much control of as many aspects as possible to the players, and you continue to invent new ways to give us more choices, whether with customization, proliferation, content, or features.

Also a heartfelt “Thanks!” to everyone else who keeps the game running smoothly (or our reasonable approximation thereof). Moderators, customer service, even the admins and office workers (if Paragon Studios has such), everyone involved in keeping the whole thing going. And to all of the subscribers, whether we agree on The Issues or not, because it is our combined support that keeps the servers on; I couldn't do it alone. (Though I'd try!)

Thank you for this game.

Most Sincerely,
Kelly L Creighton, aka @kwsapphire

Originally Posted by Gehnen

Here's my crack at it. Obviously, the AT's need names that are the exact opposite of what they are:

-Heroes-
Tanker-> Banker
Scrapper-> Conscientious Objector
Blaster-> Useful
Defender-> Prosecutor
Controller-> Butler

- Epic Archetypes -
Peacebringer -> EEEVILbringer
Warshade -> Peaceshade

-Villains-
Brute-> Bicycle
Stalker -> Profiler
Corruptor -> Soap
Dominator -> Submisser
Mastermind -> Amateurliver

Epic Villains
Soldier -> Civilian
Widow-> Married Person

Before people go crazy, my main character is a Blaster (my first 50 and still my favorite).

Originally Posted by Vanden

Or are you meant to have the powers and abilities of Nikola Tesla himself*?
*Such a pool would require approximately 29 powers and would obviously be way too poweful.[/SIZE]

Originally Posted by Clouded

I think villains need more choices too.

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

"Sidekick" is a term specifically unique to established heroes and the young heroes they take on. That IS heroic. But what part of "influence" suggests heroism? Unless you want to claim that villains can't be influential, "influence" as a term is non-specific. In fact, "infamy" is outright stupid, because infamy is solely and only reputation, whereas influence is actual, exercisable pull.

To me, the very notion that villains have to have evil-sounding everything is false, and in fact runs directly contrary to the very point of Going Rogue. The expansion's main focus is the moral ambiguity of being meta-human an how the choices we make affect who and what we are, not the things we call ourselves. In fact, they picked a heroine with powers about as "evil" as it gets to turn hero just to drive home that fact.

Maybe it would be inconsistent, but an inconsistency is still superior to a consistently bad policy.

Originally Posted by Vanden

You don't need to look at other lightning APPs, you need to look at other APPs within the same archetype, and these powers do not follow the Tanker and Scrapper pattern, which is:
T1: Support/Control
T1: Support/Control
T2: Ranged Attack
T2: Unique Power (Could be anything; debuff, control, etc.)
T3: Ranged AoE (cone or targeted AoE)

Originally Posted by Umbral

This is the biggest problem as far as I can tell (aside from the whole issue of having said fliers be bigger than the existing examples, which are already hard to believe thanks to how they would clip with existing geometry). The Kheldian form powers accomplish this by granting the character the suite of inherent powers at the same time that the Kheldian form power is taken.

Of course, the solution to this could be just as interesting or could be rather blasè. The powers could be granted as unenhancable inherent powers at the time of acquisition of the designs (re: mish completion). On the other hand, the powers could just as easily be craftable temporary powers themselves that are only usable while within the "vehicle" combat stance. I'd actually find this one to be the more interesting variant because it would actually allow you to "customize" your vehicle by choosing the armaments and having to deal with the ammunition issue by actually having to remake the temps on occasion (which would either mean having to buy the recipes for the armaments themselves from the vehicle dealer or simply getting them automatically memorized when you complete the various missions). You could even go further with this and make the vehicle itself be an inherent with almost no movement capabilities and require a series of other craftable/buyable temp powers that provide all of the other "required" capabilities of the vehicles.

Either way, the biggest issue is still that it begs the question of "why"? If the vehicles were stronger, there would be no reason to run around outside of the vehicle unless you're heading to get (another) one. If they were weaker, after the initial shiny factor wears off, no one would really bother with them beyond getting the badges.