Black_Falcon

Champions 6th edition came out a year ago. I've got it.

I lurked here mostly. I was lured in by TA. Got to know him on a different forum.
For those of you who don't know TA is a good sport, and has a great sense of humor.

I will miss this site too.

Thanks!

I have solo'd my namesake character, Black Falcon up to 30 spending a lot of time in just recently in (oh shoot. Brain fart. whats the zone name?) that college town with 100% magic mobs. I know the name it escapes me now. Levels 25-27 were gleefully spent targeting Firl Bolg bosses (and making pumpkin pie afterwards).

what gets me is I completely missed the First Ward. Its totally new, and I never played there, and now I'm too high a level for it!

So now I don't want to miss a thing...what is fun to do at level 30?

Black Falcon solo build:Brute. Dark Melee, Electric, Flight and Invisibility.
Dark Melee has wonderful area affect attacks, and Lightning Field is a blast. My favorite tactic is to jump into the midst of a group and take on the toughest guy first. The minions are often down before I can even get to them.

Thanks guys. I farmed DA too. Sad to see it go. Wah.

I rebuilt my old character, brought her up to 24, and Dark Astoria is closed. There is a guard at the gate who says, "The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead and the dead keep it."

Search reveals nothing.
Is Astoria no more (like Galaxy city)? Pining for the fiords? A dead parrot?

Is it being reworked for a future release?

I was really hoping to play in there.

Old news? Wah. And here I thought I was all jiggy with it.

Go to Icon and pick new colors for your power set. Pick dark colors, Dark red and entire power set. The system adds in enough black on its own.

The bad guys appear to EXPLODE in bloody pieces.
**** I am still laughing at this. Take a look at some screenshots.

PS. My hero, Blood Magus isn't featured as I don't really like his costume. But the effects steal the show!

Bad Guy goes BOOM:


Before shot:


After shot:


Hellion1


Hellion2


Hellion3 KABOOM!

Captain Scarlet front view, for the curious.

I guess its a little late to tell him he's under arrest...
The Heroine in question, is my own Captain Scarlet.
Brute. Longsword/Energy

Or are the original faces still best?
Place your vote here...or better yet, post a pic of your rare beauty.
In my initial perusal, I see a few that could work, some are passable. I haven't checked out the new supernatural face yet.

Ya know, with any cape working with a High Collar, why not make the high collar a shoulder piece? I think it looks great even without a cape.

BoBo Number 5 had its sound track turned off by You Tube.
Is this on another site?

I know the devs stated they would not make an all female force to prevent the pimp type characters.
But they would consider a force with some females on it, like demons with succubi.

I could see that with three imps of different sorts for the minions, a pair of succubi, and a behemoth type (hulk body type) for the top of the heap . They would all have wings and could fly for a movement power.

I'm trying to think of powers for these guys.
The imps would be fire/fire corruptors.
The Succubi would have whips that act like ninja blade/ninjitsu stalkers without the stealth.
and the Behemoths would be Fire/Fire Brutes.

Hows that for a set of summoned minions?

(though I love the idea of Catgirls the best!)

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Letterman and the Debbies...

I did this one because unlike most of the others that have been posted it was actually short. One mission.

Entry popup: "Is a bank/ Rob it! Duh." punctuation and grammar problems.
Exit popup: "Congrads!..." Is this spelling on purpose?

Debbie Prime dialog: "I broke...A NAIL!..." the pause between "broke" and "a nail" seems unusual, implying that she wasn't sure what she broke, an arm, a chair, no a nail. Also, I've found that you don't need dialog at every 1/4 health for bosses; it's even a bit much on EBs as the dialog tends to scroll right through and you miss most of it. Besides which, you reused a line with Debbie Prime anyway, "I'm so going to tell...". For bosses, I'd generally go with 3 lines of dialog total, but it's up to you.

No info for your custom characters. It's something I always read, so I'm a little disappointed when I don't see it; even though it's only one mission. I know many people never read em.

Ambush at the end is a little tacked on, but I see those all the time and is somewhat appropriate for a bank job.

In general, I liked most of the dialog, and the mission itself. Nothing I've listed is terribly hard to fix, so good job.

-Galth (Might do some more 1 missions tomorrow)

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Thanks for the review. Will fix.
I needed feedback like this.
Thanks!

Demons and clowns. Overdone. try to do something different.
Please list overdone cliches...Maybe we can steer creative minds away from the same old story time and again.

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only the catgirl wouldn't explode at the end.

[/ QUOTE ] why not? now be honest people, how many people here would pay to have an exploding cat-girl power? show of hands!! *raises hand shamelessly* that, or have a group of guys with This Guy as the highest one you can summon

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Exploding catgirls?!!
You bet I'd buy that! It would be da bomb!

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Cannot seem to find the skull mask that the "evil magician" is wearing....where is this mask?

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Its in Details One.

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Letterman and the Debbies. The bank heist.

Its my first test run and I've for 4 stars. Its for the Villains. Just a simple bank robbery. Two Heroes (bosses) are waiting for you.

The heroes are based on a pair of short stories I wrote on the boards before COH even went Beta. Back then we heard about a power set that could summon beings-but we had no clue what could be summoned. Letterman can summon Debbies: Super strong cheerleaders. He could fire electric bolts from his cane. Silly concept, but it was a blast to write.

I have no comments, so I've got no idea what I could do to improve it. small map, quick run.

any feedback you can give me will be great!

I love the Bow Tie I got with the marriage pack.
BUT I can only use it with Jackets?

Why? There a mission uses for a bow tie! Please let it work with tights, and tops with skin, and everything!

And whilst you are at it, please let flared gloves work with jackets.

Thank you, oh great and powerful sexy one.

My New Life on Mercy island.
This is the harness I built in the Zig. Its held together with straps. It wasn’t meant to last longer than my breakout. http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...8/ZigArnor.jpg


I shared a flyer with 12 other “destined ones.” Most of my fellow passengers are just kids. No experience and drunk with the merest taste of power. Not one of them would pose much of a challenge to a hero. I guess that’s why Arachnos dumped us on Mercy island, the garbage heap of Lord Recluse’s empire. In spite of our Destined status, until we prove ourselves, we are the lowest of the low.

They just dropped us off, and flew away. There was no welcoming committee, no orders, no sign up sheet. Arachnos apparently believes the destined ones will forge their own path. An Arbiter is there, he pointed out a witch named Kalinda who had jobs. Yeah, I pulled a job for her. Risked my life for little more than dinner money.

Outside the fortress the city lies in ruins. The lowest caste of the Rogue Isles live here, preyed upon by ruthless gangs. This is the bottom of the heap. The Hellions recognized me, and I got to wipe the streets with them. They were losers in Paragon, and they’re losers here. Seriously, I beat the snot out of 20 of them and all I pulled away was a few dollars. If you want cash, roll the local cops and Longbow agents. They have cash!

Mercy Island view. This is it. Tourist paradise…
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f.../MercyView.jpg
This skull got in my way
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...s08/Skulls.jpg


Oh, and that job I pulled for Kalinda, I took out a traitor, some guy in Wolf Spider armor. The armor was just what I needed to upgrade my battle harness. It looks like a hodgepodge patchwork, but its about twice as powerful.
Composite Arachnos Harness. Yeah, the chick…she digs me.
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Composite.jpg

I ate at an El Super Mexicano (these guys are everywhere!). I teamed up with an Ice babe and some invisible ninja guy. We skinned a few snake men (another job for Kalinda).
At the end of the day, I ended up tossing a guy out of his shack, bolted the door shut, and crashed. Welcome to my new world.

First night. Believe me, after a busy day…this looks welcome.
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...FirstNight.jpg

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The beginning of the end started for me when I entered Brickstown. Bit by bit, the pieces of the Crey puzzle fell into place. Of course the more I realized what was happening, the more of a threat I became to Crey. I did only one wise thing: I dismantled my lab, and moved the crucial pieces to various hidden caches around the city. I didn’t understand that I was being investigated by a legion of agents. I tried to warn the Freedom Phalanx of my conclusions, but without evidence they would hear none of it.

And then it happened. My family was killed. I wore a mask for just this reason. I’ll spare you the trauma, the raw emotion. You’re human, you can understand what this does to a man. I had a good idea who ordered the killings, Statesman had heroes with solid detective skills gather the evidence and present the case. Even then, I think he knew what I was capable of.

When Crey revealed my identity, they did so with impunity. Every villain I ever fought now has an easy target. It was when they got off, innocent of all charges, that I learned a crucial truth about Crey. They weren’t afraid of criminal charges: they could afford the best lawyers. Fines meant nothing, they could always make more money. There was no such thing as a loss of power. No. Crey execs value only one thing-their miserable lives.

Now as a hero, I’m supposed to do the noble thing and suffer in silence. I was told justice would come if I would just be patient. But once found innocent, they can never be retried for the same thing again.

It took me three days to realize what I had to do. I couldn’t remain a hero. Crey was not based in the Rogue Isles for a reason. They were in Paragon because they were above the law. I knew they were building an army, and legally I couldn’t do a thing.

So I let go of everything I held dear. I knew I could never walk freely in this city again. By night I brought justice to the lawyer and the execs who ordered my family’s murder. Then I went back into hiding. Crey probably thought they had seen the last of me. But I was busy. I gathered a list of people who had been victimized by Crey. The company didn’t consider these people threats, they were just people who alone were powerless to challenge a giant. We formed a loose knit group, organized by cells, bound by secrecy, but aware of what Crey was planning. We were the Guardians, standing at the gate. They began to gather crucial information on Crey…some of them even took jobs with the company.

In the meantime, I was busy diverting shipments of missiles from Crey. You read the papers. That part was accurate. I took out one of the homes of the Countess. It was only a fluke that she wasn’t there.
And that part about wiping out all of Brickstown? Nah. These were guided missiles. They had Crey targets. Statesman showing was a surprise, I had hoped for at least another few days, but I warned the Guardians this would happen. We were prepared.

The Zig wasn’t what I had imagined it to be. I intimidated most of the inmates. The biggest surprise was when Arachnos contacted me. This worked out for both the Guardians and me. A new base free from interference, and close to Paragon.

Next: My New Life on Mercy island.

Seeing as how I’m portrayed as a traitor in the papers, this journal will serve as a record of the truth. Yes, I turned my back on my career as a hero. Yes, I embraced villainy.
But. By necessity, not by choice.

With millions of lives at stake, I cannot wait for evidence before I act. I know what Statesman would say. Crey is planning such a heinous act, that I cannot stand aside and let her lawyers delay and obstruct justice until the inevitable…well. I’m getting ahead of myself.

Since you will most likely read this after my death, I will introduce myself. I’m not the man you read about in the papers. I’m not inflamed with rage, or consumed with revenge. My actions have all been rational and set to a plan.

My name is Jonathon Smithe. People called me a prodigy. Anything mechanical I could take apart, and put back together again, and understand how it works. I breezed through school and graduated college at the age of 16. Portal Corp hired me right away. I was fascinated by portal technology. The Corp was interested only as a means of getting from one place to another. I saw an energy source waiting to be utilized. Of course at 16, no one listened to me, and my genius was put to use in simple maintenance. Still, I was able to take things apart and out them back together again. In time I understood the technology as easily as if I had blue prints in front of me.

I applied for research facilities, but was denied. They wanted more maturity. Fine, I worked for a year, saved my generous salary, quit and started my own lab. 6 months later, I had a prototype battle harness and made a living collecting criminal bounties.

I’m really surprised no one ever questioned my battle harness. The super strength it gives me is physically impossible. My harness covers just my hands, arms, shoulders and chest. When I lift a car over my head and hurl it, I have no need for a reinforced spine or leg supports. Other techno heroes require a full battle suit to do the same thing. I guess in a world of mutants and magic, my breakthrough just isn’t all that impressive. Indeed when I first applied, Statesman just took down my information, and handed my hero registration over.

My secret is revealed in a simple attack. I have a rapid fire punch that bleeds black smoke. I utilize the destructive energies of the netherworld to power my harness. A pinprick portal opening provides me with an unlimited power source. The weight I bear is supported by netherworld physics, not by earthly limitations. When Statesman destroyed my harness, he destroyed a treasure trove.

More to come.