Bloodspeaker

Yes, something like this, though I don't remember specifics. Been far too long since I've actually read any comics.

- Don't use walk in a mission.

Trust me, I've had plenty of identical issues with "following" NPCs, whether they were mission escorts or the pets of my (numerous) Masterminds. I just don't see how walking (as it stands now) is in any way superior to jogging (sans sprint and it's ilk) a short distance, and waiting for the NPC in question to catch up, or going back to coax them away from a stuck path. If someone gets attacked and defeated while walking through a mission... *shrugs* I laugh. Seriously. The same way I do when a Tank has a bit of a lapse and charges into a mob with all of their toggles off. Why would you do EITHER on purpose, if it leaves you defenseless?

All that being said, while we're on the subject of logic, to me the ideal solution would be:

- Remove the pointless power restriction from Walk.

I don't have any idea why the power is any different from a really, REALLY slow version of Sprint, i.e. a simple movement modification power. I'm sure someone will come along and try to explain how game-breaking it would be to be able to use all our other abilities (barring perhaps other travel powers) while walking. They're certainly welcome to... and I will laugh at them, as well.

I've never been 100% sure if I should blame NPC (including pets) AI, or if it was more an issue with map geometry. Seriously, when an escort gets stuck on a 4" high cargo pallet, it seems less like "too dumb to walk around" and more like "ahhh, my shoelace is caught!"

Agree that it's a tad daft to walk through a mission. If you know you could be attacked, why leave yourself vulnerable? A mez preventing you from turning it off it kinda irrelevant if the mob has alpha'd you while your trying to respond... and besides, if you're mezzed, what are you going to do even if you CAN turn off walk? Stand there and... still be mezzed?..

Would the defense set be Wheelchair Defense?..

Unless the character concept is someone with super powerful screams. But yes, I can see, err... hear this both ways.

Frankly, I'd like ALL of the electrical attacks in the game to sound... I don't know... electrical, maybe. As opposed to the squeaky, static-y noise most of them make currently. The big reason I don't play Electrical Blast, Electrical Assault or Electrical Melee, generally speaking, though there have been a (very) few exceptions. Powers like Lightning Rod and most of the Mu Mastery stuff are fine, very lightning/thunder sounding. Everything else could really do with a makeover toward more "arcing electricity" stuff.

Hmmm, trying to figure out where Microsoft Solitaire fits into the scheme.

Still, great news is great!

Does take a painter to express why a painting is poor, on a technical level, as opposed to their discussion basically boiling down to "I don't like it". Likewise, a non-carpenter can obviously see that a wall is crooked, but a carpenter can tell me why, as well as the problems it creates, and how to fix it. And these are exactly the kinds of thoughts many critics pretend they are qualified to voice.
Though he still can't tell my why, exactly, it tastes good or bad. Too much salt? Not enough garlic? Oh... "bad"... very informative, thanks.

Yet at the same time, I've seen a great many movie reviews put forth by people who don't even seem to have even watched the film. *shrugs* Maybe THAT'S what most of them are doing wrong...

Also doesn't help that most critics (of anything) seem incapable of presenting an objective opinion.

Probably why he's one of the few I pay any attention to.

No, it's like asking a food critic to cook.

I tried to get over myself once. Fell on my head and ended up with a concussion. Never doing THAT again...

Simple philosophical guidance for me: "Those who can't do, criticize."

When a movie critic actually MAKES A MOVIE, I'll consider lending a measure of credence to that individual's opinion.

"Velcome to Norvay, Mister Amerika..."

Like my necro/dark, who was soloing GMs well prior to Incarnate stuff. Gets one of the recharge intensive sets on the front set, a lot of -regen on the back, and a lot of -to hit throughout. Still, a melee-heavy MM isn't for everyone.

And they've even said (in a ustream chat) that they haven't given up on the MA, so that one doesn't QUITE count... yet. Base builders like myself used to be told the same thing about that, too...
As much as I hate to say it, I've forced myself to be content to wait for the time when (not if) things like this jump up and bite them in the face. Things like Kheldian issues. Things like Mastermind (ANOTHER premium AT...) bugs. Things like becoming VIP to start an SG, and then finding all the long-standing base building bugs. And that's just my SHORT short list.

It's going to happen. I'm not going to say we told them so, even though we have been. I'm not going to be gratified to see them eating crow... with egg on their faces. I've just come to accept the fact that it's the only way they're going to learn. They'll either rise to the challenge... or they won't.

Yes, I was referring to the version of Sunless Mire on the Dwarf form. They may call it something else, but my only WS is a human-form build, so I don't recall if it's named differently.

If you have Mass Confusion, you get LOTS of pets...

For a WS, might work to add a taunt component to Sunless Mire, with a duration equal to the other effects. Gives some aggro management, without overshadowing Tankers.

Some folks are somehow equating "everyone can get it, now" with "the people who earned it by being vets are no longer special".