Bloodspeaker

What post was the last set of answers on? Backed up quite a bit without seeing it.

No problem, glad I could help.

Mod12 contacted your privates?..

Duodenal?.. Eww...

Heh, I'd thought the same thing. A darker die would be easier to read.

As for an informal name, how 'bout "Dirty Dozenth"

Dodecatron?

My ears are STILL ringing...

My pumpkin-headed plant dom and I were VASTLY disappointed when this was changed.

Having SM: Oppressive Gloom, I find a mob's to hit essentially = zero when they're all stunned. Also slotted with the Absolute Amazement -to hit proc. Adding in Darkest Night, Shadow Fall and Fearsome Stare (mine and Lich), the probability of being hit by an enemy that remains unstunned (EBs, etc) already approaches nil. Someone mentioned the uncertainty of when and where Servant will apply his heal. I submit that the same uncertainty applies to his debuffs.

Generally speaking, I don't need to heal myself that much. My usual tactic is to follow my pets that close to melee, keeping them healed as needed, while the pets that lag behind, attacking from range (Servant and Lich) tend to wind up near each other, thus keeping the Lich healed as needed. Have essentially tanked a great deal this way without issue. The heal simply means that I experience nearly zero downtime between mobs.

If you're going to launch into a diatribe about the "right" way to do things, feel free to save it. I didn't do so with yours, I'm just presenting an alternative.

Grown in the rich, volcanic mountain soil of Colombia, picked at the height of freshness, perfectly roasted, finely ground and expertly brewed!

Oh, and Eddie Izzard ftw!

Such as?.. It's a pretty subjective request, without knowing how old said minor actually is. Day-care, for example, is unlikely. In the 13-21 range, they're legally able to play the game, so it seems logical to engage them in the event right along with the rest of the crazy people.

No they don't; Sprunk Cola does. Unless Coca Cola spends money to advertise the connection, they get nothing other than a dilution of their brand... and they still get some of that.

I did, and I can sum up what I recall as at least 90% of the responses:
1) I can't or don't want to leave my city of residence.
2) I can't or don't want to leave my state of residence.
3) I can't afford it.

Seriously, what would you expect Paragon to do about ANY of these things? Appear in every major city in every state and European country? Pay for everyone's travel and accommodations? Not being sarcastic here, just pragmatic.

Please refrain from overdramatizing this. Two (2) IS a plural number, but they haven't been doing HeroCon every year for the life of the game.

And, let's be honest here. HeroCon is a marketing FAIL for them. Does it entice new players into the game? No. It was directed entirely at the existing player base. It was a great thing, went to both, can't thank them enough. But yes, after some rather glum introspection on my part, I agree with their decision to discontinue it.

Now as to making appearances at various gaming and comic conventions, I couldn't agree more. But getting back to cold, hard economic facts, they're NOT going to appear at all the nice little comic or gaming conventions across the country that have merely a LOCAL draw. GenCon? Good idea. WesterCon, PAX? Sure. Phoenix ComiCon? Hey, we're a big city here, c'mon! Nope, no point. Does it draw from out of state? Heck, out of TOWN? No? Sorry Charlie.

And as for Europe... well, the economic barriers that keep European players from coming HERE work both ways. And again, no sarcasm intended - DOES Europe have any gaming or comic conventions that fit the rather simple criterion of "Bigger than local draw"? None of the three I attended while there (admittedly over a decade ago) seemed to.

The sooner people get over their individual wishful thinking and/or sense of entitlement, the sooner we can all get back to making sincere, well-considered recommendations, rather than all the hair-pulling, teeth-gnashing, sackcloth-and-ash-wearing that's been going on ever since the "no more HeroCon" announcement.

Heh, both of us being occasional Champions RPG players, we follow the whole "reason from effect" process: decide what a power does and what it looks like, and then pick whatever best fits. Particularly easy since I-16, naturally. Folks that use the (blaster) Energy front set to represent water-based attacks have been doing this for a long time, and I'm sure there are other examples.

Yer skrood, DE, she's immune. She's allergic to cats, completely cancels out cute rays.

My own perceptions of the unobtrusiveness of in-game advertising aside, THIS would make me blow my own brains out. THIS would be GROSSLY intrusive, imo.

To be fair, two weeks wouldn't be an unfair expectation. The event is, after all, on the same day every year. The devs work schedules are presumably the same every day. Couldn't be THAT hard to give the server times and locations that far ahead.