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Quote:The titan moved in place, stepping left and then right, widening its stance. A crunch followed by a second one as meter length spikes were driven into the earth, pinning the machine in place. It raised its arms towards the Priest, each movement bringing a hellish choir of moans, wails and screams from its grisly decorations.Originally Posted by Pious
"I would gladly give you a healing, for that is what I do. Is redemption not what you want? Then it is what you need."
TUNC EGO VADUM EXUO ANIMUS VOBIS SOMES, QUOD EXTRAHO IS UT PROFUNDUS VORAGO OF ABYSSUS!
<Then I shall strip the soul from you body, and drag it to the deepest pit of hell.>
As the machine intoned its threat its arms moved back and forth slightly, as they released and recoiled, again and again.
Thud, thud, thud.
The sound of anti-aircraft fire, not aimed at the Priest but at the skies around him, filling the air with explosions and shrapnel. -
I don't speak latin btw, so what the bot is saying might not be true.
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The news reports follow soon, Missing parents, a school in flames and a robot attacking the suburbs, the robots words are in all the broad casts, but thankfully the footage is not shown on the news.
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((I don't know how close I'm skirting to PG-13 with the next post, so if you're faint of heart, easily offended please do not read the next post.))
((just in case changed the first part of the RP to an off site link, please message if you can't access it and want a copy sent.))
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Quote:No shields with the energy blaster, as for assault rifle it's an assault rifle that can shoot napalm and has a flame thrower, the Arachos soldier one has more realistic attachments.Originally Posted by Omega_Chief
Uh Tech, did you miss the fact we can customise guns to a whole variety of different models now meaning you can have an AR Blaster/Corruptor without having the fraken gun?
As for a Light blaster, what's wrong with recolouring engery blast? -
Hmmm, I may have come up with an interesting event to tie to the Open Season, it all hinges on one thing though... how well known is Bathorys/The courts crest?
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Quote:The genre pretty much demands it, have you never read comic books? Every hero is a special snowflake.Originally Posted by The_Salt
It's possible to RP anything you want. That doesn't mean it's not cringe-inducing if you decide your squid form is actually a radiant eagle made of fire.
I've kind of always hated the fact that so many RPers in CoH need the game to be a total, open sand-box, and extant lore be damned. The setting goes out of its way to give you plenty of space for really neat concepts and fun ideas, and the people who need to step outside of that are almost unanimously people who think the most important thing is being a Unique Snowflake. -
Quote:Some one already covered that when I first posted this discussion.Originally Posted by Omega_Chief
Perhaps, though one thing that we do know is the Midnighter arc happened, ebcause issues after it have added more content based on those arcs having been successful, threfore teh Midnigther arc has by your definition happened, so the inkling of the Lost Rikti connection in addition to the Traditonalists being good guys does indeed seem to be out there now, unless you're saying they'd somehow keep the Lost Cure a secret?
Not to mention, if the arcs are happening at teh same time as each other or one slightly before or after the other, when we have other issues pumping out arcs related it must mean that by your logic the RWZ arcs have happened.
The Midnight club storyline is also something that ongoing in present day CoX time, while it's happened in your characters personal storyline (Their progression to 1-50) it hasn't happened in the games storyline.
Please note the differences between the faultline stuff and the MC/RWZ stuff.
MC/RWZ build up to a big, epic, TF fight, with world changing/saving consequences... and nothing happens. The Rikti still attack with the same strength, the lost are still on the streets and the events are never mentioned again.
Faultline does the same, only things actually happen after it. Fusionette gets more powerful, updates her wardrobe, her boyfriend gets over his father issue enough to start using his powers for the betterment of mankind, Penelope Yin becomes powerful enough to attract Rikti attention, and the attention of the Clockwork King.
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In my own opinion, the games time line, doesn't update storyline by storyline, but in omnibus/volume format.
So rather than this happening, then this, then that. It updates in a block, so the MC and RWZ stuff will be in the same block/episode/volume.
Assuming they add missions/systems that reference these events as past events. -
I wonder how you prove it one way or the other, or is it just a case of "if you have to ask..."
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Quote:Actually...Originally Posted by Omega_Chief
You're kinda forgetting the most key character in the entire arc.
Really how you missed them I'll never know, but here I'll enlighten you;
The Hero, who at the stage in the career this mission unlocks, is only jsut out of the rookie fighting Hellions stage, so if a Rookie hero is treated as knowing these things as a matter of course (Things here being defined as The Traditionalsits being good guys and not Richards, and teh Lost being Humans transforemd into Rikti) it's reasonable to assume the knowledge is not that uncommon.
The Rookie hero doesn't know anything about their being 'Good' Rikti it seems odd to them.Quote:Briefing
Surprisingly, we've managed to glean some information from the computer parts you've recovered. It looks like I've got another rescue operation for you, a very untraditional one at that.
Mission Acceptance
I need you to rescue a Rikti. Yes, you heard me right.
His name's Argot'BurWot, a Rikti Traditionalist being held captive by an opposing Rikti force, the Restructurists. I don't claim to be an expert on Rikti politics, but I do know that Argot has asked for asylum and the Vanguard have agreed to grant it to him. Since you found the intelligence, we thought you'd want to be the one who brought him in.
Rescue Argot'BurWot.
Unnecessary Solicitation
You need to track down the research facility where they are holding Argot'BurWot and rescue him.
Mission Objective(s)
The fact that there is such a thing as a 'good' Rikti seems odd, but if what Montague says is true, Argot'BurWot could hold the key to bringing them down.
* Rescue Argot'BurWot
o Defeat Ci'dion
You're rescued Argot'BurWot.
Also the missions never outright mention that the Lost are being turned into Rikti, instead...
The souvenir saying that it's a Rikti virus, is the only thing in the entire arc that links the Rikti and Lost closer, than the Lost just being henchmen for the Rikti.Quote:Montague Castanella came to you and asked you to rescue Percy Winkley, an adventurous lad who often got in over his head. During his rescue in a Circle of Thorns den, you came across some Lost. Percy told you the Lost were looking for something and the Midnight Squad wanted to know what. This led you to an abandoned office where you found a hole that went deep underground. At the end of that twisting cave, you came to a Rikti research facility and came face to face with Ci'dion, a true Rikti. You learned that the Rikti were attempting to remove magic from the world, thereby eliminating their weakness to it. Something had to be done.
With the help of a Rikti scientist named Argot'BurWot, who was seeking asylum, and the new leader of the Dawn Patrol, a woman named Lady Jane, you and the Midnight Squad began to form a plan. You began gathering the pieces you needed to put together a device that would cure the Lost of the Rikti virus, the Lost Curing Wand.
With the wand in hand, you went to the streets and began returning the Lost to the people they once were. With the Lost cured, the Rikti no longer had any control over them. What will the Rikti do without their Lost running around causing havoc, stealing needed supplies and gathering intelligence for them? What effect will this have on the Rikti army?
Only time will tell.
Again Dawn Patrol are researching the Rikti<->Lost connection.
At no point does any of the text imply your hero knows why this will cure the Lost.
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Ergo in my opinion these events are happening alongside the RWZ stuff, but prior to your character being cleared for the big secret. Perhaps the first inkling your character gets towards the truth behind the Lost's true mutation, but not yet proof. -
Quote:The four people in that arc... One is a head of a mysterious mystic organisation, the other is the leader of the Dawn patrol, a group that has been directly investigating the Lost/Rikti conenction, ones a Rikti and the final is a member of the F.B.S.A and apparently a powerful mystic in her own right.Originally Posted by Omega_Chief
Yet nearly everyone seems to know in thata rc that the Lost and Humans being converted into Rikti, which is Omega elvel clearance, teh ebst selling novel mentioend only indicates the Rikti traditalists are good guys adn that Nemesis started the war, doesn't reveal the Rikti are humans thing.
People who could have Omega Level clearance (given the artifacts Azuria is in charge of, it's possible her clearance is that high), could find it out themselves, or already know it. -
Quote:Because it's happening at the same time, Azuria's text implies that the truth is known, but not known to everyone, so it's still Omega Clearance stuff, and not part of a best selling novel.Originally Posted by Omega_Chief
So how'd Lady Jane get Hero One's blood post RIktifictation then? Y'know, one of the key parts of that there arc.
And there is a differencence between mutal non agression and active aid in curing a plague that converst your people into thiers.
If the Lady Grey TF had been completed then this wouldn't be surprising or interesting, after all Hero 1 would of shed a lot of blood by then.Quote:A Vial of Blood
Lady Jane gives you a vial that she says contains blood from Hero 1. This in and of itself isn't that interesting. The interesting part is that she claims it comes from Hero 1 after he entered the Rikti Portal to stop the first Rikti Invasion. She believes that in the right hands, this blood could contain a cure for the Lost.
Again if the events of the RWZ had finished by this point, it wouldn't be a mystery where they got the blood sample from.Quote:The vial Lady Jane gave you contains some of Hero 1's blood. She claims that the blood comes from Hero 1 after he entered the Rikti Portal. I don't know how she got that, perhaps that's what she was trying to track down in the chest she was after. Who knows?
There's also a data file regarding the research that Dawn Patrol was doing on the Lost.
This might be useful for our new friend Argot'BurWot.
Well done, Character.
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Again this is just my opinion given the major effects having the Omega clearance stuff become common knowledge would have on the world, and given the nature of the Rikti the impact on their attacking strength. -
Quote:No reference to the RWZ events having happened.
I sent that vial of blood we got from Lady Jane over to the Rikti, Argot'BurWot. He said he would have a report about it pretty soon. I asked him to tell me what it was, but he said he would deal with you and with you only.
You up for going to see Argot'BurWot?
No reference to this being after the RWZ stuff, in fact possible indication that it's happening before hand, if he's having to work on our language.Quote:Thank you for coming to see me, Character. I've made a very impressive breakthrough in both my language and my research. I wanted to make sure you were the first to experience me.
I have taken the vial of blood: from Montague. The blood is the cure for the Rikti virus in humans. In new words, I discovered a cure for the Lost.
Recent humans are the only terms affected.
However, Rikti technological barriers still block virus. Magic: once again key. I've been reading local practitioners and one woman's name resonates within me.
I need you to take this to Azuria.
I believe she will be able to find a way over this problem.
Either Azuria hasn't seen the news, or read the book on the peace conference, or this storyline takes place before the RWZ ones.Quote:Ah, it's been some time since I've seen you around these parts, Character. What can I help you with?
A Rikti... on our side... trying to cure the Lost. That's impos... that's interesting. I would keep this knowledge to yourself. Many here would not believe you and if they did, there's no telling what they'd want to do to that... thing.
I will aid you, though, as your name is well regarded here in Atlas. Take this wand. Once infused with the Rikti components, it should do the trick and get past the technology barrier nicely. -
Quote:That would fall under the tropes dealing with cyborgs that don't 'look' human no?Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
^ This.
It's easier to repair a robot than a human. Its that simple.
In the same way that, when it gets too dangerous for the PPD, who do they call? Thats right, Super Heroes. Robotic or not. Scaling response to a situation.
A.K.A it's not murder/manslaughter to blow up the evil, spider women cyborgs (or at least not a whole man slaughter <badum tish>) because they fall under the goon or monster status of henchmen. -
Quote:Plus well the super secret group known as the Midnighters, deal in y'know super secret stuff.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Ar'Got Bur'Wot. That was the name. And yeah, Montague's arc comes in fairly early on. So maybe its at least known that some of the Rikti are ok. In what capacity isnt probably common knowledge. It still fairly obvious that; Majority of Rikti on Earth = Evil.
Since they are the magical illuminate, it makes sense for them to known things that the general public don't.
See the Watchers/Trenchcoat brigade/Section 13/Hogwarts/any example of wizards in the 'real' world fiction that the club draws inspiration from. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
I think a lot of AIs, certainly on the Primal Earth of Paragon (Unsure in Praetoria, less likely) already DO have their own rights. Look at Citadel and Luminary; both AIs, both prominent members of the Phalanx and very much not limited or coming second place in rights or recognition.
And yet we are no penalized at all for the ways in which the robot NPC's die. I mean if they had similar rights to humans, wouldn't we arrest them like we do with humans?
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Issues and when do their events become canon as having happened?
What are peoples views on this?
My personal one, is that story lines/issues do not occur until the devs provide us with stuff that references the events as having happened.
As an example, I class the Faultline storyline as stuff that has happened already, because the characters involved have shown to have grown from their experiences (though yeah Fusionette lol) and moved on in their plot/story/life line during the story lines/TF presented in the RWZ.
I don't however class the RWZ story lines and TF as having happened yet, because the devs have not provided us with anything, that moves those plots onwards. Perhaps issue 18 or 19 will provide more info on how things are going Rikti wise, but if I were to accept that this storyline has occured, then I'd either need a years output from a fudge factory to ignore any Rikti zone attacks or accept one of these two outcomes.
A) The combined forces of Heroes and Villains are simply infective against the Rikti forces, despite disrupting their supply lines, destroying their portals, capturing/killing their generals and other leaders, killing/defeating their elite corrupted hero and establishing a civil war back home... We are simply unable to prevent them from posting a sizable force at locations of interest, and attacking several (sometimes all) zones at once.
B)The peace force either failed, and were destroyed by the warmongers before they could reveal the truth to the Rikti populace, or that the Rikti are complete monsters, who don't care they are killing innocents for no reason, having discovered the truth and carried on regardless.
Of course that is just my own view on the situation, as the big reveal about what the Rikti are, happening on a world wide scale, would be a fairly major world changing event... but hasn't had any visible effects in the game world. -
Does anyone have characters with loved ones that are available for kidnapping and used as treasure in a kinda, survival treasure hunt game?
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Hmmm need to think of away to bring Tomb back into this, since I've suddenly got a lot more free time :P
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The question is Would Tomb really release an unstable virus into the human population, one that is likely to radically mutate and become dangerous, if not fatal, just for money?
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Quote:Well seeing as they are doing well enough to have released an expansion last month... yeah they are.Originally Posted by Nos482
Age of Reckoning...is that even running anymore?
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Luck manipulation would be nice, I could see it working as a Debuff+Buff set.
Steal luck - Enemy target and X yard Aoe - defense, PBAoE +defense
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Tombs usual deck contains a mixture of playing cards, uno cards and pokemon cards.
The rules to Tombs game are complex, for example a Charizard beats a king, but a Queen beats a Charizard.
The highest scoring hand is an ace, and a complete run of pokemon element types. This is called a "Catch 'em all" -
Of course youd require proof
A section of the device opened up, and a long metal cylinder shot out, of course Tomb being Tomb, the cylinder that was shot out with the speed and force of a baseball from a pitching machine, was aimed squarely at Lucards crotch.
Have your lab boys take a look at that, it should prove quite interesting. Catch you later Lizzie dear!
With that said the hologram , would vanish, the device would slowly start to drift backwards, no longer receiving directions from Tombs crew, if left long enough it would hit a wall, strike sparks with its propellers and then buzz around the room like whirring, slicing death.
The cylinder could be unscrewed revealing several plastic tubes containing blood, each marked with a blood group, and each infected with the blood altering virus. Now it could be that Tombs threats were made in earnest, or it could be that Tomb isnt playing with a full deck, or that the full deck she is playing with contains a variety of different cards, from several different games...