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  1. CaptainFoamerang
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nemo_Utopian View Post
    Fought?he was using the stuff for a while.
    "There is no such thing as chaos magic."

  2. CaptainFoamerang
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Egos_Shadow View Post
    More obvious than One More Day? No More Mutants is just the same press of the reset button, for pretty much the same reasons. If you want to have stories where mutants are a rare and persecuted minority, you can't exactly have a massive, growing population of mutants out there forcing the world to deal with their existence. It undermines the Perpetual Now that the mainstream comic universes seem to enjoy.

    Also, if you think mutants are allegories for various subculture groups, it has a wonderful scent of unintentional dark, dark irony.
    Note "one of the most."

    Also, I can respect more what Morrison was trying to do with X-Men by having more mutants crop over the globe. I mean, it's firmly cemented in X-Men lore that mutants are the successors to humanity and more people will start manifesting powers. Actually bringing an element of that into the universe rather than have it as some far off future/alternate reality event was getting old, as was the oppression of a minority theme. X-comics were simply too stagnant.
  3. CaptainFoamerang
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LunarKnight View Post
    So, I referenced this above, but here's what happened.

    Someone at Marvel said, "everything's gotta be realistic!" Dragons can't talk, that's silly. They can only communicate through telepathy. That's more realistic.

    Eventually this hit Wanda. "Bad luck, how could a power give other people bad luck?" So, someone got stuck trying to come up with a more realistic interpretation of her power. What they decided was that she was actually altering history, unconsciously altering time so that a guy forgot to clean his gun this morning and it jams up or creating an alternate universe where he didn't tie his shoes causing him to trip. Someone took this and ran full on with the alters reality until the interpretation was used to the extreme of Disassembled and House of M.

    But, hey? At least its more realistic.
    And she warped it so that Doctor Strange realized there was no such thing as chaos magic, even though he's probably had like dozens of adventures where he fought against someone wielding chaos magic?

    >.>
  4. CaptainFoamerang
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Westley View Post
    Yup. As much power as Franklin Richards. They are both reality warpers.... arguably the strongest mutant power of all.
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the whole Disassembled thing way beyond what Wanda was shown to be capable of before? As in she used to just make someone trip on their own feet or make a gun misfire? I'm not much of an Avengers reader (more of a JLA guy) so I don't know for certain, but I believe that was one of the main criticisms against the story.

    Also, that it was one of the most obvious and inelegant ways of undoing the previous writer's work in the industry that decade. Ahem.
  5. CaptainFoamerang
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Starsman View Post
    After loosing everyone in his planet he spent a huge time in solitude. Note also that he was just another martian (from what I have read on him) not a superior.
    Note that he spent time in solitude, and didn't try to kill everyone.

    Quote:
    Superman was a baby, not enough attachment to Krypton other than desires to discover his roots.
    And yet he still managed to lose more in the explosion of Krypton than Hal Jordan did in the destruction of Coast City.

    Quote:
    Hal, though... there you got a guy that had "the strongest weapon in the universe" and on top acknowledged by most as "the best green lantern". It's harder to take loss when you are standing in such a high pedestal, it would be impossible to accept you don't have the power to bring them all back. That was the thought process in the issue I remember reading, the point where he snapped and just attempted to amass all the power of the entire corps for himself.
    Well, the fact that you could beat him to death with a U-turn sign should have humbled him enough to know that he couldn't do anything he wanted without consequence.

    The thing is that I could probably name at least 20 superheroes off the top of my head that have lost more than Hal Jordan and yet did not go genocidal. It just doesn't make sense.
  6. CaptainFoamerang
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Starsman View Post
    Because he went through that so many times before to be able to say that.
    That's the risk you take when you agree to wear the green.

    I mean, John Stewart failed to stop the destruction of the entire planet but you don't see him trying to murder everyone.

    J'onn J'onnz, Starfire, and Superman all lost their homeworlds but you don't see them trying to wipe out existence.
  7. CaptainFoamerang
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LunarKnight View Post
    ... his city and no one he cared about. Clearly such grief would drive someone to murder everyone they DO care about.
    Exactly.

    Like how Batman went genocidal after the earthquake in Gotham.

    Or Nightwing beat all of his friends senseless after Bludhaven got nuked.

    Or when Green Arrow wiped out a universal police force after a series of bombs devastated Star City.

    Or when Pariah tried to rewrite history when he failed to prevent the obliteration of eleventy billion universes.
  8. CaptainFoamerang
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Antigonus View Post
    There was no need for the Parallax reveal at all. It was clumsy and unnecessary, and ultimately made no sense in the overall context. The story of Hal Jordans fall and redemption was actually pretty good, even if parts of it were not well written. I for one would have much prefered for the character to have kept that blemish. A character that faulters but manages to redeem himself is far more interesting to read than one that is just perfect. This is particularly true of a character like Hal that is known for his arrogance.
    Totally unlike Hal suddenly wanting to destroy all of existence because he couldn't prevent the destruction of his city.
  9. CaptainFoamerang
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by catsi563 View Post
    while i never hated the paralax villian. i did hate the retcon they used to explain it. to me it really cheapened the Hal Jordan character to an unforgivable extreme.

    Now understand I am a huge Kyle Rayner fanboi, and was grateful that he took over as the Green lantern.

    but i also appreciated what Hal had done for the grene lanter over the years, and I thought his fall was incredible. a person based on sheer willpower whose will finally broke upon the death of all that was precious to him.

    and then he had a brilliant and final redemption as the spectre.

    and then they ruin it all with a copout. oh it wasnt his fault it was the drugs, booze, evil yellow fear inducing parasite etcetc.
    Well Hal Jordan went from good to evil faster than Mannequin Skywalker so yeah...
  10. CaptainFoamerang
    Heh, someone has a hate-on for Johns.
  11. CaptainFoamerang

    New Rig Question

    POST-ACTION

    The motherboard is really the component that's going to be the backbone of your rig. Its capabilities will determine your options as far as essentially every other component goes.

    And are you looking to use more than one video card in the future through SLi? If not, you will probably be able to find a cheaper version of the motherboard with fewer PCI-E slots. Three of them seems a tad overboard if you don't plan to actually use them.
  12. CaptainFoamerang

    New Rig Question

    POST-ACTION

    You could try going to the NewEgg forums and asking around too. There's all sorts of guides for price ranges and background on components and such there.
  13. CaptainFoamerang

    New Rig Question

    POST-ACTION

    I wouldn't suggest Alienware. You'll end up overpaying.

    I remember when I decided to get a gaming PC I initially thought that Alienware was the way to go, but after I did research on the components and added up what it would take to get a good gaming rig, I compared the sum with an equivalent rig from Alienware and I was pretty shocked.

    I was relatively patient in that I went to NewEgg and waited for the prices on my selected components to go down. In the end, I saved about $1,000 (total cost vs an equivalent rig by Alienware) by building the rig myself and waiting for price drops.

    Since I did all that research and such about a year ago, my advice may be outdated, but there's guys on here like FatherXmas who keep up on that stuff and have PC build guides for various price ranges.

    *EDIT*

    Oh, and try to be patient and wait for Black Friday deals. Try to get the most bang for your buck!
  14. CaptainFoamerang
    You should be able to pick a compressed air can for about $5 at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, or an office supply store.

    Just make sure to look for ones that are moisture-free.
  15. CaptainFoamerang
    Well, I logged in this afternoon and tried fiddling with the in-game graphics settings in an attempt to isolate the setting that's causing such a massive drop in FPS.

    I tried turning each option that opens up when the advanced graphics setting is enabled down to their lowest setting individually and the problem persisted.

    It was only when I disabled advanced graphics and set the general graphics down to Minimum that the lag spike didn't occur when AE objects/characters were animated.

    Fortunately, it doesn't require me to restart the game whenever I make this big shift in graphics settings. But I do hope that the devs insert an option into the game that allows the user to set AE object/character animations to default to on or off in case this becomes an issue for more people.
  16. CaptainFoamerang
    Tracked down the CoH Helper and Hijackthis downloads and here's my info:

    ---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---

    DxDiag gathered at November 4, 2009 23:54 (-07:00)
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    System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
    System Model: GA-MA790GP-DS4H
    BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
    Central Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
    Memory: 4094MB
    .Net Memory Report: 2322MB out of 4093MB available
    Page File: 6465MB (1942MB currently in use)
    C Drive: (WDC WD6400AAKS-00A7B0 ATA Device) 323799MB out of 610477MB (53%) free
    D Drive: (TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223Q ATA Device) zero-size drive
    Windows directory location: C:\Windows
    DirectX: DirectX 10
    DirectX Diag version: 6.00.6001.18000 (64-bit version)

    Display Notes: No problems found.
    Sound Notes: No problems found.

    No problems found.
    Input Notes: No problems found.

    Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
    Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
    Video Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
    Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x9440)
    Video Memory: 2297 MB
    Driver Version: 8.14.0010.0697
    Driver Date: 8/13/2009 6:49:38 PM
    Driver Language: English

    Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
    Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
    Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5657
    Driver Date: 7/3/2008 2:03:48 AM

    Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
    Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
    Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5657
    Driver Date: 7/3/2008 2:03:48 AM


    WMI Information
    Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
    Motherboard Model: (empty)
    Motherboard Product: GA-MA790GP-DS4H
    Motherboard Version: x.x
    BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
    BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
    BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
    BIOS Release: 20080718000000.000000+000

    Registry Information for Current User
    Resolution: 1680x1050
    3D Resolution: 1680x1050 (Not using renderscale)
    Full Screen: Yes
    Maximized: No
    Screen Position: 380, 17
    Refresh Rate: 60Hz
    Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes

    Physics Quality: High
    Maximum Particles: 50000
    Max Particle Fill? 10.000
    Physics Card Enabled: No

    Anti-aliasing: None
    Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
    Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
    Water Effects: High Quality
    Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
    Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
    Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
    Shader Detail: High

    World Texture Level: Very High
    Character Texture Level: Very High
    World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
    Entity Detail Level: 2.000
    Shadows Enabled: Yes
    Gamma Correction: 1.000
    Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
    Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
    Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
    Close Suppression Range: 3.000
    Show Advertisements: Yes

    Audio Mode: Performance
    3D Audio: No
    FX Sound Volume: 0.145
    Music Sound Volume: 0.020

    Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
    Overall Graphics Quality: 1.000
    Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
    Save Login Username: Yes
    Transfer Rate: 588315 bytes/second
    Current Game Version: 1600.20091015.6T
    Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes

    Mod files in the Data directory
    No modifications found



    Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
    Scan saved at 11:56:34 PM, on 11/4/2009
    Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906)
    MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18828)
    Boot mode: Normal

    Running processes:
    C:\Windows\PixArt\PAC7311\Monitor.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNo tifier.exe
    C:\Program Files\Logitech\Desktop Messenger\8876480\Program\LogitechDesktopMessenger .exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe
    C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPoint\x86\SetPoint32.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

    R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
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    R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
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    R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
    R3 - URLSearchHook: DeviceVM Url Search Hook - {0063BF63-BFFF-4B8F-9D26-4267DF7F17DD} - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dvmurl.dll
    F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=userinit.exe
    O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
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    O2 - BHO: Symantec Intrusion Prevention - {6D53EC84-6AAE-4787-AEEE-F4628F01010C} - C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\IDS\IPSBHO.dll
    O2 - BHO: Search Helper - {6EBF7485-159F-4bff-A14F-B9E3AAC4465B} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Search Enhancement Pack\Search Helper\SEPsearchhelperie.dll
    O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
    O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files (x86)\google\googletoolbar1.dll
    O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\5.3.4501.1418\s wg.dll
    O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
    O2 - BHO: Google Gears Helper - {E0FEFE40-FBF9-42AE-BA58-794CA7E3FB53} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Gears\Internet Explorer\0.5.33.0\gears.dll
    O2 - BHO: Windows Live Toolbar Helper - {E15A8DC0-8516-42A1-81EA-DC94EC1ACF10} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Toolbar\wltcore.dll
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    O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {3041d03e-fd4b-44e0-b742-2d9b88305f98} - C:\Program Files (x86)\AskBarDis\bar\bin\askBar.dll
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdobeCS4ServiceManager] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CS4ServiceManager\CS4ServiceManager.ex e" -launchedbylogin
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [amd_dc_opt] C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD\Dual-Core Optimizer\amd_dc_opt.exe
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Name of App] C:\Program Files (x86)\SAMSUNG\FW LiveUpdate\FWManager.exe r
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NBKeyScan] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Nero\Nero8\Nero BackItUp\NBKeyScan.exe"
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe"
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [StartCCC] "C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe" MSRun
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
    O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ehTray.exe] C:\Windows\ehome\ehTray.exe
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [swg] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNo tifier.exe"
    O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Google Update] "C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Local\Google\Update\Goog leUpdate.exe" /c
    O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
    O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
    O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
    O4 - Global Startup: Logitech Desktop Messenger.lnk = C:\Program Files\Logitech\Desktop Messenger\8876480\Program\LogitechDesktopMessenger .exe
    O4 - Global Startup: Logitech SetPoint.lnk = ?
    O8 - Extra context menu item: Add to Google Photos Screensa&ver - res://C:\Windows\system32\GPhotos.scr/200
    O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
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    O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Alg.exe,-112 (ALG) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: AMD External Events Utility - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\atiesrxx.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: Automatic LiveUpdate Scheduler - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Symantec\LiveUpdate\AluSchedulerSvc.exe
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    O23 - Service: @dfsrres.dll,-101 (DFSR) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\DFSR.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Acresso Software Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe
    O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service 64 - Acresso Software Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService64.exe
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    O23 - Service: @keyiso.dll,-100 (KeyIso) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: Logitech Bluetooth Service (LBTServ) - Logitech, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Logitech\Bluetooth\LBTServ.exe
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    O23 - Service: @comres.dll,-2797 (MSDTC) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\System32\netlogon.dll,-102 (Netlogon) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: NMSAccessU - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\CDBurnerXP\NMSAccessU.exe
    O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\psbase.dll,-300 (ProtectedStorage) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\Locator.exe,-2 (RpcLocator) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\locator.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\samsrv.dll,-1 (SamSs) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\SLsvc.exe,-101 (slsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\SLsvc.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\snmptrap.exe,-3 (SNMPTRAP) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\spoolsv.exe,-1 (Spooler) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: Steam Client Service - Valve Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Steam\SteamService.exe
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    O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\vssvc.exe,-102 (VSS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%Systemroot%\system32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe,-110 (wmiApSrv) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe (file missing)
    O23 - Service: @%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe,-101 (WMPNetworkSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe (file missing)

    --
    End of file - 11357 bytes
  17. CaptainFoamerang
    I've recently started to get back into the game after several months of merely using the forums, and I decided to try my hand at the Architect Entertainment feature to create a story arc of my own.

    It's a nice new feature and it's fun to put something out there for everyone to see, but I seem to be having an issue during the AE story arc creation process, and it's one that's discouraging me from using the AE system.

    Every time I add a character or object to one of my missions, I experience a huge graphical lag spike that appears to be tied to the animations of the characters and objects.

    I've found that I can stop the lag by getting to game to catch up to my cursor movement and hovering it over the character/object until the "Stop Animation" text turns green or I'm sure that the game has caught up. Then I hold down the mouse button for about 3-5 seconds and release it without moving the cursor away.

    Even though there's a way around the lag, it becomes an issue whenever I add a new object/character or open the AE editor to edit my story arc, because the object/character animations are on by default. Essentially, this means I would have to go through the mouse button hold process for each object/character all over again.

    Is this an issue for anyone else? And is there a way I can set the AE object/character animations to off by default?
  18. CaptainFoamerang
    The title says it all. We get more of everything else as we level up. We get more powers. We get more Inspiration slots. We get more Salvage slots. We get more Recipe slots. We get more costume slots.

    So why don't we get more Enhancement inventory slots?

    Perhaps we could go from holding 10 (at Level 1) to 20 (at Level 25) to 30 (at level 35).

    We could even incorporate the arrow navigation feature that's already used to go through the trays of powers.

    It's just a small QoL suggestion that would allow us to make more Enhancement purchases in one go when we upgrade at those mid- to high-levels.
  19. CaptainFoamerang
    Did anyone else find this mission from Sister Airlia in Cimerora ridiculously hard?

    I mean everything was find up until the point I defeated the captor mob that was holding Ghost Widow, but I was thinking, "I've got a signature AV with me. It'll be fine, right?" Wrong. Not only do a half dozen Longbow minions pop up right next to us, but a Longbow Warden and a named Longbow Ballista Elite Boss.

    Still, I thought having Ghost Widow with me would balance things out and she'd own everything in sight while I offered support. The EB put me in a Detention Field which seemed to last forever. GW wiped out the minion mob that popped up but as I'm sitting there with the Warden and Ballista whiffing at me, I look over and notice she's got no damn endurance.

    Finally I popped out of the Detention Field and get ready to do some damage. With a Boss and Elite Boss still in play, I pop a big Purple, a Yellow, and a big Red inspiration. Only apparently the EB's Force Field's are ridiculously potent because I can't hit anything at all, even after popping the Yellows, having two Accuracy SOs in every attack, popping Build Up, as well as picking up Combat Training: Offensive.

    I figure I can at least hold their attention while GW gets some endurance back since neither mobs are really getting hurt, but even with my defensive powers in place and inspirations active, they start getting big shots in. Luckily, I had about five big Greens as well as a few small Purples. I pop a few of each to stay alive and still they keep hitting me while I can barely scratch them, and GW still has no endurance.

    Eventually I'm defeated and then GW all of a sudden has endurance and I'm thinking, "Oh well, at least I get to watch the signature AV avenge me." Only it takes about 15 seconds for GW to get defeated as well.

    So what gives?
  20. CaptainFoamerang
    Here are the Ms. Marvel-centric stories, according to Wiki:
    • Marvel Super-Heroes #13 (1968)
    • Ms. Marvel #1-23 (1977-1979)
    • Avengers Annual' #8 (1978), #10 (1980)
    • Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 2 #10-11 (1992)
    • Ms. Marvel vol. 2 #1 - present (2006 - present)
    • Mighty Avengers #1-20 (2007-2009)
    • Ms. Marvel Special #1 (2007)
    • Giant Size Ms. Marvel #1 (2006)
    • New Avengers #48-present (2009-)
  21. CaptainFoamerang
    UPDATE
    • Vertigo section expanded
  22. CaptainFoamerang
    Good news, everyone!

    I have a small break between classes for the next week or two so I'll actually have a chance to do some more updating!
  23. CaptainFoamerang
    For **** sake, does no one over at the Heroes set know how to actually choreograph a fight scene?
  24. CaptainFoamerang
    I was going off what I could confirm from a combination of InStockTrades, Wiki, and Amazon.

    It said there were actually like 39 volumes or something, but I only listed the ones I could fine titles for.
  25. CaptainFoamerang
    UPDATE
    • Dark Horse comics Hypes and Hisses updated