Chris_Zuercher

I think Fusionette is a little more competent in an actual fight, but as a character, as a ditzy, inept heroine turned ditzy, inept villain who turns to villainy for ditzy and inept reasons, I find Flambeaux more entertaining

whip - Some whips are made out of rawhide and simply called "rawhides".

propulsion - the act of causing something to move forward

hundreds - an indeterminate number between 100 and 999, like perhaps 144, which is equal to 12 dozen, which is also known as one gross.

phosphate - the mineral turquoise is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminum

Montague Castanella has to send Percy Winkley to rescue you.

On a safeguard mission you fail to aggro any of the bank robbers, and you hear giggling as they run past you.

The first thing you see upon entering Atlas Park is a Hellion handing you a recruitment brochure.

wretched - (2) characterized by or attended with misery and sorrow.

Is there anyone among the current player base that actually did not know this set was coming? I mean, the devs have been dropping the most obvious hints. The only was they could have made it more obvious would be to say "eastbay asteryay isay omingcay".

buggy - The Argo buggy was featured in the movie Star Trek: Nemesis.

I pretty much already knew about the Spider-Man/Avengers block, and I'm still a little miffed that Avengers season 2 got pushed back. But I understand why they'd want to do the block from a marketing standpoint. But it's good to be reminded of Avengers and how Marvel finally got its act together in animation and produced a great cartoon.

As far as Spidey, I get that he has this reputation as the quintessential loner. But with Amazing Friends and with him being in the Avengers in some capacity for quite a few years now, having him be part of a team is hardly unprecedented. With Avengers being as awesome as it is, I actually have high hopes for this series.

Sissy - Like daisy, a term for a wimp.

make up* - I cobble something together; I make up something on the spot.

* And yes, "make up" is one word. Some compound words are considered one word even though the two parts are still separated by a space.

Bad Idea: Kicking one member of your SG out per day.

Good Idea: Visiting Matthew Habashy soon after entering Atlas Park.

Bad Idea: Constantly publishing your progress as you write your AE arc.

Good Idea: Heading to "the hill" when there is a Rikti invasion or zombie apocalypse in Talos Island.

For all of you saying that a City of Heroes 2™ would only attract people from the current player base, you're wrong. You're not "Dominatrix serves Tyrant" wrong, but you're 2 + 2 = 3 wrong. I keep one Twitter feed for all mentions of City of Heroes, and when the news got out that "City of Heroes 2" had been copyrighted it just EXPLODED! It got a whole lot of people exicted, and that's a whole lot of people who don't currently play the game.

City of Heroes is remembered fondly by a lot of people, and that's part of the problem. They remember it as a game from 2004, a really nice game for its time, but its time has long passed. Now personally I think that the folks at Paragon have done a remarkable job continually breathing new life into a nearly 8 year old game, but the perception out there is that, alas, it is an 8 year old game. But if you create a City of Heroes 2™ you combine the fondness people feel for the (again, perception here) old game with "new shiny hotness". That alone would make CoH2 one of the most eagerly anticipated games out there.

Of course there are major caveats. There's no guarantee that a new game built from the ground up would actually be any good. And for all of you saying "don't paint yourself into corners a second time", well, new corners will have to be made. It's just impossible to anticipate every single thing customers will want 5+ years down the line. It's a fact of programming life that by making any design decisions you paint yourself into a few corners, some of which you may not realize until after you try to go back and make modifications.

So City of Heroes 2™ would not automatically be a better game. But to say it wouldn't get a whole lot of interest outside the current player base is just ignorant.