Codewalker

I believe that he didn't see it coming.

After all we are talking about the guy who got kidnapped and help prisoner by Tyrant; then years later, in the midst of increased activity from the Praetorians, fell for the EXACT same ploy and and got kidnapped by them AGAIN.

$$$

Done.

He just said something about how he had a 'plan'.

Oh, it's in the clue. That's why you should read those, folks! :|

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Not only that but it wanted to do is force ISPs to *forge* replies from DNS servers that they don't control.

That's the same kind of thing hackers do to proxy your traffic through their computer and set up a man in the middle attack.

IIRC that part was already removed from the House version.

My money's on him wanting to use an Incarnate-fueled souped-up obelisk on Rularuu and absorb godlike powers for himself. Seems crazy and risky and right in character.

Since the only known contact for part 7 is in RWZ, chances are good that 7 may be co-op.

The above is why even though support for SOPA itself is waning in the house, it's important to not back down now. PIPA is still on track in the Senate, and both bills do still have supporters and a lot of lobbyists whispering in their ears. We have to make it perfectly clear to our representatives that this kind of overreaching and biased legislation is unacceptable in any form.

Otherwise, it may be shelved for now, only to quietly reappear in a year or two under an inconspicuous name (or worse, attached to another bill) with the hope that no one notices until it's too late. It wouldn't be the first time this has happened; see earlier in the thread for examples.

I applaud Paragon Studios for their position on the issue. Despite being in the entertainment industry, such a law would leave them in a vulnerable position. A major comic publisher or movie studio could decide to hold them liable for characters created by their players, and unlike now where they have some legal recourse and bargaining chips, their sites could be simply blocked off without due process. This is especially alarming with Free-to-Play where anyone can create an account and make xx.Wulver1ne.xx. Name / concept enforcement and genericing would have to be increased from "best effort" to "draconian" in order to comply, assuming the resources even exist to do that.

I'm trying not to soapbox too much, but it's great to see how much support there is in this thread. Even though Titan Network is a fairly small site in the grand scheme of things and is unlikely to have a major impact by itself, we feel it's important to make a stand nonetheless.

While I really wish they hadn't posted the spoiler, there is one other thing to consider.

There's still 2 parts left, and Wade now has Incarnate power. Knowing him from his Villain arcs, it's likely that his ultimate goal is to leverage that to either release or sap power from a much larger cosmic entity. I definitely would not rule out Statesman being just one of several major characters who die trying to prevent that.

It's like playing part 3 and then being upset that Miss Liberty is killed and posting how bad it is that the arc was named for a minor character who died so soon into it.

Maybe they should have instead named it, "Who Won't Die?"

Whaaaat? Ice has really high single target damage as it is, and already has some of the best AOE in the game with ice storm/blizzard. Target cap, what target cap?

Oh, this is about PvP? People still do that?

Yeah, PvP is busted. Known issue.

The patch that just want to Test yesterday includes this change as well as removes the old effect. I don't know if you can actually test it there (read: get ATOs on Test), however.

Even the big "B" doesn't know how to get that right. One of the reasons I no longer play wow is because they keep bouncing between healing being stupidly overpowered and it being nerfed to the point where it's painful to play. (I played a healing class primarily there)

That and I like that this game promotes extreme altitis rather than making it a massive timesink to maintain even one character.

You could also look at the feedback threads as, "How did we do with this pack? What should we do differently for the next one?"

The funny thing is these forums are relatively tame compared to the epic RAAAAGE I've seen on some other MMOs' official forums. Both before and after the moderators have taken a whack at it.

Give it time, they'll get bored with that one too and complain about it, then move on to a new one, or sometimes back to an old one.

Gamers are fickle.

For really old NPCs that would be the case, however many NPCs since City of Villains and pretty much all of them since Going Rogue use the player model. Most contacts have always used player models, with a few exceptions of course.

You can demo edit or costume file edit your way into the legacy chain harness just fine, though of course you can't actually apply it to your real costume. IIRC that one attaches to the shoulder node, which makes sense for it (unlike some other NPC pieces that do attach in really odd places).

As for why players don't get it? Maybe too many clipping issues for them to be happy with. Or maybe just because They Said So(TM).

P.S. I really want the sky raider porter backpack. It's even tintable!

Hit with a web grenade and can't jump over the enemies is the only reason I can think of...

/seconds the opinion that a Controller who can't manage to mez a couple of stray enemies beating on them is a liability.

A well timed Hibernate can help mitigate the chance of failure there, too, though you do still have a small window of vulnerability.

If someone else on the team eats pavement during the switchover... Well we needed a target to use Vengeance anyway, right? ;-)

I do remember one memorable STF where we ended up with two Illusion controllers. The leader was nervous because didn't have a tank, but I convinced them to go anyway. They successfully "tanked" buffed Recluse, staggering their resummons. I've also tanked Ghost Widow on a Blaster a couple times -- >softcap ranged defense, some Thaw or CM, and a quick trigger finger on the breakfrees and respites is all it takes. Both times it was an emergency swap when our tanker or brute got held and died repeatedly.

Of course these days the Incarnate trials are where the "high end" action is, but now you have a whole leagueful of teammates and nearly every buff is AoE.

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Just was saying that even "squishies" can easily reach near tanker levels of survivability for long enough to count, and sustain lower but still impressive levels permanently through force multiplication.

In a game with such powerful buffs at our disposal, a dedicated tanking role seems a bit superfluous. As far as single-target tanking with an expensive build, it doesn't get much more survivable than a perma-PA controller. For big groups, sets like Kinetics and Plant Control scale with the number of enemies and wipe them out that much faster, so who cares where the alpha goes, especially if the team is softcapped. Better yet let a vet pet eat the alpha and then destroy them before they get off a second shot, or control/debuff them into helplessness.

I prefer a competent team with plenty of support sets. If a Tanker wants to come along, that's fine. Tankers reduce the incoming damage of others on the team just by being there, though I'd usually rather invite one with Assault than Taunt. Everyone should be prepared to deal with a little aggro, though.

If we're talking about soloing, then sure, a Tanker is great for going +4x8 by yourself. But you don't need Taunt for that, other than maybe to stop runners. They're also moderately helpful if you have a bunch of scrappers/blasters/stalkers on the team who can't buff everyone into godhood.

Arguing about Taunt when the game is clearly designed to not need it just strikes me as silly.

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That's just a bad blaster who doesn't know how to pop purple inspirations before they do something that draws aggro.