D8alus

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Gee, I update mine every new issue without having to be told. Then I post it in the Guides Forum. Then I post a link in the appropriate forum's Guide thread. Then that thread doesn't get updated for two issues.

Why don't you update your Guides, Lighthouse. We've been updating ours anyway.

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That's what we are doing. We totally agree that it sucks that things haven't been updated in a while. The Community Team will be digging in to bring them up to snuff!

So, we thought we'd let the community know we are going to be doing that.

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Not everyones.

And I think this would be his way of saying that he is about to update the Guide Guide.

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Exactly! That is what we are about The Guide Guide and all the sub Guide posts in each of the Archetype sections.

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Extensive guides or quick, but to the point guides?

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Whatever strikes your fancy!

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If you wanted to be really spiffy, you'd translate all the guides into a less cumbersome and more user-friendly web-interface instead of forum links. You could even add pics to spice it up.

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He was acting as an actual vigilante.

Heroes in Paragon are supposed to register their powers and operate with governmental oversight. He didn't do so and reaped the consequences.

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So you're saying your hero would have just let the robbery take place if he hadn't gotten his license yet?

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I think the part about "His fire powers ignited the building, and the ensuing inferno destroyed the building. Although Calhoun escaped unharmed, several people were killed in the blaze, including the clerk and the robber." may have influenced his sentancing. I'd imagine he'd have either been sentanced to a youth outreach center if there'd been minimal damage and no loss of life or parole or something for just property damage.

He killed several people. That had to be why he got a harsh sentance.

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How the hell did he set a building on fire with his powers? I've been trying to do that since DAY ONE and it hasn't worked yet!

I thought the Kheldian affair bit was kinda lame, but otherwise, sounds flavorful.

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Uh... since when has Azuria been competent enough to cast a "Don't steal this [censored] jewel" spell, let alone anything related to aging?
She must be an Arachnos operative.

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Well, it makes for a nice meta in-joke to say Azuria is more incompetent than Rincewind, but *storywise*, she's powerful and knowledgeable. Remember that stories are difficult to tell in an MMO -- everyone ends up doing the same quests, so someone made up the excuse that Azuria couldn't secure a two-by-two room with only one entrance. The way the stories were probably meant to be read, the city is only in danger *once* from this powerful artifact, which Azuria then successfully locks away.

Looking at Azuria's dealings with heroes in that regard, she's still not the most powerful witch in Paragon, but she's smart and capable. She has to be, otherwise folks wouldn't send me to Atlas Park to talk to her when I ask for a mission in Peregrine.

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You missed the obvious solution that she's a double agent.

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Umm...a few of the backstories kind of don't mesh with what they they seemed to be in other sources. (i.e. Synapse volunteering for the experiment that gave him his powers vs. Dr. Null forcing him to be subjected to it)

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Where'd you get the idea that Steve volunteered for the science experiment that made him into Synapse? The lore about it is pretty sparse and I don't think I've ever had the impression that it was "voluntary". In fact, the word "torture" tends to get used a lot which meshes just fine with the origin presented in the novel.

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In the comics, he says he volunteered for testing or something.

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I thought the titans were more powerful than the gods.

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No, just older. The gods did usurp the titans after all. In fact it was Zeus who "pwned" his old man, Cronos, and send all the titans to Tartarus.

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Only with the help of other Titans, though. Gaia (Zeus' grandmother) helped him take down Cronos. (well, in one set of the stories anyway)..and Cyclopse and some others helped fight the rest.

It's been a while.

It may just be that they were more powerful because they had more experience and wisdom or something.

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Could Zeus also be considered a Titan since he is the child of 2 Titans?

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No, he's an Olympian, not a Titan.

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Doesn't matter anyways. Recluse could have the power of 100 titans and Statesman only have the power to make really slippery ice. Somehow, Statesman would win the battle against Recluse by tricking him into stepping on his ice slick and falling into a lava pit or something.

In comics, good just beats evil as a general rule.

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Hush you. I see you've resigned yourself to this rule so far as to not bother with a villianous name.

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I thought the titans were more powerful than the gods.

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No, just older. The gods did usurp the titans after all. In fact it was Zeus who "pwned" his old man, Cronos, and send all the titans to Tartarus.

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Only with the help of other Titans, though. Gaia (Zeus' grandmother) helped him take down Cronos. (well, in one set of the stories anyway)..and Cyclopse and some others helped fight the rest.

It's been a while.

It may just be that they were more powerful because they had more experience and wisdom or something.

Wait, so Statesman has the essence of a god, Recluse of a titan...and yet Recluse doesn't pwn the stew out of states??

I thought the titans were more powerful than the gods.

(unless you happen to have a gorgon head in your pocket, I guess.)

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I hate to point out a seemingly obvious thing, (and if this is already mentioned I apologize, I didn't read the whole thread) but...

why not just allow flight and SS to stack? I mean...if we're gonna go through the hassle and sacrifice of taking both SS and Fly, why not let them stack so that you fly faster?

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Shush, you. That would make sense. Can't have that.

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I've actually been saying that since beta, but I never miss an opportunity to bring it up again.

I hate to point out a seemingly obvious thing, (and if this is already mentioned I apologize, I didn't read the whole thread) but...

why not just allow flight and SS to stack? I mean...if we're gonna go through the hassle and sacrifice of taking both SS and Fly, why not let them stack so that you fly faster?

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It's not impossible though, here's an example:

Premonition - You react so quickly to your opponents attacks that some times you see things happen before they actually do. You may use this power to heal all damage you've sustained in the last 3 seconds.

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How does seeing the future heal you?