Dante

A man after my own heart! Everyone wins!

(And my altisis would go into overdrive)


To expand on what I meant to say earlier (posting from my phone, so short), if I've decided I'm going to delete a character I really don't want to waste time playing them again. My Mind/Ice Dom is facing deletion right now and the last thing I'd want to do is battle my way through some epic arc as I've already pretty much given up on him.

If I ever felt like going out with a bang, I'd run a LGTF, rush to wherever the invasion spawned, kick as much Rikti *** as possible then trigger Self Destruction followed up by logging out and hitting delete.

It just seems too much development time for something that might only rarely get used and is pretty much a powers respec by any other name. Even with my limited slots, I've never felt the compulsion to do this. If the announcement came that they were going to pull the plug and that the servers were closing on Friday... maybe.

Unless you're in the EU. However even with drastically less slots than our NA friends, I still couldn't support this idea. I think the potential for negative press is far too high.

Besides, if I've decided to delete an alt, I'm not going to feel like spending any longer playing them. The delete button is quick and painless.

I was going to post a lengthly retort supporting this statement....



....when the forum logged me out. Damn smilies! Grrr...!

That is a very good question.

I agree that comic book evil is quite lonely, the mad, demented scientist alone in his lab, the crazed mage surrounding himself with an army of the dead… neither really want or need a social setting.

But there are places in comic book and film history of villains hanging together be they a gang of thugs deciding to take over a neighbourhood or a circle of supervillains plotting to take over the world. These are the things I see little of in CoX roleplay. Plenty of mercenaries but not many power hungry villains. I guess I’m just curious to know why. Does their very nature make it difficult to socialise with others? Or is the RP they generate not as fun? We do lack the power to drastically alter the game world so it’s not like any threat of death rays from above could be realised. But sometimes it’s nice for that threat to be there.

As for ‘real world evil’ then we’re talking the kind of thing that does require social groups as already mentioned along with things such as leadership, power play and legions of willing followers. That kind of thing can be created in the AE (which I have done), less so with other participants.

I hadn’t intended this to be a discussion about the nature of evil (now that’s a discussion that could go on for days) but more about what levels of evil can a character do and still be socially acceptable? Would he be able to boast of eating three deep fried live kitties in front of a crowd of villains and still be acceptable or would even they blanche at the thought? Yes, there is always the suave villain who presents a sophisticated exterior to the world at large (got one of them ) but what about the person who shows no remorse for their actions? Are they doomed to be a social pariah?

That's a lot of questions and I don't necessarily think there are definitive answers, it's just a debate I'm curious about.

I figured that as he'd worked out a way to transmit his consciousness, he could simply make new bodies for himself and leap between them when they wore out. That would also mean that he could break the Carbon Law.

Oh yes.

Although dimension eating is bad, it’s kinda final. Chomp, chomp, POOF! You’re dead. End of story.

The Coming Storm I think is far, far worse. A scourge that devours and uses anything it comes across, taking what it wants and burning the rest. How do I know this? I don’t. But look at what it supposedly did to the Kheldians (even if the jury’s still out on whether Twilight’s Son sold them to slavery): It took an entire race and used them as batteries to power its starships. That just reeks of something far more evil than just “I eat you!”

As for Nemesis’ mistake? Well those of us who’ve done the RWZ arcs already know about his greatest betrayal. By having us fight that war, humanity has been left weakened so when the Storm does arrive, we will be unable to fight back. I reckon one of the reasons that we’re cosying up to the Rikti right now is because they’ve faced the Battalion and survived so we’ll need their help in the coming battles. (Not quite ruling out a Rikti EAT just yet but not convinced either.)

I haven’t quite figured out Ramiel’s arc yet and how it ties into all of this. I have a feeling that the ‘alternate dimension’ spin is just a cover story for cross server teaming perhaps and doesn’t relate as much to the Coming Storm. But then, if I’m completely honest, I found the arc very weak in terms of storytelling, a minor step forward padded with enough fluff for anyone to cram their characters’ stories into it. But that’s my personal assessment.

However, has anyone thought yet that the mysterious letter writer might be the Well itself?

My Rikti spy loves her green glowing blaster and my time traveller likes having that snazzy Rikti sword when doing RWZ arcs.

Other than that, yes fun I think will do as a good enough reason for me.

Don't worry, neither do I and I'm British so supposedly I'm meant to get his humour. Go figure.

If ONLY!!!

Still, quite a solid, fun movie. I got the feeling that it wanted to be Princess Bride which it wasn't quite but was still an enjoyable romp.

I thought I was the only one who did this. I always go and meditate in Perez.

*bangs the side of the telly*

Quick, turn her on her side and point her at the window, we might get better reception!

(I have no email but if that's what's said, I've got to disregard it too otherwise we're living in a was zone. The only way to reconcile that is to accept that other heroes managed to fight off the attack in time.

Agreed on the Dev's fickle nature too. From the Coming Storm to Rularuu to Cimerora, they get something half finished then dive off in pursuit of the next new shiny.

Heh, that's cruel. But so damned true.