Dante

I can't comment of the Primary, but /Dark is sometimes hellish to play. As others have said, Endurance will be your biggest burden as it's mostly all toggle based. However, I tend to think of it as a Swiss Army Knife of secondaries. You've got resistances to just about everything apart from knockback so often you will have to play about with which toggles you need for which situation.

The best advice I can give for /Dark is to keep your toggles on a separate toolbar and consider which ones you need for the foes you are facing. Turn on the ones you need and turn off the ones you can do without. It matures later but you will need patience to persevere with it. Good luck!

Glad to see it posted here at last, I shall put my pointy stick away now. I love the mix of notes, pictures and headlines, they do make it very 'scrapbook' in appearance. I especially like the effects applied to some of the pictures to make them appear as if from a newspaper or CCTV.

My characters live in fear of the Paragon Enquirer now, I've seen how much it can damage a hero's reputation.

Not a bad idea Z. I need to do a little update too.

Global Handle: @Dante
Server: Union
Both CoH & CoV
RP Characters:

Heroes
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Dante S. Carver (Dark/Elec Defender) - Secretive and reclusive mystic, supposedly over a thousand years old due to an ancient curse. Serious-minded and dedicated, he doesn’t socialise much but is always willing to assist heroes in need. Currently affiliated with The Militia.

The Amber Banshee (Sonic/Energy Blaster) – Outgoing and friendly university student, she has recently discovered that her powers come from Fae magic. A talented singer/songwriter as well, she is currently trying to balance her life of University/music/heroing. Still searching for her absent father. Currently affiliated with The Militia.

Cinderstrike (Fire/Energy Blaster) – Brash, aggressive playboy, known for charming and offending in equal measure. Constantly smells of cigars, bourbon and sulphur. Occasionally depressed, can be found on his yacht in Talos Island. Occasional slips in his appearance have lead people to think it might be an illusion, covering his true nature. Currently unaffiliated.

Unit 29 (Inv/En Tanker) – Sentient construction unit, fascinated by human society. Does not get to socialise or work much due to caring for his disabled creator. Currently affiliated with the Militia.

Ravenblade (Claws/Regen Scrapper) The Amber Banshee’s cousin, he was part of the Council’s Vampyrii experiments before he escaped them. Moody, reclusive and prone to fits of rage. Currently unaffiliated.


Villains
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Dark Rose Tara (Necro/Dark Mastermind) – Formerly best friend of The Amber Banshee, an illegal drug opened a hole in her mind to the Netherworld from which she draws her powers. Not so much a villain, just willing to do the dirty work of whoever hires her. Has acted ‘heroically’ on a couple of occasions. Flirtatious and outgoing, she can be overly provocative at times.

Lady of Shadows (MA/SR Stalker) – Once a lawyer working for Crey, she became part of a genetic experiment to bond human and animal DNA. Now with the genes of a bat, she is a polite, well-spoken assassin working under the delusion that she is some sort of aristocracy. Currently affiliated with Primal.


RP Style: Mostly IC missions, Pocket D occasionally, Statue very rarely.
Can be contacted on: Global and forum PMs.
Timezone: GMT
Other notes: Always happy to RP, always looking to meet other RPers.

So has there been a meet up so far? If so, what level are people at so I can catch up?

I've had a play around with words to try and come up with a name. I quite like Primal though, it's simple and effective. However, here are a few names that ran through my head over the holidays:

Predators
Brutal Vengeance
Primeval
Feral Fury
Inhumanous
Wildfreaks
Aberrant Hunters
Monstrous Avengers
The Raptors

I may or may not be able to make it, depending on family commitments. If I can, I'll be on.

Just had a look over on the website and it seems I may be the only person not to have gone with the beastly body parts. I was going for a more subtle look myself where they can still pass as human (just about). Is that a problem?

Bio and pictures should be over this afternoon. I'm beginning to like Primal as a name for the group to be honest, I haven't come up with much else. Oh, and are we skipping the tutorial and just meeting at the Arachnos base at level 1ish?

Zortel I salute you! I expect to see a new squidy alt very soon.

Congratulations.

As we seem to be getting ready to go, could I make a suggestion before we start?

Regarding our VG and base, would someone with a character over level 10 be able to set it up and invite all of us to it? They could then promote someone to top level leader and quit. This would enable us to run in SG mode right from the start so that we can begin saving for a good base. Of course, this will necessitate a VG name, insignia and so forth, though I don’t know if you already have an idea for these.

Just a thought but it helped my other SG to save for a decent base early on. My time online over the next week is going to be a bit random although I am around tomorrow during the day. We may need to set a first meeting for when everyone can attend though just to be fair although Monday evening might be possible. If I'm on, I can be found on @Dante.

In terms of name, I would suggest something collective but not necessarily relating to one type of animal. I’ll have a browse through an encyclopaedia and see what leaps out at me.

Mondays evenings are best for me along with the occasional Wednesday night when I can. It's doubtful that I will be able to make every single one but we'll tackle that problem along the way. In fact, not always being around would be very typical of the character I'm planning...

I like the idea of a sewer base but maybe one that gets a little more high tech as they gain more Infamy. The fact that they are all victims of the Crey is a good IC reason for them to stick together.

Well, we managed it at last. Thanks to everyone who turned up and a special thanks to those who came along to help take Babbage down. Apologies that it took a little longer than expected. I think I'll be more conservative with my time estimates next time.

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Escaped from Crey would be my guess. All that superhero put them in jail stuff is so boring. Tearing their limbs of and then slapping them with said limbs is so much better, so villain path it is? xD

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So violent, so indecorous... Why use a sledgehammer when you can sneak up behind them with a knife?

Oops, just a random thought from my Stalker. I'm going with Dark/SR myself. Almost went martial arts but no.

Not sure whether I'll be able to do two or three nights a week, my times are a little more restrictive, but I'm happy to be part of this and join in when I can. The character profile is ready, now just to wrestle with the build, always a joy...

I've found screech very handy in both PvP and PvE so I wouldn't drop it from my build. A ranged disorient is a great thing, it could just be that some of your targets were disorient resistant.

Life as a squishy in PvP is indeed short, my sonic blaster kisses the floor a few times every time I set foot in a PvP zone but generally you can take someone with you as you go.

One of the frustrations of playing a Blaster I find is that you've got some excellent melee attacks at your disposal but no 'real' protection when at that range. Still, I guess that's just the price you pay for the damage.

Well I've never played a Stalker before so I'm going to take this opportunity to try one if no-one minds. An unfortunate victim of Crey Industries who had their genes spliced with a bat, giving them a form of sonar... I'll put up a full bio when we're all sorted.

If people aren't used to RP, I'm happy to keep it light and easy. I just love my characters and tend to get into them.

In terms of how we get going, are we going to start all from level 1 and work up? I can't wait to start....

I would be interested in doing this, my only problem would be committing to a time every week. I am on regularly on Thursdays as that's my heroing night and other times are a bit sporadic but mainly Monday and Wednesday nights when I am.

That said, I love the concept, I already have an idea that could fit but if you're looking to make this an RP group, you may want to post a link to this over on the Roleplaying board as there have been a few people complaining that RP on Villains is almost non-existent.

I hope this idea takes off, I miss RP on Villains.

Yep, I'll be at Synapse at 19:30 so please feel free to come along, bring friends if you like, the more the merrier. I look forward to seeing people there.

It's around, there are a few people here and there but nowhere near as many as in CoH. The few villain RPers I've met have been due to putting 'Roleplayer' in my Bio and Team Search box, otherwise I'd never have met any recently. Really rather sad.

The title says it all really. Would anyone be up for some pre-Christmas Clockwork King kicking? (Wow, try saying that five times fast...)

I love TFs but this is my first attempt to try and get a team together so if anyone is interested, sign up here and hopefully we can get a full team together.

I'll be bringing my level 15/16 Blaster but all ATs are welcome.

Well I reckon we just wait and see what transpires. If there's only one club going when we begin, we meet there, if there's several, hopefully we'll have sufficient internal communication to know where to go. I won't be able to access the boards tonight so I'll just try and track everyone down if I can.

I hope the event goes on past 10 although I will probably be gone by that point (early start). I'll have the VCR set for Hogfather if I can bring myself to watch it after last night. *sigh....*

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((You'd better have the earplugs ready, there's a certain banshee back in town and she's not happy.... ))

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((You know, I am really struggling to take you seriously withthat beard! I keep laughing at every post. lol. Dante should keep it... it suits him. *rolls on floor laughing and crying*))

((And anyway, I saw that Banshee girl hiding and running... The camera never lies. *cue dramatic music of doom*))

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But..... he already does have a beard....!?

And as for the running and hiding, that was probably my attempts to cope with the uncredible lag that happened everytime I set foot outside of the hospital. I'm really going to have to invest in a more powerful machine. Still, did manage to get a few kills in at least.

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((Yes, it is going to be a real battle in Sirens Call so get your earplugs out, cram in your false teeth and bring it on grandpa. ))

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((You'd better have the earplugs ready, there's a certain banshee back in town and she's not happy.... ))

Tara Rose Phillips sat in the café, slowly sipping at a lukewarm cup of coffee. The coffee was poor, as it always was in this place but it was where she had arranged to meet her contact even if the surroundings were crummy. She could hear the voices of her ‘sisters’ in her head. They wanted to get out and cause more destruction, but her iron will kept them in check, preventing them from manifesting in this reality. She idly wondered what would happen if they ever did manage to break her will and a wild howl echoed around her psyche, her sisters capable of reading her every thought. She dismissed it and resumed staring out of the window, watching the wretched inhabitants of the Rogue Isles go about their business.

Across the way, she noticed that a young man was reading a newspaper, folded over so that the headline faced towards her. The article displayed a headline that read ‘Dark Rose Tara Spotted In Bank Heist’ along with a less than flattering photograph of her. As the man turned the paper over, she watched his reaction as he looked down and the paper, then over to her, then back to the paper again. She smiled her crooked smile and waved cheekily to him. As he hastily got up and left, she felt a warm glow inside that only comes from putting the wind up people.

She took his discarded paper and examined the article. It was less than positive as usual but it was the advert that adorned the foot of the page that got her attention. Apparently there was to be a Christmas party at Pocket D, all heroes and villains invited. She smiled and drummed her fingers on the table. Perhaps a night out at the old place would do her good, especially if the girls were invited. A deep howl from the back of her mind confirmed their willingness to go. Tara’s wicked smile crept across her face and she began to plan what to wear for the evening…

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Several hundred miles away, Saffron Mackenzie put down the faded plastic receiver and thought about what she’d just heard. The guesthouse in the Scottish highlands was adequate for her needs although getting a message out there was a task and a half. She’d managed only two phone calls home since she had arrived there last Saturday, the cost of international dialling prohibitively expensive.

She hadn’t intended to fly back to Scotland to trace her family’s history but the revelations that she had been given in Croatoa last week had left her with little choice. She thought about back home and looked forward to Thursday when she could at last board a plane to take her back to Paragon. There had been fliers going up around the city while she’d been away promoting a Christmas bash next Monday. Trust her friends in the Militia to be only too aware of any big parties going down. She made a mental note to check her wardrobe when she got back home and see if she had anything suitably seasonal. Until then, further conflicts with the spirits in the forest and the restless entities that were the Bean Sidhe called. At least she had a party to look forward to now…

As someone who doesn't get the chance to be on as often as I would like, I certainly appreciate the recaps. We have a very active roleplaying community and I often struggle to keep up with people's plots. Recaps here certainly help me to maintain a sense of what's going on in the world so they're definitely appreciated. If you feel that they are taking up too much of your time, then by all means cut them down (although I will miss all the gory details!).

In the same vein, I really should make the effort to post some more in this thread.

Oh Pants! I knew it was going to clash with something...!

Well, I was hoping to start around 19:30 - 20:00 and then on into the evening depending on how long people wanted to stick around for. I guess I'm just going to have to set the VCR that evening.

I think if people want to make costumes for it, that would be good and would look nice if people are going to take pictures. I know some of my lot will definitely be turning up in something different than usual, making the best of any opportunity to dress up. So hell, why not, get your glad rags out or just turn up as you are, the more the merrier!

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Cool, I really like that name "Dark Knights". you should start a SG with just Dark Knights in.

I've started getting DO's and they seem to help abit. This is all new to me, so I'm stumbling around at the moment

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We all stumble around at first, just check out the thread on n00b moments, we still stumble even after many months of playing.

My first character was Katana/Dark Armour and learning to juggle all those toggles was a lesson in patience and then some. But if you're looking to lay down the hurt, Broadsword owns. Once you get SOs and Stamina, you'll find it much easier. Keep going.

Well this seems to be a solution. Monday the 18 December it is then. All heroes and villains invited as long as they play nice together. Better get planning that nice party costume!