Doctor Roswell

The list of possibilities for redside is, unfortunately, woefully short (what, five strike forces and three respecs, not counting co-op stuff?). And that leads to this problem coming up for both sides.

The biggest part of it, I think, is the attempt at symmetry. They make a certain thing the WST for villains, and they want to have something in the same level range for heroes. And with villains having so few options, it causes a lot of repetition on both sides as they try to keep things "even." Dropping that approach and just picking one for each side, level equality be damned, might not help redside find more variety, but it would certainly help blue. And some is better than none, I guess.

Also, for some reason it seems they're almost totally unwilling to make anything below level 20+ a WST. Has Synapse ever been the WST? I can't think of an occasion, offhand. It's been forever since either Positron TF was the WST either -- was that right after the revised version went live? To be honest, I'm kind of shocked to see the Penny Yin TF on the list, and I don't think it would be if not for it being brand-new. (This artificially-imposed limitation cuts the already-short redside list down by about a quarter, by the way.)

Of course, none of this explains why it's not the LGTF or ITF more often. In the case of the ITF, I can only assume it's because that one doesn't need any "help" -- people run it a lot anyway.

I actually really like "Bells" and "Whistles," specifically because it doesn't fit exactly with the others. Your "real" robots are all permanent pets. Your Lore pets are temporary. They're only around for a few minutes, and only when you really need them. They're extras. Non-standard features. Add-ons. Bells and Whistles.

Also...

ARE YOU SERIOUS MASTERMINDS CAN NAME THEIR LORE PETS OMG OMG OMG NOW I GET TO NAME MY MM'S ROBOT DRONES TOO OMG!!!

Okay, I'm better now. Just had to get that out.

I have to say, I love this idea (and the idea of someone's supergroup running around in something I came up with). I've got some ideas worked out already. Man, I never realized how many of my favorite pieces aren't available to everyone. "wow, this looks great, and -- oh, those gloves are from a booster I bought, and that texture is only free to VIPs..."

In the interest of giving myself some time to tweak, and more than that, in the interest of waiting until the last minute on purpose like bidding on an eBay auction, I won't be posting mine until the last minute, like bidding on an eBay auction.

When I'm leveling, I always have a Combat Attributes window open showing at least XP to next level, Debt, and Influence (often defenses or damage bonus or something too depending on the character). Upon hitting 50, the first thing I do is stop displaying XP to next level and debt, and start tracking level shift instead.

I think we've all been there: You're on a team, and everything's going great, then suddenly you mapserve or crash or DC on a load screen. And you come right back, but... you can't remember the names of anybody on your team. I don't know about you, but it's not like I write that kind of thing down every time I join a PUG.

So here's the idea: we know the game can create local .txt files -- that's how it stores costumes, and unpublished Mission Architect files, and the order of your characters on the selection screen. So how about having it create a text file with a list of people's names when you join their team? As people are added, their names could be added to the list. As they quit, they're deleted. When you log out, it gets wiped clean. And if you crash or otherwise exit the game without actually quitting, since you never quit/logged out, the file would still be there untouched. And you could pull it up with a slash command (/lastteam) once you load back in so you can send a /tell to someone and re-join.

I want the Retro Sci-Fi pack.

I expect Night Ward, SSA2 and Chainmail/Leather, because I'm pretty sure it not being new market release day is the reason why SSA2 didn't go live when i23 did, and why only VIPs have the costume sets so far -- that's all being saved for Tuesday so as not to screw up the schedule or have to deal with all the "what do you mean, what I got with the new issue was this week's market release? That was five days ago" uproar.

So, after a single day of release, when most people doing it are unfamiliar with it and still learning the ropes, we're already declaring Magesterium impossible and a complete failure?

Give it three days, then tell me how many are failing.