Dr_MechanoEU

Not sure if this has been posted before but:

Robots used to guard South Korean prison inmates

Begining of the end folks...begining of the end...

Yeah...remember I made that thread about being unsure whether it was company spite or not...

Some of the replies were like "LOL he's still on the title screen!" Yeah he's not come Issue 23, all badges that refer to him are being changed to Positron, the Lord Recluse Strikeforce makes a heck of a lot less sense now that Statesman is removed (removing the 'showing up Statesman' thing which was THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE LRSF).

This is almost a One More Day level of retconning to be that Statesman didn't exist in the first place. New players are going to play the SSAs and be like "oh, who is the chump that died?", they're not going to care about him because there's nothing there in the rest of the game to care about.

His death has even less impact than the return of Hero One with the Lady Grey Taskforce. Hero One at least has the cape mission giving you the backstory.

Statesman after Issue 23...nuthin but the SSAs will even mention him.

I get the honest feeling Positron isn't so much as stepping out of Jack Emmertts shadow is he is becoming just like him (My vision, My Rules, doesn't care about established lore).

Mucking around on Beta and got this:

Basically the stuff in Dark Astoria technically takes place after the last released trial (TPN) but before the upcoming Trial and takes place after the Signature Story Arc IIRC.

So the 'body count' is all the Praetors we've faced in the iTrials up until that point (Siege, Nightstar, Marauder, Antimatter, Mother Mayhem, Malaise and whatshisface...Maelstrom) the ones still alive at the time of Dark Astoria are Dominatrix, Praetorian Infernal (who nobody knows what on earth happens to him even with the new trial, he never appears outside of Maria Jenkins arc) Diabolque, Chimera and Shadow Swan being the key Praetors IIRC.

Of course Diabolique is killed off in her own Trial and the last two are killed off along with Tyrant...leaving Praetor Duncan and the mystery that is Praetorian Infernal.

Though the ones from the iTrials may not be 'killed' but 'arrested'.

As much as I REALLY hate to agree with GG (seriously saying what I think about her and her viewpoint would get me banned from this forum and several forums over such that it would be that harsh).

While the Sif fight is interesting, I can't help but feel that Sif is the weakest boss out of the Dark Souls set for the reason of the sword wielding is just a tad silly when compared to the rest of the tone of the game but this is my personal opinion. This isn't due to the usual things like poor animation, infact the way Sif moves is some of the mose fluid and genuinely canine movements of a canine to ever be included in a game.

I just can't help but feel that Sif should be using that speed and bulk to a greater advantage than he does with the sword.

Well if it's good enough for comic books then it's good enough for me.

Seriously, you want to get rid of convicts ship them to this place...just bet on how long they survive.

Though it'd be limited to minutes and not hours.

Mind you speaking of Dark Souls I'd rather they used the spider rig for something more along these lines as a player option:


Happy nightmares people.

To: Operations.
From: Guard station site 22A.
Subject: Leprechauns in the airducts

I'm not sure if this is some kind of prank by other people but it's clearly stated in Section 342 of the Employees handbook that mythical or legendary creatures are not to be brought into the workplace and now because someone brought one in we're infested with what I can only describe as Leprechauns.

I'm hereby putting in a request for a heavy duty flamethrower team to clean them out, we'll provide the clean-up crew and if properly cooked, will suggest serving them in the mess hall.

Ok...

The guy just turned into some kind of small Dog (smaller than the Dog he had with him) and scampered down the hall, thankfully the Dog, Bees and Hawk accompanying him left as well, I think he was heading for the lunch room, I'd suggest sending a notice to the guys there with allergies to fur and Bees.

Erm guys, just need to ask...are a swarm of Bees under the pet policy?

There's a guy in the entrance lobby with Bees, a Hawk and a Dog, I mean the Dog is fine, looks a bit savage but whatever and the hawk looks totally badass, are they company issue? The Bees are my major conscern.

I'm new and on my first day of training, if management could get back to me on this quickly it'll be much appreciated.

Of course this man could beat them both


What someone had to throw in the "A new challenger approaches".

My main problem with that is...is it New Zealand or Australia?

If it's Australia...why would anyone want to invade a country where nature is actively out to make your life miserable. Seriously nature decided "You know what this country needs...only 90% of the worlds most poisonous creatures...including the only poisonous mammal...yeah..bring it mankind!"

Aye that's the the fire & Ice tier 9 VIP costume.

There's also a Mecha costume coming for tier 9 VIPs but I haven't seen any pictures of it (they were posted but were taken down as the team throught they need some work doing and Zwill kindly asked people not to post the pics since they weren't ready for show) apparently it is very Gundam/Virtual On style though.

Perhaps it's because I'm approaching Forcefields from a Mastermind perspective.

I notice you mention 'focus on other powers' as a Mastermind with perhaps one direct attack, there is no other powers to focus on, I'm literally sitting there just waiting while the bots blow things up in relative safety with perhaps the occasional aid other or repair if someone gets a lucky hit.

Heck I could cast bubbles and toggle up, go for a smoke, come back and still be just fine.

Perhaps it isn't Forcefields as whole that needs a boost but Forcefields for Masterminds that needs something especially since Mastermind attacks are just not worth taking in set leading to an overall incredibly safe but boring experience.

Plus the most common response to the question "Bots/Forcefield or Bots/Traps?" most people will respond "Bots/Traps."

I think this is the problem that our competition run into well the most recent competition anyway.

They tied appearance to stats which made making a costume when starting out very, very limited, people couldn't design the hero they wanted and you had to wait until certain levels to get the costume items you actually wanted anyway (ok so why do I have to be near the level cap to wear a Baron Samedi style tophat?).

That and you had to fit into 'the universe'. CoH by comparrison is more Gold or Silver age, where genres collide, everything from pulp noir to far future sci-fi collides.

Forcefield definitely needs something else, especially when something like Traps is ALWAYS a better choice compared to it since it provides healthy +def and a whole host of other things.

It is also the most boring set to play as a Mastermind (words of experience).

I do reckon they could change Instant Healing back to a toggle without it breaking the game as well.