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Dibs on Rularuu the Ravager.
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Quote:Tried it on both characters, without success. Checked several times to make sure I was typing it right. It doesn't work for me.Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
/bind insert "+lookup"
/bind delete "+lookdown"
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On at least two of my characters, I've noticed that they tend to fly at a downward sloping angle, whereas my other flying characters are capable of flying in a straight horizontal line. When I try to fix this with the camera positioning keys, I find that on both of these problem characters Insert and Delete don't respond. I'm unable to make the camera swivel up and down with these keys, even though I'm supposed to be able to. Resetting my keybinds or binding the functions to other keys doesn't fix the problem either.
Is there any way I can regain the ability to look up, look down, and fly in a straight line with these characters? It's really starting to bother me. -
Quote:A Nictus merged with a host is still referred to as a Nictus, unless it is a Warshade. Romulus Augustus is a Nictus who contains a Nictus. And once again, it's not just a case of similar names. It's a case of two Nictus hosts with the same name, who are counterintuitively unrelated. Don't split hairs with me, young man, and don't try to dismiss the argument by ignoring half the information.Originally Posted by Venture
The Nictus wasn't named Romulus. The Nictus that merged with Romulus Augustus was, if it was anyone we'd seen in canon before and the writers want to choose the most obvious (and cheesy) option, most likely Dirge of Entropy, the one that would later merge with Ridolfo Uzziano, a.k.a. Requiem.
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Quote:No one is claiming that Romulus and Romulus Augustus are the same person, especially since we have redname word that they aren't. We're saying that it's weird that an ancient Nictus named Romulus and a modern Warshade also named Romulus aren't related at all, because all the lore and backstory tools are there to create a believable and viable connection.Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
That's... not a similar situation at all.
It's more like sticking an non-combat escort into a one-off mission and naming him "Marcus Frekleburger", and having the players claim he's related to Statesman. Or worse, he is Statesman. Which this thread is claiming.
Honestly it would do a lot to fix things (in my opinion, anyway) if the lore just mentioned that "Romulus" is just the Nictus/Warshade version of John Smith, and there are a lot of them running around with that name. Then the players could all make Warshades named Romulus Stripperus, Romulus Automechanicus, Romulus Cafeteriaworkerus, Romulus Taxlawyerus, Romulus Hotdogstreetvendoricus, etc. -
Quote:Exactly. It isn't like the CoX writing pool to to leave missed story opportunities like the Romuli just hanging around. (With the possible exception of that whole Coming Storm mishegas, I suppose.) "Sloppy and counterintuitive" took the words right out of my mouth. In my experience they're a lot better with their continuity than this.Originally Posted by BlueBattler
This.
The whole Warshade gimmick of them being reformed Nictus lends itself to Romulus the Warshade being Augustus. The fact that he isn't according to Manticore seems very sloppy to me and counter intuitive.
It'd be like having a new NPC named Martin Cole show up who has electric/invulnerability powers who favors red and blue and calls Ms. Liberty "Cousin" turn out to be someone totally unrelated to Statesman.
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My Storm/Energy/Psy Defender, Heliostorm, is supposed to be a minor aspect of Rularuu; if he somehow gets access to Spines powers as an Incarnate, he'd have all the Rularuu Soldier powers. So if he became an Incarnate of any deity, it would probably be Rularuu. But if I have to go Greco-Roman pantheon...Ouranos? Hyperion?
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iDon'tThinkSo.
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Plant/Empathy is an "obvious" set, I think, for a Mother Nature-healy-earthy-crunchy type.
Robotics/Force Field, since the bots themselves also generate force fields.
Kinetics/Energy
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Quote:When two characters have the same name, chances are that it's probably just a coincidence. When two characters have the same name and *both of them are hosts to Nicti?* Less coincidental.Originally Posted by Venture
Why is it a "screw up" if the name was used twice? "Romulus Augustus" is a historical figure, although we're pretty sure he wasn't involved with space aliens. "Romulus" is the name of one of Rome's founders in one of its origin myths and as a result is a not-uncommon name.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and a world in which all characters with similar names were somehow related or connected to each other would be far more unusual than one in which some people happened to have similar names but were otherwise unrelated.
The (current) official word may be that they are not in fact connected in any way. But it still carries the gusting stench of either a naming flub behind the scenes or a storyline that was started and then abandoned. -
Because there would be an arguably compelling story, possibly tying into side-switching, if Romulus Augustus somehow became Romulus the Warshade after 2000 years. Otherwise it just looks like someone screwed up and used the same name twice.
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Quote:Indeed. The same way Shadowstar has always called herself (itself?) Shadowstar.Originally Posted by BlueBattler
It's been inconsistent as to whether or not having a Kheldian actually extends the human lifespan. It definitely increases that of the Kheldians themselves-- a Peacebringer who doesn't bond has a life span of about 10 years, a Warshade three ... when they bond, they're practically immortal.
When I say that Romulus the Warshade should be the same entity as Romulus from the ITF, I mean that the Kheldian portion should have been once bonded to the human Romulus. -
Quote:You should see a Light Form Peacebringer coated in ice shields then. It becomes a lovely extraterrestrial Tiffany chandelier.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think the Kheldians are creepy rather than hilarious or lovable
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Oh I have tons of those.
Elec/Elec Blaster - a Mu refugee
Elec/Elec Brute - a prototype rank of Clockwork
Broadsword/SR Scrapper - a refugee from Battle Maiden's army
Claws/Invuln Scrapper - a Paragon Protector slowly recovering his memories
Rad/Rad Defender - a PPD officer who became addicted to Excelsior
Ninja Blade/Ninjutsu Stalker - a thief who found an axe made of the same technology as Valkyrie's spear
Stone/Stone/Soul Brute - the incarnation of the Defiler (see the Purifier Badge), whose body is constructed from various Devouring Earth critter parts
Energy/Energy Blaster - grandson of Brandon Warfield who derived a powered armor suit of his own from the Vambrace technology
Ice/Ice Blaster - former Crey operative whose Cryo Rifle backfired
Gravity/Energy Dominator - male child ejected from the Cabal who became an evil Knight of the Four Winds
Storm/Elec Defender - a Knight of the Four Winds
Storm/Energy/Psy Defender - an avatar of Rularuu
Dark/Dark Corruptor - stole Ravenstorm's "tech noir" for himself
Super Strength/Invuln Brute - a renegade Council soldier who can become a Warwolf
And that's just the ones I can remember right now.
ETA: D'oh, I can't believe I forgot my most famous canon toon: Count Crey (yes, he's *the* Count Crey), a Dark/Dark Scrapper designed to counter his wife's powers and take her down. -
Quote:...Until the ghost ship comes along, and the crew decides that not being able to have tea anymore is the latest thing to piss them off about being dead.Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel
We can just take it to Talos where Lusca doesn't spawn, we might not get as many tea ships, but we'll avoid Lusca.
besides, the calamari only spawns way out in the middle of the bay, we'd be safe even if we did do IP. -
Quote:Originally Posted by DrMike2000
Buff/buff? I think its an interesting question.
People already make teaming-only support heavy characters, just like they make self-sufficient ones who contribute zero force multiplication to a team, so how far could you push it?
I'm pretty sure it would be overpowered, and I immediately thought of a Kinetics/FF super-fender. I dual-boxed a pair of Defenders for a while, one Kinetics, one Force Fields, and they filled each others weak points incredibly well. They were both Offenders, ie well slotted blasts, and could take down Praetorian AV's together. They turned any team into a group of indestructible cannonballs.
But is that overpowered? Two characters can do it now. If one completely team dependent character could do this, at the cost of having to solo on power pools and brawl, is that a bad thing? It wouldn't stop people from making more balanced or solo-orientated characters.
Oh yeah, and Buff/Melee would rock!
Oh, I hadn't considered that. Provided that the buff/buff character has sets that allow for self-buffing, that would be friggin' hilarious - buff yourself twice over, and then be forced to Air Superiority/Jump Kick/Punch/Kick/Flurry/Brawl everything to death. That's so tragic, I'd almost want to experience that. Just the once, anyway. For the five minutes I could probably stand it. -
Quote:Next time, try a "Yo Momma" crack. IIRC it's a mag 250 taunt/immobilize.Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
I've soloed him with my Mercs/TA MM and my Bots/Dark MM... everyone else, I fight for a while, he gets away, and I salve my pride by bellowing after him, "YEAH, RUN YOU COWARDLY F***ER, THAT'S WHAT LONGBOW DO BEST!"
Kid you not, though, the second time I yelled that after him, HE ACTUALLY STOPPED. I don't know if he got hung up on something in the sewers or what, but it was like he stopped and looked at me and went, "You did NOT just say that." I caught up to him and whaled on him some more, but he still got away.
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Quote:So you'd be okay with having a completely situational character who can only come out to play during X situation? Whatever, you live on a completely different planet than I do. I value the ability to solo *or* team a lot more than being a super healer/buffer and being *required* to team. And yes, that makes me better than you.Originally Posted by RoboBug
this guy is right! you can only have one character and you have to play only it!
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Quote:Because a pure support character is nothing but a parasite - incapable of doing anything on their own. What would such a character do if they didn't have the opportunity to team? Just not play the game? No thanks, what a waste of time and subscription fees. Meanwhile, my Defenders and Controllers can solo just fine, if slowly, because they can do at least some damage. I'm not cut off from the game if I don't happen to be teaming, which a buff/buff character would be.Originally Posted by Adelie
Everything has to be able to contribute damage - why? Think outside the box man! lol
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Quote:Springing that the relationship exists at all in the same issue as the marriage proposal does not a convincing relationship make. If they wanted Manticore and Sister Psyche to be taken at all seriously as a couple, they should have been dropping hints since the first issue rather than just in the last.Originally Posted by Rodoan
Umm...not to be mean spirited, but did you even read the rest of the comics? By the time of "Trading Place" it was really obvious in the banter that there was much going on between Manticore and Sister Psyche.
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Quote:It has a hell of a lot more substance than Manticore and Sister Psyche. I don't think either of them knew the other was even alive before he randomly shot a wedding ring at her at the end of the comic book series. Plus I'll support anyone who has the chance to reduce how much of a ********* Statesman is. If Desdemona is in a position to whip him into acting right, so much the better - she can start on bloody Sister Psyche afterwards.Originally Posted by EmperorSteele
*sigh*, damn fanfic writers. Yes, everyone who ever meets has to fall in love *eyeroll*
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Quote:Grammaton Clerics are the gun kata users from Equilibrium, the source of much of the love for Dual Pistols. But IMO openly labeling your character a Grammaton Cleric is a little too shamelessly fanboyish. It's the DP equivalent of naming your SS/Invuln/Energy Mastery Tanker "Last Son Of Krypton".Originally Posted by Tyger42
Should I know what that means?
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The other night I saw a DP character named "Grammaton Cleric Phi." I gagged.
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Quote:Arrrrrgh.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Hsssss.
Does anyone think that uninformative thread titles are a waste of time?
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Quote:Same here. I thought it was Going Rogue that everyone wanted answers about.Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain
Maybe it's just me, but I always thought "our" costume creator was pretty darned up front.
I have never had a question about it >.>