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I'd be one sad Stormy if someone took away my Gale and made me take O2 Boost.

Look at it this way: Level 1 is the only time you get TWO powers at one level. Think of it as an extra special BONUS reward. Fun!

If you don't want your secondary tier 1, just pretend you didn't get that bonus. Remove the icon from your tray and ignore it. Then when you hit level 2 you can take the tier 2 you wanted.

Was there any more chat after BAB showed up?

You corrected the Bodyguard definition, but not the example you used.

"if you have one pet summoned and you and your pet get smacked with a 100-point AoE, you take 50 damage. Your poor pet takes 150!"

In actuality, you would take 67 and your pet would take 133

Otherwise, it's a good start to a comprehensive guide. The formatting is great and easy to read, and it is well organized and structured.

I'd think that you could flesh out the secondary section a bit even without having played them all -- especially if you have played other Masterminds in the past. What types of powers did you find yourself wishing you had? Did you find yourself using your heal frequently, or would a non-healing secondary (FF, Sonic, TA) do OK?

Also, can you describe the Demons' AI? Do they tend to favor Melee or Ranged? I think that Demons are the only MM set with significant cone attacks. Do you have to micromanage their positions a lot because of them?

Thanks!

I am wondering what the mechanic for side switching will end up being. Will it be like KOTOR where you have a variety of missions and how you complete them gives you "points" towards being hero/villain? Or will it be more like EQ2 where you begin a side switching arc and by completing a set number of missions you just end up with changed faction?

The KOTOR method is less restrictive, but I really doubt if it will work that way. In this model, every decision moves you one way or another, but you could do a hundred missions and if you are wishy-washy on your choices you won't actually make any progress.

The EQ2 model would have a Hero go talk to a contact and begin an arc, and at the end of the arc *bing!* the Hero is a Vigilante.

I wasn't talking about the people who say "Hi mom!" once during a cutscene. Even though I have seen it before and am rarely amused by that type of thing, it doesn't bother me -- for basically the same reason everyone else stated: it's something to do during a boring bit of downtime.

But the title of this topic is "Cut scene spam". I was talking about the person who has to hit F7 a hundred times. Heck, they often haven't even changed the text from "Ready!"

This was originally going to be a Player Question, until I realized it was more of a rant than anything else. So please feel free to ignore me as I blow off steam.

Why do people still think that it is clever to spam a "witty" phrase during a cut scene?

Last night we were engaging the group on the stairs in the final mission of the ITF. Just after we started the fight, one of the blasters flew past us towards Romulus. The tank decided to teleport after him and managed to trigger the cut scene first. He then proceeded to spam "Shut up, [censored]" about 50 times throughout the whole cut scene.

The blaster apparently had something else planned, because he insisted on repeating "Look ma, I'm in the cut scene!" about 10 times even though he wasn't visible. I get the feeling that he was mad at the tanker for stealing his spotlight.

Meanwhile, the rest of us were back on the stairs trying to hold together a fight with a couple of groups and an EB. It wasn't like we were in danger or anything, but it sure was annoying.

Do people honestly think they are being original or funny when they do that? We've seen it before.

One additional bit of advice:

Please don't use the bind every time you cast Spectral Wounds. It gets really old playing with someone who uses a chat bind with a frequently cast power. You are best off using that kind of a bind when your teammates need to be informed of something (like when you have made an enemy intangible, or when you are about to cast a buff). If you have to do it with Spectral Wounds, save it for the boss, please.

Also, you may want to post a message on your SERVER forum, found at the bottom of the forum list for your respective language (English in this case). The Player Questions forum is not a great place to advertise your planned supergroup. However, as you have found out, it is a wonderful place for learning more about the game.