Fleeting Whisper

Actually, yes. But we can go back and forth on that all night, so I'll leave this particular tangent at "get off your high horse".

That's... kinda the point.

Uhh... no. You probably don't know this, since you don't play villains (the only place in the game where the Center actually shows up), so I'll quote it for you:
(emphasis mine)

As for what his mutant power is...

Asserting your moral authority strips away any moral authority you might have had.

Moral does not mean "good". It means "follows a set of rules". What those rules are doesn't matter.

An anarchist seeks to overturn the rules of society. That doesn't preclude them from having their own set of rules.

And, of course, our best guess at the Center's power is that he's a mutant with the power of Charisma.

Possibly "the allmighty benevolent gods changed every member of the 5th Column to allegiance with the Council and erased the memory of the 5th from existence"

You have to go through all those steps in what they call "crimes of passion", and that's certainly not premeditated. By your reasoning, nothing that a human does (or, taken to its logical extreme, nothing that anything in the universe does, whether it be sentient or not, even if it's not even alive) is spontaneous.

If Hitler had won the War, and the world was dominated by Germany, and blond haired, blue eyed people were the government leaders and most common phenotype around, you (as in, the "you" that had grown up in such a world, not the "you" that I'm conversing with today) would be saying the exact same thing.

The citizens of Praetoria are saying the same thing as you are, too. Their world is much better today than it was before Marcus Cole took on the title of Emperor. Before, there was terror, destruction on a massive scale, and many were homeless and without food. Today, everyone has what they need and then some. Everyone is taken care of. Everyone is safe.

I agree, that the world today is better than it was 30 years ago. But that's because I've grown up in this world, and have been instilled with the values of this society. If history were altered -- no matter in what way you chose to alter it -- I would feel the same way, because I was brought up in that world. If we were born in a post apocalyptic dystopia, do you know what you and I would be saying? "This world is great -- we don't have nukes falling on us every day! "

The Isolator badge requires defeating 100 Contaminated. The Contaminated faction consists of only minions, and all but 1 have exactly two attacks, one of which is "Rock" (the one without two attacks only has one attack). Contaminated spawn in Outbreak, the Hero tutorial zone, in the second mission from Pilgrim, and as a lone Contaminated in Recluse's Victory. The Contaminated are victims of the "Outbreak" virus.

The spawn in Atlas Park is from the Infected faction, which normally spawns in Mercy Island and some of the starting Villain missions. The Infected faction includes minions, lieutenants, and bosses, and even a unique boss named "Biopulse" who has gained actual super powers. The Infected are all the result of drinking cesspool water in Mercy Island.

Whatever you want to call it, randomly shooting someone for no reason is NOT "premeditated".

You only say that because the victors in any conflict label themselves as the good guys. The history books generally color the victors as "good", so you claim that good wins over evil. That's not the case; rather, someone wins, and that someone gets to write the history. Because their opponent isn't around any more. Of course they're going to make themselves look good when they do it.

Good doesn't win over Evil. Victors call themselves Good and call the losers Evil.

Again, I doubt that. The entire premise of GR seems to be "shades of gray". Sure, if you only run the Resistance storyline (which I assume you will, GG), you'll probably end up seeing Cole and his men as Evil. Hell, you'll probably get that from your first Resistance contact. Run the Loyalist storyline and you'll get the other side of the coin. Run both (as I, and many others, will do), and you'll see that the Good and Evil in Praetoria isn't quite so clear-cut.

I have a better suggestion for Power:

I'll work for whoever gives me the shinier badges (which probably means I'll do both Loyalist and Resistance storylines on one character)
Of course, IIRC they said that there'll be a badge for not switching sides which will be removed as soon as you switch sides once, but considering a side switch gives me access to more than one badge, I'm not to worried.

I didn't derail it. I replied to posts in the branching conversation. It's a lot like my brain -- each thought leads to five different others. Then my friends call me weird for piping up about tuna fish in a conversation about D&D.

Surprisingly, I've never had any issue with Kadabra Kill...

Where?

I would argue otherwise. While I wouldn't call random murder a good thing, I fail to see where it is explicitly "evil". Evil implies villainous intent. Completely random death doesn't have intent behind it. I would probably call the act of premeditated murder "evil"; but random murder is about as evil as manslaughter.

What movie was it... The Box, I think...? The basic premise was that there was a box with a button inside. Pressing the button would award you $1,000,000... but one random person in the world would die because of your button press. It seems like a similar situation to me.

I think evil is entirely subjective. For example, throughout history, it's the losers of any conflict who are generally considered evil in the history books. Most people alive today would certainly call Hitler an evil person, but during his reign he (and many/most Aryan Germans) truly believed that he was helping Germany regain its rightful place in the world, and making the world a better place for it. From their subjective viewpoint, they were doing Good, and everyone trying to stop them was being Evil.

The people we label as "terrorists" in today's world believe they are making the world a better place, and that we are evil for trying to stop them. We believe they are destroying society's values and infrastructure, and are evil for doing so. Obviously, we're the good guys for stopping them. That is much like the situation in Praetoria -- the majority have it good, while a terrorist minority believe that the majority is wrong, and go to violent extremes to prove their point.

During a conflict, all sides believe that they are doing Good, and their opponent(s) are Evil. After a conflict, the history books call the victors Good and the losers Evil.

If and when the Resistance topples Emperor Cole's hold on Upsilon Beta 9-6 (with or without the aid of super-powered individuals from Primal Earth), it will be "proven" that the Resistance were the "good guys" all along, while the Loyalists were "evil". If and when the Resistance is annihilated (with or without the aid of super-powered individuals from Primal Earth), it will be "proven" that the Resistance were "evil", while the Loyalists were the "good guys".
(Of course, all of that is hypothetical, since it's unlikely that the Loyalists vs. Resistance storyline will ever be complete in order to maintain the MMO Status Quo)

Lots of possibilities...

Sela Vermont:
(with 'love')
Love Smarten
Love Ram Nets
Me Love Rants
Love Star Men
Mantes Lover
Stamen Lover
Meant Lovers

(without 'love')
Leaven Storm
Rename Volts
Meaner Volts
Laments Over
Removal Nest
Marvel Notes
Learnt Moves
Alerts Venom
Travels Omen
Travel Omens
Slave Mentor
Valet Sermon
Veal Monster
Name Revolts
Means Revolt
Names Revolt
Moral Events
Morals Event
Almost Never
Roman Svelte
Matron Elves
Van Molester
Enslave Mr To
Reveal Ms Not
Leave Mr Snot
Leave Mrs Not
Leave Ms Torn
Realm Vest On
Lamer Vest No
Travels On Me
Slaver To Men
Lave Me Snort
Volts Near Me
Lost Me Raven
Are Men Volts
Lost Men Rave


_______________________________


Zev Scalamore:
(with 'love')
Love Arc Mazes
Love Scar Maze
Lovas Craze Me
A Czar Loves Em
A Czar Loves Me

(without 'love')
Craze La Moves
Ovals Craze Me
Cave Zero Alms
Me Raze Vocals
Vocals Ram Zee
Vocals Mar Zee
Arm Zee Vocals
Scram Zee Oval
Macs Zero Veal
Car Laze Moves
Arc Laze Moves
Czars Move Ale
Save Mole Czar
Raze Alms Cove
A Czar Solve Em
Me Solve A Czar


There's lots more (IAS returns 385 total for Zev and 2884 total for Sela), but I just picked the ones that sounded pretty good.

Yup. And compared to the Hero equivalent, it's ridiculously easy to get.

Arakhn and Requiem were with the 5th before the Council.

I assume you're talking about the PvP stuff?

Just checked up on Energy Aura's post about the most recent Mids' update. It's a download-only update (doesn't work with the auto-update within the program), and from the update's patch notes:
The thread about the update is here. You can download the update here.

As I quoted earlier, "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner."

I think the rest of the quote works pretty well for Praetoria, too: "Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."

Now, Emperor Cole isn't exactly a lamb, and you might argue that he's not in the minority... but he's certainly well-armed.

Yes, many stores which provide pre-orders require you to give a down payment on the order. But that money goes directly to the cost of the game, as you admit. You don't pay extra for a pre-order, you just pay part of the cost earlier.

I don't know if that's a typo, but that's an AWESOME word

It's not really an assumption of bad faith when he's got multiple threads on what is essentially the same subject, and it also colors his posts in other people's threads.