FredrikSvanberg

More like sponsored. And it's not like Malta isn't controlled by Nemesis. (note: joke)

I discussed Sky Raiders with a friend yesterday and we concluded that the following changes would make the group more interesting.

1) Remove all human minions. Replace them with robotic drones of various kinds; a force field generator, a gun drone, etc.

2) Make the former human minions into lieutenants. Make jump bots into lieutenants. Make Captains into bosses.

3) Remove sky skiffs from regular spawns. Let sky skiffs be part of special spawns for outdoors locations only.

4) Let the new Captain bosses summon paratroopers (human minions arriving by parachute) and robotic minions like masterminds. Give Captains more machete attacks and give them dual pistols once that's available.

5) Introduce "mine fields", pre-deployed as part of spawns. Nearly invisible for unenhanced perception, these immobile underlings simply explode when stepped upon. Just like mines from Traps or Devices.

6) Change all Sky Raider weaponry into a high-tech light-weight arsenal to promote the idea of flying pirates. One idea was a lightning-gun similar to a Malta Sapper's gun but with less end drain and more damage.

Now they are more like mid-level Malta and their lore can be altered to represent this. Maybe Nemesis loses interest in the Sky Raiders once his involvement is exposed as part of the story, and the Raiders turn to Malta for support, which means that they will get a stronger anti-supers agenda, which in turn will give the Raiders a more interesting motivation than simple piracy and mercenary activities.

Ripping out the foundation...?

They're merging the markets!

I've recently discovered an inverse correlation between the number of smilies in a post and the significance of its content.

I'm probably not going to be around on Saturday and I'm not sure about Sunday. Try to have fun anyway!

I've got a bunch of arcs in my signature and even more if you search for @Fred in the MA. I always like more people to play my stuff.

Soul Drain

Not to mention that they needed a good explanation for why there aren't more supers in Praetoria. An explanation which only contradicted the explanation we had already been given by lying ignorant NPCs ("Tyrant and his Praetorians killed all the other supers.") a little bit instead of wholesale, while still allowing for PC supers to be created in Going Rogue.

So the explanation now is that if you're not a 90-percenter in the supers program you escape to Earth Prime at level 20, and that's why there aren't as many supers on Praetorian Earth as on Earth Prime when we fight them in the level 40+ arcs.

The remaining 10% are Mother Mayhem's psychos, Bobcat's catbois, Dominatrix' gimps, etc.

You might have better luck playing that one solo anyway. It had a way of delivering plot and dialogue which didn't mesh well with a team and huge battles.

You can get to RWZ at level 1 now. Heroes have it easy, villains slightly more difficult. As usual.

Best New Story Arc

2nd choice: @Clave Dark 5 Against the WickerWork Khan! #346904, 1 point.

Best New Author

1st choice: @Celestial Nemesis, 2 points.

2nd choice: @Sister Twelve, 1 point.

In my house it's Winter-een-mas all year round. I don't need a phony season to play games.

Why not make a competition out of it? Have everyone who wants to participate make their own War Witch TF and then you or someone else can pick the best of the lot. Bug the devs to DC the arc you picked and it'll be as close to official as you can get.

What's that guy's problem with tankers and why does he care if you play one?

I think you're on to something here. Not a bad observation at all.

I'm dictating character decisions now and then to make the character seem competent and smart. Compared to how we are portrayed in most of the "real" villain arcs in CoV at least.

Thanks for the review!

Just a quick comment: the other VEAT arcs I've made aren't connected, and the other NutriPaste arc I made has been unpublished - they weren't sequels, really. "A Taste For Evil" was always intended as a replacement for "The Secret of NutriPaste".

"Taste" needs some more work, though. At the time when I was working on it I was really sick of it, to be honest, since I had made two arcs with a similar premise in quick succession. I will revisit it when I'm done with my level 40-50 VEAT arc, or sooner if that takes longer than I expect.