FunstuffofDoom

Honestly, that's the part that stands out most, to me. I dunno 'bout you all, but I've seen rope ties that are nicer to the particular section than those latex... whatevers seem to be. Like, damn. Why's Duncan called Dominatrix, again? Tilman's the one rocking the fetish gear.

It's been ridden a lo... Oh! I see what you did, there! Clever, clever.

They'd have to be. I don't see many other ways to understand all the 'plots' Nemesis has going.

I thought those riddles were revealed to be faked, and not actually from NC^2?

Before anything happens, I'd like to point out that you switch between Mass Effect 2 and Dead Space 2 in your example. This isn't such a problem for me, because while I'm not terribly familiar with Dead Space, Mass Effect is one of my favorite games, ever, and, oh dear GAWD do they like tugging the heartstrings as they kill off yer doods.

Ahem.

So, perhaps I chose my words poorly, or conveyed the wrong sense. I'm not looking for defeat to be grief-like, either. But, more than mere significance, I do think it needs a consequence. Jails are a consequence, yes, but I'm not entirely sure they're enough. I don't know, though. Maybe, as you've suggested, the game actually acknowledging defeat is exactly what we're looking for.

It seems to me, though, that danger comes from consequences of failure and the struggle to avert it. I don't think this could happen mechanically, so the alternative is too make death/defeat much worth, and the players themselves provide the struggle.

Prometheus started with good intentions. Fire for man. Not such a harmless thing, right? In fact, considering the risks he braved, the beasts he faced, as he scaled Mount Olympus, why, one could call him heroic. And, he outsmarted the gods themselves. He stole fire from them, and gave it to man! A benevolent action! A great action! He should've been lauded a paragon of men.

But, no.

The gods, in a display of gross pettiness bound him to a mountain side that his entrails might be ripped from his body, anew each day. His eyes pecked out, his very mind assaulted. Agony, he endured. For an eternity. Why? Because he committed the heinous crime of caring too much about his people. Because he wanted to improve the lot of his friends.

Their lot was improved, of course. Prometheus succeeded, did he not? Fire was given to the mortals. But for his sacrifice, they did not honor him. They did not struggle as he had struggled, to undo an even greater wrong. No. Prometheus was forgotten. He faded into the annals of history. A foot note, nothing more.

And now, these people who forgot him have sought the power of the gods who wronged him. No, not only have they the audacity to seek such power, they have been granted it without question. Prometheus has learned many things in the eons since his fall. He has learned hatred. And he has learned patience.

For now, he plays the ally, becoming the indispensable aid. So innocuous and necessary will he be, that he could never be questioned. Then, when needed most, the petty mortals who thought themselves above the true order of the world will find themselves quite without their crutch. They will fall, as he fell, and their gods will fall with them.

Prometheus will have his revenge.

Or, tl;dr: What makes you think he's a trustworthy source? His say-so?

Why? No, really. I realize talking about Tyrant is something you love doing, but why couldn't we have some big-team raids focusing on Praetoria and some smaller team stuff working the Coming Storm/Rularuu/Rikti War Resolution angle?

Hell, they could even tie into each other later on. As the players unlock more power, The Coming Storm/Rularuu/Whoever begins ramping up their plans, resulting in invasions from two massive threats simultaneously. Paragon City is in complete turmoil, the Rogue Isles are thrown through a loop (Who knows? Perhaps a chance to renovate some of the older conventions/designs?) and the only way to save the world is for the Incarnates to desperately race for enough power that they might maybe --just maybe-- be strong enough to turn the tides.

Sounds pretty epic to me. I'd go for it in a heartbeat.

So, yeah. Why can't we have more than one relevant story arc at once?

Huh. Cool, and thanks.

So, I'm not actually acutely aware of everything that goes on in this forum. Can you supply a link, or something?

While I wouldn't rule it out entirely, my gut reaction is that any group with that particular theme is fairly small. It's a bit of a niche, you know?

I dunno if it's a concern of yours, but it is a EULA violation to run around without first filing the serial numbers off those names. Just a thought.

Yes. Oh, that is quite possibly the thing I treasure seeing most in seven-odd years of playing. And I've seen the video of the five-minute Hami raid.

That is so cheating.

Ironically, Trick Arrow doesn't have a heal.

During City of Blasters, /Regen Scrappers could tank Hami. I'll take it.

I'm given to understand that they also have a tendency to die off fairly quickly do to Fixadine toxicity.

I like where your head's at.

That's very useful to know. It also helps hammer GuyPerfect's point home: Incarnate Content Mobs (InCoM, for short! Like InCoMpetent!) have the level advantage on this one. It's preparation and smart play that pays dividends, now. Honestly, that doesn't really sound counterintuitive, disingenuous, or even out of line with the rest of the game's design, so I'm a little surprised there're complaints.

That's... actually a much fairer answer than I was expecting. And since it's basically what I and mine do, I have nothing more to say on the matter.