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50 Necro/Dark ... gave her some damage potential with IOs. However, I'm not fond of zombies ... they're so stupid! Harder to control, imo. But, between Dark and Heat Mastery, I find the number of holds to be helpful.
50 Merc/Dark ... not much damage so far but getting him up there with IOs. A little tough to control because I have to keep calling them back to me (of course, I think all pets keep running up on their targets instead of staying where I put them).
3 Thug/Poison ... this is the third attempt to create this toon (deleted twice), but there's a chance this one may stick. The potential of sticking strictly to pet support is pretty good.

I once had a bot/ff, but got tired of playing him.

If I could have ONE ... it'd would definitely be a kin ... but since that option's not available, I'm not going to make that call. Right now, my necro/dark is my best one.

And when are they going to fix it?

Could a different portal just be placed in the same base or would it be better of the villains made their own firebase on some opposite rock?

The Heroes have had so many more land options than Villains, but instead of writing in new lands for villains to occupy ... why not start sharing? In other words ...

MAKE ALL THE SHADOW SHARD MAPS CO-OP ZONES!

Maybe the Rularuu are a bigger threat than we all thought and it would only take a cooperative effort to clean up (as hinted in Ouroboros and the Incarnate storylines)? Maybe the villains found a way to sneak in a base far from Firebase Zulu to stake their claim (there's so much map to work with--a new or reformed piece of rock shouldn't be too hard)? Whatever your creative pleasure, it's time we offer the Villains a few more options.

So, once again, please ... MAKE ALL THE SHADOW SHARD MAPS CO-OP ZONES!

Thank you and have a great day!

It sometimes makes me wonder if we can only ever get so many VRs.

Moreover, I can't help but wonder if there's some kind of activity requirement (like medical school, where they only give out so many As, Bs, and down the line) and it depends on how much killing you've done, how many times you've died, or anything like that.

I'm running into a wall here, too, and it's making me lose interest in playing all together. If there's a system beyond random, I'd dearly like to know what it is because I'm tired of working hard and getting screwed!

I myself want to add AVs or Heroes coming in to ambush while a boss/EB/AV's maybe at 25-50% health. All I can do right now is activate a boss at that range who'll just stand around waiting for me to find him/her. I'd like the angry good-/bad-guy to charge!

Current options are just when to activate and what group the mob belongs to. Maybe the "Unique" option or "Single" would do, in which case you can select one person from the group you've selected (to include custom characters). Maybe have three selections in the "Enemy Groups" portion being either "Mob" "Single" or "Mob with Boss".

I have at least two AEs in this boat that I'd like to fix with such a change.

I would like to be able to design AE missions to use "Add an Ambush" and make the ambush consist of a single target (like, say, an Archvillain, Hero, or customized character)! All I can do is "Fight a Boss" and make that boss appear during or after a certain other event, but it won't come after me. I want to make AVs/Heroes and other custom characters come after you during another event (be jumped by an EB when fighting a boss/EB/AV, for example).

Maybe the single target in question can come alone, maybe with a small group. Point is, please make it possible.

I sure hope this doesn't get lost in the stacks of threads, but rather gets actual notice and consideration. I'd like to up the ante a little, make some of my custom missions more interesting and story-driven!

I'll be happy to bring my 50mm (merc/dark). NEEDS it!

EDIT: I JUST noticed that times are PST, so if anyone wants to do it earlier (like maybe 8 or 9 EST), I'd be happy to do that. Otherwise, I'll see if I can make the 11 EST one.

I've always wanted to see more costumes, especially for female toons. I'd like to see gowns (belle gowns, slit gowns, etc.) and I'd like outfits like the Sybils in Cimerora wear. I'd like to see military ranks available for Shoulders. Maybe even robes like the Circle of Thorns Guardians wear. I'd like to see long curly hairstyles. I know there's things for men I'd like to see as well, but I can't think of them right now. I'll post them later when I remember. But these are examples of costumes I'd like to use for my toons.

Am I the only one??

As awesome as 2xp always sounds, I'm really beginning to hate it. Why? Because it ALWAYS comes when I can't log onto it! Serving in the Army, I don't get a choice as to when I am and am not available, so ...

We need more of these!

Well, let's say you can only have one at a time then ... and if the pet you have is the boss you're facing or one of the rescues/allies you pick up, let it not work. Let the AI be independent (like hit it and he/she comes) so that, instead of clicking the ground where they'd show, they'd just show up by your side and "do their thing". Another option, of course, is to reduce their level to that of an Elite Boss.

Still don't like it? Okay, I can accept using someone under them like a Longbow Ballista or a Bane Spider Executioner ... but then, it wouldn't exactly be "them" that pays us back, would it? But at least it's something else.

Thank you for your replies.

We've all seen heroes & villains alike helped in movies, cartoons, games and comics alike helped by someone. Many of these heroes & villains in these other media have uttered a phrase like "I owe you one" or "I'm in your debt". In this game, heroes & villains say these things, too ... except they never really "make good" on it, do they? Oh, sure, you can get a badge and maybe (if you're lucky) a recipe that doesn't suck too much. But, you go through a lot to help them. Would it be too much to ask that they help you?

Well, here's a proposal for how they CAN!

Make a temporary power, given after beating a certain challenge that helps a signature hero or villain, that makes that signature hero or villain come to your aid directly! That's right ... make a hero or villain your pet for a short while! Let's have any number of heroes or villains from Sister Psyche to Ghost Widow, or even Statesman or Lord Recluse themselves come to YOUR aid for helping them before!!

Simply make this reward a timed option (like other non-mastermind pets, of course), and make the time either constant throughout the selection of heroes/villains ... or adjusted to the tier of the hero/villain aiding you (e.g. someone like Stalwart gives you maybe 3 min, Dr. Aeon maybe 2 min, and Lord Recluse for 1 min). Obviously, if you use them with differing times by tier, leave their power and AI at their peaks.

Maybe you can collect these "favors" or maybe you can have only one at a time, whichever.

Anyway, that's my suggestion/idea. Thoughts?

I'm saying that, to lighten the burden, they could allow limited pet customization by allowing only a couple of faces and outfit choices ... maybe add gender and skin color as well ... with existing customizations. Color customization would be a start, but otherwise I'd say make a few more possibilities.

I don't know who else would, but I put in a HUGE vote for the ability to customize the appearance of our pets. Make each pet cost a token if you must, but let us do it PLEASE! I have a couple ideas how we can do it.

1: full custom: do to them as we can do to ourselves (and our architect subjects). I'd much prefer this one. However, if it's too much, then how about this:

2. partial custom: give a few different appearance options for each kind of pet (low, middle or high; zombie, ninja, robot, soldier, or punk; unequipped or equipped with one of both upgrades). Imagine: humanoid robot options (male or female frames); living dead women (as messed up as we want them to look ... can even have a few clothing options so that they came from wherever they died); female punks; kunoichi (female ninja) and either gender ninja of various dress and color; female soldiers and uniform and/or camoflauge options.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd LOVE to be able to customize my pets. Most of my MMs are concept and I have my pets doing all sorts of thing, each with its own identity. Maybe I put too much into this, but I KNOW I'm not the only one.

So, I request and put in a HUGE vote for customizing (even if only partially) our mastermind pets.

All in favor? Any reason why this CANNOT be done?

Seek out my arc, called:

The Misfits of Vengeance, currently ARC ID 114085 (but keeps changing as I update). It's a 5-mish arc intended as a task force proposal for the Rikti War Zone (co-op) about a few misfits of NPC groups who band together and pull other dissenters from their groups together to get revenge and take over the world. So, in theory, something from every NPC group would be represented (though it would be easier to do that if all NPCs were capable of being seen at level 50). It features 7 custom arch-villains, so I'd suggest taking a full team for full effect. Great story (in my possibly-biased opinion). I'd dearly like to know what you think.

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I'm sure I'll make more, but this is something I've wanted to make for a long time.