Golden Girl

You don't need to sign up - just carry on being a normal guy and you'll eventually get a beat down from a girl

My style? What else do you expect a Scrapper to do?

It's even funnier on the beta server when a new power set is being tested

Anything that doesn't involve a straight up fight appears to be a gimmick to some people

Apparently, the Battalion were originally attached to the Invention system, and were not only going to be too powerful to solo, but would also need the team figting them to have Inventions - so it looks like they've just attached them to the Incarnate system instead

Not if the boys started it

"Gimmick" = anything non-tank and sapnk?

If they team up to beat the boys, then yes

I'd read the write down is around $200 million - plus, for the kind of corp that Disney are, it was way more than just a movie - it was meant to be the launch of a new franchise, with massive amounts of merchandising, new rides and attractions at Disneyworld, and so on - it was a key part of their strategy for the next few years, which is now trashed by its failure.

It's over-empowerment, and there's still way too much of that around

He is - but in the CoHverse, magic and science are combined quite a lot

Both the Hamidon Pasalimas used dark magic blended with science to transform themselves.

Yes and no - Wells are created from every member of a species, so there will be some magic in our Well because some humans are magical.

I was avoiding spoliers - mentioning I12 kinda narrows down the list of who it could be

He's a grandstander - an even bigger one than Recluse - the style of his victory seems to be almost as important to him as the actual victory - his "you may now applaud my audacity" line after he's revealed his Rikti war plot is a perfect insight into his mentality, and fits right in with using steam based tech in the modern world, and the general complexity of his plots - he goes out of his way to prove his genius to the world by always choosing the hardest option.

Freebies and premiums only have limited forum access - so the forums are another VIP perk

It pretty much has to be - Shadowhunter's known to pre-GR players, but Pendragon is totally new, so the pair of them showing up for Tyrant's last stand with zero introduction needs some context from earlier content - and we already know that Shadowhunter's confirmed as appearing in Night Ward.
The reference to Black Knights guarding Night Ward and Pendragon's look and origin also suggests he'll appear in the new zone too, which would provide the context for his appearance on the Tyrant Trial.
All the Trials so far have been built on earlier content - they're epic finales for the loyalist characters we meet at lower levels, and it's totally logical for the Tyrant Trial to follow the same pattern - Night Ward will introduce us to Shadowhunter, Black Swan and Pendragon, and then we'll meet them again in the Tyrant Trial, and know why they're there.

It's not a leak - this was a scheduled reveal - the I23 overview page being put up yesterday was the leak

But it's given a very similar look and effect to a nuclear bomb - that's part of the irony - everything comes full circle - the nightmare of the loyalist dictatorship began with nuclear destruction, and it ends with something very similar.