Golden Girl

It's certainly henchperson level evil

CoV was always going to be City of henchmen - it's the way the good vs evil dynamic has to work in an MMO like this - heroes protect, preserve and defend - so for a hero to win/be successful, they simply have to prevent things that would change the game world - but villains are all about change and destruction - for a villain to truly win/succeed, they'd have to change the game world in some way, which just isn't possible to do.
So by drowngrading player villains to a sort of super-henchperson level, it allows them to do small scale evil, but never enough to change the game world - actual supervillains schemes, like Nemesis or Recluse try to pull off aren't possible, because they'd always have to fail, as the game world can't be changed like that.

At the absolute basic level, the CoH gameplay set up means that Heroes are destined to succeed, and Villains are destined to fail - that's just the way the gameworld is set up - Heroes can always save the world, but Villains can never conquer it.

Yes, it is, isn't it?

Actually, as a slightly more serious point, being captured by a villain, but then turning the tables on them is quite a standard superhero situation - but I think it'd be very hard to translate it into actual gameplay, because it'd force the player into a situation of not being able to react.
The closst we have is when we end up in Council or CoT cells on some maps - but that still gives the option of an instant response to the situation by letting us break down the door - if that option was taken away, it'd better reflect actuallty being trapped, but it'd also mean that players would be totally cut off from having the ability to change their situation, which would be a totally unique thing to happen in the game, as we've always got at least one option to affect any situation we're in - although I think there migth be a couple of ways they could do it.


That would just be so totally harsh

I don't think the system is gender based - you're just as likely to get captured by a guy in a leather catsuit.

So do I - I'd love visual sounds, as long as they were optional, and would work with the normal sound efefcts

So you can give the boys this...




But we can't see Maelstrom taking a shower? How about changing his armor then? Or working out? I really don't think you're playing fair here

Well, we certainly learnt for sure which way Joel S. swung - Batgirl's suit only hinted at them - Batman and Robin had them totally highlighted

Plus, there were all those butt-shots of Batman and Robin when they suited up...

As long as they give them to the male avatars too, I'd be ok with that.

Check the whole thread, and you'll see he has had a change of heart

Well, I haven't actually ever found a thread I didn't like - but I have found some that I didn't think were good ideas

The science booster is the main reason I don't think they're really thinking of adding anything like this.

Plus, it's good in-game advertising - it shows off some GR goodies to players who mightn't know about them

Don't bet against it

He's also posted this:

It's pointless to continue that particular topic.

Tentacles count as toes if you use them to walk.

Vigilante status is still dipping your little toes into gray waters

I'm sure you'll have one blue side who'll want to dip his little toes in the gray water, just to see what it's like

Or just play nice and stay

Probably only for a short time

That just means you have three active missions - complete or drop one, and then she'll give you the cape mission.