Heulengeist

I'm game for a survey.

Player Name: Heulengeist

Character Stats: Lvl 50 Grav/Storm Controller

1) What’s in a name? : Heulengeist's name is actually rather unremarkable and to some people the origin is kinda stupid too. Routinely I make names for my characters based around their power sets (example, a Dark/Ice defender named Nether Cryonics Rep). When I first created Heulengeist he was a Storm/Psy defender. I had a theme for him (special forces soldier) and felt he'd use his codename for his hero name. I studied german in high school and I still like to play with it. I settled on Howling Spirit and babelfished it. Heulengeist.

2) What’s in a job? : I like playing a controller because I can turn crazy groups into useless groups and make sure that the one super pest in that group is totally shut down and not a threat. With my buff/debuff secondary, I also speed the team along as we wipe out the enemy even faster. My damage isn't too great, but I contribute what I can in that sense and it does help.

3) What’s in a game?: I've enjoyed this game for years. I've never been a big fan of the whole elves/dwarfs/etc. universe that can be found in other games. I found this game a nice change from many of the other games I had been playing (RTS, FPS, dungeon crawls). I also had the fun of experiencing this new world with my best friend.

4) What’s in a story?: There are many stories in this game. Been here long enough that I've experienced too many to remember. They are also hard to relate to people and retain their interesting points. Many of the interesting moments in this game come from new experiences, familiarity and, often time, frustration. Usually it's things that break the norm that create the hilarious and interesting moments.

5) What’s in a friend?: I joined the game with a friend and we both still have active accounts. We both have been playing less as of late (sometimes you need a break). I've also made friends in game over the years. A few still play but I've seen many disappear as they quit. The few SGs I am apart of are made of these friends.

6) What got you into MMOs: I never really cared about MMOs over the years. I watched my brother play EverQuest and I didn't care. When the summer began and my classes ended my friend picked up City of Heroes. I watched him play that first day and it just seemed cool to me. The next day I went out and picked up a copy. I was instantly hooked. I enjoyed the new world to explore, the theme, and doing it all with a friend.

7) What new MMO are you looking forward to?: I don't really care for other MMOs that much still. The only other exception has been Guild Wars. As Guild Wars Two is being developed and shown off, I am looking forward to how it will turn out.

That wasn't chicken you ate...while pantless

On multiple servers I made a tank named Cristy Crush(back then this was my main) and almost all of those have been logged off for 1739 days.
For a character I actually played, I have one named CowrdlyWussMage(name limit back then sucked) that has been off for 1682 days.

Variety? Yes! Alternate? Yes!
Personally, staring at the Ice Armor ice cubes for a while doesn't really excite me, so I like the idea of having an option.
I'm fine with Ice Control, but once again...Variety? Yes!

I've always wanted the Security Chiefs to have a little more purpose without your contacts sending you all across the city. This sounds like a great way to do that.

Also, ditto on BBQ Pork's suggestion.

Merry Xmas Triumph and a Happy New Year...except Karl..

Because he proved we need spoiler tags.

Happy Thanksgiving Triumph!

Looks like I'm Delrune. Didn't realize I lived a secret life on the forums.

I've had similar issues with a couple toons.

My first 50 was an Inv/EM tank and I loved playing her. Even after all GDN/ED I loved playing her. Then Issue 13 came out and my friend and I made new toons. He made a BS/Shield scrapper, I made a Shield/Ice tanker. A couple weeks later we were 50 and my Inv/EM tank just didn't seem that interesting to me anymore. I still bring her out from time to time, but usually it's day job moving or just a mission.

I also have a MA/EA stalker. Coincidentally my first lvl 50 villain. At times it's been a chore leveling her, but I have enjoyed the stalker style and the butt kicking I can do. I then made an Elec/SR stalker. It only took a few play sessions before I realized how awesome it was. My other stalker only moves around for day jobs now. Nothing else. I'd delete her if I didn't have a sentimental attachment for my first 50 villain. Especially after it took almost two years to get her there.

There's also a difference in mitigation from the primary.

Electric/Shields has Thunderstrike, Lightning Rod and Shield Charge. All are strong AoE attacks and all have knockdown. They will be knocking down quite a few mobs and those mobs will most likely be aggroed, leaving only a few under the aggro cap actually attacking.

Spines only slows enemies. Ripper is the only attack that offers knockdown, but only does so to 5 targets max.

If you mix that with the various mitigation Shields has (Def, Res, +HP, -Dam) and who knows what types of set bonuses.
EA only offers a little heal on Energy Drain to go with it's Def based powers.

Brutes also have about 300 more HP base at lvl 50, so they can take more damage and even base regeneration is giving them more life back.

Male here and I have more female characters than male.

On my main server, Triumph

Female - 15
Male - 3

Across all servers
Female - 50
Male - 22

My reasons are similar to DarkEther's list above.

Assassin mask, Fingerless Gloves and Padded Gloves.
On my female characters I tend to use Face 13 on multiple costumes. I usually have a costume that has robes or a jacket, unless it's a blazer, I go with Athletic for chest.
All of my characters have a tights costume and I've been noticing that almost all of those tights costumes use Sharp for the pattern.

Your target window is migrating towards the middle of the top?

Don't let him purple sit. He'll just raid your fridge and leave a note saying you need to buy more beer.

Just noticed I can only give so much rep in a 24 hours period.

Will get more of you in 24 hours!

Seems like whenever something is going on, it's when I'm eating dinner.

I either need to eat faster or find another time for food.

I haven't done that for a while (haven't walked along fences for a long time), but I remember this happening to me years ago.

Unless something fixed it and then broke it, I'd have to lean on the "not new" side of it. I can see how it'd be annoying, though.

I think it depends on what you mean by "Single target damage".
If we're talking about burst, then EM is probably still tops when you look at what ET and TF can do in one shot.
But then you have a set like DM. DM doesn't put out the giant orange number (Crit on MG and SM can be highly satisfying though) but it's a flurry of non-stop damage.

Most of the other sets have some decent single target damage(Spines probably falls behind a bit) but run into resistance issues and some have more AoE mixed in instead of single target attack.

Agreeing with the dislike of the merged forums.

The Invention Forum was one I looked at every day, while the market forums I visited only once in a while.

With the combination and people preferring one over the other, I see the potential for some lost, overlooked threads.

Well, to be on the bright side, I'll look forward to seeing some new faces in the Invention threads and maybe I'll spend more time with the market threads.