Ideon

As people have said, you can always avoid arcs you don't want to do. Just do papers in their place.

Contacts to try out in the Rogue Isles:

Mercy Island
- Kalinda (prove yourself to Arachnos, take down a traitor, beat up snakes and infected
- Mongoose (deal with snake infestation)
- Seer Marino (fascinating insight into Arachnos)

Port Oakes
- Billie Heck (beat up Hellions, stop infighting between two mafia groups)
- Veluta Lunata (ghost busting)

I'm sure other people can make suggestions for later contacts.

Some NPCs wearing a santa hat, somehow with their original hair if long still under the hat, though horns can poke out of the hat.

In fact, somehow have helmet wearing NPCs wear santa hats on top of their helmets! Maybe some Arbeiters are in the festive mood and wearing santa hats over their helmets!

I can certainly imagine Synapse wearing one and poor bald Positron wearing one too for the winter season!

But in Recluse's meeting room... maybe not... or perhaps Recluse has forced all of his patrons to wear santa hats no matter how ridiculous they look (with Mako's Crab Spider guards, Ghost Widow's Night Widow guards, Scirocco's Mu Mystic guards, and Black Scorpion guards all attempting not to laugh, or... wearing hats too, much to their disbelief).

Let's face it, when we see the Freedom Phalanx and Vindicators compared to Recluse and his patron lieutenants, something seems a bit off. Sure, some heroes still manage to look vaguely updated, such as Statesman and Positron, but how about Sister Psyche? You see her in the top left corner of the screen (if your screen is big enough), and what do you notice? She's wearing Ring shoulderpads, which her ingame character is missing since issue 1!

Plus, her hairstyle is no longer "Shy" either.

Here's a pic of her on the left, some of her CGI looks, and my attempt on the far right.



Frankly, she needs:
- a unique top and bottom which reflects light a bit (basically a Tops with Skin having Sleek option which doesn't exist ingame, along with two colour choices, so she can get two different green tones, along with skin where necessary)
- adjusted colours to fit her CGI appearance
- unique hairstyle
- probably better gloves than the closest ones I've chosen
- unique belt similiar to Ampules, but with a buckle on the front like her newer CGI appearance

Shoulder rings and combat boots exist in game to fit those parts.

Either way, her model character should be changed to at least update her boots and shoulders (and possibly gloves), and for Going Rogue, a update to her entire wardrobe should probably be done, seeing as it's reasonably likely the whole Praetorian Guard will be getting updated clothing.

Anyone else needing a costume update or other stuff?

I got one: Manticore's height in comparison to his sidekick, Swan. Either shrink her down a tad (and make her clothing more visible, everyone I know has thought she was naked at first glance!), or bump his height slightly. XD

Sorry, I should probably post. I rolled an Ice/Earth in the end, and she's doing fine. A combination of ice and earth is lovely, though I wish I could get the crystal effects more like ice. Oh well.

Thanks for the help!

PCSpecialist, as mentioned above, does seem to have a bad habit of forgetting things or accidently supplying the wrong parts, but if you have the warranty plan, all delivery to and back is free, and you can easily correct them over the phone (work hours only!) or via website email.

Laptop, for example - forgot bag and DVD software - one phonecall, and two days later, bag and DVDs arrived via post.

Depends how you fight them. If they're mezzed, then they don't summon. If you kill them too fast, they don't summon.

Not sure on their summon though, I don't think it's interruptable...

My bets lie on them being killed too fast somehow. :3

This is why I try to keep a few thousand AE tickets on each character which has more playtime than others, so I can random roll or directly buy salvage I need if it's going for ridiculous prices.

My general rule of thumb is:
Common salvage - generally pay between 100-500, don't pay more than 1,000 for it
Uncommon salvage - generally pay between 500-1,000, don't pay more than 5,000 for it
Rare salvage - generally pay between 1,000-10,000, don't pay more than 500,000 for it

This is only for me, I know how some people are made out of influence/infamy, so their payment figures are probably 100X bigger. :3

My level 50 ill/rad is probably my most played level 50 alt at the moment. :3

Dropped Flash for EM Pulse, never looked back. :3

(well, maybe I'd take it again if I had a free power slot... but I don't! )

Righto, slotted. Thanks for the info.

Here's hoping Lady Jane will have her powerset altered to use Dual Pistols rather than Mastermind Thugs pistols. Then perhaps she might survive better. XD

Just a quick question:

If Steadfast Protection: Resistance/3% Def is placed into the Ninjitsu power Kuji-In Sha, will the IO always be active (as long as character is not exemplared three levels below either the IO or the power), or is it only active if the power is triggered?

I've been thinking about making a new alt recently, and thought about going back to the archetype which I've barely touched - the Dominator.

So far, I have concepts for either a Gravity/Earth or Ice/Earth. Is there any significant pros and cons with the two?

For most of my characters, a quick bio will be made up for them on their creation. It doesn't matter if it's short, it works as the backbones as to who the person is, and will most likely get expanded.

For others, their bio may come a little while after their creation, when inspiration hits, and sometimes, they'll get their signature uniform changed due to this.

For almost all though, they'll have to somehow join my relationship tree in my head from any angle, even if it's minor.

And putting it to paper gets me this...






Before you ask, yes, it does get a bit confusing. :3

I think what needs to be done is have the tactical training powers for soldiers and widows to be renamed so people KNOW it's different from leadership.

Tactical Training: Superior Maneuvers

Just like Superior Invisibility from Illusion Control!

(Actually, it's a bit of a mouthful for one power :3)

Using my magic-based alts (since, you know, it is Omega Team and all, which was basically restricted to magic origins only), and also pulling them from an alternate Primal Earth where they existed before the first Rikti War...

Lyrical (teenaged girl, Empath defender), and Iceblink (young adult male, ice blaster)