Ideon

I think it's his final words on defeat which is the tender part. In defeat, he realizes that Penny's being saved, and it's all he ever wanted to begin with, having hastily arrived in hostile territory at her psychic cries for help from the Rikti.

"Are you safe, Penny?"
"That's good..."
"That's good..."

I've kept it for incarnate trials where it has its uses. But in normal gameplay, I'll probably use it when exemplaring or tanking all of Recluse's lieutenants at the same time or something, haha.

Haha, quite often, it's the Skype/Teamspeak players who are the most quiet or don't follow instructions, as they don't realise that everyone else on the team doesn't have access to it and using textchat to communicate. :3 Of course, this isn't always the case, but a lot of people who use voicechat tend to minimize their chat windows. XD

Seconding this, but for all small gloves which don't completely cover the character's forearm.

Thugs: Mafia sounds good, along with a Yazuka/Triad look too. Regarding the UI, I would like to see options for Minion 1, Minion 2, Minion 3, where you can pick what will always be summoned, instead of "Random Thug minion". Then you could have Thug male 1, Thug male 2, Thug female, Mafia male, Mafia female, Triad male, Triad female. But that's probably too much work, haha.

Mercs: If they look too much like KoA, people will be questioning why they don't use melee powers and caltrops, haha. Making female soldiers would probably be better.

Robots: In addition to 'fembots', alternate Steampunk robots would be nice...

Zombies: Cybernetic zombies, so it's not just "magic zombies" as alternate option.

Ninjas: Female ninjas could be done easily without making them look skimpy or anything. Alternate appearance is to make them look like 'modern day superninja' instead of traditional garb.

Demons: Unfortunately, if you think female demons, you will almost always think of the Succubi which is ingame, haha. So maybe reskin them as reptilian demons or something as an alternate choice, or even alien demons.

When we run into multiple Cysts in ITF as part of ambushes or not counting towards the second mission, we know who to blame.

Generally, I love teaming with anyone who has three stars or more on my player rating thing, as that means I've played with them before and was bothered enough to rate them.

Bear in mind the defence only affects Weave, Combat Jumping and Maneuvers (if you picked them up) since FA doesn't have any defence toggles. Still, a little is better than nothing, and extra recovery and recharge is always a plus in my book. Plus you could change the slotting on Hasten if you picked it up, since Agility basically pops in one recharge SO worth into that power...

That could be what Genesis might be - the ability to use your incarnate stuff at earlier levels when exemplaring, haha. Each tier goes down ten levels, so a tier 4 would allow you to use your incarnate stuff at level 5.

Because they wanted to name it "Gunslingers and Saloon Harlots", but lawyers advised them against it.

(just kidding, I hope)

Regarding gunbelts, that's a good question. It's not like it would be the first of its kind, such as the police style belt, and the gunbelt the Enforcer MMs wear when upgraded. Maybe whoever designed the costumes figured the dual pistol users were drawing the guns from hidden holsters under armpits, so a gunslinger belt wasn't needed.

I actually put that in not so long ago, when in a trial, people asked me why their lore pets were a level below them. I was kind of surprised that nobody had seemed to notice before, so I added it to the article about a week ago, haha.

Hrm, if I remember:
Numina: Can Fort, heal and AB team members, and has Psi damage so she generally dies first
Sister Psyche: Can put barriers around team members to raise their defences, and has Psi damage, so she generally dies second
Positron: Can greatly debuff enemy resistance and defence, lots of AoE energy, so generally dies third, however, he does have a godmode, so you might want to pick a less durable enemy first before him, up to you
Manticore and Synapse: Both do not possess any particular strong attacks against a Tanker, and both don't possess godmodes, either take them out next to cut down on attacks for rest of the time, or leave them for later
Citadel: Has energy attacks both melee and range, but has godmode
Back Alley Brawler: A 'weaker' version of Statesman, you could say, also has godmode
Statesman: Has four PBAoEs (Footstomp, damaging Handclap, Hammer of Justice, Zeus' Lightning Bolt at low health), Dull Pain (+MaxHP, heal), and Unstoppable as godmode. However, there's been some reports that Statesman won't fire off Unstoppable if any teammembers are still alive. Due to this reason, Statesman is either taken out last (being the toughest due to Dull Pain and Unstoppable, and if team has enough debuffs), or next to last (to prevent Unstoppable from firing off)

The main problem with SR or Shields or Ice is mainly not much resistances if attacks get through (consider 8 Heroes firing off attacks, some are bound to get through). So, if you're softcapped or team members can buff your defence, then bring lots of oranges, especially since Positron will debuff your resistance/defence to make attacks which get through hit harder.

Of course, if everyone is an Incarnate and has access to Lore Pets, suddenly the Heroes are severely outnumbered...

Should note that due to player response regarding near useless primaries for Masterminds during trials, Mastermind Pets were given special Incarnate shifts when in Incarnate Trials as part of Supremacy (Mastermind inherent). Minion pets get an extra +2, and lieutenant pets get an extra +1, which stacks with your other level and incarnate shifts.

So, if you, the player, are level 50(+3), then your Mastermind henchmen would be:
Minion pets x 3 = Level 48(+5)
Lieutenant pets x 2 = Level 49(+4)
Boss pet x 1 = Level 50(+3)

I think I recall Lore pets being same level to you, regardless of tier, but all the same, please PM a dev and ask for the rest of us. :3

What I was thinking of, basically it's a co-op zone, but heroes and villains could have their own missions which the opposite sides can join on. Kind of like how Sister Airlia and Daedalus have their own missions despite it being a co-op zone. Plus with the uneasy alliance between Arachnos and Longbow forced onto them by their respective leaders could add some plot too. Heck, bring in Crey too with their Paragon Protectors 'aiding' the fight, and Crey Industries funding the base and stuff!