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Overall it sounds like issue 13 will lack any real meat -n- potatoes, but I think this is a great move. The MA can't be put out half@$$, it has to be done right or it will be an epic fail. As excited as I was about it, I'd much rather wait till issue 14 and have it be what it should be.

One question that wasn't mentioned in the interviews. Will we get more proliferation now that the MA has been bumped from this issue?

i can almost tell that is a character.

Too far away and blurry bro

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Or even better, having the pose activate after flying for about 2 seconds so it seems more natural! ^_^

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I'm assuming you don't know that was what was happening.

And people HATED it.

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I think the pose being chosen at random was the aspect tying people's capes in a knot.

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yep

Never understood why the fly emotes couldn't just be toggles like the different sprint powers.

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I find it odd there is no Cyborg chest pattern. Sure, exoproto and a few of the other tech/metal patterns look passable, but it makes the set feel slightly incomplete.

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There is no new face either.

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Well the cyborg pack let me refresh my old tanks look, though they dont show well in screenshots, he has the flies aura going too.
Poo the Robot Ape

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Despite the name, the costume is outstanding!

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Funny, I updated The Lord of Apes with those same shoulders. Not sure if I like him better than the Old Version though.

Also....if we don't get some kind of new tidbit on issue 13 tomorrow, I can't be held responsible for my actions.

Slashman, I agree. I'm just trying to stay positive and focus on something we might actually get. I agree the missions need some upgrades in general, but that is just really unlikely. I'd love to see missions where you have to track a moving target on your map and destroy it, or when you find a bomb instead of just clicking it...have some sort of mini game simon says type thing required to disarm and complete the mish. There are all kinds of little things that could be added to make missions more interesting and less repeatative....but that's a whole nother' topic.

As far as the mission creator, give us reskinning ability of all NPCs at launch with a promise of upgrades in the future and I'll be sold.

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Here a few that I'm working on, all works in progress....

This is my PPD 2.0

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That's made of awesome!

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Thanks! I was thinking of making a PPD SG of these guys. Be fun to terrorize villains in PvP zones with a 10-20 man force of the PPDs newest soldiers. :P

Slashman, we can't import our own heroes/villains into the missions because NPC AI is .....dumb, but if we have the abiliy to reskin existing NPCs, wouldn't that be good enough? In the future they could work out a system that lets us actually choose from a list of powers and lets us create NPCs for our missions, but at release I would completely happy if we just had the option to reskin. I'm not just talking bosses or AVs. I want to reskin everyone from the minions up to AVs. This will allow us to make our own enemy groups for a much more interesting and creative experience. If we are stuck using existing NPCs only....I personally will view it as a wash.

I'm picturing a system that allows you to pick two minions from a list of all minions for your mission's lvl range, then two Lieuts and two bosses. You would only be selecting the powers though because you can change the look of each one to create your own unique mobs. You would then reskin an AV/Hero as the top dog. Just imagine a group made up of Tsoo/Talsorian/Knifes of Artimitus/Red Caps....reskinned to look like pink fairy ninjas with wings! Ahhh the possabilities are endless.

Here a few that I'm working on, all works in progress....

This is my PPD 2.0

Bram Mohan got a new look.

This is my Widow Nina Simone

This is an idea I'm saving for my first Broadsword Brute.

Even my main Jacobi Law got a new Armor Upgrade for the upcoming moon base....

If it is a failure it will be a shame. The fact that you can't even reskin existing NPCs for your missions sucks. They said they want to give us that option, but just the fact that it isn't an option tells me that the mission creator is not going to be as great as many are hoping. I think it would have been great to have a poll or open forum about what we the players would want to see in a mission creator BEFORE it was made. Now they are seeing what we really want and expect from it on these forums and it seems like they are scrambling to try to make it better. I gotta agree with Duuk, because this has such ridiculous potential of being the best thing added to this game since creation...the bar couldn't be any higher. If they fail to deliver a great system, there will be a huge backlash.

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10 second count-down, and you die every time you use it...

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Yes, gameplay advantage. If you play a tank, it's trivially easy to go into a large group, pop a red or two and maybe a yellow, and dole out a sweet purchased Nova to your enemies, probably defeating most of them, and making it really easy for the rest of the team to mop up. Pop a wakie, or even better, have someone with Resuscitate or Resurrect on hand, and you're good to go.

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PHEAR MY L33T CYBORG POWERS, ALL YOU WARBERG CRETINS!!!

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Yes, we're all impressed by your sarcasm, but I don't think it will be quite as funny when $15 a month just plain isn't enough to play any more.

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It says Extreme damage but it isn't really that extreme. Like 350 base damage at lvl 50 and it resists all buffs. It also has a one hour recharge. Not the game breaking power your trying to make it out to be.

Self destruct in awfully buggy. After I use it doors don't appear open to me and enemies randomly rubber band.

Lol@people crying. This is a video game. They want to make money. You are not forced to buy this stuff in anyway. If your that broke you shouldn't be paying $15 a month to play anyways. You shouldn't have spent the money on a decent rig to handle this game either.

Bottom line is this is a business. To get everything there is to get outa this game you have to be willing to spend the money, be it new video cards, new processors, or a $10 costume pack. If you can't, sorry but that is your problem not the othet 80k people that can and will pay. Just like everything else in this world, it's all about the money.

Can we get costume jet packs now? Last I heard there is no "connect" poitn on the back to do so....but what if they made it so it was a toggle that worked like a power, but cost no endurance and gave no benefit. You just toggle on when you want your backpack to show up and toggle off when your done with it. Same thing could be done with swords sheaths and other back items.

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Awesome job on the cyborg pack, but temp Jetpack Boosters? Are you guys really catering to PL services? What's wrong with running radios for the Atlas park temp power?

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Or unlocking the new pack IN GAME some how. It looks neat and I'd sport it on a few toons...butt $4.99 every month to have it is retarded.

It looks pretty cool. Some really neat peices. The legs aren't available under Kilts though....not sure if that was on purpose. Only disappointment for me is there is no new cyborg chest or face. The premade Cyborg set uses exeproto chest and robotic face. The face/hat options cover your face anyways, but it would be nice to get an entire set for $10, plus we need some new faces. Other than that it looks good.

The self destruct power is neat. It counts down from to 10 t0 1....not sure if it is interuptable or not....but it does a huge AoE of extreme damage....killing yourself in the process.

If I missed something I apologize in advance, but why don't we get pics of everything included? The artwork is nice, but I don't wanna feel like I got tricked. I think it's pretty reasonable to wanna see what your buying BEFORE you buy it.

So....pics?

Can we get some pictures?

I'm gonna use that Cimeroa map where you can swim underneath the bridge in the last room....and place a glowie under water o.0

Can we get some more spoilers? I'd love to see some pics of a few shields and the new costume sets. Pics of Pain Domination in action would be nice as well.

Peopel always bring this up, but when playing on Virtue or Freedom, I don't see a difference in populations. I never have trouble finding people at any level on either side at any time of day or night. The redside market had really taken off also. I have a feeling it is not as huge of a difference as it once was.

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So far my only issue is with the name of the new powerset: "Pain Domination". You hear that name and immediately think it's for Dominators, but it's only for Corruptors and Masterminds. This set needs a better name. Won't know what's appropriate until the powers themselves are listed, but some initial suggestions: Antipathy, Sadism, Torture, Cruelty, Agony.

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Pain Corruption?

His avatar is actually a self portrait...don't waste your time trying to explain things.