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Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight

....there are negotiations going on between the leadership of (what was) Paragon Studios and NCSoft to spin off the game.

Originally Posted by Ominous Undead

....if I can't get this working correctly I will be a former City of Heroes player.

Originally Posted by Garent

Depends, do you have the full set in there or just the proc? Proc has a 66% chance of going off in explosive arrow, so not bad, but there are better places. However, targeted area sets have such slim pickings that slotting the full set in it isn't a bad idea at all.

Originally Posted by Roderick

Starting a new character and getting the feel for the game again, and then going back to your old characters is definitely a good option.

Originally Posted by Major Deej

Actually, THIS should be the music for the event! (Ominous Voice rocks!)

Originally Posted by Dark_Respite

Taking a long drag on her cheroot, she studied the message. Date, time, coordinates - all there. And this particular contact had proven both accurate and reliable - two marks in his favour when it came to maintaining a steady cashflow.

"Hmmm - and there's a permanent group of bounties out for those idiots. Crey for their tech... The Rikti for revenge... In fact..." She scrolled through a few more messages, then a slow smile curved her mouth beneath the camo face paint she wore. "Well, well, well... " Taking one last drag, she flicked the last of it to the floor and ground it beneath her heel.

Luckily for her, she'd just wrapped up her last job here in Striga, so her timetable was free. And thanks to a timely if unwilling donation from the Sky Raiders, she'd just scored some particularly illegal but effective munitions for her team. Time to put 'em to good use.

Swinging her black combat boots onto her field desk, she let out a piercing whistle, and her team came striding in, weapons at the ready as usual.

"You rang, boss?"

"Who's up for a significant paycheck?"

The team's field medic raised an eyebrow. "Define 'significant'."

"As in Arachnos' number three bounty. And then some."

A series of low whistles went around the office, and she nodded in confirmation.

"Yep, the grapevine says that ole Bronze Bombast himself is gearing up to make a move."

"And the 'then some'?"

"Recluse says the offer's been sweetened regarding his head. Double if we can verify it's the real one. Doubled again if it's alive and still attached to his body."

The group's weapons mechanic hefted his minigun and grunted in approval. "My kind of 'then some'." The rest nodded in agreement, and she smirked.

"Get your gear in gear and check it twice. We'll be heading to Independence Port come Tuesday. Dismissed."

The men filed out and she keyed a quick reply to the bounty offer and rose to her feet as well. She intended to claim that bounty... and if she had to take out anyone else along the way to get it, well... with luck, there'd be cash involved for them as well.

After all, she thought, slinging her customized composite bow over one shoulder with a grin, that's why they call me Profiteer.

*****

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Originally Posted by 2short2care

Without knowing if you meant to or not I read this in the tune of that one song can't even think what it is called but a looney toon (I think) sang it and the only part I remember is the really fast part where it says animal or mineral, someone please help me out here with that song, but I did really read your "poem" in that tune so +10 interweb points for you.

Originally Posted by Megajoule

We're being invaded. Again. This time, instead of aliens, zombies, or eyeballs with teeth, it's the marching band.

Originally Posted by Mephistroth

What?! FREE RESPEC?! THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED! I WANTED A PONY! WHERE IS MY PONY?!

Originally Posted by Dark Energon

Soon!™

>.<

Originally Posted by Coulomb2

Have you bought them with AE tickets yet? I'm pretty sure you've got to do that to unlock them.

Originally Posted by Lothic

With all due respect to the folks who play this game outside of NA I think under ordinary circumstances it's at least understandable why most maintenance periods are going to happen during the "daylight" hours of NA.

But having said that I think it's fairly reasonable that once in a while (especially for a maintenance period that's going to last 12 hours anyway) they ought do a period that takes place during a "non-standard" time. For instance how much worse would it have been for them to have scheduled a 9:30PM BST to 9:30AM BST period this time around? It's still going to suck for a solid 12 hours regardless of what time of day that is.

Obviously most of the people who play this game live in NA so most of the time the maintenance periods are going to favor NA players. But even as a NA player I think it would only be fair for me to get hit by a few of these prime-time downages from time to time.

Fair is fair after all...