Johnstone

I think what we need is a special window to pop up, like in the Praetorian zone events. That window would have a button in it. That button would say "Send Next Wave". If everyone on the team clicks the button, it spawns the next wave. If a team needs the time, they have it. If the team wants a real challenge, they click like mad and get all the spawns piling on top of each other. With the exception of people who don't want any more new windows popping up on their screen, this has the possibility to please everyone.

Well, I already have the Tzimisce clan symbol tattooed on my left shoulder and when I can afford to spend the money, I'll be getting the lesser Mark of Storm (from the D&D Eberron Campaign Setting) on my chest... As for a CoH tat... I can't really think of a place and design that would work well. I think a Scrapper icon would be neat, but can't think of where to go with it. Then again, I'm a total altaholic, so getting one AT icon just wouldn't seem right. Perhaps all 14 AT icons on my upper arms, the 7 Heroic ATs down my right arm and the 7 Villainous ATs down my left. Doing a quick photoshop job to see what I think now...

Edit: 5 minute mock-up:

Could work, sizing would have to be played around with, but it could work.

Just wanted to pop in and say thanks to those who were able to make it out to the event. I was catching up on sleep thanks to a busy week and missed it. Thanks again, all.

Given the title of this thread, I cannot help but think of something along these lines: http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j0...-YH-2145N-.jpg

But back on the actual topic that doesn't involve an in-car net... I haven't touched any of the new trials at all yet. I may be screwing myself over in the end, but I'd rather wait until there's a wide variety so that I don't feel like I'm doing the same thing over and over again. It was bad enough grinding tips. Granted, I'd have the added benefit of having many other people to keep me entertained, but I'd rather not risk getting burned out by doing the same content over and over again.

I'd back a Patriot pack before an anime pack. Anime is an art style, not a unified theme. There's anime about super science, there's anime about magical cat girls, there's anime about giant robots, there's anime about everything that has been included in all of the other packs so far. CoX's art style is not anime (or I likely wouldn't be playing as I don't particularly care for anime art). And I'm not saying no to anime because I don't like that style. I just feel that a costume pack shouldn't change the art style of the game. I wouldn't want a cel-shaded pack, or an impressionist pack, or any other type of art style pack.

Back to the American Patriot pack. I doubt that it would be in Paragon Studios' best interest to produce such a pack. The game is global and they would only be tapping part of their playerbase with an American Patriot pack. I do really want to see a proper tri-corner hat in game though. But yeah... I think a "generic" Patriot Pack could work, although it might not really have enough in it. We've already got most of the iconic images used on many countries' flags available to us as chest details, but perhaps the pack could expand on that, adding in some specific ones that aren't there yet and adding options in the form of patterns for tights and such. A flag-cape for each country of the world would be nice, as well as a flag waving emote for each flag. Not sure what kind of temp power would fit with it though. Only idea coming to me is something called National Pride, but no idea what to have it do.

Personally, I think a good idea for future booster packs could be styles of the decades. Flapper dresses from the 20's. Zoot suits from the 40's. Poodle skirts and greaser gear from the 50's. Tie dye and sandals and hippy gear from the 60's. Leisure suits and crazy disco outfits from the 70's. Big hair and acid-washed jeans from the 80's. Maybe avoid the 90's since 90's fashion sucked. Could easier muster up enough costume pieces to form a pack from each decade of the 20th century. Or maybe just make it a 20th Century Retro pack and include a smattering from each decade in it.

*sigh* I'm really rather disappointed that the only guns we get look like Nerf or Super Soaker guns with a paint-job. I was looking forward to some period appropriate revolvers or pepperboxes. I also feel that there's far too much skin showing with many of the female pieces. I realize that Steampunk isn't 100% true to Victorian fashion, but it's much closer than these pieces.

Oh well. Still gonna get it. Probably won't actually use any of it on my one character that is actually from the Victorian era though. Logging onto Test now to play with it now though, so we'll see if things change once I play around a bit.

It should be beginchat. And the quotes don't need to be there, but the space does after the closing parenthesis.

I used to have a few lowbies scattered about the servers that fit the bill for this thread, but now I'm down to just 2 (or 1 depending on how you look at it). Praetorian and Primal version of the same character.

Backstory behind the characters is that Nika Molotok was a Russian Olympic gymnast during WWII. Later, it was discovered that she was a mutant and stripped of her medals and barred from competition. Then the agency that would become the KGB(I forget right now what it was) ran an ad in the paper looking for "able-bodied young men and women to help bring glory to the Motherland". Nika jumped at the chance, and fell into their clutches. They augmented her skills in a super soldier program and then cryogenically froze her until they would need her services...

Miss Molotok (Hero SS/SR Brute):

In Praetoria, the facility that housed Nika Molotok was abandoned during the Hamidon Wars. Recently, Devouring Earth ransacked the derelict lab and accidentally released Nika from her slumber. In a rage she destroyed them all and then passed out. She woke up in Cole's city.

Mistress Molotok (Villain SS/EA Brute):

On Primal Earth, the KGB brought Nika out of stasis during the Cold War. She followed orders and quickly rose to power, leading her own squadron of fellow supers. After the fall of the Soviet Union she became a mercenary, eventually ending up in the Zig.

Originally I came up with Miss, but when I ran her through the newish arc with the doubles in it I started to wonder what her Primal counterpart was like. And Mistress was born.

And sorry about some of the pictures being darker, should have waited for a better time to take the shots.

I'll be honest, I stopped reading less than halfway through the thread. But every time this discussion comes up, I wonder if I'm playing a different set or something. I have a level 50 DP/Elec blaster who barely touched Elec at all because I was quite pleased with what DP had to offer. I enjoy the set, I have no problem killing things, I love the crashless nuke that, for me, kills almost everything and is usable just about every other group. Granted, she has a pretty boss IO build with perma-hasten and decent defense (20ish% to all positions so I can softcap with 2 purps). Leveling her up, I enjoyed playing her more than I ever enjoyed my Fire/Fire Blaster who was my first 50. I didn't start IOing my DP out until after she was 40+, and I enjoyed her before then; so I don't think it is actually the IOs that are making her enjoyable for me. Maybe I'm just really lucky with HoB as I hear that for others it seems to not kill enough mobs in a group; maybe I'm just really lucky overall with her. I don't know, I just always feel like I must be playing a different set than everyone else somehow.