Kierthos

The problem is, unless you allow at least one character from each side to have permission to build in the base, you're either going to have a group that cannot have telepads to one side or the other.

Heck, I don't even know if the current base code would allow for telepads to both sides. If it doesn't.... well.... (yes, I know there are more to bases then just the telepads. But if the code for bases doesn't currently allow for mixed faction groups, then it would have to be added for Going Rogue.... and God only knows how much other stuff the Devs already have on their plate for the expansion.)

Right now, the devs have put in very limited circumstances in which heroes and villains can work together. Rikti War Zone, the Winter Event "Rescue Baby New Year" mission, and the Imperious Task Force. I don't see them adding a whole ton more. (And yes, I consider switching sides via GR to be different then a cooperative mission/TF)

That.... doesn't make sense.

Look, would the Fantastic Four just let Doctor Doom walk around their base if he promised not to break anything? No. Would the Avengers invite Doctor Octopus to join if he hasn't redeemed himself? No.

Cross-faction SGs/VGs aren't happening. Trust me.

About the only way I could see it is if the vehicle "powers" were exclusive.

Meaning that if you were riding in your motorcycle, you couldn't attack/buff/debuff/activate powers. At all. You would have to de-toggle the motorcycle power to do anything else.

Exactly. The Rikti followed the dimensional traces (or whatever) back to Primal Earth because they erroneously thought the Freedom Phalanx had attacked them first.

To all appearances for everyone else on Earth (save Nemesis), the Rikti just attacked Primal Earth "for no reason".

There is at least one Traditionalist Rikti who now thinks (wrongly) that it may have been the Praetorians who attacked Rikti Earth, framing Primal Earth for the attack, and there is at least one Rikti (Hro'Dtohz) who knows that it was really Nemesis who started the whole thing, but Hro'Dtohz is hiding the truth from his soldiers.

I'll be sending you a bill for the brain injury this caused me.

Oh, they know about Praetorian Earth now, just probably not when they made their original invasion plans. (Although even if they did, the dimensional trail from the invaders led back to Primal Earth anyway.)

Although there is a story arc where a Rikti mentions that he (she?) now believes that the invasion of Rikti Earth was done by Praetorians, rather then heroes from Primal Earth. (Of course, we all know the truth.)

Excuse me, but you aren't talking ill of Norton the First, by the grace of God Emperor of these United States and Protector of Mexico, ARE YOU?

Either that or "maybe".

Oh yeah, it's not a great choice of powers or slotting unless you really want to stock up on Ranged and AOE defense. If you were planning on taking a couple powers from Teleport or Leaping or Flight anyway, then slotting the appropriate powers in those pools with Universal Travel isn't a bad idea, but I couldn't see myself ever taking them specfically for those IO sets. I take those powers to get around faster.

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Um, all the Teleport powers can slot Universal Travel (according to the wiki), and then you just need, say, Hover or Combat Jumping. That's five.

The defense that is used is based entirely upon the attack, not the distance between the attacker and target. In other words, an attack that targets ranged defense will always target ranged defense, regardless of whether the attacked is 60 feet away or in your face.

Yeah, but unless you want/need a lot of Slow Resistance or Knockback protection, you'd have to spend some slots to get the set bonuses. Plus, I can't recall the last time I even saw the Knockback Resistance piece from "Blessing of the Zephyr" on the AH. (With my luck, there's one up there right now, and I'm stuck at work.)

Well, for all we know, doing all the Resistance missions could only get you as far as "vigilante", and doing all the Loyalist missions could only get you as far as "rogue".

Aha! Trick question!

You see, there's also the large copper lab tank and the large steel lab tank which cost exactly the same amount of prestige (1000), but then, to confuse things even further, there's the small steel lab tank (5000 prestige) and the small copper lab tank (100 prestige). I think someone got loopy with the amounts of Prestige some of these decorative items cost....

And yeah, reskinning the floor tile would solve some problems, but I wouldn't mind seeing it in a couple other shapes and sizes if they did that.

The (probably) quickest way to play a Brute hero-side when GR comes out would be to start as a Praetorian, and take missions that put you on the side of the Resistance. (Praetorian characters who side with the Resistance end up on the hero-side of things; those who side with the Loyalists end up on the villain-side of things.)