Kirsten

/signed, although it'd probably be easiest to just do min. FX and have a path aura in your costume.

Guys, I greatly appreciate the help you're giving me, but is there any way you could just post the datalink, and possibly the stats?

Uh...Perhaps thou ought not to have mention'd the First Ward in the presence of friend Samuel...

Sounds brilliant. I'd also like to see a little more about Arachnoids...maybe they try to take Grandville?

(Also, as a small note, I believe it is "Port Oakes," not "Port Oaks.")

If only there was a ranged IO set that procked taunts...I kinda guessed there'd be no IO sets for PB. I'll keep this in mind, and I'll probably wait until i24 actually comes out before I really get to work building...Gonna have to rebuild my DPS and Blastroller Builds anyway.

Wow. That's some good defense there...Should power boost be slotted with IOs?

Sammy, regardless of if I had already finished Night Ward and then been able to read that post, I'd probably say that you are the unofficial master of TL;DR.

...on a Blanker build. Yes, I am insane enough to want to pursue a Tanking build for my Energy/Energy Blaster. Are there any recommendations as far as power choice/slotting? Or am I pretty much PANCAKE outta luck with that powerset combo?

Ah. The "Set of Many Things". Seems pretty interesting. Cosmic Shift would be pretty much perfect in AV fights. "Hey Fred? Could you just stand back and Cosmic Shift? Yeah, that'd be swell. No, no need to attack. Just hold down that Cosmic Shift. TIME FOR SCRAPPERLOCK!!"

The thing is, without a decent story, it's just punching mooks ala "Bad Dudes". A perfectly valid type of game, but it leaves a lot of people feeling hollow. Gameplay is important, and often more of a draw than story, but that doesn't mean that improving gameplay should come at the cost of story quality...Like I said, a balance must be struck. I mean, Stories of Herakles aren't compelling just because of Herk's powers. They're so interesting, so retold, because he does things. He actually follows a narrative, as opposed to beating the royal jelly out of random dorks for no reason.

I agree with what a lot of people are saying about the missions relying too heavily on flashy mechanics. I like the mechanics, but they can be overused at times. But I rather liked Twinshot...I suppose it's all about balance and individual opinions. And balance. And also balance. Did I forget balance? Because it needs that. Balance...

Okay, yeah, there were a few errors that I corrected.

Okay, this has been a problem for a while, but there are several weapons the should have been ported/made to work long ago, but for some reason, did not. If somebody could explain why, please do. Also feel free to speak up about any I missed:

Beam Rifle Weapon Models. Full Stop. The obvious port would be for Bots, but a few of them, (Rune Soldier in particular) Could also be conceivable for AR, and perhaps DP.

Tsoo "Katana": Why has this never actually been ported to Katana? It should have been available for it in the first place.

Nemesis Rifles: Why are these only available to Assault Rifle, when the even more outdated-looking (in terms of history, not rendering) Steampunk Rifle is cross-set?

Rikti Rifle (my mistake, edited.): Only available to Bots MMs, and it won't unlock. If it ever does get working, it needs to at least get ported to BR.

Thorn Blade: Again with the Broadsword that should be a fairly easy port! Gosh my golly, this would be great for Dual Blades, Katana, possibly even Titan Weapons!

Rularuu Weapons: There are no Rularuu weapons for Arachnos Assault Rifle, Arachnos Mace, Beam Rifle, Dual Pistols, Pulse Rifle, Staff Fighting, Shield Defense, or Titan Weapons. I suppose I can understand not having Rularuu guns, but what of Arachnos Mace (copy over regular Mace), Titan Weapons (upsize Broadsword/Mace/Axe), or (I'm sorry, I didn't realize there was a Rularuu shield. My bad.)

EDIT:

Crey Rifle/Pistol also needs porting.

Thugs' Legacy Semi-Auto needs to be ported to DP, and DP weapons need porting back to Thugs.

The Sky Raiders Machete for BS, DB, possibly Katana

EDIT EDIT:

Nictus Katana

Arachnos maces for Warmace, tie it to Spider Smasher or an Arachnos pack
Downsized Titan Weapons concrete hammer
Downsized Titan Weapons atom smasher

Axe models for Dual Blades, axes have a blade and I want a barbarian berzerker.

As for Axe: A Kopesh, a one-sided legacy Battleaxe, a downsized Titan Weapons flesh axe

Nemesis Staff...for..you know..STAFF Mastery. How was this missed when it came out? Maybe Blackwand too.

For example the snake headed staff(wand) some CoT are using.

What's missing for broad sword is the Red Cap Dagger,

which is somewhere between a giant dagger and a short sword in size...if in doubt, make it even larger

The long promised Rularuu (and Vanguard) TW aside, a Rularuu themed Crab backpack would be nice for future content.

I think I've got them all. I know it's a big thing for new art assets, but there are plenty of customizatons here that require little by way of new assets (relatively speaking), and should have been ported a while ago. I know i24 is probably too far along, but i25, perhaps?

I agree with what you're saying, Sammy. What I meant was Touching up some NPCs, removing kill-alls, maybe adding ONE VERY BRIEF cutscene at most, *posssibly* adding some dialogue balloons and captions. I'm not a huge fan of in-mission long dialogue menus and long, frequent cutscenes, but a little bit more talk on the part of characters and a carefully placed cutscene can really make storylines come to life. Like in anything, it just requires judicious application of resources.

I personally think that every single MMO studio that can manage it (i.e. All of them), should have a community management policy at least approaching what Paragon has. I honestly think it would not only improve game quality, but also improve the community. Think about it: What MMO has one of the nicest communities? City of Heroes. Which MMO has the most involved Community Managers? City of Heroes. I know correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggled its eyebrows suggestively and mouth "Hey, look over there!"

The thing is, Jacks have specifically been relegated to EATs as an incentive to play them. They have a narrower story focus, for sure, but sometimes having limitations helps spur creativity. Like epigrams using backwards alphabetization.