Kitsune9tails

3 even con minions is supposed to be a fight you WILL win, but should not be able to sleep through.

Completing your missions at base difficulty is still the standard.

The fact that most people function above this level is a player thing, not a dev thing.

Trapdoor falls under 'exceptions' and 'Incarnate content' even though it is technically pre-Incarnation.

As can be seen from the recent minor kerfluffle over the perceived 'weakness' of Street Justice (not my perception but then I haven't bought it yet), it is my current belief that the Devs do not intend to make 'buy only' items any more powerful than what is available ingame.

Nor does it seem to be that they intend that only the most powerful stuff is in the store.

I don't personally have a problem with people being able to get stuff faster via money than they could ingame, but I do hope they will keep the 'buy only' stuff to a minimum.

However there will always be something shiny in the store to entice people to subscribe and buy it with those 'free' VIP points. This makes total sense to me.

...if it were discovered to be genetic?


Some/many/all(?) psychological conditions have a chemical and possibly genetic origin, with others being a result of environmental conditions. This ranges from destructive urges such as suicidal depression to social variance such as sexuality.

It can be extrapolated then, that sociopathy (defined here as an emotional disdain for society that renders one incapable of feeling like they "ought to" obey the rules) and psychopathy (defined here as an inability to comprehend society in a way that allows one to comprehend what the rules actually are) may be the result of genetic flaws in an individual. Almost literally, "brain wired differently".

If a retrovirus were developed that could isolate and remove these genetic disorders, and repair them if they developed from environmental conditions, should it be used?

For this discussion, let's ignore tangents such as the possibility of nightmare runaway mutations and the like, and concentrate on the main issues:

- Every human develops a conscience that they cannot simply ignore: they can only overcome it with will/logic. You can ignore the needs of society, but your reason will never be "I felt like it".

- Potentially 'benevolent' social/mental disorders are also abolished, such as autistic savants, or some cases of ADD or ADHD (so no mad scientists consumed by a single theory, etc)

- Morality and Ethics are entirely determined over time by the needs of society and community. It is almost impossible to avoid wanting to pitch in and help make things better. What 'better' means is determined, recursively, by society itself.

Okay, I have only run this blue side so far:

Soloed with Beyond, my grav/rad
Soloed with Kitsune9tails, my inv/fire Tanker
Duoed with Wilhemina Harker, my mind/storm Controller (thanks to Fulmination; it was an honor to assist you)

1: I like the writing much better this time around. It felt like I was actually investigating a mystery with stuff going on in the background, rather than just chasing after a surprisingly mobile multi-story pillar. The settings did seem less linked together, but that did not bother me. Granted, it was still chasing down the MacGuffin, but the bank sequence and the portal hopping really nailed it down for me. The interaction with the bank manager was cool, and gave you a Choice That Mattered sort of. More of this, please.

2: Note that it is really possible to interact with the bank manager despite the white reticle, and that the choice to threaten him is NOT a "But Thou Must" choice. This is AWESOME.

3: Anyone else try to go get one-shotted by Hamidon?

4: Trust Samuel Tow to stare at a picture of a beautiful woman for a half hour, then pick it apart . I think it's some of the most beautiful art I have seen in this game yet (not to say any of his individual points are wrong). I may make it my background. Still: please include comic pages behind these if you are going to have them, to provide recaps/preludes that help non-mission holders know what's going on.

5: On that note, I really appreciate the dialogue spam and that is not sarcasm. When duoing the mission as Not The Mission Holder, it helped me understand what is going on.

6: Roleplaying through with Beyond was funny, since she cannot speak. She just radiates curiosity at the bank manager and he starts stuttering about the Midnighters? Guilty much?

7: I like the experimenting with puzzle elements. Read your clues. It really gives the whole thing a feel different from 'rush through smash all' and I for one appreciate this.

8: The final Bosses were not that tough for my guys, although Kitsune9tails ended up calling Positron for help

9: But to end on a bit of a downer note: The first part was not worth $5 in terms of gameplay alone. Neither was this part. They do have new enemies, new mechanics, beautiful art and more, but unless you bust out:

- A new zone larger than Cimemora
- A couple new powersets
- A couple new costume sets, plus emotes
- A new system, such as an 'arch enemy' system or PvE base raids

...there is no way this is all going to be worth the cost of an expansion by the end. Even with the Hero/Villain Merits.

I suggest a price point of like $5 for the first part you buy (since that gates the Hero/Villain Merit per week), with subsequent parts like $2 each.

Granted, you may have vast spectacularness planted for later parts, but this is my current feeling.

Anyone else dance atop the Disco Ball of Doom?

There is nothing wrong with asking for a 'buy it now' price for SG chat.

I wonder if they have the tech to sell individual channels?

Would Noir count for this?

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji may have been the main, but Asuka and Rei were just as important, deep and messed-up as he.

One Piece: See above for Robin and the other main female characters

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Believe it or not, she's only 14.

Nadia: Secret of Blue Water

Do you have PMs/tickets in with the Devs over this?

It is my hope that an F2P channel would at least dilute the issue.

In a game with over a hundred thousand players, "Nobody" equates to "less than a thousand people".

That's an interesting perspective.

Doesn't change the fact that stories and farms need to be seperately labeled in the AE, so that the majority can find what they want and the minority can find what they want.

What we are talking about here is a situation where you can't tell the difference between an Orson Welles movie and a Micheal Bay movie and an M. Night Shymalan movie and a Uwe Boll movie from the advertising.