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I still need to shuffle a few alts around too... :'(
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Quote:Same here, DP/Psi.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
i already have a PPD Psi blaster.
IMHO the game already provides the tools to emulate either faction for interested players.
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Quote:It generally brings the nerf bat down on the TF.Originally Posted by Blood Spectre
So what? If they are playing it, and having fun, who cares if doing it as fast as possible is part of their fun experience?
Though I don't think Positron's has much too worry about that, the combined merit reward for part 1 & 2 is 26 merits IIRC.
And speedrunning it would still take far longer than a speed ITF. -
LOL! Thanks for that.
Reminds me of those cartoons where the hero gets all smug when he thinks the enemies are fleeing away from him... until he turns around and sees the hulking monstrosity standing behind him! -
I loved the groups of CoT that came out to "greet" us at City Hall, felt like we really had to fight our way inside.
And I agree, the flow of the storylines is nice - I was quite pleasantly surprised when I heard them refer to "the Princess".
I can only hope that all the new TFs will be this great (including new Redside ones, please Devs? Pretty please?). -
Quote:ARGH! My sound was off out of habit! T.TOriginally Posted by Golden Girl
The cutscene and the music is pretty epic too
Ah well, now I know for next time... -
Quote:He most definitely does!Originally Posted by Golden Girl
A high narrow ledge without a handrail - Dr. V knows all the right places for a villain to stage a showdown
The whole plot also reminded me why my heroes consider the good Doctor such a menace. (Misguided, insane welldoer, mad scientists ftw!)
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Quote:A shame for sure, it'd make a good zone to teach those villains about Hamidon and the DE... and all those abandoned labs are just begging to be explored... :/Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
The Abyss has an astounding lack of contacts and other content in it, but I concede to your point
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Quote:How about the Abyss?Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Give me a Nemesis Island, give me a Devouring Earth island, give me a Banished Pantheon island, give me a Coralax island, just something that ISN'T Arachnos!
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There's probably a few threads about this already, but a good thing deserves repeating right? (and I'm lazy)
Kudos on what you've done with the new Posi TF(s) Devs! The new maps are awesome (and the old maps decorated with new stuff) and the final fight against Dr. Vahzilok was EPIC! (seeing the hordes of suicide bomber zombies descent upon us both mortified and thrilled me :P not to mention a final battle on a high and narrow ledge? Can't go wrong there!) -
I always figured it was an American "thing". I've seen the donut on tv shows, and I -think- one (or several) of the GTA games has it too.
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24 Pages and still going strong! Marcian hit gold with this thread!
Even if it got de-railed a good 20 pages ago and the topic hasn't changed since then.
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Name: Sin Enterprises
Currently Recruiting: Yes.
RP Level: RP-Heavy (( VG chat is IC, as are all the other chats except for things between parentheses or in the OOC global chat channel))
PvP Level: Casual, everyone's free to engage in it as much as they like.
Theme/Concept: Much like Umbrella Corp. from the popular Resident Evil series of video games and movies and Crey Industries within our very own Paragon City, Sin Enterprises is not without ulterior motives. While the aims of this organization may ultimately be well-intentioned, the means by which they are achieved is not. Sin Enterprises is run by ruthless twin sisters who despise corrupt government meddling, the petty gangs that would subjugate and trample entire neighborhoods and the ignorant Freedom Corps with their blindly faithful heroes. The Sin sisters suffer no guilt releasing a security detail to sweep the streets, "cleaning" it of social garbage.
Powered employees* are widely used to spread word among the gangs and various power groups that Sin Enterprises means business and to discourage any interference. Additionally, powered teams may be dispatched to demand restitution for such interference in business activities. More experienced teams are given additional instructions to "make an example" of any nuisances. These examples are expected to be violent, fast, and leave no direct connection to Sin Enterprises while leaving no doubt to any who knew the victims.
* All the player characters start as Powered Security.
Activity: Activity tends to vary, peak times are usually past 6 PM EST, though we have a several European members as well (mostly in the GMT +1 timezone).
Requirements for Membership: By application on the forums' Reception section.
There is no level restriction.
Leadership: Angela & Kira Sin
In-Game Contact(s): @Laughing Wolf, @Knightslayer, @Paxicon, @Melkhor, @Mrr'Shaw, @Conquerer Worm, @Onca (currently limited on in-game time), @Nitro-Girl (currently limited on in-game time)
Out-of-Game Contact(s): Feel free to send me a PM, or just contact one of the officers on the Sin Enterprises forums.
URL: www.sinenterprises.com
Other Details: We have a weekly AE RP event on fridays at 9 PM EST, though the slot might sometimes be used for an SF or RP event instead (but something will always be going on!)
Other than that the events tend to be spontaneous.
Sin Enterprises' Virtueverse page! -
As bad as I feel about it, the majority of my villains will kill their clone :/
Letting (her)him go free presents a very real future threat, not to mention the stuff s/he'd do could come back to bite THEM in the ***.
And yeah, I usually high five D-Man, unless I'm playing a really stuck up villain.
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Quote:Hmm, actually I find the CoV storylines pretty similar to early life in most GTA titles, the period where you work your way up (and even learn where to get weaponsOriginally Posted by Wooden_Replica
Then you have people who can't stand redside because it is villain lite, your not a villain the same way you would be if you were playing Grand Theft Auto, or any of that genre of games), of course in GTA you eventually take over and become the baddest **** on the block (which makes perfect sense in a single player game).
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Quote:No kidding... I hate it in every game where it rears its ugly head... I'm from Europe myself, but I never actually made the transfer to the EU servers when it was available (something I regretted for a while before transferring from Infinity to Virtue).Originally Posted by Lady Arete
Not sure if I would be "old player"...
But, no I will not cancel my EU account and start over (even though I sometimes would want to create chars on Virtue). I got too much invested in my chars on Union for me to jump ship...
I do know of a few people from my sg and a few others that have dropped EU and joined the NA servers. (I really dislike the segregation and the continued support of the flawed system of seperate server lists) -
Quote:Phipps enjoys what he does, but basically everything he does has a goal - it's not random cruelty for kicks.Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
Actually, Westin Phipps is, like, a 4 or 3. He's is just so much more of a relatable evil that it drives home the point more.
Phipps would aspire to break a woman's will until she becomes a prostitute. Daleks would aspire to destroy all life in the universe. One is clearly more evil than the other, but the other one is something we can imagine.
Random tangent. Or rather, random rerailing.
Recluse is paying him to help keep the masses downtrodden and ignorant so they can't rebel against his reign.
Which is a whole different kind of evil than Rularuu for example (who's kind of CoX's Galactus?). -
Quote:Probably the same reason Blueside has so many filler missions in their arcs and sends you from one remote corner of Paragon City to the next - growing pains.Originally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
To be honest, the new arcs really aren't anything special. They boil down just like any other to 'go here, kill this, click that'. And yet the new Villain arc is widely considered the best thing ever done in the game. Why? If I were to guess it's because D-Mac actually sees your character as a power and a real threat in the isles. He actually treats the character with respect, dignity, and decency. If it can be done here, why can't it be done anywhere else?
EDIT: Removed redundancy.
Redside's mission arc design is much better than Blue's, but being new at villains and all they made another mistake - this time storywise (you're a toadie for life :P).
Things will probably improve with GR, it will benefit from 6 years of experience - the mission design is better and the story approach will be better if I17's arcs are an indication.
Hell we even get the whole fixed mission location thing - no more going under the Zig to stop the latest doomsday device :P
As nice as it would be I really doubt they'll be doing much revamping of old arcs on either side of the fence. -
Quote:Ironically enough I know at least one player in game who rages about all the "epic" stuff being there as much as you do about a lack of it.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
A majority of people ARE being treated like the protagonist RIGHT NOW! Just... Look at the missions in the game and tell me:
Who takes down Dr. Vahzilok?
Who stops a Malta plot to start WW3?
Who stops the Rikti from opening a stable portal to their home dimension?
Who stops the Nemesis from broadcasting his mind over the Rikti metal network?
Who puts Countess Crey behind bars?
Who prevents the Council from creating a Vampyr progenitor and implanting a Shadow Seed in the city?
Who prevents Wolfgang Ubelmann from going back in time to help the Nazi win WW2?
Who helps take down the 5th Column?
Who takes down Vanessa DeVore?
Who stops the Envoy of Shadows from making another deal with the Circle of Thorns?
Who stops the Banished Pantheon from trapping Tielleku, stealing her power and waking up Lughebu?
Who stops Terra from becoming a Devouring Earth breeder and flooding the world with monsters?
Who destroys the PsychoChronoMetron before it can be used to destroy causality?
Who does seemingly ANYTHING in this city?
Because the single answer to all of those questions is $me. So, please, stop trying to tell me how "a majority of people" can't all the protagonist in their own instanced stories. IT ALREADY HAPPENS! I just want more of it.
Can't please them all, no matter what you do.
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Quote:And after you save their *** from the Vahzilok in the back alleys of Cap... not even a little thank you, ingrates!Originally Posted by Golden Girl
But don't you get all those things already in some form in CoV?
Like civilians running away from you on mayhem misisons, and missions where you actually get to murder people? Plus, I'm sure Longbow attack you for more than just your fashion sense -
Oh gawd, the old "How dare they even challenge my superiority by not making everything a piece of cake" issue! *hides*
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On that scale? A 4 maybe? Almost all of my villains are driven solely by selfishness - they do what they do to achieve their goals/desires, not caring much about who they have to step on to get it.
I've never liked the "evil for the sake of evil" characters much, even my demons are mostly more subtle than blowing stuff up for lulz (MOST of them anyway! :P).
What I liked about the new arcs is that they're entirely selfcentered, you do them because you have something to gain for yourself - unlike most of the current arcs where you're a mob enforcer/kneebreaker at best, and an errant boy at worst. :P -
With the new Ultra Mode graphics? Hell yeah!
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As awesome as ever! Thanks D_R!
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Quote:We finally got a lackey, a minion, a stooge - not to mention the arcs are very self-centered! Instead of a boss that acts like he's all that! :POriginally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
Indeed. first Villain arcs ever that actually get the tone so many people have been looking for from their contacts from day one.
And yeah, I love the way the missions work tech wise - all the new stuff they did, the dialogues, the mission design.