Leif_Roar

The ability to design NPC heroes in the costume editor.

A fairy themed sonic character: Lou Fey.
Any lizard-themed character of magic origin: The Man-Drake
Power-levelled empath: Doctor without Badges
Any British-themed hero: The Cliff of Dover (Yes, yes. Cheesy, I know.)

Last Argument -- Any AR blaster
Ghandi II -- Any MA scrapper.
Horseless Headman -- Broadsword scrapper with an executioner's hood
Hail Mary -- Ice/Storm controller
Dr. Goodlove -- Empath
Sin Star -- Sonic corruptor
Hammerspace -- Anyone with War Mace
Snowbite -- Any with ice
General Coverage -- Plant Control dominator
God's Miller -- Any hero, but particularly scrapper or tanker

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So i'm f'ed until they manage to find cause of bug and then patch in the fix... Golly gee.

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Errr... Yes. What else did you expect? "UPDATE secret_settings SET resynch_bug = false WHERE username = Sapphic_Neko"?

Due to a bout of insomnia, I finally got around to clean up the old GalaxyGirl wiki (whoever has been doing spam control on it, thank you), and all the pages should be accessible from the front page again.

I've disabled further edits on it, so it's no frozen as is, as a nostalgic reference for those less civilized times, back at the very dawn of history when men were real men, women were real women, small, furry lesbian catgirls from Alpha Centauri were real small, furry lesbian catgirls from Alpha Centauri and all of them were Zortel.

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f my memory is good enough, the purpose of the system is to "take/keep control of the Conflict", ie : being the narrator for the time being.

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Sounds somewhat similar to the Baron Munchausen game from Hogshead Publishing. ("Quite the best game of competitive boasting that has ever been written,") Sadly, it's out of print.

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Animations so you didn't have to make a Sonic blaster that was half Fire/Ice/Elec/Nrg etc. OR an low tech/magic Archer that has to lug around an auroturret.
As it is now you have to forgo the majority of the Dev powers because they doesn't fit the concept of your reborn Robin Hood.

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To kill two birds with one stone, make a "Bugle" powerset for knockdown, short-range status effect and hero buffs. The individual powers could be named after bugle calls ("Charge": Short range bonus to attack, "Taps": Short range sleep, "Mess Call": short range bonus to endurance ...) and the animations would mostly consist of the hero striking a pose and blowing his (own) horn. Modern characters could use a standard military bugle or a trombone, while medieval characters could use a hunting horn or herald's trumpet.

I'd like to join the Hess and Mantis taskforces with my level 31 face-planter. ... I mean blaster.

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I was going to come to this tonight, and then my C:/ drive decided to go and corrupt itself. Thankfully I can use the power of Linux to help out in the restoration effort, but it may take a while. :/

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"The power of fsck compels you!"?

apropriated to great

Then, alas, Manticore

under the influence

You can always try FictionPress.

So, I'm soloing my level 19 trick arrow defender Swallowtail, and for once I happen to have the combat tab on top. Goes up against some clockwork and fires off Disruption Arrow, and the following flashes up on the screen:

"Your Disruption Arrow reduces the resistances of Swallowtail"

Say again? This message has to be an error -- Disruption Arrow can't actually affect the good guys too, can it? I don't seem to be taking any more damage with DA fired than without, at least.

Might I respectfully suggest that a discussion on whether or not a named player -- any named player -- is godmodding or powergaming is not appropriate for this forum?

(As my mama always said, if you don't have anything nice to say, then GO TIDY YOUR ROOM THIS INSTANT OR I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT.)

One thing I's like to add:

Make the plot ignorable
In a freeform, open-to-the-public forum like CoH it's imperative that you make it possible for players to have their characters miss the plot. There's always going to be someone who don't want to get involved with any given plot -- maybe they've been running the gamut of plots for the last month and is all plotted out, maybe they're busy in RL and don't have the time for a big plot right now, or maybe they just don't appreciate your style of roleplay or the premise of your plot.

If people feel that the plot is practically impossible to avoid for their characters without losing all semblance of staying IC, there is going to be resentment and bad feelings, and the OOC problems will affect the IC going ons.

King's Row, one smoggy morning.

"Would ya keep your hat on, fella? I'll get back to you in a moment." Gabbleduck looked away from the Skull he held pinned against the door with his right hand, and back down to the clipboard the idealistic and rather persistent petitioner had thrust into his left hand.

"... super-powered ... citizen pride ... change to be affected. Mmmhm... real heroes ... signed..."

"Well?" the whippersnapper of a hero asked the lobster, with a slightly nervous look towards the still struggling Skull.

"There's not a word here about hats!" Gabbleduck stated and shook his head angrily, "Would you believe that? Not a word. You'd think a proper petition would mention hats, wouldn't you? Right?" He glanced up at the Skull, "Well, wouldn't you?"

"Whatever you say, whatever you say!" the pinned Skull exclaimed, "Just let go of me!"

"See? He agrees with me."

The petitioner blinked blankly. "Hats?"

"Hats. They keep your head warm, your mind cool, they provide shade and coverage; they provide you with elan, with distinction. Do you think Abraham Lincoln would be remembered as the best president of the United States if not for his hat? Or Napoleon -- do you think he would have failed to invade Russia if he hadn't lost his hat and so suffered third degree frost bite on his ears?"

"Ummm..."

"Did you realise that there's not one statue of a hat-wearing hero in this city? Not one? Not even in Boomtown. Now that is a disgrace. Yes, I'm getting to you, okay? Stop struggling. -- Where were we? Oh, yes. Hats. Right. The petition really should mention something about hats."

"Umm, so... you're not going to sign, then?"

"Oh, I can't sign. I'm using my right hand to keep this hatless fella up against the door right now, and how do I know that you're not really part of one of Nemesis' plots and its his plan that I sign what seems to be a petition but is really some kind of intricate Prussian political ploy? Oh, and it wouldn't do you any good if I signed either, fella, but then you know that, or at least you would know that if you wore a hat instead of that silly spandex hood -- you know your ears show, right? Your left one seems a little bent. Bad guys are going to aim for that, you know. A good hook to the ear can really leave you dizzy if you don't have your footing right -- and you don't, probably because you've not got a hat to provide you with balance."

"How... err, what?"

"Well, it's obvious, right? You see it, don't you?" Gabbleduck said, once more directed to the Skull, who nodded frentically.

"Look, fella, you want recognition for the regular Joe kind of heroes, right, but you're only asking the non-regular Joesephus to sign. Don't you think that kinda defeats the whole point? That's like wearing a cap -- sure it covers your head, but it's not a hat, you know?"

"I don't quite follow..."

"Hat, fella. Get a hat. 's all I'm saying." Gabbleduck handed back the clipboard. There was a sudden loud crack and a flurry of woodchips, a couple of them grazing the petitioner's cheeks.

"They don't make doors like they used to, you know, fella? Huh. Not Skulls either. Used to be the Skulls could put up a bit of a fight, but these days they its all guns this and guns that and 'not in front of my girlfriend', and see the result? You knock them through one door and they're out cold."

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OTOH, the police don't generally turn up to try to shoot the players.

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It's not the police turning up to shoot the players I mind, it's them not rolling for initiative first.

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Found this little story of what can happen if you take your Roleplaying too seriously:

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Actually, this is what happens when you take roleplaying too seriously.

Scrappers have more fun.

"If the tanks succeed, then victory follows." -- Heinz Guderian

Masterminds:
"Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make."
"Shooting is not too good for my enemies."
"If you mention extortion again I will have your legs broken."

Stalkers:
"Boo!"
"If you can read this it's too late."

Corruptors:
"Join the dark side. We've got cookies."

"I am the loooove squid"

"Debt through superior firepower."

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Blaster: Debt or glory!

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Don't you mean "and"?

Or possibly "Glory through debt"?

"If more firepower isn't the answer you're asking the wrong question."

"Blaster of glory"

"With great power comes great debt." (Alternatively, "With great power comes much aggro.")

"Debt is a valid lifestyle choice."

"It's better to burn out than to fade away."

"I have become death, the destroyer of worlds."

"Ultima ratio regum."

"Artillery conquers and infantry occupies."

"Indiscriminate use of heavy firepower in densely populated areas."