M_I_Abrahms

Or it could be that folks are asking for the point in the middle where the players are the equals of the NPCs. Why does either side of the story need to be a chump? Especially when they're ON THE SAME SIDE! The players have asked to be brought up to the same level as the NPCs were presented, not to have the NPCs brought down to the players.

Simple answer. I want to also play the missions that AREN'T in Ouroboros.

Hell with Nemesis. I'm waiting for her to turn out to be Darrin Wade 2.

I will say that I see a lot of this in the new SSA for Villains. You get a prologue which acts like a Tip mission where you follow up on leads you hear about and pull someone's can out of an Arachnos fire. At that point, the person basically swears fealty to your character and the arc begins in earnest with "OK, you want to do X well, here's the best ideas I can come up with to work toward X given the information we have thus far."

There's one thing I really like about the red-side version of that fight. You've beaten, subdued and humiliated two arch-villains in front of their own gangs and absorbed said gangs into your organization. They have an opportunity in that scene to walk away from your control if the odds are as stacked against you as they claim. And yet, they are so cowed that they will throw themselves on the pyre just to attempt to save you.

Though I do wonder how the scene plays out if you have a team going in. Granted, the text is still the same, but the "this isn't fair" takes on a completely different meaning.

Actually, it's still identical even at the end. Pure blue Heroes still have the option to stab Tielekku. In fact, the only difference I saw was in earning the Buddy Cop badge. Villains have the option of not saving the Detective.

I do. I usually mail a million or so influence when I make a brand new character for just that reason. Yes, I realize that it's way more than I actually need to afford to do this, but it's usually enough to make influence needs for the new character non-existent for the entire run of the character, even before I use the market.

EDIT: That said, I probably wouldn't complain too much about removing Training and Dual Origin Enhancements, as long as there was something to replace them. And I mean something available in the stores or as drops, without having to gather supplies and craft them. I would not want to have to level to twenty two without having ANYTHING in my powers.

All I'm going to ask is: Linux?

Actually, that was something I had said to my self before I was even done reading the first post. However, I'd like to say that this isn't something against Doctor Roswell, someone I don't know from Martian Adam, nor am I willing to say that it's the only reason a thread like this was made. Honestly, The Doc seems to be on the level with his responses thus far, and I wish him luck.

Meanwhile, on the actual topic: The first thing I thought of when I saw the third costume was not Dual Pistols, to be honest. You have the Spade Chest detail, and the Diamonds. If it was me, I'd make it a Mace Tank or Brute, and try to find someone with DJ Zero missions available, and grab the Heart Pattern. Spade, Diamonds, Hearts, and the Club skin for the mace. Sadly, names aren't my strong suit either, so I have no idea what to call him.

Which one? The contacts I've run into that do scale to 50 (Fireball and Trilogy) are NOT repeatable missions.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. There may be a lot of suggestions, but the thing I'm taking away from this is none of these have been good enough. With the exception of Brainfreeze, which was taken.

My first thought when I saw this thread was "I wonder if anyone's going to get a payout, or is this just going to be used to 'prove' that there are no good names left."

I think the big deal is that Ice Slick doesn't do any damage, and Sleet isn't *that* much. However, Bonfire does have a hefty damage component to it, that was balanced by the fact that the enemies weren't in the patch for very long before getting thrown clear. Now they're not, and it's a single power that is, essentially, Ice Slick and Burn combined. (maybe not quite that much damage, I don't know)

Meanwhile, I love having Hand Clap on my Tank without the new proc. If I'm hip deep in enemies, I often can't move. If there's a squishy that's getting harassed by over flow and they're outside the normal range of taunt, I can fire Hand Clap off to clear a path. I can't do that if the enemies aren't moved out of the way.

Ah. Different collection of ATOs, too. Hrm.

Speaking of...Except for different costume/rare power, is everything from Pack 1 in Pack 2?

I'm rather Meh for Water Blast, too. The concepts that are rolling around in my head are Beast/Nature or Archery/Nature. Possibly both.

Same.