MaestroMavius

What's your Global? Next time I'm on I'll email you a Karma -KB.
It should solve your KB issues.

I liked getting to say farewell to Avatea on the UStream.

Insomnia? Hope you don't have an early start Z!

Don't know Second Skin...

but the totally need to start showing reruns of Win Ben Steins Money!

I would have preferred Scarlett as Janet though...

Ah the good ol Defiance 1.0! /Facepalm

Yeah, it was fun back then, jumping off a tall building and then wiping out huge spawns in Boomtown with 2 AoE's! Though most often the Alpha ended up killing you anyways.

As far as mini games go...

On my Empath I used to fly to the ceiling above Mrs. Liberty and drop, hitting Absorb Pain on anyone standing nearby right after landing would kill you. I must've commited suicide on that one guy over a dozen times, just for lulz.

I should probably add the caveat that if it wasn't for a friend leaving me a
billion plus a few weeks back, I'd still be firmly in the F category.

All these years playing and since I hardly ever play at 50... I only broke the Billion mark thanks to that donation.

I'm not really introverted, just more of a loner type, IRL and in-game.

Other than that fact, I've always viewed the game as being played 1 of 2 ways.

Way #1.
I solo, running missions and fleshing out my characters concept/storyline. Soloing gives me the entire immersion factor, allowing me to go at my pace, read all the lore etc. Levels pass by slower so I get a much better feel for my characters abilities and in general, feel more like a part of the gameworld as far as my actions go.

Way #2.
I team, doing whatever the team just happens to want to do. I enjoy teaming because of the social aspect, getting to see/learn other powersets and concepts. The safety of numbers and drowning in mobs. Levels fly by however and I never get a chance to 'smell the roses' or really feel like part of the story. I'm just another cog in the machine.

The one thing that makes #2 harder for me than most though is the fact that I play to escape reality. In reality I'm a leader all day long, all week long, having to make every choice and keep everyone on track, deciding what to do and when and I get paid to do this.
When I get home and log in, I don't want to have to keep doing the same thing I just got done doing. I prefer to just sit back and go with the flow, so I can relax after being team lead all day at work. Not wanting to form your own teams/lead doesn't have to automatically make you introverted.

Anecdotal evidence:

I'm sitting on 900 something points as I've had nothing that interests me come out lately. I most likely would have bought the Halloween pack last week while creating a new toon, had the option been available.

In turn, that would have meant I'd have to purchase more points to buy Staff when it finally hits. Instead I'm now able to save those points and as a result I won't have to spend any to get Staff...

I'm afraid this'll still be a pass for me.

I'll wait for DvD. I've got no interest in seeing Spidey run from the cops for 2 hours while also trying to stop/save his accidental creation, with Gwen knowing...

Maybe I'll wait til it's on TV...

Look! It's a wild Zwillinger! Quick, catch it!

::Mavius used 1 Pokeball::

Because she was mezmerized by Lady Arcane's avatar.

(Why?)

I've always viewed the levels as decades.

By the time my hero hits 50 they have been around for quite some time, with the 40-50 journey being the zenith/twilight of their career. The costumes generally reflect this 'maturing'

Though quite a few of my characters don't play that way. Instead having time playout ingame, so that a week ingame is actually a week in their life. As such, those toons are ageing slowly compared to the levels.

E.

I love Praetoria. I rolled 5 toons through when it came out to see all the paths.

I didn't find it all that hard either, running solo Blasters, MM's, Brutes. Solo is probably the keyword there, as this was before the diff. slider was added, meaning no bosses sadly.

I went back when Freedom launched to show a returning friend around. This was Virtue at 7pm central and checking a /whoall in all 3 zones showed us to be the only souls present...

Sadness. As I'd love to continue using the zone.

I'm afraid to say, repopulating Praetoria simply isn't going to happen. We'd need upwards of 100,000 new subscribers. We'd have to see an influx of so many players, they have no where else to spread out to.

That won't happen.

Cmon gang...

I'd vote for SteelClaw if it meant getting him to come back...

I wasn't aware that the wand worked on Rikti conscripts.

Spoilers concerning Rikti below:




However, the knowledge that Rikti are humans is pretty widely known.