Megajoule

Super Strength, especially paired with Invulnerability. It's the only combo I've duplicated so far (on a tank and a brute).

an SS/Inv brute isn't good enough for you?

Freem!

My first attempt at a Elec/Elec brute was an AI who was "raised" and/or socialized very poorly, to the point where it was essentially (in human terms) a sociopath. Fine concept, but I quickly realized that as a practical matter, the whole "does not play well with others" thing made him someone I didn't want to inflict on teams. With the other option being soloing to 50, I decided to toss the character and eventually recycled the powersets with another character (who was also a selfish jerk, but more inclined to work with/exploit others toward his goals).

"Click this DataLink to open the build" will give you a .mxd file that you can download.

definitely Magic, IMO.

I tend to look at the various condemnations of other practitioners, the commandment about having no other gods before Him*, etc etc in the same vein as exhortations to buy only official JehovahTM products - all about establishing market share and brand loyalty and trying to dismiss or drive out competitors. Remember that early Christianity existed in a very crowded and competitive market.


* which, some argue, implicitly acknowledges their existence.

It costs what it costs. Either it's worth it to you at that cost, or it's not. Do you try to haggle with the theatre manager over the cost of your ticket and popcorn, or with your cable company over your bill?

I've rerolled to change my origin, when I got a character to SOs and realized that the one I'd pick didn't really match my concept. (I've also rerolled to change body type, before that was a tailor option, and to change powersets.) So I do understand where (I think) the OP is coming from.

That said, my answer to all of the above cases is "reroll." Yes, even if the character is in their 20s like mine were.

Garielle, I suspect the OP is not reacting to this specific case (which is, as you note, merely the midpoint of an ongoing story), except in a "final straw" context and/or the latest example of a perceived overall shift in tone in recent content, again since approximately Going Rogue. Put another way, is "well, we won in the end, kind of, but people died and/or we had to do some morally grey things" the way it's going to be from now on, in all new content?

While we're on the subject, I'm going to note something that really rubbed me the wrong way: it was a nearly textbook "fridging." Female character brought in to be killed off and create drama for male supers (Statesman, Manticore, etc) to react to.

And here I thought the ambush nerd was whatever dev was responsible for the new trend in official content, from Going Rogue forward: "All Ambushes, All The Time." Click a glowie? Get an ambush! Zone into a mission? Get an ambush! Talk to the contact? Ambush! Timer runs out? BURIED IN AMBUSHES!

I'd just like to observe, as an aside, that the whole "relieve the strain on the instance server by making the new low-level content all open-world kill-stealing instant-respawning immersion-destroying hunts" "solution" that the Devs were so proud of is rendered entirely irrelevant when most lowbies, apparently, go straight for the instanced sewers. Bravo. *golf clap*

Then the players cease to be players (and the customers, customers), yet the game is still here.

If your response to farms getting nerfed is to leave the game, then I fully support your decision. I'll even help you pack.

Already suggested in previous threads on the subject.

As a couple of my characters noted, Kane's zombies are made by a different process than Vahzilok's - they aren't patchwork cyborgs. Nor are they Banished Pantheon Husks, as there's a distinct lack of glowing runes on their skin. Apparently, the bad doctor is an independent.

While some aspects of the DFB trial could probably use another look, the OP is correct that it does at least teach new players some important lessons about the game (which is more than the usual "just stand by the door or lay on the floor while the FotM farm character kills everything" does).

One-winged angel costume optional.

What I believe the OP meant by that phrase was "the number of charges or applications of the purchased power would be reduced by one."

Sartre's No Exit: Hell is other players.

On a related note, I'm still amused by announcements that supernatural activity has ceased in zones like Croatoa, Dark Astoria or First Ward. (O RLY?)

"Half-finished and forgotten" well describes the state of AE in general.