Megumiko

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. I appreciate it.

That is just wonderful, Graver. I love your water color style.

It's so full of character and atmosphere.

Nice work!

I like how sketchy the dryad looks. Very simple and yet, so fluid. Nicely done!

I love the coloring on Speed. The blur effect looks great too.

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Hehe...when I was coloring Megumiko's version of flame I was thinking about him looking like a girl. All you'd need is a little chest, I mean he looks kind of feminine to begin with. No offense Megumiko, he's still my favorite.

I love Spike btw....just awesome!

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No problem, Roxstar. I felt he had a bit of a Cirque du Soliel feel to him (you know, over the top costume), but I felt it was okay because he was meant to be impish.

Poison, I love your rendition of Flame and I think your Spike is just darn cute! Hedgehogs rock!

And Gill, that looks great. I think your coloring style is cool.

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Too bad, was looking forward to draw Flame and Spike after finishing Rowr's pic. But they look cool!

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Well, you still could... after all there are two Tellys, three Strengths and two Shapes.

And Psibug, your Spike looks great!

The group shot looks great, Roxstar. It is cool how several different artists, each with different styles, can create different characters that still look great together.

I also like the way you colored Flame. Glad you enjoyed coloring him.

Okay, I know others were working on Flame, but I started this the other day and got to finish it today. Here's my version of Flame.

(Not meaning to step on toes here.)

Whoops, Gideon beat me too it.

Anyway, here's another Strength.

Oh well, now your son has two, Static.

I started a Rhino, too but I hated it, and Gill's was much, much better.

BTW, Gill and CB, your sketches for this were great!

Poison, can't wait to see yours.

Here's an image I submitted:

American Blue

Created as a surprise Christmas present for a friend, it is his Ice/Empath controller in his absolutely stylin' all white outfit. Yes, yes, I took some liberties with the look of Ice Patch but the blaster version looks so much nicer.

(I did post this to the unofficial fan art thread, but that thread was promptly buried again. Oh well.)

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As of 10/20 how is Exemplar Aggro?

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Took me a bit to realize that the mobs weren't running from me the other day after the patch. We'd worked out strategies to deal with mobs running. (Ok, not really. we just waited until they came back or just chased 'em down.) So, it was a pleasant surprise to see that I was pulling aggro in missions.

Then I noticed I was pulling aggro outside of the mission too, LOL. That took a few times of passing through mob groups out of habit and suddenly getting hit to realize I needed to stop doing that.

I'd really liked the exemplar option before, now I LOVE it! Thanks for fixing that.

In response to some comments above: You SHOULD get your debt at normal levels when you are defeated while exemplaring, because if they changed that then SKs would have to get debt at THEIR fighting level and can you imagine trying to work off a level 40's debt at say, level 5? You'll note, as well, that as an exemplar you do not lose all of your inspiration slots nor all of your enhancement slots (though they are less effective, than they would be at your normal level.) These things are because your aren't REALLY whatever level you've exemplared down to.

I do not have a problem with the debt. Generally it's my idiot fault for getting debt in the first place, and the debt is worked off quickly anyway.

Besides, in my view the real point of exemplaring is just having another way for two friends with wide level ranged character to play together. I can play my level 26 scrapper while my hubby builds up his new defender and we don't always have to do my missions if we group. We're both happy.

As for un-exemplaring during TFs I have mixed feeling about this. On the one hand it seems cheesy to let an exemplar blow through the task force for the team.

But on the other hand, if the team doesn't mind who am I to say, "How dare you not get exp for all the mobs and only take the badge and the mission exp????"

There are times when exemplaring out of TFs (not exemped in a TF yet) where it is necessary to save the team. We, in our group of players, call it the "Ultimate Buff." When this happens everyone who calls for the exemplar(s) to un-RSK themselves know they will not get exp. But they'd rather take the exp hit then get lots of debt taking out that level 8 boss mob that has fire imps, jack frost and a TON of other ridiculous powers for a level 8 boss (or whatever unpected and devastating situation that can come up.)

I realize that the idea is to keep some one from joining a pick up TF as an exemplar and then un-RSKing and running amuck so he can get his badge and screw over his team mates. But let's not punish the good people because of the actions of a few. Punish them. Ban them. Whatever.

Personally, as a side note, if the devs can't trust players to not grief as an exemplar how can they trust players to not grief in PvP?