MrMountie

Looks like the Praetorian Hamidon as shown in some of the poster art in Praetoria, to my eyes.

As many others have said, there are actually a lot of women out there who are just naturally well-endowed and I doubt they like too much being told they don't exist, or don't have an "actual size". In fact, I don't mind venturing the idea that there are more women who are naturally large chested (or even very large chested) then there are men who naturally have crazy big superhero muscles.

However, diversity is always a plus - more options in the lower end of things is a good idea. I'd put it lower priority though than the shoulderpieces you mention, and a new skin that makes it so that female characters can actually have some muscle tone, but its still a good idea.

I believe the chest icons bit is an issue with the icons not conforming well to contours. I know on my main character (a male) if I rotate the camera I can see that his chest icon does stick up off of his (relatively un-curved) chest in parts.

And more hairstyles for everyone would be good. Though I believe females already get a greater diversity in faces, and hair, then males do.

Hey there, welcome to the game.

Most servers have what we call global channels that you can join to help you find teams and task forces at all times. I don't play on Triumph so I can't say for sure what those would be for that server, but likely someone here will post the info for you, or you can check the Server forums for Triumph.

DOs, SOs, and IOs are the names of the enhancements that you slot in your powers. They stand for 'Dual Origin', 'Single Origin', and 'Invention Origin' - the latter have to be crafted from recipes. They're basically how you make your powers stronger, more effective, and cost less endurance.

Another big help for all new players is the Paragon Wiki page, which can answer pretty much any question you have.
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Main_Page

Even keeping in mind that menu work will not likely be done, I have to vote for Option Two. I just can't argue to take away the flexibility of the costume creator, one of the game's greatest strengths. And I don't really understand why anyone else would, either. The argument of "I have to look at it" sounds to me like just a bully trying to dictate how other people should play. By all means, update . . . . but let us who use the old options continue to use them, please.

Option Two. Here is why.

I use a lot of the 'painted on' textures since they're my only options for tights, in the classic superhero sense. I have a feeling that a lot of these options would no longer go together, or match in style, once they're updated.
That and I had some costumes ruined by the updates to all of the metallic textures that came with Ultra Mode. We were told at the time that the old textures could be put back in as options, and I sure appreciate that you're going to do that, and know it takes time. But we haven't seen it, and that's all I can base my choice on. So I'd just rather that no more options got taken away from me.

So a few people have brought up 'games trying to be like Hollywood'. It could be I'm misunderstanding exactly what you mean, but that seems skewed to me.

Here's my take.

The problems suffered in a lot of the bad Hollywood-style blockbusters out there are shared in video games, yes. This doesn't mean that game developers are trying to imitate Hollywood. This means that game developers (in general, with the usual exceptions allowed by such generalizations) and Hollywood writers and directors both fail at understanding the mechanics of stories, how to apply them, and why they're important. Its not one trying to be like the other - its a mutual failure. I dare say some time analyzing myth (modern and ancient), taking some classes on writing, and even picking up some Joseph Campbell books would do both a world of good.

Games as a serious, deep, story-telling vehicle are a relatively new medium. We just aren't quite there yet. But we're getting closer. A few companies are taking steps to change how we do things, how we tell stories, what gamers expect from them, and so forth. Mass Effect 2 is a good example of this - a huge stride forward, and probably one of my favourite games. Some seriously good work. But also check out Heavy Rain, a murder mystery played from four different perspectives. Many of the scenes in Rain are played out as scenes from a drama, or suspense film. And for me, it works - I got into the story, and the vast amount of mundane actions my characters performed gave them a gravity lacking in other games. At least, once I figured out how to play it I did. And that's part of the equation, too - adjusting the player's expectations.
There is - and probably always will be - room for mindless shooters in there, too. As well there should be. To draw it back to the Hollywood analogy, as much as I like watching classic, thought-provoking movies . . . sometimes I just wanna throw in Terminator, too.

Welcome back!

1) Shields can only be used with certain other powersets. It wont' work with claws, for example. Trying it with broadsword, axe, mace, martial arts, etc., should work. Dual Pistols and Demon Summoning require you to have pre-purchased Going Rogue for early access to them.

2) There are lots of people around on Freedom adn Virture especially. The problem is that there is a much greater number of high-level zones than there used to be. I remember when everyone was in PI too, but now there is the Rikti War Zone, Cimerora, the AE Buildings, and so on. Maybe try one of the OOC channels that focuses on finding teams?

3) Nope. Number are down a little bit due to various things, but the boxed expansion - Going Rogue - will be out shortly, and should help perk things up. Even still, I don't have any problem finding a team.

1) I can say that my experience on the Virtue server has been that at least fifty-percent of my time is spent socializing, and roleplaying, for the purpose of doing just that. The other fifty-percent involves socializing in conjunction with combat.

2) For what my wild guesses are worth I'd give it about a 70/30 split between genders, favouring males.

3) These numbers aren't published anymore, but the number you cite sounds right to me.