Mr_Morbid

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
    In the case of jetpacks I'd much prefer to see them added as costume pieces like wings rather than individual powers. They finally gave us an backpack option in the costume creator with animated backpack options so some jetpacks shouldn't be too big a problem.
    I'd like to see animated backpack options for fly/superjump as well. They could start with the Goldbricker jet pack. Mostly because I really like it.

    Edit: Some might say we already have a sort of animated backpack in the form of wings, but I hate the wing animation. It's way too obtrusive and the contstant flapping doesn't even make sense (it looks downright silly with the tech wings) since large flying animals flap their wings as little as possible.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Codewalker View Post
    It's the "Penelope" backpack.

    The whole costume is custom for her, not a single piece shared with players. The rest of the Phalanx is jealous.
    Don't let Flambeaux know about this.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BrandX View Post
    Or it's armor in case someone wants to shoot her in the back!
    And the big red circle in the middle is a target to distract attackers from aiming for her head?
  4. Mr_Morbid

    GOOD CoH Writing

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    Originally Posted by Kallandra View Post
    I miss Doctor Creed's arcs. They were so evil Perfect for beginning villains.
    I liked those too. What could make you feel more evil early on than kidnapping homeless people for medical experimentation?

    I also really like Praetorian Penny's dialogue. At first glance it seems like she's babbling childish nonsense, but once you figure out her 'code' it's all crystal clear. For that matter there are a couple other Praetorians with 'quirky' speech patterns that are fun, notably Ricochet and Tunnel Rat.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Codewalker View Post

    I'm curious to see which ones people like the best.
    I like this one best. I don't like the white tights because there's so little white elsewhere on the costume. I like the black tights more than the red tights because of the contrast.

    PS The Clockwork King told me her costume should look more like this:

  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel View Post
    As far as Penny's costume is concerned, she's at least better protected from the elements than some OTHER psychics in New England climate that could be named.

    *cough*SisterPsyche*cough*AuroraBorealis*Cough*Ser afina*cough*
    I got a real kick out of the part of WWD4 where Sis P is upset about the way Swan dresses. Take a look at your own outfit ya crazy redhead.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Red_Raccoon View Post
    The question is, do you feel the "underwear over tights" look is sexy or suggestive when worn by gold and silver age heroes? (Considering that those books were mostly aimed at young boys, the idea that Superman or Batman were intentionally designed to be sexually suggestive to readers has some pretty serious implications).
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction_of_the_Innocent
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tenzhi View Post
    Interestingly, though, 40% of the basic ATs use melee sets...



  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chris_Zuercher View Post
    Silly thought: Copper Girl. It's a play on the name Penny Yin (penny: a copper coin; yin: a concept in Chinese philosophy representing the feminine, among other things). Totally doesn't work with the costume, though.
    She should just go by the name Yin and get a sidekick named Yang.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    Oh god, PLEASE tell me it doesn't dive headlong into the uncanny valley like the Steampunk faces did? They never fixed the unnatural, waxy sheen they put on those...
    /double sign. The steampunk faces are way too creepy and angular.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by LISAR View Post
    It seems you did not watch the last Superman movie.

    Also a lot of that article after the shotgun parts are going way too far, super seed is not capable of flight or super speed and no matter how young a super infant can show powers the embryo will not be absorbing sunlight directly.
    The article does not take Superman Returns into account on the grounds that it was written 35 years before the movie was released. The article is also a joke, not a rigid scientific study. It couldn't be since it's subject doesn't actually exist.

    PS Superman Returns was also a crappy movie. And Superman was a jerk for getting Lois knocked up and then leaving the planet for five years. His stated reason for being gone so long is an obvious lie since everyone and their mother knew that Krypton had been destroyed. He probably just parked that crystal ship on the moon and then flew came back to Earth and lay low for a while, perhaps visiting Gotham and crashing in Bruce Wayne's guest room. And then spending lots of Bruce's money partying and annoying Alfred with statements like, "I like the crust removed from my sandwiches, cut in half diagonally, with one of those sword shaped tootpicks and an olive stuck into each half. Now take this back and make me one the right way!"
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    What do you imagine here?
    It seems Superman is a lot, er, bulgier than Bats.

    Not that he dares make use of it.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim View Post
    Funny enough, it IS one of the more conservative costumes when compared to other signature CoH gals.
    Numina's outfit would be pretty conservative, but you can see right through it.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rajani Isa View Post
    Penelope Yin has merely manipulated existence itself once or twice, why would she be there?
    I didn't say it WASN'T Penny in the picture. I just said that it couldn't be determined clearly from the picture.

    PS I also said it wasn't clear whether or not she was with Longbow while being surrounded by people that were insisting that the red and white colors, along with her not standing too far away from the Longbow in attendance, meant that she was DEFINITELY a member of Longbow and there could be no other reason to wear red and white.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zemblanity View Post
    I always assumed "Vanessa DeVore" was just Sister Psyche with a fancy mask on, always struggling with the dominant (and unaware) Shalice Tilman persona for control over her own body. If so, she's at least 80 years old, and probably alot older than that.
    Vanessa herself is fairly young. Giovanna Scaldi, whose personality was contained in the the mask, was from 17th century Italy. Vanessa's first major use of the mask was in the Rikti War when she put it on despite her fears of it's influence in order to aid in fighting the invasion. After that she was heavily under the influence of the mask. In Harvey Maylor's arc you defeat Scaldi in the physchic plane with the intended purpose of freeing Vanessa from her influence. At that point Vanessa is once again fully in charge of her own mind, but is shown to have been thoroughly corrupted by power.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel View Post
    I'm not so sure how well The clockwork king can train anyone.

    Also, with Penny joining the Freedom Phalanx officially, this means a joke rant I had about the unfortunate (and obviously accidental), racist undertones of the Phalanx's membership. (BAB is not an official member meaning all members of the Phalanx were White Caucasians, though with Statesman's death BAB may be officially a member now)
    Citadel isn't a Caucasian either. He's a big green robot.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    Yeah, I"m on the side of 'too busy' for Penny's costume. As well as struck by how the outfit screams "LOOK AT THE BIKINI... IT STANDS OUT AND SHOUTS 'HERE I AM' AT YOU!!!!'

    Basically, it just needs color reassignment to make the bikini 'fit' and not 'jump out.' It can be done in lots of ways, some suggestions:
    I quite like the black tights version. I still would have liked something a bit more conservative. For all the talk of this being 4 or 5 years after Faultline, it's still something of a jump for a character whose prior in-game personality has such a child-like innocence.

    Edit: I must say that the costume in general looks quite a bit less provocative in the detailed closeups than in the funeral picture.
  18. FYI saying you've been cheated is pretty inflammatory. It's the sort of thing that can get a post deleted.
  19. Mr_Morbid

    The new Que

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    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    oh god thank you for posting this I cannot express the infinite and unbounded rage I experience every time someone confuses these two
    So how do you feel about those who say their alignment is Rouge?
  20. Buddy Eyes Hopkins. Boy is that one dull. Now Fat Liver Jones, that would be a good blues name.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Satanic_Hamster View Post
    Also: Wing Commander II, II, Prophecy, Mechwarrior I...

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    Currently listening to Queen's Live at Wembley Stadium

    Eh. I didn't feel like listing em all.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Satanic_Hamster View Post
    Eh.

    My collection:
    Wow. Starcraft.....Wing Commander IV.....Mechwarrior 3......Baldur's Gate........
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Noble Savage View Post
    I spoke with Positron and Dr. Aeon quite a bit about who to include in the image and where to put particular characters--esp. around the coffin. There's a specific reason why each sig. character is where they are.
    Noble Savage confirms that Sister Psyche and Manticore will also die! Pass the word!