Ms. Mesmer

Yeah, I noticed that about three weeks before he did. It's still just one mob in one mission, but it's a promising start. Let's just say that level-less mobs, and the issues that they currently have, are pet concerns of mine.

That's probably true. Some neighborhoods do have a good 5 or so level spread in what can spawn there.

It's 20.

I just took a level 20 Inv/SS up against her during the Dev test session. This Tanker had level 20 DOs in all slots. I used 8 small red inspirations and no temp or vet powers. I soloed her just fine. I did die the first time, but then I remembered that I had Hasten to help out with her slows for the second run.

It always says that when powers with status effects (or knock effects) hit, whether or not it's enough to overwhelm protection. She has normal EB rank protections plus purple triangles, so I assume she can spawn as an AV with proper difficulty settings/team size.

This actually illustrates a level of hypocrisy that you often find with comic book "no-kill" policies. They are nearly always inherently species-ist.

The X-Men, in general, have a no-kill policy, though Wolverine is allowed to kill (mostly in solo adventures) and the policy is being bent beyond recognition in the current X-Force series. However, that no-kill policy seems to extend only to those of human origin and aliens who are very humanlike in appearance. The X-Men, not just Wolverine, have killed a great number of Brood and Sidrians, very non-human alien types, and a fair number of N'Garai demons over the years, all of whom have demonstrated the ability of rational thought. Batman, who has probably the oldest specifically stated no-kill policy, has also been shown to destroy non-human aliens and supernatural creatures like vampires and demons, at least during the Silver Age.

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The Rikti, while human in origin, certainly fit the non-human alien horde exception to most comic no-kill policies in appearance.

This deserves its own reply. You are still wrong. I was a History major, have a nice degree and everything. I actually took courses on Medieval Europe, and some on Latin American history, where this subject also comes up. Pretty much everything that the Inquisition charged people with falls under the blanket term of heresy, but the simple fact is that the specific types of heresy that the Spanish Inquisition charged the vast majority of people with were false conversion or apostasy, or backsliding to your old faith. They did not brand these people as witches. That was just an invention of yours. People who invent history to suit their arguments are the enemies of logic and reasonable discourse, as you have proven yourself to be on this subject.

I didn't say harping to get the name changed, I said harping on the subject, that includes both sides, and GMan3 is equally as guilty of it as Golden Girl.



It is entirely up to you to prove your assertion that Wolverine, as a super-hero, is constantly killing people. I even said that he's killed a few as a super-hero, but that is partly what makes more mainstream members of the hero community distrust him. Go check those websites yourself and prove your assertion. I didn't bring the topic up. Your comments get a big [Citation needed] and putting it off on others just shows how little you know about what you're talking about.

Perhaps you didn't read those issues. You came back with one attack on a teammate that he knew very well was a powerful telekinetic who could hold any wounds closed, and who had access to the Phoenix-force. Surprise of surprises, she survived. Oh, yeah, and why did he do it? To prevent her from killing someone else who was despicably evil. My argument holds. He has killed, but I'd bet you could count the times in over 30 years of comics that weren't flashbacks to his time as a soldier or government operative on your fingers with some left over. I'm not saying that it's a great character device for someone whose main offensive ability is six unbreakable, razor-sharp claws, but that's Claremont for you. He made the character someone who was specifically repelled by his own dark past of killing, and who refused to do it pretty much at all during his run as writer, a characteristic that Wolverine has mostly retained in the time since Claremont stopped writing him.

This is actually pretty normal for when the event begins, or after a maintenance. They all bunch up at first, then slowly spread out as the event goes on. At least that's my recollection of prior invasion events.