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Quote:I vote Mechanysm.Originally Posted by Chyll
Finally got happy with the backstory, now tweaking the costume.
(short version) A mad scientist ends up using a naive assistant as an (unwilling) experiment subject. One brain installed in a clockwork body later... scared, angry, confused steampunk psi-bot escapes and begins a life of crime fighting. (beauty of this is I'll probably get around to making the mad scientist for red-side)
Bring on the steampunk pack!
Oh, I also need to finalize my name choice.
Any preference between:
Mechynism
or
Mechanysm
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Quote:Soul Transfer.Originally Posted by Tannim222
Hmm...looked at the original list, and read every post thus far. My conclusion: screw all that.
Give me a buff when I die! Blasters get their death buff doubled!
Jumps into mob, goes down in a hail of gun fire.
Character: "Defeat me? DEFEAT ME!?!"
Hits wakie, and procedes to pound the enemy to dust.
"Muahahahaha!" -
Quote:Not at all. If you run Anti-Matter's arcs in Praetoria, you find out that the reactors blowing would annihilate all of Praetoria, and even better, knock out power to most of remaining civilization.Originally Posted by Charcoal_EU
You know what would be fun? Keyes Island trial where we get to blow up those reactors. Not shut down safely but make them blow. Because it will ruin Neutropolis and kill thousands.
Blowing up those reactors would quite literally spell the end of Praetoria. -
I'm resurrecting this thread. I'm still in dire need of an active, non-clique non-strict non-godmode non-broody-teen-vigilante RPVG for my main, and similar RPSG's/VG's for my other toons. Read the OP and help a guy out?
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Quote:Dude. It sounds like you'd be at home sitting in Lex Luthor's chair. XDOriginally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Here's the thing - if you want me to want to BE the villain, you have to offer me something better than "your life sucks" at the end of the tunnel. And it's not really true that that's how it goes, not as an absolute statement. In realistic fiction, yes, but this isn't exactly realism what we have here. Let me explain:
There seems to be this idea that "villainy" can only ever be expressed by showing the human suffering and misery it causes. I disagree. I'd much rather focus on the COOL side of villain - building giant tractor beams that pull the moon closer to the earth, devising a spell to reverse time and unleash dinosaurs onto unsuspecting civilians, or even just simply being rich enough to BUY your own country. Yes, all of those still come with human misery and suffering attached, but I don't need to see that. I'm not interested in playing a mass-murdering torturing monster. That's not fun. I'm interested in playing the cool kind of villain who doesn't take backtalk from anyone and who routinely does the impossible because villains just do that as a rule of thumb.
I don't need a life lesson from a game when that life lesson is "don't play this game." If the entirety of the villain-side is built to depress and disgust me and make me not wish to do the things I'm being asked to do... Why the xXx would I want to play it? And, yes, I do mean Vin Deasel's xXx.
I can play a hero and the game can make me good about playing it. Why can't I play a villain and feel good about playing the game, too?
But again, there have been few instances where evil like that has "won" if you will. I personally enjoy the aspect of being pitted against the outcome of defeat; I will try that much harder to change the supposedly inevitable.
This back-and-forth, however, will end on personal preference. I understand your view, and it's solid. I respect it. -
Quote:I don't often agree with GG, but...Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Which is accurate
Yeah. That's pretty much how evil goes in the worlds of comics, cinema and (often) reality. -
How long has GR been out now?
Even better, how long has I20 been out?
God damn, have some patience or develop content yourself. -
Quote:God forbid any of us use the tools we're given.Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
It wasn't a Tanker in that video that defeated Paladin. It was Warworks pets and Soul Mastery.
Pardon my typo, Dr. Semantics.Quote:Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
I've dropped a few AVs with a Tanker since Bruising and before the Incarnate system. Requiem, Black Scorpion, Scirocco.
You just witnessed it. Even better, you decided to dump on the guy rather than complimenting him. Great attitude you've got there.Quote:Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
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Quote:That is the worst argument I've ever heard. The Lore pets are earned powers. Earned, permanent and part of your character powers. Shivans are disabled under No Temps. Lore pets, which aren't temporary, are not. They are YOURS.Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
Spending time BAFing to get Lore. How is that different than spending time to get Shivians? It's not. They're both external sources of damage and for most people, Shivians, like Lore pets, are what makes the difference. If I can "solo" GMs with Warworks and pets, anyone can. It's not my feat, my build, or skill, it's the pets.
Under that criteria, dual-boxing could be considered "solo" too becuase it's "just you", right?
You're just grumpy Tankers aren't as gimped as you believe them to be, giving you very little to actually complain about. And you're probably grumpy it wasn't you who downed a GM.
When your friends get A's on tests, receive awards for outstanding work, or get their diplomas (if applicable) do you reply with "Well if someone else did that it wouldn't be any more impressive"? Good lord man, credit where credit is due.
You could just be a good sport and say "well done." Right?
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Quote:A lot of it stuns. I believe Body Blow, Smashing Blow and Concentrated Strike all stun, and pretty well. The other attacks have knockdown (not counting Repulsing Torrent as I can't stand knockback on a tanker), which is another great source of mitigation. EM has no knockback, and it's far slower than KM. I mean it too; anyone who thinks KM is slow needs to try the following attack chain:Originally Posted by Psiphon
Whirling hands is good for stacking stuns on multiple targets on top of OG, not great damage but effective mitigation.
I made a DA/EM tank and it does work very well. It was a toss up between EM and WM; EM for concept and WM for effectiveness, in the end concept won out.
Now I'm just crossing my fingers for a buff to EM.
I hadn't considered Kinetics as I wasn't aware that it had any stuns.
Power Siphon > Quick Strike > Smashing Blow > Body Blow > Quick Strike > Burst > Concentrated Strike.
It's incredibly fast until the end. Burst can be swapped for Focused Burst. The animations for SB, BB, and QS (in that order) will often execute so rapidly that QS will hit an enemy killed by BB. If SB and BB land their stuns, you WILL stun a boss. -
Quote:Just because you don't have fun as a Tanker doesn't mean you have to crap all over the fun of others. No congrats, no kudos, no props?Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
Yeah, but with ghost robots and a Widow. Hardly solo.
It wasn't so much you as it was them doing the work and you being a distraction.
Heck, Warworks alone can drop a Pylon themselves twice as fast as any Tanker with no player contribution other than some healing or taunting. They're that broken good.
Don't get me wrong, I've taken down Kraken, Eochai and a Monster Island Lattice with them myself, but I would never call it "solo".
But hey, Sally is a GM too, right? So there's always that.
Nay.
Nice. -
Quote:So... je_saist was wrong?Originally Posted by Sylph_Knight
I killed the thing in 4 and a half minutes. Though I don't doubt they could kill it faster, significantly moreso isn't likely.
Also, I looked up Je Saist since I wasn't familiar with that poster and found this:
I've been murdering AVs long before I20. Most recently I defeated Numina and Lord Recluse as +0 AVs in I19 long before I added my latest batch of upgrades and Incarnate abilities. I also solo'd a Pylon during I18 as well. Let him roll.
And you're surprised? -
Quote:Did you read the feature page for that "pack"?Originally Posted by reiella
I think it's silly to consider "resistance" as something to ripoff, pretty much in general. It's a generic construct.
IT'S GOING ROGUE. -
Quote:EM is a pig these days. It's purely ST (disregard Whirling Hands. Seriously) and it's absurdly slow. Kinetic Melee is everything EM wishes it still was.Originally Posted by Chyll
If I were making a new DA/ tank a few months back, I'd lean toward /EM - for the stun stacking with OG (done mace a bit much or that would be great too).
But with /KM now, it also would offer some stun synergy, and the animations coming out of the dark auras could be cool with the right customization.
As for color, allow me to show you my DA/KM Tanker Eon Scar.
All colors are a watery blue primary and a deep blue secondary. Makes for wonderful water/ocean effects. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Well, according to your to-hit channel: Yes. Yes, you are missing something
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Quote:PM me. I'll show you the disappointment that is "The Other Guys' Going Rogue". :/Originally Posted by TrueGentleman
Surely you're joking. (You're not joking.)
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Quote:Unfortunately, the only -ToHit in Dark Armor is Cloak of Fear.Originally Posted by DoctorWhat
Another pro to consider for DA/DM, though, is the fact DM's attack inflict To Hit Debuffs. Stacked with To Hit Debuffs from DA you, effectively, increase your defense against attacks.
I again cast my vote for Kinetic Melee, despite being an avid supporter for Dark/Dark/Soul. -
Quote:Or the new "Resistance" content.Originally Posted by Venture
Check out the video for the competition's "Rainbow Flight" powers.
Thieving jerks. -
Ike Lord (Fire/SR Scrapper) eagerly awaits his interview.
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Quote:That will be a huge problem for people with self-rez powers. No. Dumb idea is dumb.Originally Posted by Venture
#3. It gives noobs an incentive to clue up, since if they don't they'll hit a point where they start losing XP faster than they gain it.
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I need help with the overall steampunk look. I can sort of manage it but it just never feels right. I also need a character to play. I'm at a loss as to what AT to use. I have a few names, but... actual game/look problems are keeping me at bay.
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Quote:You're much closer than Scythus. It's in the US.Originally Posted by Serpine
Hmm... And I was going to guess Colorodo which is probably to close. I'll go out on a really wild limb and guess... Sweden?
I'll give a hint: It's in the South, but not the Deep South/Bible Belt. -
Quote:Off by a lot.Originally Posted by Scythus
Tacoma.
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I want in. I just need help designing a costume. D:
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Quote:It happens to me a lot; I was raised in a place where everyone wore their personalities on their sleeve, and I take a lot of things at face value. (Points if you correctly guess where I was raised. No, it was not the Northeast.)Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Looks like we're both taking general statements as directed at us personally, then.
I apologize in return. The forums are more like a battlefield these days; it makes me into a jerk myself sometimes. No hard feelings?Quote:Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
So I'm going to do something I seem to be doing a bit more these days and apologize to you for the attitude I threw at you. (And at Serpine, while I'm apologizing.) I should be able to have this discussion without jumping down your throats. (Seeing GG's quote, she can still go take a flying leap, as far as I'm concerned. Of course, she's part of the problem. Which is why I have her on the perma-ignore list. Avoiding an irritant.)