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winnar!!

Oh look, I see what you did there. You changed my words to prove a point. Except, in changing my words, you clearly changed the meaning entirely which does not prove your point at all. "He arrests and can go all stealthy" doesn't remotely sound like a stalker. Its like an entirely different sentence... that happens to be wrong.

Killing = bad. But you are right that a stalker using martial arts isn't any more likely to be killing than a scrapper using a broadsword.

Yeah, let's drag the real world into this. Fine, I'll get into it with you. When those soldiers and officers save lives by killing, I'm sure the people that they've saved (and their loved ones) consider them heroes. Does that mean they're heroic? Not in the comic book sense of the word. They're men and women doing a job and the emotional response of people who benefit from their actions in the line of duty muddy the definition of the heroic ideal. But their job isn't really to be heroes... its to serve and protect. So yeah, I'll say it: No, they aren't heroes. They're just people who risk their lives to help other people.

No one said anyone is forced to kill.

But the person you were replying to was making a point about killing because the OP made a point of saying how easy it is for his character to kill (to the point of saying the ability was sealed). Someone reading his bio may only skim through it... we are playing a game, after all, not "Let's all stand around and read each other's bio's thoroughly." Stalker... kills easily... villain. And even if the OP was sending him OOC tells trying to explain his side of the story, the other player is under no means required to accept and roleplay that at face value.

I have a friend who plays a character that is very anti-demon, anti-undead. He maintains that there are no good demons or undead. So forget what you've learned about vampires with souls from Buffy or sparkly non-human-killing vampires from Twilight, if you're playing a good vampire and bump into him, there is no way in hell you're going to roleplay or OOC change his character's mind about teaming with you. What actually IS the case and how others choose to perceive it will not always match up... nor should any given person be forced to fall in line with your perception of your character.

Deal with it. Move on. Find another team.

Or, you know, you can judge people by their actions. Hey look, he kills and can go all stealthy. Not only does that say stalker, to me it screams villain. Yes, I firmly believe heroes don't kill... and if you're ever roleplaying with me, that aspect of being a hero is pretty much ingrained into all my heroes. Want to kill but still want to be heroic? Maybe you should move on to the vigilante alignment... or at least argue that you're of that mindset even if your alignment doesn't seem to match your behavior.

I find this character a little disturbing... but with the Batman XXX adult film, I'm sorry to say that someone's beaten you to the punch on the pornstar Batman concept.

Oh yeah, we definitely need some new taunts. I think the "getsome" emote should be included as an alternate animation.


Now, for some other thoughts:

Medicine Pool -> Yes, I agree with EVERYONE else that we need alternate animations. They don't have to be origin themed, but we definitely need a non-tech alternative.

Speed Pool -> Flurry... I don't know if anyone has brought this up or not yet, but remember the old Martial Arts Thunder Kick (or was it Storm Kick?) animation where the attacker would be rooted and whip their leg around in several swift kicks? Can we bring that animation back as an alternate for Flurry? I miss that kick... I want that kick back. This seems to be the perfect place for it.

Flight -> Hover, can we please haz ghost hover animation back as an option? I really liked that brief time when we had it and would like to see it return... as much as some people want to go back to the old "head forward, arms back" flight pose for hover.

Claws -> all attacks... give us the option for open hands with talons as an option please. Not everyone wants blades coming out of the backs of our hands/wrists.

Definitely need some kicky action for Dark Melee... and while we're at it, throw some super strength kicks in for the Super Strength set. I loved getting more punchy with my scrappers when MA got punches, but now my punchy tanks are jealous and want some kicky love.

For Total Focus and other jump in the air attacks, how about substituting the new Super Strength Foot Stomp ground punch animation as an option?

Crossbows don't seem likely, but about crouching while firing our bows? Or maybe holding the bow sideways?

This... totally. In fact, for the various blast sets, I'm thinking I'd like to see some sets get option for all powers in the set to emanate from the chest, and others get the option to emanate from the eyes/face. Oh, and here's another idea... I have a couple characters who I play as spellcasters. Maybe have some blasts with spellcasting gestures.

Totally agree with this... I've avoided both the fire and melee sets because I don't like the inconsistency of melee weapon attacks, breath attack, and/or other non-weapon melee attacks. I know some things may not seem very intuitive, like Fire Breath attack... but instead of breathing the flame, let us unleash a short range cone of fire from our flaming sword as an option.

Totally!! I love those animations but usually avoid taking those powers because of the downside associated with them. I also don't especially like the snipe animation because when it fires off, it looks like my character is punching himself in the head rather than having the arm snap up in some sort of recoil like motion.

I pick and choose my battles, and I don't see the need to harp on something that other people already are. However, it doesn't seem like anyone else was really making an issue of this topic, so I took it under my wing and am nurturing it.


For those willing to complete the mission for me, thanks... but I don't feel like having my characters respec'd out of their valuable enhancements, see their inf. emailed away, and have their vaults robbed of good/rare salvage.

But if you want to help, I'll log in and accept the mission, you can zone around the city to click on pointlessly distant NPCs, then run the final mission for me. And I'll give you a smile and a "thank you" for the effort... but continue to rant how unnecessary it is for completion of the cape mission to be a prerequisite for getting the aura mission.

I have no problem with AE... at all. I may have a problem with the way some people use it, but not AE itself. But that's not even remotely connected to the issue.


I have words for you, but I suspect even if I spell them incorrectly, they'll be quickly modded away. So just use your imagination.