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You know this the just the taste...you'll pay for the good stuff soon enough.

Quite true, but as Elegost mentioned it does become a "what will I be doing for the next few moments..." planning exercise that really happens prior to engaging targets because of the cooldown. Scrapper-lock addicts aren't really known for the ability to stop, stop attacking (and if you are in a team, its even more difficult because the whole team must do so as well), and switch a power.

However, I personally have had great results from switching from situation to situation, I currently will have all Destiny buffs and i'm actually quite enjoying Ageless at the moment. I want to recommend this for the Dm/Regen like me who is sitting on the low/mid 30s Def in S/L/M and has enough recharge that Dull Pain is actually usable as a HEAL for 30secs. One purple inspiration and I am set to go and the Debuff Resistance is a great boon that goes well with that. In addition to the fact that click heals and IH comes back faster, it adds to my scrapper-lock. On a personal note, being at such high recharge is particuarly glee-full when you can stack Soul-Drain with the help of a Speed boost/AM. Yay, dmg cap (for like 2 seconds but still...)!

Come to think of it, I do use rebirth in hard target tasks or missions. Like for instance AV tanking and auto-hit powers. In the cases where i'm going to get hit and hit hard, regen was my ticket out. But with the fun i've been having with Ageless, that might replace this preference.


Also, I should point out that the inherit benefit of a Dm/Regen toon that really wants to go the route of Defense is the to-hit debuffs off of our ST attks. I don't have Mids access but i'm pretty sure i remember -10% to-hit was common for me when I tried out Diamagnetic (?) Interface slot. That helps toward soft-capping a bit. Sadly, i dont think our few PBAoEs have that component which would be amazing and admittedly, potential broken if it did.*


*although it wouldn't be thematically unreasonable: you are strengthening yourself by weaking your opponents. Actually, i'm pretty sure other such attacks from say, energy or electic or ice do have a nice secondary effect as well as a bonus for powers that work same.

But it is a matter of pride to be able to regen cap on your own though.

Plus, there are cases where it matters, such as against Hamidon and Keyes. If the resistance boost is as credible as it sounds, Rebirth might be worth another look great for survivrabilty post-alpha for ANY situation. I doubt however, we will get to the level of being a Stone Armour-type resistance, but its a step in the right direction and change of pace in a "Moar Def!" game setting.

****pardon the threadjack****

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Trust me, i've been watching and its entirely tape-able. Besides you should be watching No Ordinary Family! Its game-appropriate!

Oh, and I might be in on this and working on moving my schedule around for Tuesday nights to be free. If i can make it the first night, i should be able to be there consistently.

You know, I'm starting the think the easiest answer might be he ditched everyone when the crap hit the fan. He might have had the same kind of thinking that St0ner brought up; he saw people dying and getting infected and he just happenned to be able to shut down the base from the inside and saved himself.

He's probably been working on the cure out of guilt for saving his own hide when he had the chance. Finding the cure might not be his attempt to maintain his duty to humanity but a desperate act of redemption? Maybe he didn't want the others outside to find out what he did, especially when he lost any chance of a cure so maybe it was desperation/shame?

Or maybe i'm giving the writing too much credit and the obvious answer is the right one? Everyone just died...

hehe, i see what you did there.


I'm starting to enjoy this series and may catch up on past seasons.

PS.
To the Stackhouse Fans: totally dig the True Blood mythos sharing thing too!

I want to counter-point on your note to Will being "evil". Terri is shown as being petty and manipulative in the show, and it was her that came over knowing Will was "weak". Remember, he was really sick, lonely, feared unemployment, and was being shut out of the one thing that he enjoyed.

After being a part of, and seeing some one-sided relationships I know how easy a person like Terri can hover around waiting for an opening like that. Those situations are usually the ignition switch to start a bad relationship all over again. Actually its stuff like that that makes couples you know are bad for each other breakup and makeup over and over again. You notice that Terri came back the next day as Will's "wife" when Holly was over. She thought she had Will turned around.


One note of my own: That last scene with Kurt and the bully was great. I sense this is going to be significant later on the series and I hope they show just how serious it can be. To paraphrase Holly's words, kids do deserve more attention these days to what they are doing and what's going on. Bullying isn't about stealing your Tot-money these days but can get dangerous very easily. I, for one, completely believe what the bully said was not a threat but a guarantee.


*edit*
I want to second your recommendation on the LXD! I'm trying to get as many people interested in it as possible myself.

*second edit*
Ok, i'm going to admit I do not like Ms. Paltrow at all. She cut in front of me and a group of people once without even an "excuse me" at a restaurant in ny once. I'm trying to believe that she was really in a rush to get inside or something but at least apologize for using your bodyguard as a battering ram. It wasn't California with paparazzi everywhere, geez...

If she becomes a recurring character, i'm going to unintentionally distrust and dislike anything she's a part of, so i'm going to admit that the last mash-up was ok but would probably have been better to me if she wasn't there.

Well yes and no, the boys do know who each other is but part of the gag is that the audience doesn't really know and they have been dropping hints thru-out the episode.

Like when Stans dad mentions that his entire toolbox keeps disappearing only to have the "Toolshed" character appear or when we were down to guessing the identity of 3 of them, one of the character's mom asks them to take out the trash, all three heroes turn and look at each other but after awhile only one of them replies.

As for the Kenny reveal, it was revealed in a tongue in cheek way as when he unmasks at a news conference, the audiences goes "ooohh, its him!" and Mr Garrison states that "wow, all this time it was...one of the students in my class!". I dont think they admit it being actually kenny until later on.