NightErrant

Is it Necroposting if the thread has only been inactive a few days?

Eh...

Well, today, I got one of the more hilarious Blind Invites of my short career.

I had made a Brute to test out Redside, and this guy sent me repeated blind team invites. That is acceptable, I suppose. Sure, the fact he did it 5 times was annoying, but acceptable.

But then, I received a blind leveling pact request.

As the people on the Guardian global channel have stated... "That's... special."

Do you really want to entrust half of your total experience and inf earnings to a person you've never spoken too before, and who might never log into that toon again? (I mean, I would have logged in again, but would he?)

I think it may have had something to do with my High Collar. (Level 3 Brutes with Cape Like Objects aren't common, I guess...) I'm not sure. O_o

(Oh, and I made a search comment. )

I brought this up on Guardian, and someone said it was a portal to Praetoria for the expansion. XD

I dunno. If something does happen, I expect that it will have a bit more that a shoebox full of pictures. XD

I only have one build currently: a claws/dark armor scrapper.

(though, I do feel altitis sinking in...)

It's useful so far. Claws attacks don't use a lot of endurance, so I only run out if I'm in a long fight. Once I get better IOs I think I'll do much better.

Death shroud is awesome though. A nice AoE DoT for the inevitable mob of enemies you run into while leveling. My main weakness is knockdown/back, which I'm hoping to remedy with acrobatics and IOs.


But if I made a brute... hm...

Oh! Forgot to mention that in the original post!

Yes, you can change your Persona. You can even associate a Persona with a particular costume if you so desire. Not sure how Trust/Fear would work with that though.

As for Going Rogue, I suppose there could be a Fallen Hero/Reformed Villain general persona. If you desire, you could adopt an appropriate Villainous/Heroic persona in it's stead. But Fallen Hero/Reformed Villain (and perhaps Redeemed Hero and Relapsed Villain) personae are possible.
Though, as I said, I'm not sure how Trust/Fear would work unless it was tied to Combat Level or something.

Trial Accounts are overly restrictive...

It's was so lonely. ;_;

I couldn't even interact with people in Atlas Park on the Broadcast Channel.

And I couldn't respond to tells. I had to go find the person and tell them my response on local. X_X

No, I'm not talking about the monsters that come out of the heads of Japanese Highschool students. (Though that would be a cool, if horrifically impractical powerset).

The term "persona" effectively means "mask". In this case, it's a mask that one presents to the world around oneself. When we create a costume for our toons, we're creating an important facet of our in game persona. Your Hero (or Villain) can literally be whatever you like. I'm sure that even if you don't roleplay, you have a way you'd like your toon to be perceived, and other players may perceive them that way.

The game itself however, will not. Your character is locked into a single persona in the eyes of the NPCs of Paragon and the Rogue Isles. A Skull in Kings Row will call you a Freak of Nature even if you're a Natural Origin with relatively realistic powers.
A citizen will always things like "I hope my kids grow up to be just like you." even if your Hero is a hideous abomination. (Like mine!)

The fact is, there's more than one type of hero, and one type of villain.

There are monster-type heroes like mine, who may be mistrusted by the general public. Mysterious Brooding types who vanish into the night (or day, I guess) just as quickly as they appear. Popular types with their own action figures. Anti-Heroes, Bounty Hunters...

Then on the Villain Side, there are Monsterous Villains, Villains with good publicity, affably evil villains, Crazy Joker Types, Anti-Villains, Bounty... hunters... ._.


What I propose is a sort of sub origin called a "persona". This dictates how your toon is perceived by the world around him/her/itself.

With each origin, you can select a persona that may weave itself into random NPC Responses.

It may also be possible to weave in the factor of "Trust" or "Fear" into these personae. The more trust/fear you have earned, the more likely an NPC will react positively/negatively to you.

Some examples:

-Hero-

Alien: You are a creature from another world. Some more Xenophobic types may be mistrustful of you...

Mysterious: You prefer to keep to the shadows. The Citizens of Paragon whisper speculations about you, sometimes exaggerating your powers.

Monster: You aren't human. You don't even appear human. People may be inclined to run in fear from you if you can't earn their trust.
Sub-> Former Human, Otherworldy, Mechanical.

Boy/Girl Scout: You're the embodiment of Truth, Justice, and... more Truth and Justice. You're a rolemodel to the children of Paragon.

Famous: You're popular with the kids. You even have your own comic book and action figure, and you haven't even done much yet! Maybe if you beat up a few thugs, they'll give you a movie!

Anti-Hero: Your morals are a bit questionable. Even if you do work for the good of Paragon city, you have sent a few too many thugs to the hospital instead of the Zig...

-Villain-

Alien: You're a being from another world. After the Ritki Invasion, even other villains are loathe to work with you.

Mysterious: Your exploits are whispered about throughout the Rogue Isles. You're a boogieman under people's beds. You're practically an urban legend.

Monster: You're not human! Therefore, you aren't restrained by Human feelings. The downside? Not many villains want to deal with a monster... unless you prove your worth.
-> Same Subsets as Hero Version.

Amoral: Your acts are so horrific, even Lord Recluse reviles you.

Infamous: You're wanted in 17 states, the people of Paragon fear you, and you're pretty sure Statesman has your face on his Dartboard. Yet... you inexplicably still have an action figure for some reason.

Anti-Villain: Sure, you're a villain. But doesn't mean you don't have morals. You're actually a pretty nice person, aside from your extensive criminal record...

In practice, when you interact with an NPC in game, your Persona would come into play. A Monsterous Hero with low trust may have the victim run away in fear after you save them. With higher trust, they might still be scared, but they'll be a lot more friendly toward you.

An anti hero might get a comment that he was overly brutal and low trust, and might get called a Badass at higher trust. A Famous Hero gets more recognition at higher trust. Same with a mysterious one, except the urban legends surrounding you get more and more exaggerated. (Like from "Who is that masked man?" to "Is it true you defeated Lord Recluse by yourself once?")

Villains work similarly, though since I have yet to play CoV I don't know what a typical Villainous reaction would be like.

This is really just a silly idea that has little to no impact on gameplay. I just thought it would be fun if it were possible. What do you think?

H1N1 isn't so bad, as of now. I caught it and didn't even realize I was sick. It was that mild. O_o

...Of course, I could just be stupid. I can't discount that...

I have noticed a lot of blind invites lately, but I get those all the time. (I have this sort of nervous habit of refusing any invites from people who I've never spoken with before. Especially when I'm new to a game).

I need to make a search comment.

(Actually... I sort of didn't know you could have search comments. I've only been playing for two days, I'm new at this. D: )

If it counts for anything (and it probably doesn't)...

I literally just started playing two days ago, and even I know that you can get multiple costume slots. o_O

I realize there are a multitude of possible factors involved, and that I am in no position to judge this person...

But I will say that what the person did (as in, flame someone for having a "special convention costume") is fairly ignorant, regardless of how they got to their level. Whether or not they're an "AE Baby" is a moot point. Even not knowing you can have multiple costume slots can be forgiven. The real stupidity (and the main point of this story) lies in the fact that the player in question chose to flame someone over a costume. o_o