NightErrant

I blame all these Time Manipulators.

Well, we did to try to take his Reactors.

Granted, vaporizing an island is kind of extreme, but we can make up? Right?

Dear Anti-Matter, you are awesome and don't need to cry yourself to sleep every night.

And here is why!

• You've got an awesome color scheme. It totally screams "I am master of the forces of the universe!" Which you TOTALLY ARE.
• It takes at least twice as many people to beat you up than it does to beat up Neuron. Which means you're at least TWICE AS BETTER.
• You can one shot my soft-capped brute, while making him feel insecure about his manhood.
• Jessica only ignores you because you're SO AWESOME that she's insecure in your presence.
• You make this cool FREEEEEEM noise.
• You have a base in SPAAAAAAACE! And everyone loves space.
• You have THREE AURAS! AT ONCE! Even Incarnates can only handle one at a time!

Which is why I am founding the Primals for Anti-Matter foundation. (Or PAM, but I'm not sure that name will stick.)

Because we appreciate your genius! Especially when it's melting our faces.

P.S.: I'm sorry for punching you in the face on my aforementioned brute.
P.P.S.: You're welcome to come visit us on Primal Earth. Everything'll con grey to you anyway, so you can just chill with us. Just be sure not to bring any Incarnate Salvage with you, as some people get jumpy.

Well, naturally I'll buy every powerset available so I can test them out.

The Rocket Board, the new costume pieces. (Circle of Thorns FTW)

And then... well, we'll see.

I sort of want to try Rad/Time, but I dunno if I should make a corruptor (to revel in the fact that I'm a level 1 Corruptor on Blueside), or a Defender.

I wanna test Time Manipulation, and Street Justice, and Beam Rifle, and Regen Broots, and new costume pieces, and the new trial, and I want to grope some 10,000 year old Pancake.

....I mean, fight the new Circle of Thorns.

30... minutes...

Of just waiting.

I fired up Netflix and watched a whole episode of Monty Python while mindlessly running around.

My only complaint with the Keyes Island Trial is when Anti-Matter freezes time right after targeting the Obliteration Beam.

Which means we can't move.

Which means we can't get the badge.

...Hrm, allow me to rephrase my previous statement.

The gloomy, gritty, slums and rundown cities of the Rogue Isles are great.

But... for some reason, and I can't put my finger on it, it all seems to run together.

I know the zones aren't all the same. Aeon City and New Haven are completely different from Marconeville, and Aginicourt is completely different from both of those places.

But... they seem similar.


Paragon City, despite being more homogenous, in my opinion, doesn't have that problem as much. Paragon's zones all have a distinct theme, in terms of lore. They have their own distinct problems and stories. King's Row is an industrial district and slum. Steel Canyon is the business district. Founder's Falls is high class residential.


The Rogue Isles also each have their own theme, but they also add "And Slum" to the end of all of them.

I am fairly certain there is a slum on every Isle somewhere.

Now, every factional city in the game has a Slum. Paragon has King's Row. Praetoria has Neutropolis.

But the Rogue Isles have... well, the Rogue Isles.

I would love a bit more variety.

Here are some of my suggestions.

• Port Oakes has four "Sections". Dockside, Marconeville, and Fort Hades. Dockside is the original part of Port Oakes. A quiet fishing village, while Marconeville is a skyscraper filled Gangland. I'd -love- to see Marconeville get a Tall, Dark, and Brooding touch up, while Dockside I feel could be a bit more... piratical. Less patch work slum, and more "Pirates used to be here. Fort Hades is nice, though I'd like to see Arachnos's additions toned down a bit in favor of the old style Fort look. Oil slick is cool, though.
• Cap Au Diable is Dr. Aeon's playground, and Aeon City is currently just a few buildings. I'd love to see it and New Haven get a high tech makeover. Haven, on the other hand, should maintain it's current classic look. Old style buildings, with the PTS haphazardly crammed within.
• Sharkhead, I feel, needs more fleshing out in terms of story more than anything. I love the Scrapyarder/Cage conflict, and I want to know more about it. If I had to recommend additions... how about headquarters for the two factions? A ramshackle place for the Scrapyarders, and nicer accommodations for the Cage Workers.
• Nerva is home to many a tourist, and I'd love to see that reflected a bit more. Turn up the sun around Agnicourt and Crimson Cove. Polish up Crey HQ a bit. Primeva and Thorn Isle are meant to be darker and spookier though.
• St. Martial, I feel, really needs a vegas makeover. More Neon. More tacky buildings that look like things! And the Giza needs some polish as well. The interior should be a spectacle. But right now it's... not.
• Grandville and Mercy I think are fine, though I can't see anyone really living in Spider City. I have a hard enough time getting around with superpowers. I dunno how I'd do it with just Walk.

I find the Rogue Isles a bit depressing. Which is the point, I suppose.

Everything does sort of blend together after a while, though. I would -love- a Gotham type zone, though.

It really depends on the advertisement.

Sword of Omens? Okay, that's pretty cool.

Smurf Hat? ...No, no, no, a million times no.

I've played games with in game sponsorships, and the problem comes when they start advertising random things like razors and chocolate skittles.

Which also ties into what Lemur Lad said. Yes, CoH is the largest superhero MMO, but we're still a small market. The two major comic companies both have their own games, and most independent companies have better things to spend their advertising budget on advertising in CoH.

PANCAKEPANCAKEPANCAKEPANCAKE?

Don't you mean CARROTCARROTCARROTCARROT?