NovaFactor

Originally Posted by Postagulous

Wow, no responses. And a picture of a guy throwing a cat at a fast food employee.



Now that's just bad.

Originally Posted by Nicodemus

welcome Tramontane! =)

From Unaitus' bio:

Unaitus was a symbol of hope for the weary masses of war-torn Xelia. With a strategic and disciplined mind, buoyed by a passion for life and justice, he led a movement that brought an end to centuries of bloodshed and civil war. The people of Xelia were finally free to live their lives.

Peace was unfortunately short-lived. The super-genetic alien creature known as Aberrant, along with its horde of spawn, arrived on Xelia in the belly of a meteorite. They defeated Unitas and devoured his world. Unaitus took the only course of action left to him: retreat.

Now he alone remains, carrying the spirit of his people along with a dire warning about the encroaching horror...

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Xelian physiology produces a natural internal fusion reaction which generates energy. With training this can be improved, similar to muscle strength. The energy can be channeled and released from the body in a variety of ways.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville

Issue 20: The Bug Free Issue

Features:

* New Enemy Group: The Ephemerals

The Ephemerals are a villain group that come from a dimension with physical laws that are radically different from those of our dimension. As a result, they are invisible, silent, intangible, untargetable, impossible to detect, cannot be affected, and cannot affect players or NPCs. They spawn underground in all zones.


* New Zone: The Pocket Universe

The pocket universe is a special interdimensional region similar to the shadow shard, but unlike the shard it is only about 0.25 cubic feet in total volume (about the size of a large pocket). Within the pocket universe, powers are suppressed and teleport does not function. Its entrance is located just above the Storm Palace. The only things that can enter or leave the Pocket Universe are objects smaller than the size of the universe itself. Objects larger than this will fail to pass through the gateway to the pocket universe.


* New Epic Power Pool: Mimicry

Mimicry allows a player to replicate the powers of superpowered beings. It has four powers:

- Absorb primary power: when used, this replaces your tier 1 primary power with the first power of the primary set of the target for 30 seconds
- Absorb secondary power: when used, this replaces your tier 1 secondary power with the first power of the secondary set of the target for 30 seconds
- Replicate primary powerset: when used, this replaces your entire primary powerset with the primary powers of the target for 60 seconds
- Mimic target: when used, this replaces all of your powers with the powers of the target for 180 seconds.

(Note: due to current game engine limitations these powers will be limited in Issue 20 to targeting Self)


* New Task Force: Rise of the Ephemerals

The Ephemerals are attempting to invade our dimension! Ghost Falcon seeks your help to drive this scourge back to their own universe. Spanning several interdimensional zones including the new Pocket Universe, players will find the key to stopping this new alien menace.

Note: Rise of the Ephemerals is a task force for players Level 51 and higher, and due to its high difficulty requires a minimum of nine players to begin the task force.


* Villain content

We hear you villains! To address concerns that villains experience less content per issue than heroes, the new task force specifically requires villains to side switch in order to reach its starting contact. This guarantees that villains will experience more content in Issue 20 than heroes. Future expansions will likely continue to expand on villain content in new and innovative ways, including the ability to respec to hero powersets *and* reset yourself to level one, opening even more avenues to experiencing more content as a villain.

Originally Posted by Silver_Tooth

We've secretly replaced NovaFactor's Vritue with Freedom. Let's see if he notices.