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They tried this during a closed beta. It pretty much messed up the balance of defensive powersets, and was quickly reversed.

Absorb will have a cap of it's own though.

This is all true.

However, Bio Armor has been stated to be an Absorb+Res+Regen. NO Def. If the amount of absorb is balanced about the rest of the set, then Bio Armor will gain abnormal benefit from +Def powers (Broadsword, Katana, Staff, TW, tanker MA, Weave). To the extent that unless Absorb is only small all other choices would be gimped.

Hence, the needs A LOT OF TESTING before release. NOW with insufficient testing would be bad.

Not as much as you might think. Cold domination already has +max HP, and in the same way, Absorb can be treated as +res (all), which you can get from Sonic.

"Absorb" has significant balance implications that really need to be worked through thoroughly. If the post earlier in the thread is correct, absorb+defence >> absorb+resistance. This is a further nail in the coffin of 1% def = 2% res that has been used to balance defensive sets for years,

This. Battleship was relatively more successful in Europe, where it was released before Avengers.

Or maybe Loki is just nothing like as smart as he thinks he is....

Yeah, I'm sure that's what I meant. Doesn't make any difference, you still have to find some way to make the set different from the existing sets, whether it be appearance or game-play (preferably both). Which means you will eventually need "gimmicks".

Is "absorb" a gimmick?

As for apperance of Bio Armor, I can see two ways to go, but hopefully we will get both as an option.

For example, lets consider the S/L shield (Hardened Carapace?). This could be spine and ribs that come out of the body (using a similar method as Rock Armor) (as in the above drawing, or the armor worn by vaz reapers). But you would probably want a less "meaty" version as well. Alblative carapace could cover the body with tendrils (similar to Hoarfrost FX, or neo-Shivans), which could be coloured red for veins or green for plants (or whatever). and so on.

This.

What film makers really don't seem to have grasped yet is a 3D movie is not a 2D movie in 3D. The way you compose your shots needs to be different, camera focus during action sequences, lighting levels, use of close ups, pretty much your whole cinematography needs to be adjusted.

But I would say pulling it back is more down to now simply not being a good time to release an action movie.

So sure, are we?

We know more pools (Sorcery) are in development. New Pools are more cost-efficient than ancillaries, since you don't need different ones for each AT.

Hmm, I don't know. Many prefer defense sets with minimal FX and just use the costume creator for appearance. In which case a new set will need gimmicks to set it apart.

"FX heavy" could itself be considered a gimmick by some.

This is correct. The gay community simply took it over. Which was very smart.

I mentioned WoW because it's the most well known current use of Orcs. The ACTUAL legal battle was over the inclusion of orcs in Dungeons and Dragons, in the late 70's. They where made to remove "Hobbit" because that was an original creation, but could keep orc, because Tolkien had dug up an actual but disused name for a similar creature. But the outcome was, orcs could be used by anyone.

An example might be if you called your character [something] Goblin. So long as the costume wasn't too similar to a comic book character (or movie version), you should be fine.

But remember, it's the GMs decision, not a legal one. If the GM decides Green Orc isn't permissible, then it isn't permissible, even though it's legally fine.

I have an alt called Chiroptera Lass, who might get genericed if I played her more, but more because of the costume than the name.

Well, no, not when they are bloomin obvious direct copies. Get an imagination already.

At least do this.

The developers talked about this. Your character is most likely to be genericed if:

1) They are a well known superhero.
2) Their costume and powers are also copied.
3) A well known RL person.

And less likely to get genericed if:

1) They are very obscure;
2) Not from superhero media;
3) Have completely different costume and powers.

As already pointed out, a name from mythology is not copywrited. The only reason WoW can have orcs is because it was a very obscure alternative name for an ogre before Tolkien revived it.

Believe it's already confirmed that Ben Kingsley is playing Mandarin. The Chinese involvement should help to head of accusations of ethnic stereotyping.

Like pink sharks, there is no "Official" information, and therefore we aren't allowed to talk about it here. I have heard of things called internet search engines though...

Because all NCSoft's great new hopes bombed.

Game isn't dead, and wasn't dead. Far from it. But it was a combination of dedication and luck that enabled it to survive NCSoft's, and some of it's original creators, attempts to kill it.

London has plenty of water. I keep expecting Swamp Thing to emerge from my lawn. What is doesn't have is anything to put it in, since they sold of nearly all the reservoirs for housing in the 1980s.