Propaniac

People are leaving out the best part about the sets. With Axe you have the option to wield an ordinary shovel! And with Mace, you can slug your enemies with a baseball bat.

I cannot believe there has been an 18-page thread about "suspension of disbelief" on a message board for a game based on a fictional genre that involves grown men, women and occasionally children putting on colored underwear in order to fight/commit crime, giving themselves names like "Spiderman" and "Mr. Freeze" in the process. Not to mention developing the ability to stick to walls, fly faster than light, shoot laser beams out of their eyes and build doomsday devices, jet-powered cars and battle armor out of supplies purchased from the local Home Depot.

A high capacity for suspension of disbelief is kinda intrinsic to appreciating the format.

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Also I really didn't care for how Castle presented these changes. He stirred the pot, riled everyone up, then left with an inflammatory exit post. Which just agitated even more people, myself included.

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I remember Castle's posts as reasonably informative, useful, and respectful of the community. That is until he responded to an ^&&-hat who called him "cagey, sneaky and dishonest" without any reasonable justification for using those adjectives.

But that's the way these things usually go. Online forums and communities tend to be disproportionately populated by drama queens who use inflammatory language and insults at the drop of a hat, then act mystified and taken aback when someone actually takes offense. Some people are more thick-skinned than others, but in general, everyone who seeks serious feedback in an online setting is going to storm off in a huff eventually. Even the most committed masochist's tolerance for abuse will reach a limit.

If the choice on primary is down to necromancy or ninja, there really is no choice at all. Go Necro.

Why?

The Lich is an awesome, terrifying bad-[censored].

The Oni is chump, and looks the part.

Seriously. The lower level pets are comparable. But Lich trumps Oni in every way. Every necro MM I know, self included, loves the lich from the moment that gaunt, dark controller arrives. I have yet to meet a Ninja MM excited or impressed by the oni. Most admit to being dissappointed.

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Jet pack as mission reward (Villains only, infinitely renewable from Ouroboros)

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OMG! You can get the Goldbricker jet pack reward again and again via flashback?

I doubt I'll spec a travel power on my non-PVP oriented red-side characters ever again.

Tonight, before noticing this thread, I searched for and ran a bunch of short arcs, single mission only with my old L44 Fire Tanker at tenacious difficulty (CL 2). Haven't logged Propaniac since CoV went live, so he was SO slotted Only. Missions were selected semi-randomly from those with 4 stars. I don't know any of the creators, in game or out. None seemed to be farms, and all presented a challenge level at least equivalent to a tough Newspaper/scanner mission.

Here's the ones I'd liked:

Arc 1189: The Arachnos Hero Simulator
by Pulp Faction
This one made me laugh pretty hard. Sold me on going back to play red-side. Good use of dialogue.

Arc 1369: A Bad Date
by Spiny Lobster
Rescue the victim and defeat the vixen. Nice Use of Clues. Short & Sweet.

Arc 130712: Dead Rising
by Monk Rio
I went into this not expecting much. But you know what? All custom zombies on a huge gloomy graveyard map, with a boss somewhere in the middle to beat down, was pure Old School COH. It was like having my own private Sewers or Croatoa Hazard zone, only at L44. Took me back to when CoH first went live. It could use some improvement, but I actually enjoyed beating down the zombies a LOT. And they managed to take me down quickly when I got careless.

Arc 1187: Bank Robbery for Beginners
by Steel Inferno
A Bank robbery mission for heroes. Short & Sweet. Explains how banks on RI stay i business despite all the robberies.

Arc 1250: Little Guys
by Dursagon
Kill Stuff in Cave. Lots of glowies. Electric critters were, of course, a big pain.

Arc 1070: Rumble With Beef Cake
by Beef Cake (what a shock)
Defeat Elite Boss and his minions on very small map. Was a very long fight solo, I ate 20 inspirations, and triumphed at about 15% health and 1% Endruance. Many seem to have starred it already.


Arc 1255: Bleak Beginning
by Razawere
This one has a custom group that is challenging, well themed, with creepy appearance and "info" descriptions for each mob. It was the only mission I just could not defeat solo. The Elite Boss at end cleaned my clock easily each time I tried. But I really enjoyed it anyway and gave it 5 stars. Really hope others try it as well.

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anyway..this whole thread is just for people who can't beat someone else's build.

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Yep. I've never seen a thread that contained so much concentrated, willful ignorance mixed with such high-pitched whining.