Rodoan

I don't follow the Shadow Shard story much, including task forces. but isn't Faathim the Kind one of the Aspects? From the sum of the little that I've read it sound like Rularuu turning upon himself. Wouldn't be surprise to learn that Faathim assisted the Midnight Squad.

Dead center, lowest point in the sewer network. Call it something like "The Pits" or "The Pit of Dispair" or some such. It will add a new goal and challenge to the newbie sewer team runs.

wonderful dog you have!

I'm so jealous! I can't have pets in my apartment and I grew up in a family that had many dogs. Kudos to you for adopting a racing greyhound. Mom's best friend did the same, and she's had a lot of joy with her pet.

two come to mind:
Ray Gunn (see my current avatar) - Ray is the enthusiastic type hero, like Hiro on Heroes. (how many times can I squeeze "hero" into...ahem, but I digress) Some may also see him a tad like Booster Gold (whom I've only seen in the JLU tv show), but I tend to see BG as self-serving, whereas Ray is trying to point out his viewpoint that "old" heroes (golden age) are every bit as good as the current ones. In story, the character of Ray Gunn started as a sci fi movie hero, like Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers, but was nearly lost in obscurity. Forward to the present, where a fan of old sci fi bought the rights to the character and acquired a powered tech "undersuit" (my way of getting powered armor but still having a costume). Merging the two he dons the costume, reboots the franchise, and starts seeking to get Ray noticed by actually being a hero. In a movie version, I'd eventually have his happy-go-lucky version of life run up hard against the dark gritty realities of Paragon City, and he'd gain some wisdom and backbone, becoming a better, more balanced Ray Gunn than the movies portrayed.

The other would be Ace Barnstormer, with secondary players by all my Flying Circus SG characters I created. Ace and the others closed down a successful globehopping aircraft stunt show because of an appeal to Ace (a Paragon City native) from a retired hero he befriended. Said retiree becomes their mentor, arranges tech powered undersuits (my signature I guess), and begins to train them to become the new generation of heroes after Rikti War I. Their metal is tested when they develop a bitter feud with the Sky Raiders, whom they see as their polar opposites. A crisis is reached when 2 of the SG are kidnapped by the Raiders, and the FCSG begins to fracture as each has his own ideas about how to find and rescue their friends, if they are even still alive.

I would have thought Steelclaw would have jumped into the thread by now.

find out what are the latest chat channels being used, too. There are several. On Virtue this often reduces my time in finding a team, and I see far more chatter on them than in main channels.

from a thematic viewpoint (assuming a tech origin for steampunkin'), electrical is spot-on. Fire, and a secondary of gadgets would work as well. Even ice would work, if you think of your steampunk tech offering refrigeration. Mind, psy, and dark not so much if you're going the tech route, though there's always room for fun explanations in the bio.

Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to the various Golden Age Heroes supergroups which sponsored this event. I had been dining out and almost missed the event. I'm glad I didn't. Even if Ray Gunn had won nothing (I'm still in shock over that), it would still have been a blast. There were a lot of great costumes and concepts to be seen and everyone was super nice.

My thanks also to the Cape. The WWII-era music was fun and set just the right tone for the evening.

Cheers all! Most party fun I've had in-game since that massive tanker event on Champion a couple of years back.

Okay, times have been tough, new shiny MMOs have come out, and the numbers therefore have dipped. Fine.

On the other hand, we're getting at least 2 of the most-requested features in I17: serious graphics upgrades and influence/infamy mailing to alts. And we're soon to get Going Rogue with two of the most-desired power sets, and there's talk of expanded content for level 50s. Everytime one of these things gets announced here, it is buzzed in the various MMO sites, and among the friends of players.

To me, this all says its a waiting game at this point. I know former players, and I'm sure many of you do as well, that are waiting in the wings and watching for their right moment to return. The numbers will climb again as these and other quality changes are made by the developers. (We could still use a real advertising campaign from the marketing dept, IMHO)

Oh, and I play WoW (for the moment) as my second game. You know what discussion I heard on my realm trade chat the other day? Yep: loss of players, WoWs best days are past...DOOM!

You're just now figuring that out? psh...puh-lees

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The character models on Ultramode will have reflective materials for one. That was demonstrated at Hero Con.

To see pretty much all the goodness we've seen so far regarding Ultra mode, check out the full video from Hero Con 2009

And welcome back!