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Quote:There was a pretty big and obvious hard stop called "One Year Later" in all of the regular DC titles. For the Batbooks, that was when Morrison took over Batman and Dini took over Detective Comics, I believe.Originally Posted by Durakken
so read up to may 06 in the bat books, stop and read CoIE, Zero Hour, IC, and 52, then read may 06 and on... maybe OMAC (as it has to do with the bat family) the other books I don't care too much about as they deal with other characters I don't plan on following, but if I did follow those chars I'd probably read them...
Quite frankly, the best part of the whole Infinite Crisis saga was the run-up to it. I believe some of the key points are collected in the trade Prelude To Infinite Crisis (or something like that). I would definitely recommend Villians United, The OMAC Project (I believe the trade includes the pivitol "Sacrifice" story-arc crossover with Action Comics and Wonder Woman), and Day Of Vengeance. Infinite Crisis itself was a slight let-down, but it has some good moments. The crown jewel though is 52.
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Quote:Almost completely disagree with this.Originally Posted by Ironik
Don't.
Martin has choked on this series and it resides in limbo. I think it's because he's intimidated by all the attention he got, but whatever the reason, he has the yips big time.
The first book was pretty good.
The second book was probably the best Fantasy novel I've ever read.
The third was disappointing -- repetitive and boring, but some of that is in comparison to the excellence of the 2nd novel.
The fourth book was one of the single worst Fantasy novels I've ever read. The characters were caught in endless loops, the story was simply mired in quicksand, and -- this is the worst part -- it's actually only the first half of the fourth book. Apparently no one was able to tell Martin to rein it in, because it just goes on and on ad nauseum.
Shadow, the one thing I'd say; if you haven't read them yet and are interested in the TV show, I'd almost recommend that you simply enjoy the TV show then go back and read the books if you like them. -
Don't know about the specifics, but I like the concept.
Wouldn't mind also if a SG as a whole could have a "favored enemy". Your group makes a public strand to stop the terror of *Enemy Faction X*, and there's a sort of mini-game when players in your SG go up against that faction. Have bonuses for defeating them, and maybe even penalties for being defeated. -
Quote:With good players, this would be an awesome team. Especially if at least one of the Kheldians was a Warshade.Originally Posted by Zaion
A couple kinetic offenders (no transfusion or increase density), a shield tanker, a regen scrapper, 2 human form only kheldians, an AR blaster, and an illu/sonic troller with no buffs (at level 17 base), set to +2-3 with most of the team sidekicked sitting at 1 below mission level. Lets say mission level 21, so no SOs, and you are fighting 5th Column.
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Sorry, I'm out. Family reasons.
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Quote:If it means fewer Council base map missions in the Kheldian story arcs, I'm all for it.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
They're going to reboot the Kheldian story line.
Now, they'll be kittens who steal yarn. -
Boomtown renovation?
War Witch re-corporalization?
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Quote:Morrison was making a meta-comment on the nature of the DCU. Trying to take that literally by making Superman the in-story "God" of the DCU wouldn't serve a reader well.Originally Posted by Durakken
In infinite crisis Superman uses a Miracle Machine to recreate the DCU using himself as a power source according what I've read from wiki about infinite Crisis. If this is the case then Superman created the DCU and is the Source that is talked about in various titles... this then means that Superman is the DCU's god.
What do you guys think about this?
Superman is the creation from which the DCU sprang from in 1938, but if you go down that path too far, then you come to the conclusion that Jerry Seigal and Joe Schuster are the gods of the DCU, and again... that doesn't do a reader any good at all. -
Sign me up!
Rosa Quartz, Stone/Mace Tank. Can alt if needed. -
Quote:C'mon, where's that black-and-white, no middle ground Golden Girl? You'd stand aside and and let the Resistance get away with this moral crime?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
That's hardly in the same league as the state-wide systemized brutality Tyrant's stormtroopers enforce
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Quote:Unlike a MM? You're playing with the wrong MMs, methinks.Originally Posted by Neogumbercules
Unlike a MM, a Leader stands in the front lines with his Allies...
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Nope, you don't need it, not for the +ToHit in PvE. I take it anyway though, and six-slot it for the Gaussian set.
If you PvP though, it's very nice for the +Perception. -
Very interested in this.
Especially interested in seeing how they go with Miss Martian. -
Quote:Johnny Sonata, Marshall Brass, Operative Vargas, Timothy Raymond, The Television...Originally Posted by GuyPerfect
The Radio? Dmitri Krylov? Doc Buzzsaw? Kelly Uqua? Hardcase? Terrance Dobbs?
You should try Villains sometime. It's great.
Yeah, Villain-side contacts are wildly varied. Only a few I can think of are mustache-twirling. -
Doh! My fantasy football draft is at this time, otherwise I'd be all over this. Good luck!
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Kaytoo Six is an homage to every superhero origin I could throw together:
Quote:Kaytoo Six was born on the distant planet of Samachson. Molded from clay and given life by the Samachsonian god Certa, he was born with abilities far beyond other Samachsonians. However, his sculptor-scientist discovered that the whole planet was doomed to destruction, and sent the 12-year-old Kaytoo via zeta-beam to the planet Earth.
Kaytoo's beam was intercepted by a scientist working on a prototype radio telescope. Surprised by Kaytoo's sudden apperance, he ran into an alley where he was brutally murdered in front of Kaytoo by a mugger.
Kaytoo wandered the streets, and was eventally attacked and bitten by a mutant Gamma-irradiated vampire super-soldier. -
Quote:Coming soon in City of Ogres.Originally Posted by Duncan_Frost
I'm a fan of using "Infants" as our currency.
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Quote:I'd be afraid she'd go rogue if she got 10.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
What, don't you give your waitress a tip?
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Quote:I don't mind the running, if there was purpose in it. Where are they going? If they're running to get help, have them aggo the next mob. Make it a concequence to letting one get away.Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
I either get them before running (Not really that hard to do, if you switch your target), wait for them to come back (As GG mentions) or just find them later on (In a mission).
Hehe, not saying you're wrong to hate it though. I could stand to see it a little less, sure. It still doesn't bother me though.
Not sure why... *chugs some more Enriche*
Are they running away because they've really lost their <blank>? Then they should de-spawn at some point.
But them running away, and then come strolling back... "I know I was running for some reason, but I can't remember why..." that's kind of silly. -
Quote:Well said.Originally Posted by Indiramourning
You know that special feeling you get when you put your trust into someone and they don't let you down? I'm an old CoX veteran. They were Cryptic Studios 6 years ago. Then later the cream of the crop got skimmed off and formed Paragon Studios. They have never let me down. I feel proud that I was there at the beginning. I look back with pride and I look forward with confidence that I'll be here for a long time to come. Thank you War Witch, and thank you Paragon Studios.
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Ah, Pinnacle, Triumph, and Guardian... a nice healthy green just the way I like them.
I was going to start my Praetorians on Justice, but this makes me think Protector is the way to go. -
First off, thanks for asking Castle.
1. Granite Armor. If we can't get a version that doesn't replace our avatar completely, then as Hallowed mentions above me, how about some different looking things to turn into? Unrealted: any way to make my female tanker not sound like a man when she Taunts while in Granite?
2. Sonic Attack/Sonic Resonance I think we'd see a lot more use from these awesome powersets if there was a more "tech"-based animations. Even if it causes weapon draw. Really this could apply to any blast set.
3. Blast sets with animations like Kinetic Melee. My character does some Tai-Chi and fire blasts out of the air at her opponents. Imagine this with the Fire/ snipe instead of squatting. Really, anything to make the old blast sets not look so static and boring.
4. No-FX/PvP-only options for Hasten, Super Speed, Combat Jumping, Super Jump, Teleport, Fly, Tough, and Weave.
5. No-FX/PvP-only options for Energy Aura.
6. All the "breath attack" blasts should have a hands version. It's only thing, for example, that has prevented me from making a /Poison Mastermind.
7. Spectral Terror, love the sound FX, not crazy about the visual. Anything more scary would be nice.
8. I know this falls more into the costume department, but anything that could be done to get jetpacks with animated Fly as a Back option would be appreciated.
9. Hover - you know how a character who Hovers looks when they finish the Soul Storm animation? I want my villain to Hover like that all the time.
10. Wrist and/or shoulder mounted weapons for Assault Rifle.
11. No-FX/PvP-only options for all APP/PPP defensive auras. -
Quote:My advice would be to go to the Champion Server forum here. I don't have a character on Champion, but a quick look at their forum shows that people are scheduling all kinds of stuff.Originally Posted by Danzini
It is possible that I just have bad luck or most of the players in the game at this time have moved on beyond the SFs I am capable of running. I guess the long and short of it is trying to decide whether leaving the Champion server is a good idea and, ultimately, trying to network and meet people via these forums. Anyone have an alt crew that loves to go through all the old stuff again? ;-)
Thank you PhroX for the insight :-)
As for people moving "beyond" your level of SF, auto-exemplaring with XP, merits, and badges often make any TF/SF more appealing to even higher level characters. -
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Verdict on Warmace?
GUILTY!
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Quote:Happy birthday in November, Vix!Originally Posted by VixenHealer
hhmmm Me thinks I need to check my forum account. We are a little off on my B'day guys. Mine is in November and not the 11th! All scorpio here! That's ok tho, im not afraid of the next number thats coming..its only 3 months away anyhow...