Schismatrix

Fortunately you have no need for concern in that area.
Your character roster alone exempts you.

Enough is never enough unless it's too much and then it's just about right.

You? Brute Squad?

...Err, Brute Squad. i am the Brute Squad.
Along with TheBruteSquad since he sort of automatically qualifies...

True, they would've all long since been subsumed into the Devouring Earth, there to dwell in happy communion with the Will of the Earth.

That is assuming no Tyrant at all. If he'd been a bit less authoritarian but still present there probably would've been fewer plots by the Resistance to massacre random civilians. Fewer, not zero.

So magical that they aren't even mentioned anywhere, just like the aforementioned MAGICAL ZOMBIES.

Seriously though, there hasn't been that much magic in the majority of the Praetorian storylines and recent issues. The Wells are about as magic as Galactus, the Phoenix Force, and Captain Universe. That is that they're some sort of cosmic power/entity that is magical in more the Arthur C. Clarke mode. In fact most of the praetorian stuff is explicitly high tech, so i'm not seeing the huge amount of recent magic the OP apparently has. SSA1, Dark Astoria and DD is mostly it.

Those Scrappers were created as somewhat literal strawmen to validate the devs' hunches about Scrapper changes that they strongly felt were needed based on the degree to which they understood the game's rules?

Crap, i missed that announcement about i23.
What sort of magical zombies are they?

Uh... because obfuscated, counterintuitively complicated power system mechanics are a good thing and having you tease them apart would ruin the game?

Verizon FiOS is not currently available in North Carolina, but i would also suggest cable as the next best thing.

Edit: *huh* i didn't find any links showing where FiOS was available, but i'll defer to your knowledge since i've never spent a lot of time in NC or used FiOS.

Nah, she was only banned from *their* forums. Doesn't benefit us at all.

Eating aliens causes brain rot. i thought everyone knew that.

Ah, excellent. My Blaster with the primarily red and blue tights outfit named Staysdead will find this a superior replacement for the Valkyrie helm he's using now.

Oh Gort, i am so thankful i wasn't drinking anything when i read this, because i very nearly spit on my monitor as it was. If i had been taking a drink at the time i'd probably need a new monitor.

A women? Some sort of transporter accident then?

i'll tell you this much: word of mouth can travel rapidly. If you did have a release schedule posted to the forums it would very rapidly be posted in the help channel, broadcast, request, and the assorted global channels any time someone asked about what releases were upcoming.

As other have suggested, maybe PS could just have a link show up on the updater or something...

But i thought you posted: If you weren't referring to the cats, what were you referring to?

The cats are tempting, but to be honest i almost never use the buff pets anymore, much less the other vanity pets i have. Although i think they're awesome for those who do like them. Admittedly if the Vanity Pet was released i would buy it in a flash. While it's not the same as having the Luggage or the Armoire of Invincibility, i would love to have a piece of furniture scurrying around behind me everywhere.

Also: Extremely nice fake-out on the Liger. i really love how the actual Liger pet is even more Napoleon Dynamite themed than what was posted on the first. Bra-vo.

"I'll bet you five thousand inf that you can't eat that blimp behind us."

Yeah, while i like the current Dev team quite a bit, you should remember who the studio that actually made CoH was... i'll just say none of the games they've made since have really appealed to me.

Now, the current team has done a fantastic job (in my possibly biased opinion) of expanding on the original game, particularly in the gameplay and aesthetics. The storylines have occasionally been a bit hit or miss, but there were some real stinkers in the release material. One thing they have definitely improved upon is understanding the mechanics and engine of the game, as well as establishing a rapport with their playerbase.

So yeah, i'll probably try any other game put out by Paragon Studios, but games by the studio that made CoH? Not so much.

Not really the same thing. Still, i don't think a new AT is promised, but Zwill's thread combined with some other posts and comments by PS people in the past make me think it's a distinct possibility even if it's not exactly guaranteed.

Uh, i would agree that *some* people want to make their own unique characters, but every single time i log in and go somewhere with many players i see dozens of examples that demonstrate that there are many people who really don't want to make unique characters.

Personally i do prefer to make unique characters, but i have no illusions about the player of V3g3ta SS7's Energy/Energy Blaster aiming for uniqueness. Or that Katana Scrapper named Deathp00l dressed in red and black. Or the 80,000 other copies of present and past popular fictional characters.

None of which bothers me as long as i can make my character unique.

Says you, jerk!

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More seriously, phloogie, pretty much all Praetoria-related content is harder than standard content, whether it's Praetoria itself, First Ward or the assorted Incarnate content.

There's also a wide range of skill levels in the game. There are people who find base settings a challenge and people who crank everything up at level 1. The major difference is that in many ways CoH has always been more casual in the gameplay area, and with a few exceptions most players aren't going to act elitist and condescending just because you can't solo a Giant Monster blindfolded with one powerset tied behind your back. (Don't ask how you get the blindfold on the GM; it isn't easy.)

Sounds like a good enough reason to me.
Please, Devs?

Xanatos is making an arrogant, intolerant, demanding, and unreasonable post? April Fools!

Yeah, but i'm pretty happy with the powersets selection and the new ones still in pre-Beta, so i'm a gettin' me that new Vanity Pet! It's even better than the Liger!

My thoughts exactly. Playing characters with digitigrade legs is a lot harder since i wasn't able to get a set of Weta Legs, and other versions aren't as easy for going to the fridge.

i'd settle for even a really good sword.