Schismatrix

i've seen a few versions on 4chan, but really if this link is to be believed Rule 34 was basically a stand alone joke that was later incorporated into a list. This seems fairly plausible since i myself have occasionally coined numbered rules like that without an actual list that they came from existing.

Anyway, here's the version of the list i've seen most often. There are many others.

The problem is that you're basically wielding the weapon that you took from Romulus when you defeated him, and he doesn't wield anything but a broadsword.

That was really well written. i think that it would make a great in game explanation of the echo's presence.

Just as a random aside, Too Dark Park is one of my all time favorite albums.

From what i recall at the time he mostly just spammed the Admin channel.
There was more excitement about it on the forums than what i saw in game.

Let's see... ~69% end drain resistance for DA at 50 and ~103% for Elec at 50 on Scrappers/Brutes. Since my Scrapper running Dark Armor could pretty much ignore Sappers (and DA is supposed to be end heavy) then you should have no issues either even with less than 100% resistance.
That said, i still see no reason not to go for it.

i've had the characters using purchased sets being unavailable bug pop up a couple times. i've found that even just backing out to the server select screen and selecting the server again fixes it for me.

Well the Rikti in their home dimension are nothing to laugh at. The only reason Primal Earth won the Rikti War is that they put up a big wall to keep the Rikti out.

Also, nothing i've seen so far indicates the Battalion are any more interdimensional than any other faction or entity that appears in parallel dimensions. The natives of Rikti Earth fought their Earth's version of the Battalion. By that standard every character in CoH, the 5th Column, Marcus Cole, the Circle of Thorns, all the members of the Freedom Phalanx, the Freakshow, Nemesis, and almost every other thing in CoH is interdimensional.

Yeah, i'm hoping tridents, spears, and naginatas are among the staff options.

i want a chocobo as a Titan Weapon option.
Then i'd make a chocobo-themed character and try to challenge Cloud Strife clones to duels...

i wonder if God of the Chocobos is an available name? Not that it matters since we don't have a chocobo Titan Weapon.
Still, just imagine a giant chocobo smacking Cloud Strife around while wielding another chocobo as a weapon.

Edit: Rule 34 implies that someone somewhere has already done this in some fashion and is deriving bizarre gratification from it.

A couple years ago my Katana/Dark Armor Scrapper and DM/Elec Brute would take on Malta and Carnies preferentially. They weren't slotted for increased drain resistance and never paid any particular attention to the Sappers and dying Carnies because even at the standard level of end drain resistance they were a non issue. Capping it probably won't do much but very slightly increase your total DPS in a mission with end drain heavy enemies.

Still, i fully support achieving various edge cases of extreme performance even if it's almost never, ever relevant in actual play, so i think Ultimus should go for it.

Ah, i missed where he said the runs were on Guardian. Are you saying Guardian has better players? Because it's been a few years since i played much there, but i never noticed the players being more skilled than other servers.

It's a good idea to read the info on set IOs, especially the procs. There are a fair number that have very prominent text that show up in the mouseover box that say something like: UNIQUE No more than one enhancement of this type can be slotted per build.

The stealth procs are somewhat unusual since the exclusion applies to the stealth proc from other travel sets.

Justice United is one of the busiest global channels in my list. By itself it tends to drown out the two Virtue channels i keep in the same tab. There's almost always people organizing stuff.

i, uh, i fail to see what that has to do with the core game, or even the game in particular, at all. i'd say "welcome to the world of material things where some of the things are jerks no matter where you go", but i suppose there's no need to restate the obvious.

A few changes to the core game that stood out for me...
1. Doors in missions that can be opened.
2. Ragdolling.
3. DR&ED&IOs. (In a good way.)
4. Side switching.
5. Power customization.
i'm sure i could think of many more, but that's what immediately came to mind.

Edit: After a little thought (and sleep) it occurred to me that supersidekicking really should have been number one. i hated having to juggle sidekicks to put together a viable team.

But technically they're also crotchless.
Now which of those two is more salacious?

These are the only reasons i can think of for why it wouldn't work.

A robot double of a clone from an alternate timeline of a parallel universe.
Also, Manticore kills him. Again.

i was on a team last week where the enemy faction was turrets as well. It was interesting for a little while.

To me this sums up the essentials of why the thread's premise is superficial, shortsighted and narrowminded. Later posts reinforced that studying history is useless if you refuse to allow it to broaden your perspective or even learn from studying history. (Or the present.) i really wish that had come as a surprise, but extolling jingoism as a virtue basically confirms that there is nothing useful there.

Some of the other posts are interesting, but i've come to realize that at least one poster has nothing to offer, except perhaps to serve as an object lesson: "Hey kids, this is ignorance by choice looks like. It's almost impossible to ameliorate and will happily advocate pain and suffering for anyone who differs with great pride and satisfaction. Try not to be like that."

Carry on.

i know i say that pretty frequently.

Well that's what i get for not double-checking the power list before posting.
You could say i leaped to a conclusion...