Scythus
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Quote:Hm, last I checked those last ten years saw pretty much nothing come out from the guy you're talking about (because he was "in hiding!") aside from remix tapes and I keep up with that stuff quite regularly.Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
Oh, it's not "realistic" for villains in hiding to make broadcasts and release videos about the attacks they've made and threaten to make? Where have you been the past 10 years, or do I have to be more explicit?
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Quote:So your solution to make Nemesis less "cartoonish" is to make him even MORE cartoonish? How does that work?Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
I agree with most of what you're saying, but I have to call attention to this.
He's more like Dr. Doom if Doom kept his ego in check and never took credit for anything he's done. And, he shouldn't be.
Allow me to explain.
Nemesis is supposed to have this grand self-importance, like all good megalomaniac super villains.
Despite the fact he's probably the individual that has had the most impact on the affairs of the CoH world, he makes little impact with the player.
We don't get to see him hijack television broadcasts and proclaim his superiority and make his "rule you all" speech. The most 'face time' we get of him is in the RWZ arc where he's talking down to Lady G. He spends so much time in the shadows pulling the strings that we forget about him. And that should be intolerable to him.
He's now a joke, a meme. He comes off less active than other villains of his stature like Recluse, when in fact he obviously isn't.
Yes, from a logical perspective he can do way more damage if he keeps operating like he has been, mostly in quiet and by proxy. But, I don't think that fits his character. As you said, he's Dr. Doom, not Loki. He should be so confident that he is making public displays and telling everyone what he's going to do because you cannot possibly stop him. -
Quote:CUSTOMIZABLE PETS FOR ROBOTICS! You heard it here first.Originally Posted by blueruckus
Have massive gun arm, yet go in for a melee attack... must be an MM pet.
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Quote:Well, the way his expression looks, he might as well be the Cockmongler.Originally Posted by Flarstux
How do we know that's even Statesman? It might be the Well using him!
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Quote:Yeah, I really agree. Nemesis is a personal favorite of mine.Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
Don't even get me started on Nemesis. He's jokingly been reduced to an in-game meme (though perhaps this is by his design LOL). But go read this bit of history on the official website, and you'll see why I think this villain is capable of doing more harm to Paragon City than Lord Recluse.
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I get an idea and then I make it. It's a lot easier now that the "Check Name" function is working correctly.
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Ew... I like the Going Rogue loading screen a lot better.
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Quote:After. Apparently they seem to think they can get away with the name because it starts out as a quarter pound when raw. Unfortunately, this only makes it technically a Used to Weigh a Quarter Pounder.Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
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Quote:And a Quarter Pounder with cheese does not in fact weigh a quarter pound!Originally Posted by Xanatos
They're not cities.
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Quote:Gadzul Oil.Originally Posted by AkuTenshiiZero
My issue is not with the current content having insufficient backstory, but the existing backstory to things that still don't exist and/or are severely underdeveloped compared to their massive backstory.
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Quote:Ooh, nice. It could be like the Death of Superman but um... y'know... permanent.Originally Posted by Nos482
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!eleventyeleven11!!!
Why Manticore?
He´s my favorite signature hero. Kill Statesman instead, after all we have enough alternate versions of him anyway! -
My thugs/poison mastermind was the only character I've had so far that could successfully solo this jerk.
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Well, last I checked, Mako already pretty much governs Sharkhead. Hell, remember that he's the dude that killed Scrapyard for stirring up trouble? Ghost Widow has that lonely tower of hers on Mercy, so she seems to already govern it anyway. Concerning Cap au Diable though? That's Dr. Aeon's turf. It's pretty much stated over and over that he "rules" it, so I don't think he'd want that ******* Black Scorpion mucking things up there.
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Quote:It could be seen as being sent out to scout out Primal Earth for the coming invasion, since if you choose to go villain side, you're leaving Praetoria on actually rather good terms.Originally Posted by BrandX
Yeah, but the text still has you thinking to stop it, just in a different way. And Cole still sends you off to get youout of the way.
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Quote:Actually, the Powers Loyalist arc leads to no such realization. In fact, if you choose Loyalist in that final morality choice, you actually rat out Praetor Berry to Emperor Cole and you have a nice little chat with him where he's grateful for your loyalty and Neuron will be dealt with, blah blah blah.Originally Posted by BrandX
Let's take some storylines that work...the praetorian storylines...they all lead the player into realizing that, yes in fact, Cole needs to be stopped. Yet there are still people saying, no my character would work with Tyrant, even though it's obvious Tyrant really wouldn't work with them for one reason or another, and Tyrant REALLY doesn't consider any of the player characters equals.
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Quote:Isn't Nemesis more of a Tech Origin since he's largely steampunk?Originally Posted by TheDeepBlue
Magic and such never really died out, per se, but they were nowhere near as prominent until Cole and Richter cracked open the Well on Praxidae. Before then, the Oranbegans were still trapped in their city under the east coast, really raunchy, city-wide raves were being held in western Europe, mystical priests wandered the world, banishing evil, some wierd fish cult popped up from time to time in various parts of the world, Union soldiers were fighting mad cultists and some nutty Prussian royal fought General Sherman for kicks.
Man, now you can't swing a dead catgirl around without smacking some fallen deity from another plane or a wizard who's a living conduit to the thaumaverse or something. -
Quote:If it was the other way around, I doubt First Ward would have floundered like it did. Cole would have just kept him there outside like some manner of bogeyman in a similar way to how some speculate he's doing now. No, Hamidon in both realities has shown himself to be more complex than "GRAHHHHLL!!! KILL ALL HUMANS!!" as even evidenced by the conversation villains have with him in Vernon von Grun's final arc.Originally Posted by Venture
Hamidon wants to Kill All Humans. If he was controlling Cole he'd have won. It's more likely to be the other way around.
This implies his thought is still quite cognitive in his current state and he's not just some mindless, giant monster.Quote:The Hamidon Speaks!
The moment you approached the container with the organelle in it, an alien, but strangely human mind touched yours:
'I am the Hamidon. Through this small piece of my greater being, I contact you. I know of you. You have helped to disrupt the balance of the Devouring Earth, my Devouring Earth. In the chaos of the false-growthtime, as a blindness you caused gripped me, there came another. A human, who in the unnatural individuality of mankind calls herself 'Zenflower', appeared. She had been tutored by the Spirit of the Wood, and used this knowledge. She drank of the Unclean Will-of-the-Earth, and mastered it. And even now she seeks to tame the Devouring Earth! Stop her! Or else the heroes will have powerful new allies, and we all shall lose.'
No, when Hamidon and Cole's minds melded in that psychic struggle, something unusual happened and I agree that people here are really underestimating the former. In a contest of wills between a psychic monster with legions of mutant plants spanning the globe that it solely controls and a Invuln/Super Strength tanker, my bets are on the psychic monster overcoming the tanker's personal will.
Seriously... have you ever fought a psychic mob on a Invulnerable/Super Strength tanker? The attacks make your armor feel useless. -
Quote:Indeed. I'm probably one of the few people alive who cracked up at Phipps' comment about the poisoned girls going blind. I have a very dark sense of humor.Originally Posted by Dante
Everything is better with some Themari. Or Phipps. Missions that actually make you feel like a villain.
I also like the new villain contacts, Dean MacArthur, Leonard, and Vincent Ross where you're largely working under your own initiative. There's a few other contacts that have elements of this such as Willy Wheeler's last mission, parts of Tavish Bell's Vigilante Justice arc, and Diviner Maros (who's pretty much "someone is plotting to kill you, let me help you kill them first"). -
Quote:I'm going with the theory that Cole has become some kind of mind-controlled puppet for the Hamidon.Originally Posted by GreenFIame
Maybe Cole Started the War with Hamidon and not the other way around or Maybe Cole is Hamidon, O no that won't work. Maybe the whole City of Pretoria is being Powered by Hamidon, Hmm damn I want to find out
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Quote:It's true... a lot of my villains are declared nice when the Winter Event rolls around.Originally Posted by LKN_351
Contrary to popular belief, Santa Clause doesnt use CoX as the final deciding point of which list he puts you on...
i know thats a huge disappointment to alot of hardcore players, but the truth must be known. -
Quote:*Head desk.* I said "TEAM UP." Not "dress up."Originally Posted by OmniNogard
Only time Vash ever carried the Cross was near the end of the series. but if its a black/blue jacket aka wolfwood would be more like it.
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How the hell did you manage to find the worst angles to take screenshots?
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Quote:So you can team up with that blond DP blaster in the red trenchcoat?Originally Posted by BrandX
I want to carry around a huge cross!
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Quote:Yeah, the trenchcoat is in sore need of a cloth option.Originally Posted by AquaVitae
*Still hoping for some new trenchcoats personally*
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Quote:Then take a break and then come back when you're ready.Originally Posted by Father Xmas
If I was more recovered from my 24 hours of con attending I would have something witty to say about the adventures of Supperman.