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    Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel View Post
    Well if we just keep the shelling to the lambda sector, Neuron's Tower, and Cole tower, I'm sure it'll be fine.
    And technically, Praetoria IS and island villain lair. Just one so massive it also has good guys in it too. and Neutral guys.
    Technically not... even though Praetoria (city) is on an island (or a couple of islands), Cole has the goodwill of ALL the governments in Praetoria (earth), at least according to the lore.
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    Originally Posted by 2Sly4U View Post
    hmm well thats something to keep note of lol.
    someone told me awhile ago how alot of mobs resist fire at high lvls such as SF/TF
    and some other types also mentioned lethal was high resist later on which bugged me because some of my favorite powers are lethal lol.
    however my concern right now is trying to sort out what i can do alot with for ranged damage powers.
    It is generally partially balanced by lethal, smashing, and fire having higher attack values as far as I know.
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    Originally Posted by Arilou View Post
    He's specifically deployed there to do a job. (A job he enjoys, but that's a different matter) he's an arachnos agent, working under Arachnos orders.

    I repeat: By no metric possible is Lord Recluse better than Tyrant (except that he is less competent: He has not, after all, taken over the world, which makes Tyrant a greater *threat* but that's a different matter entirely) everything Tyrant does Recluse does and worse. He is more oppressive, his citizens live in greater squalor, Tyrant is constrained by at least trying to maintain the *facade* of benevolence. Recluse has no such constraints.

    Which does not mean that he does not treat his lackeys well as long as they are successful (and has a grudging respect for those who manage to trick or overpower him) but then again: So does Cole.
    His job scope specifically: Phipps was planted by Arachnos to take up the role of a crusader for the downtrodden before a real one could show up. Any good he does for the poor of Grandville is offset by all the information he funnels into Arachnos.

    Nowhere in there says his job is to make people's life miserable, that is his choice alone. As for a counter argument, if Arachnos REALLY wants to make people's life miserable, how can you explain Cap au Diable?
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    Originally Posted by Arilou View Post
    No, Recluse specifically tries to keep people misreable. Do Westin Phipp's arc.

    EDIT: A few quotes:

    "But I want the poor to be hungry. It keeps them more miserable and desperate for my help. So I want you to destroy and poison those donations."

    "He's also become a light of hope to the people here, showing them that they just might be able to improve their lot. That can't be allowed. I want him eliminated."
    Westin Phipps != Arachnos, even if he's a tool. Like you, he has his own mind, and he uses it to do evil.
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    If you're looking something which has attacks which no one resists, I would suggest VEATs with leviathan mastery.

    Spiders have pure lethal attacks, pure smash attacks, pure toxic attacks, combined smash/energy attacks, and from leviathan, pure cold attack and pure negative attack.

    Widows have pure lethal attacks, pure psychic attacks, combined lethal/toxic attack, and from leviathan, pure cold attack, pure toxic attack, and pure negative attack.
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    Originally Posted by Arilou View Post
    Recluse has his own bands of brainwashed psychics (Bane Spiders/Fortunatas) he deliberately tries to keep people as miserable as possible (Westin Phipps) the only one he allows freedom are the Destined Ones... And it's not clear that they're really any more free than the Powers Division folks. (who also seem fairl privilegied)
    Recluse does have his army of brainwashed psychics, BUT nothing else you say is true. Recluse does not try to keep people as miserable as possible, he only goes against those who cause too much trouble (and even then, there are specific limitations). There's a difference between restraining freedom from a select few, and restraining freedom from everyone.
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    Originally Posted by Arilou View Post
    Remember, Arachnos sides with the resistance. And Lord Recluse is worse than Tyrant by just about any metric except success.
    Not necessarily. Recluse still allows a lot of freedom, and by GG's measure, that's pretty good.
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    hover & powers

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    Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade View Post
    That is totally awesome.
    It also works on the crafting station temp power. (though there may be some issues with using the crafting station if you do this)
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    /coffee

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    Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm View Post
    Uhhh how so? PICK UP Dirty Diaper. USE Dirty Diaper WITH Garbage Bag. USE Fresh Diaper WITH Crying Brat.
    I think it's more of the late nights one has to go through because of raid/baby.
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    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    But then they'd be on the same side as the Resistance
    Maybe. But only the Warden side. And you do end up helping the wardens at times.

    Of cause, one can note that inevitably Cole would end up fighting everyone (well, except maybe Nightstar and Siege cause they're constructs), if only because he's the apparent champion of the Well and his master plan would lead to the destruction of both Praetoria and Primal.
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    Originally Posted by Stone Daemon View Post
    Yes, but I hardly expect the devs to come up with the time to change around this long standing event (that they haven't changed since it's been first implemented, unlike the winter and Halloween events) when they have so much already on their plate.

    And if they had, they certainly would have mentioned it in their announcement of the event. So, far all intents and purposes, your Rogue is still nothing but a villain, and your vigilante is still a hero.

    I am somewhat curious as to whether Praetorians under level 20 can pick these missions up, though. If nothing else, it would let us know how the devs see the alignment of the loyalists and resistance players. Then again, I suppose the badges make that answer clear enough.
    I didn't expect them to change the mish. I expected them to at least change the event description, a mere pile of text on html. And they did change the page, at least to reflect the dates for this year, but they didn't change the description.
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    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    But the entire Praetorian storyline is focused on shifting everyone to Primal Earth, either as Hero helping the Resistance, or as a Villain helping the Resistance - Longbow, Vanguard, the Freedom Phalanx and Arachnos are all siding with the Resistance, and supporting them in their fight against Tyrant - and once Praetorian players escape to Primal Earth, they're either going to be working with Longbow and the Freedom Phalanx, or working for Arachnos, with Vanguard helping them regardless of which side they picked when coming to Primal Earth.
    But that is assuming Loyalist means siding with Tyrant. I'm actively hoping that the Loyalist responsibility (in the future) will split from the Tyrant faction; there's already hints of disagreement, from Antimatter and Marchand. Which is partially what you do in the Loyalist storyline: in both power and responsibility you mess with Tyrant's plans, whether because you don't want a city block to be nuked to secure the guilt of Arachnos, or because you think Neuron (and Cole) don't deserve that power.

    And for that matter, again, Marchand wants you to go to Primal, not to help Resistance, not to defeat Cole, but to make peace, which fits with Loyalist Responsibility attributes, but unfortunately goes directly against Cole's wishes (as he makes known to you).
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    Originally Posted by TriAngel_EU View Post
    Copied from the in-game detailed info tab of Teleport Foe:
    At first glance I would say no, since it looks to me like you can't stack the actual TP effect itself at all since it has no lasting.
    But I'm not entirely sure about this.
    Not to mention the 1 arcanatime window to throw all the TP effects before it gets cancelled out by the teleport resistance. You need extreme coordination to cast them at the exact window..
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    Originally Posted by StormSurvivor View Post
    I think it should be fairly expected that for these kinds of things Vigilantes are Heroes and Rogues are Villains. Contacts, PvP zones, supergroups, bases, and Ouroboros see it this way, so why not now?

    Loyalists and Resistance are a different matter, however. While some people are aware that for these things Loyalists are treated as villains and resistance as heroes, they don't have it waved in their face in the above-mentioned cases, so it could be made more clear in-game.
    Because "Contacts, PvP zones, supergroups, bases, and Ouroboros" are not holiday events. And especially holiday events which have a distinctive alignment segregation. And on that note, you're right that they should probably mention something about loyalist and resistance in the Spring Fling infomation page as well.
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    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    Which is exactly what one should expect, since every other part of the game treats them as such.
    Which is technically false, since it's obvious alignment missions don't treat them as such. And that's beside the point, since the previous holiday events doesn't have this sort of issue.
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    Ok, someone forgot to update Spring Fling, so here's a bunch of questions I would like answered:

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    Tainted Water
    This villain story arc will have players fighting Arachnos to find and bring back tainted water from the Well of the Furies. The catch is that to complete these missions, teams must have someone with a "pure heart" on them and thus need a hero character with them.
    Does the hero requirement include Vigilantes?

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    Plight of Eros
    This hero story arc will have players retrieving an ancient artifact, Aphrodite's girdle for Eros. The girdle's location requires someone with a "twisted soul" to find it, so teams will need a villain character to complete these missions.
    Does the villain requirement include Rogues?

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    Players can purchase the Dimension Drop temp power from vendors located in Pocket D. This power can be cast on other players to give them a buff. If a Hero casts this on another Hero or a Villain casts on another Villain, the buff is only minor. If a Hero casts on a Villain or a Villain casts on a Hero a better buff takes effect.
    1) What are the effects when a hero uses this power on a vigilante? Or a rogue?
    2) What are the effects when a villain uses this power on a vigilante? Or a rogue?
    3) What are the effects when a vigilante uses this power on a hero? Or a rogue? Or a villain?
    4) What are the effects when a rogue uses this power on a hero? Or a vigilante? Or a villain?
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    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Whenever people say things like that, I have to wonder if that's an actual deductive argument or a reverse justification of existing game design. And I wonder about this because that's completely false and easily provable by looking at the hero-side game. The original City of Heroes had no affiliation, it had no "belonging," it had no factions. A hero was a hero, doing heroic deeds THAT HE CHOSE TO DO.

    There is no limitation on free choice in a multiplayer game, or indeed in an MMO. It all comes down to writing, and in particular NOT writing yourself in a corner by constructing a binary world. Especially when you have not, in fact, constructed a binary world. What do I mean?

    Well, Praetoria is not just the Resistance and the Loyalists. Even ignoring things like the Ghouls and the Destroyers, you still have one other major player with clout, ties and resources to rival both of the others - the Syndicate. Emperor Cole has the resources of the state, government and police. The Resistance has the resources of a massive number of agents and supporters. The Syndicate has the resources of EVERY CORPORATION IN THE CITY, if not the entire world. They have money, they have manpower, they have technology, they have agents who have infiltrated practically every facet of public life and government, to say nothing of the Resistance, they have psychics of their own, and by the truckload. Hell, most of the Syndicate Suits even seem to have a genuine ideology for the future of Praetoria distinct from either Cole or Scot, one of a shadowy conspiracy existing just below the surface of a seemingly free society, somewhat of a half-way point between Cole's totalitarian ideology and Scot's anarchist ideology.

    Why aren't the syndicate a major player? Why aren't players allowed to side with them when both the Resistance and the Loyalists are acting like complete loonies? Hell, they're even built with faction friction in mind between the Honour and Business enthusiasts. Honour follow the teachings of Wu Yin, trying to free Praetoria from Cole and run it better, whereas Business follow people like Octavian and try to become a deep-rooted conspiracy to better themselves by ruling over society. The Syndicate is ripe for being included in the game, but actually isn't. And why? I haven't a clue.

    The Resistance vs. Loyalists duality is - to my eyes at least - just an instance of lazy writing. False binary fallacies like "You're either Nexus or against us!" are just that - putting the player in a manufactured, unbelievable dilemma for the sake of putting the player in a dilemma. But Thou Must if ever I saw it. And it's not like it's JUST Praetoria because Praetoria is such a unique, special case (ignoring the fact that it was purpose-designed and written so as to "tie their hands"), what about the Arachnos vs. Longbow duality? Can I not be a hero without immediately affiliating myself with Longbow whenever a hero vs. villain conflict erupts? Longbow are NOT the face of heroism, they are a private military organisation which isn't even strictly legal. And what about Arachnos? Why the blue balls would my villains want to lackey up to the Spiders? Can they not be villains on their own? Can they not take part in hero vs. villain conflicts without being affiliated with Arachnos? Despite what the Resistance Greeter in the Rift Enclosure might lead us to believe, Arachnos are not THE big bads. They are A big bad, right alongside Malta, the Rikti, the Nemesis Army, the Carnival of Shadows, the Devouring Earth, the Circle of Thorns and so forth.

    I have had it up to HERE with faction-on-faction action. Why does everything have to be organised brawls and organised wars these days? Why can our characters never shine without having to affiliate themselves with some organisation, all because a writer keeps writing every bloody piece of new content like a god damn crossover civil war comic that has to involve large-scale warfare or large-scale infiltration? What happened to Clark Kent working in a newspaper and saving people in his spare time without necessarily leading a Justice League or the armies of Earth or whatever? What happened to Magneto taking on the X-Men without having to involve Venom, Carnage and the Kingpin? What happened to all of those stories?
    Just a note though, with all these complaints, these new content is actually going in the right direction.

    1) Tip mishes: Extended from radio mishes, You find something happening, and go out to do what you think is right, and no one is going to stop you.
    2) The new praetorian events? No contact, you get to choose your side (well, other than the syndicate one, which I think needs more options: it's the only one without options), no one's forcing you to enter.
    3) It's probably noteworthy that with the incarnate trials, you no longer need to go to ouroboros (or join ouroboros, etc) to become an incarnate, all you need to do is complete an incarnate trial.

    My suggestion?
    1) Extend the tip mishes to start from level one, even if there is no morality involved, or let morality be fixed within hero/vigilante and villain/rogue with no red/blue travel until level 20. In praetoria, let tip mishes be an alternate way to change or affirm sides. Additionally, increase tip drop rate for street sweeping, and do not limit the number of tip mishes you can get after hitting the fame limit.
    2) Implement more events similar to the praetorian events. Additionally, allow these events be an alternate way of gaining alignment points.
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    Originally Posted by Test_Rat View Post
    Ooh 35% defense!

    Yeah my trapper with level shift and 60% defense was being hit at 95% chance by minions in the BAF preview.

    Defense may be meaningless again soon.
    Is that because of ACC or def debuff? (also, that's 60% def in which types/positionals? deff debuff may be sneaking through undefended directions) That's a very important consideration.
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    Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood View Post
    That strikes me as a poor method. At the very least it would be useful to have a "willing to lead" checkbox in the turnstile interface and prioritize selecting those people (for both raid and team leaders) who check it over those who don't. That at least slightly increases the chance few getting a raid leader who's content to be the leader.
    It's beta. Go comment in the beta forum so they can improve it.
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    Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards View Post
    It definitely looks cool, but I think it would be more spectacular from the ship. Possibly while we're doing a mission around it. Hrm... now I really want to know what kind TF/Story Arc that Mr. Sutter will be assigning us.
    We just need bigger robots! Kronos just isn't big enough!
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    Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards View Post
    I would love to see that in action in our game.
    Well, upgraded assault bots and Malta titans use a somewhat similar system abeit smaller..
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    Originally Posted by Quinch View Post
    The Producer's Letter mentions the Turnstile system to help people get into Incarnate trials quicker - is it also going to be available for run-of-the-mill run, puggery and smash, or Incarnate trials only? If it's the latter, are there any plans to expand it for the former? If it's the latter, I'd love to see how the interface would work, especially since, if functional enough, it has the potential to put LFT globals out of business {which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing}.
    Since nearly 50% (or more) of all Atlas LFT globals are for AE farms, and I do't see any way for turnstile to be implemented for them, I don't think LFT globals will ever be put out of business that way. But for trials and TF/SF, maybe.
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    Originally Posted by Eiko-chan View Post
    I don't think "I don't like capitalism" can ever be factually incorrect.
    AAARGH TRIPLE NEGATIVES!!! @.a
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    The thing is, something is behind the driving force of getting a whole army of incarnates for whatever reason. The real question should be, why are so many incarnated needed? (and no, I don't think an invasion by an alien scientist counts)
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    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    A 45-60 minute WST would save you 88 Shards and 100 million Inf
    Of course, we don't know if WST will still be there when i20 rolls out..