Sikyanakotik

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Same here. What's an "Ancillary" Power?

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Good point... it seems a little strange.

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Yeah. Last I checked, despite Statesman's admission, they'll still to be called "Epic Power Pools". Which I like better, since they're earned at epic levels after all.

And I'll admit, I chuckled a little at "Springa Isle".

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. . . Chiyo-chan wa kawaii desu ne...

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Combining the very informal "chan" suffix with the formal "desu"?

Sikyanakotik has corrected your japanese grammar for 646.23 points of pedagogical damage.

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I have an off topic question too. If you are changing Tanker Taunt to Provoke. What will happen to tankers who already have Provoke?

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Either you use the free respec States said he'd give you, or you use Provoke as your toe hold into Presence to let you grab the revamped Fear powers.

I probably eould have taken runner-up humorous if I had only followed the rules.

Stupid logo.

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If the Christmas tree is the soul of Christmas, and the carols are its heart, then your present would definitely be its mind!

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He's giving them cash for Christmas?

Hm, you make some really good points, Settch. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.

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So it would be like prechristian rome where all the temples pulled that sort of thing? Or some Leiber stories? or discworld....

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Hey, I have nothing against Discworld. I love it! But it's really not the kind of flavour I want seeping into City of Heroes.

Now a Discworld MMORPG sounds like a pretty fun idea! Hmm...

Well, "incarnate" means to be the embodiment of something, usually a concept or deity. So an Incarnate is probably either some sort of divine avatar or elemental. Of course, my money's on the latter.

And that's a really good call with the Coralax.

Even better, have two alts of your repeatedly butt heads!

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Yeah, Muvians would be pretty cool. Not sure what their powers would be, but still, pretty cool.

I'm personally against "God" as an Epic Archetype though. After all, to represent they appropriately they have to be downright godlike, which would make them far too powerful.


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I point you unto hercules, he's a god and he didn't even have a travel power. Or Monkey who beat up all the gods of china.... God and superhero are not so different in power level...

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Well, Heracles did all his adventuring while still a demigod, and Monkey did get pwned by Buddha.

Still, Neil Gaiman quotes aside, people expect gods to be somewhere above ones self, no matter how powerful that self happens to be. Statesman may be powerful, but it would be pure hubris to say he could [Censored] Ganesh.

Reducing deities to a comfortable level cheapens them, and reducing them to a beatable level cheapens them even more. Make them PCs, and you'd might as well turn those temple into bargain depots! ("Redemption? Intervention? Wrath? We have it all! And now for a limited time, try our 90-day soul-back guarantee!" )

Yeah, Muvians would be pretty cool. Not sure what their powers would be, but still, pretty cool.

I'm personally against "God" as an Epic Archetype though. After all, to represent they appropriately they have to be downright godlike, which would make them far too powerful.

Unless they are weak on their own, but can do pretty much anything with worshippers in their team to give them pow... wait a minute.

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And while I wouldn't want to take guesses for fear of offending anyone, I personally have suspicions about two or three people from the new batch of entries. (*cough*Emerald Vein*cough*)

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Hehe. Yeah, the 5 'o-clock shadow kind of gives him away.

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I second that notion. I wish we could give more prizes...

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Is it just me, or am I the only one who finds this amusing? of course you can! You're the guys who are running this thing! You can do whatever you want! You can choose to keep all the prizes yourself if you choose to. Or you can double the prizes. Or make new categories (I can see categories of blaster, scrapper, etc) or award honorable mentions different prizes....

I think people would be pissed if you didnt' give some of the rewards you'd promised, but I don't think you'd rub any fur the wrong way by giving extras....

Zeus - god of extras

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You do realise that would break their contest budget, and most of the prizes are donated by the contest sponsors, right?

"Bridger" eh? Nice name. Welcome!

You want me to write you a background too?

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Sikna: Brilliant suggestion. A Costume badge would be a great reward for any who submitted an entry.

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Just Sik. Sometimes people try to split it oddly (I've been called Silky before) but "Sik" is the short for I prefer. Pronounced the same way as the thing you do when you lose your car keys.

Thanks guys! Yeah, I know mine probably falls into the second category (I concentrated more on fitting the character than matching the in-game costume exactly, hence the wings and pompom) but I had a great time dressing up.This is definitely something both you guys and us guys should do next year!

As for rewarding those who participated, something small like a "Costumed Crusader" badge would be much appreciated.

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Statesman,
Why is it that you only have 4 stars next to your name? You are clearly the best information giver-outer and worry crusher.

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Because at least one person rated him less than 5 stars, and the rankings always round down.

Unless you're a very new or uninvolved poster, 4 is the practical upper limit.

Wait, there's actually a solution to this?

I think I speak for all of us when I say ""!

Great stuff, all of it! I have comments for a couple though.

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2. Fear changes are across the board. Any power with fear will change from "foe running away" to "foe cowering and not moving."

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Yay! Now Wei's intimidating personality can finally "shine" though.

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5. Yes, we'll do trenchcoats - not in Update 3, but soon after.

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By "soon after", I can presume you mean between three and four, since if it was in four you'd have said so, and five wouldn't be very soon after at all.

Still, a lot of people want this, and they do look nifty.

Any ETA on wings?

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7. We are not looking at Flight or Energy Blast.

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Fine by me. Sik loves them both!

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8. I do want to tweak Shadow Shard and Rikti Crash Site so that they're more user friendly - and worthwhile. I can't give a time table yet, but I want to squeeze in a couple of changes as soon as possible.

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I'd think the main problem is having to pass through so many different zones to get there. Alright, it's pretty silly to put a train stop in another dimension, but at least consider making transit between high-level zones easier. I know extending the Peregrine Island Ferry to make a stop at Founders Falls would make things much easier, as would adding actual stores in one of the two.

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Well.. the problem there is that everyone thought shapeshifting was going to be a AT.

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Not me. I was hoping it'd be a Scraaper secondary.

The second epic archetype is the much-anticipated winged archetype, Moogle! Mark my words!

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It must really suck to have States LOL at your post...

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Especially since I've never seen him use "netspeak" before.

Heck, I don't even use "LOL" unless I'm being ironic.

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Speaking of Hero Trainers, now that capes and auras are out, are any of our veteran heroes getting a visual upgrade? Doesn't have to be anything major, but some of those Hero Trainers, like Ms. Liberty and Swan, would like pretty good with a cape (give them a unique pattern, just for extra coolness).

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How are they supposed to do the cape mission? They're glued to the spot!

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In our world, Blue Steel is Back Alley Brawler's close ally (fought the War on Drugs with him). In the Praetorian world, maybe the Marauder brutally killed the hero who would become Blue Steel.

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Sounds like a good theory to me!

Either that or he overdosed on Superadine.

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What hapened, did his membership get revoked or his application get lost in the mail?

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Notice where he hangs out? He works for the Paragon Police instead.

Uh, guys? Maybe this has nothing to do with with the 5th. After all, Dark Astoria is cited as the epicentre of the event, and the Times showed a big picture of a couple Banished Pantheon zombies!!!