Silver_Streak_NA

"When you're a Skull, you're a Skull all the way."

Heh - yea, THAT would be a cool dance emote!

I MIGHT agree that porting animations between Travel powers is a good idea, IF we had more than one cool animation. That's the thing - the only reason Ninja Run is so popular at the moment is because it's the coolest travel animation available. So, rather than have the devs give up, I'd prefer, instead, they continue to develop cool new Travel powers with cool new animations.

I really think this is one thing that CO got right. The diversity in travel powers is much greater than what we've got, and goes a long way toward creating an environment evocative of comic books.

I'm pretty sure I'll end representing the unpopular opinion on this one, but here goes:

/most emphatically NOT signed.

Sorry, but I think this is a really bad idea. Here's why - as it is, Paragon City and the Rogue Isles have already become cluttered with Ninja Runners! Do you REALLY want to log on to City of Ninjas?

I definately think the travel power situation in this game is problematic, especially now with Champions Online, and their 15 travel powers! But, the solution is for us to add MORE travel powers, not to let everyone use the same animation. Ninja Run was a STEP in the right direction, because it adds to the diversity of travel powers available to super-heroes (and villains), but we need more.

http://girl-wonder.org/girlsreadcomics/?p=42
Yup, looks about right.

Agreed - big time! I'm hoping this means we'll eventually get things like Ice Flight, Burrowing, Swinging, etc!

Holy poopcakes! You are a whole new level of Hardcore!

Hmmm - won't travel suppression make that impossible? As soon as you activate a power, won't Ninja Run suppress? I'm really curious about this, because if it DOES work, then it's time for me to roll a Shield using character! Can anyone confirm one way or the other?

Technically, you may be right (I didn't read through the whole thread again to check), but...
...that's the same thing as saying vets are entitled, and it's an attitude displayed by many vets.

Recently got Enduring badge (66 months), so, yea, I've been here since Day 1 (though, to be honest, there have been times when I've been largely inactive for several months, but I've always kept my account paid for. Silly, I know, but I always buy 6 months or a year at a time, and my inactive periods have never corresponded with account renewal time).

Aren't these two the same question? I don't know how to answer them differently. In any case, the only characters I still have from launch day are....

Silver Streak, of course (originally I had a different forum name, because I kinda didn't want my identity defined by one character. But, he's the only character I seriously RP, and once I started getting interested in RP-type threads on these boards, I changed my forum name. I don't post in-character anymore, except occasionally on my SG boards, but with global handles and all, I've just gotten used to using my main as my identity).

Mrs. Stopheles - another favorite of mine. Both Mrs. Stoph and SS are still actively played. SS, in particular, has more hours logged, by FAR, than any other toon I've got - he's the only one I bother with badge collecting, RP'ing, in-game socializing, etc. When I'm on other toons, it's pretty much just about kicking butt and leveling - or, in the case of 50's, kicking butt and working on improving the build in some way, like finishing accolades or completing IO sets, etc.

Morty Hall - he's a character that was made purely for RP reasons, and so doesn't really get played much at all. He's only lvl 12. Actually, I re-rolled him at some point, so technically he's not the same Morty Hall that existed on Day 1, anyway. He's Silver Streak's agent - I used to show up to RP events with him, and tell the event organizer that they'd have to sign contracts before Silver Streak could show up for their event. Havn't dusted him off in ages now. Oh well.

I made a couple other toons on day 1 that got deleted later, for various reasons.

That's a hard question, cuz I go through phases. I'll be really excited about a particular build, for awhile, and play that character almost exclusively, but then lose interest a little and move on to another one. I think one of the beauties of this game is that there are many different good and fun builds possible - although, I suppose, encouraging altaholism may not be a good thing.

Also, I'm not sure if you're asking, what build do we simply ENJOY playing, subjectively, or what build do we think is most efficient?

Lately, I've been digging my Nova-build Warshade a lot, although I think my interest in that is starting to wane a bit, and I find myself wanting to devote more time to my Willpower/Energy Melee Tank. I would have to say, however, probably my all-time favorite build to play is Mrs. Stopheles - she's a Spines/DA scrapper. I find that build to be both a blast to play, and incredibly efficient. It's got great dps, both single-target and AoE, a ranged attack (without having to dip into Epics), some crowd-control, decent to great defenses (one of the few sets that gives you psionic resistance), a great self-heal, a combat self-rez, stealth - about the only thing missing is KB resistance, but there's plenty of ways to get that nowadays. It's just very versatile.

One thing to be aware about it, in case you're thinking of trying it - the one drawback, I'd say, is that it's a very hands-on build. It's not something you'll want to run on auto-pilot.