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Quote:The ending was pretty sad (c'mon, was anyone not rooting for Loki?).Originally Posted by Dark One
It's not the who that dies, it's rather the whole modus operandi of Whedon anymore. Honestly, it's tiresome. He just can't have a happy ending. *shrug* -
Quote:Issue 4 also gave us all those asian-themed costume options, as well as the body sliders that broke the world-scaling and has left everyone confused, ever since.Originally Posted by IanTheM1
The actual City of Hero update that we got was part of Issue 4, IIRC, which places it before CoV. I didn't realize City of Hero's actual launch was so relatively late.
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Quote:I agree that Longbow was always supposed to be the good guys, and you're not supposed to think too hard about what they are doing invading a sovereign nation. They are comic-book heroes, don't think too hard about the political implications!Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
It feels like the writers saw players on the forums hated Longbow and figured "Meh, if they hate 'em, let's make 'em worse and let people kill 'em." To me, that's just the wrong approach because it simply robs a faction of its credence. It's a lot like what happened with the Freedom Phalanx in SSA1 - they got humiliated, painted as horrible people and pretty much killed. Now, the reasons for this are many and varied, but undoubtedly one of them was to play to people's malice against the group. To me, that just misses the point, because there really SHOULD be some factions in this game that are truly good and truly great.
But they have just never been handled or represented very well.
As for Freakshow, I think they used to be presented well. They were humerous, but also a serious and credible threat. And there was that one boss with a 1337 name, which was a pretty fun idea. ...yeah. It went downhill from there. -
It took her five hours to pick an origin? Four days to get through the character creator? Man, and people call me slow.
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Quote:Don't worry, he doesn't actually kill off any of the Avengers.Originally Posted by Dark One
*sigh* Without watching or reading spoilers, I can make a guess on who Whedon's going to kill off. I'm actually getting a bit sick of expecting that from him. He's turning into a variant of M. Night "What a TWIST!" Shamalamadingdong.
I think I'm pretty much over the whole Whedon thing.
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My favourite "super hero" system has to be Aberrant. But the system is very setting specific, so I wouldn't try to run that for anything non-Aberrant. Especially not City of Heroes.
For that, I think I'd go for Mutants and Masterminds 2e. It's not too mechanically heavy, and it can cover just about anything. -
I actually recall seeing a full page spread of City of Villains (you know the one, where Lord Recluse is leaning over an unconscious Statesman) in a local newspaper, weirdly long after CoV was released. As in, within the last few years.
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For Shield Defense: Active Defense
For Super Reflexes: Practiced Brawler
On practically everyone else: A melee attack, if they have a meaningful melee attack. Otherwise, nothing. -
Quote:Same here. Red-side for life! *high-fives*Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I've done hundreds of Tips, but never changed alignment
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Quote:I have to agree, she's fantastic.Originally Posted by MentalMaden
That kid can flat out act. You heard it here first. She has to be a front runner for supporting actress this year. Maisie and Dinklage will get Emmy's this year.
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Quote:I'm sure no one expected you to do something like that, Zwill. But there's usually a helpful member of the community way ahead of ya'll.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
I'm afraid that livestream transcription rests pretty far down on the priority list.
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Quote:Where do I sign?Originally Posted by Lothic
Again I'll point out with the Avengers success Whedon might finally have the gravitas needed to make the WB/DC people pull their heads out of their collective backsides and let Whedon give us the Wonder Woman movie we've been waiting for. The man's life and career has been leading him towards that ultimate purpose for decades now.
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Quote:Alright. I was wondering because it sounded like he had some kind of authority over Batman, but googling him I found no direct link. So, just wondering. Cheers.Originally Posted by Cheetatron
Major comic book writer; Sin City, Wanted, Kickass, lots of DC stuff he's kind of a big deal
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Quote:Yeah. Without any spoilers... anyone know who that is? I have my suspicions, but seeing how I know next to nothing about the Marvel franchise, I'm probably wrong.Originally Posted by Nericus
Finally, you want to stay for the credits and the bonus scene....
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Quote:Eowyn: I am no man!Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
"All men can be killed".
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Quote:It was actually the original meta plot of the game. The world's premiere hero had gone missing, and it was only in the 40s you found out what happened to him.Originally Posted by Judgement_Dave
Kidnapping States was a repeatable mission for NPCs.
It was still the meta plot while he was handing out TFs. Which... yeah... we try not to think about it. -
Quote:I thought this new Banner did a great job. Also, despite my misgivings about the whole Thor/Loke angle, I thought the guy playing Loke did a superb job.Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
My favourite thing about the whole movie was Banner / Hulk. Mark Ruffalo is excellent and the character finally gets to be fun for a change (with some pretty dark one liners thrown in by Banner as well along the way).
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Well hai thar!
The female walk certainly is hypnotic.
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Who's Mark Millar, and why do we care what he want?
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Quote:Originally Posted by Lothic
I've played thousands of hours on both the red and blue sides.
People who choose to limit themselves to just one or the other are simply "strange" as far as I'm concerned.
I find the eternally-blue skies over Paragon creepy in the extreme. -
Caught it last night when going to see the Avengers. Looks ridiculously awesome.
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Quote:On the other hand, DC seems to be the only ones with a strong female lead that people recognize. They should capitalize on that. I'd watch a Wonder Woman movie (of course, it still needs to be a good movieOriginally Posted by Coin
I think where DC falls down is, well, they just aren't as funny as the marvel stuff.)
As for Green Lantern, I never saw it. From the trailer I got the impression it was a silly slap-stick comedy, which is not really something I care for. Especially not in a superhero movie. -
Quote:Shut up! Elektra was greatOriginally Posted by _Arda_
Elektra, Catwoma... I am looking at you!
Anyway! I just got back from the Avengers. I have to say, the Thor/Loke thing wasn't as stupid as the Thor movie. Overall, pretty darn fantastic movie. -
Quote:So first they destroy Praetorian Earth, and then they "rescue" everyone to Evil Earth. Real heroic!Originally Posted by Xaphan
Though it's subject to change, being on Beta, Prometheus has some new dialog about the fate of Praetoria if you talk to him and tell him you're ready to take down Cole. Not going to bother logging in and copying quotes, but the just of it is that while we're preparing to take Cole down, other people (probably other/lesser heroes) are handing the evacuation of Preatoria. I can't remember if it's explicitly said, but I'm pretty sure they mean evacuation them to Primal Earth. So we're pretty much giving the dimension up to Hamidon.
So, the fallout of post-Cole Preatoria will PROBABLY be mostly having to deal with a whole bunch of refugees showing up at once... most of which are still recovering from a lifetime of brainwashing drugs, are criminals who are VERY good at hiding their presence from authorities, or are resistance members with nothing left to resist against (most of whom will probably end up becoming violent criminals as a result). -
Quote:I was wondering this as well, but honestly. Has GRRM killed anyone in a cliffhanger? When people die, it's usually very explicit. When people appear to almost die at the end of a chapter (and there's an almost infinite number of examples of this), they are always around later (even if it's just to die explicitly).Originally Posted by MentalMaden
(which in Martin's world is completely possible)
Anyway. Good post. Carry on!