Smersh

Torrents are bad and another word for theft, at least in the way that you are using it.

Which is why you don't suggest them here. Try not to advocate illegal activity, m'kay?

Durakken clearly knows more about how governments are supposed to work than we mere mortals. Even those of us, like myself, who have done major coursework and gotten degrees in such.

All hail Durakken! We bask in your glory!

No.

Basically, she wants perfect information so that she can make a perfect moral choice in a snap judgment scenario. Life doesn't work that way for the rest of us; there's no reason it would work that way if you were a superhero.

The scenario is not poorly designed. I am reminded of an issue of the Flash in which Wally West is sued because he did not search a burning mall for the plaintiff, because he took the fire department at their word that the area had been cleared. He made a decision: "Then I won't search." His information was imperfect, and he made a snap judgment, one that ended up being wrong.

The scenario is to find out how she, or anyone else, would make that snap judgment. GG's belief in her moral infallibility leads her to basically opt out of the scenario. She'll do it right even though there is no right answer to the scenario, her posts would seem to indicate. That level of certitude would seem to fall at level 6 on the Kohlberg scale, which is coincidentally the level of development that allows for killing a few for the greater good, and can be as capable of violence as a sociopath. (Note that it is a possibility, not a probability I allude to here. I'm not making any accusations.)

Personally, I'm scared of people who are that self-certain about their 'universal morality.' And I'm really very scared of giving power to people who are that certain of their 'universal morality,' as opposed to, say, social contract morality or legal morality. Universal morality is not up for debate in the minds of its holders, and that is ultimately destructive to the sort of civil society and democracy that I strongly believe in.

Because playing a Soviet superhero in an online game makes me a real life communist.

Uh huh.

Thanks for playing.

Because we know that self appointed judge, jury and executioner type people are a threat, but ultimately, their vision is limited. It's a reactive type of vigilantism, going after the perpetrators of bad deeds.

People like GG with superpowers who believe they have a completely moral vision, and know that what they do is inherently right and is not subject to debate - they will simply not be satisfied with capturing/punishing/executing evildoers. Anyone who dares to question their actions or dissent from their views is clearly immoral and a potential threat/criminal.

While GG will go on about Emperor Cole and Enriche and all of that nonsense, her cognitive dissonance about her own rhetoric frightens some. The Emperor is evil, so she would depose him and set up a democracy. And if she decided that the democracy was doing it wrong, she would tear down that government and set up another. While she would claim she did not want the power, she would have it de facto, because anyone who dared to think differently than she did would be wrong and, therefore, evil.

Combined with her unwillingness to make a hard choice - who do you save? - and her unshakable faith in her own moral judgment, a dose of real power would set her on a slippery slope. Capturing criminals? Great. How about those who preach bigotry and hate? Yes? Then what about a 14 year old engaging in anti-gay bullying? Is that within GG's hero portfolio? How about the teacher that tolerates the bullying in the classroom? How about the parents? Does your universal morality extend only to actions, or does it extend to the root causes? Do you wait with your hero powers until it is too late and the crime has already happened, or do you act before a crime is committed, therefore arresting someone who is innocent in deed, but perhaps not in thought? Proactive heroism can be a form of tyranny.

A murderous vigilante, while dangerous and a threat, has many more steps and phases to go through before they arrive at that point, and is therefore less of a threat and less scary. A vigilante defines who they are going after, and why, and can be predicted and stopped.

As to me, I'll save myself for saving people from disasters - tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, train wrecks, all that sort of thing.

Solar powered... at night! It's genius!

Because wearing a black armored suit in, say, Iraq or Afghanistan in the middle of summer is a really, really bad idea? Not to mention failing at camouflage completely.

Yes, but TA/Dark/Psi would lose out on the pet sets by taking the psi epic.

I've looked at the MM blaster, but any blaster will miss out on the to hit debuff and accurate to-hit debuff sets.

Dark/Rad/Psi does fairly well, just missing out on the pet sets. Dark/Elec/Psi can take the pet sets, but that's at the expense of the to hit debuff sets.

I've been doing a little thinking on this project. I'm considering (very vaguely, and probably won't do it) a breakdown of slotting diversity - what powersets can slot the greatest number of different set types.