Starflier

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  1. Starflier

    The Cape 1-31-11

    I liked the episode. Summer Glau is getting better looking every year. Mena Suvari, not so much. Could use some decent fights though. Too much drama, not enough punching.
  2. I got both my MM's from 24 to 26. That may be a new Double XP record for me.
  3. No, but I do tend to transfer them off to other servers to collect dust since I don't generally waste time on them after that.
  4. From his bio on IMDB:

    Quote:
    Cavill auditioned for the lead role in Batman Begins, but lost out to Christian Bale. In 2005, he became a young contender for the role of James Bond, and performed in a final screentest. However, the producers believed Cavill was too young for the role, which then went to Daniel Craig. He also auditioned for the role of Superman in Superman Returns, and was reportedly under heavy consideration before the October 2004 casting of Brandon Routh. Due to this; In the December 2005 edition of Empire Magazine, he was dubbed "...the most unlucky man in Hollywood".
    Might work, might not. Guess we'll see.
  5. I went Elec/DA. You still get one telenuke, which goes nicely with DR for an opening pick-me-up if you're a little banged up. A useful self rez for when **** eventually goes sideways, loads of control, a monster heal, a damage aura, stealth for those times you're feeling lazy, and protection from both psi damage and end drain. All-in-all, a good trade for shield charge.


    Then again, there is something to be said for the awe-inspiring, spawn-levelling damage with set-and-forget survivability that elec/shield provides.
  6. The hip bone's connected to the shoulder socket...



    Liefield would be proud.

    Seriously though, that's pretty bad.
  7. My wife and I have both done that a few times. With 47 alternate covers for every issue of every comic, it's to be expected. I suppose we should just be happy the shelves don't collapse under all that weight.
  8. Grav/Sonic controller I play on a static team.

    Emp/AR defender that I solo.

    Also, there's a good chance that any given character of mine is the worst combo available to that particular AT, as crowned by popular opinion. Grav/Sonic troller, AR/Dev blaster, MA/Fire scrapper (though maybe not anymore). I don't plan it that way, but it does seem to happen a lot.
  9. Starflier

    New Smallville

    Damn, now where will people who have no interest in the show go to complain about things they don't care about?
  10. Playing a Grav/Sonic at the moment, and I will say that Sonic is definitely not going to 'wow' anyone. Its effect on gameplay is low-key and not really overpowering. If that's what you're looking for, I would suggest trying something else. I like Sonic, but it's not really a top tier set (hell, it's probably the bottom tier). I've never played Illusion so I can't really help with that.

    Grav/Sonic does have some nice synergy I've found, particularly between Wormhole and Disruption Field, although I'm mostly using it as a concept for a 'gravity' secondary.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison View Post
    Get your hands on the Theft of Essence proc, which is a chance for +endurance, and slot it in Dark Regeneration. With ten targets around you, it almost always pays for the endurance cost itself, and if you're lucky you can actually fill both bars.
    This.

    I don't think there's a single enhancement, other than the -KB IO's that improved a character of mine as much as the ToE proc. Should be in the dictionary somewhere between 'essential' and 'game changer'.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Toony View Post
    Confuse has some sort of magic ability to cause your entire team to go and kill the guy with purple dots around his head the second you confuse them. Mass confuse is abit better because they can't kill everything at once....usually.
    So do toggles anchored on enemies. Hell, I sometimes find myself killing my own anchor right after laying down the debuff. Partly why I can't play my rad/rad.
  13. Yeah, watched it Sunday night and enjoyed it. I'm liking the morality mosh pit the show has going on. Too bad that stuff can get irritating pretty fast, so hopefully they don't ride it till the wheels fall off.
  14. Bah, I've got Matrix prequels.

    I just run the 4 Terminator movies before hand for a great big disjointed movie arc.

    Explosions!
  15. A lot of names have been added to the blocked list since the game began. In some cases, people who had those names before they were added were able to keep them (as long as they don't reroll).
  16. The real answer is Nemesis. Not because he planned the whole thing, but because of stacking Vengeance. I can just picture a little Jaeger taking out entire legions of enemies after a few dozen applications of sweet, sweet Vengeance. And that picture makes me laugh.
  17. Starflier

    Axe vs. Mace

    Mace is slightly better for damage; Axe has better, or more consistent, mitigation.

    As mentioned, Axe does knockdown, rather than knockback for the most part.

    It's a tossup, although I do like the customization options for axe more than mace.
  18. I want Nin ported to tankers with AoE placate left intact, because sometimes teammates just don't learn without a little tough love.

    And because I'm a little bit evil.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by warden_de_dios View Post
    I owned the Marvel version of that crossover, the one on the right.
    Ditto. Still have it sitting in a box somewhere.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zikar View Post
    Longbow is only tangentially approved by America. I'd expect if push came to shoved into war, the US would rather cut ties with Longbow that be dragged into war with Arachnos.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Daemodand View Post
    And Lord Recluse hasn't pulled the trigger on a full invasion of Paragon City. Could it be he suspects, or even knows, that Arachnos cannot win such a war?
    Okay, should have included the other sentence about invading Paragon City, which does seem to be a popular hobby for the villains of CoH. Yeah, in a schoolyard-style, neutral territory fight, I think Arachnos would likely win, although more on account of their crazy tech, and not so much because they would be more cutthroat.

    There's only so much 'invading US soil' the president is going to allow before the army got involved. My guess is that 'so much' is likely 'none'.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Daemodand View Post
    Could it be he suspects, or even knows, that Arachnos cannot win such a war?
    To be fair, it wouldn't be an Arachnos vs Longbow war, it would be an Arachnos vs USA war. Arachnos isn't going to win that fight.
  22. Scrappers. Katana/Willpower or Broadsword/Shield should do the trick for easy, yet effective.

    Then again, there are no bad scrapper combos, just not enough time to play them all.
  23. The same thing I've wanted since I started playing this game in January '05: shiny/sleek tights options anywhere there are 'regular' tights options, ie. for masks, skirts, etc. They went part of the way when they added it for gloves and boots. So why not finish the job?
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kai View Post
    None of my 27 alt bios are alike aside from one tag. Some are factual, some are like Paragon Times news articles about the character, some are descriptive, some are one liners, some have a history of the character...whatever strikes me as fitting at the time.
    Same here. The style varies wildly with each character.