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As a suggestion, to make it a homage and more likely to survive if you're deadset on it perhaps you could change it the Mobayishi Karu. Star Trek fans will still get the reference and it's not quite so egregious.

Whether a GM would see it that way is another matter, I can't read their minds. I just know I see Hulk and Wolverine names genericed regardless of the costume, and costume replicas (if petitioned) regardless of name reset to default. They are very strict and conservative when it comes to anything legal.

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Well actually, if you go to the U.S.Copyright Office search page: http://www.copyright.gov/records/

you'll see that the Kobayashi Maru story title is copyrighted by CBS Studios Inc.

I'd recommend that you remove or retitle this story-arc before it gets reported and you lose that slot to a locked mission.

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I wouldn't worry about it too much. The dev's are big enough nerds to appreciate the reference, and I seriously doubt any CBS employees are combing this game for their precious copyrights.

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If I run across a copyright/trademark violation I report it. I've reported for content once, for an arc that was full of DC and Marvel characters and actually had "Marvel" in the title. The game doesn't need another lawsuit.

If you don't want to change it, then don't, but don't be surprised or say you weren't warned when the arc is pulled. Someone is eventually going to report it. The more the arc is played, the more likely that is to happen.

Edit/PS: I'm a Trekkie and nerd. I would probably enjoy the arc. If you wrote something like this for my pen and paper RPG group it would be a blast, however in this game environment you're publishing and making this a permanent part of a game that is earning revenue. That's a totally different proposition for liability reasons.

You may wish to rename this arc before you get reported for content and have it banned for Copyright violation.

If I want to do anything with any of my old characters time has to have passed. I can work with one year.

I just don't want my characters stuck in time-stasis since the last time I wrote.

Game events don't have to be played out in perfect time order if we don't want them to be; the 2nd Rikti invasion, Midnight Squad and Cimerora, Ouroboros and the Menders, etc could happen tomorrow and it be "new" if that's the group consensus.

Just don't leave me writing a week from where I left off.

Thanks for the OOC thread! It was past time, I almost started it too.

I've bumped Artemis 4 years up, otherwise she'd still be 14 or 15. Helen would still be pregnant. Michael would be in the Praetorian world: Council Empire (he stayed there 3 years). Etc. No time fast forward and I'm shackled if I want to do anything with these characters, I'd like them to match where they are in game.

I'm even considering Helen as a minor character for PCU as an associate professor (IE: part time, one or two classes). If I wrote in Whitmoore it would be Maggie Riley and maybe Michael since the two are so closely associated in my mind.

Time bump FTW. Post 2nd Rikti Invasion! That's my vote.

I am glad when someone points out a spelling error in my arc, I thank them for it. I'll edit it as many times as necessary to get it right.

If there are only a few minor errors in an arc I won't down rate it, obviously the person took the time to work on it and just overlooked something. No big deal.

On the other hand, if it looks like a 10 year old wrote it without a spell check (even if one did) I will. Daddy should help him use spell check. When someone publishes, they are saying "This is ready to be played and is good." If it isn't, regardless of the reason, it should be rated accordingly. The MA is there for players to publish... and for other players to find arcs they like. The ratings are a reference, not a feel good "everyone passes" system.

Next raid is Wed 5/20 at 9pm Eastern (only night I have free that week).

I have one published arc for the community with only minor references to actual characters (something to make Liberty players smile).

I'm using private arcs for story telling - the ability to take heroes to the Rogue Isles and fight our archnemesis, investigate certain villains, fight our opposite number VG, for the villains to fight the SG.

Ultimately, once the crash bugs stabilize for me I will be writing full-blown private arcs for my SG. I can't publish them, three slots isn't many and I already have plans for the last two.

Nuclear in 90 (The Fusionette Task Force) is a nice arc for lowbies/low teens. It's well written and uses the Hellions as villains.

Bring a team, though I suppose you could solo it exemping. I and a friend exemped from 50 to do it.

(Cheap Plug: Mine will do for nearly any character after either SOs, Stamina, or a mez protection power. It can be soloed on a level 1 scrapper or a well slotted emp defender with a few attacks (tested both), but I'd reccommend the Hellion and Skull arcs to hit the teens first. Waiting until the 20s would be better. Really, please, mine can be fun. SKs to 30 and 41 for missions, no AV/EBs.)

Happy birthday, Pengy! Task Force!

I've played several that I've really enjoyed. I keep a written list and add to it whenever I find a gem so I can share it with my friends.

I think some of the criticism of DC arc is the result of jealousy. I know I am frustrated by the shortage of play of my arc, despite all my hard work. Nearly of the feedback I have gotten has been very positive, the worst of it said that the story was good but didn't make sense (their reason why actually didn't make sense). Despite that, I've been hit with enough zero stars (with no feedback) to knock me down to a four star rating and far, far down the page list. My arc will never be DC and I know it.

MA missions are fun, for many reasons:<ul type="square">[*]The variety of endless content[*]Unpredictability of custom mobs[*]Contact/story is ungated and available to any character, just pick from the list[*]The synopsis tells you (with the exception of AV/EBs) what you're doing ahead of time: Defeats, patrols, hostage rescue, etc.[*]The ability to tell your own stories[*]Sidekicking/Exemplaring teams of disparate levels[*]Buy the rare/uncommon salvage you need[/list]
So whoopeedoo, the farmers are (mostly) gone and the population in the MA buildings is less; cry doom. This is what I'm seeing:
<ul type="square">[*]Normal players are still playing MA, and in many cases have returned after being turned off and away by all the farming and farm spam. [*]I'm seeing people actually play my arc because they can find it. And people like it. [*]Farming is still going on to a much lesser degree. It's quieter, moved to private channels and SGs, but it's still there. The farmers just use smaller maps or reset... like in the regular game.[/list]

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In the last interview I read, Posi said that they have over 50 employees now and were getting ready to take a new company pic. I haven't seen the new pic yet.

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They also still have 12 openings.

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*dashes to the Paragon Studios jobs page, reads, and then sighs in disappointment*

Damn.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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HIRE THIS WOMAN!

You have only to watch her videos to know she's qualified and that she'll be fabulous at creating videos that actually make people want to play this game.

If I wasn't already playing this game and watched History in the Making (5th Anniversary Commemorative Video) I would have dropped what I was doing, downloaded the game, and stayed up all night trying it. Then I would have bought it the next day.

By comparison the Captain Amazing videos made me wonder what game they were talking about. Goofy camp doesn't make gamers want to play, game play does. Goofy camp appeals to very little roleplayers, story does. Even the I'm a Hero - I'm a Villain videow, while cute, didn't sell the game. Videos should sell the game. Samuraiko delivers the goods.

Hire this woman.

Note to self: When hiring an assassin with a sense of humor, do not use euphemisms. Clear communication is key.

Thanks, Bill. That was precious.

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QFT.

1500 tickets possible per mission is still a lot, and as a time investment if you're 'not-farming' you can still rake in a lot of recipes and salvage (which you get to choose) purchases, more than you would be able to get through normal missions. The only thing you won't be getting are purple recipes.

If it's a challenge map, make the map any size but large, IE: not a farm.

As far as I can tell, the only ones screaming are the farmers. Anyone who is whining about this change and says "I'm not a farmer" is lying as far as I'm concerned.

Edit/PS: I'm not anti-farming, but the Devs have made their stance on this clear. Take the farming back to Taskforces, PI and Grandville.

A way to get around this is to use the custom critter creator and replicate as close as you can the villain groups you intend to use. The only difficulty would be file size, if you don't make too many customs per villain group (perhaps 1 minion, 1 lt, 1 boss) you should be able to do it.

I'll bite:

This is the worst thing the devs have done since ED.

Instead of wasting their time on this, the devs should get off their lazy butts and finally fix Costume parts clipping.

And hey, where the hell is my moon zone???

This game is so phail; they should make it more like Hello Kitty Island Adventure.

This game is SOOO going down; everyone I know is leaving for Hello Kitty Island Adventure.

I'm so fed up with the game, I just put another pin in my Moderator08 voodoo doll.

Everyone loves Moderator08, that's how ridiculous this is.

I think it is a hoax.

I've never gotten any of the spoof emails that were going around a few months ago. I didn't get this one either. My email address is not listed on my forum profile.

There is nothing on the official website.

Hoax. Intended to discredit the game and cause strife and drive people to play Champions.

Next raid is Wed 5/13 at 9pm Eastern.

I read everything, and I wrote my MA arc for the same type of player.

I don't think the problem is Lesbian Hellions.

I think the problem is the kidnapping, forced sexual conversion, and sexual exploitation. Reverse it - would it be okay if it was Male Heterosexual Hellions kidnapping female heroes for similar purposes? I don't think so.

If this was an arc about Lesbian Hellions robbing banks I don't think there would be an issue. Homosexuality and Transgender discrimination is wrong, NC Soft has supported this community in the past. I believe they will do so in the future.

I realize there is some writing in canon that skirts the edges, but it does just that... skirts the edges, it doesn't dance blatantly in a tutu.

Edit: IMO, a revision of these particular items, but not the lesbian theme, and it should be fine. If it isn't, then you have an argument.

AE System
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Welcome to Architect Entertainment -- Neutral
Death for Dollars! -- Neutral
Bare Knuckles of Rage (9304)
Signal to Noise -- Neutral -- 67277
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Allegory
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Who is Kidnapping the World's Great Philosophers? -- Neutral -- 86347
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Character/Supergroup Origins
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Birth of a Fossil -- Heroic
Secret Origins(Tech) The Snake Women of Epsilon V (42221) - Heroic
Noah Reborn -- Heroic (2370)
Polar Emergence Neutral Government User Interface Network (PENGUIN) #29205 - Heroic
Jumping in Feet First - Heroic - 1345
Midnight Bells Toll ----Villanious
A Hero is made, Not Born. -- Heroic -- Arc# 20863
A Mother's Nightmare -- Heroic -- #6955
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A Rose's Thorns -- Heroic -- 113224


Classic Super-Hero/Super-Villain
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THE BOMBER --- Heroic --- Arc 16607
In The Shadow of Statesman --Neutral--1160
A Show to Die For! --- Heroic --- 30645
Check... and Mate #15095 - Heroic - Mini Task Force
Teen Phalanx Forever! -- Heroic (67335)
This Life Immortal - (5756) Heroic
Paradox Paradox - (69221) Heroic Stop yourself and Stellar from being erased!
Sidekicks Can Be A Pain In The Cape - (28430)
'Tis Nobler in the Mind - Heroic
Deadly Sins! - 99366: fairly tough arc, can be solo'd.
Marketing Opportunity - Villainous - 83747
To Save A Single World - Heroic - 83744
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Comedy
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The String Thief, Arc ID: 15726 Neutral 1-54
Mean People, Arc ID:16690 Neutral 1-54
The Extadine Lab -- Heroic (2595)
MacGuffin Delivery Service (1567) -- Villainous
ParaCon -- Heroic (1684)
The new and improved Lord Recluse Strike Force -- Villainous (though I wouldn't recommend against a hero )
The Fire Bunnies - Neutral, They are only bunnies after all...
You Say It's Your Birthday! (3630) - Neutral
Trademark Infringement -- Heroic (2220)
Hail to the King Neutral (34640)
Walk On the Wild Side - Neutral - 3580
Shirley You Jest (25474) -- Neutral
The Invasion of the Bikini Clad Samurai Vampiresses from Outer Space! - Heroic - 61013
Gnomish Madness (30204) - Heroic
Doctor Nadir and the Hellion Heist (49661) - Heroic
Laugh? I Thought I'd DIE! - Heroic
The P.U.G. Strike force (arc 35585) -Villian
A Translator is the Wind or the Thunder in Turns -- (2936) - Heroic
What's in a Name? - Villainous
None More Black, Dude! (#86312) Neutral
Rise of the Drakule - Neutral
Return of the Revenge of the Son of Drakule Part 2: First Blood - Neutral
Martian Chimpanzees and the Cyborg Cheerleaders of DOOM! (Arc #69947) - Heroic
Daytime Divas - #94504 Where else can you get a hair extension as a souvenir?
Death to Disco! - (Neutral, 84420) A short arc that has time travel, silk shirts, platform shoes, Jimmy Carter and a chance to save Rock and Roll.
Too Many Bunnygirls! - ID#101165(neutral). Time to stop them once and for all.
Invasion on Earth BX1132! - Neutral - 45+ - #98943
Ee=Ai-Ee-Ai-Oh! - Neutral - 3662
The foul-mouthed Handyman! - Neutral - 1076
City of Norms - Neutral - 132944
Killing The Meow Farm - 141625 - Neutral
Shortbow - Arc ID: 143566 - Heroic Lvl: 30-38
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Comedy/Drama
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Kidnapping an Idol 136188 Neutral
Fashion Apocalypse - Neutral - 14840
The Running of the Bulls -- Heroic 29973
A Super Team is Born -- Heroic
Cause of How Some Silly Stealed My Wings #1481 -- Neutral
How to Survive a Robot Uprising -- Heroic (12669)
Dr. Duplicate's Dastardly Dare -- Neutral
It's a Nice Day for a White Wedding (9059) -- Neutral
TURG FICTION: Ghost in the Machine, Act I - Heroic (althoughs romantic villains could try this too )
Rum Runners of Bloody Bay (3691) - Heroic
Have a Blap, Blap, Blappy Day Kids! (2019)
The Toypocalypse! (49280) - Heroic
Fishing for Fame with Red Herring - Heroic (66861)
Putting Out Fires: A Corporate Satire (20100) - Villainous
The Rise and Refall of Pets'n'Things.com - Heroic - 1061
The Cat's in the Cradle (8776) - Villainous
Females for Hire - Neutral (Heroic and/or Mercenary motivations) (110723)
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Crime/Gangs
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Bricked Electronics -- Heroic (LIVE! 2180)
The Bravuran Jobs -- Villainous (16809)
The Black Flag Is On The Rise (Pirates!) - Villainous
The Monstrous Regiment of Lesbian Hellions -- Heroic (27178)
Win the 2009 Freak-Lympics (2150) - Villainous
Ninja Crimewave! (2142) - Heroic
Whitehawks (Arc 49364) -- Heroic
The Internet is for Crime (53385) - Villains
Plastic Pistol Peril (1135) - Heroic
Friends in Need (Of Body Parts) - Villainous (31005)
A Little RnR - Heroic (17523) click for Promotional Poster
Mechanical Mayhem - Villainous (76721)
Females for Hire (about a mercenary gang) - Neutral (Heroic and/or Mercenary motivations) (110723)
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Drama
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The Conciliators: Simone -- Heroic (4010)
The Fan Club -- Heroic
Matchstick Women -- Heroic -- 3369
Of Mentors and Legacy - Heroic - 1589
Digital Love -- Neutral -- 3571
A Flame the Burns Bright- 112548
Clonus, Parts 1 &amp; 2 - Arc ID: 21499 - Heroic Lvl 30-54
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Global Domination
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Axis and Allies -- Villainous (1379)
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Global Destruction
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The Twilight of this Blue Orb -- Villainous (98529)
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Heist
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Celebrity Kidnapping -- Villainous (1388)
Easy Money -- Villainous (31490)
The Great Diamond Heist -- Villainous (96169)
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Historical (Realistic)
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Wrinkle in Time -- Heroic(68920)
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Historical (CoH Lore)
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The War on Superadine - The Regulators in their 1980's drug war (Heroic) (Arc 7959)
Origins - Volume 1 (57077) -- Heroic
The Once and Future King (#71601) - Heroic
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Holiday
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City of Ho Ho Ho #18775 - Heroic
Hectic Holidays -- Heroic (36999) also comedy
Santa's Missing List - 34961
Santa's Workshop of Misfit Toys - heroic - 134140
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Horror
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Astoria in D Minor (41565) -- Heroic
Dark Dreams (3615)
D!E COUNT DADDY MACULA D!E! (10619) -- Heroic (1970's Action/Horror)
Don't Play With The Dead (31813) -- Neutral
The Amulet of J'gara (1709) -- Heroic
Project: Perilous - Into the Chthonian Pit (#3586) - Neutral (Unless you happen to be a mad cultist, in which case, go nuts!)
Small Fears -- Heroic
Lights, Camera, Scream! (#68627) - 3 Mission arc that get's you into the B-Horror film circuit.
Duality --Heroic -- 84105
Hunting the Hunters --Villainous -- 93362 - Help a vampire find out who is hunting his people
Creepy Crawlers - Arc ID: 82553 (Lv 41 - 52, a short, solo-friendly ghost story. Best played alone.)
I Will Dance On Your Grave - Arc ID 92630 – Any level, no EBs or AVs, Voodoo, Necromancy
Movie Monster Madness.. - 102058
Something Comes to Yarmouth(58812) - Heroic, levels 25+ (masearch link)
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The Zombie Apocalypse Task Force: Something wicked this way comes.


Large-Scale Crisis
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Alpha and Omega (60015) -- Heroic
Is it Live or is it Memory-X - Arc ID #70210 - Heroic
This Is War, Part I - the Revenge of Hro'Dtohz -- Neutral
Win the Past, Own the Future - Heroic
A Warrior's Friend - Heroic
The Clockwork War -- Heroic (18672)
Flight of the Valkyries - Precursor (20272) -- Neutral
War of the Worlds - The Anakim Invasion - Part 1, Neutral (15006)
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat....ue#Post13304513
War of the Worlds - The Anakim Invasion - Part 2, The Terran Revolt, Neutral (46711)
url=http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&amp;Number=13304455&amp;an=0&am p;page=0#Post13304455
Bleed the Freak - Arc ID #6919 - Heroic
The All-Seeing Eye - Arc ID #57352 - Heroic [SFMA, Soloable, No EB/AVs, Auto-SK to 30/41)
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Magic
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The Magical Miss Fitz (5079) -- Heroic
Chains of Blood (5492) -- Heroic
A Deal with Destiny -- Heroic
The Broken Chain (82378) -- heroic
Croatoa's Great War: The Parfait Family Reunion -- Neutral -- 71880
Rex is Missing! - Heroic - 51702
The Tannhäuser Gate (Arc 96322)
I Will Dance On Your Grave - Arc ID 92630 – Any level, no EBs or AVs, Voodoo, Necromancy
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Military
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Redoubt Operations #1: Fires over Kalago -- Heroic
Red Typhoon (Arc 4912) -- Heroic
Whitehawks (Arc 49364) -- Heroic
Axis and Allies -- Villainous (1379)
Vanguard AQUA (58475) -- Neutral
Wings of Deception, 101926
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Misc. Adventure
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Impossible Kung Fu Mission -- Nuetral (111367)
The Portal Bandits (3326) -- Heroic
A Glitch in the Wyre- Arc 73197-- Neutral (Fun for both the good kids and the bad kids too!)
The Council Cargo - Arc ID: 36951 (Heroic, Lv 26 - 31, solo or team)
Hero Therapy! (TM) - 119228



Mystery
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Blowback (18575) -- Heroic
Dream Paper -- Heroic (13030)
Dream Paper 2: Restless Sleep -- Heroic (16797)
Dream Paper 3: Broken Dreams -- Heroic (13064)
Hunter of Beasts: It begins with a riot... Arc ID: 110465 - Heroic
Females for Hire - Neutral (Heroic and/or Mercenary motivations) (110723)
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Mythology
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Atlantis Attacks! -- Neutral (30898) -- Click for Promotional Poster
The Seelie War -- Heroic
The Unseelie War -- Villainous
[b] The Seeds of Yggdrasil[b/] -- heroic
Tales of Cimerora, volume 1 : Of feathers and fur -- Heroic
The Aegis Affair - Heroic - **** - 16376
Witches and Warriors (53006)- Heroic
Rites of the Maenads (61159) - Heroic
The Parable of the Fruit Salad -- Heroic -- 65369
The Eye of Balor (88176) - Heroic
Madness And The Minotaur - Neutral - 90124
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Nemesis Plots
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Brass Reaver: Part 1 -- Neutral
The Handbag Plot -- Heroicish -- 36414
Rise and Fall of the Iron General -- Heroic -- 142200
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Player-Chosen Outcome
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Hunting the Dark Dragon -- Heroic
Playing Gods -- Heroic (51106)
Time's Maelstrom -- Heroic #147296
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Sci-Fi
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Above Mars - Part 1: The Wellington -- Neutral (13215)
Adventures of the Space Marines -- Neutral
Adventures of the Space Marines 2 -- Neutral
The Adventures of the United Earth Rangers -- Neutral (29549)
The Continuing Adventures of the United Earth Rangers -- Neutral (70237)
The Final Nemesis
The Knights of Rularuu -- Heroic (75386)
[color= #bbff88]Reach for the Stars -- Neutral (78904) [/color]
Spaced Invaders --Heroic(56856)
That Mysterious Buzzing Sound - 12774
The Balance of Power - 26931 - Neutral
welcome to donut world - 1233 heroic
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Un-themed Survival/AV/Time Challenges
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The Meatgrinder -- Neutral
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Puzzles/Riddles
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Grim Riddles (#1396) - Heroic
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This would be very useful and time saving. I would really like to see this implemented.

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Minion damage with the "special" ranged powers added to melee sets.

Shurikens:
(1.07s activation, 8.00s Recharge)
Level 10: 46
Level 20: 92
Level 30: 149
Level 40: 198
Level 50: 219

Gloom:
(1.10s activation, 8.00s recharge)
Level 10: 39
Level 20: 79
Level 30: 128
Level 40: 171
Level 50: 188

Lightning Bolt, Power Blast, Ice Blast, Hurl*, Hurl Boulder*, Impale**:
(1.67s activation, 8.00s recharge)
(*2.50s activation for Hurl, Hurl Boulder)
(**2.43s activation for Impale)
Level 10: 36
Level 20: 73
Level 30: 119
Level 40: 159
Level 50: 175

Focus:
(1.17s activation, 6.40s recharge)
Level 10: 31
Level 20: 62
Level 30: 101
Level 40: 135
Level 50: 148

Fire Blast: (1.67s activation, 4.00s recharge)
Level 10: 30
Level 20: 60
Level 30: 98
Level 40: 131
Level 50: 145

Throwing Knives: (1.00s activation, 8.00s Recharge)
Level 10: 27
Level 20: 55
Level 30: 89
Level 40: 119
Level 50: 131

To start the fight, worst case scenario is you're facing 3 shuriken users, and they all hit. With the DOT, this is 657 damage, with 477 more coming in 9.07 seconds, and 180 points of DOT over the next 5 seconds after the second hit, if you keep them at range. This is a total of 1314 damage in 15.14 seconds from engagement to the finish of the DOT.

However, this is with all the attacks hitting.

On average, with the 50% minion hitrate, you will suffer half that much, clocking in at 657. You have a 1/64 chance of being hit with ALL of the damage. However, since a player fights many spawns of 3 minions when soloing, this is an eventuality they will have to cope with in actual play.

It looks to me like they hit the mark you guys seem to be talking about with throwing knives, which never eclipse any similar 8.00 second recharge attack.

Fire Blast is a bit of a fluke, being the only 4 second recharge attack, but showing a lot of power relative to it's peers despite the shorter recharge.

The ranged powers in the Lightning Bolt etc. tier all match the damage of a typical 8 second recharge melee attack: Chop, Pulverize. Oddly, Heavy Stone Fist clocks in with higher damage, and a faster animation. Gloom is merely seeing it's "I'm all DOT" bonus above and beyond the other "8 second" ranged attacks.

Then we have Shurikens. Clocking in at 25% more damage than the "normal" 8 second recharge attacks, but sharing Throwing Knives' fast animation. I see this power being a real deal breaker, and as demonstrated above, is statistically eventually going to kill undefended squishies in 2 volleys, with the first volley having a not insignifigant 1/8 chance of lopping off as much or more than 1/2 their health. Bear in mind that that analysis ignored the possibility of the NPC's in question closing to melee and using other attacks, or using other ranged attacks from a secondary powerset, both of which would result in a much faster kill time than the 15 seconds quoted above.

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What about Aim and Build Up? Wouldn't that make this even more lethal?