Tenzhi

So it's invalid to address a peanut allergy by avoiding peanuts, then?

Indeed. I21 is a bit better in that regards. Run forward, steal some guys powers, beat a Shivan, then teleport to Mercy and commence with murdering and torturing for a few levels.

Ah, well, I think many people do that sort of thing, though not necessarily with character creation. For instance, despite loathing seafood and having yet to find a dish incorporating it that I can stomach, if someone offers a sample of a seafood dish I haven't tried I might go for it. If I didn't do things like that I would never have discovered that I've begun to enjoy numerous vegetables that I used to hate.

Human nature, I'd say, is at war with itself. On one side we have natural human curiosity that drives us to create and try new things, and on the other we have a stubborn streak that tends to make us set in our ways (or, potentially, the ways of our forefathers, though that goes beyond the scope of this discussion). I think that time usually makes a victor of the latter, but the struggle is common enough on multiple fronts.

I could've sworn those were 25% XP bonuses...

It had great characters, decent action, nice art and animation, great music, and interesting episodes. And it got to the point and ended pretty quickly.

Most of the time when people are complaining about filler, it's in an anime that goes on for hundreds of episodes and the often lengthy filler interrupts the ongoing story.

So it won't be any time in September, then.

Does it matter? If a red name came in and confirmed that villain population was significantly lower, would it really make a difference? Chances are that the side who likes it the way it is would still insist that it's fine the way it is. Suddenly it would be *better* to have a lower population, and someone would inevitably link an essay, study, or statistics that show people tend to prefer to play heroes so a lower redside population is inevitable.

The reactor is mildly annoying, but I've never been on a successful "treespec." After several horrible failures, I stopped joining them altogether. I assumed that all villain TFs would be similarly more annoying than the hero's (which already tend to be more trouble than they're worth in my experience) and avoided all other redside TFs while I was playing there.

Right now I'm looking forward to I21 which will allow me to avoid Red and Yellow zones altogether (though I may make a trip to First Ward from time to time) as a matter of course.

Character creation for me tends to be wildly whim-driven. And the characters I create vary in depth and seriousness (and staying power). As someone who has made uncountable characters in numerous RPGs both as a player and a GM over the years, many of which embodied one concept or another that I nominally despise, I find my aesthetic comfort zone for playable character concepts to be quite vast. I do not think there are any aesthetic character creation choices in this game that would fall outside that comfort zone.

Mechanical choices, on the other hand, have been a stumbling block for me. Those have a raw, direct effect on "fun" for me. I have trouble making a Traps character even if I come up with a concept for one, simply because I dislike playing the set. If I have a concept for a character that regenerates I will inevitably pick Willpower over Regeneration (if Instant Healing were still a toggle, it'd be a tougher choice). If I have a concept that begs for a control set, once I21 comes out I'll probably make a Dominator rather than a Controller. And if I have a villain concept I'll probably ignore it, not because I dislike playing as villains but rather because I dislike the Redside environment.

Comfort zone aside, there are aesthetic (and mechanical, for that matter) choices that I often gravitate to as a matter of personal style. I like to make old men, robots, and monsters. And when I make non-monsterfied/robotic female characters I tend to increase their Physique and Waist sliders - I guess I prefer a more Renaissance/Rubenesque figure. But these are not set-in-stone predilections, just tendencies.

I would have. And would still find it far more entertaining than the alternatives.

I was using that awhile back... and then it inexplicably began crashing or horribly dropping framerate whenever I entered the sewers. I haven't revisited it since.

With their current visibility, it's not so much a matter of finding them as accidentally stumbling across them with a 'hey, what did I just get a badge for?'.

Personally, while I wouldn't want the spinning coins hovering over them, I'd like them to glint like a shiny object from afar to catch the attention of my inner jackdaw.

Well, the Master became a body-snatcher after he ran out of regenerations...

Their old body transforms into their new body. Basically, they macro their resurrection power with a costume change.

I also rather liked End of Time.

I liked Colin Baker's Doctor, craziness, garish outfit, and all. Peter Davison's was my least favourite Doctor.

Well, it was released on DVD a few months ago. Buy it already.

Time Lords regenerate into new bodies when their old one expires (or, occasionally, when they just feel like changing or are otherwise forced into it). This is the same Doctor, and if the one you recently saw is the newest one, it is number 11.

The newest Doctor is currently in his second season.

The Doctor you saw was number 4, Tom Baker. There's all sorts of information on Wikipedia.

Since Tom Baker, there's been Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sly McCoy, the guy in the Fox TV movie, Christopher Eccleston, and David Tennant. The newest Doctor is played by Matt Smith. Before Tom Baker there was Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, and William Hartnell.

You're probably talking about Leela. She was only in episodes with Tom Baker's Doctor.

I would probably put it in the base torso options, myself. They might add specific duplicate muscular options to the Tights section (and related sections in Jackets/Robes), but for Tops w/Skin the whole category would need to be duplicated so it would make more sense to me to just add a Muscular Tops w/Skin category.