Twisted Toon

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Fine!

Since so many people are tossing actual pictures of themselves out there....

Gander at this. Just don't make me cry

Oh, and nice pic, Arcana

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The wife and I have a picture like that. We had it taken at Hershey Park in Hershey PA...


http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...20hershey1.jpg

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mine was taken at Calico California. A real live Ghost town...

I didn't see any ghosts there. I Did see some spirits though.

When did the thread title get changed? I need to get in the habit of checking those every time I read the boards...

Fine!

Since so many people are tossing actual pictures of themselves out there....

Gander at this. Just don't make me cry

Oh, and nice pic, Arcana

What can I say that hasn't already been said?

Dear caves,

Should I post in this thread?

Thanks,
T T

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Hah, I wish I had a milkshake (so to speak, nyoro~n). But, unforunately.. I got my father's side of the genetics in that regard.

The terms 'flapjack' and 'ironing board' have been used rather accurately in other people's descriptions of me. As have 'shrew', 'flat', and 'occasionally berserk'.

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So when are we getting coffee?

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I have a Starbucks card...That should be able to afford...half a cup of coffee...

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mod 8 is coming to work with a chainsaw tomorrow.

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Finally, he fits in!

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that's what she said

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*wipes monitor off*

dang kids...

*grumbles*

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Also they are very effective opponents if you tangle with them and don't take out their controllers first.

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Confuse the bomber then watch the rest of the zombies with him drop as he explodes. It might take 2 bombers to actually drop the whole group, but you get the idea.

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To lazy to read duh

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Reading takes less effort than posting.

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No kidding.

Ever wonder how my post count got so big?

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You cheated?

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Jesus christ, I wake up in the morning and y'all have gone berserk.

Awesome.

To engage on a serious, serious topic, as a male, I was once offered by my father a large sum of money if I'd 'cut my damn hair.' I've got a kind of generic, nothing-special brown hair, and I proceeded to get it cut back to Jonathon-Brandis lookalike length, then, because I had money left over, bleach it. Turns out my hair doesn't take well to bleach - I wasn't a blonde, I was more a kind of orangey redhead for a few months.

Also, god damn, people post some interesting pics.

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Ok. Here you go...

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He didn't even mention the free cookies.

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That may be. but, the light side has milk.

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You can keep your heroic milk.

We on the Dark Side can has Grand Marnier. And Absolut. And Crown Royal, and all that kinda stuff. Bad habits, they do a body good. The occasional Assassin-Strike, well... that's just icing on the cake.

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Have you ever dunked an Oreo in a glass of Absolut?

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I can't tell if you're being facetious or not...in case you aren't, and are being serious, the age of the character and costume in question does not matter.

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I think you need to check the batteries in your sarcasm detector. It's far too over the top for them to actually believe it.

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I think that burned out my sarcasm detector...

Anywho. I have a character that is pretty much a ripoff of a relatively popular computer game from the 90s put out by Toys for Bob. You can see him over there on the left under my name. Had him for very close to 4 years now, and won't be surprised if he's Generic'd tomorrow.

Um...did I have a point? Hmm...

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*giggles* It was a d20. A Big Black Fluffy D20. I have a set of plush dice that are just so fun to squeeze!

But now I have to go move the image before anyone searches my posts for it >.>

-Rachel-

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but...but...dangit!!!!


By the way, blonds aren't all that. I prefer redheads or brunettes. To each his (or her) own.

I'm still bummed that Arcanaville didn't say anything about whether she'd marry me or not...


wait!

Does that mean she's thinking about it?

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He didn't even mention the free cookies.

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That may be. but, the light side has milk.

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If you do the work to create origin flavored powers then make them available to everyone then what was the point in making them at all?

You say I don't get it, I say it's obvious that you don't get it and you're not even trying to, you're stuck on this notion that nothing could possibly work when tied to an origin. Then why even pick an origin at all, lets just remove them from the game entirely because obviously they serve no purpose and you're not interested in having them serve one.

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Personally, I think the Origins the way they are is too restrictive. There should be an origin choice for each power set/pool that you choose.

I have characters that are Mutant/Tech or Magic/Tech in origin. Which "Origin Power Pools" would they be able to choose from?

I also have a Tech character that uses Nanobots. He's an Empathy/Electric Defender. However, the Nanobots can create pretty much anything; A Nemesis Staff, a jetpack, rocket boots, Tarot cards, a broom. You get the idea, I'm sure.

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I reject your reality and substitute it for my own! (Name who said that!)

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Adam Savage from Mythbusters.

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The point is that people who decline to address their END issues in some manner or another have lost their right to complain about it. They shouldnt be panhandling for blues.

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If I were to team with you, which I very rarely PuG, You wouldn't hear anything from me about needing Inspirations, unless I needed one to convert to an awaken, or something similar. Even then, I probably wouldn't ask for one. I'd just take my Stamina-less character to the hospital. I would probably get agrivated that you (the metephorical team in general, not you specifically) keeps killing the anchor for my debuffs.

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Controllers specifically were designed to not be able to solo very SLOOOOOW, they had next to no attacks.

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Fixed that statement for you. I solo'd a Controller in Issue 1. Did so quite well.

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Once he got his pets and loaded up in hasten to summon herds of pets, which was not intended and eventually nerfed. That was, though, one of the points where the devs decided no AT should really be that slow at soloing and doubled the damage the AT did from level 1 thanks to containment while nerfing the pets they found overpowered.

The full intention to this was to make the Controller a solo AT, not just a team one. It was from that patch that the Controller was considered redesigned to solo.

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Let me quote something said earlier in this thread...

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You read minds?

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Oh right, that was you wasn't it?

My Controller was not built to summon hoards of pets. He also made level 35 before Containment. Most controllers don't get pets until they're level 32. The Illusion Controller gets Pseudo-pets at level...18, I believe. But, its recharge is very long compared to the duration of the Phantom Army. So, they can't be relied upon for every battle. Unless, of course, you wait 3 minutes after each one. I'm not that patient.

The Controller was never meant to play solo at the same speed as a Scrapper. The fact that a Fire/Kin can is a fluke of the synergy of 2 sets. But then, the Fire/Kin does have its problems just like any other Power-sets/AT.

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<.< I'm doing fine as dark/regen without stamina.

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I have a Fire/Energy Blaster that does just fine without Stamina. In fact, a large majority of my characters don't have Stamina and don't have problems. But then, I have a different play style than the majority of the players as well.

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Controllers specifically were designed to not be able to solo very fast, they had next to no attacks.

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Fixed that statement for you. I solo'd a Controller in Issue 1. Did so quite well.

As I stated before, The Tank, Defender, Controller, and Blaster were designed to be team players. All the ATs were designed to be played, solo, from 1 to 50. They were not designed to take on the same things with equal ease or speed.

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The need to slow down, however, is a disadvantage not shared by the scrapper. That's a sign of imbalance. This is also why I don't like the argument that Defenders have an advantage in buffing others, and that they pay for that by not having much offense or personal defense. Being able to buff others is not an advantage when solo. Thus, a solo Defennder is more disadvantaged than other classes, and that isn't fair.

The same applies to Tankers relative to Scrappers in this case.

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Just to inform you since you seem to not know about this little tidbit...

There are 5 ATs Hero side. 4 of those 5 ATs are team oriented ATs. That means that they function more efficiently when they are doing their job rather than everyone elses.

The Defender's job is to buff/debuff. Not to deal or take massive amounts of damage.

The Tankers job is to take massive amount of damage. Not to deal it, or buff/debuff.

The Blaster's job is to deal massive amount of damage. Not take it or buff/debuff.

The Controller's job is crowd control. not to deal or take massive amounts of damage. Although, they can buff/debuff, its not their primary function.

Scrappers were designed to be the solo oriented AT. That means that they were designed to deal and take damage. However, since they do both, they won't do it as well as Blasters and Tanks with their specialties.

You really shouldn't compare apples and meatloaf.

note: I do understand that there are some cases where an AT will perform beyond their roles admirably. That isn't the standard though.

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The tanker would have to slow down to 63% of his normal killing speed for recovery do do enough for him to kill the same challenge the target can kill.

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Slow and steady wins the race?

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Despite what others may say: the tanker WAS designed to solo, soloing was just not their main thing. When the game came out tankers and scrappers both were listed as solo ATs, but the tanker was noted to do so slower.

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From what I understand. ALL the ATs were designed to be played solo all the way to 50. They just don't solo as well as the Scrapper. Also, just because you can play an AT solo, doesn't mean that you can solo everything in the game.

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* She doesn't worry about min/maxing.
* She could care less what the market was doing.
* She likes to visit places like Galaxy City, Perez Park and Boomtown on a whim.
* The MA is just a bigger sandbox for her to play in.
* Swimming in pools for a half hour, jumping of buildings without fly and smacking down mobs that con grey are all valid forms of entertainment to her.

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One of the best attitudes to have with this game. She's my kind of girl.


Oh! First after a Sister Flame update!!!

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4. Being... Odd.
--- I've got a high tolerance for this, but if your RP experience includes a 10-minute speech about the enemy you've just defeated, and how you plan to preserve justice, then you're OUT... This also applies to people who have macros for every single power.

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But...I have a mage...he casts spells...

Don't worry, I don't plan on teaming with him very often.

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There....There are simply no words for how horrible that movie looks.

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Yet, I feel the need to go and see it. Somebody save me from myself!

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I would, but I'm in the same situation...

Starsman,

You need to take you little calculator and...

...rewrite it to include incoming damage, health, and damage mitigation, to name a few things. Then you might actually see that a Tank will last a lot longer against an EB than a Blaster will. Both of which (note the correct spelling), are team oriented ATs. Whereas the Scrapper is a solo oriented AT. Of course the Scrapper will be more efficient vs most everything solo. That is the way its designed.

However, you take 3 scrappers and put them in a race against a Tank, and Defender, and a Blaster and see what happens. Again, you might be surprised.

In short, and many people have stated this already, Endurance is not the only factor used for balance.

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You don't need a perfect world you just need common sense.

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In a perfect world, everyone would have common sense. Unfortunately, we live in the real world were it seems to be in short supply.

Can I live in your perfect world please?


Here's a semi-"true" story...

Be sure to read this part. I emphasized the pertinent portion.
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Ah, but was this a true story? Well, sort of, but not quite — the "true" stuff ended with the tech's discovering that he was dealing with a user who was attempting to access a computer during a power outage. Everything from that point on is what he wished he could have said but wisely kept to himself.

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