VoiceOfIsaac

....Whoa!

Okay, big thanks to kviri for plugging my arc! I didn't even know this thread existed until today!

Thank you VERY much for the kind words about my arc, seriously! I really hope people enjoy it, it was great fun to write and test.

1. Are you male or female?

Male.

2. What ATs do you mostly play, and for what reason(s)?

Masterminds for the "Wow that was cool" factor, Defenders because I love force multipliers (I'm in several Defender-only SGs that are a lot of fun), and Scrappers for their straightforward balance of power and defense. I play nearly every other AT as well, but those are my top three.

3. Redside, blueside, purpleside, or any combination of the above?

I play all factions roughly equally -- blue, red, and now Praetorian yellow/gray.

4. What are your favorite story arcs?

The "Television" arc in CoV is fun for sheer goofy pop-culture weirdness. Gaussian's arc in the RWZ is fun for the challenge (renegade Vanguard seem to be the nastiest critters in the game in my mind), and I never get tired of the four arcs in Faultline from 15-25, because of the interesting NPCs you encounter and fight there, Fusionette aside.

5. What makes you like this game?

It's fun, and I enjoy leveling characters up and see them grow in strength.

6. What other games do you play?

Currently? Civilization V, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, Modnation Racers, and Defense Grid: The Awakening. There are others, but those draw me in first. No other MMO's currently, but I've played Aion (pretty, but didn't like the gameplay), Star Trek Online (love the ship combat, but the game needs polish overall), and World of Warcraft (I'm not just not into raiding or PVP). I'm definitely going to play Star Wars: The Old Republic when that hits.

7. How long have you been playing?

I've been playing City of Heroes for... (checks vet rewards) 69+ months now.

8. How many alts do you have, what is the average level range, and how many are level 50?

Too many alts to count, at least half the servers are nearly full, and Virtue and Freedom have a fair number of extra slots bought and filled. I'd say most of them are in the 15-30 range. I only have three fifties... the first was an MA/SR scrapper, the second was a Bots/Traps mastermind, and the third was a DarkMiasma/Radblast defender. I've got a couple other defenders and a Peacebringer in the 40's, though.

9. Do you bother with softcaps, set bonuses, and all that numerical stuff? What difficulty settings to you normally use?

I can never keep the numbers straight, honestly, and don't really try. I'm practiced enough with the game that by the time I get SO's, I usually crank up the difficulty to at least +1 level, and a couple of notches on spawn numbers as well, and am surviving fairly well. I usually keep the lower level content at base difficulty, especially the new Praetorian arcs.

Okay, I have to admit that I've never even HEARD of Brass Monday. Could someone give some context for this, please?

I'd like to see some more material on the Korean heroes (Foreshadow, Mirror Spirit, Spark Blade, and... Rose? I can't remember the tank's name, but she's blonde and has a Rose tattoo on her arm).

I actually have a serious thought to come out of this -- although let definitely voice my agreement to the "Liquid X is awesome" sentiment here!

I recently ran a couple of missions from Serpent Drummer recently. One in particular, the "Protect Lady Gray" mission, was a very pleasant diversion from the usual mission structure. In this, you're standing in a room where a bunch of NPC's are chatting, a Rikti-Vanguard peace summit. You're directed to talk to Serp.Drummer, standing in the back, who asks you to go check the security log. This triggers a cut-scene where you see Lady Gray being ambushed, and you have to go run and help her out.

What if you used this framework for a Wedding? Mission starts out with people standing around the wedding reception, and then you go click on a glowie (say, to "take a phone call"), which triggers a cut scene of villains attacking and disabling most of the guests. You then have to run back to where the bride and groom are, and protect them from the crashers. It's a classic comic story (wedding crashed by villains), and could make for a lot of fun for players!

What'cha think, devs?

Are we supposed to be able to hurt the Signature Characters (Statesman, et. al.)? On wednesday, I was on in a fairly busy shard of RV, where the villains drastically outnumbered the heroes. As a result, the villains would rack up heavy majority of pillboxes in short order, and the Freedom Phalanx would spawn to try and even the odds.

I encountered Positron most often, Manticore a close second, Statesman on two occasions, and Back Alley Brawler once.

These NPC's were getting *swarmed* by villains. Despite that, I don't think I ever saw any of the Phalanx NPC's take so much as one hit point of damage.

I can understand that these NPC's are supposed to be ungodly tough, sure. Lots of hit points, strong defenses and/or resistances, probably some self-heals or Dull Pain equivalents. No problem with that.

But when they can wade through a crowd of twenty villains, half of them brutes with built-up fury bars and hopped up on accuracy buffs or inspirations, and their HP bar doesn't even *flicker*? That seems to be too much.

- Isaac

V-X made the cut?

WOOHOO! My roommate and my wife helped me design that costume, wait until they hear this!

Thanks, guys! You just made my weekend!

For those of us that missed the original post in question, could someone post a link?

My wife (Radical Girl) and I both play, and often team up together. Not all of our characters have connecting backstories, but a couple here and there do, just for light RP fun.

At the same time, she's got friends that she teams with, and I have some friends that I team with, and we have some mutual friends we both team with. We know of two other married couples in the game, and went on a "Double Date" teamup evening once, the four of us chatting on Teamspeak as the four of us scythed through missions. Great fun!