Warscythe

Ok confused on the communication - theres been chatting with Big Game from Riled and such - and remember the Corp is led by the group not one person. Riled still is seen as big cheese by most of us, and the MM question wasnt a trial just to ask how your MM's can have maximum pets at the level you PM'd me at.

Like I said I just wanted clarification, you gave it so its done.

Shaking his head again he flipped his com bead

"Kurze here calling in - Alert ops we have a situation here, and while y'r at it - someone get me patched through to our Arachnos liason, theyre gonna s**t kittens when they hear of these idiots"

He smiled to himself and look over the horizon to the nearby looming towers of Aeon City, and calculating numbers in his head he nodded to himself and moved off to another side - popping out a small electronic looking device and sticking it to a side wall as he deftly moved to the opposite parapet.

"Locator beacon dropped, got the boys waitin up top, we have a few of the Courts goons goin nuts with artillery an the Priests cosplay lookin amateurs roamin the lawns, whats the order?"

Ok fair enough, but you have 5 masterminds at level 50? cool whats the toon names?

Upon the roar of the helicopters he swore under his breath

"God damn amateurs - no wonder the corp dont deal with these freakin idiots"

With one swift hand movement - he ordered his men entrenched on the roof to hold fire and spread out - a series of hand gestures re organizing the highly armed thugs into better positions, and slipping into a shadowform - edged his way to the lip of the nearest roof edge

He wanted a look at the scene, gauge his best way through this mess and also to see just how many simple part timers were messing this up, he wasnt about to risk his men over a stupid battle, he had faced down much smarter enemies before.

With one slow movement he peered over the edge . . .

I agree with Alpha tbh, ok I *may* have had a pot shot at him for fireballing a doorway with a Kat/Regen that he hasnt even got those powers with yet but - ok I can forgive that but when theres no real outlay of plot and then attack choppers and multiple armies of masterminds (which I may add -how- do you have them in the nighthunters seeing its a hero sg and as yet MM's cannot go that side, ergo where all this is coming from) In honesty it feels like Kahn waiting in warburg for 50+alts to load in *yes it happened*

Again im loving this plot, Bathory, Moril, Bunny, Alpha, Big Game etc have done a bang up job with it - and im only just getting into the plot it just seems to be a big thing to suddenly have all of this happen, thats why it felt like endgame - and im still trying to roll with it i.e having my guy (whoi is an MM but is actually from redside - go figure) on the roof but I asked Bathory about this before the whole *attack* choppers and magical mass army of masterminds from blueside.

I totally agree with Big Game or someone *sensible* like him being a mod - i.e any major plot stupidity going by him, yet again we have a great plot starting to get silly all through liberal exaggeration.

Im sorry but im totally with Alpha on this.

Aye as bunny stated there seemed to be a lot of plotting and interweaving between factions going on which I was beginning to like - then just as the corp gets involved something happened and im unsure as to where.

Probably when Alpha blew the doors open but doubt it got kickstarted there as Alpha being a part of the corp - but regardless it turned from a real nice plot into a closing scrambled fight - ive had to change midway the corps plans to put Kurze in the midst of this fight - and unfortunately cut out some other work that was being looked at by other players.

Its not a major worry but seems a little messy compared to the real nice little games that were being played between folks previously, and lso to repeat Bunny's sentiment - will be a little tough to set something up short notice and tonight with the CoT invasion.

Im all for a big RP meet though but im a little saddened at how this has ended, quite the same to the rushed ending to the Rogue wars, it seems these plots start really really nicely but somewhere the ending is rushed, its nice to have a long term plot sometimes y'know?

Either way its been a good plot overall and big thanks to Big Game for setting it up.

Amidst the carnage and atop the roof of Castle Bathory - shadows seemed to move of their own accord, a dim corner amidst the parapets shifting around - in the midst of this stood a slim male, dressed head to toe in a black kevlar bodyglove, small glyphs warding the edges of the overlapping armour plates, lighting a cigarette the figure smiled to himself before looking amidst the rolling shadows to the group of well armed men around him

"Boys, this is what were gettin paid for - y'all know what needs t'be done now - dont wanna see not one o'yall get pinched by these final fantasy nut nancyboys in black y'hear? - now go"

He turned as the men shifted to points on the roof - each taking a well defended position - looking now to the large shadow form glaring before him

"I got a diff'rent job f'you old friend " - the shadow form almost growled " Yeah yeah - s@@t happens, I dont like this either but we got a job t'do an im here t'do it, I want you outta sight untill I call you - got it?"

The shadow form growled again in distaste but on cue, meleded into nothingness, the man smiled within his own shadowcast, cocking the twin Desert Eagles and setting back against the wall as the shape of black clad men descended on parachutes.

"Time to play"

Pious and Thunderar's points are cool and help explain it more as to how far you stretch it - but to go back - imho a lot of whats ingame canon regarding levels is misconstrued, the longbow security level i.e 1-50 is what they class you as IC wise so to push past that in my view is to break game canon - even if slightly, but still with forum RP I would see it as different as some other peeps have mentioned it depends how long the plot takes to unfurl on the forums, meaning your toon - if hammered might be at that point.

I just would feel a little cheated if someone had a high end toon they have worked a long time on - to be overdone if I decided to make a new character and state that he *hopefully* one day will be 50 and io'd up to the gills ergo he can do all of that right now. I would feel a little like im playing beyond the form of rule bending.

That said, my question comes to this - was here to ask who has a character, npc or otherwise that is on the *hunted* list that hasnt yet been attacked

Hey dont take what I said as a snipe - far from it, hell I -know- the game doesnt allow for fun balance IC wise and stretches must be made, im on your side. I was just wondering where the acceptable line is, me personally I tend to try my best to use what I can-cant do in game as a base rule - if I can tank a team hitting Jurassik then I will use that IC, its only fair, but my squishy defender isnt going to be able to pulverise steel girders, its about sensible balance is all.

Like I said, im wanting an understanding of where folks draw a line - some seem to be more carefree and invent their own scales and others more rigid is all.

Again using the game scale, Frostfire is powerful sure but against BaBs would get facesmashed into the ground, thats where im asking, you can exaggerate sure but where do you draw the line of *ok thats not feasable for that toon*

Reason im asking is I -was- going to get Kurze into a few fights but wanted to fight OOC to garner an outcome but I wanted to check things here first as it seems a lot of things RP community wise can be volatile if not handled correctly and I want to make sure Big Games plot works well as I know the guys worked hard on it.

Hope that clears up.

Tbh I wish to jump in here with something that has plagued me for a couple of years, its all well and good to *say* a char can do things such as solo storm a well fortified home filled with masses of well known powerful villains - but if that toon is sub level 50 and unable to do so in a PvP situation or even in a made AE mission - how is it actually possible?

Example - Kahn is repped big time by a lot of folks, ive never done so myself as in my eyes he is human, genetically altered but human - I put his powerlevel based on what I can and cant do in game, solo a Bane Spider executioner? - easy - solo a Ballista? tough but again, done, Solo EB's? yes, but solo a GM/AV etc? not without support no way, so I will never say he has spanked Babs for example IC.

Also I wouldnt add powers to my toon that dont exist ingame either, again im not singling out here this is all meant as a genuine question.

I just think that its a good call to use the powerlevels set ingame - hell longbow even use the 1-50 mark as a security slider. Im just a little intrigued of late with RP levels and IC levels and how a freshly made toon can suddenly be able to topple full supergroups.

Not mocking here, just genuinely asking in sincerity.

As he strolled down the main entrance, sentry guns flashing in digital acknowledgment of his ID the white haired man mused the fact the corridors were quiet at this time - most agents were out pursuing whatever goals they had, most likely there were a few regulars, Alpha would be hooked up to the system, Kahn likely working out - still, but it was times like this that he liked the quiet.

Passing through two more heavy security checkpoints and 3 armed barriers, he rounded the corner to the armoury, the slight smile on his lips still present, his thoughts returning to the previous meeting and all that entailed.

As the doors to the armoury slid open, the man strolled to a large two door-wide locker with a stylized *K* inscripted into its door, keying in a series of codes the door unlocked and slid up - revealing a large black case and racks of assorted weaponry and clothing.

Time to suit up

Undressing his athletic frame out of the smart black suit he wore and layering his gear, comprising of a kevlar bodyglove and minor flakweave armour plates, he managed a cursory glance at the tattoo's adorning his collarbone, now glowing faintly along with his own restrained excitement at the game to come - this was always the way before a good hunt - glee - trepidation - adrenaline rushes all served to heighten the senses.

As he strapped the last of his set of knives to his belt, he checked and rechecked the chamber of the twins, an affectionate name he gave to a pair of finely crafted nickel plated Desert Eagles. Ensuring his last pack of ammo was secure, he folded the list he had been perusing and pulled out a cigarette from a silver case, lighting it then setting the list aflame.

Taking a deep drag the white haired man took a small cell phone and hit a speed dial number, the call being answered immediately.

"Boys suit up an' get y'crap together, we got a new list, an this time the game is big"

Snapping the phone shut before strapping the twins to their holsters - Kurze, hitman for the corp, strolled out to the base exit whistling a ditty to himself.

To sum up my feelings so far would be to simply agree with the majority of the posters here, the last two being very well reasoned by Sam and Dispari, its not that the pieces seen so far in the mutant pack are bad, hell no, if anything they are expertly realised costume parts with something looking hopeful for future costume packs or updates - the glowmaps.

But first up the previously hinted at animal element of the pack doesnt seem to have materialised and as Dispari and Sam pointed out its more of a silly missed opportunity to use the tech they just released with the animated tails and capitolise on it. Now we all know Jay is vehement against creating *furries* but as previously pointed out, animal parts dont mean furry, his dislike for that seems to be harming the design process and possible content that is sorely lacking ingame.

We have what is widely regarded as the best character design out there in terms of options, why that should be hampered by someones desire to steer away from a possible style seems inherently dumb.

But im still in hope that more is to be shown, and that avatea's post stating tails/heads etc is meaning they have missed out parts yet to be seen. Its a vain hope but still - and to echo dispari's comment, there really should be a REDNAME reply to let us know we are barking up the wrong tree or we are right and avatea's post is misinformed - either way stemming the tide a.s.a.p before things get out of hand ( anyone remember the resistance armour screenshot fiasco? - and the irony after )

Again im not knocking the current pieces due to be released but as most others have said it just doesnt feel - complete.

Ahh well, guess we will find out sooner or later, just means I can actually get some work done before I get embroiled in some TF run or other.

Mornin Seph - yup pottering around and thought i'd log to dayjob some toons quickly and got the same, servers do look like they are down. Did you not recieve a warning about it? seems a little early too for any maintenance which is usually around midday.

Just like a bad penny, always turning up

Side note how did you find Tribbles online? Attempted a few months myself but as always the seductive lure of CoH drew me back.

Welcome back Coin, now an onionite eh *one of us - one of us - one of us*

Tossing up between the Coolermaster series and the Antec so far, the internals of the machine are fully updated, might pop in a new motherboard at some point and go for a higher end power unit but with the new gfx card and such I wanted to just get a better housing unit for the whole lot.

Much appreciated for the advice by the way, much better to get genuine reviews from you folks than some slick-rick salesman trying to fob me the latest tat at a stupid price.

Attention to all you tech heads out there, im in a quandry and in need of some sage advice.

Comp I have running atm is a Dual core Intel, 600w power unit, Nvidia GTX 285 (lurve it)
with 4g RAM

OS is Windows 7 64bit

Not able to print full comp details as currently at work but the question is this. Looking for a good gamer case for the whole lot with room to add in more as time goes on, current case is ok but space is rather cramped - especially for the power unit and my baby that is the GTX.

Happy to spend up to £150 for the case and any additional components, any suggestions?

Cheers in advance, @Stryke - EU

^ This


That is all.

Phasing into the forum is a plain avatar, dressed in a black suit with plain and rather bland features, aesthetic choices seeming to be a backburner for the creation of this avatar.

Named "CorpRep" it emotes a cough before moving forwards.

" If I may interject, the company I am representing has sent this through legal channels to send this message, as this forum and its discussion is now becoming high profile in the media for its discussion we have deemed necassary to step in and clear a few points "

The avatar stands with its arms folded behind its back in a stoic stance

" First of all, my client - the company known as the corporation - wishes to clear any misinterpretation regarding any connection with the paragon citizen known as Molly Longstaff. "

" My client never has and never will have dealings with the aforementioned vigilante and any suggestion that my client would have taken a contract from said person is in breach with any agreement made between my client and other third parties. "

" Now I will not divulge the names of any agents in my clients employ as to protect their identity - however one of the managers has given me clearance to state that his actions against the rogue longbow agent known as the Priest were his own as a retaliation to the unprovoked attack on one of the corporations other agents. "

" Also as an addendum that the ensuing altercation was met with equal force by The Priest who entered the meeting willingly and reacted by bringing other agents in to make a false arrest on the grounds of Warburg, which as many know is not on U.S soil and thus other than an extradition order being agreed would make any arrrest invalid "

The avatar clears his throat and nods to all

" I thank you for your time in this, as we speak this statement is also being issued to other media parties in the hope of quelling these unsubstantiated rumours, my client has no reason now or ever to involve itself in the petty goings on between registered heroes on U.S soil "

The avatar smiles politely and fades out.

=== Warburg Beach - 200yds from the offshore longbow cruiser ===

A lone body is dumped unceremoniously on the beach front, right in the path of an incoming longbow patrol.

The body is that of a Longbow officer, badly broken and twisted, with a note plastered to his smashed and bloody chest reading "Bring me Pious Hunter or 5 more will follow"

The hulking figure who was seen dropping the body off turned with a grunt - back into the steel canyons of Warburgs streets

I see what they did here, its the coming storm - of angry players that is, see everything truly is a Nemesis plot.


On a serious note I hope for everyones sake this isnt just another run of the mill invasion.

Must be something your end R.P, Unions all up and running here mate.