Willowpaw

Just be careful you are not buying a used copy. Best to email the seller and ask to see the back of the Pocket D VIP card (if the package isn't sealed).

If they show the card, and the Dreamonium is not scratched off, then it should be safe to buy. Otherwise, the key should be considered used.

Getting a DO or SO for the Smash and Grab/Stop the Break In side mission is a major disappointment. I consider that reward a booby prize. The real prize is the random chance of getting an Access Bypass or a Prototype Element.

I think you nailed that one perfectly.


Here's my picks:

Nemesis: Patrick Stewart
Fusionette: Tress Macneil or Kath Soucie
Becky the Tarantula Mistress: Moon Unit Zappa (like, duh?)
Penelope Yin: Christine Cavanaugh (I hear her sounding like Gosalyn from Darkwing Duck)
Dr. Forrester: Trace Beaulieu (Can we get another DUH here?)
Professor Topfer (hero Invention Tutorial): Chistopher Lloyd of course
Thunderhead Bartlett: Lloyd Bridges (sounds like Commander Cain, the old War Daggit from the Living Legend episode of Battlestar Galactica)
James Bright (villain Invention Tutorial): R. Lee Ermey
Captain Castillo: Whoever voiced Robin Hood in Disney's animated feature

Nearly any Freak: "The Dude, You're Getting a Dime Bag...er...Getting a Dell" guy.

Mender Tesseract: The lady doing the presentation in this commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vVsvMbce5M


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One more I meant to post but forgot:

Dimitri Krylov: Yakov Smirnoff.

And this reached its peak in the Envoy of Shadow arc.

Whose bright idea was it for the MAGI folk to store Akarist in one of their safehouses? Had he known that the safehouse was the vault, he probably would have politely declined their protection.

Yes, more Becky please. She was a total blast to fight alongside.


How about Col. Duray? Here we have the founder of one of the coolest tech-oriented villain groups, and as far as I know, no heroes ever get to bring him to justice. Instead, we get "Mr. I Love Me More than I Love Delilah" there in Faultline.

And I second, third, and fourth the request for more Marshall Brass. He is one of my favorite low level contacts in the Rogue Isles. How about more Willy Wheeler too? I could just see him recovering after his initial downfall, and becoming a useful amicable ally and higher level contact. After all, he is simply making his way, the only way he knows how. But that's just a little bit more than the Spiders allow.


How better to trap unsuspecting schmucks into losing their bodies to the Circle? Let them get their greedy paws on their ancient relics to draw them into their nightmare world.

Nemesis perhaps?

You are 2/3 right there. He is used in only 2 of the 3 holiday events. He appears nowhere during Halloween.

And one I would like to see more of is the Clockwork King. He is one of my favorite bad guys. How can one not like the steampunk look? In fact, the looks of two of my villains were Clockwork inspired...



First was Savage Simon, my SS/WP Brute:



He is an inventor and mad scientist (the latter only when he is off his medications though) who is fascinated with the Clockwork, and when he designed his battle armor, that was his inspiration. Unfortunately, during the Aeon Conspiracy caper, the Clockwork that were holding Aeon's workers hostage saw right through his disguise.


And then there is Rad-Bit, my Robots Mastermind...



Simon built him out of old Clockwork parts stored in the Zig's basement. Only thing missing was a proper Clockwork Winder. Seems the guards kept taking those to sell off at Wentworth's. Perhaps someday, Rad will be able to get a proper key on his back.

If you had, then you would have been able to legally use a great Ted Stryker (from Airplane II) quote.

"We can't live in the past any more... Or the present. This is the future."

Is his "secret identity" name Larry Laffer, by chance?

That's a good one. And if you ever decide to give her a sister, you can make some sort of Sonic Blaster and call her Peaches and Scream.


Oops. Apologies for that oversight. I forgot that you mentioned she was totally without any of the common senses. I was just focused on the blindness aspect (still feel free to keep those suggestions in mind for future use).



Well, I never claimed it was actually a good tradition, just that is was a somewhat common convention used in comics. In fact, looking at my own cast of characters, I found only two that even remotely come close to doing this...

Pyra Painda (yes, her real name is Pyra, and she is a SS/Fire Brute on one server and a Fire/Fire Dominator on another).

Black-Spy (an odd little Alien Amabassador working out of a broom closet in the big building in Grandville)... Well, his civilian name, as far as anyone knows is simply Black-Spy.


That one definitely has a nice ring to it.

I'm in agreement here, and with a few others who are of the opinion that Cecity does not quite work as a good and decent superhero name.

To me personally, it sounds more like a struggling brand new hero trying to come up with something unique and failing...


Anyway, the first thing that came to mind for me when you described the character was "Needs to work Braille into the name."

And after thinking it over a bit, I hereby suggest Braillestorm, Braille Storm, Braillestone, Braille Stone, Brailleway, etc (depending on the powersets).

Cecity, combined with a normal last name would work as part of the hero's "civilian" name though, since that is an old trend in comics (the hero's normal name just happens to foreshadow his or her powers...like say, Edward Nigma or Nygma as The Riddler, or Johnny Blaze as the 70s Ghost Rider for example).

Dropping Health and going with Swift and Hurdle may be more useful, especially if one is also grabbing Combat Jumping (needed by Blasters, Defenders, and Controllers for the immobilize protection anyway).

If I remember right, there wasn't a next line, only uncomfortable silence. The Real Girl Scouts line was the scene ender.

You think the zombie show would rock, wait until the Devouring Earth take the stage.



The Poultrygeist hereby protests having her intelligence so severely insulted.

If you do slot level 25 generics, it is actually worthwhile to replace them with 45s once you hit 42. The difference between the 45's 40.5% and the 25's 32% is significant enough to warrant an upgrade.

For any characters of mine that are just going generic (rare for me nowadays actually) instead of getting sets or frankenslotting though, I compromise and go from SOs to level 35 IOs (36.7%) at 32. However, when 37 comes around, new powers and slots get 40s, and likewise 45s from 42 through 46, and 50s on everything 47 and up.

I generally plan out for frankenslotting for the most part these days, typically starting at 22. And for that, I make heavy use of Mid's to properly plan out the build, taking exemping into account (with level 25s the lowest level IO I slot...with some exceptions of course).

So to answer the original question... Yes, it is a good idea to use IOs much earlier than 50, since the majority of your character's career will most likely take place during the 49 levels before 50.

That does not help the OP. Corruptors do not have access to that pool (perhaps when GR hits though...)

Just be sure to delete all the entries in the file that reference the character's physical features (face, hair, body scales, etc) and replace them with the corresponding entries for your own character. Otherwise, you will end up with a clone of the person who gave you their costume file.

I would also recommend the Magic pack over the Cyborg pack as the freebie with Architect Edition... and then also recommend purchasing the Cyborg pack separately shortly after.

And as for whether to go AE or Mac edition, the best solution is to compromise and get both.

Actually, that sounds more like 1/3. Now, if his last name was Wang instead of Wong, then he would be at 2/3. And if his last name was Wang and first name Willie, then he would be at 100%.

That was what I meant. Couldn't you read my mind?

I guess the whole point was as said: Compromise and get them all (and save a bundle in the process due to smart buying).