My character, Saint Ignitious, sorta has an arch-enemy. Me and my SG went up against "Scorch" and it just made sense that he becomes my arch-enemy.
Fight fire with fire kind of deal. Of course I haven't seen Scorch since then haha.
But yeah, once CoV comes out, I think developing an arch-enemy would be really good.
If you're SG fights against the same villain SG a lot, it really provides a different element strategy wise. Since everytime you fight, you develop strategies to beat them. Thus, next time you fight again, they will have their counter strategies, and you will have yours.
FUN!
Just a thought- You know that info thing you can get when you right click someone? Put an arch nemesis tab on that. It can either be selected by the player or whoever you fight the most, I dont really care which.
Heh. I actually do have a Arch Nemisis for my character. While it's only in Role play, and mind, and not in the game. I still enjoy it. Being that my character is a Robot, Endro has developed a deep hatred for the Clockwork King, so I naturally pay more attention to the missions with him, and continuously try to keep on the Clockwork Story... Someday King, someday we will meet face to face...
Actually I LOVE making villians at times and I've cooked up several. Some are sort of stand alone villians and others are specific arch-nemeses for my characters.
Many As One : A nanotech community that was given sentience by a dose of Ritki chemicals. The machinery was never supposed to react to such a thing, but in doing so it became "aware." It now has taken over the body of the man who invented the nanites, and has begun... improving it.
01 : This is the counterpart to Chess. This prototype robot was built first and was designed to be a weapon. However, once the scientist discovered that the man who had kidnapped his wife had killed her, and the blackmail no longer stood, he scrapped 01 and did his best to wipe the AI. However, the man was too clever for his own good. Because the designs were partially taken from both Ritki and Nemesis droids, the blending of technology caused a blending of codes to program the robot. There were failsafes in both, and somehow both became active to re-activate 01. The robot re-built itself and took his wrath out on 1) the man who comissioned him, 2) the man who made him, and now 3) the creator's son... Chess represents what 01 COULD have become, and 01 knows it. He wants the fully powered body, but to have it he must break Chess... mentally first and then erase Chess utterly.
Andre Dumas: AKA The Horned King Some members of the Circle of Thorns sometimes find what they call "a better way." Andre was one of those men. Born in the 1800's he began a frantic quest to locate and collect items of extreme power. This led him into confilct with a steam-powered hero of the time called IronHorse. Andre was not to be denied however, and was able to blame the machine for a series of atrocities that Andre had committed. This led to the dis-assembly of IronHorse and Andre was free to run rampant. Once he had the items he needed, he defied the others of the Circle and took his tools to a nexus of energy... better known as Death Valley. The ritual was long and complicated, but it ended with Andre plunging a dagger into his chest instead of the ritual thorn. The mixture of energy and the jewel encrusted flask to catch his blood allowed him to make the transition... from man to lich. He has become more than the Circle can handle, and seeks more power. In an act of desperation the Circle threw Andre into stasis when he brazenly attacked an outpost for more power. They could not find the flask however... Andre sleeps, but is forever changed. The powers granting him unlife fused the ritual garments to him... including his crown of antlers giving him his new name... The Horned King.
The King in Yellow ((OOC: O.K. I have no IDEA if this guy would even work. Those of you who know Cthulhu mythos know who/what this is. I may try it if I can pull the toon off)) The King in Yellow... The Lord of Carcossa. He who must not be named. How does one describe a thing such as this. The king is not so much an entity as a force. It is entropy given will. All things break down, and all things die, and all things pass on. The King seeks to speed up this process however. Why? No one knows. All men have been driven mad by his presence, and his name strikes fear into the hearts of those who whisper it. The dead city of Carcossa waits for him, and all cities that die shall become one with Carcossa... Paragon is on the verge of death, and the king has come.
Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink behind the lake,
The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa
Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies,
But stranger still is
Lost Carcosa
Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
Where flap the tatters of the King,
Must die unheard in
Dim Carcosa.
Song of my soul, my voice is dead,
Die though, unsung, as tears unshed
Shall dry and die in
Lost Carcosa
Cassilda's Song in "The King in Yellow" Act 1, Scene 2.
As you can tell I like the King in Yellow the best. I just hope I can pull him off Villian-wise. I'm going to cross my fingers that we can get minion customization to the level of character customization. I have... WAY too many ideas...
Cheers folks!
Speedy G and Scarlet Rouge, Love your arch nemesis. Picking Scorch(er?) and Clock Work is very non-pretentious picking characters that you will actually fight often is very realistic. I went toe to toe with a scorcher yesterday and it was a doozy. I immediately heightened my temperature resistance.
Blood Wolfe (sp) Good point! I have my arch nemesis in mine and if we all get COV when it comes out maybe we can create arch enemies for each other to fight. Whatever you want, when we get the game let me know and I'll create em. Would love to add my COV arch nemesis to my info. He is going to be a bigger version of me from the same experiment. This time, Crey picked someone who is big, bad and rotten to the core so as not to get a mind of his own. OF course the process has been more perfected since failing on me, so I'll have my hands full with this one. Scarlet, is it safe to post names and ideas of future characters do you think here? I love the way my character looks and I would hate if someone borrowed the look. Everyone trustworthy when it comes to integrity of creating own ideas you think here? I'm sure. I hope.
Pal, give me some time to read yours more. Thx for input folks!
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Many As One : A nanotech community that was given sentience by a dose of Ritki chemicals. The machinery was never supposed to react to such a thing, but in doing so it became "aware." It now has taken over the body of the man who invented the nanites, and has begun... improving it.
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Straight-Jacket (Jack Stryker) has met Mean as One in the RP forum and knew the host before he was taken over. It would be fun when COV comes out if they came face to face in game. Maybe with Crystal as well 
I have a ruff idea for a villain called Mr. Book but he is not fully worked out yet.
Moving up thru the levels, huh? Clobbering a bunch of bad guys, huh? Wouldn't it be safe to say you made some enemies along the way? Who hates you the most? Who are you sworn to defeat above all others? In COH my hero, Fire Wa11 (two ones not Ls on the Virtue server), is a former truck driver for Crey Industries who developed the science that is responsible for his current condition (fire aura among it) that prohibits contact with his wife and child. Safe to say he wants Crey to have a bad day every day. Also, for those who plan to get COV, creating characters on your server for your friends on COH to fight as an arch rival would be fun too. (Think SabreTooth to Wolverine.) Be a friend! Out of your 3 or more characters, let a friend on COH or COV have input in one of them as to who they see as an arch nemesis. So, who is your arch enemy and why? What would your arch enemy on COV be like and why? Is this too RP for ya'? We all want to know. Thx.