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Coralax Schmoralax!
What's the deal with Statesman's cape?!?!
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He finally got to L20. 
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Captain Mako is definitely not a Coralax.
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Ok, but does he have a laser beam on his head?
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Yea, Throw us a bone here!
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Come on now, its throw us a FRIGGIN bone here!
The Kronos has a hold n00b!
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Coralax Schmoralax!
What's the deal with Statesman's cape?!?!
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He finally got to L20.
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But seriously now, Statesman used to have a cape. Then, when Hero 1 died (or was universally presumed dead) everyone stopped using capes. Now it's alright again, but you must earn it. Statesman's old cape is the flag at the City Hall in Atlas Plaza. If you look at it, you notice it's not a normal flag shape.
Now that it's alright to wear capes again, Statesman probably decided that he felt naked or something, went down to Icon, was told by that Serge guy to go gank some Tsoo (literally), promptly did so and then got his brand new cape.
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Captain Mako is definitely not a Coralax.
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Captain Mako? What, not good enough for General Mako, or Commander Mako? Heck, I thought villains got to give themselves their titles anyway, why reach so low and pick Captain? What's next, Recluse, Duke of lower Unctberry?
At least pick Major Mako! It's one rank up, sounds nicer, and implies more of a bad@%$
On a side note, he's starting to sound a bit like a nemesis villain I had planned for my hero, Orca 
Hope when we hear more I find some major differences.
ok he's not a corallax, but is the strigia mission from stephanie peebels where you recover the weird aqautic specimine before the council can a teaser for them?
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Captain Mako is definitely not a Coralax.
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Notice that he did not say that the charicter in the picture was not a Coralax. He just said that Capt. Mako was not a Coralax.
Oh, and you may not be able to get a FRIGGIN Laser on you head, but you will be able to get one to come out of your a@@, thus the scorpion armor 
So, does this mean that the flag atop city hall will be missing soon?
My Motto: "Debt is merely another Goal."
"Wow Abalest--you manage to start a discussion even when you ain't given a topic" -Ghostman
Abalests on Infinity:
Miss Fulcrum
Dark Soul Golem
Power Drain
Any new AT's will have to generally look like humans, because I doubt they're going to redesign all the costumes to fit a fish person. That fish guy, and probably the creature from the striga mission will likely be a rival species to the coralax.
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Captain Mako is definitely not a Coralax.
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Captain Mako? What, not good enough for General Mako, or Commander Mako? Heck, I thought villains got to give themselves their titles anyway, why reach so low and pick Captain? What's next, Recluse, Duke of lower Unctberry?
At least pick Major Mako! It's one rank up, sounds nicer, and implies more of a bad@%$
On a side note, he's starting to sound a bit like a nemesis villain I had planned for my hero, Orca Hope when we hear more I find some major differences.
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If Capt Mako is in the Spider Navy(since he is named after a fish), he would outrank a Commander. A navy Captain is the same as an army Colonel.
An army captain is below a major, which is below a colonel.
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Captain Mako is definitely not a Coralax.
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Captain Mako? What, not good enough for General Mako, or Commander Mako? Heck, I thought villains got to give themselves their titles anyway, why reach so low and pick Captain? What's next, Recluse, Duke of lower Unctberry?
At least pick Major Mako! It's one rank up, sounds nicer, and implies more of a bad@%$
On a side note, he's starting to sound a bit like a nemesis villain I had planned for my hero, Orca Hope when we hear more I find some major differences.
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So you're the one that got that name!
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Oh, and you may not be able to get a FRIGGIN Laser on you head, but you will be able to get one to come out of your a@@, thus the scorpion armor
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You mean like Braveheart? 
But with lasers instead of lightning.
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Captain Mako is definitely not a Coralax.
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With that said lets try a little fever induced speculation. Seeing that Kheldian are "good guys" this means the Nictus will be in their place for CoV. That mean the race that Captain Mako belongs to will is the "evil" counterpart to the Coralax.
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As far as I can tell Statesman's cape is new. Doesn't look like Old Glory to me!
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Sign me up for sharky-goodness. :-)
Oh the "scales" on a shark are actually more like small teeth, and they are called denticles. Pet a shark one way and they are smooth, the other and you might lose a layer of skin. :-)
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I'll remember that the next time I pet a shark...
/note to self/
Only pet a shark in one direction...
and make sure my will is up to date... 
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I've petted sharks before. Long as you're careful (or wearing a glove,chainmail in my case), they're actually pretty neat to touch. Heck, it's not like all sharks are carnivores or going to be able to bite you anyhow.
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Captain Mako? What, not good enough for General Mako, or Commander Mako? Heck, I thought villains got to give themselves their titles anyway, why reach so low and pick Captain? What's next, Recluse, Duke of lower Unctberry?
At least pick Major Mako! It's one rank up, sounds nicer, and implies more of a bad@%$
On a side note, he's starting to sound a bit like a nemesis villain I had planned for my hero, Orca Hope when we hear more I find some major differences.
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Well... Maybe he's in command of a ship? You know, a Naval Captain?
Pretty high rank there.
Tygara - 50 Claws/Regen/Power Scrapper, Virtue- Member of Kitties on the Prowl.
Shadeburn - Dark/Rad Defender, Virtue- Member of Catch 'Em Crew
Nature Boy' - Elec/Ice Blaster, Virtue - Member of Young Phalanx
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And here I am wondering once again who the rest of those heroes are.
That big guy with the ponytail has been around forever, but never IDed, IIRC.
Now we also have the Blue/Green guy, the Green-adorned lady in the foreground, and the very hard to see girl in very back.
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Yeah, this has been bugging the heck out of me since the game started. You see these "iconic" heroes around, but it isn't clear who the heck they are. Most specifically, you see them on the banner of the City of Heroes website. I kind of suspect that the artists were asked to make a bunch of "cool looking" hero models that could be used for the game's cinematics and marketing materials. Some of them were designed around developer concepts, ala Statesman, Manticore and Positron while others were just sort of "generic" heroes. I think a bunch of these "generic" models were then taken and developed into heroes you can meet in game, heroes like Back Alley Brawler, who aren't--as far as I can tell--avatars of the developers. The other heroes, however, are just sort of sitting in the model library of the 3D engine used to create the game's cinematics.
If I'm wrong--and I'd like to be--then maybe some of these hereos have histories and known powers. Maybe some of them are just early concept versions of the heroes we know and love. For a fun exercise, let's take a look at a few of these heroes (take these with a grain of salt - iconics can obviously break the rules, so they don't have to perfectly fit existing CoH powersets):
The Redhead in Green & Black: This could very well be the new (old) Sister Psyche, recently awakend from her Rikti-induced coma, although her powers in the cinematics feels inconsistent with how I imagined. Of course, since she has never done more than turn her head in game, I don't have a lot to go on. She has forcefields, so this puts her pretty squarely in the controller category, perhaps mind control/force field, which definitely fits someone with the word "psyche" in their name.
Topknot dude: As stated above, he's been around forever, and is one of the most recognizable iconics, given his unique coiffure(sp?) and tribal tattoos. There's little to go on for powers, though, so I'm going to suggest he's a tanker, most likely invulnerability/super strength because you don't see any visible weapons or power manifestations. Energy fists go away, so he could be /energy melee. Since Statesman's an incarnate and not the tanker many of us expected, that seems to fit.
Guy in red with Bow: This is Manyshot, a boy scout leader whose pack was wiped out during the Rikti invasion. To avenge his fallen Cubs, Wolves, and Bears, he has become a vigilante with the only weapon available to defend himself with at the time of the invasion: an archery set. More about Manyshot and his connection to Topknot Dude will be revealed in the upcoming novel _Web of Arachnos_ by Robert Weinberg. Just kidding! This, of course, is our beloved Manticore, who is finally able to sport his nifty compound bow now that hero powers for an upcoming CoH Issue have been coded to include archery.
Guy in blue & green wearing Techno-monocle: On the website, his face is second in size only to Statesman's, which implies that he truly could be somebody important. The trouble is there is nothing about him that says what his powers might be. The monocle could be some kind of targeting reticle, I guess, putting him in the /devices category of blasters. He does often hold his wrist up as if about to project some energy, so perhaps he's got an energy blast primary. This leaves the burning question of what the heck is up with the white spiral on his chest? Frankly, I think he's an early try at an iconic speedster, before Synapse was fully developed. To support my claim, if you look inside the cover of a City of Heroes box, you'll see him zooming across the left hand side of the screen, right in front of Topknot Dude. (which isn't to say that you can't have a monocle and super-speed)
The green-costumed Brunette in the foreground with headband and star on her chest: This woman may be an amalgamation. If you recall, Miss Liberty appears on the cover of the original City of Heroes box, albeit not in a red, white, and blue costume, and with this brunette's star on her chest. On the same cover, in the upper left-hand corner, you see a blonde with a headband. This is a stretch, but I'm wondering if they upgraded Miss Liberty to full patriot garb when they made her Statesman's sidekick, shifted her cool non-USA accoutrements to headband girl, changed colors and a few costume options, and came up with what we see in this ad. I don't think she's appeared before this. I'd call her a defender, most likely radiation emission/electrical blast or empathy/radiation blast.
Busty Lady in Red & Black lurking in background: Who IS this woman? I thought I recognized most of the iconics, but this Elastigirl lookalike is totally new to me. She doesn't appear in any of the existing material. Perhaps she's always been there and they chose her from the model library to balance the imagery of the promotional piece, but in all other regards, I think this is the first time I've seen her. For variety, I'm going to call her a scrapper, probably martial arts/regeneration.
Since we're already here, I'll wrap this up with a request for feedback on the following:
- Synapse: Is he a developer's avatar? Aside from his obvious super speed, what do you think his powers are?
- Miss Liberty: What do you think her powers are? She flies, obviously.
- Sister Psyche: Is she a developer's avatar?
- Positron: What do you think his powers are?
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Busty Lady in Red & Black lurking in background: Who IS this woman? I thought I recognized most of the iconics, but this Elastigirl lookalike is totally new to me. She doesn't appear in any of the existing material. Perhaps she's always been there and they chose her from the model library to balance the imagery of the promotional piece, but in all other regards, I think this is the first time I've seen her. For variety, I'm going to call her a scrapper, probably martial arts/regeneration.
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She looks like the person to the right of Statesman in the loading screen to me, which would make it orange and blue as opposed to red and black.
Where is this newsletter everyones talking about? The one I got in my email doesn't have anything like that.
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i'm pretty sure hes some sort of energy blaster (look at the Top Cow comic preview). My guess is that his secondary would also be energy, because you never see devs with weird combos like electricity/devices.
For the record- thanks, Manticore the dev and boxwood6177(note, this supercedes earlier listings of these hero's powers):
Positron is a Rad/Rad Defender.
Manticore is a Trick Arrow Archery Defender.
Sister Psyche is a Mind Control/FF Controller.
and just to fill in the other ones noted by many:
Miss Liberty is a MA/Inv Scrapper.
Mynx is a Claws/Regen Scrapper.
Luminary is an Energy/Energy Blaster.
Swan is a Kin/Psi Defender.
Synapse is an Elec/Elec Blaster (with SS).
Citadel (ex Bastion) is an Inv/EM Tank.
Numina is a Mind/Empathy Controller.
Valkyrie is a Spear(!)/Regen Scrapper.
Infernal is a Fire/Axe Tank.
Back Alley Brawler is an Inv/SS Tank.
And the now-AWOL Malaise was/is an Ill/Kin Controller.
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I'm pretty sure the woman to the right of Statesman on the loading screen is actually the Miss Liberty prototype. She's not red, white, and blue, but is otherwise very similar. You don't see this woman anywhere anymore, though. Also, I think the woman in the background of the promotional newsletter has short hair.
You're correct, BTW, the redhead in the very exotic costume is inded Sister Psyche.
Just to condense the list, going top down, left right:
Synapse
Back Alley Brawler (Assumed: Appears on game box, trailer.)
Sister Psyche (Confirmed by Dev at some point.)
Statesman
Manticore
Blue/Green-spotted tech guy Unknown (Seen in box art)
Green with armor dark haired woman Unknown
Ms. Liberty (On the box I think it's Beta Liberty. She's missing her belt buckle and her colors are slightly off, but otherwise she looks the same.)
"Squirrel Girl" Unknown (Seen in box art)
TopKnot Dude Unknown (Seen in box art)
Positron
Other MIA heroes:
Bug Guy (Box front and battle scene)
"Apex Prototype" - has antennae (Box front and battle scene, trailer)
"Refridgeron" white ice blaster(?) (Battle scene only)
Along with a handful of other heroes I don't feel like squinting at.
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I'm pretty sure the woman to the right of Statesman on the loading screen is actually the Miss Liberty prototype. She's not red, white, and blue, but is otherwise very similar. You don't see this woman anywhere anymore, though. Also, I think the woman in the background of the promotional newsletter has short hair.
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I saw another website which listed her (unofficially probably) as another older patriotic hero, since Miss Liberty is (I'm guessing) comparatively new and young. I can't remember for the life of me what the name was, or what the site was though.
Edit: I figured Miss Liberty was a FF Defender, considering Dominatrix is.
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I'm not sold that this is the same girl from the cover of the box art. And if it is, I think she's been changed somewhat.
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Bug Guy (Box front and battle scene)
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Yeah, he's like the hero nobody gives a rat's whisker about. Weird.
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If you're talking about the armored soul hovering between Statesman and Back Alley Brawler, I think that's supposed to be Positron. Or, at least the original concept for the "armored iconic" hero.
Then there's Wife Beater, the guy in the blue t-shirt with the robotic arms and headband. Maybe he used to date the mysterious green girl. Don't forget Diamond on His Chest, the masked hero with the white gloves who is scowling menacingly and perhaps preparing to throw a scrapper- or tanker-esque punch. The Fishnet Elf to his right is one of my favorites. It appears she battles criminals by stunning them with her cleavage. Behind those two is Aquaman's Cousin, a blonde-bearded fellow whose lightning-bolt adorned costume hint at some kind of electrical power. On the far right is another forgotten character, Heat Visor. He can only be a radiation defender, unless he somehow discovered the epic power pools before the rest of us and got himself some laser beam eyes. His robot concubine, Stripezilla, is hovering above him. Moving left, you see Belly Flop, a guy who's about a quarter inch high and wears white gloves. And under him--don't blink or you'll miss him--is Half-helm, a man who appears so briefly his costume and purpose in life can scarcely be guessed at. That only leaves the woman in the vest to Bug Guy's right. I'm going to call her Gunhilda and on a flight of fancy assume that her assault rifle is hidden by the heroes in front of her.
As an aside, I don't think I like the look of that cloak on Statesman. In both the newsletter and on the cover of the new Top Cow comic, it just seems too long. Plus, I don't feel like it fits the look of the costume. Sure, it makes him look different from other star spangled heroes, but it doesn't work for me. I did, however, like the suggestion that he went to Icon and got it recently. I can't wait for new in-game events where we can interact more with these iconic heroes and ask them about things like this. I hear this level of interaction makes MMOs like The Matrix Online a lot of fun.
I think they are called' friggin laser beams'.
The Kronos has a hold n00b!