Blood of the Black Stream

Farmer_Frost · 06-13-2005 11:05 AM

I saw a mention of this as a pending vampiric powerset? Can anyone shed some light (or shadow) on this?

VivianSteel · 06-13-2005 11:10 AM

To my knowledge, nothing has been said about it other than that it's a future epic AT.

If it's been officially said that it's vampyric, that's news to me.

Mantid · 06-13-2005 11:53 AM

At this point, al we know is the name. Anything else is (wild) speculation.

Statesman_NA · 06-13-2005 07:43 PM

Vampiric? News to me.

Siergen · 06-13-2005 07:52 PM

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Vampiric? News to me.

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Cone on States, you don't expect the villains to pre-announce all of their nefarious plots, do you?

MrSmithy · 06-13-2005 08:00 PM

What we can speculate?

I think Blood of the black stream has a mystcial sound to it, so I suspect they're descendants of Mu, an ancient magic city who were evil.

Since all epic at's we now know of seem to be a mix of two, I suspect they'll be controller/ defender hybrids. Since that's the way magic users typically are: frail to the touch, but can command some serious powers to attack, defend, and stall the enemy.

NancY · 06-13-2005 08:25 PM

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What we know?

Stateman is a jerk.

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/speechless

Undeniably · 06-13-2005 08:49 PM

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I saw a mention of this as a pending vampiric powerset? Can anyone shed some light (or shadow) on this?

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Just a name. No info whatesover. It does sound magical or mystical, but all we know is that it's an epic AT. (That means it's not a powerset). That's all... we don't even know that it's only for villains... (wait, do we?).

bulldozercn · 06-13-2005 08:58 PM

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Stateman is a jerk.

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/speechless

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psst look at his sig....
he's still upset about the erf-nay at-bay swingin his direction

Friggin_Taser · 06-13-2005 09:25 PM

Watch them nerf Peacebringers now, too, just because of his angsty hatred.

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_Ilr_ · 06-13-2005 09:35 PM

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What we know?

Stateman is a jerk.

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/speechless

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psst look at his sig....
he's still upset about the erf-nay at-bay swingin his direction

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True, he's not necessarily a Jerk, However; Statesman IS Tryant.
Really.
...When have you ever seen them together in the same place?

Ishtar · 06-13-2005 09:42 PM

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What we know?

Stateman is a jerk.

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/gapes

That was rude...

UncleChernobyl · 06-13-2005 10:24 PM

Every time i see talk about Blood of the Black Stream, my mind wanders off and thinks about the Blood of the Fold in the "Sword of Truth" novels by Terry Goodkind. Maybe Tobias Brogan will be the leader and run around cutting banelings' right nipples off!

I'm soooooo gonna roleplay that! :P

Quickshadow · 06-13-2005 10:46 PM

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Just a name. No info whatesover. It does sound magical or mystical, but all we know is that it's an epic AT. (That means it's not a powerset). That's all... we don't even know that it's only for villains... (wait, do we?).

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It seem unlikely that this would be a villainous AT as it was listed some time ago as one of the epic ATs for City of Heroes, not City of Villains.

dispatch_NA · 06-13-2005 11:23 PM

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That was rude...

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/gapes

I think it was a joke. Anyway, I'm glad to see its not vampiric, that sounds like it would just end up being something like dark melee.

Tal_N · 06-14-2005 03:49 AM

A little research of mine has revealed that there is a phonamon known as the Black Stream, it is infact a strong undersea current which extends from Taiwan up past Japan. There are four others in the world it seems part of the major currents that cause the rise and fall in sea temperatures.

With that in mind I strongly suspect that the Blood of the Blackstream is linked to the Coralax, if there are four undersea races that rule over parts of the world then maybe a conflict has arisen which threatens to alter the world climate because the currents would become out of balance. Maybe the Winter Lord event was caused by something going wrong with the streams near Paragon City and the change of the sea's tides has also forced the Lusca to take harbor in Independance Port.

The Coralax and the Blood of the Black Stream might be very similar in concept to the Peacebringers and the Warshades. Namely two different but similar ATs that fight on the same side.

Vr2LRose · 06-14-2005 05:13 AM

my vote is that BotBS will be some form of odd looking AIs
PC bots if you will the black stream being oil, yes it sounds uber mystical... but that could be to throw us off the scent after all its the only one we have NOTHING about.

I don't think it will be another aquatic since stateman orginally said 1 avarial and one aquatic and we know whitch ones those are, there have been several theries about undead and vampiric.. i doubt that will be the case... especially since there have been a couple replys to those trains of thought implying no( of course they could be trying to trick us....

so in conclution im hoping BotBS will bring us a new look to all the taxibots out there.......

Akhenahten · 06-14-2005 05:36 AM

Makes me wonder how much Big Trouble in Little China the Devs have watched.

TheRetropolitan · 06-14-2005 05:49 AM

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"You mean oil?"
"No, I mean black blood of earth."

Pickle · 06-14-2005 06:20 AM

I did a little research too. From this page alone , We can see "Black Stream" tied to many of the words commonly used in COH--tying them all together sounds like a negative energy controller that is linked to animals.

Its also a Brazilian Hotel..which would lend credence to the idea that BotBS is an Innkeeper that knows Capoiera.

Priesteater · 06-14-2005 06:22 AM

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Could BotBS be a kind of tattoo magic...We need more tattoo op...some tattoo options.

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Dark_Tempest · 06-14-2005 06:30 AM

woo-hoo! I think we just showed YOU were the Jerk, not States!

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Mental_Giant · 06-14-2005 06:30 AM

Blood of the Black Stream reminds me too much of The Black Goat with a Thousand Young from Lovecrafian lore. I'm thinking it's some kind of Cthulhoid thing.

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Snorii · 06-14-2005 06:36 AM

Lycanthropy?

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IanTheM1 · 06-14-2005 06:59 AM

There's a I4 updated plaque in Freedom Corps. in the Magi office that states something like "And the blood of the Mu shall rise again to wash over the earth."

Wasn't there speculation that Mu were in fact a part if not the entire population of Atlantis?

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