Great interview Teldon! 
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Kung Pau Chicken is good in my book. I remember him quite well on my journey to save statesman from his evil counter~part. Rate this thread up? hmmmm.
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Great job for both Teldon & Kung Pau Chicken and very nice interview
You should hunt down GravityGod if you haven't done him already
That would be interesting
search hates me otherwise I would look
Seven years of heroism. Seven years of friendships. Seven years of saving the world. Seven years of virtuous selflessness.
You will return, for you are the mighty City of Paragon, the City of Heroes.
Whose that walking down the street? Why it is none other the our very own Mr Pinnacle Kung Pau Chicken. An all round informative player, joker and hecka guy. Enjoy his words of wisdom for us all.
About a year later I finally deleted him when I realized I had no intention of playing him.
A vast improvement, and it only took me slightly forever to figure out that mez protection was good. I played up to 42 when I started over with a ill/ff that I hit 50 with. I dust Girth off every once in a while to pick up event badges and still need to finish off all those arcs. (I still got Meteorologist queued up on him.)
My MA/SR and illusion controller spoiled me because everything pretty much felt the same while fighting it. (Robots were a bit tougher for illusion to deal with though.) Heck, with Girth I never understood what the big deal with Carnies or Malta was. (Then, I played an invuln scrapper to 50 and found out. I also avoided Castro like the plague for fear he'd give me the arc with the Envoy of Shadows. I hate that guy. The Envoy of Shadows that is. Cadeos ok. Even if he does stick you with that arc without asking.)
So tell me a little about your self? Your current age, where you live, etc.
I'm approximately 30 years old going on to 16. Right now I'm living in Louisville, where I moved to chase after IT jobs (Im a programmer) since those are a bit harder to come by in my home state of Indiana. I'm not married, though I'm seeing someone steadily at the moment.
Do you have any pets?
Not right now, since my old dog died. (best dog eva) I've been debating going out and getting a little kitty, but my apartment is a bit too messy for one right now. (also, way too many cables on the floor to be chewed on.)
Do you have any brothers and sisters?
I've got one younger brother (and sister in-law) who's a music teacher (shes also a teacher) a few states over to the east. My family is starting to spread out so we don't see each other too much anymore, but still gather a few times a year.
What is your favorite movie?
Easily The Usual Suspects. Just loved the movie to death, though I've seen 7 about 7 times to. Not sure if I could watch that one again, but I can watch Suspects anytime.
What is your favorite type of music?
I can listen to a large variety of music, but I tend to really enjoy things with a kind-of, err, Crunchy sound to it. Particularly things like NIN or Tool, though I won't admit to having a copy of Dido somewhere around here...
What is your favorite Simpson's quote?
Ha! Ha!
So how did you get introduced to MMOs in general?
I played MUDS in college, and eventually started doing a little programming here and there for a few DIKU based ones. In fact, that's pretty much how I got started with programming and tracing through code to see what was going on with it.
So how did you get introduced to The City of series?
I'd heard about the City of Heroes a long time ago before the Beta's ever hit, but wasn't at a place where I could play an online game. Around the one year mark for COH, I heard about the Marvel lawsuit and it triggered my "GRRR, That's not right!" internal demo-bleedy-hearty-liberal core. Sooooo, I thought I'd sign up for a few months as revenge against the lawyers.
Who was your first character and do you still play them?
That was the amazing Irani Mon, the Rastafarian Iranian who wore yellow/reddish power armor. (what? what?)
I made it up to 6 and the hollows, where I discovered I couldn't even complete the first mission without cherry picking and getting yelled at for kill stealing. (Oh, you didn't need that unhurt outcast LT!) I was not impressed with blasters
When I gave up on the hollows as a blaster 3 days into the game, I rolled up Girth Ninja, a MA/SR scrapper. (This would be the second week into April, so he's got the first anniversary badge
What, if any, power sets would you say are your favorite?
I think Illusion was the only set I'd never had power set envy while using. Some other controller primaries are nice, but Illusion is just super. I'm playing a fire/dark corrupter right now, and it's awe-inspiring in PVE so far. (There are better sets, but it's just fun.)
What is your favorite feature of the game?
The story arcs. The story lines are the major reason I continue to play. I'll probably get bored and quit after I finish the last one. I particularly enjoy ones that aren't completely serious, which is what's great about the high level villain ones. (Except Pither. The text you get when you call in the mission to destroy the food for the homeless is easily one of the most disturbing things I've read in a long while.)
What was the most amazing moment you had while playing the game?
I was on Girth for one reason or another when I ran smack-dab into a certain stone giant with car-club. After pulling together a team consisting of me (MA/SR), 2 blasters, and I think a PB and WS, we started in on him. It was pretty intense, but it turns out both blasters took aid-other and kept us alive long enough to down the monster. It was pretty darn impressive and intense. (And I already had the badge!)
Though, if you were to ask me most surprising, I would say it was when a few people were adding me to global friends over the course of a week and all of them said "Holy crap, you're Kung Pau?!?" when I was added. Ive no idea what that was about. >.>
What is your favorite enemy group?
Depends on what I'm playing usually
Freak missions are almost always well written with good dialog. The nemesis weapon supplier mission is a classic source of quotes. Plus, doing a freak-rez dance hoping for freaks to come back is fun.
What is your least favorite enemy group?
I'm guessing either COT or Longbow. On my invuln scrapper I avoided Cadeo because I was deathly afraid of accidentally getting locked into the Envoy arc. For longbow, they're just kind of Bleh. I particularly hate the flamethrowers and the effect that ignite patches have on minions. They aren't hard to fight, just frustrating and Un-Fun with a mastermind.
What is one feature you would like to see added to the game?
Flashback. Leveling past a story arc or badge mission isn't really all that fun, and some people just really, really like playing one particular character. It'd be great if I could take Girth back to Faultline to play through those missions (or Croatoa).
Though, letting us keep accolades while exemping down is a close second.
Now, if youd ask what Bug Id like to see fixed, then thats easily the bug where a story arc is started when you speak to a contact and not when you take a mission. Its been there for at least a year, and while its better now that you can see who you have arcs with, its a horrible, horrible play experience. (Mastermind pet AI in particular, and pet AI in general, is a close second for what Id like to have fixed.)
What would you say is your greatest strength in the game?
No one ever seems to notice when I slack off? Err, I mean, I'm usually pretty quick on picking things up and realizing how groups are working, so I try to work myself into a niche to try to contribute. For instance, the tank and blaster are almost done with a group, so why wouldn't I pull more over while they are still cleaning up and full of health and end?
(Otherwise, I contribute as a fine speed bump as I delay a spawn an extra 20 seconds as they step around my corpse. whatever works.)
What is your greatest weakness in the game?
I've been told I just work too hard! I mean, umm, I tend to always miss a "signature power" that everyone with a set can't live without. With MA, I passed up focused chi (It doesn't last long enough!). With illusion, I passed spectral terror (fear isn't that good is it?) With my ice/rad corrupter I passed up bitter ice blast, yet had frost breath And bitter ice ray. (AOE and stacking holds!) The brute I rolled on villains opening day has been respecced 4 times and still hasn't hit 20!
So, yeah, finding ways to gimp myself is probably it.
How bad is your badge lust?
I have two characters that I do heavy badging on (Girth and Father Bob to cover hero and villains respectively) I'm not patient enough to do all the really, really bad badge farms. (reformed being a big one. all night arena camping for the insane epics being another, as well as the inf ones).
I try to collect accolades and any badges that I think fit the theme of a character otherwise. I had to get Demonic and related badges early for my new fire/dark corrupter because it fit nicely.
Which ones do you like to get the most?
I'd say a lot of the sheen has been lost on them. Farming isn't as fun as it could be, but having a large list is its own reward at times. So in that vein, if it's a good group that you're farming with, that's what's most important. Hanging out with a group badge-[censored] is really what I would consider funnest, not any particular badge
Any particular story arcs or contacts that you love to do? Even when you have done them a million times already?
Oh wow. Good question. Hero side is just full of serious, serious story lines. I prefer lighthearted, so I find the villain arcs funner by far. I really wish I could go do Doc Buzzsaw a million times over, but I cant bring myself to get that infamy badge in time to take her as a contact.
So now that you won the title of Mr Pinnacle what are your plans to help improve the server? The crown is more then just fabulous prizes you know!
[censored] That wasnt in the brochure! I mean, Ive been trying to get my henchman out there to pound the pavement but its not working so well for me.
Seriously for a second, Ive been thinking a lot on having more open badging nights and farms. Right now, I think things have been leaning towards SGs/Coalitions (and second accounts) first, with a call onto the channel to complete the set of people needed. Ive been debating on dedicating a night every few weeks (or a weekend day perhaps) to just go help others with a farm or badge tour of some kind.
Ive heard about the Taxi-bots on other servers holding Mayhem (maybe safeguard?) tours to hit every exploration badge, and Id really like to do something like that for Pinnacle on a semi-regular basis. (I just leeched from a groups mayhem tour very recently, its a bit slower than I wouldve thought, but I think the safeguard could actually go pretty well since it doesnt have a timer.) I dont have enough alt coverage to provide all the missions, so if I do try to organize one itd require some help.
However, Ive really not put a lot of planning into it. Just something Ive been thinking about in the back of my head.
Any final things you would like to say to everyone before we go?
If I say no, would that be self-contradictory?
Inquiring minds want to know!
I think most of the things I would say wouldve been said elsewhere by someone else and much more better with gooder grammar. Its all just a game. People login to have fun. If you arent having fun, then its time to do something different. Change your routine up, dont take things so seriously.
Shadowy Presence - Absolutely, positively worse than playing a Kheldian... --Myrmydon