Going Rogue: My responce to the weak, afraid, and argumentative

For months, I have seen many people with complaints and fears about Going Rogue. Now, as time draws closer to its unveiling at Herocon, the discussion has become more heated.

"But I don't want to be a villain! I want to stay in Paragon! I'm not switching sides! It's unfair to the purist in me to offer content that I don't feel my characters should participate in!"

"No way I want to hang out with heroes! That totally changes who my villain is! I'm a bad guy and I like being just that! Stop hating on villains and trying to get us to turn them into heroes!"

Even though I already say it till I'm blue in the face, I'll continue to...

"Going Rogue does not make the determination if you are a hero or a villain. You do. Your actions define who you are; your concept of who your character is doesn't change unless you want it to."

What I mean is that even though, as a villain, you enter Paragon City, it doesn't change your character. All "true and pure" villains don't classify themselves as a "bad guy." They define themselves by their actions and, more often than not, consider themselves to be heroes of the world around them. Many take up the gauntlet of villainy to open the eyes of those around them that can not see the corruption in every day life. Many have a warped sence of heroism; seeing that the only way to get to their "Utopia" is by using their hand to destroy all in the way of that vision, be it good or evil.

Many comic book heroes had to walk the line of good and evil, sometimes even crossing it, because their beliefs told them to. Their morals didn't change because they believed that what they were doing was necessary. They may not have liked what they had to do, but they felt that they needed to cross the line so they could continue to their destination.

No, Going Rogue will not change your destiny, unless you want it to. The road may branch off into many different paths, but if you are determined to get to your chosen destination, regardless of what path you take, you will still get there.

Heroes vs Villains. Good vs Evil. It's all the same thing. The only difference is the interpretation of what you see.

Who the hell is complaining about Going Rogue? I have never seen a single complaint about the game offering "the other side" (other than "it homogenizes the game", but they complain about Powerset Proliferation with the same comment, so I don't care about that).

You must play with some weird people.

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

That didn't take long. -.-

well, we know nothing at all yet, so speculative threads really dont help much other than giving a place for people with positive and negative outlooks to fight. lets check back in a few weeks, apparently hero-con is when the details get filled in.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

ShaddupSHADDUP! I get a diode cluster fritzing out just thinking about what GR is going to be like...
Mostly, I just want Dual Pistols. That and all the other shinies...
Argharghargh...

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

That post made me think of a recent arc I played. Well, not the arc itself more the Operative that gave it to me. Operative Joe Varrass(I think) in Sharkhead. He also had this theory about heroism.

What a nice guy. I didn't feel like a lackey when working with him.

Can't say I have seen those complaints. Although with a thread about illusion controllers not being accepted in a team I'm worried about people not wanting to have reformed villains or rogue heroes in their team.(either because of RP reasons or powersets)

I look forward to a lot of things that might be there. Of course, all we know is side switching and Dual Pistols/Demon Summoning.

I hope Praetoria has cool stuff for level 50s to do, and more RWZ-type raids where you just assemble two+ groups of heroes and go beat the snot out of an army of Praetorians trying to do something Bad, like send a quantum discombobulator through the portal and melt the whole dimension into Rularuu! Rularuu!

I hope that Alternate Advancement thing is in. Heard rumors of, like, 10 free universal enhancement slots or whatever. Sounds interesting, even though it might not actually do much (ED would start kicking you in the teeth and make those like TrainingO-quality, right?)

Market Merge? Yes please, redside has less players and less of everything. Least MA was having recipe rolls generated quick :/ SFs are worth, like, zilch merit-wise. And they even hid one of them in the stupid Supergroup Base computer...it's like, uhhhh, this must've been Statesman's idea. Put Silver Mantis out in Nerva or Sharkhead please. Sideswitching will be nice. Redside will probably turn into a ghost town, though. Seems like Brutes and Corrs would overrun scrapper/tanks and defenders blueside. Defender's inherent is so lame. Maybe the competition having Scourge will make them rethink Vigilance.

I'm not gonna complain about something we know next to nothing about yet.

I have high hopes for Going Rogue, but also a lot of reservation. The first paid expansion had the scope of a stand-alone game, and while I'm pretty sure it was already confirmed that CoX is necessary to play GR, I hope for something that rivals CoV in size.

And yet, GR's touted feature is side-switching. CoH is your life as a hero, CoV is your life a villain, GR is... not said to be your life as some neutral-ish person. It's about your heroes and villains becoming the respective other.

But then again, the devs already spewed out major changes in free Issues. Say what you want about the AE, but a tool to design your own missions in an MMO IS a fairly revolutionary idea, and despite the time-and-money investment it took to make Power Customisation, we still got that for free, too. So if such the devs already give us major new stuff for free, surely something w need to pay for will be spectacular, right?

Basically what I am saying is that GR is an unknown quantity at this point and it could be the best thing since sliced bread, or it could be an Issue-sized booster pack. Maybe Hero Con will tell us more, but considering it's a 'teaser' only, I won't count on it. In the end, we'll just have to be more patient until we get some hard facts.

I heard in GR, we'll be able to make ponies but you'll have to have a 84 month vet badge, have 3 children, a doctorate in geology and a collection of the original G.I Joe action figures.

>_>

Good post Commander!

I'm looking forward to pushing all of my characters forward with Going Rogue.

Also, Dual Pistols = Hawt!

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