Statesman's great mistake in CoH
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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2009-10-05 14:15 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Then send in the Brutes instead. Never send a hero to do a villain's job.
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Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
I don't think we'd be able to carry enough breakfrees for her.
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I smash and flip out and kill things equally. Brutes are welcome to join in.
Be well, people of CoH.
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I apreciate the invite Bill, but I don't actually want the conflict to end. See, as long as the war rages, I have an unlimited liscence to loot and kill.|
Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
I smash and flip out and kill things equally. Brutes are welcome to join in.
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Hang on, I think I see some tragic victims about to be caught in the crossfire.
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The only difference between a brute and a scrapper is which city they wound up in.
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Best scene in that movie!
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Originally Posted by Obsidius
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All right, I'll say it - 'cause Statesman was too much of a p***y wimp to let Vanguard go in there and blow out those alien bastards!!! (Link probably NSFW due to language) |
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Well, there's also the whole godd/evil thing too |
Originally Posted by Warkupo
The only difference between a brute and a scrapper is which city they wound up in.
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Any chance I can play Rikti side?
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
"Master of Rikti Task Force." Go through the portal and whale on every Rikti you can find, WITHOUT temp powers, NO chance to buy additional inspirations, a 2 hour time limit...
... while keeping Fusionette, Faultline, and Infernia alive the ENTIRE time. |
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Not leaving sooner.| Statesman's great mistake in CoH |
OH! You meant the CHARACTER, not the developer....
...point still stands.
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The character is fine - he's a bit uptight, but he means well |
Originally Posted by Westley
Not leaving sooner.
OH! You meant the CHARACTER, not the developer.... ...point still stands. |
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Uptight? He probably funds his base by passing diamonds twice a month. |
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
The character is fine - he's a bit uptight, but he means well
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Dr. Todt's theme.
i make stuff...
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*laughs, chokes, and promptly snorts black cherry cream soda up her nose*|
Originally Posted by Schismatrix
Uptight? He probably funds his base by passing diamonds twice a month.
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Or you could just send in the Tankers, and seal the dimension off for the 1.5 million years it would take us to kill (er, defeat) them all. |
Originally Posted by Harry_Canyon
Yeah, but send in at least one Defender so we can all buff up to tank status.
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What level would you come back as?
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Originally Posted by Steel_Shaman
Or you could just send in the Tankers, and seal the dimension off for the 1.5 million years it would take us to kill (er, defeat) them all.
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Then send in the villains. I'm pretty sure there are many Brutes and Masterminds that would not mind this.|
Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
Heroes generally don't consider genocide an option.
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Not to mention the scrappers who drool at the thought of taking on an entire world of enemies.
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Because we didn't have Willpower, Dark or Electric Tanks/Brutes to tank the Psi heavy foes at the time.
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Originally Posted by Satanic_Hamster
You remember that thing we had about seven years ago called the Rikti War? And how we failed to achieve victory? How come we didn't cross 5th Dimension and push those algae-eaters back to the Great Wall of Kun'Ger Ke'ee? Then take that wall apart brick by brick and nuke them back into the stone age forever? Tell me why! How come? SAY IT! SAY IT!
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Did everyone miss the memo that the Rikti weren't at fault for the invasion, so some sort of retribution against the Rikti homeworld would actually be a horrendously vile moral act?
I still remember people disagreeing with me that Nemesis and everyone in his organisation seriously should have been seriously squashed out of the game due to the kind of reaction that his machinations would attract from all sides (he'd come back of course, but I don't think he could have operated as openly as he still does). So, yeah: the Rikti were the victims here.
Statesman's greatest mistake is letting the Rogue Isles continue to operate.
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Intriguingly, it's probably Recluse's wisest move. The Isles are recognized as another country so it is effectively out of most heroes' jurisdiction while many want to lend a hand.
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Originally Posted by UnSub
Statesman's greatest mistake is letting the Rogue Isles continue to operate.
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But the Rikti have a whole homeworld full of stuff to loot and people to kill, and there's less competition cause all the looting and killing probably falls under "heretic thought patterns."|
Originally Posted by Blood Spectre
I apreciate the invite Bill, but I don't actually want the conflict to end. See, as long as the war rages, I have an unlimited liscence to loot and kill.
Hang on, I think I see some tragic victims about to be caught in the crossfire. |
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Originally Posted by UnSub
Did everyone miss the memo that the Rikti weren't at fault for the invasion, so some sort of retribution against the Rikti homeworld would actually be a horrendously vile moral act?
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Well, I for one am generally in favor of horrendously vile moral acts, but let's set that aside for the sake of co-operation for now.|
Originally Posted by UnSub
Did everyone miss the memo that the Rikti weren't at fault for the invasion, so some sort of retribution against the Rikti homeworld would actually be a horrendously vile moral act?
I still remember people disagreeing with me that Nemesis and everyone in his organisation seriously should have been seriously squashed out of the game due to the kind of reaction that his machinations would attract from all sides (he'd come back of course, but I don't think he could have operated as openly as he still does). So, yeah: the Rikti were the victims here. Statesman's greatest mistake is letting the Rogue Isles continue to operate. |
While it's true that the Rikti traditionalists are horrified at the truth of the war, the vast majority of the Rikti populace still does not know the truth of Nemesis's culpability in the inter dimensional conflict. This information is being brutally supressed by the Rikti warlord Hro'Dtohz. Or however he spells it. And the military, the actual dangerous segment of Rikti culture, supports their general. We know the truth, but the Rikti do not, and as long as that ignorance persists, they remain a threat to you. I mean us. To us. To innocent people. Yes.
But here's another angle to look at it from. We're all used to Nemesis's shenanigans over here. The Rikti don't seem to have an extra dimensional counterpart to a schemer the likes of Nemesis. From their alien perspective, even if they knew the truth, there is the very real risk that they might quite logically conclude that even if most Primal Earthlings did want peace, the attack DID originate from one of our own. We haven't given Nemesis over to them for justice, nor are we ever likely to do so. Nemesis is a monster of our world that did great harm to them, and continues to wish them further harm. Even if they believed that we, as a world, tend to rebuke Nemesis and his followers, what is to stop another threat like him from rising to threaten their way of life yet again?
No, logically, even if as well informed as we are, I believe the Rikti would continue to present a very real threat to our world. And thus the best thing for all of us is to settle in for a long, grisly war with a nice high body count on both sides.
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Send in all the Defenders. A million Scrappers and a Defender may be a world-sized Cuisinart, but a million Defenders is like nuking each one from orbit, just to be sure.|
Originally Posted by Steel_Shaman
Or you could just send in the Tankers, and seal the dimension off for the 1.5 million years it would take us to kill (er, defeat) them all.
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Not all of them from orbit. Each one from orbit. The former implies just one nuke. The latter...
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Rule 37?
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
Send in all the Defenders. A million Scrappers and a Defender may be a world-sized Cuisinart, but a million Defenders is like nuking each one from orbit, just to be sure.
Not all of them from orbit. Each one from orbit. The former implies just one nuke. The latter... |
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Wise words these are, wise words.
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Originally Posted by ryu_planeswalker
Rule 37?
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"Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself." ~Midnight Flux's former boss.
There are usually two sides to every argument but no end.
Everything placed above this line is always IMHO, YMMV and quite certainly not to be taken too seriously....
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They had it coming.|
Originally Posted by UnSub
Did everyone miss the memo that the Rikti weren't at fault for the invasion, so some sort of retribution against the Rikti homeworld would actually be a horrendously vile moral act?
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BURN THE WITCH!
wait.. sorry...
BURN THE RIKTI!
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Fortunately, my Brute does. And as she's a heavily IOed out Electric Armor monstrosity, she can comfortably deal with as many Rikti as the aggro cap will allow... and keep it up indefinitely. Next time some portals start popping, she's just going to take a page from the Spartan playbook, park her *** in the way while the armies of a whole damn planet are funneled right to her, and see how many thousands she can chew up before other people start complaining that they want a piece of the action. Not that she'll listen to them.. their precious delicious tears will just fuel the onslaught.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
Heroes generally don't consider genocide an option.
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