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How Evil is Your Civillian?

Amerikatt

By Amerikatt,
Posted on: 2010-06-06 06:51 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Yes, I know... you may think me mad for suggesting that Paragon City civillians are evil... actually, there are probably several reasons you may think me mad... but stick with the current topic here... no wandering!

Here are some of the ways you can determine if the civillian you're dealing with is evil:

* They are being harrassed/robbed/boiled in green mist atop a building and promptly run off the edge before you can defeat all their oppressors rather than risk giving you an inf reward.

* You rescue them during a mission and they refuse to follow you unless you drop your nice, safe stealth toggle.

* They say "I hope my children grow up to be just like you" when they don't have children... and then run right out to get that vasectomy/tube tying.

* They walk by on the street and just happen to loudly announce "Boy, it's too bad HeroName failed that mission against the Council"... which happened when you were level 4... and you're now a 50.

* They super jump to the top of a building to thank you for the rescue... and you have to take the fire escape or lose half your health to falling damage to get back to the street.

* You're in an office building mission and are in the perfect position to line up a 4 enemy Sands of Mu attack... when they "panic" run by you... bumping you to hit only one.

* They can be named Lois Watson but you get Generic'd if you even THINK of naming your character after a Marvel or DC character who appeared in one comic book back in the 30's.

* They're not even bothering to fake purse-pulling anymore; just standing around talking with the bad guys waiting for you to arrive.

* They're driving the car that just purposefully swerved into your lane of traffic to hit you.

* They bake cookies for their muggers.

* They are filling out the Malta Application Form when you approach to "rescue" them.

* When you get there... the mugger is the one who starts begging for assistance.

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Originally Posted by Steelclaw View Post
* They walk by on the street and just happen to loudly announce "Boy, it's too bad HeroName failed that mission against the Council"... which happened when you were level 4... and you're now a 50.
So true! You get +7.5 Interwebz, +5 of which is for the quoted statement. I'd have given you +10 Interwebz overall, but I have no idea who Lois Watson is or what she has to do with a comic book from the 1930's.


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Originally Posted by Amerikatt View Post
So true! You get +7.5 Interwebz, +5 of which is for the quoted statement. I'd have given you +10 Interwebz overall, but I have no idea who Lois Watson is or what she has to do with a comic book from the 1930's.
Louis Watson is actually an amalgamation of Louis Lane (Supermans love interest) and Mary Jane Watson (one of Spidermans love interests).

 

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It is a portmanteau of Lois Lane, Reporter and love interest of Superman, and Mary Jane Watson, lover of Spiderman. Lois Watson appears in newspaper mishes as a hostage.

Beat me to the draw!

 

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Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano View Post
Louis Lane (Supermans love interest)
I never knew Supes was that kind of guy.

@Roderick

 

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Always enjoy the posts, Steelclaw. Keep it up!

You forgot one though:

"Ever notice no matter how far the evil henchmen run from the hostage when the escape is no more than 20 yards away the hostage just won't move?"

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Originally Posted by Roderick View Post
I never knew Supes was that kind of guy.
I saw Smallville once. He totally is, and it's really obvious, but last I heard the show's spent the last 7 years in heavily closeted denial.

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Originally Posted by Steelclaw View Post

* When you get there... the mugger is the one who starts begging for assistance.
I was just thinking today that in lower levels, it would be hilarious to see a civilian beating a mob over the head with their purse/bat and calling for help as they were being mugged. When you get there to help, the mob says, "Thank goodness, someone I finght finally"