is this rude or funny?

When on a team and someone dies, I turn Vengence on.
Then I will thank them for dying.
So itll be like
- Ultra-Mega-man dies
- I turn vengence on
- I say "Vengence on. Thanks Ultra-Mega-Man!"

rude or funny?

Shouldn't you be thanking the mob that just killed Ultra-Mega instead?

I said this last night to a teammate on a speed ITF and felt bad about it afterward. It's...not really rude, but it's easy to take it the wrong way. "Hey, thanks for sucking!"

Death is just a part of the game. Everyone makes mistakes. While I wouldn't call a bind like that out-and-out funny it does paint something that might otherwise be annoying in an amusing light. If someone gets their knickers in a twist over it and does think you're being rude, they're probably taking themselves a little too seriously, and most need the laugh.

That said, I also agree with those that say seeing that every time it goes off would get annoying.

the penalty and inconvenience for dying in this game is so, so tiny that it wouldn't matter to me. in fact, people quite often volunteer to be 'veng fodder' to benefit the team in a greater way than they could just playing their character.

Doesn't strike me as particularly bad.

It kind of reminds me of what happened on the last Apex I was on with one of my scrappers who has Vengeance. On a reasonably regular basis I'd be scrapperlocked away from the rest of the team, and when someone died, I'd rush to where they dropped, hit vengeance, and rush away again.

If you think about it, it has a bit of a carrion-eater undertone.

*Rush in*
*Nom*
*Rush out*

There was an implied "wheeeeeeee!" in my zipping away with vengeance that, quite frankly, had me giggling.

Or maybe I've been having too much sugar and caffeine. Hey, I've been writing code, and everyone knows that's how code is made!

i just shout "Veng Monkey" lol

If it is rude, I play with very offensive people, and always have, and they hate everybody.

depends on how you would word it. it'll be more funny than rude.

You people have no sense of humour.

Yes, it's funny.

Seems painless enough if used in moderation. If someone gets all upset with you, they need to take a timeout and realize it's just a game.

My main villain has fallout and I have a bind something like: "Don't worry $target. I'll rez and revive you with Mutation in a second, but first I'm going to blow you up. I know it's evil, but hey, that's just me! Have fun and happy villainy!" Usually gets a chuckle from teammates. And no, I don't use it everytime.

I say "So long, and thanks for all the vengeance." I also take every opportunity to remind people that living teammates are of no use to a widow.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

If I were your veng-bait, Firebeam, I wouldn't find it rude. I might even chuckle over it...

I'm easily amused.

Usually when my Fire/Rad trifectas someone (Vengeance/Fallout/Mutation) I wind up thanking the corpse and pointing out how many enemies "they" just killed.

Then I ask them to ease off on the chili next time.

Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.

I guess it would depend on who you were teaming with. I play with friends and we spend all night joking with each other and cutting each other up. Someone dying and making Vengance an available tool would have and HAS gotten similar treatment to what you did and we were all fine with it. Hey I have several characters with Rise of the Phoenix so when I die in combat I rez and hurt a pile of NPC bad guys in the process... at 50 level debt is just another badge and normally is gone by the time we take out the next mob so who cares.

Now on a PUG with a group of people you don't know .. I could see how someone with a limited sense of humor might take that the wrong way. Personally I don't see it as rude but can see how someone else might. Yeah I Know .. "Gee thanks Wendy that was NO help at all!" lol