Who Are You Re-Rolling?


Adeon Hawkwood

 

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Probably reroll my main Sullster into a plant/poison Troller as my current life path has changed recently and this character would represent me closest in game. (Messed with his own genetic structure to create superpowers.)

Depends how much more poison gets altered in Beta. Noxious Gas' endurance is very sick... haha


47 Month Vet
Main: Sullster: Level 51 STJ/SR Speedster

 

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I'm not rerolling anything; I almost never do that.

However, now that scrappers are finally getting Energy Aura, I will be making a new version of Djinniman (after more than six years!) on my current home server, this time as a fiery melee/energy aura scrapper. I only made him as a tank because it seemed like a "safe" choice for a new player all those years ago, and Invulnerability never seemed to fit a character who was supposed to be magically hard to grasp rather than resilient. (SR never seemed to fit conceptually, either.)

I'll probably make some new characters, too.


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Djinniman, level 50 inv/fire tanker, on Victory
-and 40 others on various servers

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i have a lowbie MA/SD scrapper mostly "human" build (with manhole as a shield)..... and since i already have a MA/SR scrapper (tweaked 50)... i will reroll her as SJ/SD......


...at this point i want to mention, although all the new powersets, i am most excited about rolling a BS/inv Brute


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I'm not, currently, planning to reroll any characters for I21. I've been toying on and off with the idea of rerolling my Inv/Axe Tanker as a Beam Rifle character (I like her story but playing her to 50 convinced me I really don't like melee characters) but haven't come up with a powerset combo that suits her and that I think I'll enjoy (thematic wise Beam/Energy Blaster works but I don't think I'll enjoy playing it.

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Dechs Kaison, my bots/traps, also has AR/nrg blaster, huntsman, and DP/traps defender versions. I plan to make a Beam Rifle something out of him next.
Disturbingly enough I'm almost the same position having three versions of Adeon Hawkwood (AR/Dev, Trpas/AR, Bots/Traps). I've been contemplating adding a Beam Rifle/Force Field Corruptor to his repertoire.


 

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Now, I already spoke about this elsewhere, but to avoid cross-posting, let me summarise in brief:

Xanta, my level 50 BS/Inv Scrapper will be rerolled as a level 1 Titanic Weapons/Inv Brute when that happens.

The Herald of Light, my level 41 BS/Regen/Pyre Scrapper will be rerolled as a level 1 Sword/Shield Brute, hero-side. The Regen is cool, but the shield is cooler.

Morten, my level 39 Ice/Ice Blaster will be rerolled as a level 1 Energy/Energy Stalker, hero-side. She was always supposed to be Energy, and I'm tired of pretending otherwise.

Jun, my level 33 MA/SR Scrapper will be rerolled as a level 1 Street Justice/SR Scrapper, hero-side.

I'm also going to reroll a level 42 Blaster, a level 30-something Blaster and a level 30-something Scrapper into something else, but I haven't decided what yet. All's I know is I don't like their current powers.


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Re-roll? But, but, that would mean deleting a character! I think I have done that maybe 3 times in over 7 years. Why would I start now? I still have lots of space, I haven't even started working on the European servers yet.

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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison View Post
I don't reroll characters.

Ok, I do, but it's rare.

What I do often is create multiple versions of the same character.

My claws/dark brute, DB/dark scrapper, necro/dark mastermind, spines/dark stalker are all the same character with different names.

Dechs Kaison, my bots/traps, also has AR/nrg blaster, huntsman, and DP/traps defender versions. I plan to make a Beam Rifle something out of him next.
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Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood View Post
Disturbingly enough I'm almost the same position having three versions of Adeon Hawkwood (AR/Dev, Trpas/AR, Bots/Traps). I've been contemplating adding a Beam Rifle/Force Field Corruptor to his repertoire.
This is pretty much how I do it. I have a couple of characters that I create on different servers, with slightly different backstories to account for the difference in powers. One server even has 2 versions of my main, one Praetorian, one Primal, since they are from different dimensions. I am still working on the back story for the Praetorian, since I am not as familiar with that lore yet.

So I will be creating new characters, but I have no plans for what they will be. Just whatever strikes my fancy as I continue to play. Oh, I did just get an idea for a SJ brute that will end up going Vigilante. Will have to think about his secondary. Maybe Regen.


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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
Morten, my level 39 Ice/Ice Blaster will be rerolled as a level 1 Energy/Energy Stalker, hero-side. She was always supposed to be Energy, and I'm tired of pretending otherwise.
Sam, I know we never agree on things ever, but I highly recommend you try Kin Melee over Energy Melee, especially for thematic/visual purposes (that and it has a little bit more punch than Energy).


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Re-roll? Nothing.

Name change and make new, my namesake!

DP/TIME

Though, what I'm likely to do is do a few name changes, and just make multiple versions of my namesake and see which I like the best.

Titan Weapons/Possibly Regen (Buster Sword skin)
Staff/Possibly Regen
SJ/Possibly Regen

With these new sets, I see lots of OMG! Yumminess!


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I'm not planning to "re-roll" anyone. The only one in my stable that I have any eyes on for such is my Ice/Ice Dominator, who I'll be changing to a Stalker whenever they get Ice Melee. When i21 hits, I'll be cranking out several new characters, though. Currently planning:

~Beam Rifle/Devices Blaster
~Plant/Poison Controller
~Psi/Time Corruptor

Post i21, whenever the powersets hit, I'm also looking at:
~Street Justice/Electric Scrapper
~Titan/Regen Brute


 

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I'll be rerolling a few.

Psychodomina will be rerolled from Mind / Psi Dominator to Psy / Pain Corrupter. I've sat on her ever since Pain Domination came out waiting for Psychic Blast to be proliferated to Corrupters.

Particle Gal should be rerolled from Rad / Rad Defender to Rad / Time, but I may simply alter Particle Gal's story and port her story to a new alt (she is a time traveler).

Mefistofleas will be rerolled from Illusion / Rad Controller to Illusion / Time.

The Mane Event will be rerolled from a Praetorian to a Primal. She is a Brute, but she is also a hero. I hadn't finished leveling her through Praetoria yet when the I21 announcements started, so I stopped and I will level her true to concept (her origin story deals with the Council).

Bocor will also be rerolled from a Praetorian to match his story. He will remain a Dark / Dark Corrupter who starts as a hero, but the means by which he becomes one gradually corrupts him and he falls from grace. I've already rerolled him several times, and he was one of my very first characters.

Lady Warhawk will be another Praetorian to Primal reroll. She is also most definitely a Brute, but she will start as a hero and become a Vigilante, per concept.

Mekanik will be rerolled from Traps / AR Defender to Traps / Beam Gun.

Texas Hold Up will be rerolled from DP / Kinetics Corrupter to DP / Time (another time traveler).

Lord Rook will be rerolled from a Dark / Dark Scrapper to SJ / Dark.

Hamadryad will be rerolled from Plant / Empathy Controller to Plant / Poison. She really doesn't posses much in the way of empathy for any meatbag.

Rotten Johnny will be rerolled from Thugs / Poison Mastermind to Thugs / Sonic. He is a rock star after all.

New characters:

Annie Dromeda will be either Beam Gun / something Blaster or something / Beam Gun Defender. She is a space cop come to Earth to help with the Coming Storm. She is fascinated by the Old West, so her costume will have sci fi and western elements (think Galaxy Rangers).

And plenty more, with all these new powersets, and the fact that I haven't even touched Zukunft, Vigilance and Defiant servers yet, plus the new VIP server, I will have lots of room for brand new alts.


New story arcs coming soon (ARC IDs will be aded when I finish the arc):
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Sparks & Steel (level 5-20 Heroic arc)
and
So you want to join the Skulls? (level 1-14 Villainous arc)

 

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Rerolling:

  • My WH40K themed warp-corrupted Imperial Guardsman blaster will go from AR/Mental to Beam/Mental
  • My "burning fists of justice" MA/FA scrapper will become StJ/FA
  • Others unknown yet


 

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I'll have to re-roll The Pickle of Doom

I've tried SS/DA and DM/DA Brutes and just couldn't get the fill for him... maybe StJ/?? will work this time.



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Originally Posted by Justice Blues View Post
This is pretty much how I do it. I have a couple of characters that I create on different servers, with slightly different backstories to account for the difference in powers. One server even has 2 versions of my main, one Praetorian, one Primal, since they are from different dimensions. I am still working on the back story for the Praetorian, since I am not as familiar with that lore yet.
I don't even bother with different servers/stories. Story wise it's the same guy, he just has several suits of power armor.


 

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i may reroll my mostly unplayed dark melee/wp brute maggie nettles. street justice would work for her.

other than that, its more new concepts than remakes of existing ones. the presence of a steampunk beam rifle plus time manip means that a new steampunk char is in the works.


 

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Originally Posted by FlashToo View Post
For about a year, I've been playing a Grav/Kin controller called The Hour Thief. I will not be rerolling him - he's too much of a perpetual motion machine for me to want to do that, and he's also level 40 or so. I will, however, be making a second version of him that uses Time Manipulation, and if it proves fun enough I'll spend some Paragon Points on name changes so I can swap the primary name of "Hour Thief" to the new version and the secondary name of "Edmund Templeton" to the old one.

Still wish Time had been default-colored gold...
Oddly, I'm in the same exact boat.

I've been playing a Grav/Kin Controller for about a year - love him way too much to scrap him - and he is about level 40 or so. I will also be making a second version of him.

Currently his name is Edwin Schmidt, but I'm leaning towards Timetronic as his secondary version - possibly Praetorian version.


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I won't be rerolling my main Daemodand (MA/SR) but retiring him in favor of a new SJ main. I'm torn between Brute and Scrapper, and a couple of different concepts.

I wouldn't worry too much about Martial Arts. It'll still have reasons to be rolled over SJ, especially once the new set smell of SJ wears off. Someone could like the animations of it better for a particular concept, prefer the true Buildup of Focus Chi, better single target damage, and someone might actually prefer the lack of a gimmick in the set (I know Dual Blades' gimmick really turned me off of the set; that and the sounds). And the Eagle's Claw crit bonus. And the set's accuracy bonus, too. People always forget Martial Arts' accuracy bonus.

Personally, I'm rolling a SR/MA Tanker as an alt, because SR and MA is still one of the conceptually coolest things you can roll.

SJ is awesome, and will be my main set, but MA will be fine.


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I will re-roll my DP/Thermal Corr as a Therm/DP Defender which I've wanted since Therm got ported to Controllers.

I have a MA/SD Scrapper I will reroll as Street Justice immediately the set is available. The character is a homage to the Marvel character "Spirit of 76" and the animations on SJ just fit better. (Now I just need a tri-corner hat costume piece!!!)

Other then that I'm just bringing a couple EA toons out of mothballs- I'm hoping the changes to EA make my DB/EA Brute not so... boring!




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frankly, given the quality of the anims in kin melee and sj, it might behoove them to finally give MA an animation once-over. if they thought the cot were dated and ugly, the kicks of martial arts really look bad. better chambering of the kicks, better upper body position to look less awkward and off balance on the roundhouse and side-kick, it really is overdue, a few new punches were appreciated, but the root cause needs addressed.


 

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Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim View Post
Sam, I know we never agree on things ever, but I highly recommend you try Kin Melee over Energy Melee, especially for thematic/visual purposes (that and it has a little bit more punch than Energy).
Morten is somewhat of an abstract concept, to be honest. She started out as sort of this amorphous shadow entity which fed on the energy of the living, until an event that's too complex to retell caused her to develop a conscience, solidify into a physical form and leave her den. For her, it makes sense to have more abstract, less visually defined powers, and the fancy hand gestures of Kinetic Melee just aren't appropriate. In fact, if I didn't hate support ATs, I'd probably have made her a Controller or Defender. I mean, she was a Blaster originally

Actually, my main quandary with Morten was always between Dark/Dark and Energy/Energy. I'll save Kinetic Melee for one of my more athletic characters.


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I'm rerolling a DB/EnA Brute as a DB/EnA Scrapper, for sure, for various reasons. I may or may not reroll an SS/WP Brute as an SJ/WP Brute, I haven't decided about that one yet.

Anything else I do will involve new characters, or new(additional) versions of characters.


 

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I'm not rerolling.. more of re-using a costume with a better name.
Lord Tsarian, my Ma/Reg scrapper, will continue to live. I will reuse his costume when I make a new character - and the last name of Tsarian. The name however will be changed to match with the costume. He will be reborn as Street Justice/Energy Aura or something else.

I'll also be rolling a Fire/Time, with a saved name off a level 2 character.
And I'll be rolling a Titan/?? brute when those come out. Trolls + big weapons ;-)


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Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood View Post
I don't even bother with different servers/stories. Story wise it's the same guy, he just has several suits of power armor.
I hate the different names required for that. On a different earth, with a different backstory, having a different name doesn't bother me. But Iron Man doesn't change his name because he has changed into his stealth armor, he has just changed his capabilities, whereas if I want Justice Blues on Virtue to have a suit of armor with blaster capabilities, I do need to come up with a new name. That really kills that method for me.


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Originally Posted by Justice Blues View Post
I hate the different names required for that. On a different earth, with a different backstory, having a different name doesn't bother me. But Iron Man doesn't change his name because he has changed into his stealth armor, he has just changed his capabilities, whereas if I want Justice Blues on Virtue to have a suit of armor with blaster capabilities, I do need to come up with a new name. That really kills that method for me.
Well you see, the computer system for the FBSA is really old cannot handle a hero with multiple, significantly different power combinations and similarly cannot handle multiple heroes with the same name (it also can't handle four digit dates and so any heroes who registered in the year 2000 or later have a registration date of 19XX displayed on thier profile). As such heroes who have the ability to drastically alter their powers (for whatever reason) are legally required to register separate identities for each distinct power combination who are then considered different entities from a legal point of view.

This caused a major legal problem when one hero tried to sue his insurance company for damages after his primary suit of power armor was destroyed in a fight while he was using his secondary suit. He argued that since the two suits were separate legal entities the primary suit was technically owned by an innocent bystander and as such his accidental property damage insurance should cover his costs in replacing the primary suit.

In any case they've considered replacing the system but the only output drive on the old system uses 5.25" floppy disks and the entire supply of those in Paragon City (owned by a historic computer museum) was recently stolen in a surprise raid by the Nemesis Army.