Who Are You Re-Rolling?

MajorDecoy · 08-12-2011 04:01 PM

I'm considering moving Major Decoy to another server and making a new one on my home server. The other option is just making Major Distraction.

I just have to decide between Shield Defense/Super Strength, Shield Defense/Martial Arts, and Shield Defense/Street Justice.

Venture · 08-12-2011 04:25 PM

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And the set's accuracy bonus, too. People always forget Martial Arts' accuracy bonus.

Probably because despite what we were once told, it doesn't really have one. It's got the same 1.05x you see on most of the other i0 Scrapper sets.

As for why reroll when there's plenty of room for new characters, that's because sometimes new powers fit old concepts better than what was available at the time. Rerolled characters of noteworthy level can be reimagined; renamed and/or shipped off to other servers, preserving the time invested in them.

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Shagster · 08-12-2011 04:51 PM

I think it's pretty much a moral imperative that I make a new version of Dr. Continuum (currently a Grav / Rad Controller) as a Grav / Time. Probably won't delete the old one, since he's all purpled out. Maybe just have them as alternate versions of the same person. Just use a slightly changed name.

There was a MA / SR Scrapper I had back in Issue 1 which I deleted to make room for new characters, named Combatra. Might re-make as a SJ/SR or a SJ/WP. Back after a loooong absence.

If Titan Weapons has a maul-like weapon choice, I should re-roll Pounder Alice from Inv/Mace into Inv/TW. Or maybe TW/Inv. She's a tribute character to an NPC in a tabletop superhero RPG, girlfriend of one of the PCs, and might finally have maul big enough for the one-woman demolition crew of her concept.

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Samuel_Tow · 08-12-2011 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Venture

Probably because despite what we were once told, it doesn't really have one. It's got the same 1.05x you see on most of the other i0 Scrapper sets.

"Most?" Are you referring to Broadsword and Broadsword vs. Claws, Spines, Dark Melee and Martial Arts?

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Starflier · 08-12-2011 05:30 PM

I'll likely re-roll/re-conceptualize Moxie Girl from Kin/SR to SJ/SD when Street Justice drops.

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Eva Destruction · 08-12-2011 05:47 PM

I'm rerolling my very first Scrapper (that lived past level 10) from MA/Regen to MA/SD. I just can't like /regen anymore. I go splat too much, and one of the things I liked about that character was all the neat little "extras" she had, such as Hover and the Weapon Mastery APP, which have slowly been whittled away over the years in a futile attempt to not go splat so much. I don't care how awesome Street Justice is though, MA still looks freaking sweet to me.

So I'm taking advantage of my first free server transfer to move her to the VIP server just so I have a character on the VIP server (where incidentally my name will not likely be taken) and reroll.

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MoltenSlowa · 08-12-2011 06:06 PM

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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.

Should probably reroll your MFing warshade into a MFing peacebringer.

Trollin Slowa, my SR/Regen into StJ/Regen.

Aeolian Slowa, my Plant/Rad controller into Plant/Time

Not sure if I want to reroll, or just buy more slots...

Techbot Alpha · 08-12-2011 07:13 PM

Akiko Kiyzama is getting re-rolled from MA/SR to the much more fun StJ/WP. SR is such a 'feh' set to play, and MA is end hungry and...lacks oomph. Decent damage, sure, but...eh. I dunno.

Street Justice, though? Ticks all the boxes. AND looks decent too, even like a free-form Martial art that suits Akiko perfectly.

Oh, and my Sonics Fender is getting a Sonic/Beam Gun re-roll. Because I god-damn LOVE that set.

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Combat · 08-12-2011 07:26 PM

I'm planning on rerunning some toons for Street Justice, including a SS/SR brute named Old Wippernapper, who may be rerolled as either a StJ/SR or StJ/EA, as either would work with his concept. Also, a KM/Fire scrapper named Just Tracy will be rerolled as a StJ/Fire scrapper. I'm not sure whether time manipulation or energy beam will make me change any characters, but one character may be rerolled as a Dark Blast/Energy Manip Blaster (currently a D3). And thats about it.

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Muon_Neutrino · 08-12-2011 10:27 PM

I'll probably be rerolling my mothballed 20ish grav/storm controller into grav/time, since as a 'relativity controller' that's what he should have been all along. I may reroll my ma/sr into a sj/sr since sj fits a self taught fighter better, although really the powerset I'm waiting for there is scrapper /nin. And I might reroll my 20ish storm/dark and/or dark/psi defender to use fire blast. Not rerolling any 50s.

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CommunistPenguin · 08-12-2011 11:02 PM

Im rerolling my boxing robot roboxer to street fighting
Im eventually rerolling my bots/traps into time manip/beam rifle

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Silver Gale · 08-13-2011 01:22 AM

I have a level 50 DM/Fire Scrapper who I'd been planning on rerolling and changing sides constantly as I level, with the ultimate goal of seeing all or most of the Alignment Missions. Up to now, I'd been discouraged by the fact the 1-20 game is pretty boring, but I21 fixes that.

I may also change her to a DM/Fire Brute, not entirely sure yet. But it's nice to have the option.

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Aggelakis · 08-13-2011 02:51 AM

I have 1.21 Jiggawatts on Freedom that is likely going to become an Electric Control/Time Manipulation controller. Just because the thought of it makes me giggle like a loon.

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CommunistPenguin · 08-13-2011 04:13 PM

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I have 1.21 Jiggawatts on Freedom that is likely going to become an Electric Control/Time Manipulation controller. Just because the thought of it makes me giggle like a loon.

you gonna take ss as the travel power and the fire path aura?

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Cheetatron · 08-13-2011 06:33 PM

I'm not a fan of rerolling but my Cheetatron Series of characters may be getting a Beam/Traps brother

My "Spring Time of Youth" MA/SR may get a SJ/SR version (Though I just cant see having to start over in terms of badges and costum slots grrrr)

Forbin_Project · 08-13-2011 06:45 PM

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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.

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SlickRiptide · 08-13-2011 10:58 PM

Lady Spirit was always intended to be a fist fighter and Martial Arts was basically a compromise. The alternate animations for Martial Arts helped a lot when they were added, but with Street Justice, I suspect that she'll finally be getting remade as a real "brawler" like she was supposed to be.

Mandu · 08-14-2011 10:38 PM

I'm like the Anti-Steelclaw. I've never rerolled nor will I ever do so. I just prefer to make a new alt. On top of that some characters have powers I've completely forgotten about.

Can you guess I'm a very casual player?

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Lycanus · 08-14-2011 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by CommunistPenguin

Im rerolling my boxing robot roboxer to street fighting
Im eventually rerolling my bots/traps into time manip/beam rifle

I rarely if ever re-roll....

I simply create a new version in another slot

Tender Bar will probably get a SJ/Regen version....which will allow me to use KB without losing too much regen

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OneWhoBinds · 08-15-2011 04:09 AM

Yeah... I've got a few to reroll/resurrect.

Dr. Corundum will be changed from a Stone/WP Brute to a Stone/Regen Brute, to better match his concept, and because I generally find WP to be boring.

With Energy Aura being redone, Terminal Steel will likely be reborn. I'm not sure if I will leave her as a SS/EA Brute, or switch out for a StJ/EA Brute (or Scrapper). (Although I still wish the devs would give us a no fade option for Energy Cloak!!)

I'm also debating if I should reroll Blazing Rave, SS/Fiery Aura brute, as StJ/Fiery instead.

I've also got a couple in mind for Titan Weapons, but I'm going to wait and see what that actually looks like/works like, before committing to that...