Who Will Die - Guessing Contest

It's just that it was recently brought up on the forums, and one of the recent patches actually changed BAB's info to take him out of the Freedom Phalanx.

I remember that, but I don't remember if Aeon was one of those arguing that BaBs *was* a member of the FP or wasn't a member or stayed out of it altogether. All I remember was that it was Positron that was adamant that BaBs was not a member of the FP.

Updated guesses in first post. Seems like a popular choice is BaBs killed by Marauder.

Interesting trend. Keep those guesses coming! Is it safe to say that Synapse and Numina will be safe?

If I could enter myself, I'd put my money on Synapse. I think Steel/Skyway is in need of the next revamp and between Posi and Synapse, you tell me whose TF is better...

I'm still keeping my money on Penn & Teller from the ending cutscene.

Manticore

Killed by

Sister Psyche

so she can run off with

Black Ally Brawler

Once you go black you never go back

My gut instinct is that it will be Manticore by rules of drama.

The rules of drama say that the supporting character you get to interact with most is the one to be killed because they are the one the viewer will feel most attached to. The only member of the Phalanx you really get to meet and interact with in the new tutorial missions is Manticore. You even get invited into his house a couple of times.

Plus he's married to one of THE iconic characters used to promote CoH (along with States, Recluse, and Ghost Widow... with Cole, Desdemona and Maelstrom for the GR stuff) and I could totally see someone in marketing thinking that Sister Psyche being single again would be a good idea just due to the theoretical drooling fanboy angle.

Numina should hook up with ghost widow

*spoiler**spoiler**spoiler**spoiler**spoiler**spoi ler**spoiler**spoiler**spoiler**spoiler*
From an Interview with Brian Clayton on ZAM:When the dust has settled, one of the Freedom Phalanx will be dead.
And by dead, we mean they’re gone from the game. We’re going in and taking them out from missions and zones. There will be a major ripple effect that’ll affect the world once the death occurs. Even if you don’t play the Signature Story Arcs, you’ll still experience the repercussions.
Note from @Positron_CoH: Remember whos the target of the interview. Surviving 8 (not a sexy name) vs Freedom Phalanx (something all our players know).

According to this - some speculation may be correct. BaBs and Sister Psyche are in the new tutorial. Manticore is prominently featured in the new ongoing training missions - you even go to his mansion. Then again... BaBs or Sister Psyche would be pretty easy to swap out for someone else, Manticore - much less so.

More speculation!

I say statesman killed by a completely new group. Now seems about the time to introduce something new, and I think they (the devs) will have anticipated a guessing game, what better to totally throw us off than a completely new bad guy?

My bet is Manticore by sacrifice to save one or more of the others.

I don't think it will be Statesman.

I was thinking Back Alley Brawler for a long time, because his death would require the least rewriting.

Now I'm thinking Manticore, based on the simple logic that the death of a character you aren't familiar with has little meaning, and Manticore is now introduced very early on in the game as an important character. (Twinshot's arc)

Killing off one of the others would be fine for the veteran players, we're familiar with who they all are. But a new player running through the arcs would get to the end and go "Okay, Citadel died. Why am I supposed to care about that again?"

And if it IS Manticore that buys the farm, they can introduce a new series of Signature Arcs in which Sister Psyche goes ballistic and you have to stop her.

Of course it'll be Statesman. They're bringing the 'Who Will Die' arcs out one by one in different level ranges starting at the bottom. It'll be the last hero featured, the one at the uppermost range -- Statesman -- who dies.

As for who kills him, I'm pretty sure that only Recluse or Tyrant can do it. If I have to choose one I'll choose Recluse. The arc doesn't seem to have any Praetorian influence in it yet (and that's refreshing.)

Got two more guesses in... one of them's a bit of a long shot. We'll see.

I'm saying this:

Nobody dies, but we might get somebody come back to life (War Witch/Numina possibly)

I'm basing this on the fact that the Devs often stretch things - for example the War Walls coming down and being able to blow up scenery etc.

Yes, both doable but very limited - they get us going and it's fun how they manage it so don't think this is a criticism but I strongly suspect we're being wrong-footed here.

Be fun to find out tho

"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

I'm sticking by Numina.

Sure, she is in the tutorial, but can be replaced there by any old NPC giving directions. Her Task Force can br granted by Infernal or another NPC with a few tweaks of the writing and her "marriage" to Positron makes it the perfect tragic circumstance.

Oh, and it would make one less annoying Psi user in LRSF.
Mako offs her in one of her excursions to the Rogue Isles is my guess.

Well, we've finally reached a match of my initial amount. Maybe I'll match again.

It is an eight step plan to kill one person....only Nemesis would come up with such an overly complicated plot.

As to who dies...it has to be Citadel. Nemesis is jealous of his design and kills him, so he can then be rebuilt to look like the Praetorian version.

And all this furthers the plans of the real Lord Nemesis, who is not involved at all with the plan.

He is GOOOD.

Posting so this will show in my Control Panel. Will be making a guess later.