Lessons to take from Marcus Cole's death

Morals are for chumps. They'll trip you up every time.

Monologging is a weakness regardless of your alignment.

Sentiment will kill you - better to be unsentimental and fight to the end.

Nobody is completely invulnerable. If some nobody goes to a great deal of trouble to arouse your ire and engineer a confrontation, assume that he has a good reason for believing he can survive such a confrontation.

Striking hard, fast, and without warning will always trump walking in and announcing yourself.

Evil cannot be reformed. Attempts to reform a criminal will always result in the criminal biting the hand that feeds it.

Vengeance is nothing more than swift justice. Let the justice system work. Interference with it will only give an advantage to the enemy you're protecting.

Did I miss anything?

Nothing wrong with a Tier 9 Rez?

Be careful of where & when you toggle-on "walk"?

Call downs(summoning) are your friend when approaching an enemy.

Don't be afraid to use the environment as a weapon despite the fact it is a historical site.

Never walk into an obvious trap or you'll pay for it.

Always have at least one wakie and a break free.

the redshirt always gets it

Nuke the site from orbit, have Numina summon the shade for questioning.

Too bad Statesman wasn't softcapped to giant energy guns.

I wonder if Positron has Vengeance.

Has anyone checked to see if Statesman is still laying in the mission map asking for a small yellow or Wakie?

Oh and I forgot.. I guess he should've went regen.

Well, if you want something more... positive, maybe something like: the death of one hero can inspire the rise of a thousand more. You know, since we'll probably finish these missions heroically and all.

Or not.

The thing is, Statesman didn't really inspire any of my characters. I see how Statesman died as the theft of a nuclear bomb and that bomb needs to be retrieved.

Never assume anyone is powerless against you. Always prepare for the worst case scenario. Plus, as having unseen backup is cool so never be too proud of that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.

When all else fails fall back on the tried and true kill the #1 hero bit and act like you thought it all up yourself and its something new and shinny.

You can actually trade your life for the life of someone you love if you have an alien machine designed to do the job.







Wait, which Marcus Cole are we talking about?

People will take anything as an excuse to call the game oppressive and immoral?

I've been soloing these missions on the villain side with Grey Kestrel, my rogue DB/WP Stalker, who has a certain connection to Darrin's little project...

Things Kestrel has learned thus far:

1) Style does not guarantee victory...
Jean was awfully foxy, but that didn't stop him from getting brain-smacked into next week. Being cute will only get you so far in the bad-guy business.

2) Know thy allies as well as thy enemies...
If your plan involves empowering and giving the forces of, say, Rularuu a stronger presence and connection to the Primal world, it MIGHT really be a bad idea to bring in a partner who... well... turned out to be one of those those Rularuu things herself. With Rularuu pets. Who were all about chomping your head off at a really inopportune moment. Better to avoid the issue by doing a little research before you pick (and then piss off-) your flunkies.

It was very satisfying to use an Echo of Statesman to tank the guy who killed him and his little buddy too.