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You need to think like a DA or a victorious general.

Both have to decide who is worthy of holding accountable and pursuing to impose penalties in wartime and afterwards.

And they ain't got nothing on Marauder unless there are Praetorians willing to testify about what happened in the wilderness. And even then, it's up to Praetorians to try him, not Primals for what he did. Marauder traded in drugs to keep his war buddies alive (but also abused them as street thugs to justify a hard line police state). But it's up to Praetorians to try him for that. Marauder tried to hold a fortress against an invading army. No war crimes there. It's true that Marauder has no moral core, but there's nothing for a Primal DA or a General to pursue. And if he can be an asset on another war front... you use him.

The same with Marchand... it was Cole calling the shots for an invasion. Cole, who, by they way, most believed was necessary to stave off being subsumed by the Hamidon. And when it was clear that Cole wasn't acting in the best interest of the Praetorians, he switched sides. Marchand didn't order attacks on civilian populations. You don't try an opposing General for doing what Generals do... that's not war crimes. It was Cole that crossed over the bounds into war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Now, it's true that for the same reasons Dominatrix should also be cut loose. She didn't lead any attacks against Primals. And any crimes she committed as a Praetor should be tried by Praetorians. And she helped take out Diabolique (though poorly); and she abandoned Cole (though to switch to the winning side). We know as players she is completely amoral, even sociopathic. But any Primal General or DA wouldn't. If I were a General, I'd put her past a Grand Jury not so much as thinking I'd get an guilty verdict, but to let her know that Primals do not countenance what the Praetors did in Praetoria, and none of that will fly here.

Not to mention that on the specific charge of war-crimes, Marchand can probably mention the fact that he tried to stop the war in the first place.

I have that image as my current loading screen You can use NeoSplasher, instructions here: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=287602

I thought there was a program you could download from the NeoSplasher website, which is what I did awhile back when I changed mine, but now I'm not seeing it on a quick glance...not sure why.

And I like this much, much better than the current one, but possibly not enough to change back. Smiley Marauder is pretty hilariously adorable though.

Edit: Oh, you have to upload an image to get to the page with the download link, that's kinda silly. This is the link for the program (Windows only, and clicking on it will attempt to download the exe, so be warned): http://webapps.sgspaces.net/cohstuff/click.php?id=5

It's not the position of their hands, it's the position of their faces that does it for me. While he may be scowling, you can see the Statesman look longingly into the robot's cold eyes, while it's expressionless face appears to be lost in the hero's gaze.

I don't know, maybe that's just me. But consider what people's head do right before they kiss, at least in the big "fireworks and applause" end of a romantic comedy.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Can't you just check the announcement section or the I24 beta forum area to see when the I25 section is added?

It's just you.

Although I can see where you are coming from, angles can do a lot of funny things with the perspective.

For me, I for one see the robots body in line with its head, which means that it is *all* tilted... and therefore, at least in my mind... not romantic in the slightest.

Do you not know what rhetorical means?

Yes.

It would be nice to have a sanctioned "splasher" updater -- it's a shame that this art basically is lost.

Unless in people in eastern Europe kiss with their teeth clenched, I must state that it's just you.

Just got a mental image of Marauder coming home from a hard day's work at the shoe store, kicking back on the couch, and shoving one of those oversized gauntlets down the front of his pants.

Maybe that's why they look so baggy in the front.

Hmm, there wouldn't be much left of the Resistance (Cleo was proof the Wardens knew what the Crusaders were up to) after their war crimes trials.

I'm not quite sure I follow how a Warden contact discovering a Crusader bomb plot and then getting the player to help her stop it really makes the point you're trying to make

The Resistance isn't organized like the dictatorship - they're split into small cells and lone agents to avoid the entire movement being compromised if any member is captured.
The membership requirements are also extremely vague - for example, while Tunnel Rat is presented as a Resistance agent, people like Jessica and Robert Flores are presented as sympathizers with the general movement to bring down the dictatorship.

At the time, she thought you were a genuine loyalist.

I know. It's always a losing battle. Between GG and the poor handling of the storyline for the sake of raids the drubbing the Loyalists get while the Resistance are the squeaky clean big damn heroes induces a wee bit of frustration.

Crusaders appear in I24 in a suitable way.

Also, the robot is tilting its head to the side so their noses' don't bump into each other when they kiss.

It is being used now.

I think the i24 login is just awful.