Years ago, I ran across Knockback Man on Freedom. On this particular day, I think I was some kind of scrapper. It was a random PUG, and I proceeded to look over everyone's powersets and BIO. I look up Knockback Man and saw he was an NRG/NRG blaster. I thought something like "Oh great, this is going to suck. Enemies will be flying everywhere," but then I proceeded to read his bio:
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Backstory: I hate Blasters. I don't see the point of them and I don't see why anyone would want to play one when you can be almost as big a hitter with an archetype that can take more than one shot before croaking (Scrapper) or has a little more finesse than simply relying on brute force to defeat foes (Defender).
I hate Blasters for dreaming up daft strategies, causing team wipes and running away from their teammates yelling "healz plz" then complaining when they die. Above all I hate Blasters for knocking back enemies when you're trying to engage them in melee.
My goal with Knockback Man, therefore, is to embrace my inner Blaster by creating my most hated archetype with my most hated powersets, slotted for knockback distance of course.
I fully expect to be passed over for team invites and probably kicked from a few. But that's OK because before you judge a man you should walk a mile in his shoes. After that it doesn't matter; you're a mile away ... and you have his shoes.
Pretty hilarious, right? I forget how long we PUGed on this team, but this player was really good. Despite his bio, he didn't scatter mobs. He used his knockback to actually keep mobs bunched up, and we steam rolled mob after mob after mob. Afterwards, I sent Knockback Man a tell, letting him know that he was the NRG blaster I had ever teamed with. His reply was gracious, if not a little surprised.
Thank you Knockback Man, where ever you are, for giving me a great memory in this game.
*salutes*
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That story reminds me a lot of why I created one of my first "alts", 7-10 Split. He was a bowler turned hero, also Energy Energy and I created him after being the only scrapper on a team of 5 blasters, 2 of which were energy. Yeah, I ran a lot.
Years ago, I ran across Knockback Man on Freedom. On this particular day, I think I was some kind of scrapper. It was a random PUG, and I proceeded to look over everyone's powersets and BIO. I look up Knockback Man and saw he was an NRG/NRG blaster. I thought something like "Oh great, this is going to suck. Enemies will be flying everywhere," but then I proceeded to read his bio:
I hate Blasters for dreaming up daft strategies, causing team wipes and running away from their teammates yelling "healz plz" then complaining when they die. Above all I hate Blasters for knocking back enemies when you're trying to engage them in melee.
My goal with Knockback Man, therefore, is to embrace my inner Blaster by creating my most hated archetype with my most hated powersets, slotted for knockback distance of course.
I fully expect to be passed over for team invites and probably kicked from a few. But that's OK because before you judge a man you should walk a mile in his shoes. After that it doesn't matter; you're a mile away ... and you have his shoes.
Thank you Knockback Man, where ever you are, for giving me a great memory in this game.
*salutes*