With Great Power Comes Great Pain
So I've been playing City of Heroes again and rejoined my Supergroup, known as 'The Jedi Council' (absolutely no relation to my earlier journey towards the dark-side). We went into some abandoned building to track down a couple of evil villains but they were well guarded by many (and I mean many!) very strong, very tough men - with super-powers of their own. We were completely outnumbered and although we may have been able to complete our mission and defeat them, other people were having enough trouble fighting their own fatigue. And so, one by one my team mates left for bed, leaving fewer of us to fight. In the end, we decided to retreat.
Preparing to take on one the many gangs
spread throughout the building
As I mentioned in my last post, you gain experience. If you get enough, then you go up a skill level. The problem is, if you gain any experience but die before you have defeated your enemies, then you are in debt by that much experience and need to reclaim it. The mission in the building had me dying about 3 times over (but two men known as Trell and Coalfield kindly used their healing powers to resurrect me). Suffice to say, I left that building in a lot of debt.
As more and more people left, I found myself teamed up with a hero called Ice Popcicle. He stuck with me whilst he gained experience to push him up to level 10 and whilst I repaid my debt and moved from level 9 to 10 aswell. He's called Ice Popcicle because he has the power to turn himself into a block of ice and freeze his enemies in their tracks. He's great and we made a very good team between us, defeating hoards of outcasts and trolls whilst having [un]intelligent conversations about such things as looking for meaty targets (and about whether to become vegetarian after coming up against too-tough a target).
As you travel through Paragon City, there's rarely a moment that you don't notice a well dressed superhero or one with a catchy name (or if your lucky, both). One of the funniest-named heroes that I've ever seen has got to be Mr FluffyRabbit (see picture above). He never spoke to me (I was running either to somewhere or from something at the time) but I checked out his biography which says; "I am a mean rabbit and I am here to kick butts!"
Fantastic!
Also, I finally aquired a new power!
The Man of Slate can now fly. Well, not fly per say, it's more of a hover for now - but flight will come later. But before I can fly properly I'm trying to build up my super-speed.
The monorail you see on the third picture I aimed for, dropped out of the sky and landed on. It hurt. Almost killed me. But the thing about this game is that whilst you can die at the hands of your mortal enemies, you can't actually commit suicide. Fall out of the sky? Nope. Get hit by a train? Nah-ah! Get hit by a blimp? Skewer your right testicle.
It's true! There I was, having Ice Popcicle bowing at the greatness that is my ability to hover (as if) and a blimp came around the corner. I went for a closer look and alas - I got skewered against it. Ice Popcicle couldn't see the damage that had been done, and all he asks is "Can't you stop it?!?". No... you can not stop a blimp. Not even with your testicles. Not that stopping things with testicles is a good idea - especially if such an object is sharp and pointy or made of lead.
City of Heroes allows you to perform certain actions and gestures, and I've been having a lot of fun using them at heights I couldn't originally reach. For example, in the screenshot below you can see me really showing off by performing yoga in the sky just feet above pedestrians. And you know what's even better? I actually found Batman!
Preparing to take on one the many gangs
spread throughout the building
As I mentioned in my last post, you gain experience. If you get enough, then you go up a skill level. The problem is, if you gain any experience but die before you have defeated your enemies, then you are in debt by that much experience and need to reclaim it. The mission in the building had me dying about 3 times over (but two men known as Trell and Coalfield kindly used their healing powers to resurrect me). Suffice to say, I left that building in a lot of debt.
As more and more people left, I found myself teamed up with a hero called Ice Popcicle. He stuck with me whilst he gained experience to push him up to level 10 and whilst I repaid my debt and moved from level 9 to 10 aswell. He's called Ice Popcicle because he has the power to turn himself into a block of ice and freeze his enemies in their tracks. He's great and we made a very good team between us, defeating hoards of outcasts and trolls whilst having [un]intelligent conversations about such things as looking for meaty targets (and about whether to become vegetarian after coming up against too-tough a target).
| The deadly 'Ice Popcicle' | Better than an ice-pack
| Meet Mr FluffyRabbit
|
As you travel through Paragon City, there's rarely a moment that you don't notice a well dressed superhero or one with a catchy name (or if your lucky, both). One of the funniest-named heroes that I've ever seen has got to be Mr FluffyRabbit (see picture above). He never spoke to me (I was running either to somewhere or from something at the time) but I checked out his biography which says; "I am a mean rabbit and I am here to kick butts!"
Fantastic!
Also, I finally aquired a new power!
What powers you ask?
I dunno how 'bout the power of flight?
That do anything for ya?
That's levitation, holmes.
The Man of Slate can now fly. Well, not fly per say, it's more of a hover for now - but flight will come later. But before I can fly properly I'm trying to build up my super-speed.
| Just wait till I get my
cape! | Comin' thru!
| Don't look down!
|
The monorail you see on the third picture I aimed for, dropped out of the sky and landed on. It hurt. Almost killed me. But the thing about this game is that whilst you can die at the hands of your mortal enemies, you can't actually commit suicide. Fall out of the sky? Nope. Get hit by a train? Nah-ah! Get hit by a blimp? Skewer your right testicle.
It's true! There I was, having Ice Popcicle bowing at the greatness that is my ability to hover (as if) and a blimp came around the corner. I went for a closer look and alas - I got skewered against it. Ice Popcicle couldn't see the damage that had been done, and all he asks is "Can't you stop it?!?". No... you can not stop a blimp. Not even with your testicles. Not that stopping things with testicles is a good idea - especially if such an object is sharp and pointy or made of lead.
| "Oh hail the mighty Cryden"
| It's the GoodYear Blimp!
| Flying for a closer look
|
| Too close for comfort
| And away we go...
|
City of Heroes allows you to perform certain actions and gestures, and I've been having a lot of fun using them at heights I couldn't originally reach. For example, in the screenshot below you can see me really showing off by performing yoga in the sky just feet above pedestrians. And you know what's even better? I actually found Batman!
| Bringing peace to
Paragon City | Nah nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah BATMAN!!! |
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