Character Profile: Scopes
Resistance Fighter, Scopes
| Game | City of Heroes |
| Name | Scopes |
| Archetype | Corruptor |
| Origin | Technology |
| Primary | Duel Pistol |
| Secondary | Pain Domination |
Scopes is my Duel Wielding Corruptor (sic). Yes, I said Corruptor. Though Scopes fights for the Resistance in Pretoria, I chose to use the Villain archetype, Corruptor. That's one of the fantastic things about the Going Rogue expansion: You're able to play along the lines of Morality, creating deeper, more complex, character development than before. A traditionally "evil" archetype, seeing the corruption (heh) of Emperor Cole, can come to the aid of the populous - Having a deeper concern for the general well-being of the population than for his own petty criminal activities, is one of the things you were not able to do in the old Black and White, Good and Evil system of City of Heroes/Villains. With Going Rogue, however, you can... and are encouraged to.
My GDC11 Wishlist
Game Developers Conference
Oh, that my heart could have it's desire, without giving pause to the limitations of money, schedules, or logistics.
This year's Game Developers Conference (02/28/11 - 3/4/11) has quite a few tutorials, lectures, and workshops I would love to be able to attend. Since I can't, I thought I would be fun (and slightly tortuous) to slap together a schedule of what I would be doing if I was there. Come and shed a tear with me as we take this journey together, into the lands of Wouldn't It Be Cool If?
Revisiting the Return to CoH
Going Rogue's Maelstrom
In my last post I mentioned how I was trying out the new Demon Summoning Mastermind power set. It was double xp weekend, and I ran around with a buddy of mine (who also picked up Demon Summoning), getting ourselves close to level 20 before the weekend was up.
Unfortunately, Sunday night I was just sitting there in Praetoria and suddenly became aware of something: I hated my character. I liked the demons I was summoning, but I didn't like the rest of that power set; I found the whip attacks to be slow, clumsy, boring, and lacking in variety. Here I was, nearly lvl 20, and in every fight I was relying on my veteran reward powers to get me through. Don't get me wrong, the veteran reward powers are great, and I've never minded using them, but they've always been supplemental powers to me before. This was the first time that these powers had become my main attacking force, and the actual power set powers fell back into supporting roles. I didn't like that feeling at all.
Sunday night, around 10PM, the last night of double xp weekend, I created a new character.
I decided to try out duel pistols. I haven't had so much fun playing in a very long time 
Granted, progression is much slower for me now (well.. progression is normal for me now, since we're back to slandered xp gains), but the only veteran reward power I have on my hotbar is Sands of Mu.
I'm feeling much, much better about this character and his progression. I'm really looking forward to leveling this guy up 
Return to Paragon City
City of Heroes Going Rogue
Well... I did it. I resubbed for City of Heroes. I was playing EQII for a while, with some folks from the office, but it recently had a F2P account option added, so there was no real harm in my switching account types. Since I can only realistically subscribe to a single MMO at a time, I was torn between going back to CoH, or going back to EVE Online.
Now, don't get me wrong - I love, love, love EVE Online! But I decided to go with CoH for two reasons: 1) CoH is actually a little cheaper than EVE. But more importantly, 2) I have more friends who play CoH. One of these days I'll get my spacefaring butt back into EVE ... either once I find more disposable income, or if I manage to get my hands on a comped account, heh ;P
Oh, I also picked up the Going Rogue expansion for CoX, so I've created a new character to run through all the new areas. For those interested, I've picked up Mastermind - Demon Summoning, which they didn't have the last time I played, so I'm pretty excited
Online Privacy
Online Privacy
It can be mind boggling to find out how much information about is floating around the internet. Even if you have an unlisted phone number, your address and phone number could very well still be very easily obtainable online.
In order for you to take control of your information, you'll have to be a little pro-active. Keep in mind, there are many public-record sources that house personal information. There is no way to clear these records, other than to not be in them in the first place. Back in the day, it wasn't so easy to data mine these public records for useful information - you had to deal with government office hours, less-than-helpful government employees, the questioning looks and possibly even questioning questions (despite the "freedom" to access the information, people still want to know why ... and will quite possibly remember you if you're a bit "off"). These days, however, anyone with a computer and an internet connection is able to scan these public records from the privacy of their own home.
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Keaven on Twitter
- played Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC) in the last 24 hours. http://t.co/zOpehW5c 8 hours ago
- Such a quirky, fun movie :) http://t.co/A1KK8TXZ @GetGlue #PartyGirl 12 hours ago
- I'm at Black & Orange (1931 14th St. NW, Washington) http://t.co/RZJx2XWl 14 hours ago
- I liked a photo by bluedahliagrl - 16 hours ago
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