Uniteen ? ^^

It's free ! take it xD

Miss Liberteen as Well ? xD
(I'm laugthing cause in French libertine is pronounced like Liberteen but ... That not the same meaning xD more like a girl without virtues ^^)

Well, what if there is a Supers App? An app that allows text and communication, but hides the identity of the sender and deletes messages after a certain period of time.

And beyond that, why can't they have a second phone? One they use for personal use, and ones they use for their hero activities? It doesn't even have to be a phone, it can be a simple communicator set up that allows texts or calls to go to certain devices, it could even be walkie talkies lol

Kiyori Anoyui wrote:

If we have a teen team we are gonna need an elderly team, perhaps called, "Darn Kids" xD

Their battle cry could be "ACKK! My Back!!!"

My empath in CoH was called "Over the Heal" and I had all sorts of grumpy quotes bound to use on the whiney youngsters who needed a band aid on their boo boo!
I also enjoyed making him wheeze and huff after running to catch up with everyone!
Good times :)

My inevitable main, Aegis Warden, may be too soft spoken and shy to join the group without revealing his powers and identity to the others, so while he might not be a founding member, he may join later on should something push him in the right direction. Being 15, he'll have about 4-5 years before actually running out of time in regards to it. As a note on his powers, your standard Superman-style powerset is what he possesses.

For team names, I think emphasising the youth part would, as others have said, put an expiry date on your group membership to a degree, and at that point you need to decide on what the group's purpose is: is this a stop-gap for young heroes to work together while learning the ropes, or is it a group of friends intending to stay together forever?

If the former, youth, teen or any other age-defining word or phrase works for it, and suggestions made thus far would be suitable in either case. Powers Club, The Honour Roll, The Scrappers, Young Warriors could be ideas.

If the latter, well, the names for the former can still work: names change after all, and in current continuity, the original Teen Titans just became the Titans afterwards. However, if you want a singular name to last the whole run, then you'll want to avoid connotations with age to allow the name to be timeless. Something like the Provokers, the Brigade, the Liberty Society, Light Patrol or The Defenders.

As for a base... abandoned steam tunnels beneath the school?

Cyclops wrote:

Project_Hero wrote:

Most teens have cell phones :p

True, but cell phones are NOT secure and can easily be traced.
small communicators sewn into their spandex would work.

Not all teens know how to make small communication devices. Nor do they likely have the funds to be able to get the necessary equipment.

Which is why having a tech based hero on any super team is a boon.

Edit: also not all villains will be able to trace, or hack, a cell phone. Also if the teens are smart they won't be using their phone's in plain view of the badguys. And also they can use their cell phones with a Bluetooth headset so they won't have it out or visible.

Communicators can also be traced or hacked. Hell, having a badguy intercepting Superhero communications is a pretty common thing in comics.

ArticulateT wrote:

My inevitable main, Aegis Warden, may be too soft spoken and shy to join the group without revealing his powers and identity to the others, so while he might not be a founding member, he may join later on should something push him in the right direction. Being 15, he'll have about 4-5 years before actually running out of time in regards to it. As a note on his powers, your standard Superman-style powerset is what he possesses.

For team names, I think emphasising the youth part would, as others have said, put an expiry date on your group membership to a degree, and at that point you need to decide on what the group's purpose is: is this a stop-gap for young heroes to work together while learning the ropes, or is it a group of friends intending to stay together forever?

If the former, youth, teen or any other age-defining word or phrase works for it, and suggestions made thus far would be suitable in either case. Powers Club, The Honour Roll, The Scrappers, Young Warriors could be ideas.

If the latter, well, the names for the former can still work: names change after all, and in current continuity, the original Teen Titans just became the Titans afterwards. However, if you want a singular name to last the whole run, then you'll want to avoid connotations with age to allow the name to be timeless. Something like the Provokers, the Brigade, the Liberty Society, Light Patrol or The Defenders.

As for a base... abandoned steam tunnels beneath the school?

Abandoned steam tunnels could work-My thought for a base is that it would probably be something that they maybe happen across or discover during a mission, and then slowly turn it into a base of operations

Those are nice name suggestions-and what can you tell us about Aegis? Come to think of it, Aegis by itself is a nice name for a brick hero even without the warden part~

Oh, and we should do character descriptions and maybe face claims

Foradain wrote:

Face claims?

Basically, actors or other individuals you believe could portray your character, say in a film or tv show-to me it can be fun imagining what a character may actually look like in that sense

If these heroes are inclined towards vigilante actions (in the name of right) they could have their own [i]breakfast club[/i]... [b]Detention[/b]. A not-so-secret society of school- and college-age heroes that not everyone understands.

"Stop there, baddie! You've. Got. Detention!"

Their nemeses' team name could be particularly fearsome... the [b]Denticians[/b]

Hm, this only reminds me of how I don't tend to make a lot of loose cannon-type characters. Although I have been working on one hero who would probably blend well for a teen suicide squad if such a team were to exist.

ArticulateT wrote:

Gladatoria wrote:

ArticulateT wrote:

My inevitable main, Aegis Warden, may be too soft spoken and shy to join the group without revealing his powers and identity to the others, so while he might not be a founding member, he may join later on should something push him in the right direction. Being 15, he'll have about 4-5 years before actually running out of time in regards to it. As a note on his powers, your standard Superman-style powerset is what he possesses.

For team names, I think emphasising the youth part would, as others have said, put an expiry date on your group membership to a degree, and at that point you need to decide on what the group's purpose is: is this a stop-gap for young heroes to work together while learning the ropes, or is it a group of friends intending to stay together forever?

If the former, youth, teen or any other age-defining word or phrase works for it, and suggestions made thus far would be suitable in either case. Powers Club, The Honour Roll, The Scrappers, Young Warriors could be ideas.

If the latter, well, the names for the former can still work: names change after all, and in current continuity, the original Teen Titans just became the Titans afterwards. However, if you want a singular name to last the whole run, then you'll want to avoid connotations with age to allow the name to be timeless. Something like the Provokers, the Brigade, the Liberty Society, Light Patrol or The Defenders.

As for a base... abandoned steam tunnels beneath the school?

Abandoned steam tunnels could work-My thought for a base is that it would probably be something that they maybe happen across or discover during a mission, and then slowly turn it into a base of operations

Those are nice name suggestions-and what can you tell us about Aegis? Come to think of it, Aegis by itself is a nice name for a brick hero even without the warden part~

Oh, and we should do character descriptions and maybe face claims

Ah, well, Aegis Warden is a character I wanted to be the kind of kid that’s scared of responsibility; someone who has the means and desire to do something, but is ultimately afraid of screwing up and disappointing anyone, and therefore avoids doing it. Even his costume is reminiscent of a knight in shining armour, one that ultimately many want to become, but now seeming to suffer from the hubris of their wish so to speak. When the character builder gets released for public consumption (I, uh… spent far too much time in MIDs) I was going to either make him a Gladiator or a Bulwark, with a Super Strength/Invulnerability sort of theme, with Flight and some auxiliary powers to round out the concept. Ultimately he has a great amount of power at his fingertips, but is scared to put it to full use, and while in costume would spend most of his time clearing rubble or pulling people from burning buildings. He’d be too scared to enter combat with anyone, even a mugger with a knife (so you can imagine that such a teammate wouldn’t be too useful on major missions outside of clean up or holding up the heavy thing.)

When it comes down to it, Aegis Warden's reluctance to join the team wouldn't be out of a lack of trust or a dislike of authority or a lone wolf mentality, he just has social anxiety and doesn't want people to think that just because he's fairly powerful in his own right he's mentally or emotionally prepared to pull his own weight.

Out of costume as Morgan Denvers, he plays the geeky shut-in part rather well, being a lanky, awkward kid with messy red hair and freckles, wearing clothing of muted colours so he doesn't stand out in a crowd that much and mainly spending his time around arcades or comic stores, if out of the house at all to indulge in some escapism. His costume, which came with his powers, is a heavy, fantasy style armour set that covers almost all of his features, so if he were to maintain his secret identity, he might not be identifiable as a teenager right from the get-go. While in costume, Aegis Warden almost never speaks as part of a bid to maintain his secret, so communication may also be a bit of an issue.

Based on the information regarding stories and Paths, Aegis Warden would likely spend most of his time in North Titan.

I see-he could be an invaluable member of the team, if the team in terms helps him gain the self confirndence nessecary to operate as a teen hero

I like the idea of the team being a street to city based force of good without the edgier bend of a Suicide Squad like Team-besides, a team like that would be a rigid authority based oversight, like a adult official

I believe with the diverse collection of heroes, a true blue but lowkey team of heroes in the vein of the Teen Titans works best

That does bring up another thing regarding Teen Heroes; how closely associated with the adults will the group be? While Teen Titans would largely act independently, one common theme regarding teen heroes would be their conflicts with the older, experienced heroes on the scene much like Young Justice. Lots of "You're not ready for this" and "This is for your own good" to be thrown around in conversation. Would this relationship with older superheroes and larger, more 'important' hero groups be something established from the start or developed over the natural course of RP?

In that sense, going back to the base thing, would the teen heroes be brought together under their own power and friendship, or would they be purposely brought together by an older benefactor? If so, then they might have a lot of their equipment provided by the adult with the purse strings who wants them brought together so that they can make sure these young ones are treading down the correct path.

Similarly, while the young heroes might feel more comfortable fighting street-level villains, rebellion is in the nature of teenagers, at least as a common trope. It wouldn't surprise me if the teen group would bite off more than they can chew, believing their can handle it even if the only reason was that the adults said they weren't ready.

And as a side note, it occurs to me that a common hangout spot may need to be established, as I'm sure the neutral-ground bar that is similar to Caprice or Pocket D may be adverse to a bunch of 15-16 year olds wandering into their establishment, though that's something we can't do until the beta comes out at the very least.

Adding on to that, while we could do something where the teens take on threat that is far too much for them to handle, I feel as though at the moment the basic idea is to have them gradually progress into being able to take on far more dangerous threats after they establish themselves by knocking a couple of street-level baddies in the head every now and again.

As for the hangout spot, I do recall someone on this thread mentioning a coffee shop so the kids could always go there or head down to Victory Beach which is supposed to be the big outlet where movie theaters and malls and such are located if I'm remembering it correctly.

I didn't go through all the comments but one thing that could be done is similar to how justice league functions with the teen titans/young justice, after a certain point and getting trained teen heroes get promoted to the adult league. I know in CoH there was a few groups like this and they were actually two separate groups, but if young/teen is left out of the title then technically the differences in the two age groups could be noted by ranks in the SG it's self. I currently have two younger super heroes written up, one is the daughter of two heroes that died during an alien invasion in Rhode island in a city filled with super heroes (a city of heroes if you will =P) and she was taken to an orphanage in titan city, she is now starting to come into her powers and wants to be like her parents, but is sixteen so has a lot to learn. Back in CoH i had started a guild called "New Age Heroes", so im partial to "New age" xD

The answer to your last paragraph is "probably". Thanks to Aesthetic Decoupling, what the powers do is not linked to what they look like. Select the power sets that best match what you want the character to do, then select the emination points, the props, and the animations, and there you go. What in CoH would be the Trick Arrows power set, might now look like various discs pulled off of a belt, or a slightly different setting on a multigun. A wall could look like stone or ice. Ranged damage might come from pistols, a rifle, or an ancient staff bound in orichalcum. The only limits will be what the devs have had time to program.

alewolf wrote:

See the RPG thread stopped in November, is the OOC thread still running? I did notice one thing in all the posts... it was never suggested that you guys create a Senior Group to attach this one too. Either in the beginning or as a natural evolution of your teen group. If you do it at the start, it also allows a place for any Non-teen characters to be placed. It allows for easy RPG between your adult characters and the teens. Both ideas create a symmetry that will allow you to keep playing together as you level up or even get tired of the characters.

I am actually very interested, the only issue I have is the lack of information on the power sets. We have arch types and names of some of the powers... I am unclear if a Ranger for example has a gun, bow, energy, blast or psi option. Can an Enforcer use dual swords, a hammer, fists, energy attacks... seems that makes it hard to design a character at this stage... thoughts or suggestions? I am not going to reproduce a character from COH. I find for myself characters reflect where I am in my life and the environment. Attempts to transplant them have not gone well for me.

Hiya alewolf, just figured I reply back to you since I just so happened to be scanning the recent forums when you posted. The OOC thread, as you said, stopped in November and is mostly defunct as of now. We've mostly taken our interactions over to Discord (which has recently become a lot more active since CoH's unofficial revival). Also as far as a senior group is concerned, there haven't been any plans in the pipeline (that I know of) for a "Senior Group". The reason for this is mostly due to the want/need of building this group up as its own entity first before expanding into new horizons. That and because it would help that attention isn't divided onto two separate teams. Of course, plans can always change in the future.

Now in regards to you being interested I can direct you to our Discord via a link. As for City of Titans in regards to powers and archetypes, a ranger would mostly likely consist of whatever weapons qualify as 'ranged damage', this can be guns, bows, energy blasts of any variety. Enforcers are melee-based archetypes so they would have anything from unarmed, swords, energy-based melee attacks, hammers, etc. Everything is purely up to you and what kind of fighting/play-style you see as a best fit for your ideal character.

alewolf wrote:

I am not a fan of CA being the location of Titan City, not sure it should have an assigned state or country...

Not sure if that's a typo or if you found something saying Titan City was in California. According to the Devs, it's in Massachusetts, north of Boston, roughly where the Miskatonic would empty into the Atlantic if it was real.
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A lot of people have suggested a super ID system to the devs, it's a difficult thing to get right and there's a number of mechanical issues in the way. Mechanically such a thing needs to be useful enough for non roleplayers so they'll use it (to justify it's inclusion) but not so useful as to trivialize certain parts of the game. And that's -before- taking in to account how such a thing would interact with various other systems. There's a whole thread on it somewhere and it has been discussed at length.

https://cityoftitans.com/forum/secret-identities-0

There's the link if you want to do some reading on what's been suggested/discussed.

The PVP idea sounds interesting, I think I've seen something like that discussed on here before though I couldn't say where. It sounds quite like a thing they have in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 they have missions that are 5 on 1 fights against a singular super powered NPC but they've recently had it so you can play as your character -as- the super powered boss.

Speaking of pvp/pve stuff something I just remembered was the DM mode in Neverwinter Nights, IIRC you could create a level/campaign and then while players are running through it you can talk to them, add monsters, change things, etc. Something like that would be a great RP event tool for players, if such a thing could be implimented. Essentially having players able to play an AE map while it's still being made, it doesnt sound all that more complicated than allowing players to edit a base while people are in the base (in CoH I always liked watching bases being constructed).

Gladatoria wrote:

Hello!

It’s been a long time, but I wanted to see what the idea was for bringing this team to life and if there was still interest?

What was the name we decided on as well?

Heya Gladatoria!

It certainly has been a long time. I don't think an official name was ever decided upon outside of the moniker, Generation T which was inferred following the School's Out! Forum RP. I know I still have some slight interest in exploring a teenage super-team, its just difficult to prolong its psuedo-existence until City of Titans actually materializes for an Issue 1 launch.

Gladatoria wrote:

Agreed! Who were you thinking of playing still?

I'm still potentially considering playing Scarlet Striker (Now renamed to Stuntman), I do have other characters that could be up for consideration as well but haven't dedicated much time to fleshing them out due to IRL responsibilities.

Tactile Telekinesis which is used to amplify his superhuman physicality. Backstory has undergone some rewrites, but the gist is that he's a mutant born with telekinetic gifts but were suppressed for years due to his parents putting him on power-dampening medications to the point where it seemed like they went dormant. They only reawakened later in his teen years following an incident that forcibly brought them to the surface in full force.

Hey! Been a long while, and been back into CoH, but I've wanted to see what has been going o, get into the RP again if possible. I really enjoyed the Young Wanderers roleplay we had that sort of kinda petered out. I'm honestly really out of the loop and haven't paid attention to what's been going on in CoT in a while, but I'd love to get into it some more. I'd have to go check out and reread/update my profiles, or something. It's been ages lol...