[quote=thewizardguy]
Heya guys, sorry I´ve been gone for a while. It was a busy day for me. Furthermore, I've spent some time thinking about how to say this, and what to do.Originally, when I discovered HCL2 was running properly again, I was ecstatic. This place holds many memories for me, and I had been sad to see it die out, in no small part due to my own inattentiveness. As such, I started a storyline as soon as possible, and just threw in bad guys and explosions. I mean, it's usually the best way to get the plot going. But I have realized that there are some problems, and I want to try and make some changes, to make HCL more fun. Because I'm AMAZINGLY paranoid of somehow screwing this up and alienating everyone, I'm putting these up here for everyone to judge, and we'll make changes based on what everyone thinks. - Power Level Nerf.The current level of 'splosions being thrown around is simply retarded. When characters can rip apart entire planets with their bare hands, and most characters are virtually impossible to either harm without using their kryptonite, fighting loses a lot of meaning. We can't have a proper battlefield, space and distance has lost all meaning. There are no civilisations or factions, there are no settings or places, because any place that would be built would be destroyed the next second. I want to nerf the raw power of all characters, bringing them down to a less retarded height. I visualize fighting on the scale of The Avengers, as opposed to playing Intergalactic Ping Pong. - Killability.For many characters, physical combat has lost all meaning. They're made of energy, or have massively malleable forms, meaning that fighting physically is pointless. It seems like there's almost no reason anymore for a character to use explosions, blades and fists, and only soular attacks are even useful. I want to draw this down massively, and give physical conflict meaning again. All characters must be killable in some way, and immunities to things are very special, and must be thoroughly limited. I want to make sure that a sword through the face is more than just a nuisance. - Meaning of movementAt the moment, any character can move anywhere from anywhere at any time. Space and seperation have no meaning, it doesn't matter where you are, because anyone could teleport to any location. I mean, teleportation used to be a special ability people could have, instead of being an automatic assumption. I would like to make 'portalling' harder, or slower, or in some other way limited, so as to bring back the meaning of travel. Having an epic journey is impossible if Frodo can simply portal to Mordor. - Single World, Many IncarnationsThe Multiverse is vast. More than simply vast, it is quite literally Infinite. The sheer amount of possible places are so massive, that it's impossible for any of them to really have much meaning. My idea for solving this is to limit the events of HCL to a single planet, for now known as WankerWorld. However, in order to not limit things, we can still travel through dimensions to find many incarnations of this world. One might be a world covered in vampires waging a blood war, another might be an important Rebel Base, currently under siege by the Empire. Each of these worlds is different, and each character will originate from one of these Dimensions. Stellar travel should be possible in Dimensions that have space ships and the like, but Space will once more be treated as the health hazard it really is. Also, flying through space takes, like, forever. - Midget Cannon.A fully automatic weapon, equipped with a powerful Random Portal Matrix guided by radioactive bullshit. Capable of firing over 300 midgets per second at high velocity, drawn from random locations throughout the multiverse. Bob will have this. Because.... Midget Cannon. Do I really need another reason? - Basic Lore.I already hinted in this direction way back when Wraith originally joined this roleplay, but I like the idea that only a few specific beings are able to travel the multiverse. These would be 'chosen', somehow, and gain the capability to mvoe from one dimension to another. Of course, such people would almost by definition be drawn to massive conflicts, capable of changing the destiny of every world. This is a basic lore change to explain why some characters can move between worlds and npcs cannot.If enacted out in it's compelte form, this would be a massive overhaul. I'm not sure how many people want that right now, so I want to hear everyone's opinions before I do anything, so please do criticise and talk. This can be everything from a tweaking to an overhaul.
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Honestly, I don't see anything wrong with hcl at the moment.

The power level is fairly good. Sure there are chars that can tear apart planets. But 1. It could be worse. It could be galaxies, universes, or basic concepts. 2. Just because a char has that kind of power doesn't necessarily mean they will always use 100% of that power in battle.

As for killability,, that problem only exists with toguro, cosmos, and 5. Of course there's najimi, but she's supposed to be near impossible to kill. How else can she defeat op chars besides with all her abilities(which make her near impossible to kill)? And before you bring up darkside, yes, he can die. That doesn't mean it's easy to keep it that way.

Movement is where I call bullshit. Going anywhere at any time?? Maybe. But that's if you don't take dimensional locks into account. We rarely use dimensional locks anymore. On an unrelated note I just noticed I added an extra comma and an extra question mark but back to the topic at hand. Another factor is the given "rules" of a dimension. Such "rules" could not only prevent a person from portalling to another dimension, but also prevent them from using their full power, if it allows them to use any amount of their power at all. Which is also why the power level nerfing is not needed.

Yes the multiverse is infinite. But the many incarnations of wankerworld wouldn't simplify it. Rather it would be just as infinite. As the incarnations are technically separate dimensions. Much like the dimensions of the multiverse. So what's stopping one incarnation from being the soul eater version of wankerworld. Or the rosario+vampire version? Or God forbid, the d.gray-man version?

Midget cannon? Really?

Also, don't use the word retarded. I find it offensive, and honestly I don't think it means what you think it means.