Overview
created during
Issue 16,
City of Heroes, 2009-09-15
- Name:
- Cloying Boing / @cohRock
- What:
- level 50 technology hero on the Exalted server
- Archetype:
- scrapper: spines / electric armor
- Created:
- ~ September 2009
- Super Group:
- none
- Original SG:
- Titanium Debtinators
- Transfer from:
- Infinity
- Battle Cry:
- of course I'm ready, boss!
hits since 2012-12-13
last modified 2013-01-22
Commentary
This is my second scrapper with two damage auras. The first was spines/dark, and maintaining endurance during extended fights was an ongoing problem. Boing's Lightning Field costs as much to run as Ion Quest's Death Shroud, but the former has both the Energize power to reduce endurance consumption and Power Sink to leech endurance from foes. In other words, maintaining two damage auras would not be an issue, at least not once he had leveled high enough to have those two powers.
I knew two things going into the character creator. He would be spines/electric for the reason stated above, and his name would be "Cloying Boing". The name popped into my head one day, and with my affinity for homonyms and rhymes, I could not resist.
The "Boing" part of his name sort of implied he'd be sort of a clunky robot, and the "Cloying" meant I should roleplay him as one constantly trying too hard to please. And with the silly name came his Brillo Afro with the two radio antennae sticking out. He was a fun character to play, but eventually I needed room on Infinity and moved him to Exalted.