I've spent some time on Victory lately, on the Villain side, and thought I'd go through my various screenshots and share with you the various villains I've seen. There have been quite a few. Lots of good costumes, some bad, and some familiar in name or look...
Style says a lot to me. Gentleman Oz is a good example of that. Likewise the Director. although he reminds me more of a southern general. Demonic Bot Lord just sings with a nice arangement of spikes, spines, and horns. Its HARD to do a red-skulled character that doesn't lend itself too much to the Crimson Skull of Marvel infamy.
When I saw ThornBall's name, I thought it would be another spine stalker - but instead she turned out to be a plant Dominator. Pistol Prince is a nice mix of gangster and ninja in his style, and it works well with a Mastermind. Of course, i've grown fond of chains lately myself. Breznet is just plain UNIQUE.
BitterEnd has a nice clean theme - and I like that name for a villain. Likewise for Shattered Dream - Note the use of the new horns and hood on this character. Serious Evil does a good job of obscuring the face - ALWAYS good for a villain.
Seen a lot of large brutes lately on Victory. And most seem to be Stone brutes, like this pair. Clown characters also seem to be coming back, most are grinning. At least they aren't trying to do ANOTHER Ronald McDonald clone... THAT is getting WAY TO OLD!
Speaking of cloning - here is a trio that is treading dangerous grounds in name, appearance, or a combination thereof. Some people just never read the EULA, or chose to ignore it. If they come back and find themselves the next Generic renamed blank form, they'll learn. Clones still appear from time to time on City of Villains and City of Heroes, but it seems to me that they always EVENTUALLY get caught. Whether that is because they are getting found by some scanning of NCSOFT or getting reported by other players I don't know. After the Marvel lawsuit fiasco, I can't help to wonder when people do obvious ripoffs. I don't mind homages as long as they are cleverly disguised and thus safely disguised, but even they make me nervous.
Armored and robotic forms are having a comeback - I think its the new helmets and features causing that. And military types are always somewhat common, but usually I see those in officer uniforms, not field uniforms, like the General here. Red and black are common colors, but I've never seen anyone try CAMO using those colors before.
Flereous manages to do something Vampirella like without getting too close. Deathskull has a brighter color choice than most villains I've seen. Notice how many go with darker colors? Or dark and red? Its a pattern that seems to repeat a lot among villains. Its hard to see on individual villains whether that is because they are using the colors of their VILLAIN group or their own. 
Now here is an interesting trio - part of a theme group. Its hard to coordinate any sort of identical costume - but this group obvoiously has managed to carry it off. I've not seen any from the group other than this three so I don't know how many members they have. USUALLY identical costumes users have similiar names, sometimes playing with the font trick that allows lower case "L"s and number ones to be used alternatively to allow everyone to appear to have the same name. Not so here. I wish this trio luck...
Looks like the Egyptians are making a comeback. I only ran across the Lord here once in Sharkhead. The Sphinx is an old friend that joined me and another for a quick run. As to Hypersomnia? I found the name of both her AND her Villain group -- unique.
I hope everyone enjoyed seeing these. Its always fun to see what everyone else is doing with the tools the character generation system allows us to.
