Greywind

I've also never had a problem at the other end of the spectrum where someone gets hit with a lot of stun and ends up either unconscious or rolling around on the floor screaming like a baby because it HURT.

Is that an HD problem or a calculator problem?

Like Greywind seems to, I've always preferred the "normal man in a suit" approach to building powered armor characters, which means I prefer to leave DEX, CON, and SPD the same both in and out of the armor and just increase defenses in the armor; and both the "powered armor" players in my MidGuard campaign concur. We feel it makes the man wearing the suit a better character. To improve combat ability a "combat computer" can be included to add Combat Skill Levels; similarly Damage Reduction (or perhaps Damage Negation in 6E) can be substituted for increased CON. (Why would armor increase the ability to resist being Stunned from mental or NND attacks?) Power Defense seems a natural, Mental Defense seems justifiable as well. I also much prefer the "I'm the genius designer/builder" approach to the "I'm wearing a suit some smart guy built." In Champions I like highly intelligent characters (I don't think I've ever played one with an INT of less than 18. My powered armor character, Ranger, had an INT of 28, but he was supposed to be a Tony Stark-level genius); although given the definition of INT in Hero an 18 is quite adequate. INT 23 or higher is just gravy. Flight seems almost de rigueur, and perhaps some life Support and Enhanced Senses. Just my $0.02 worth. I've always loved powered armor characters, although I haven't played one since before 4th Edition was released. Depends on the game and the characters. Sometimes the armor will have accelerators built in to bring the character up to campaign norms for supers.

Honestly, build the character before you build the armor. Even the builder can have an INT of 10 and sufficiently high skills to build with, rather than a high INT and cheaper skills to same effect. All depends on what you want.

Apparently, Jor-El made that rule.

Anyone that gets into jammies, be it villain or hero, isn't ordinary. Most thugs don't rate a character sheet and, GM willing otherwise, won't have access to military hardware.

I'm sure he has something similar to the movie setup when he isn't. And shouldn't that be "Villain ID"?

How/why is anything over 20 superhuman?

Yes, but I don't feel that Superman isn't a playable character. I have real qualms about Silver Age Superman as a viable Champions character, but Golden Age seems perfectly playable. All I ask is that he be built on a realistic number of points; without absurd pretezeling of the build to hit an unrealistically low point total. Silver Age Superman is incredibly (I would say ludicrously) powerful; his cost should be correspondingly incredible. I know literally dozens of Superman versions have been built and shown here, but I do wonder how many of those were ever actually played in a campaign? As a GM, I don't mind homages, but I draw the line at someone trying to play an established character from a book.

Pyro runs around with a fuel canister on his back and flamethrower nozzles on each arm.

You don't have to have points for everything. Images 1 hex megascale, only for a single thing.

Eh. They're all "elseworlds" now.

After Batman retired Joker went for Supes. Ended up killing most of the Planet staff, including Lois.

You don't need point parity between a hero and villain. What does Criminology have to do with chemical analysis?

Leah opened the door to Jason's room quietly. She slipped through the room in silence. She came to the side of his bed only to find it empty; the covers were thrown back. "Damn," she said quietly. "Mentor, where's Jason?" "He is not in the building, Leah. He departed some time ago," the AI told her. "Double damn. Kris," she called out loud. The AI automatically routing it through the PA system. "Jason's awake. He left," she said as she headed out the door. She opened the door to exit the room and drew up short when she saw Lisa, eyes white, standing in the hall. "He needs you." "Lisa? What's this about?" she asked. "Go to him. He needs you. The darkness is closing." "Where is he?" Lisa said, "Home." Leah caught her as she collapsed. She lifted the girl easily and carried her to Jason's bed. "Kris, Lisa is in Jason's room. She's had another episode." "I'll be right there," Kris said through the public address. "Mentor, open me a window. Now." A smaller window slid to the side, allowing egress. Leah took one look at her clothes; a cowl neck sweater against the autumn chill, a skirt that hung inches above her knees, and knee-high boots. Not what she'd prefer to wear while flying. Lightning arced around her and carried her through the sky. The chill of the wind would have had tears streaming from her eyes if not for the lightning sheath. Still, flying in regular clothes was not something she made a regular habit of. The journey seemed quick, so intent was she on her destination. She descended through the hole created by the explosion to find Pulsar standing still in what had once been his loft. Debris covered the floor. Nothing left remained intact. Leah knew that dumpsters lay below to cart away the things that once made Jason's loft his home. He stood still, but she could see the muscles in his arms straining. His fists were clenched tight. "She's gone." "We looked. We looked everywhere. There's nothing here. We were hoping once you woke up that you could tell us where she was." "You don't understand. She's gone. I can't feel her anywhere. The link is simply gone."

There's reasons that they don't. Primarily Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents character Dynamo had a nemesis of that name. It's also why Bill Willingham changed his Iron Maiden to Chrysalis when Elementals became a comic book.

As counters to that, Cassandra, I'd say that it also causes you to be overly reliant on VPPs and multiforms where they really aren't needed and not the most elegant answers to a given character.

And also where post-segment 12 comes in handy, since damage cannot be inflicted then.

Depends on which. She's been shown to be able to hold her own.

Haley is seeing the little figure. What that little figure is, I have no idea.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0893.html

Or be the enemy of one...

For the first time, since at no point prior did you address me, during the Perez run Diana was a recognized ambassador to the US, and as such had diplomatic immunity.

Maybe "Clark Kent" is, but Superman is a self-avowed Krytonian.