Scarlet Shocker

As I said above I wouldn't change any of the old content but I am a big fan of the entire Hollows arc. The only criticism I have of it is that there were few alternatives on live until later on so it became a bit repetitive. Taken in the round the entire zone has some outstanding content

I perhaps should have been more specific. I love Poison as a set. I've got a couple of great toons that use Poison. A plant/poison troller is pretty lethal and I've also got a poison/water blast defender that's useful but I've yet to find anything as potent as my dark/poison troller

Try it? Truthfully I don't know. I doubt I could do it. I know there are those who would probably give it a go and be successful. A lot would depend on your skill level and the quality of your build etc

"Don't wank over the BAF Mother cutscene"

I think we need a "Yog-HURT Delivery" badge in game now

I just want a Cherry Picker set now with the T9 being "You're Plucked!"

I love slotting the KD PRoc you get from START in Caltrops. That's a thing of beauty for sure!

They certainly used to be great back around Issue 9. I would regularly PVP with my friend Proximity and they would be devastating. But with the insistence of the player base that KB is bad it's been nerfed to near on impotency. It used to be that Knockback would be one of the most effective defence mechanisms - it would send enemies flying, then they'd have to pause, get up and run back into the fight. Now they just get back up and punch you in the face. Players are idiots sometimes.

I love Poison as a set but I've never seen it as stand-off. It's primarily a melee set and it has a lot of powers that are team oriented and the T9 requires you to be in melee range for it to be effective. I would love to know your thinking on this

It's not important but you're welcome to search! My point is that it's about the outcome of that conversation not that conversation itself.

Referencing a conversation with @Snarky re his corruptor build it got me thinking of other sets that are great at stand off combat for characters with few defences. It would seem relatively obvious that a controller set would come top of the list given their ability to lock down and immobilise foes but I'm wondering what other ATs and sets excel at this and what your preferences are. I'm imagining a scenario where you want to do reasonable damage (not many controllers' fortes) and yet not get clobbered by bosses before you've had a chance to deal with minions. What would you choose and more importantly, why?

"Because it's there!" George Mallory

I wouldn't change too much - I would not remove, retcon or otherwise bugger about with what has gone before for a myriad reasons, not least that people have played and enjoyed a lot of this already and to change something is ultimately going to piss a few people off to no good end. I would move the story forward in significant ways: FINISH the fucking Praetorian arc. It's been dangling going nowhere for over a decade and it was so close to being done then Matt Positron Miller got bored and decided to move on to the next shiny without finishing what he'd started. Bring some of the less well known signature characters into the spotlight. There's a habit of creating new important NPCs characters when we have perfectly viable existing characters who could do that job and it would flesh their stories out significantly. Hero1's story needs finishing properly. Poor zombie bastard's been in hellish limbo for a very long time and deserves either fixing or putting out of his misery at last. Who is Lady Grey really and what's her deal with Nemesis? Interesting plot points abound. Bring Back Statesman and Sister Psyche. No don't just bring them back as if they'd never been gone but update their stories, give them new, exciting and different roles in light of past arcs. Nobody in comics is dead forever, why should they be different? Scirocco and Frostfire also deserve some story love. Where are they going? They seem to be seeking redemption (a mistake in my opinion) but they're also stuck in limbo. There are so many loose ends that need tying up. I know we've got limited dev time for new stories and arcs but some of this stuff is important. Also: Where are the Praetorian signature characters? Are they alive, dead, in gaol, or a different dimension? Similarly, Reichsman. What is Praetorian Hami doing? With Praetoria in disarray why hasn't he decided to destroy it after Cole broke his word? Who can stop him?

A thing worth mentioning: It's an important arc in Lore. If you're a newer player (which I sense you may be from your original post) it may be worth being familiar with all the signature heroes in game (try doing the relevant Task Forces) before attempting this and I'd strongly urge you to do the WWD arc in sequence.