Darmian

Interesting to see. Thanks for this.

Hmm, I'd more tend to ...not upgrade, more "sidegrade" them. Let them be the actual government of the Rogue Isles that they are supposed to be, rather than pseudo-adjudicators of a nationwide Fight Club/Battle Royale for villains. An actual corrupt government. With a seat at the UN, that kind of thing.

Heh, I'd make him EZRA Cole, Marcus's big brother. Originally a police officer in Paragon who was murdered in Primal Earth's timeline. His descent from law abiding policeman into fascism initially stemming from a desire to bring the killers of his kid brother to justice...and then he didn't stop.

The entirety of the Warburg "plot" is RIGHT THERE for VEATs to be involved in, whether on Blitz's side or Recluse's, or neither. Ok, it might need Warburg not being a PVP zone any more, but not gonna lie, it'd be better than it is now.

Some people! Grr! Also: Note to self. Write an AE that is all about clicking boxes full of produce to take to the Market. No enemies, just friendly farmer folk. Call it BEST FARM EVAH.

Yeah, my version of this is it was a part of the Praetorian plan to weaken Primal Earth. Darrin influenced by Malaise? Which one? Or if not Malaise then Mother Mayhem? Both of whom have been to the Shadow Shard by the way. Take out Statesman before he can take part in the war. He's alive up until the start of the Underground Trial apparently. Then gone. Although an iTrial where Who Will Die? hadn't happened and States is taken out and the players avenge him? Might have been better.

Ok, possibly a stupid question but bear with me. Any chance you already have it hidden away in Accomplishments? Worth a look just in case. Otherwise I'm stumped.

That's weird. Definitely something wrong there. Time to submit a ticket in Options I think.

@SirArthurIV, don't be confused, LOL. @TerroirNoir3 has a particular set of skills related to AE...

Argh. I'm not around. Family member in hospital so priorities and all that.

LOL, I spy two more arcs liable to get the @TerroirNoir3 treatment.

There's some good ones here! And I'm not including mine in that, I'm not THAT vain!

This isn't exactly what you're looking for but worth a look. @TerroirNoir3 is more like a one (two now) woman army intent on this grandiose and epic quest of some kind concerning AE. It's not teaming (with one exception that I know of), it's not RP, it's kind of a review...it's its own thing.

I suggest contacting @ZamuelNow who runs the below.

Me too. Some of the wackier ones are the holiday specials! Like this quote here: "So anyways, folks, did I ever tell you about the time that me and Lord Recluse and a WHOLE BUNCH of Bane Spider guys decided to go on a rampage through a warehouse at the North Pole, because according to Lord Recluse, Santa had broken some sort of a deal? No? I must some time. Great story. Some of it not entirely believable, I guess you kinda had to be there."

You already have the currency. Just be able to buy other stuff with it outside the incarnate powers list. Or something faster than buying and selling super inspirations. Being able to buy the anniversary badges for instance.

If you hit 50 you can do iTrials provided they start from Echo Plaza (which is where all Reunion's start) or Pocket D or possibly in Praetoria. When I first got back there was an excellent League leader who would start BAF from the actual BAF. Going through where everyone needed to be before we started. The narrative of how you are there? That's on you! But you can do them. You can also do The Cathedral of Pain. Again if it starts in those areas. Plus the SBB and a fair chunk of event material, though parts of those are broken for Golds.

You have to scroll down for a while to find it!

You can do them yourself via ouro. Crystal in your base and select.

I want more Praetorian content because I want more Praetorian content. Simple. If I had my druthers I'd like to see the level ranges of the initial zones expanded so as to hit maybe 30 by the end of Neutropolis. To offset complaints about 'I am now stuck in bloody Praetoria' I'd open up Null to allow an instant change if needed. With obviously the same ramifications of no true return. You're out. Plus no escapist badge unless you later do it via ouro. Shift First Ward/Ward up too to match, why not? There's two entire zones of Praetoria we never see beyond some instances in missions, Underground FW and NW. I mean the UG iTrial happens somewhere, and I've screenshot that entire thing, it isn't in Nova, Imperial or Neutropolis. Plus there's notes in the code for a planned but not built Praetorian fight against the DE. Lots of things that could be done but probably won't be. So for me as a Solid Gold, the things I would want that could be achieved without breaking timeline is access to the Shadow Shard for a Praetorian TF. Pre War stuff. Sort out the bloody valentine's tips. We get them but because they're random if they are from a Primal we can neither do them nor dismiss them. Not even being able to get rid of them is annoying. At the moment I content myself with writing pre War AEs.

Demorecord I'm assuming.

The simple counter narratively to this is there are dedicated members of all of the factions who do not leave Praetoria but stay to fight on "their" side. Except Praetoria ISN'T on the verge of collapse. This is not known in character at this level so it isn't "logical" to go. It's an option given. And especially if you're Responsibility Loyalist, dedicated to serve the citizens as best as you can then "running away" is nonsense. The same goes definitely for Crusader Resistance. Stay and stick it to the regime any way you can. Out of character was the move to First Ward well executed? No it wasn't. It was badly done. But should Praetorians be able to go to somewhere else in Praetoria? Yes. Deserting? Neither Marchand nor Sheridan is your boss. You don't answer to them. Do both sides in First Ward mistrust you? Of course they do. Regular citizens of Praetoria "proper" aren't supposed to know what the regime is up to in First Ward. As for the Resistance, it's not like they're your friend in Nova to Neutropolis anyway.

Spend some time in the AE so you get the Mission Engineer Badge. This will give you an AE Pad. Use it as a communication tool.

Where is this referenced? I'm not going to say I know the game better than you or anyone else, but I've never seen it and if it is there I'd like to know where. Are you missing a quote in the second part of your reply? There's a visible gap and your answer refers to things I didn't mention so it looks like the forum glitched on you. I could be wrong, wouldn't be the first time! EDIT: An update. One of the plaques (#17) for the Bicentennial Badge lists Ignacio Morales as the mayor. So as of the nebulous now of COH, Morales is the Mayor.

Your reasoning is sound. I'm just stating that until otherwise noted somewhere, as far as the in world lore goes, Morales remains the mayor. However, Christie doesn't need to be. Post Rikti War, massive construction of War Walls, lots of power. Post Praetorian War, lots of damage. Even with super tech and energy, Paragon must be running on fumes financially. Someone like Christie CAN get concessions if he's willing to foot bills. And why become mayor at all when you don't need to? As far as we know he's not a Wilson Fisk with something to whitewash. As an historical note, Spanky Rabinowitz is stated to have served at least four terms as mayor. That's a minimum of 16 years given a four year term, and was at the heart of Paragon politics for 30 years. So it's not impossible for Morales to be mayor the entire time, given the slight haziness of "now" in City of Heroes.