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Oh, and a thing I recommend to everyone writing an AE for the first time: Pick the map you want, set it to Empty for Enemy Type, Set a single collectible to get as an objective and then go in and walk the map. Get to know your space, because sometimes, more than you'd expect, the spawn points in the actual mission map might not line up with the ones on the creator/writing screen.

A weird thing is, if you have an Ally to meet but they're set to not follow then they won't...initially. But if you pass by them again then they may very well follow you and stand around judging your abilities, eating popcorn and thinking they could do better. Okay, not all that but they have been known to follow if you link up with them a second time. Best to have them able to defend themselves or untouchable in that case. Ask @cranebump!

Sheesh, lot of work done there, @Take One! I've just been making notes to myself on paper and was going to post later!

Flower Knight! @Ankylosaur found her there! Odd place I know. So when you choose an Ally or Person to rescue, you can choose her from Standard/Pets. Although that version is only Level 1.

I just need Prometheus ranting at me too and all will be well!

Oh well, I can wait!

Is that there already? (goes to look)

Good. I'd like to be able to grab an anniversary badge or two for my Gold.

Plus her face. Because there's actually a missing Young Face in the female list, might even be hers. Around 12 or 13.

AH! Nice catch, @Ankylosaur! I never considered looking under Pets, fer Gawd's sake, LOL.

Are we getting a copy of Luna in Echo Plaza BTW?

Right. Scratching my head here. Go talk to Apex about starting his TF, and he says this: "Good to see you're here with a team, Character. My name is Apex, I'm in charge of Vanguard's operations against Praetoria. As you may or may not know, we've got ourselves into another invasion. Looks like people just love to attack Primal Earth, huh? First it was Rikti, now it's Praetoria. Their first attack was on Terra Volta, and it was bad, Character. Everyone from the Freedom Phalanx was there, fighting tooth and nail against the Praetorian. But, for some reason, everyone but Statesman had all of their abilities drained to the point of being useless. Eventually, Statesman was forced to retreat, and the Praetorians shut down Terra Volta for some time. That's the odd thing, though. They could've blown it up, but they just chose to shut it down for a time... which means that whatever they wanted to do, they did in that time. This is where you and your team come in, Character." Okaaaay. So WHEN did the Praetorians attack Terra Volta if Statesman was still alive? Does "Who Will Die?" happen parallel to the start of the War? Is the attack on Terra Volta mentioned anywhere else at all?

Trouble with that is you might get four Manticores (not that you can make him, headpiece is unique). I tried something similar with a home built supers team, and got 3 of one guy and one girl, rather than one of each.

No, they can't just push a button and turn an AE into a "real" arc...or can they? It's still just doors! You write an AE, get an external door assigned rather than the green code beam, which is just a door, and bingo! (Yes, I'm simplifying but even so.)

If your gang does decide to run a team in Praetoria do NOT get XP enhancers/buffs, you'll outlevel the contacts too fast and miss half of all the cool stuff.

Well, it depends what you want! 5 missions per arc/slot is the max, but you can go for a Part One, Part Two and so on (I did this) that either just continues the story or works like a contact telling you to come back when you're the next viable level for their missions.

@Take Oneexperimented with the Synapse TF witih "Clockwork Rising", to see if a lot of the extraneous malarkey could be cut from it.

Happy trails!

I'm not part of this group, but perhaps sticking a query in to them might help 🙂 Yes, plenty will have done what you're doing, but these peeps were doing it old school!

Fair enough.

Which we DO appreciate! Especially as there is a Praetorian themed CC due later in the year that until now actual Praetorians could not have attended!

I'm going through contacts then, alphabetically, and seeing what's missing, and frankly what's incongruous. Like, why the hell is there a Longbow Officer as a contact halfway through the Arachnos contact list?

Apologies if I'm simplifying it a bit, but it's easier this way than trying to type it all!

I get you, but the whole thematic point of it is to extract the soul of something dead, not kill a redlining minion with it. I'd prefer a version that let's you use it on ANY dead thing that isn't a fellow player, like a dead enemy!

My experiment with the lawyers that you met was slightly different than yours, in that I wanted the player to experience things getting out of hand as innocents got caught in crossfire.