Lunar Ronin

If wishes were horses, I would have dearly liked to have seen the level 40+ Neo Tokyo cyberpunk zone Paragon Studios wanted to end Praetoria with. Alas.

I am all for post level 20 gold side content. I have asked a couple of times for a co-op level 25+ TF in First Ward. I'm not quite sold on additional content below level 20 though, considering how much there already is. Also, just so you are aware, Praetorian characters can join Incarnate trials. They just have to be formed in a zone that they access to, which is the kicker. They're ran in Pocket D on Indomitable and in Echo Plaza on Reunion, so no problem on either of those shards. It's Excelsior and Everlasting that are the issues.

Galaxy City was destroyed. Before I started playing two decades ago, I read that City of Heroes had two starting zones: Atlas Park and Galaxy City. I also read that Atlas Park was much more crowded with people than Galaxy City. So even with my very first character twenty years ago, I started in Galaxy City both because crowds suck and Galaxy City sounds a lot cooler than Atlas Park. Now, I never start a character blue side if I can help it as that means starting in Atlas Park. Being able to outlevel contacts. No, the Ouroboros Flashback system isn't a fix, it's a hack. The Procs Per Minute system. It's obviously broken and greatly imbalances the game. Blue side is boring and monotonous. "Face roll on your keyboard" boring. There's no challenge playing blue side whatsoever (at least not until you get to content made in Issue 8 and later), and it has too many zones compared to red and gold sides. Mastermind minion and lieutenant henchmen are still below the PC's level outside of Incarnate content.

TFs = Task Forces. Hero-side group content, up to eight players. SFs = Strike Forces. Villain-side group content, up to eight players. ATs = Archetypes. What most other MMOGs call classes. Blaster, Mastermind, Brute, etc.

Necro/Time Mastermind will be a fine first character. However, just be aware that in City of Heroes buffs and debuffs are much more important than healing, outside of advanced mode TFs and SFs which only about four ATs are welcome to partake in anyhoo.

If you are playing City of Heroes for the endgame, you're going to be disappointed. This isn't World of Warcraft.

The Subjugator. Some of its attacks are auto-hit. As soon as you see a Subjugator, he or she needs to go down ASAP. See here.

Modern MMOGs have too many conveniences, no need for Homecoming to adopt them.

Submit a ticket here with as much information as possible, including character name.

The final mission of the Helix story arc via Ouroboros Flashback can break if you've already done some Praetorian content and will require GM intervention to complete. The leading theory is that if you've done the Palatine's story arc in First Ward before hand, it'll break, but it's also happened on characters that have never stepped foot in First Ward.

Playable Worlds is launching a Kickstarter campaign for Stars Reach on February 10th. You can find the Kickstarter campaign prelaunch page here.

The Issue 27, Page Three changes to the Eden Trial did it no favors. I used to love the Eden Trial. I parked a blue side character at level 39 back when it was bugged on live just to run it. But making the Crystal Titan's attacks auto-hit took all enthusiasm for it away. I get it. Barrier Destiny. But the call should have been to neuter Destiny in the Eden Trial (and all other non-Incarnate content FWIW), not just neuter defense completely. Most people that I know have stopped running it since. C'est la vie.

As others have said, no. However, be aware that doing Praetorian missions via Ouroboros can be buggy as heck and may require GM intervention a couple of times. Especially if you've already done any First Ward content.

Interestingly and coincidentally, PC Gamer published an article today about World of Warcraft's Mythic Plus dungeons are struggling as people are abandoning it. TL;DR: With World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV both, over the past year their developers made their group content too difficult for the average player, and they're losing players as a result. I just find this an interesting contrast to City of Heroes.