cranebump

I understand your point. However, outside alignment tips and morality missions, there is no meaningful vig/rogue content in the game as it is. If this is a push to place more of that kind of content into the game, then I'd like to see it eventually go a step further, and be part of the character's arc. This would require setting alternate alignments from the get-go, then playing through stuff that pertains to the ethos. Not gonna happen, I know. So Rogue/Vig ethos remains, for most players, a status that allows some flexibility to hop back and forth. For others, they might really see their toons as vigs and rogues. I feel like those players are in the minority, though. Maybe that'll change as more content of this type comes online. On the whole, though, I'd guess that it's good to have the choice-and a less laborious one, at that - to just go vig from the outset. I've taken only a few chars myself through the morality tales, so it's not like I can be all preachy about how things oughta be. On this part of your reply, I agree. That said, we do have folks who seem to be content running the same leveling/TF path for their characters, with little concern for new content. Just an impression. I could be wrong. People soloing don't advertise what they're up to, after all.

I suppose so, for soloing purposes, anyway.

That is correct. And I’m not sure why. It isn’t like you have to earn your way to vig/rogue status, so why not just let anyone start it, since all we’re doing is making people run to Null in Pocket D?

New content requires Rogue/Vig alignment. It will probably be very good, but it feels like the game could use some revamps or fresh takes on straight blue arcs, since that’s where an enormous number of players are. Still, new content is a good thing.

Day 87…or 24…or maybe this is the first day of the rest of my life. This month: A Salute to (the biggest) April Fool(s)! Yeah, yours is bigger, but mine’s…mine’s somethin’... When last we met, DB had several contacts, none of them lenses. Just people. People with agendas. And bobby pins…Well, some of them…maybe…I’m just guessing here… Anyhoo, one of them, my buddy Kirsten Woods, has this for me: Y’know, I’m still sorta sore about that Rikti Ship hovering outside my apartment window. So, how’s about I get ahold of some o’ their tech and…wave it at them! With extreme prejudice! Our trek to wreck the Rikti tech wreakers (or rather bandits, but that’s not alliterative) takes us to Faultline, where we hope and pray that Fussionette is not exercising her eternal death wish. Once there, it’s OFF TO THE MISH (and ignore all traffic lights, as per the youzh). The Golden Gate Bridge? I…oh…never mind…I can buy that at Lowe’s (you can get anything there). Everything is all sideways in FL. But, if I lean my head while I travel, it looks alright. This is fine. I do this in my personal life every day. Eventually, I enter a “spooky warehouse with long shadows (spooky? No. Now, if it had Long Johns…). First, a quick pit stop: Alright, that’s $6 worth of quarters. Surely this thing will work now. After completely forgetting what all these buttons are for, I opt for my default stance: Wheeeee, muthaf…hey, why ain’t you falling down? We play a bit of tit-for-tat (though I see no burlesque dancers, this goes well): See, now, this LOOKS like I got the worst of it, but really, I just obtained an inverse massage from Anathema, because, see, he’s ANATHEMA to the usual way of doing things. (What? I know words…) 5 Files to obtain. Along the way, I keep forgetting that (a) bullets hurt and (b) they have bullets. When these powers combine, it’s ass creme time for El Bat-O (for you fellow Texans, I am not saying “ice cream” in our accent). Sometimes, thankfully, the creme is for them, as when I do this: I don’t know what this is, but them’s gonna be sum sunburnt Lost when they wakeup. After some time of walking around, punching, and generally making small sunbursts out of thin air, I start to get frustrated because I can’t find a SINGLE FILE! Time to use my detective skills!: These strange, fuzzy relics seem to be everywhere. Perhaps if I dig around a little bit, very carefully…very…gently… Ahhh…screw it! WHERE ARE THOSE DAMNED FILES? WHERE ARE THEY? I’M FROM THE DMV! Good for you, punkin’. Now, WHERE ARE THE GD FILES? WHERE! WHEREWHEREWHERE? WHERE ARE THE- Oh…um…(ahem)...there they are...thanks. Charlton Heston…Roddy McDowell…Kim Hunter…wait a minute…This is the cast list for the original Planet of the Apes! (swoon…I owned the treehouse playset). Okay, so off to find Dr. Zaius, and that gorilla general dude. Along the way, I discover that my revolver works much better at short range: REALLY short range… Trucking around, and finally find File #4, only to discover: …every…gd…time… After getting the production schedule for Apes (and pondering the irony of how I FOUND stuff among the LOST), I give Kirsten a buzz (not literally, because that’s a lawsuit, depending on location and manner of delivery). She follows up with a mission perfectly related to the Rikti, as in: Not. At. All. So-another “prove yourself, and mayyyyybe you can get my merits” moment. Whatever. I’m down! And up! I’m up and down. My team don’t mess around. Because I am the besssst, from the east to the wesssst, and…(ahem)...sorry…flashbacks from someone else’s life. Recalling my earlier shenanigans with the Raiders, I very much know who to punch in the groin first: You. Yes, you, you force-field creating bastard. Then, you, you won’t-stand-still-and-let-me-punch-you a-hole. Then you, because fire bad! And then, you, because there’s no one else left: …wait a second…is that a spray can full of fire there? And let’s not forget YOU: I MUCH prefer breasts to wings, sucka! (or, um, most anything else?) But most of all: I hate you…so much… Found my first stabilizer, and one thing’s for sure: This unit is NOT going to overheat anytime soon (Shop Fan. Extra Large. $49.99 at Lowe’s [natch]). You know, on my list of Sky Raider a**holes, I forgot this guy: JUMP BOT: "Sure…kill me…I’ll just explode and hurt you, Like, real bad...With MY WORDS!" So, if you spend a little more at Lowe’s: $79.99, but it has 4 settings! I clear the whole damned building, after which Kirsten tells me SERAPH has created a neat gizmo I get to test. YES! A BAT CAR! Or… …oh…(sigh)...hoookay… After trying it on a car (in hopes it will resequence it into something cool), I give in, and start hunting Lost. Strangely, they’re not hard to find (being Lost and all, you’d think…but never mind…I digress…). The Lost FIND me, so I fire up the gadget: Why am I bathing you in soothing warmth? Hey! SERAPH! What the hell IS this thing? 18 more to go, so I head to the Row. (rhyme!) Consider yourself…defeated…And stay off the crates! After 6 and a half seconds of actual fighting L5’s when you’re 23, I finish the “test.” Kirsten only has a hunt mish now. Raiders in Terra Volta. Fine…but I’m picking up a bank mish in Talos, because I am oh, so close to getting another FANTASTIC COSMIC POWAR! (or maybe a donut…we’ll see).The detectives alert me to Archon Moreno, who is up to no good, because they say so. I SWOOP in, using this hand-dandy landing spot: The H is for Hero, right? RIGHT? Council. Gotta show ‘em what I’m made of. Or maybe we can compromise. I mean, I've never really tried TALKING to these guys. So. You have a gun. I have a gun. We have so much in common! So, what say we just talk this out, and…stop that…STOP THAT! Let’s try this another way: So. You like to kick. I like to (uselessly jump) kick. How about we…hey...HEY! OW! Gdit, OW! Turns out bullets and steel-toed feet are bad for your endurance. I decide to stop talkin’ and start smackin’. And I don’t mean kisses! (well…maybe if one of them is REALLY cute…and he pays me…a LOT…) I get into a NASTY fight with a couple patrols. It’s lookin’ bad for our caped crusader when: Oh…oh, you’re in so much trouble now, fellas... Hi! Come n’ get me suckas! (but without the guns and boots, maybe? Hello?...No?...hookay...) GrenadeTaserSpinningkickpunchjump annnnnd Boom! Done. And time to level up! What's my new power to be? It's... …slots…of course…slots…okey doke…let’s just… Hmmm..what the hay-dee ho? I seem to have shown up during the Boston Marathon. HEY! Where you guys goin’? Obviously, there’s trouble here. Big trouble. The kind that needs a REAL hero. Only one thing to do! Go get’em, BLUE STEEL! (ahhhhh…mango…) And we end on the precipice of heading to TV for KW. For now, Springtime calls, as does this rubber donut. And out there, our invisible enemy lurks. Watching. Waiting. The worst villain of ALL!* *I'm talking about allergies here. God, I hate Spring. Like, really, really, hate it. (plus I don't look good in swim trunks, so...) Happy Trails, Crane

As well I know. But I was mainly commenting on the interesting “cliffhanger.”:-)

Will the thing EVER be attached? WILL IT? 🙂

I saw calls go out for 3 Frostfire missions last Saturday evening on Excel.

Agreed. Each of these takes up an objective,and i‘m uncertain how a whole mob would run off.

It would have to be some kind of rescue with friendlies guarding the principle target. I’ve never seen a way to make an entire mob run off.

Live and learn. I only know about it because, of course, I made the same minor mistakes. (and plenty of major ones!) 🙂

There is not, sorry. The best thing you can do is have patrols, and have them say dialogue like they’re scared, but they won’t be running. Maybe friendly bosses and groups that trembles in fear?

There we go: VICTORY! Tsumurai is now a L30 (Water Blast/Martial Assault). This guy is a ton of fun. Might play him on up to 50. I will say I made excellent progress on the debt badge with all the diving in with the whole speed burst thing. I REALLY need to keybind it.:-)

Whoa! How about that? I haven’t ridden in awhile for various reasons. I need to get back on the horse. Tomorrow evening may be a good time.:-)

Okay, some notes as I go:

After watching @Valeyard's run on twitch, worked on some tweaks:

I think if it's something relegated to mainly BB's, it'd be okay. One thing's for sure-the ability to lay down a hold, or knock someone out the sky has some value added in these cases.

Bosses that do something besides stand there and take it. I was in an AE mission not long ago, where Dracula speed-boosted or something, and just flew around like all over the place, occasionally passing by to hammer my arse with an attack. He had Elude popped (I was told), so, man-oh-man-oh-man, was that a tussle. You had to close with him in an office complex, and he doesn't bump into walls like you do. It was a bear, but it was fun. Anything that makes players move is nice.

The fact that you can kick your own ass (or the other way around) in Pos1 make this one of my favorites.

I can relate.:-)

I'll look into sometime this week. First glance, though: *Why not just set all mishes to 20-54? Then you don't need the disclaimer Best for levels... It'll be baked in. *Is it supposed to be Justice Seekers? (so, caps needed?)

And civilians running around in terror.

I don’t know, but whatever it is, it’s the opposite of Synapse.

There's one particular soul, whose name I cannot recall, who was very much about old-school herding to a specific spot. I ended up on a team with them twice, after which I learned to spot them by their toon names (which were basically insults about farmers). Their style was effective, but absolutely joyless. They repeated the same instructions every time we went into a mish (even though we hadn't added anyone new). It was that way, or no way at all. Felt counterproductive, because it seemed like we were good enough to meet the enemies where they were, rather than take up position, note the herd point, then wait for the Tank's run down, run back. It wasn't like we were doing a master run or anything. These were just story arcs.

I agree. That's probably a wise approach for avoiding the pitfalls we're discussing here.