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Absolutely, it's a completely solo friendly game. It's super casual, and frankly easy if you don't try to push too hard.
The storyline is... convoluted. There's been SO many changes and retcons, and things left behind... frankly, I wouldn't bother trying to follow ALL of it. Just read the mission text, the character bios, and enjoy the ride.
Absolutely. And you can fly from level 4 on, which you can achieve in like two minutes of "intense playing" probably, so yeah... you can just do whatever you want in this game, pretty much. It's cliche, but the possibilities are endless.
Play what looks interesting to you. If you find you don't like the playstyle, try something else. TRUST me, there's something for you here, it's just a matter of finding it, finding your niche. You shouldn't avoid anything as a new player EXCEPT MAYBE (big maybe), the VEATs and HEATs.... Anything that says Archnos, or Kheldian, Peacebringer or Warshade. Those were designed for players that already got at least one character to 50 and were already familiar with the game.
They all drop randomly. Lts, Bosses, Elite Bosses, and AVs drop higher rarity at a higher rate, of course, but even a minion has a chance to drop rare stuff. The rarity is easily told by the color of the salvage/recipe's name. ParagonWiki is your friend:
https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Invention_Salvage
https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Recipe
Not except for temporary powers, like raptor packs, and they only add stuff when they're being used. Aside from that, your costume and your powers are COMPLETELY disattached.
It is SUPER fast from 1-20 right now, and then from 20-40 it slows down (in my experience), then when you start to get your ancillary powers, it speeds up again.
Pick a server, any server, and go nuts. Right now, there's not a whole lot of difference between them. The resurgence of the game is still fresh, and the servers have only been running for barely a month now.
Go. Hunt. Kill Skuls.
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