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Oh yes. Good point In general when doing this project whenever you are given the option spare someone’s life rather than kill them. It rarely affects things but sometimes you need the contact later. If you kill them they are gone forever. That part is irritating

By going through Ouro you can do every mission Goldside (then first and night naturally). You just pick an alignment 5 times for one badge and choose the other at least once. Lot if chances though. So many. The missions themselves are all in Ouro for both loyalists and resistance and you need them ALL for a badge

Part of my motivation for doing this harkens back to my Live Redside runs and those were at default +0/x1 no AVs. This run was at -1/x1 and no AVs. I used P2W everything. Rather than no inspirations (which i cannot see how you would struggle through) I would suggest +0/x1 and maybe a Blaster if you are comfortable with that AT. It would be harder in some places and easier in kill alls. If you are good on a Blaster. Definitely a challenge. Good Luck with whatever you choose

When boosting a set of Purples I am curious as to the effect when you exemplar down. Do these still stay "attuned" is the +5 basically squished in relation to the rest of the enhancement value squish 1/1, or does the +5 go away at 49?

There are a few "styles" of building that you will discover lead to certain sets. My type of building is not favored by the boards. I like building for ranged defense on squishies. This leads to a lot of thunderstrikes Bombardment and Artillery on those toons. 6 slotted, 5 for Bombardment. So...no procs. very unpopular. Those sets have rech and acc as well. Very different style of play to most sledgehammer builds. For melee I like to run Invul and Dark. For Invul I start with Hyperstrikes templates. For dark....I push for MORE resistance. Unbreakable guard, winters, purples, Obliterations

First....I will NEVER do this again. (unless I win the lottery and retire lol) I have regularly done this Redside only since back on live. Once or twice a year. Love Redside, best side. Gold is hard. (done through Ouro but everything is there, as I levelled as soon as they opened.) First ward and Night ward are very well done. Blue...Blue is stupid. Just bone headed dumb. Kill 40. Go kill 40. Now go kill 40. Talk to bob. Now go kill 40. In 40-44 range they keep sending you to PI to kill Carnies or Malta. Which means you have to keep cleaning two ships (about 6 spawn points) in hopes those mobs spawn. So really it's a "kill 200 w/e is down there" many times. The endless find 12...or 20. Then after you stealth that "oh, it's a kill all..." Some...some...interesting stories. But just old positron writing drug out to dune Trilogy writing instead of a short story. Did I mention Blue is bad? (and the contacts smell their own farts...) I will do Redside again, although probably not for a while lol. But the whole game? I always wanted to climb this mountain. Now that I have I can honestly say. "Damned, that was stupid."

Sigh. I am a Redsider so was very unfamiliar and tried for the badge. Turns out you do not need to save the slow walking idiot to get the badge (i have it now) just wake up the ones lying on the floor. The second failure was a find 12 hostages in an Oranbegan map. It was timed and I had a serious commitment. I spent 45 minutes and could not find the last guy. I hate Blueside

I have taken a Dark/Invul Brute and (stopping experience) soloed every contact, for everything they offer. Red, Blue, and Gold. But this is only the halfway point. Since there are a LOT (and I mean a ton) of content that can be done at 50 without out levelling I have left that for 50. Statistics: Enemies defeated: 82, 665 Tasks completed 2,407 Tasks failed: 2 Grrrr, just F-ing grrrr Flashback arcs completed: 77 Reward Merits earned: 4,170 Reward Merits awarded: 5,154 (I believe the discrepancy is zone merits, GMs, and weekly TF bonuses...?) Hours on character: 533 Badges: 1,090 I had saved up 13 Transcendant Merits for this day (started mid Oct) and once I 50d I did the Ramiel arc, then had my farmer work a couple hours and open all incarnate slots. He now has T4s in everything (two T4s in Destiny) Wish me luck with the rest of the project. the pressure is off now, and i will be moderating my storyline content on him. I will keep a steady pace, but not grind.

Talk to your Doctor or Pharmacist about ED. You really do not want this crew's advice.

Comic book physics and effects obey their own rules. Sometimes this is consistent throughout the genre and other times very specifically odd for a given power/powerset

Roll a Brute

Sands of Mu are unaffected by damage buffs (positive/negative) which is why they are great for Super Strength during the Rage crash. Still works, unaffected.

I choose Banished Pantheon for “serious challenge leagues”. This is the wisdom passed on to me by serious gamers who have data mined it all out. Top tier for things like “Really Hard Way” badge in Magisterium trial. Personally I mostly dislike pets. Depending on theme I go for something as unobtrusive as possible. Polar lights, barely there and on my Ice toons thematic and some stack effects. Storm Elementals on my vampire. Still wish you could color the pet and not just the summon. Purplish clouds? I need mottled greens and blacks thank you!

Thanks! To be honest I have run the entire thing on -1/x0 with I/Os and P2W. I'm a Super Villain. Of course I cheat....

Thanks this was my concern on this project. As long as I can do content at 50 I bypass and do it later

I know you CAN do the mission pre 50. I need to know if there are certain missions that are not offered after level 44....

Getting close to my solo every mission contact project (at least the get to 50 part...) Down to Redside 40-44. In the wiki Black Scorpion is said to have missions specifically for 40-44 range, including a mission "Thwart Black Scorpions plans" But then I do not see those missions listed as 40-44. He has a group of mission 35-50, then some 45-50. Does anyone know if in fact he has missions that can only be done pre 50? Thanks.

From the balcony of city hall in Atlas Park you can see the full moon. Always.

All of Blue side (well 90%) is filler. Still doing multiple “kill 45” per contact in 40-44 and you have to cleanse an area to get any to spawn (malta and carnies in PI). I freaking hate Blue now more than when I started. I do wish you good luck in this. I love Redside but to me the Blueside half of the journey was almost a burn out. I hope you find what interests you more than achieve X goal.

As I am leveling a toon (and really always) I keep half an eye on the LFG chatter. You would be surprised how often the chance to get a patron badge pops up, at least on Excelsior. But yeah, BS is known to be fastest. I do GW each time though. One mission I autocomplete and it is pretty smooth

In a low Snark moment.... I am very grateful to have the game, and the community, back. I am not only happy but quite impressed with what the HC Devs have done in regards to clean up and new material. If you are like me you are pretty set in your ways. You jump in and do similar activities day after day, month after month. Then find yourself saying "I have never done the RWZ storylines...." My point in saying this is that there is probably content in this game you have not done. That you might like. Could be worth a few topics on what is good and why to guide each other to the best older content. The game has depth, some of it probably unexplored by many. I was impressed with both First Ward and Night Ward. I never did them live. I did all 1-20 Gold a few times and was glad to leave. But the stories in First and Night are much better in my opinion. After I 50 my current story arc project (maybe 2 weeks...?) I will start on RWZ 35-50 content. I might like some of it....

I will do you one better (one different?) Do not pick based on the criteria above Look if you want it unlocked there are multiple opportunities to jump into the unlock mission on a busy server. Done Pick what is right for your character. I run a lot if undead….Ghost Widow. If I was a VEAT I might pick BS as his powers are similar. Rogue who thinks he is noble…Scirroco. Etc

I would look hard at an Energy Melee Willpower Brute. At +0 using SOs and no P2W I would guess 600-700 hours. I am nearing the end on a Dark/Invul Brute using I/os and P2W temps and am over 400 hours in, closing on 500. This left out any contacts that could be put off to 50 (35-50, 40-50, 45-50)

Hmmmm. I got nothing. Sorry. Brutes are terrible at end game. They are great for this project. Endgame? ROFLMAO. Endgame? nooo, lol, I cannot keep a straight face. You think this project is about end game? ROFLMAO. Maybe, we must, be talking about different projects. I have been soloing every contact in the game on a Brute since mid October. Red/Blue/Gold. Turn off experience and do EVERY mission a contact offers. Then, next. 2,289 missions completed. 3,901 reward merits earned according to the terminal. although i have 4,880. not sure why the difference. no i did not claim them from super packs etc. Doing level 40-44 content now. Once I 50 I will quickly get incarnate badges and such. Then....do all 35-50 content solo, 40-50 content solo, 45-50 content solo. So, sure, I will 'main' this character. (keeping an ice/cold corr for helping SG do most 50 incarnate trials etc) But this project is about climbing the mountain. Not standing on the top waving the flag. This project was 'easy' on a Brute in some ways. But on my Dark/Invul I relied on P2W 'nades for AoE for a loooooong time. Dark has crap attacks until mid 20s as well, sigh. Dark days indeed. Maybe this project is not for you. It takes someone who is interested in the challenge. Not focused on having it done. Also...are you starting Gold then? Because you are missing all (most) 1-20 Red Blue. Start Red/Blue. Turn off Exp. at 4-7-9-14-19 etc. Do the contacts (switching alignments) Gold is FULLY avail in Ouro. You did say ALL? What did you mean by all? Oh, nvm, just 50 what you want, Ouro a few things and say you did it "all" GL

Might makes Right is a “law” and, in all actuality, the end justification of Heroes. Someone decided who owns stuff. The govt (empowered by the rich) agreed. The heroes enforce. Everyone behave and no one gets hurt This is actually why i dislike Goldside so much. How accurate it is. One pretentious side and one gritty side and both “honorable” and both full of crap. Redside, best side