Officially Unofficial Weekly Discussion #42: The Shadow Shard

[lemming]

4 hours ago, cranebump said:

That said, isn't Doc Quarterfield worth a ton of merits (is it 112?). You'd think you'd see more frequent runs, just for that.

122 Reward Merits.   It does get a bit of attention during WST.

I will sometimes run one of my chars thru it solo while working on other stuff or do a solo "speed" run.   Depends on my mood, but I'll run it for others.  I do like that it's one of the few without an AV at the end.  (I tend to find AV fights boring while solo)  Easy enough to do in 90-120 minutes

 

The repetitious nature of the missions is a definite issue:  Four Crey bases in the shard, and then two in Paragon, then two sets of dual missions.  And the hunts seem to always feel like filler.  And too many kill alls.  I'd probably replace the "Defeat All Crey" with "Takeout Base Leader" and cut the numbers for hunts to 25.

That would be first easy pass.   Longer pass would be to work the storyline a bit more so they feel different.

[High_Beam]

34 minutes ago, UltraAlt said:

 

Makes sense. There is a vendor in First Ward that sells "Group Fly".

 

 

Selling Group Fly.  Based on another thread that guy is going to get assassinated.

[High_Beam]

Deleted Double Post.  Curses!.

Edited August 24, 2023 by High_Beam

[Uun]

2 hours ago, Without_Pause said:

I used the Day Job badge to travel around for the sake of badges within the zone.

I do as well, but there should be a way to replenish a jet pack if it runs out in the middle of a TF (aside from traveling to Pocket D).

[Grouchybeast]

I love the Shards, they're so pretty.  It would be great to see the old content revamped to give it some stories that match up in quality with the coolness of the zone.  Very atmospheric Exploration Badges, too, right up there with the Eden badges.

[Darmian]

Master of Dr Q = Do the entire thing without travel powers.  (ROFL)