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The only time we had to go grab Shivans was on a LRSF. We all got them with ease, vengeanced them...and STILL got our backsides kicked. General accord seems to be that Numina went spam-happy with the buffs while we all went to hospital the first time or so. So, needless to sya, we failed that run.

Aisde from that...I've not run into any of that stuff yet. I've not once had anyone tell me to de-summon my pets, and, if they did, I would laugh in their face. The only time it felt like a waste was on said LRSF, when Synapse and Positron both ganked me every time I so much as opened fire, despite having SC defences to everything...Damn lvl 53 Heroes...

And I highly doubt the end-game will be 'loot' based. The Devs have mentioned incarnate 'levels', most likely something to be built up individually for each character and alt. I see no real way of making 'loot' happen in this game, even if it was wanted.

Either you can or you can't, really. I find it fairly easy, because characters for me are very much their own entities that, once properly formed, go off on paths of their own. I don't have any real racists amongst my list, but I do have someone who hates aliens and demons and such, and one who wants to see Humanity as it is now wiped out in atomic destruction
You do it pretty well so far Blargy, put it that way

It could be worse. At least, hate her though I do, she does ok damage.
It COULD be the RWZ arc, save General Grandpa and Dipl'omat. Ye gods I HATE that mission. Never EVER design a mission with pet level allies that you CANT get out the door and then put them fighting NEMESIS! With their ungodly accurate mass AoEs and single target nukes. Seriously...I end up skipping that mission I hate it so much.

I would agree with this, t'be honest. It's meant to be a failsafe last countermeasure. It kills you as it is. In a way, its like asking for a change to make sure you die.
/Signed

/Unsigned, as others have already explaine the reasons why.

Im actaully confused as to what the smeg the suggestion is, and why...

The 'Flag' idea gets my /signed.

That idea reminds me of Abyss from Soul Calibur 3. Man, that bag of bones could be nasty when he got on a roll...

/Signed, and hoping the mutant pack delivers something like this.

The Devs have stated, time and again; "No, we are NOT raising the level cap."
So I buy into the lvl 50, lvl 50+, lvl 50++ idea.

Or; Why Only making New Zones is a Bad Idea

Right. I shall go on to explain.
View City of Heroes and Villains, if you will, as a car. It's a good, workable car. When it first came out, it wasn't perfect. But it was very solid. And it was tweaked and tuned and pimped a little, to the 'car' we know today.

Now, however, the chasis is starting to be a bit dated. Theres a bit of rust forming. Its not quite as up to scratch as the rest of the vehicle.
But, there appears to be a problem. The people in charge of the car repeat over and over that they only want to add new bits to the vehicle. Nevermind about the rust and the old model chassis...Just slap new parts on. Its more economically effective!

Well....thats all fine and dandy, right up until that rust gets so much the chassis actually breaks.
And that feels very much like Blueside content. It's dull. It's stale. It was written back when the game first came out. The contacts send you all over the city, because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Oh, and they dont give you their cell number until about 8 missions in.

Compare that to the NEW content, and most of Red Sides content. The contacts usually have an over-riding story arc or two. They give you their number within two, three, perhaps four missions. They stick, mostly, to the same zone. If you have to go to another zone, its usually for a decent enough reason, like a mission, not a fedex. And, usually, you have the cell by then.

You can bolt new bits onto the game as much as you like. But that DOESNT stop the old stuff bieng old. Stale. Dull. Boring. Its a sea of fed-exes, defeat alls, hunts and, generally, suck. At least compared to the new stuff. And you can't avoid it. You shouldn't HAVE to avoid it, or want to avoid it. You should want to play it. It should be as fun as the rest of the game.
But right now, its rusty. And adding more new zones and new contacts will not stop the old contacts being old. You don't need to rebuild the zones. Most of them look great as it is, and will look better when Ultra Mode hits. But the contacts in them are dull and stale. And they need some attention, or that rust is just going to get worse in the face of newer, shinier, better content.

I doubt it will be anything so rigid and un-flexible as 'Pick your Greek god/dess of choice'. I would hazard a guess at something that lets us make signature powers of our own, given the sticky about it somewhere...I think?
Either that, or a wider array of powers to pick from than just specific deity's. I would hope, anyway.

Dude...
Just....Duuuude....

No fair. This stuff is badass.