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I think that's where the set fails on a conceptual level. Everything else fits or works but the lack of placed bubbles and that is the failing of two repel/KB PBAOEs. I wonder if it is truly too late to change this one due to cottage rule. If it's placed at your feet instead of as a targeted AOE it would work the same if you don't move.

Not sure if you're being snarky or not. There's a difference between posting patch notes and open discussion and I figured you of all people would know that since you do promote having more informative and complete patch notes. There was a decent amount of communication and promotion earlier in the year and then...silence. Especially since it was left off on "people exploited X so we're going to simply make it bad for everyone for a few months and then push it into an issue where the fix will get massively overshadowed".

While "dead" is perception based (I've stumbled on other AE authors, and I'm in an AE SG), dev silence is worrisome. Not surprisingly, nothing about AE seems to have been said at PAX and Aeon hasn't posted here in quite a while.

Yep, that was me. You can check comments in-game by going to your Published Missions tab, expanding the mission, and clicking the Comments button.

Green Fog can be atmospheric but you're right about it being large. Also, there's no pools of water on the top floor. However, you might be better serviced by using the Hellion office since it's smoky inside yet smaller.

Devouring Earth? >_>

Of course.

Also, I probably won't start looking at groups until near the deadline. One last thing, each enemy needs a bio, even if it's just copy/paste from a previous version of the mob.

Overall feel. Admittedly I'm making this up as I go but my subscription is current and I have enough inf so at least one person will win.

"Whatever works." Some groups may need to be harder and others easier. I like a 3 minion/2 LT/1 boss proportional mix though a 2/3/1 mix can work well too. A 1/1/1 ratio is bad. Try clever tricks like re-purposing enemies from one group to another. I will say that they need to mostly match the level range they are already available which is part of the reason fro requiring one prior mob in the group. Another reason for that (other than just throwing a monkey wrench in the mix) is to keep the group recognizable. It's one thing to add more of a magical or tech slant to a mostly normal group. It's another to stick everyone in Day Glo colored Iron Man armor.

Due to I18 I'll be mailing inf to globals. So I believe that's everyone except for the European servers unless someone over there wants to match my payouts.

While I think "pales in comparison" is rather strong, you do have a point. Even Council, who are cannon fodder for most toons high level, have the potential for chain knockback on the low end. Which leads to...

Seems like the "end thread" for multiple discussions about Praetoria. There's some potentially nasty stuff at low levels like Minion of Igneous bosses with holds, high damage, and status protection but they are easy to avoid.

I think a lot of that is an enemy powerset issue. You can make far stronger enemies in the MA that are still beatable but will put up a greater challenge.

Player characters and regular mob spawns certainly shouldn't be in. However, GMs and some contacts make sense--especially Lusca. Some may not even be avoidable. Furthermore, Monster Island's current load screen has enemies on it and it's fitting for the zone.

Is this retroactive? Also, any restrictions to stuff you won't run?

The wording seems to take things a bit out of context and my highest level Stalker is Claws/Willpower so I do scrap a fair bit. I say hit and run more to express the "You do your best work when attacking from ambush, and can even hide in plain sight to escape foes." part of their description. While Mag 4 confuse might lead to a long and hard (though arguably needed) argument with Controllers and Dominators, I think returning to Hide faster is justified.

As far as ambushes, I personally feel they should only be location targeted unless either its due to a sensor/camera system (like the underused mechanic from mayhem side missions) or an explicit trap.

Except for the ones in Warburg.

I want to know how they pulled it off. The scientists in Warburg can see through Hide + Stealth proc without problems. One interesting quirk is that while it's been proven that Negative Stealth doesn't actually do anything, the scientists in Warburg don't actually apply it. I wonder if it's secretly having a negative affect on the escorts themselves.

I support the suggestion of adding a high mag confuse to Placate. It's not self stackable and would help prevent the problems of placating a foe and it killing a squishy. It makes perfect thematic sense and would fit in well with a more tactical style.

That said, it should only take 4 seconds to return to Hide. It would help with focused damage spikes and hit and run which is what the AT is supposed to do.

I have a feeling it's quite intentional due to a combination of trying to restructure the lowbie game, curbing power leveling, and data mining. The question is whether or not it's working the way it should. Even as someone who feels that a level of challenge is needed so that people learn their characters and keeps the game fresh, I feel that parts could bear looking at. The aforementioned two EBs and really the sheer concept of forcing alignment shifts to be solo isn't well thought out. Lowbie Seers are similar to I1 groups in that they break a design rule that's been getting discussed in some of the AE threads--have proportionally 3 types of minions, 2 LTs, 1 boss so that any one type of debuff isn't as overwhelming.