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"Psi is a really bad idea since it gets resisted heavily when it is resisted."

This. Psionic isn't resisted that often, but when it is (Carnies, Arachnos, Robots) it gets resisted out of the wazoo (although technically carnies have Psi Def and not that much Psi Res)

Negative Energy is similar (undead resist it heavily)

Fire and Cold seems to be your best bets.

It's also possible that she never discovred the soul-addiction thing and thus is more or less a psychic heroine with a voice in her head that tells her to party

I'll just quote from DeVore's bio:

Vanessa works with the Resistance, and the Syndicate (hey, the father of her child is their leader!) but she pretty clearly states she thinks Scott has fallen off the deep end.

Which doesen't mean she still won't work with him, but her building up her own power-base with her own resistance members is entirely plausible.

Anyone checked out Branforth the Seer's letter from the Omega Team Time Capsule thing?

There's a few interesting things there:

"The glor'ous monarch will defend, his homeland to the bitter end, An army built to soothe all doubts, but ripples show in upstart bouts, Make you choice: red blue or gray, choose who to spurn and who obey, You'd like to think there's no price dear, but the real world is not so clear."

Obviously refers to Emperor Cole and Going Rogue in general.

"I saw a mirror torn apart, thousand-spiraling work of art, Behind a veil was once a fool, now its creation is its tool, Suffered from a mighty fall, seeks again to consume all, To face it our heroes prep, to win just watch that first step."

Given the mirror and world-devouring this probably refers to Rularuu.

"A peaceful race comes from afar, a living message in a jar, Find they cannot grow any more, into new flesh they are reborn, Silence breaks by the gods thunder, coexistence cast asunder, Now just one culture slow to change, not evil pure but surely strange."

This one is annoying, since it could refer to any of our three alien races: It could refer to the rikti (peaceful before the Nemesis thing) the Kheldians, or the Shivans. All of them are "reborn" into new flesh (Rikti via the transformation of humans, kheldians by taking a host, shivans by reanimating corpses) I'm leaning towards Shivans though, because they're the only ones with a divine connection (in their name, being y'know, shivans)

"Bloated life which has not a peer, gobbles all that mankind holds dear, The hive will grow to rise and fall, all will battle the monster tall, Across the way a mirror flow'r, has no such foes slow its devour, Not placated with scraps to eat, it's rage shall spark leader's retreat."

Refers to Hamidon, obviously, and it's Praetorian counterpart.

"A thousand men with javelin, fight to compound their master's sin, Darkly corrupt by twilight gaze, a secret deal to end our days. Hero, villain, that time forgot, what do they know that we do not? Side-by-side both sides excel, fighting for time-warped parallel."

Cimerora and the ITF.

"Time's river's course is left to run, till shattered by the million suns, Eternal gear comes back to warn, all must beware the coming storm, From ice and flame and tests of will, forgotten deeds one can fulfill, Has he made strong by accident, those whose acts will despair prevent?"

This obviously refers to Ourboros and the manipulation thereof. But who's "He" in this? Silos? Ramiel? The letter writer?

"The iron turns into crystal, their doomsday shall be missed til, When a pair of fives arrives, power flows and power drives, The spinning rod lives again, then destroyed in evil's den, Mere prelude to what bright hell, comes from drinking of the well."

This one is obviously referring to incarnates and the Well of the Furies, but what's the spinning rod and the pair of fives?

"Man kills brother; sets into motion, a hundred lifetimes of commotion, Meticulous manipulation, attempts to take this very nation, Within mirrors glow he finds a pawn, his trick forces them to take us on, We shall fall for his games no longer, that which challenges makes us stronger."

Obviously referring to someone manipulating someone from an alternate reality. Nemesis would be an obvious clue (the Rikti) but I'm thinking of someone else... Maelstrom. And that he might be manipulating Cole to invade Primal Earth.

"The web is formed in careful craft, since fatal rescue on a raft, Wraith- beast- hulk- thief- prepare for war, the mastermind will hide no more, Let loose the tide of villain mix, heroes will gain their own new tricks, And in the end; a world fini, unless the one stops destiny."

Refers to the "Time after Time" story arc, as well as the Statesman's task force.

Apex was fun. Tin mage was just ludicrously easy.

The interesting thing is that due to the setup (several powerful mobs rather than many weaker ones) it seems less rewarding than the ITF (where you get a whole lot more shards)

Battle Maiden was fun though.

You can only have three tips in your "inventory" at the same time. Other than that tips seems to drop very frequently (I usually get a tip a mission, although it can be annoying when they don't drop, at the very least)

Don't drink the water?

ENRICHE IS FROM THE SHADOW SHARD!

The simplest solution would simply be for the devs to cap the amount of XP/mish you can get. Like they do with tickets.

The one thing I think could really improve the market would be a longer price history (like say, the last 100 or 500 sales rather than the last 5) preferably with a tool to automatically calculate the average and median prices from that.

Huh I've never had anything but the normal ambushes in tip mishes (IE: 3 minions or 1-2 minions/1 lt on normal difficulty, with possibly one or, in a few hoary cases, two bosses)

There are a couple of praetorian missins that has some pretty crazy ones (mainly in the Power Arc) although at least some ofthose are, IIRC; weakend versions and not full-strength minions thinking of the "SYNDICATE HORDES APPROACHING!" mission...)

I'd just add one thing: "Defeating" rather than "kiling" enemies makes more ense from a narrative standpoint, because you never know when an enemy is going to show up again.

So you "killed" Requiem at level 35 but oops, there he is again at level 50, safe and sound.