Zingo

Carnies! Maybe some master illusionist, that would be pretty cool. From my experience on test they didnt really follow the commands to well either, but it might have just been lag.

Just got thru with the "Rescue ritki negotiator quickly" mission. It was timed, and it involved an escort - c'kellah.

Since I remember this mission from other issues, I didnt realize it was a hostage escort at first. We were just testing out some new builds basically.

It was a malta mission, with my lvl 50 ice/elec blaster and a mind/storm controller. Difficulty was set to tenacious.

So we start working on the mobs. One of the first things we notice is that some mobs have up to 4 sappers! Thats kind of excessive I think for the difficulty setting we had and number on the team.

We run across some gunslingers, and suddenly I'm frozen! Yep, gunslingers now have liquid nitrogen rounds.

Ok, so after dying a couple times etc.

We found c'kellah. We killed the group and she came up gave thanks etc. I wasnt aware at the time we were supposed to lead her to the door, so I moved on to another group of malta. About that time my team mate gets bum rushed, and they kill the escort. The escort was lvl 41 also, not sure if that is a bug or not.

So, we decide to reset and try again. We go back in find c'kellah and this time start working our way back to the door. She runs very slow so we are kinda poking along. Soon as you save the hostage, the malta go on the offensive, and we had to fight a couple mobs on the way back.

When we go to the exit area (it was an outdoor map with the red zone to exit) She wouldnt exit. So first my team mate leaves, then I leave, trying to get her to follow.

Come back in shes gone. I think the malta got her.

So we reset again, go thru the same process, and lead her back to the exit. I exit the mission, and my team mate is still inside. What ended up happening was a malta grenade knocked her back into the exit and we got team task completed.

Overall, it was pretty fun and definitely a challenge, I like it. I would like to see them run a little faster though, so they can keep up. Also, the escort did try to fight with us as well (I believe she was a storm defender) however at lvl 41, actually doing more harm than good by jeopardizing her own safety.

Also at one point we tried to tp her to the door, out of an ambush, and couldnt. Would be nice if you could tp the escorts.

Aside from the bug of her not exiting, it was fun to me and different. Plus the malta coming at you after you save her made it more exciting.

I think its a great idea, but maybe needs a little tweaking.

What I'd like to see is have defiance kick in earlier, and scale up to max before 5% health. Maybe around 10% you hit max. You could add less of a dmg boost to compmensate for the earlier activation perhaps. I also like the idea of added acc as well along the way.

I still believe this will benefit early lvl blasters more, but thats ok, they probably need the help more at the early lvls.