AzureSkyCiel

*Warning: spoilers!*

Hahaha! You poor fool, this is PREATORIA! You want a happy ending? Here it is- JUST KIDDING! Did you just take down the head of the Seer network? Guess what?! You have to betray primal earth and shackle Sister Psyche to the seer network instead to take Mother's place!
Did you free Katie Douglas? Well put her back in the seer network!
Oh! Noble Savage made it out! Hooray! Better start counting his days because he's living on borrowed time.
Was the Carnival of Light the only beacon of good in Praetoria? Guess what? Half of their members are now evil and insane! Oh! And thirty levels later THEIR LEADER IS DEAD!
Oh, and by the way, everything you've been doing has not made a bat bugger of good difference in the long run.

Sorry, Rapthorn, you forget, Praetoria does not give happy endings, only kicks in the loins.

Well the implications that came with GR alone and the original Praet Arcs all but said everything the First Ward had. The First ward simply pointed out that not only was this destructive towards the people she was doing this to, but it was becoming destructive towards all of Praetoria.

"building her up"?! I think she doesn't need further "build up", about the only thing that could make her more evil is back stabbing Cole and then coconspiring with the Coming Storm.

Only the photonic is coincidental, even then I got the name from you, Seismic judgment is totally yours, sorry I didn't give you credit but I forgot who was the original poster.

As another, non-lore Incarnate Tree themes:

Wrathful Destiny: +ToHit and +Damage (+movement in radial paths)

... I really wanted to come up with one for Interface but I can't think of anything good and original.

Sad part is, it's not even that villainous since you're not the one actively causing a lot of the problems, the best you end up doing is rubbing some salt in it. From my play through of the First Ward, the underlined message is: "Lo the ultimate fate of Praetoria and despair."

Hell, Techbot, you make some nasty choices AS A HERO. Not Resistance or vigilante, as a HERO, the one who's supposed to save everyone?
Well this is Praetoria, saving everyone is not possible, instead you send most of Noble Savage's men to their death's, you personally mind **** Katie back into the seer network, rack up a pretty nasty body count, and in the end you don't really resolve a damn thing besides stopping the IMMEDIATE destruction of what's left of the First Ward, but it's pretty damn clear that no matter what you do, the place is gonna fall apart on it's own anyway.
What? Did you think this was Sugar Town Paragon? No, it's Praetoria and you're shown what it's like to be a Responsibilities Loyalist and that you can't save jack here.
Oh, ans the Carnival of Light? Guess what? Twenty levels later, their leader dies and their membership has already been proven to be divided and beset at all sides from even the Resistance.

Clearly the next Incarnate trial is going to be nuking the entire dimension to hell because given what we've seen that's about the only HEROIC thing you can do for the place.

I'm not sure that's doable at this stage, sadly, simply because it would require giving out respecs for people who slotted with IOs.

These I like, I especially like the removal of rooting idea. It would work so well with my old "Viewtiful Combo" that I used to get for MA scrappers.

This has always bugged me as well: if we want a generic Arachnos, Kheldian, or any sort of boss from any faction actually, we'd have to restrict ourselves to a certain level range or do with none at all.
But that's getting off into a tangent of its own, and I'm not Zwill.

Don't forget, you can also:

*Go on a racist rant about Incarnates

*Very loudly protest the Well as some force of evil the Church if Scientology claims it to be.

*Go on without and continue to proclaim that even without the Well you are "Winning!"

Yes, sadly, and it's all we're likely to see.

it's a shame since Shiki Tohno/Nanaya have shown me how badass single knife fighting can be.

Have you guys ever considered consolidating this stuff with various lore bits and development notes into some kind of limited production City of bible?

Lineage of War: Failures

Led Rikti only to: Destruction

Dragged Away: Scientists: Engineers: Doctors

Traditionalists: True Path of the Rikti

Well, in Statesman's case, it's more an excuse to see him get rerolled and sort of start fresh and undergo major character development.
It seemed like a kinder option than just killing him off, plus it would make sense if Emperor Cole has such influence over the well that he can suppress the powers of people who aren't even connected to it, and weaken even those who are.
What keeps him from asking the Well: "States is being too much of a problem, take away his support."

But when it gets right down to it, I like to think of it as an opportunity to show that you can take down Statesman the hero, but the man Marcus Cole, the true driving force behind him will NOT give up the fight for good, even when all that's left is his bones.

I'd also like to clarify that, in concept, I do like the character of Statesman and I actually wrote a majority of his part of his Character sheet in the the TV trope Wiki entry.
(Found here) But unfortunately, anyone who RPs with me knows that characters I like I tend to treat the cruelest.

I mean back to the level he was before he even drank from the Well. This would also be an interesting path to take with Statesman who would then have to change from invul/SS to shield/Street Justice or Martial/Arts.
While most people on the internet enjoy corrupting pure and innocent things, I enjoy watching gods be knocked off pedestals and be forced to walk among those they once considered "lowly".

Actually, there's quite a few of the old buildings still around, and this actually works to a degree.
I kind of wish they didn't try to make City Hall into a two story buildings, but I guess they wanted people to stop assuming the Mayor of Paragon's office wasn't hidden in the globe of Atlas like some kind of Super Villain Mayor, twirling their moustache and laughing at all the pitiful heroes, unaware they only serve him to secure his power.
And then, he's onto his next appointments for the day, another budget cut to the city bus lines and schools, a hair cut, then his six o' clock charity dinner.