AzureSkyCiel

Agreed.
I mean. I meant seriously, there's multiple zones worth of Shadow Shard content not yet explored! You could make a villainside Shadow shard WITHOUT RECYCLING ANY OF THE HERO ZONES.

Then let's not forget that the KoA seem to only exist to do the dirty work of Malta when they are supposed to be mercenaries who would work for anyone. Oh, and they seem able to send thousands of their people at you even though they're canonically supposed to number only in the hundreds. (they could at least given minions and Lt.s a teleport away effect when defeated to show their numbers are remaining conserved)

And expanding on the Tsoo and warriors. Maybe give them a long term goal.

Also, on the actual subject of the thread, my big redsider is Redcoat (No, he is not a British soldier.) and was kind of inspired by pulp characters like The Question and The Spirit, so it's a bit unavoidable.
Though a former villain of mine, a fallen Cherub, used grey and black with a steel mask. (Inspired by one of Fakir's outfits from Princess Tutu. Prior he also wore a white and red outfit inspired by Altair from Assassin's Creed. "Originality"? Nope, never heard of it.)
My corruptor uses black and blue. (He is an Ice/dark named Midnight Frosts)

Okay, so hypothetically speaking, if we ever got a Rikti EAT, I imagine that, storywise, it would be split between Restructurists and Traditionalists (bonus points if branching dialogue also lets us integrate our backstory as being native rikti or a converted human), at least that's how it would likely seem.
One problem though is that Rikti are a big part of the lore, so a Rikti EAT needs the consequences of their actions to be felt in the world.
My proposal is this:
When a Rikti of the Restructurists alignment completes one of their epic arcs from level 30 up, it triggers a Rikti invasion to happen in a blueside zone and a redside zone. (Bonus points if one of the zones was the one where the mission had been set in)
On the flipside, when a Rikti Traditionalist completes one of their story arcs from level 30 up, it causes all the pylons in the War zone to change to allies (they got hacked) and the shields around the mothership to go down.

This sort of thing, as stated, could help Rikti EAT players feel like their making an impact without causing permanent change to the environment around them. My one concern is that the Restructurists proposal has griefing potential on the flipside, farming potential, so something might need to be done about that somehow...

Hello, friends. Are you a soloer/duoer/trioer like me who often has trouble getting the courage to gather a group together to run even a tough mission, much less a TF or even a Weekly Strike Target?
I know how tough it can be to get the well's notice when you're ambitious enough to want to get your alpha slots, so I'm here to tell you about alternate ways i've learned and a few tips.

1. Be Persistent. Do you remember when you were a child? how you would bug grown ups for their attention for the most asinine reasons? Well thing of the Well as a grown up, and yourself as a child, and being an incarnate as a toy you really really want. throw a Tantrum when it says it won't let you have your alpha slot, tug on the Well's clothing and making scenes in public.

2. No Attention is Bad Attention. So go ahead and TP the Well's house, Throw rocks through its windows, and egg its nice, fresh paint coat. Just be sure to be around to take the credit.

3. Be Ubiquitous. The Well of Furies is a modern person, so you can find it on modern networking sites. Follow it on Twitter, friend them on MySpace and Facebook, and remember to spam their walls and demand why it isn't responding to you as well as flooding its PM box with questions. If you can get the Well's cellphone number, call it whenever your minutes allow you to, better yet, steal the cellphone of one of the Well's friends or loved ones and call it through that. you can even pretend you are a kidnapper.

4. Let No Man Hold You Back. By this point, the Well has probably taken out a restraining order on you. Here, you are now in the jackpot, it will have to appear in court with you, where you can bug it some more, Don't forget that even if the Restraining order goes through, you can still, always ignore it yourself.

Following these four tips, you will certainly be able to acquire many Well notices for your alpha slots until the PPD come to arrest you. Thank you for your time, my friends.

- "So for new costume options, I was inspired heavily by the Elementalist from another NCsoft game, Guild Wars"

- "So since origins tend to not matter, how about this: Races!"

- "My reference is Jack Emmert. He said he used to work here too and said I'd bring the right things to the game."

- "So I'm thinking about putting Steelclaw in charge of Lore, Samuraiko in charge of powers, and Arcanaville in charge of costumes."

- "I watched .hack//liminality and thought it would be cool to work on an MMOPRG."

Another personal favorite of mine is whenever a sniper hits me (or tries) and I find them: "YOUR FIRST MISTAKE WAS PROVING TO ME THAT YOU EXIST!"

Official reason is that: Yes, they can be shut down, but only the Rikti seem able to do it, and not even that often, and there are a lot of other groups that get held or are kept in check by the walls.

Unofficially, I agree, because one redside mayhem mission expressly points out that the flier just goes right over the war walls, and when half the population can fly or at least jump pretty damn high, it seems to invalidate the whole purpose.

Mine is shared by ATs with nukes and powerful AoEs everwhere.
"Boom."