BlueBlitzer

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...The difficulty of the Hollows is more of a learning curve than a design flaw. El Humidor can run any character all the way across the zone without taking so much as a scratch because he is smart about how he travels. The Hollows is something of a right of passage. If you can traverse it safely, then you can traverse any zone safely.

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I agree with you on that. I've learned that fences and walls act as cover, and it's easily possible to avoid (and sometimes lose) mobs by keeping obstacles that block LOS between you and the mobs. It's definitely a learning experience on how to travel without Super Powers.

Okay..there're a lot of pages here...so this might have been covered.
It's very easy for Heroes to reach RV, the portal is readily accessible through Atlas Park.
Villains however...it's a bit of a pain to get to Grandville, get to the elevators, wind your way past all the furniture and finally get to the portal.
It seems a bit unbalanced to me. Couldn't they have placed the CoV portal in Mercy Island? Maybe on the platform with the Black Line to Cap Au Diable?

Heroes get access to it, rather easily, in one of two lowbie zones, yet Villains have to hunt for it in the equivalent of Peregrine Island?