I hope they work this into a story about the city council creating a special HeroCare Fund that subsidizes half of all emergency care for heroes in Paragon. HeroCare is a program designed to entice the greatest up-and-coming hero talent to Rhode Island to ensure a thriving hero community. It's also cheaper than building a bunch of those costly Police Drones.
The changes themselves are great for several reasons:
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1) Instead of the first five levels being debt free, the first TEN levels will be debt free.
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You can get your friends to start a character and get them further along before they hit any frustration from debt. By the time they have a level 10 character, they are invested and enjoying 3 more powers.
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2) XP debt will be halved on mission maps (that includes outdoor mission maps, too).
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The only time I ever racked up a significant amount of debt was when I was leading a task force that had a tanker and scrapper bail right before the AV mission. We tried it anyway with two empathy defenders a FF controller two scrappers and my blaster. As team leader, I probably tried to take the AV down for longer than I should have. After 70K debt around lvl 30, I was miserable and soured on CoH for a week. If 70K were actually 35K, now that wouldn't sound so bad.
I do worry that this will just make it easier for people to miss the great story content as characters will be able to level faster, but an unlimited amount of debt can still be racked up, if desired. I'd be more worried if they put a cap on debt.
