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Villainside, I'm really hoping the next segment is the "Turn [name of mastermind spoilered] upside down and shake him" one. I'm getting a lot of very powerful people hacked off at me and I'm not sure what my motivation is supposed to be, and I'm getting tired of vague hints about how "it's all part of the plan." Especially since said mastermind is apparently someone I can turn inside out on my lonesome.

Heroside, I'm not sure what the point of the dialogue trees is if you just get steered to the right answer, and the final mission involves way too much sit-and-watch-people-talk for my taste. On the other hand, any chance to beat up [name of particularly annoying villain contact] is a plus in my book.

By the way, was anyone as jarred as I was by the mention of Penelope Yin heroside and it being "five years since all that stuff in Faultline"? Game time and real time do not belong together.

Still, I'm enjoying the story and curious to see where it goes from here.

I regularly answer questions on the help channel (I'm a librarian, answering questions is what I do), and am always happy to render assistance, but I'd never dream of using the "helper" title for all the reasons in this thread. It's been rendered utterly meaningless by people who just use it because they want their names in colors.

A giant eyeball as a head. Useful for Rularuu-themed characters. Or fans of the Residents.

I expect it will do absolutely nothing to make me any further interested in bothering with the Incarnate system.

"I can't die yet, I haven't seen The Jolson Story."

I'm just sorry for the Thorn Wielders that they lost their snazzy red-trimmed robes in the makeover. They're almost indistinguishable from the ordinary mass of Guides, Defenders, and Archers now.

I don't really see this problem much, but then I'm generally assiduous about not teaming with Incarnates and/or 50s, for exactly the reasons the OP gives.

I did a Citadel the other night with one 50 and seven others of us who were appropriate level for the TF, and the difference was blatant. He was constantly scooting ahead to take on new spawns while the rest of us were still working on cleaning up the last one, and it got very tiresome very quickly.

I've always liked the Crey arcs (Corporate Culture, The Revenant Hero Project, The Evil Countess Crey, and optionally the Manticore TF). I think they mesh together nicely. I wouldn't do them if you do Lethal damage, though, since Crey tanks resist Lethal like crazy.

The Freaklympics is a lot of fun, although I've found The Freakshow War disappointingly dull as a follow-up.

The Devouring Earth arcs are bland and interchangeable, except for The Terra Conspiracy, which puts an interesting spin on things, which unfortunately I can't discuss without spoiling it.

The Envoy of Shadow can be NASTY hard depending on what character you're using.

I'd disagree with previous posters on Maria Jenkins. Outside of getting to fight the various Praetors, I see nothing to recommend the revamped A Hero's Epic. Not only has it been stripped of its crowning moment (getting to fight Tyrant), many of the missions saddle you with a member of the Freedom Phalanx as a helper, which leads to them either a) aggroing half the map or b) soloing everything while you scramble to keep up.

No plans to unsubscribe anytime soon, even though I have less than zero interest in Incarnates.

When a costume just comes together (alternatively: finding just the right piece, even if I didn't quite know what I was looking for).

Before I opened this thread, I expected it was going to be about that building in the new Atlas Park that's two separate structures joined together by a haphazard arrangement of girders. I cringe every time I pass by that particular eyesore.

30-40 already? I was expecting another 20-30. Oh well, as long as the SSA doesn't end up requiring Incarnates to finish.