Finsplit

Just finished the First Ward on my SS/stone brute and I have to echo the "what, that's it?" feeling at the end. I was especially disappointed in the last mission because I didn't actually get to DO anything other than punch Serene repeatedly. The real dramatic part took place among a bunch of NPCs while I sat back and watched. Who's supposed to be the protagonist here, again?

Probably nothing. I'd get bored far too fast with just two characters, especially once they hit 50.

Ah yes. THAT's where they were hiding. Thanks!

All I see on the pants menu (for a female character) are Basic, Tight, Flared, Baggy, Khaki, Slacks, Chinese, Korean, and Camo pants, plus four textures -- Pants, Cargo, Baggy, and Motorcycle Leathers -- and the usual set of patterns. Tattered doesn't appear anywhere in there.

Just checked the costume creator again and found the problem. Apparently tattered pants are only an option on male or huge bodies. (Presumably to avoid having female characters show an unseemly amount of ankle.)

Honestly? My solution is "don't team with 50s." I know exactly where you're coming from. I hate being in a situation where I could contribute more to the team by doorsitting and staying out of trouble, so I avoid those situations wherever possible.

Am I hallucinating it, or did there used to be an option for pants with ragged/tattered cuffs, Hulk style, in the costume creator? I was searching through the various pants and bottoms options last night and couldn't find them. The various tattered robes are still there, but no pants.

Ran the villainside version with a level 26 sonic/mental blaster. Except for the first mission, it's pretty much the same maps and enemies, with different mission text.

One minor annoyance: apparently if you tick off the guards in the third mission, Harry Stein disappears. I walked past the guards at his office door this time, which of course aggroed them, and after I stomped them, I found Stein's office empty. So if you want to strong-arm Stein, you have to be polite to the guards first?

I've been running Maria Jenkins's new missions on one of my scrappers recently. I got to the one where you have to prevent Shadowhunter from being brought back to life. The word "resurrection" is used several times in the mission title and text. Except whoever wrote this mission apparently thinks the word is "ressurection," because that's how it's spelled repeatedly.

Seriously. Professional copy editor here. Reasonable rates.

Just ran the heroside version with my level 26 human-only peacebringer. Good fun. I'm happy to see the Rulu-Shin, since I've always thought Rularuu was too interesting an opponent to be locked away in "endgame content" and especially in a bunch of task forces no one ever runs.

I didn't find the ambushes anywhere near as annoying as part 1's, although having a bunch of NPC allies to handle them probably helped. Plus just being able to confront the ambushes head on instead of having to rush to click a bunch of glowies. I AM wondering why (*spoiler*) shows up to help fight them, though -- maybe the villainside arc will explain that.

The voice balloons in the first mission are out of control. Having half a dozen balloons pop up on the screen nearly simultaneously while I'm in the middle of a fight is hardly the best way to present information. I mean, if I have to look at my NPC chat log to make sense of what's going on, why even have the balloons in the first place?

I enjoyed the Horta vine chase in the third mission, and the final location was a fun choice. I was expecting to end up in the Shadow Shard, so seeing You Know What in the distance was a jolt. And the end boss is definitely a tougher fight than Lemkin (not that he could be EASIER, honestly). I barely beat him after a couple of defeats, and then only because he was obliging enough to run in just as I'd queued up an Incandescent Strike.

Ran the arcs with a level 22 human-only peacebringer and a level 22 dark/dark corruptor. (I know that doing content with characters of the level it's written for is a strange and unfashionable idea, but that's how I roll.)

The endless, rapid, you're-playing-a-squishie?-screw-you ambushes in the second mission are the polar opposite of fun. With the peacebringer, I tried -- and failed -- to get all the glowies, because I simply couldn't keep up with ambushes staggered 30 seconds apart. With the corruptor, the moment the ambushes were announced, I ran out of the mission, went to make a sandwich, and went back in once the timer had run down. I can't imagine that was the devs' ideal solution, and it certainly isn't mine, but it worked and it's probably what I'll do if I run these arcs again. (Sandwich optional.)

Love the map for the third mission. Kal'mant is useless as an ally, though -- I'm not going to subject myself to the hassle of steering a NPC through a lava-filled map. And anyway, I didn't need him, since Lemkin is nearly helpless against a flying enemy.

And as someone who has, for nearly six years, wished and hoped to have a genuine superspeedster in COH, you better believe I deeply enjoyed the end of the villain mission. I hope this is a trial run for a Speed Melee powerset.

Pff. The Well should be the one who wants me to notice it.

Side-switching allowed me to actually unlock and do Viridian for the first time. Hunting Paragon Protectors, Freak Tanks, and Tsoo Sorcerers is just too time-consuming redside, but changing to rogue allowed me to get the necessary badges with some quick visits to Talos, Terra Volta, and Eden. A little annoying that the character I did it with is a dyed-in-the-wool villain so I had to change alignment twice, but... that's redside for you.

Other than that, I think I've done 204 and the Slot Machine once each, and the others at least a couple times.