GadgetDon

There are still two changes that make things harder at the lower levels. First, the wandering patrols. Great once you've got your powers working and know what you're doing, but deadly in the very low end game (below 10th)

Second, the outcast as a low level group have problems. You've made every minion a blaster, the torches use the power that the hellion bosses use. Being out of melee range isn't safe when dealing with the outcasts. Frankly, the trolls should have been routed from the Hollows within a day of the battle starting, they're wimps compared to the outcast. With this as theoretically a 5-15 level zone, that's problematic.

If the minions only had elemental melee attacks (like the icy hands and earth hands that they do have), that would be keeping within the same danger level while keeping the elemental theme.

Also, the Hollows is HUGE, and the second contact (Flux) is deep inside the hollows accross a chasm. Not fun without travel powers, particularly given how many villain groups you have to get past and (see above) how many of them are blasters so you don't even have to get within melee distance.

I have no doubt you didn't intend to make it harder. But I do think you lost sight of what it's like to be a starting character, particularly a new player who is still learning what all's going on.

Statesman has announced that this is a bug. A build that fixes this bug is in internal testing, so it'll be fixed before too long.

I'm worried that I'm getting addicted to my powersuit.

My name's Daniel Barkley, and due to a childhood case of polio, I've spent most of my life in a wheelchair. It didn't bother me, I had fun souping it up and adding new attachments. It went through a complete rebuild at age 15--my family and I were going to a movie and a bunch of Hellions attacked. The Armorer rescued us, but my wheelchair was trashed. Imagine my surprise the next morning to find the wheelchair rebuilt by the Armorer, with some cool extras.

Well, I was in college, experimenting with something I call "living metal", when I learned that the Rikti had killed the Armorer. I decided I had to take his place, and used the living metal to create my power suit. In it, I can walk, I can run, I can even hover for a while in it.

I made it to protect the innocent of Paragon City but now...I hate taking it off and going back to the wheelchair. Sometimes I wonder if I'm losing Daniel Barkley, I haven't taken up any new projects since I put on the suit.

I still do go out as Daniel. My parents don't know about my other identity, Mom would worry so much. But I've quit my wheelchair basketball league, how can I shoot balls from my chair and get excited, when I can put on the suit and go one-on-one with anyone?

I'm guessing I'm the only heroe who spends his off time in a wheelchair, but there are other types of transformations. Do you worry about losing yourself in your secret identities?