Golden Girl

Give some examples

That's the first chapter - chapter 2 is non-stop Battalion action

The problem there is that other people do.
I don't play red side, but I'm totally ok with the devs making stories about the Rogue isles.

But they're not nearly as complex or as easy to relate to as the Praetorians - the Rikti are just a faceless horde of aliens, while the Praetorians are normal humans, with all kinds of plots and subplots going on - like a couple of new ones have started in started in DA, because the Praetors and their wacky antics have so much scope for development.

No, just replace the generic one in the lake in Prometheus Park

They're not that different, actually

So the endgame should only have one storyline, and not have several? The Praetorian war is just the first story of the incarnate ssytem - afeter that, we'll move onto the second story about the Coming Storm.

So where should the Diabolique story go after First Ward? She's a power crazed sorceress who's just been freed from Tyrant's control, stuck on a ruined world where power is held the god-like immortal who used to control her, and where magic is forbidden. Maybe that world where her rescuers came from, where magic is all voer the place and no single person or group is in charge, might offer more openings for her ambitions?

That's why they're the enemies

You shouldn't say that until it arrives

What lines? The Well doesn't come anywhere near the edge of the T rating
The Well is kinda like the Force - it has a will, but we can manipulate its power - there's really nothing unusual about a mysterious power source in a sci-fi/fantasy setting

So a few mentions by contacts and some letters and some enemies in a low level PvP zone = from the ground up, but a new 1-20 starting experience building on lore that's been in the game since Issue 1 = out of nowhere?

Well, as it's a major plotline, it won't ever finish - once the dimensional war part is over, we'll be helping and getting help from Praetoria against the Coming Storm.

The Praetorians are major storyline of the game, so they need to be introduced at various levels - just like the Coming Storm - not only have we had the Galaxy City attack, but we've now got a new 15-30 Trial against the Shivans in Bloody Bay, as well as more info about Ouroboros and the letter writer in the new DA content - so the Coming Storm plotline is also being spread out to various levels as it's another major storyline.

How is Praetoria being "forced" into a Praetorian zone?

He's been one of the most frequent suggestions for the letter writer

The process seems to be making progress.

The arcs took about an hour each, but that was reading every little clue and chatting in the beta testers channel, so they could go faster

I did the whole story line in one long session, but the RNG didn't like me, so by the end I had 5 commons and 1 uncommon
But that's only for the first play through - repeating the arcs works like the SSAs - so on all the other play throughs, you only get the chance for one random component every 20 hours, even if you play all 6 arcs.
The best method for soloing seems to be to play the whole storyline through once, then start playing 3 arcs per day - 1 for the random component, 1 for the 10 Thread reward, and 1 for the random Astral or Empyrean reward - with a few of the fast repeatable contact missions to get the 2 Thread reward at the end of them.
Playing the SSAs too will also add more variety tot eh daily routine, and help boost your Incarnate rewards.

A good chance to throw in a sash for the guys

Here's the picture fom the I22 overview:







There's a kind of mesh/scales texture on the basic suit.

It's an upcoming free costume set for VIPs in I22.

Yes.

If you do make this set, please remember that spandex doesn't follow curves all the time - spandex across the chest doesn't totally follow the shape of the breasts - it sort of stretches over them at the front, so a spandex top costume part shouldn't have the huge dip between the breasts that the current ones have - either using new geometry for the costume chest, or faking the effect with shading like the witch top or Mother Mayhem's top.

Since yesterday - that's why there's all this new info

There are about 5-6 missions per arc, so the arcs will need to be repeated a few times to get all the major Incarnate stuff like level shifts.

Option A would be the most flexible, I think - people could use them for classic hero looks, or as the base for more complex outfits.

Our version features in one of the DA stroy arcs - along with Requiem - they have a conversation

One of the books you can read in the Midnighter Club tells you more about them.