Golden Girl

no u.

The immortal guy who can solo the Hamidon and take a direct hit from a nuke needs to make sure all the civilains in his city never think bad thoughts about him?

He seems very keen on making sure they all love him and don't think bad thoughts about him - why not take the Relcuse approach and just ignore them?

Going by the idea of levelling = passing of time, I think the Sutter TF is meant to happen before the Apex and Tin Mage TFs, so I think his Well-powered debuff is a result of his first invasion strike force being defeated in Skyway City.

I'd think that the Imperial March would be a better fit - it's such a loyalist bit of music

They do - the last thing Tyrant needs when trying to conquer the multiverse is to lose control of his power base - the entire state machine and loyalist activities are devoted to keeping the people repressed - if the opinion of the people didn't matter, Tyrant and his thugs wouldn't spend so much time and effort in trying to control it.
Recluse is much more laid back about being seen as a moustache-twirler, but Tyrant seems to have a desperate need to convince people - and maybe himself too - that he's the "good" guy.

Beta stress tests still can't replicate the kind of hammering the Incarnate content is getting on the live servers.

They've already said that by the time we have 10 Incarnate slots, a lot of the Trials will be quite easy - but that they've got something else lined up after that

The very first time I went to the Tsoo tattoo parlor map, I was pretty sure that the evil statue was going to come alive

You should know in advance that the Incarnate goggles will do nothing.

Which is what makes it such an awesome TF

Although it does make the whole "you have to try and stop war breaking out" bit for the loyalists even sillier, as the moment they escape to Primal Earth at 20, they could get an invite to fight the invading Praetorians

Which is why I cut the rest out.

Maybe Dominatrix's boyfriend could buy her a pair of fakies when she turns 18?

Yes, the idea of a 50 needing help when faced with almost 150 new powers and their variations, 4 new Incarnate slots, 64 new trees for those slots, a few dozen new salvage components, a new multi-team grouping system and a couple of challenging new Trials is totally ridiculous.

Yes, you are

I need something with almost zero visual effects, and a physical looking animation

You can mix it up with the Shard-to-Thread conversion system too, especially as Shards now drop from sub-50 enemies - almost any activity you do as a 50 is now going to give you Shards.

Grind is only something that isn't fun

There's a badge for defeating him without using the pacification grenades - and there's also one for completeing the trial without using the pacification grenades or the acid grenades.