Golden Girl

Welcome back - spandex is always better than chainmail

Server populations are much the same as before, but I'd suggest you join the main server chat channel of whicherer server you choose, as it'll help you communicate with everyone else.
If you're on Defiant server, then the channel is called Defiant Events, and /chan_join Defiant Events is the slash command to join it.
The game is sitll very solo friendly, although the new Incarnate endgame system that they've started adding is designed with teams in mind.
Joining an SG isn't vital, but if you're more of a team person, you might want to join one.
The old content can still be played, and you can even switch sides now to see everything the game has to offer.

There's way too much that's happened in the 9 Issues you've missed, so go to this link, click the Issue numbers, and get a run down on what each one brought to the game:

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Issues

We've gotten everything from walking and costume change emotes to new TFs and player-created content via the Mission Architect.

Animated power trays?

I wonder if there'll be any cutscenes in the I20 Trials, or could that be too disruptive? The BAF raid is a 5 stage raid, so there could be a cutscene during a break between the stages, depending on how fluid the transition between stages is.

He got a group red side to take down Trapdoor - so he's probably on a TF right now, harvesting Shards

Maybe there will be some new clawed beast hands in the animal booster?
From the pictures we've seen so far, they're doing heads, legs/feet and skin textures, so I think it's quite likely that there'll be some kind of new hand parts too, especially if they're going with the the idea of giving full outfits in each booster.

Probably not, as those projects could still get revived and reworked at a later date

What about "Metal Depression" or "Bronze Gulch"

Ok, I'll just find a phone booth to change in, and then I'll be right there to save you

EDIT: Well, I would have, if you hadn't been red side

Ok, I'll log onto Virtue and help you defeat Trapdoor.
What name are you using?

Are you online now?

Last year, Castle tested the idea of hover boards, and found them workable.

It would be clearer to say that after completing 10 Tips and filling up the alignment meter bar, your next Tip drop will be a Morality mission.

To help them run off and aggro random mobs faster?

"Lore Evasion" sounds like an alternative term for a retcon