Hero_Dozen

I 16 can't come fast enough now! Gonna give my SS/Inv brute a whole new look. Thanks for putting this up

I am too excited to put my excitement into words. Let my squeals of nerdish, comic/game fan glee instead express how much I look forward to this new update!

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Arc Name: The Ol' Switcheroo

Arc ID: 5779 (I'm pretty sure)

Faction: Arachnos

Creator: @Hero Dozen

Difficulty: Challenging. You'll want a team along since the last couple mission pit you up against two of the tougher AV class baddies. I won't say any more to avoid spoilers.
Level Range: 1-54

Suggested team size: Low diff: 3 should work, High diff: Untested as of yet.

Synopsis: Lord Recluse is acting odd. Get a team together and put a stop to his latest plot!

Wow, I'm in first? Cool.

Gotta say, I love the look of using Daedelus as a contact. Too bad heroes and villains won't be able to work together on these new arcs.

Still, I can't wait to try both sides of this new story!

Any good MA/SR stalker guides out there? I've been trying to find one but so far, no luck.

I have to agree that both of you raise interesting points, but the fact of the matter is that it is less of a stretch for Villains to have a swarm of ceaselessly loyal minions that exist only to do their bidding, so I'd need to take White Lady's side on this.

The hero could/would never use his/her gathered crew of minions in the same way as a villain. For the villain, his/her minions exist as either:

1. Cannon fodder to keep the enemy from shooting at them or at minion type 2.

2. A powerful brutish warrior who is bound to loyalty to the Mastermind do to magical means, threats, promises, or in some cases sheer stupidity or lack of ability to think for themselves (Good in game example: Ghost Widow and her lacky Wretch).

A heroic "Mastermind" could never hope to be the same uncaring, send-all-the-pawns-forward-to-tire-the-enemy-out-first kind of character that the villain is. Name one villain who ever shed a tear when his loyal minions were brought down in the name of justice/revenge/whatever cause the hero is fighting for.

I somehow doubt that a believable hero could show the same disregard for his minions lives and safety.

What I'm looking forward to is the powersets that'll be available to everyone. Think about it:

Electric Corruptors
Illusion Dominators
Plant Controllers
Radiation Blasters (drool)

The possiblities are endless, and I apologize if this was already brought up but I'm don't have the time to read 50 pages of posts to make sure.

I vote for new costume parts and Epic Archetypes available to the Villains!