M_I_Abrahms

39-42.

They are technically two different things. Rogues are still considered Villains as far as Patron Pools, trading, and the market go, and Vigilantes are considered Heroes.

That's actually what I was hoping for. A system where you can't move more than one step per week, but you don't need to spend ALL WEEK on one character. Lets the player move several characters at once.

Whoa, where did you see 1%? I was under the impression that it would be a week per faction change. Hero to Vigilante, then Vigilante to Villain a week later.

True, they're going to want those with only a couple of characters to have plenty of content to run, but on the other hand, there are people with multiple accounts which are full on some servers. It's an edge case, I'm sure but I doubt the devs would want anyone stuck grinding out the same missions for a year to get all of their characters to the gray. Also, the consideration that after the first character or two, it could easily become repetitive. We have the new 1-20 Praetoria arcs, the Incarnate level, and whatever the unannounced content is.

That's what I expect as well. It's just that I have a number of characters who will be switching at least one side (and one that will be going from Villain to Vigilante). I just hope that it's more a timer issue, rather than actually taking a full week of missions to swap.

Well, I read this thread because it had been hovering around for a while. However, it's entirely possible that a discussion could form around WHY it's not fun for some, and what steps could, and may, be taken to reduce that aspect of the raid. For example, I stopped going because of the nigh guaranteed death from the blooms. Has there been any attempt to avert them, or is the philosophy still to rez the raid off Oil slick?

Meanwhile, I will have to agree that the problem really isn't advertisement, but a lack of interest in Red side as a whole. Everyone involved in a Hero Raid would know that the next one, usually set at the same time, would be Villain's turn, but since people actually avoid that part of the game, there simply aren't as many people with 45+ Villains.

Which actually makes sense. Folks that are just dipping their toes into the other side just won't have the contacts that a native would.

This is true. However, so is PvPers telling people to stay out of 'their yard' with one breath, and complaining about PvP being ignored by the devs with the next.

And the easiest way to evade is to get out of the zone when there's someone that's actually trying to PvP. It's been said many times that Shivans aren't necessary, so why go through something you don't want for something you don't need. And the people that completely avoid the zones altogether never have to worry about someone trying to stop them from doing what they want. At least, no one they can't report.

Well, obviously people who don't want anything to do with PvP would be all for being able to do the content in the zones without having to PvP. I'm not trying to say that you personally don't want anything to do with PvP, just that it should be obvious that those folks would be all in favor of being able to avoid the zones. What does surprise me is that there are ANY PvPers who want LESS activity in the zones.

Same here.