Memphis_Bill

Try tomorrow. (Also, see the announcement re: maintenance... where they'll increase to 20 per day.)

.net framework 2.0 i srequired. Says so right on the page.

As for the rest, I have no idea what you're saying. Clarify, please.

Sweet duo....

Candycane Melee/Chocolate Armor Brute
Toffee Control/Chocolate Chip Assault dom

So what can you do to avoid this in the future? There will be queues, servers will go down.

1. Pick a server that isn't Freedom or Virtue.

Here is a brief description of each.

2. Get some friends together from your server.

You DO have friends, or at least SG mates, who will tag along, right?

3. Form a "theme team," "theme SG," or something else on the new server.

This gets rid of the "But I don't know anyone there!" complaint.

4. Play once a week or so.

This builds up money, prestige, and levels characters.

5. Invite others.


Suddenly - wow, you have people to play with on another server if you can't get into Freedom! With the new merged markets/global email/etc, you can't (well, shouldn't, I'm sure some will anyway) complain that anyone will be "starting off broke" or whatever.

So far, talk to him, he'll eventually give you two sets of contacts. Once ou finish talking to him (picking resistance) you'll still do Praetor White's missions initially. Watch the mission text, it'll tell you when he'll "call" for you to do undercover stuff.

Patch notes with all relevant info on this and more. (Info that I will forget.)

... dammit, new alt time. *shakes fist* This combo falls perfectly with a character I had in mind, and looks fun.

I think the concept is a little broad - 1930-60 encompasses a wide variety of styles.

Break it down to, say:
Classic Casual - Everything from a Zoot Suit to poodle skirts (though we know that gives some animation issues.) I tend to think old movies with this though.

Military - We have quite a bit in game that would already fit this, admittedly, but things like a bomber jacket, 1940s-ish pilot headphones, "classic" sailor/soldier/WAC outfits, more helmets, more weapon styles and the like would fit here.

Silver/Golden Age - For the classic superhero/supervillain costumes. Can't think of what pieces we'd actually be missing for this already, but it's a decent catchall category.

Art Deco/Steampunk - For both costumes and base items.

Minor QOL item.

Start a new character. At the *very* least, you'll end up with Rest greyed out. If you're like me, you've also go the Mission Transporter, Ninja Run and Walk, among others, greyed out.

They're there, just not awarded until later.

Other "greyed out" powers (such as the Pocket D VIP pass) can be placed on the trays, even though you can't use them yet.

QOL - a little consistency. Let me place all of the inherent powers right away. A minor thing, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

(And yes, yet another alt has been created, thus why this comes to mind. New plant/storm.)

I would like to point out to the OP just why (as in, because of who's response to je_saist) he has that quote in his sig... I'd say "before he does something like this," but it's a little late for that.

Not to mention that (a) updates for one side do not mean nothing for the other, and (b) one of the things villainside loves - or used to love - trumpeting is how they had "fewer zones to deal with." And (c) I am, once more, nearing 200 alts. I play both sides. There's no favoritism in my suggestions. So take your "whiny hero" comment and let your proctologist find it later.

Let me say first - *Content for Dark Astoria first, please!*

That said, there's another zone that could use a revamp. And content. And updating. And reason for existing. Namely, Crey's Folly.

Crey's Folly is, if you haven't been there in a while, an industrial wasteland. Literally. Industrial waste. The waters are brown, the buildings are rusted. There are villain groups there (Freakshow, Crey, Nemesis, DE and Rikti) and, of course, (edit: gah) Jurassik and his Buick of Doom.

Crey's Folly still sees some traffic. If you're doing the hero aura mission, it's one of the best places for one-stop shopping for all the groups. Freakshow? They're there. Smack down a pile of Rikti monkeys to finish that portion quickly, then go after the DE swarms - viola, you have an aura. (Yeah. Doesn't make sense to me either.) Still, outside of that (and some hunt missions - I go there for the level 40 costume, as well)

Crey's Folly, however, has also lost one of its reasons for people to go through it. It used to be the connecting point for the Rikti Crash Site - go aaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllll the way back in the corner, past the Freakshow town (betcha didn't know there was one there, if you joined, oh, since 2006 or so) and hop through the security gate. (Wouldn't you hate to have THAT guard's commute.) Yeah, the RCS was a PITA to get to, and there wasn't much to do when you got there. Now there is - and that entrance is closed off.

Readers digest version? Let's update Crey's Folly. There are a few things that can be done.

1. Reposition spawns. The Rikti, in general, are spread throughout the zone. Move most of them (not the monkeys - I don't want to discourage aura missions) farther toward the back. The RWZ is an active war zone, they should be concentrating there (while trying to work on footholds in the city... just not spread throughout the zone.) Nemesis gets reduced and moved towards the back again. Crey, of course, takes prominence along with the Freakshow, who - while they still own their "castle," have moved closer to the front.

2. Add spawns. I don't want a *lot* of new spawns a la the Hollows, but with Rikti come vanguard. In fact, this might be a good place to spread out the Rikti civil war, with friendly and enemy Rikti fighting (both of which, of course, would fight Nemesis gladly.) Longbow, while overused IMHO, we know keep an eye on Vanguard, so they make a (small) appearance near the back.

3. New zone event. No, we're not getting rid of Jurassik, though having him wander a bit more wouldn't hurt. No, no - we're getting something that could cross two zones. An impromptu Zig breakout!

Yes, I know, the Zig is in Brickstown - all of one zone away. And we've got the RWZ, with Vanguard... some of whom are villains. Not to mention Arachnos. While they won't use an official passage and draw attention, occasionally a random group - either of Arachnos, or a named villain and crew, sometimes of Freakshow - will head across the zone. If they make it near the gate, they break in to Brickstown and head for the zig. If nobody stops them - trigger a "riot" to take care of, and have them head back. Random riots could spawn on the way (I'm thinking of the Ghost Ship/passenger dropoff style) as members break off to cause havoc.

4. "Does that still qualify as water?"

Face it, that water doesn't look healthy at all. So let's make it unhealthy. Similar to the lava in the last Hero's Hero mission (freeing statesman,) make the water a corrosive chemical mixture. Not horrifically bad, but standing in it, you *will* lose health (2-3 points a second, resistable, for instance.)

5. Reopen a (fortified!) path to the RWZ.

It's already there. Have Vanguard fortify it and reopen it. Yeah, it means heroes have another entrance. It's also a hell of a haul to get to. Again.

6. There is no point 6.

7. Missions!

Yeah, this isn't all just fiddling with the outside of the zone. Give the zone some story arcs. I don't see adding a task force (it's already going to have a GM and zone event, after all,) There should be a few themes here -

- Crey, of course. Just because it's a dump doesn't mean they want to lose their investment. And because it IS a dump, who knows what they've left behind - or are still working on.

- Crey, part 2. There's one specific arc I'd like to see where you end up helping crey. Yes, I know at the same time you're hunting down the countess, but "greater threats" and all that. Namely, I would like to see an arc where you have to rein in some rogue Protectors. Some that seem to have developed a sort of "group think." (This is specifically to tie into Unai Keenan's mission later where you explore a certain dimension.... )

- Mane Corp. Yeah, we see something about them villainside. So let's tie it in here - namely, help Leonard (your contact) find out what Thomas Mane is doing. Have him recover what he can, but in the end, he has to run to the Isles. Not really a "win" for the heroes, but it gives a heroside tie to the villainside Protean story.

Would it take a bit of work? Yes.
Would it be worthwhile? Bringing some life to a very underused zone (and more content - admittedly we're not bad on 30-40 content, but it's more stuff to do, and conceivably could incorporate some 50 content as well - see also Incarnates, "wonder what these chemicals will do to me" and the like.) I think it would be.