Mr_Morbid

Not only do they repeat, but for most level ranges there is only a single morality mission for each alignment. For a hero level 20-29 you'll always get 'Fire in the Hole.' 30-39 you'll always get 'Crossing the Line." Even at 40-50 there are only two missions. And many just drop the 'One Good Spider' mission after having done it a time or two simply because 'The Unusual Suspect' is so short and easy.

Edit: More alignment and morality missions at the top ranges is something I'd really like to see.

You've made it clear that you consider your build above question, but I'm going to be blunt here.

Taking the medicine pool on an empathy defender is about as useful as just taking nothing for those power selections. With minimal recharge you can be spamming heal other enough that aid other is pointless (be honest now, how often do you use a single target heal that takes almost 4 seconds to cast AND is interruptible?) Stimulant doesn't do anything that clear mind doesn't already do better. Resuscitate is just plain bad even if you didn't already have a rez in your primary. It takes 7.33 seconds to cast and is interruptible. If your healing is really that important to the team's success do you have time in combat to stop everything for that long to cast an interruptible rez? As for aid self if you're actually taking more damage that you can handle with healing aura then you're probably not going to be able to cast an interruptible self heal anyway.

Even if you REALLY don't want to use those slots for attacks (and I can understand that even if I'd never actually do it) you'd be much more useful to your team if you take powers from the leadership pool instead of medicine.

If the Dream Doctor has been truthful in his letters, I'd have to say Twilight's Son is the most evil. Maybe he's not considered a villain in game, but selling out your own entire species to be used as starship fuel is about as vile as you can get.

I've got Liquid Courage reserved on Victory, haven't actually bought the powerset yet though.

Mr. G may look old (yes, older than Agent G), but not 90+. I also don't recall Mr. G having any superhuman abilities. Instead he just seems to be very well informed with lots of contacts behind the scenes.

I think most people who've played through the First Ward arcs finish up Vanessa's and think, "Huh? That's it?" The story doesn't seem to come to an end so much as just stop.

I'd say that purely on the basis of the patron unlock arcs (ie the first arc from each patron) Black Scorpion is the easiest and Scirroco is the hardest. But I would also say that Scirocco has far and away the most interesting arcs storywise.

I call shennanigans! That's unpossible!

Seldom covers most of the issues, I'll just add a couple comments:

For Dominators: Don't be too set against taking melee attacks from your secondary. It's possible to build a range only attack chain, but many of the melee attacks are really strong. And a target that's being held/stunned/confused isn't going to be hitting you back, so melee isn't as dangerous for doms as it might first appear.

For Controllers: Though they can't control bosses as reliable as a dominator with domination running a secondary with strong debuffs (especially to-hit debuffs) can do a lot to cripple the tougher opponents (and will be more effective against EBs and AVs than controls.) I would strongly recommend that early on at least you take your single target immobilize (for most sets) and slot it for damage. This is less an issue for Mind Controllers who can get pretty decent single target damage from mesmerize (slotted for damage instead of control) and and levitate. Air superiority from the flight power pool is also a good choice for a young controller in need of damage.

As far as fluffy specifically I can understand wanting to avoid pets conceptually. Darkness affinity is still a strong set even if you decide to skip the pet. But even if you don't plan to use him a lot I'd still grab fluffy who can be really handy in tough fights.

Due to work and other RL crap (stupid RL) it's going to be hard for me to plan on being online very far ahead of time for the next few months. But if I'm on when you run I'll be glad to help. It might be easier to try with a minimum size league of players that know the ropes on the fight that going for a full league (less chance of random quilling that way.)

I find it's better not to worry about efficiency on these badges. Just find a mob in an instance (to avoid timing out) that can't possibly kill you, then go do something else for a while.

As an aside, I think ED should be reexamined with regards to sets (notably purple quality) that get nothing by 6-slotting over 5-slotting except for the 6-slot bonus.