Prof_Backfire

Expecting to spend a week in Icon.

Isn't NASA desperate for funding at the moment?

You're weird.

The Cyborg shoulders see major overuse on my characters.

The Villain ATs were deliberately made to break the mould of typical MMO classes and to not have particular blueside counterparts. Trying to equate them only ends in arguments, confusion and the devs laughing.

Totally support this.

It depends, the copyright infringements generally follow the latest movie. There was a spate of Watchmen a while ago, and you can make a pretty good Batman with the right costume pieces.

I love capes, especially the shape-altering patterns. Swallowtail, Starshot and Radioactive are my favourites. Not to mention my special edition exclusive Arachnos Cape.

That'd be too unbalanced with Energy... and those kind of powers don't improve KB anymore, unfortunately.

Could dual build and see which works out better.

Don't buy enhancements from contacts, they have ripoff prices.

I'm more worried about DC's lawyers deciding it's their turn to sue, personally.

Everyone and their Rikti monkey has been trying to farm the AE, but all the good exploits have been closed, so the remaining missions will consist of wannabe farmers throwing themselves at foes way outta their league and getting wiped. It's depressing how they keep at it. Best to avoid it unless you get some good arc ideas, the AE is more suitable for veteran players who've done all the good canon content.

Speaking of which, the Hollows-Faultline-Striga-Croatoa course is reccomended for levelling, though in Striga you might have to join or create a SuperGroup (guild) with a base hospital and teleporter there, it makes things easier.

Other newbie basics:

Missions are the way to go for levelling, they automatically spawn enemies suited to your level (adjusted by your difficulty settings, see a Field Analyst for details). Street hunting, while viable, is considered rather quaint, and not really reccomended until you know the zones a bit better.

Origin does not matter. Its effect on gameplay is all but cosmetic. There is the perma-temp ranged attack power you get at the start, but generally that won't be much use for very long, especially on a Blaster who has no shortage of better attacks.

If you get tired of playing the same character, or see something else that looks interesting, feel free to make alts. You can make as many as you want. It's actually considered kinda weird to have under 10.

The game's canon contacts outside the story zones are kind of a crapshoot- there's nice story arcs that give Reward Merits, but some will keep sending you the game missions to visit the entrances of PVP zones, street hunts in areas that are likely to be out of your league, missions on the other side of the game and other annoying pointless things. This kind of content is considered outdated and newer contacts have none of it, but the old stuff is still the same.

And some foes have autohit attacks.

They're as infuriating as they sound.

I read the title as 'explosion'.

Which I would approve.

I'd post this in Suggestions once I stop feeling lazy.

That is a very loaded question around here. Farming isn't really looked upon highly.

What is this holiday and how can Australia get one?

I've a feeling your AV soloing success will be greatly affected by how whether the AV in question is vulnerable to Force Bolt.