Scarlet Shocker

Very logical for real fans of this game who want it to be successful and thus continue for a long time to come!

The limit of one vanity pet - whilst I can see a certain logic to it - rather spoils the effect for me so I'll be passing on this one too

Perhaps... but there's generally a lack of ethnic diversity in comics - and if Paragon killed off the most significant African-American signature hero, there would a justification for asking why they felt that was necessary.

It's a question they don't want to have to answer and so it isn't an option and will not happen.

I'd never noticed that and I'd much rather keep our mittens than the hooked claws of a certain other superhero MMO

Ok I'll stand corrected on those points but Warworks or not it's still not a signature enemy - it's a generic mob and thus relatively unsignificantated

No. It isn't.

Let's see if I got this right (Slight Spoilers for new players, you have been warned) :


Our first encounter with Hero 1 is when we go into the Vault under Atlas on our cape mission and we discover his time capsule is empty.

We then encounter him as the surprise gobsmack at the very end of the LGTF... This is such an important event that the mission gets two cut scenes back to back... we're given the H'rd'dtz (no I probably didn't spell that right) cut scene and think "Ok here's the big end of mission boss and then suddenly we're given a huge "WTF moment." Those damned Rikti have twisted one of the greatest, bravest heroes in our Lore and used him against us.

Our most recent meeting is when we finally defeat him in our Ramiel arc. The most significant thing there is that he is not a shade or an echo, he is the genuine article and we "return him to Vanguard." (Presumably into the direct care of one of the most powerful signature characters in the game, Lady Grey - where he can now be cured of his Riktiness)

Statesman is my bet to die for a number of reasons which we can speculate with at length but ultimately he's done with this game. His Dev's been long gone and not respected with the game community, his character has been so poorly written historically that he just comes across as an irritating, obstinate stuffed shirt, and there are several hints throughout the game that he dies.

Currently the game's splash screen features Statesman fighting a clockwork. Whatever you feel about that artwork itself, it's significant that a) It's only Statesman who features in the illustration and b) it's an insignificant opponent. It's just a clockwork - of the kind we take on from level 1 in Praetoria. That, my friends, is his swansong.

However, he's got one of the best TFs in the game. It's a genuine challenge for most teams, even those who have some incarnates and it takes the team to work together. It's loved by many players - and there would be a big problem removing it for those reasons. Plus we know that the Devs dislike removing content as such - and this is too good to remove.

But, he sends you on it, and then that's it. He's the mission granter, but that's his only significance as far as the TF goes.

So, Statesman dies, Hero One gets his TF with some minor tweaks (and possibly a rehab mission to reintroduce him to the wider community.)

Let's also remember that Hero One is a Brit and now we know he's an Incarnate - but the significance of that is (I believe I'm right here but open to correction) Hero One s one of the only non-American signature characters in game. As the wider community of players integrates with global server access and a united forum it seems strange we don't have any EU sig characters.

Note that I don't anticipate him taking over the leadership of FP - I expect Ms Liberty to do that.

I've always said we need gas stations and the like... and it would make a great series of missions for both sides protecting the fuel depot or blowing it up depending on alignment.

Yes. I'm all up to date and I've got pretty good security and scan frequently and nothing shows up as untoward.

Well I tried your guide... and sometimes it even works. But I've had instances since reading and implementing your guide's suggestions, where the launcher crashes before I've even had a chance to start the game.

My rig is up to date and my drivers are current. I'm still on XP and not inclined to upgrade to 7 but I can't see that being an issue.

As for why I left the launcher running in the background: Because crashy game is crashy and so when I invariably crash during an iTrial it saved time.

Same. Sad... looked lik e it coudl've been interesting

I never found that. It's a bit faster, but nowhere near enough to justify the grief it gives me

My experience was very different.

I do admit that patches seem to be significantly quicker - but that's relatively small beer compared to overall stability

Thanks that's kind of useful... but I find the game generally so crashy that to relaunch then involves relaunching the launcher, then launching the game. It just seems this is an extra bit of badly coded junk we gotta use to play the game.