Venture

I'm with Sam. If the changes to RWZ required as much work as the changes to Faultline then something is dreadfully wrong with the way things are being done.

Slot Machine is worth unlocking at least once. It's got a good arc. You will have to go out of your way to do it, though. Easiest way is to get a big team together (yeah, right, on redside) and storm Port Oakes when it's all grey.

I have never unlocked Veluta Lunata on any character. Her unlock requirement is insanely difficult for her intended level range, more than I want to deal with. From what I've read her arc is not particularly noteworthy.

I have unlocked Crimson Revenant on a few characters. On a low-pop server, forget it. Not a terrible arc but worth going out of your way for, especially if AV/EBs give you trouble.

I will usually get Kristof Jaeger without trying. Again, a fairly typical arc, not worth a detour.

Archmage Taraxus is an easy unlock and has an arc that offers a Blackwand (10 charges, IIRC). You'll need to deal with an EB but it's not terribly difficult. He isn't so attractive if you've got the vet/Reward Token one, of course.

Mu'Drakahn is not unlocked by doing a respec. That's Arbiter Leery, another one in the "ain't half bad/ain't half good neither" catagory.

Ambassador Kuh'rekt requires 25 badges. If you're a vet you may get more than that by creating a character. He has a good story but you'll have to deal with two annoying AV/EBs, Positron and Valkyrie, both of which hit hard and have obnoxious T9 moves. Johnny Sonata requires 50; again if you're a vet you might have to go out of your way to not have 50 badges by that level range. His arc is worth a look (and includes a Shard trip which may get your villain some nice weapon unlocks) though again you'll have to deal with an AV/EB at the end.

Henri Dumont is not particularly hard to unlock but not worth playing either. I have never unlocked Number 204; his unlock task is annoying and according to a friend who played its arc, the arc throws the Idiot Ball repeatedly.

Have to disagree on the map. "Small Fears" was one of the first arcs I reviewed (5 stars) and even then the hospital map had become tiresome.

I see from the video, though, that the biggest nit I picked (three escorts on a multi-level map) was fixed, making the arc even better.

Based on what little I've read about the case, it sounds like the initial case against them was pretty weak.

BUT.

It also sounds like there is really nothing here that warrants setting aside a jury's decision. The absence of DNA evidence is not exonerative, and the presence of DNA from someone related to the boys is not particularly interesting lacking corroborating evidence. I could see commuting their sentences from death to life in prison, but the convictions should have been upheld. It looks to me that the only reason they're getting out is because celebrities and the media took up their cause.

Incarnate trials are farms, and the only sensible thing to do if you're going to farm is to do so in the most efficient manner possible.

The problem is that Kheldians don't need to be tweaked or adjusted, they need a page-one rewrite. They need to be completely rethought. That won't happen, though, so the question isn't whether or not they'll be broken, only how and where.

The Death of Hellboy: It Worked For Superman

A comment (and five-star rating) for this arc:

I don't care about spoilers because the vast likelihood is that I will figure out which way a story is going long before it gets there. I've been critiquing fiction almost my entire life and there's only so many ways you can put these things together.

The Sixth Sense is the only story in recent memory to catch me flatfooted. I underestimated Shyamalan. I also think most of his movies have gotten short-changed because people only see him as "the twist ending guy" when except for The Sixth Sense that wasn't what he was going for. (Lady in the Water was weak but still OK; I didn't see The Last Airbender and probably won't since I never watched or cared to watch the cartoon.)

I may reroll Sieglinde as a SJ/WP, haven't decided. The original would be transferred off.

I don't see any of my other characters being rerolled. I'll have to go over the roster. And I really, really need to redo my web page now that the Vault is Deader Than Disco.