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I have a character that has never left Praetoria: an MA/Elec Armor scrapper. Started the Night Ward arcs at 30.
I adore the Black Nights AoE -25% resist power. Yeah. That makes me happy. Oh it stacks you say? Huzzah! When I fought the 3 or 4 Malaises solo (-1x1) people said "but you have NPC allies". I say "but I don't want to fight through 50+ of some of the most annoying enemies in their level range to get them to the fight". So I dealt with it.
The fight in defense of the Midnight Mansion... yeah... Terrible. Again at -1x1 the individual waves were tough but manageable... mostly. Get a staff in the group when there's a blizzard and it's over. No defense, resists are all but gone, and limited mobility to avoid aggroing other groups. Defeated? No big, just grab some purples from the ... bushes where you rez? Yay! I rezzed in the effect that killed me. :/ Three EB's spawn to end that fight. I only have to defeat one though, and their apparently auto-hit high damage DoT shouldn't be an issue...waitaminnit. Oh and Ward showing up out of nowhere, summoning demons and bending me over? So much fun.

Overall I really liked the story in Night Ward, but I loathe the animus arcana. Every group is almost like fighting the perfect group (buffs, debuffs, healing, ranged dps, and melee dps).

Every NPC "helper" I had with me died a horrible death, leaving me to finish the missions on my own. Some barely made it out of the starting areas before getting beat down. If having them with you is figured in to the difficulty of the mission, then they should not be able to be defeated. Maybe they go down to one knee but after that fight they get up and heal quickly? I dunno. It does seem that they could be of use if they weren't about as tough as a buff pet.

I picked Citadel. I talked to all of them and he's the only one that really seemed to want to go with me due to interest.

The phasing tech is in place where zones were built with it in place. Retrofitting it in is what would likely require redoing the zone.

I swear that the 1st copy of Bluegrass from Silverhawks I see is getting reported. Hard.

To clarify, Blue Steel, a cop, killed a dangerous criminal already responsible for the deaths of 3 officers. He realized too late what he had done and knew it was wrong and a mistake. He had a temper history with cop killers ever since his dad had been killed in the line of duty a week before Josh's highschool grad.

Russel

Josh

I want the new "empowered by the Well" aura as well.

In their defense, they're not EBs or AVs IIRC. They might not even be bosses.

Hahaha. Okay I laughed. Excellent use of the emotes. Well done. Congrats to Laz for the win.

Do the TF's from start to finish. That's the actual plot of the Shadow Shard (oh, and some villains missions and of course the new DA arcs and the DD iTrial).

I've done both red and blue side, and I liked both. Same plot device and reveal, but different motivations and methods. I approve. b^^d

EDIT: I absolutely loved the dialogue and interaction between Russel and Penny. /e applaud

The first slot used the WTF salvage at first, then it could use the same salvage as the next 4 slots that were introduced. I hope that after the Praetorian iArc is brought to its conclusion that a new salvage type will be used for however many of the remaining slots will be unlocked via the new iContent.

54 is the top of the food chain for normal incarnates currently. Emperor Cole (Hail Cole!) had given himself completely to the well and as such was slightly buffed. By the time we're done I'd like to see 55. Just a smidge (technical term, 1 smidge = 3 pinches = 7 dashes) better than the existing high water mark.

I find the ITF to be one of the grindier of the "new" TFs. It's fun once in awhile but like the LGTF, I have tor really be in the mood for one.