schattenbolt

Yeah, but they can't just blow the whole group in one shot. Lots of TFs and Zones to be made in the future.

Honestly, I'd have prefered an upgrade to Boomtown or one of the other places that are less-frequented.

Some say that it's better to work on the one people go to, but my thinking is "If they go to it, it still draws them. I usually forget that Boomtown and Dark Astoria even exist." I only went to Striga to get the wolf and vampire badges and then it was on a Double XP weekend, so I didn't stay long. Went to DA once, but lagged so badly on dial-up that I never went back. Boomtown I go to for the "Destined for Valhalla" badge on my norse-esque toons, and then I forget about it until I bring down the Clockwork King and realize "Hmm, this looks familiar... OH YEAH, Boomtown."

If they're not going to fix them, than they're just taking up space, and that's never good. I won't say that Hollows was fine, but in the triage of zones, Boomtown would have been marked "critical need", Hollows would have been "he'll live for now"

Yeah, but no trainers allowed in Hazard Zones. They're too smart to stand around, that's why Wincott, dispite his years of diligent service in The Hollows, is still just a Lieutenant.

Actually, I liked hosping back to Atlas. Made it easier to take the pain train to lvl up from across the map. The absence of trainers in The Hollows was, for me, the worst part about it. Well, that and the lvl 14 mobs standing around a lvl 8 mish door while I'm in the group that has the ONE blaster in the zone that thinks purple names = "shoot me, I'm easy."

I find it intriguing that people are talking about how much it sucks to have to walk across The Hollows to get to mission doors, and how bad it is to not have a travel power.

BEHOLD!!!

RADIO MISSIONS!!!

It's not hard. Spend a couple of hours puttering around in Atlas Park, or the sewers. At lvl 6, go to Kings Row. Learn the joys of the Radio, and how to PUG. Do three missions. Holy crap, there's a bank being robbed! We have to stop it!

"Oh thanks for saving our moniez, here, have a flight pack."

PRESTO!!!

Instant Travel Power

Oh noez! I'm a noob that wasted all my flight time. What's a foo ta do?

What? three more missions and the KR bank is being robbed? I must stop it!
"Yay, you saved teh moniez again. Have a jump pack."

Holy Carp, Now, at lvl 11, I've just tested out two travel powers before I committed to one for the next 12 levels, AND I can get around The Hollows without any real danger. Kings Row is freakin' awesome. I'm glad I'm not one of those other fools that just walks around in The Hollows.

Personally, I hate PvP because of the people that it attracts. People act as if they're the elite of the elite because they can deal enough damage to kill my squishy PvE blaster. It does nothing but encourage trash-talking because they know you can't reach through the screen and slap them.

I was in Warburg where an Energy/something Tank was teamed with his Mind/Emp Troller brother. The Emp would sit in the water, where it was safe, and whenever his nigh-invincible brother would get in hot water, they'd run for each other, heal, buff, and then the emp would hit the water, and the tank would go about with his Energy Transfer/Build Up one-hit-kill. Oh, and calling them on this cheese-ball abuse of the zone was referred to as "whining".

PvP brings out the absolute worst in people, especially with an unbalanced system. PvPers ignore the enemies in the zone in a relatively pointless battle of rudeness. I always felt that the purpose of a game is to have fun, not make everyone else around you feel like garbage.