Hi! Old Player, New Forumite!

Hey fellow players!

The TL;DR version of this post is that I am @Arda, a 32 years old Veteran player from Barcelona. I love this game and I have hope in its future. This is an “introduce myself” post that I have wanted to do for some time. I was not sure about where to post this, as I am not a New Player… so if any moderator feels this post should be moved, don’t hesitate. Also, English is not my first language, so please, be patient

The long version: never posted before because I am lazy and playing the game and the forums lurking are already a time sink Sometimes I spend more time reading the forums than playing, hehehe. Me and my wife have been playing this game for 4 years (I am getting 48 months badge next month) and we have enjoyed every moment. I am a bit nerdy and geeky, and I have read comic books since I was 8, so when I saw this game box I thought “I so have to play this game!”.

We started a bit before the Issue 5 release (Croatoa) and have been here since then. I have touched almost all the aspects of the game: PvE (2/3 solo, 1/3 teamed), PvP, SG bases, IOs, TFs, Market, MA… and got fun from all of them. I play equally Heroes and Villains and I play an average of 15 hours a week. I never went into farming or PL, I don’t mind other ppl doing them, but I have no fun with these activities. I am a bit of minimaxer, but concept is more important for me. I love this game, although I would like to think that I am not a “fanboy”

In this time I got many lvl 50s, not saying the number because you would think I have no life If you are Union based, maybe you know some of them. My forum and game handle comes from my first lvl 50, Arda (troller Fire/Kin/Fire… and I repeat I don’t like farming, hehehe). Hero side, following their order of creation, I also have Esperanza (Illu/Rad/Psi Controller), El Espectro (Dark x3 Scrapper), Drackhon (Fire x3 Blaster), Diana Archer (TA/Arch/Force Defender), Vigil Omega (WP/SS/Energy Tanker) and Shade Shard (Triform WS). Currently I am playing an lvl 40 Human PB, Stars Shard.

Villain side I have played Condena (Grav/Energy/Scirocco Dominator), Kadena (Energy/Fire/Black Scorpion Brute), Death Dancer (Dark/Ninj/Ghost Widow Stalker), Cryokinetic (Ice/Kin/Scirocco Corruptor), Dr. Borg (Bots/Traps/Black Scorpion Mastermind) and Arbiter Kane (Bane Spider). Lately I have been leveling Fobia , lvl 41 Mind/Psi Dominator. I have 24 toons between lvl 30 and 50 in Union, both sides. Oh well, stop the bragging off and lets go to the point!

As said, I have played many facets of the game and almost all the ATs to lvl 50. I am not tired yet. Of course, I have had some short breaks, I have played other MMOs (Guild Wars, LOTRO), but I always keep coming back here. Lately, I am concerned about the mood of some EU posters, some of them veteran ones. I think there is a general “I am burnt” feeling, and also the pending Doom from new games to come. I would like to shed some “positive” light.

IMHO, the strong point of this game is the level of customization and the huge number of powers combinations. For me, the main “content” are the toons, and as said many times before, their journey. I think that you can have fun as far as you can unleash your creativity… and once you have explored many of your ideas, then the game can feel bit boring. I think the Devs have been very clever adding recent features that increase the creative options. In the last year and a half (since Issue 11) we got a lot of cool and long asked features: the Architect, Day Jobs, Multiple Builds, Weapon Customization, new Powersets (Shields, Pain Domination,…), Powersets Proliferation, new IOs, the Booster Packs (Wedding, Cyborg, Valkyrie, Magic,…) and loads of superior cossie pieces (Jay is da sexiest!). We also got new ATs, the VEATs, though they came later than they should… nonetheless they are really excellent toons. And loads of QoL stuff. That’s a lot!

After the customization, the story content is next in appeal for me. Sadly, the last year and a half has been short in this area. We got Flashbacks that add replay value. Also we got some light but fine content in Cimerora, Midnight Squad, Ouroboros and the VEATs story arcs. I think the Architect is a huge move to fix the lack of content; there are already over 80k new missions with original customized mobs! Ok, most of it is [censored], but I think that if you search carefully you can find some gems there. Also, I understand that some ppl prefer to play “canon” content, as I do. I have a lot of faith in the future of the latter. I think Issue 15 is going to be a huge and content heavy issue. I expect something really great, with a new cool zone (Underwater, Moon, whatever…) and a big advancement in the ingame story. They really have had a lot of time and new resources (fresh blood!). Moreover, they have to compete with the shiny nee guys in the block. I am really looking forward for it!

To sum up, this game is about creativity, content (“canon” or not) and killing things Creativity options can decrease as time goes, not our fault, there are only many ways to develop your ideas; but I think the options have steadily increased. We also got a higher number of new missions with the Architect than we had before it. Unfortunately, “canon” content has been light lately. Hopefully next Issues’ stories and zones will be great. So have faith, and if you don’t feel as playing, just have a break and come later to experience new Issues!

Wow, that was long! I will try to restrain in further posts! And if you see me ingame, say hi!

Sincerely yours

@Arda

PS: shameless plug, play my arc!!!

Well thats certainly one way to say Hey There!!!!

Welcome to the forums fellow unionite!

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome Arda! - Welcome to Paragon City, welcome to the forums!.

*Savours fond memories of a week in Barcelona* - Such a beautiful city.

@Mother's Love if you need any help and advice.

Quite an elaborate introduction! Welcome to the forum and help us to keep our hopes up!

Thanks all for the warm welcome!

Mother, our pathes have already crossed few times. First one was few years ago in Hollows, you were buffing the newbies with your Empath, and I was doing the same with my Kinetecists Arda. Recently, I met you at Atlas Park City Hall and in Ouroboros, both times I used the /e praise and said "keep the good job"

Cheers all!

@Arda

Welcome to the forum

Hey!

Just a shameless bump to recycle my old post to say hello to our american fellas... and say that though I was wrong in the details, I think the spirit of my OP was mostly right, hehehe!

Cheers all in this new era!!! And play my arc damnit!

Arda

Welcome to the new forums, _Arda_

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