Flashbacks and sidekicks

Two days ago a buddy and I went to flashback Tina McIntyre's arc to get Anti-Matter for Dimensional Warder and thus Portal Jockey. He was on his 50 scrapper. First we tried to start it with my level 14 scrapper in our SG base. It told us that we had to be minimum level of 25 to do anything with Ouro. I switched to my 32 scrapper. It told us I did not meet the minimum requirements for the arc. I then switched to my 50 blaster and we went through and got it done. So, as of the most recent patch to the game, it is not possible for someone of a level lower than that of the arc to be flashed back to join the arc team through ouroboros. It further shows that in order to do any arc with ouroboros, all team members must a minimum of level 25. I don't know what the patch notes you found signifies, but there's the facts of the current standings regarding levels and ouroboros.

On a personal note, given the changes to Hazard Zones, allowing any level character to enter them, I feel that this restriction of level is a bad idea. The SSK system combined with the changes to zones allows for any character of any level to join a higher level team and run any normal content, regardless of the old leash system, zone restrictions, or whether or not there is a mentor available. While I understand that earning entrance into Ouroboros is limited to level 25, to make characters "earn" the privilege, I think that anyone who can access a zone with a crystal in it (IE the team leader's base) should be able to join a team doing the content. Nothing is stopping me from doing the content with a friend that is in the current level range for the contact, and thus nothing should stop me from doing the content with a friend who is flashing back to do the content. As a side note, I also think that some of the end game SF/TFs should have their level restrictions *lowered*. The point of the restrictions, according to the devs, is to act as a warning system of sorts. This is valid for lower level characters, but there is functionally no major difference between a level 35 or 40 character and a 45 character for the STF or LRSF, for example. Just look at the popularity of the ITF. Keep the level 10 minimum for Posi, but the late game stuff shouldn't be as restrictive, especially once a character has hit the 30s and generally has SO/IOs slotted, well enhanced powers, and a steady attack chain. This would make it much easier to find people for TF/SFs. I did an LRSF last week and it took over an hour to find 8 people level 45+, while there was about 10 other people on in the 35-45 range who may have been more than happy to join us but were unable to. This would be a big QoL change.

~WP

Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.