Red Side Origin of Power Mission Arc


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I figured I'd hold off doing Ashley McKnight's "Origin of Power" mission arc on my latest red side character until the 20s. At level 21, I noticed Ashley McKnight was in my inactive contacts tab, but I went to speak with her anyway. Only she wouldn't give me anything. What gives? According to Paragon Wiki, the Origin of Power mission arc is from level 14 - 50? Did I somehow outlevel it?


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she only gives the arc at lvl 14-19, but you can run in as an ouroboros flashback in the 46-50 section.

once you pass 20 she gives you the midnighter intro arc and then stops gving you mishs, so the easiest way to get the badge arc is to just do the flashback (the arc is like 5 talks and 1 mish so its terribly short and really annoying to do at lower lvls unless you have a travel power early)


 

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Originally Posted by Celestial_Lord View Post
According to Paragon Wiki, the Origin of Power mission arc is from level 14 - 50? Did I somehow outlevel it?
Right at the top of Ashley McKnight's page on ParagonWiki it says:
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Ashley McKnight is open to all villains at level 14. She is closed off at 20 or after you finish the Origin of Power arc, then will open again at 30 for the remaining missions.
Now, that phrasing isn't super clear. It could mean that she stops talking at level 20 OR EARLIER if you do the Origin of Power arc earlier.


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Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master View Post
once you pass 20 she gives you the midnighter intro arc
Actually, I believe that arc becomes available at 30. Hence the OP found her listed as inactive when he visited her at level 21. Don't know why there's a gap between her arcs, I think it'd make more sense if the origin of power arc was available right up through 29.

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Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
Right at the top of Ashley McKnight's page on ParagonWiki it says:
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Ashley McKnight is open to all villains at level 14. She is closed off at 20 or after you finish the Origin of Power arc, then will open again at 30 for the remaining missions.
Now, that phrasing isn't super clear. It could mean that she stops talking at level 20 OR EARLIER if you do the Origin of Power arc earlier.
But under the description of the origin of power story arc, is says:
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The Origin of Power (14-50)
Which isn't just misleading, it's wrong. I just double checked because I thought the OP had read it wrong, but he didn't (I only remembered the part you quoted). Anyone who doesn't read the whole page and just scrolls down to the arc description (I assume this is what the OP did) is going to get the wrong info.

Edit: I think I remembered why Ashley McKnight is closed off at level 20-29. Darrin Wade is the Villain Midnighter Club contact in Sharkhead Isle and his arc is level 20-29. I guess they didn't want any overlap?


 

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Upside of waiting until you can flashback the V-side Origin of Power arc is all the Flashback badges you can get for it (shortest time, no deaths, etc.) It's so quick and easy, all my villains now wait until they can flashback it.


 

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Originally Posted by Aggelakis View Post
Made a note under the Origin of Power arc, explaining the unavailability of this arc between 20-29.
Cool, that should clear up some confusion. Thanks for keeping it updated!


 

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Originally Posted by Aggelakis View Post
Made a note under the Origin of Power arc, explaining the unavailability of this arc between 20-29.
So you can do this arc at level 30+ then, without having to flashback?


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So you can do this arc at level 30+ then, without having to flashback?
30+ the only thing she gives is midnighter intro the only way to get origin of power normally is to get the arc before 20

she gives no 20-29 arcs because darren wade's arc is that lvl range (your automatically introduced to darren wade at lvl 20 and he gives you mishs until lvl 29/30)


 

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30+ the only thing she gives is midnighter intro the only way to get origin of power normally is to get the arc before 20
This is totally not correct because my level 50 corruptor and my level 45 brute and my level 41 MM all were that level before Ashley McKnight was in the game. They have done the arc, and none of them have even touched an Ouro crystal. I don't think my brute and MM have even done the Ouro intro arc.


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All of my 30+ villains have already done the Origin of Power arc at 15-19, but I do have some in the 20s that have skipped it. Next time one hits 30 I'll see if Ashley still offers it. For some reason, this question is bugging me.


 

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Welp, my Brute went back to Ashley McKnight at level 30, and she gave me the Midnight's Hand story arc. Upon completing it, I dinged level 31, and she had no more missions for me. I tried contacting her again, and she said to come back to her once I reach level 35. :\


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I suppose I'll wait until level 35 and try it one more time. If not, I suppose I'll just Ouro it. But, at least now we know you can't do it between levels 20 - 34.


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Just fyi for anyone that cares, I hit up Ashley McKnight tonight when my Brute leveled to 35. She sent me to go see Imperious in Cim... whatever. I saw him, came back to Cap, and returned to Ashley. She had no more missions for me, but told me that she'd have something for me when I'm level 50.

So... apparently, you can not do the Origin of Power mission arc red side from levels 20 through 49. When my Brute obtains level 50, I'll go back to Ashley McKnight and let y'all know how that goes.


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