Going Rogue Side Switching Poll

Of my 50s, only my MA/Regen Stalker (for story reasons) is going Heroic. Or at least mostly heroic. Probably completely - I've already re-rolled her elsewhere, though. I can't think of any others that would make the switch.

Adding non-50s (and not "I'll be making one of these in Praetoria to start with,) I've got a mid-20s PB who's got enough "do whatever it takes to get the job done - namely wiping out Nictus and their supporters" in her to go at least a little grey. The 50 version of her, though - nah. Lesson learned and all that.

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My Going Rogue plans go as follows,

Make my Blaster, Scrapper incarnates,

Switch my Controller over to be a Vigilante simply because that is what his character is based on.

Start a new scrapper or brute in Preatoria and play all the way through to Incarnate.

I'll likely play around with new Preatorian Alts first, in terms of toons I'd actually change sides on, not sure yet

At this point I would say none of my characters are making the switch, because quite frankly, there's nothing in GR that really appeals to me, so far. Thus, I have no plans to even purchase the expansion at this time.

Although, my attitude may change once we get all the facts of what GR is actually going to be and how it will work. Right now, it's all just a bunch of rumors and speculation.

not many current ones, because most of them have been written with their side "baked in" to their story. i do have some ideas of characters i'd like to take to the other sides afterwards. a mind/psi dom and fortunata and maybe a bots mastermind will go blue.

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My plan with my current roster is to do nothing at all. I will be making a few new alts that will dabble in the new systems.

While I would love for my main hero and villains to switch sides, it really depends on this exclusive all powerful reward that everyone seems to think will be the new iWin Button for those who remain a hero or villain.

As the founder of a network of multiple SG/VGs across several servers, with thousands of hours and millions of prestige earned in over 5 years, I'm waiting to see what the decision is regarding your SG/VG Status when you leave one group, switch sides, and join another on the other side.

I'm planning on switching two villains over and maybe more if COV population takes a big hit. I don't have any plans on taking any Heroes redside though that might change.

Hey, there was some talk about special rewards for staying true to your morality and not side-switching, right? What if only the morally pure (or impure redside) can become...Incarnates! *gasp*

Well, I doubt that will be the reward - I can hear the shrieking already - but it would be cool to know some details about the mechanism, efforts, and costs before I do too much planning. Still, I have quite a few I'm planning on taking to Rogue / Vigilante status if only to be more thematically correct with the way I see the characters. And I definitely have a tank I want to take to pure V-status. I only made him blueside because Brute never got ice armor.

Also, I've made a bunch of villain characters that are nemeses to my SG in our mythos and I might take some of them to rogue status if only to pop over to Paragon City and RP some menacing actions with my friends. Again, potential costs (or losses) in doing so may curb these plans toot sweet.

EDIT: Oooo...just had a thought. What if you can Level Pact Praetorians that choose opposite factions? Might be a fun way for you and a friend to play hero & arch-nemesis and always stay the same level. My guess is that they'd make it where the Pact breaks once you stay to far away from one another. Still, it's an intriguing thought. To me, anyway.

I have one scrapper who is definitely going to change. Other than that, I doubt I will be doing the reverse with any other character.

Though the very fact that you can change may well encourage me to make another hero.

I made a Fire/Dark Corruptor to make into a hero eventually. I may make a Dom as well to move over to hero side. Not to interested in moving any of my heroes over to redside though. For ranged I like those two AT's better then blasters or defenders. I like Controllers just fine. So I may get rid of the two Blasters I have and replace em with either of those redside AT's

Two I be going Rogue/Vigilante right off the bat. A few others are an if depending on the fun of switching.

My main is definitely becoming a Rogue so he can do TFs and take part in blue-side activities. I've got a low-level hero who might become a Vigilante for concept reasons. And I'm definitely considering a Praetoria-started Villainous Tanker, and either a Heroic Brute or Stalker. I'm sure once the option exists, I'll have more characters across the entire spectrum. The majority of my characters, though, are likely going to keep their allegiances.

I intend to move at least one of my level 50 Villain brutes all the way to Hero, and my other two level 50 villains will probably go at least as far as Rogue.

My non-level 50 villains may end up being rerolled. I definitely mean to remake my ninja/poison mastermind as demon/thermal. My plant/thorns dominator is probably going to turn into some kind of defender, and may go villainous.

Many of my Heroes will go at least as far as Vigilante. I have a tanker or two I may take all the way to pure Villains.

A lot may be contingent on the Praetoria storylines. The very concept of Praetorians is attractive to some of my characters, heroes and villains; the word itself is enough to remind them of home. On the other hand, if Cole is an evil tyrant, they'd turn on him without a hesitation. Most of my villains are quite eager to extract themselves from the forced relationship with Arachnos, and the more free form world of heroes is quite attractive to them.

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I have no characters I've made prior to Going Rogue's announcement that are going to change sides. I might change my mind when I see the actual system, but I doubt it. I have one character who might have to go Vigilante down from hero, but he was created since I heard that was possible.

Beyond that, two heroes who can't exist right now are "some kind of hero/vigilante stalker" to fill the role of the protagonist of my latest story, as well as either an Axe Scrapper if those are ever made, or a heroic Axe Brute as a last resort.

I don't intend to touch any of my 50s, as they were all designed to fit their respective alignments.

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The short answer is I have no idea. I don't yet know what's involved - and if any of my toons were to switch, there'd need to be a good reason for it.

I've a couple of characters who may move - but I cannot be sure.

I've two characters who won't switch at all - I can say that for certain.

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Hm. Out of my 32 villains, 29 will go rogue, 1 will go hero.

Out of my 16 heroes, 4 will go vigilante, one will go villain.

I can see a lot of Virtue characters going Rogue/Vigilante in order to RP on both sides instead of having to make a copy to do something on the other side of the law.

Most of my toons will probably end up as Rogues. I have a habit of playing characters who aren't evil per se, but are on the wrong side of the law anyway.

A few exceptions, of course. Lord Crow is a perfectly stereotypical evil mad scientist and will remain a villain. Dr. Ecco will remain a hero.
Apollo XIII will remain a hero only because EATs won't get to side-switch, or so I've heard. The moment this changes, he's going Nictus.

The side-switching premise of Going Rogue sounds interesting, but at the same time I see it as rather fringe, something in which maybe one of my many existing characters might partake.

The new zone(s) and the Praetoria storyline will probably be fun and worth investigating with at least a character or two, so I may check it out eventually for that, but I'm not now nor will I be in any great hurry to do so.

1 hero will go Vigilante, 1 will go all the way to villain.
18 villains will go Rogue, possibly all the way to Hero. I think 7 of the 18 are certain to go Hero.

Pretty much all my villains will be making the trip blueside, if only because there are more Task Forces over there. My heroes will be staying blueside, since the Redside Market is snail-paced.

how many of our characters are actually being considered/prepped for the side switching

None that I can think of. I have no interest in side-switching, but will probably enjoy the moral-choice stories

This game has always been a bit of a reversal for me-

1) Most of my "villains" are simply flawed heroes that are struggling to do or be the best they can in a place that's as oppressive as the Rogue Isles can be. I LIKE the story ideas of trying to be heroic (and failing) in a place that's so unrewarding to the hero. As much as the "redeemed villain" concept might intrigue me, these guys were MADE for the Rogue Isles and, personally, dropping them into the gleaming city of good doesn't interest me one bit.

They'll make some 'good' decisions in Praetoria, but they'll always be going back home to the Rogue Isles. That's where they're needed.

2) I could probably take more of my HEROES to the Rogue Isles- they go where they're needed, but many of them are story-tied to Paragon City, and if they did go to the isles, it'd be more as an underground hero force- the entire story of "falling from grace" would need to be tuned out entirely... and I'm just not interested in doing that.

3) I ignore most of the CoH stories related to time travel, dimension hopping, etc. They're not part of most of my characters' stories and probably never will be. They've always been my least favorite part of the comic book genre. Of course, that's going to make going back and forth to praetoria rather hard. Praetoria will likely be explored more by native praetorians, and not any of my characters from either world. There's room for the occasional dimensional hop, but the lions' share of activity will likely be something more native.

At least one of my villains will be moving to "rogue" status so that they can infiltrate Paragon City and spy on heroes.

At least one of my heroes will be moving to "vigilante" status so that they can rampage through Grandville.