More villain content, less hero content.

I remember one of the devs once saying changing old content wasn't efficient use of time and that they would rather make new content. That may be what he is referring to. But since everything was already there because of GR updating(not remaking) old arcs like that may have been much simpler. At least that is my guess.

There is significantly less villain content, no doubt, but I think what content the villains do have is more polished. The best example I can think of are the TFs/SFs. Look at stuff like Synapse's/Sister Psyche's/etc. TFs. There really isn't much to distinguish them from regular missions except their length.

Now look at the beginning SFs redside: The Binder of Beasts, Crystal Keeper, etc arcs that all had pretty cool set pieces at least somewhere in there.

As the game expanded and Emmert buggered off, the TFs got better (see Statesman's TF, the Cimerora arc, LGTF) but a lot of the TFs blueside are still fairly dull. While I generally think of all the SFs as being pretty cool (and thankfully much tighter in terms of storytelling and mission count).

The ideal solution is this: stop ADDING blueside content and simply REFINE what's there, as has been done with Posi's arc, Faultline, Hollows, etc. Any additional content added really should be put in the Rogue Isles. On the overworld map of the Isles, there's at least a few places that we can't officially travel to, and I really don't think anybody would complain if they wanted to maybe expand and throw another island in or something.

Good points Bill, and true as well. However, there's no denying that on average the quality and thematic awesomeness of the TFs/SFs has gone up in the past couple years.

I17 had more 'content' for villains than heroes.

Dual Pistols is available on both sides, but Demon Summoning is only available to MMs.

The OP needs to return to hiding under his bridge.

I think, at least, the Devs need to cut back on the "both sides friendly" content because then it just waters it down. RWZ is awesome, and Issue 10 was one of my faves, but Vanguard is very much a Hero organization. They want to save the world. By throwing villains into the mix, it means the hero content was less heroic, and the villainous content less villainous. Same with Cimerora.

Now that we have GR and switching sides, I'd like to see focus on each side. Since people can switch now, nobody has to feel left out. For instance, maybe The Rogue Isles get their own type of Rikti-centric area, where Recluse or somebody from Arachnos is working with the Restructurists to take out Vanguard. They'd have their own base and method of transport to the RWZ, so it could still host all ATs, but it would be a different option. Stuff like that. I want my villain to be a real *******! An evil, cunning, malevolent jerk who is out to ruin everybody's day. Not some namby-pamby wishy washy "Well sometimes I rob a bank, and sometimes I rescue Longbow PoWs."

No! Boo! If I rescue a Longbow PoW from the Rikti, it should only be so I can kidnap him myself, and drop him off a building.

tl;dr
stop splitting your attention and focus on one side at a time.

I don't think vills should be completely cut out entirely, but it definitely needs some retooling, and I still think the option should be there for a more villainous alternative. As the man Michael Caine himself said "Some men just want to watch the world burn." The comics industry has enough psychotics around who wouldn't mind going out if it meant taking a vast majority of a given population with them.

Options is what I'm trying to focus on, and not getting content that is thematically watered down for the sake of giving equal time to red and blue sides.

Screw content tbh, i just want MORE VILLAIN SF'S come on....screw hero revamps of tfs, we dont even have enough to do compared to heroes..i wouldnt mind if we get a revamp hero tf n new sf at the same time.but more sf's r neeed

Considering where villains come from, (Rogue Isles, whose whole schtick is doing whatever the hell you want if you're tough enough) I find it quite natural for a villain to say "Screw you're orders, this is what works for me." Vanguard's policy seems more like "If you got powers and want to fight Rikti, we'll take you," instead of being a huge stickler for mission particulars, given that they're pretty much telling Longbow to go stuff it since they're hiring vills in the first place.

I'd find it more strange for a standard villain NOT to break rules and disobey orders. That's what a villain basically is. they're there to break the law and disrupt the status quo. It's what makes them a villain!

The way the RWZ is now, thematically, the only kind of villains who make sense ARE the merc type villains who don't care about saving the day, just staying alive and getting paid, or those villains who would go rogue and eventually hero.

The straight up greedy, selfish villain gets screwed in the Vanguard RP-wise because they have no other choice but to do good-guy work in a good-guy way..

In regards to the RWZ and Villains....
Between Issue 7 and Issue 10 there was about a year long gap if not more.

Why is this important? Because Issue 7 introduced Grandville and the contact Ambassador Kuhr'rekt. Kuhr'rekt is a Restructurist Diplomat visiting the isles to negotiate with Recluse. He also has villains do some jobs for him.

By the time RWZ was released I'm fairly certain most Villains had worked with Kuhr'rekt. So if the Restructurists are negotiating with Recluse, and the Traditionalists are negotiating with Vanguard(who represents the U.N., of which the Rogue Isles are a member) why do Villains care? If the Restructurists win Recluse has a deal with them and the Isles will be fine. If the Traditionalists win the U.N. negotiates a peace treaty which would apply to the Isles. So regardless of the outcome of the war the Isles will be fine. So again why do Villains care?

So most people seem to agree the new stuff is better then the old stuff.

TCS says blue side keeps getting more new stuff then redside.

If blueside has so much more new fun stuff then red why would TCS think there will be a mass exodus to redside?

Because TCS lives under a bridge, and likes to start threads to get attention.