alignment pros and cons


Jade_Dragon

 

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I'm trying to understand the pros and cons of having a Hero go Vigilante (or a Villain go Rogue). I've gathered from the forums that the different temp powers for each alignment aren't useful enough to be a significant factor in choosing alignments.

If a Vigilante can participate in both blue and red side teams and task forces, then that would seem to be a huge reason to go Vigilante rather than stay Hero. What is the reason to stay Hero rather than going Vigilante?


 

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Originally Posted by Void Spirit View Post
If a Vigilante can participate in both blue and red side teams and task forces,
Unless something has changed real recently, this isn't true. A vigilante can't participate in red side SFs and a rogue can't participate in blue side TFs.

Also, neither vigilantes nor rogues can gain alignment merits, which, from what I've read in the market forum, are very profitable.


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Originally Posted by StarGeek View Post
Unless something has changed real recently, this isn't true. A vigilante can't participate in red side SFs and a rogue can't participate in blue side TFs.
You probably have very outdated information (if it was ever correct at all).

Vigilante CAN participate and even START red side SFs. Rogue CAN participate and even START blue side TFs.


 

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Originally Posted by NordBlast View Post
You probably have very outdated information (if it was ever correct at all).

Vigilante CAN participate and even START red side SFs. Rogue CAN participate and even START blue side TFs.
All I know is the first week I tried to join a couple SFs with my then vigilante and was not allowed.

My bad then.


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Originally Posted by StarGeek View Post
All I know is the first week I tried to join a couple SFs with my then vigilante and was not allowed.

My bad then.
Today's patch notes say
"Fixed a crash whenever a Tourist became leader of a Task Force or Strike Force. Tourists can now accept and lead Task Forces and Strike Forces. "

So clearly prior to this morning something was broken with Vigilantes and Rogues regarding them.


total kick to the gut

This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.

 

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your prolly off in your info because in order for a vigilante to join a red side team they have to be in the rogue isles, vice versa goes for the rogues


 

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Also, neither vigilantes nor rogues can gain alignment merits, which, from what I've read in the market forum, are very profitable.
Can a vigilante do the once per day conversion of 50 regular merits into a Hero Merit?


 

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Originally Posted by SwellGuy View Post
Today's patch notes say
"Fixed a crash whenever a Tourist became leader of a Task Force or Strike Force. Tourists can now accept and lead Task Forces and Strike Forces. "

So clearly prior to this morning something was broken with Vigilantes and Rogues regarding them.
Only problem I have had with mixed team was when Rogue attempted to start Kahn TF, it would crash everyone on the team when plasyers attempted to zone into mission.
In all other instances (the latest was yesterday MoSTF started and led by Rogue) we haven't had any problems.

PvPing on mixed team in "board train" missions is different story altogether, and to make it happening you need to make rogue enter mission from any non-blue side zone.


 

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If you go Vigilante and then reaffirm your alignment, ie run anther 10 vigilante tips and a vig morality mission, you'll be rewarded 60 merits. Same with Rogues.


 

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Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master View Post
your prolly off in your info because in order for a vigilante to join a red side team they have to be in the rogue isles, vice versa goes for the rogues
Yeah, that's an important note. If you're not able to get onto a team, go over to red side and ask to be invited again.


 

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Originally Posted by Void Spirit View Post
Can a vigilante do the once per day conversion of 50 regular merits into a Hero Merit?
No. they can't. You can only do that at an NPC who is inside the new bases, and the bases are Hero-Only (Atlas Park) and Villian-only (Cap).