Returing after a year - questions about Virtue nowadays


Adeon Hawkwood

 

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I'm coming back after a long break. One thing I loved about Virtue was the community. I enjoyed hanging out in Atlas chatting as much as running missions. To that end, I wanted to ask about a few things and see what's changed - thanks in advance for help and patience

I want to roll a new toon to get back into the game, so:

- Is Atlas still the hub for the Virtue community?
- Do new toons still run sewer missions to level 6 and then run a mix of Mission Archetecht and other missions after that? Or has leveling changed?
- If I roll in Prateoria am I locked out of visiting Atlas Park until I hit 20?
- Has Prateoria changed the 1-20 game signifigantly?
- I head that they boosted XP in the horrid early 20's (yay!) any other change that will make me happy happy?

Thanks Virtue!

Mashugana


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Will you step in line or release the glitch / can you fall asleep with a panic switch

 

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Welcome back!

If there is a hub; I would say it is Atlas.

There are still sewer teams; though you have the occasional Architect farming craze that makes them hard to come by. Currently; should be easy to get a sewer team.

Praetorians are in Praetoria until they choose a side at level 20.

Praetoria has not changed much about the way I play...but I guess it could have impacted the way some people go about earning their 1-20 levels.

Not knowing exactly how long you have been gone makes it difficult to answer the last question. But I would say the answer is "maybe".


 

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I would say the answer is "maybe"
Almost sounds like you are running for office !


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Almost sounds like you are running for office !
I'm not dishonest enough.


 

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Originally Posted by Mashuguna View Post
- I head that they boosted XP in the horrid early 20's (yay!) any other change that will make me happy happy?
Fitness is now a set of four inherent powers automatically granted at level 2.


 

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And yes, AE is still killing the game


I would like to issue a plea on behalf of Paragon's diminutive protectors, please watch where you step. We're four feet tall in a six foot tall world, we've been cast adrift in a sea of butts. -Pillbug

 

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And yes, AE is still killing the game
Nothing kills the game unless you empower it to do so.


 

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And yes, AE is still killing the game
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Nothing kills the game unless you empower it to do so.
How about: "AE still has a wide variety of story arcs ranging from 'well-crafted and well written' to 'amazingly mediocre' to 'a lot of crap designed for farming,' despite the dev's claims that the last group is not what AE was intended for. AE still churns out the occasional small wave of PL'ed-to-50 n00bs who couldn't find their way to Peregrine Island with a map and a seeing eye dog, but generally not nearly as many as when it was introduced. Occasionally, massive AE exploits affect the in-game economy in unexpected ways while far too many people jump on the AE bandwagon, yet after the exploits are shut down the markets generally return to a semblance of normalcy."

Does that make everyone a little happier? Oh, wait, it's the internet. Nothing's going to make everyone happy, and a general noncommital statement can induce flame wars.


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whooooosh!


I would like to issue a plea on behalf of Paragon's diminutive protectors, please watch where you step. We're four feet tall in a six foot tall world, we've been cast adrift in a sea of butts. -Pillbug