Well, you can check the Strike Pack thread. 2 dev comments there.
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Originally Posted by Black Scorpion
We are investigating a variety of strategies for the solo player to engage the system as well in the future. |
It would be cool if there were a few soloable story arcs exclusively for Incarnates.
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Agreed, though I would be dubious about making them solo-only. I would likely solo them on all my Incarnates, if only because I tend to think of Incarnation in roleplay terms as a personal journey. I wouldn't want anyone who only wants to team to be locked out of them, though--there are Incarnate concepts that would fit that mold as well.
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Originally Posted by Scythus
It would be cool if there were a few soloable story arcs exclusively for Incarnates.
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The Way of the Corruptor (Arc ID 49834): Hey villains! Do something for yourself for a change--like twisting the elements to your will. All that's standing in your way are a few secret societies...and Champions of the four elements.
Soloable =/= solo-only, so don't worry about that.
Actually, is it eve theoretically possible to get the Ouroboros portal (and hence start the whole incarnate journey) solo to begin with (meaning no leeching from other people's ourobos portal, no sneaking into a supergroup with a crystal thingie, etc)
Actually, is it eve theoretically possible to get the Ouroboros portal (and hence start the whole incarnate journey) solo to begin with (meaning no leeching from other people's ourobos portal, no sneaking into a supergroup with a crystal thingie, etc)
Certain missions in the game reward the Oportal. Doc Deliah in Faultline and one of the stores in the level 30 range (Serafina I think) rewards the Oportal.
One of the stores in Brickstown grants the Oportal if you don't have it.
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Doc Delilah's arc hero-side and Marshal Brass' mission villain-side grant access to an Ouro portal. Failing that, collecting all the exploration badges in Reclse's Victory can unlock one, and that should be doable for any player, especially given the state of PvP.
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Originally Posted by Signpost
Actually, is it eve theoretically possible to get the Ouroboros portal (and hence start the whole incarnate journey) solo to begin with (meaning no leeching from other people's ourobos portal, no sneaking into a supergroup with a crystal thingie, etc)
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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I think you only need one exploration badge from Recluse's Victory.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Doc Delilah's arc hero-side and Marshal Brass' mission villain-side grant access to an Ouro portal. Failing that, collecting all the exploration badges in Reclse's Victory can unlock one, and that should be doable for any player, especially given the state of PvP.
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Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze
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I wish I could find the quote now but I remember when the Devs first said that the "raid on Mother Mayhem's hospital" would be the 1st Incarnate trial type event, they said you could play either side (loyal or resistance). That leads me to believe that the "trial" will work exactly like the Praetorian zone events- that can be done solo, evenb in solo groups.
Alot of the.... nerdrage is hat dedicated soloists have to wait till I20. Personally I think they should pick one of the Oro TFs as well as the weekly "raid target" as 1 that will give you a notice of the well so those that can't for whatever reason do TFs.
I also think that the title- "Incarnate Trial" is poorly chosen. There was bound to be a lot who will equate that to Teaming and the existing respec Trials- which are tedious and not a lot of fun! (Incarnate Labors would have been better, evoking images of Hercules etc)
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Actually, any mission involving time travel will unlock the Portal. There are a fair few arcs which do it hero-side. I have no clue about villains, I rarely play them.|
Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Doc Delilah's arc hero-side and Marshal Brass' mission villain-side grant access to an Ouro portal. Failing that, collecting all the exploration badges in Reclse's Victory can unlock one, and that should be doable for any player, especially given the state of PvP.
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The Ubelman Council arc unlocks it. I think that one involving the Magic Man from the Midnighters does. If your mission involves being exposed to time travel, the Medlers welcome you with open arms.
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The store you're thinking of is Holsten Armitage, he's the Science store. The mission you run for him unlocks it.
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Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
Certain missions in the game reward the Oportal. Doc Deliah in Faultline and one of the stores in the level 30 range (Serafina I think) rewards the Oportal.
One of the stores in Brickstown grants the Oportal if you don't have it. |
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
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Yeah, I just don't remember any of the others. Hero-side has something like three or four arcs that unlock it, while villain-side only has one, and it's a 15-20 arc.|
Originally Posted by Ravenswing
Actually, any mission involving time travel will unlock the Portal. There are a fair few arcs which do it hero-side. I have no clue about villains, I rarely play them.
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Personally, I feel that Ouroboros deserves a contact somewhere who you can do a mission for to snag a portal, maybe a level 50 contact which is past the point where either side can get a portal via non-PvP-zone means.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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There are 2 Villain-side missions that unlock the Ouroboros Portal, one being the Echo Down the Aeons from Marshall Brass (lvl 15-19) and the Time After Time arc from your Patron (lvl 45-50)|
Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Yeah, I just don't remember any of the others. Hero-side has something like three or four arcs that unlock it, while villain-side only has one, and it's a 15-20 arc.
Personally, I feel that Ouroboros deserves a contact somewhere who you can do a mission for to snag a portal, maybe a level 50 contact which is past the point where either side can get a portal via non-PvP-zone means. |
There are loads of ways to get the portal!
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I wouldn't expect it, but given my "personal journey" take on Incarnation and the fact that the tech for solo-only missions exists, I wanted to address the possibility.
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Originally Posted by Scythus
Soloable =/= solo-only, so don't worry about that.
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The Way of the Corruptor (Arc ID 49834): Hey villains! Do something for yourself for a change--like twisting the elements to your will. All that's standing in your way are a few secret societies...and Champions of the four elements.
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Interesting. That makes a lot of sense in that context and explains how you could have a "mothership raid-style event" that at the same time doesn't require much teaming. |
Originally Posted by Benchpresser
I wish I could find the quote now but I remember when the Devs first said that the "raid on Mother Mayhem's hospital" would be the 1st Incarnate trial type event, they said you could play either side (loyal or resistance). That leads me to believe that the "trial" will work exactly like the Praetorian zone events- that can be done solo, evenb in solo groups.
Alot of the.... nerdrage is hat dedicated soloists have to wait till I20. Personally I think they should pick one of the Oro TFs as well as the weekly "raid target" as 1 that will give you a notice of the well so those that can't for whatever reason do TFs. |
It seemed strange to me when it was said that people who don't want to do the task force would have to wait for the trials... but in that context it makes sense.
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Originally Posted by Benchpresser
I also think that the title- "Incarnate Trial" is poorly chosen. There was bound to be a lot who will equate that to Teaming and the existing respec Trials- which are tedious and not a lot of fun! (Incarnate Labors would have been better, evoking images of Hercules etc) |
"Incarnate Party at Mother Mayhems!" is bound to get a good turnout.
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How about "Incarnate Grind"? | Hmm... I know what you're going for... and the Hercules analogy is a good one.... but "Labor" still seems like such work. |
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Also Villain side, the new arc from Vincent Ross awards an "Our Burritos" portal
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I was just about to point that out.
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Originally Posted by Blood_Beret
Also Villain side, the new arc from Vincent Ross awards an "Our Burritos" portal
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That's unlikely. If that's true then it implies Black Scorpion is unaware of what the trial contains. He said they were "invesitgating options for solo players". If an option existed in I20 already then they wouldn't be investigating.
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Originally Posted by Benchpresser
I wish I could find the quote now but I remember when the Devs first said that the "raid on Mother Mayhem's hospital" would be the 1st Incarnate trial type event, they said you could play either side (loyal or resistance). That leads me to believe that the "trial" will work exactly like the Praetorian zone events- that can be done solo, evenb in solo groups.
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I'm pretty sure that's just a rumor based on the way the Praetorian zone events work - but it'd be a cool idea, as it'd give some high level content for the loyalists.
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Originally Posted by Benchpresser
I wish I could find the quote now but I remember when the Devs first said that the "raid on Mother Mayhem's hospital" would be the 1st Incarnate trial type event, they said you could play either side (loyal or resistance).
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With the introduction of the Strike Pack I can't help but notice there is no path or mechanic mentioned that would allow someone to play solo toward their rare and very rare Alpha slot.
Will there be a feature/mechanic/path added in the future to allow the solo player to obtain their T3/4 Alpha slot?
Going a bit further is this the future path the game will be taking i.e. a more team oriented experience?
I understand certain content should not be allowed to be solo'd but certainly there must be more ways than one in order to obtain god like powers.
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