Incarnate Screenshots (test server)

As they've already set up the Winter Realm, the Rikti Mothership and the Halloween Banners to allow people to join in even when solo, and added new tech in I19 with the Praetorian events to give out rewards based on individual player contribution to the events, then it's quite possible that the Incarnate Trials could follow the same pattern, and not require teaming to take part in them.

It's what I'm betting on. Not really a solo path, but soloable enough that I'm fine waiting till I20 for more uber crafting, errr, Incarnate loot.

Errrr the way I read Black Scorpion's announcement it seems like COMPLETING the tf of the week will give you the NOTICE, and the other RARE component. NO where did I see it say that shards will start to drop from non-50 content/tfs. Seeing as how shards AREN'T currently a reward option at the end of regular 50 tfs, I think you're assuming just a bit too much.

The only reward (until confirmed) from non-50 WTS tfs would probably be the DOUBLE merit rewards of those tfs/sfs.

"Trial" here is being used with a completly different meaning to "Respec Trial". Intelligence gathered suggests we are looking at something similar to WAR public quests.

If that's the case, one of my characters (after getting the Notices) would be ready to craft 3 Very Rares right away.

Think we need a FAQ for this. But rather than try to frame everything in Q & A format, here's just the As:

WRT Alpha Slot's Soloability:

1. The first two tiers of the Alpha Slot are soloable.

2. The third and fourth tier, which gives the Level Shift and extra and more powerful universal enhancements, is not soloable and will not be soloable for I19.5. Your toon will have to participate in at least one Task/Strike force for a Notice of the Well which is necessary to craft tiers 3 & 4. The Notices are not obtainable in any other way, not even by crafting. The third tier is gated by 1 Notice of the Well. The fourth by 3 more. Obtaining the Notices is also gated by time: only 1 per week.

3. It is unknown whether when I20 comes or at some time after that that tiers 3 & 4 will ever be soloable. It is unknown. Unknown. The Developer, Black Scorpion, has posted that the Devs are aware of a desire for soloability of the upper tiers and the Devs will look into it. There has been no promise that it will even happen at all, let alone when.



WRT the Soloability of the Other Slots.

1. It has been mentioned that there will be a Raiding System introduced in I20 and in future issues that will be part of the End Game Content that will open up the other slots.

2. Raiding implies teaming and not any soloable content.

3. There has been no mention of any soloable content apart from raiding that will allow solo-only players to obtain and slot the other Incarnate Slots. None. That doesn't exclude solo content when I20 goes live or at some time in the future, but there's been no confirmation of new solo Incarnate content.

4. What Black Scorpion said about the Devs looking into player concerns with regard to the upper tiers of the Alpha Slot probably encompasses looking into all of the Incarnate system.



This is the current situation. There are unknowns. A thread was started so the Devs could read player feedback on this issue here.

Well stated.

lol, actually there is some evidence that's is older than that. But nothing definitive.

It's actually more certain then when a lot of half finished or abandoned systems will ever see attention in this game again. You know, pvp, bases, more power cust.

I think Zombie's definition of unknown in this case is spot on.

There's good reason to make an accurate prediction of what will happen in the future WRT to all this that Arcanaville has made in several places and I agree with (which should be considered significantly reassuring by regular forum goers if not immediately gratifying).

But good reason is being ground into dust over misinformation and demands and an incessant lobbying (which violates forum policy) that infects just about every thread on the Incarnate System and future content.

They seem totally ok with teaming up for that kind of thing

Well the forums aren't a low pop server so getting a team for that is easy.

Hey I go the extra mile for all of you. Most people just take a screenshot and show the backside of their character. But I take the extra time to swing that camera around and give you just that little extra bit of eye candy.


I just got done crawling through the costume creator on test, I was hoping some of the animal pack was viewable. It's not. The Devs are keeping that card pretty close to their chest.

Because agreeing with someone on the forums is *totally* the same thing as joining a TF team in game, and there is no reason a person would be capable of doing one but not the other.

Cause it's fun? And if it isn't fun, why are you doing it? And if it's so not fun nobody wants to do it without an exclusive reward attached, then isn't that a sign it should be looked at?

Those have been ultra rare since I19.5 was announced.

Yeah but requires two people unfortunately for it to unlock

True, and I'd expect it would get here at some point.

However, that does NOT mean it will be done by I20.

Or I30.