My guide for the altaholics trip to 50.
By
Foxy_Phoenix,
Posted on: 2011-04-03 13:18 in Player Guides
You're forgetting two things:
Villains
Praetorians
Not really sure what this has to do with "altaholics," though, as it's a general "try this path to 50 somewhat quickly." And a lot of altaholics (myself included) aren't in it to get as many 50s as possible.
A: I specified this was hero side only as I'm not familiar with villy side really.
B: Praetoria is so linear....do you really need a guide?
C: Yes, it could be a "General Guide to 50"...but I view it more as a "I've made it to 50, have become an altaholic, and would like a clean cut way to 50 for my alts that minimizes the headaches."
Missed you specifying hero only as I skimmed. >.>
As far as praetoria, yes, it's linear - from 1-20. But it does tie in to missing villainside - as well as side-switching, which can give a whole different path to get there.
The point of my "not sure what it has to do with altaholics" comment, though, is that the complaint I hear most *from* altaholics isn't "how do I get to 50" (most do seem to know) but "How do I concentrate on one character enough to GET there in the first place?" While task forces and such do help with that (often giving decent XP,) the main problem altaholics tend to have - and by altaholics, just to be clear, I'm not saying mild ones ("I have 20 characters") but those who are looking at full servers, multiple accounts and the like. (For instance, 276 characters here.)
It's not that they're in a *rush* to get to 50. It's that they'd like to be able to stay with one character.
I would argue with some of the things you said, too. No reason to autocomplete Skipper legrange's last mission. It's just not that hard. A bit long, and at times boring as you wait, but not hard. Plus, of course, autocompleting robs you of (a) XP, as you're not killing the mobs inside, and (b) badge progress, if you're interested in that - even if you're not, getting the Croatoa badges leads to an accolade, Gaes of the Kind Ones, and is worth pursuing.
Also, as far as skipping Julius and Talshak go, anyone doing so should be aware they won't be able to start the Hollows trial. Now, admittedly said trial is not really spectacular (and IMHO a great example of bad design, requiring you to keep 8 people throughout - if one drops or quits, everyone has to start over) but if you want to see it, someone has to have it unlocked. Might as well be you.
20-30, again - if you don't run the Striga arcs (or at least the last Hanson brother's arc,) you won't have Hess unlocked to run later. If you don't run Steph's arc, you won't get the Wedding Ring temp power (decent shield,) and the first Hanson gives you the War Wolves temp power. Running Hess (successfully) also gives you /dice7. Which is not a big thing, but can be mildly amusing.
Last, if anyone actually wants to see what the various arcs are like, they can go to paragon wiki and check out the contacts (and decide for themselves if something's "fun" or not.)
I have never, solo or on a team, sucessfully completed skipper legranges last mish. (Stop Fir Bolgs from entering door). We even loaded a team up controller heavy and couldn't do it. But, I digress....I just hate that mish. BUT, I'd rather lose out on the XP from the mission, than lose out on the giant arc completion bonus if I fail the mish.
Yes, Striga is definitely important, and I mentioned Striga in the guide. Admittedly, as a afterthought. I tend to prefer the newer content, so I opt more for the Mirror Arcs, Mercedes Sheldon, and those new Medi-Porter arcs than older content. Striga is my next choice after all the new content tho.
And...Julius and Talshak...as for them, I'd rather come back later, ex'ed down through Ouro with all my extra slots and at least SO's to run them. You can unlock Karsis and Hess through Ouro anyway. (Also, for certain temp powers that give you an "echo" version if you've gotten them already, even through Ouro the first time you obtain them you get the actual power and not the echo version)
I will update the guide a bit tho.
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You don't, as I recall. (Yes, it has been that long since I've failed it, but I seem to recall still getting the completion.) |
Originally Posted by Foxy_Phoenix
I have never, solo or on a team, sucessfully completed skipper legranges last mish. (Stop Fir Bolgs from entering door). We even loaded a team up controller heavy and couldn't do it. But, I digress....I just hate that mish. BUT, I'd rather lose out on the XP from the mission, than lose out on the giant arc completion bonus if I fail the mish.
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Honestly, I prefer doing that mission solo or as a duo. You have time before the first group starts making its way to the henge. Clean out around the henge. You'll also find they only take one or two paths there - you'll find yourself, eventually, stopping whatever's running to it, then killing other stuff just to kill time.
They're either running from the barn (near where you came in) along the copse of trees to the henge, or running (much more rarely) on the far left. *Any* damage you do to them gets them to stop and face you for a while, so on lower damage characters I tend to just rotate through the (solo/duo) 2-5 enemies, doing a bit of damage at a time. Control helps. Taunt actually doesn't, as much - they seem (from memory) to be resistant to it, somewhat.
... heck, with side switching, you could probably leave a mastermind sitting there watching both entrances and have one other person cleaning up other spawns.
If you're doing a larger team, two watching one entrance, two watching the other, send the rest out to clean up spawns (and come back if needed.) They come slowly enough you should be able to have the four guarding be able to clean up and go back to watch in between the runner groups. But, again, I prefer smaller teams or soloing it.
You've got tons of characters. So many that you have some in all level ranges, and are completely versatile in being able to join any team. However, also nowadays it seems teams (outside of TF's) are getting harder to find. This is for hero side only, as I have limited experience with the "evil" side of things.
Here's my suggested trip to 50, this may not be the fastest, but I believe it is one of the funnest. (i.e. not pulling out your hair running bad contacts or just running radios over and over and OVER). This trip will also make sure that when you hit 50, you will have alot of the accolades you need.
Levels 1-5. This is a no brainer. You'll spend this time in AP or Galaxy, depending on what your starting zone was.
Level 5-8. Kings Row. Run radios and do your first safeguard to get the jet pack. (For all the safeguards, make sure to grab the badge in these zones too)
Level 8-12. Hollows. Run Wincott and Flux. I suggest stopping at Flux, as Julius and Talshak are NOT fun. (Note, not doing Julius and Talshak now means you won't unlock the Cavern of Transcendence trial, and would have to unlock it later through Ouro) Also, when done with Flux, hop back to KR, do radios and a safeguard to get your jump jet.
Level 13-15. Positron TF Part 1 & 2
Level 15-20. First two contacts in Faultline. Run radios and get your third safeguard mish, and the badge/temp power. Also, be sure to run Synapse for that final push to 20.
The next few categories you have a few options here. As the devs have quite literally PACKED levels 20-30 with content, you can pretty much pick and choose your path.
Levels 20-25. 4th Safeguard. Second 2 Faultline contacts. Run the first half (Agent Keith Nance) of the I17 Mirror Arc. If still not 25, run Sister Psyche.
Levels 26-30. 5th Safeguard. Run the second Mirror Arc contact (Jenny Adair) Run the Citadel TF. Start the Croatoa arcs. (Note, autocomplete the last mission from Skipper LeGrange. That mish is very hard to complete and you lose out on the arc completion XP if you fail it.)
*Note: Also during levels 23-30, if you have extra time or need more xp, you can go to Striga and do the arcs there, (The Striga arcs unlock the Hess TF, and give you two really nice temp powers) or do the Midnight Squad intro arc and take some more missions from Mercedes Sheldon. This level range is full of xp tho, so just do what you can. Also, the new Medi-Porter arcs from Issue 19 are in this level range.
Levels 31-35. Run 6th Safeguard. Finish the Croatoa story arcs. Run Manticore. If in need of extra XP to get to 35, also run the Moonfire and Hess TF's.
Levels 36-40. This is probably the hardest level range to get through, as all the old contacts in the range dont give very fun missions. Anton Sampson and Gordon Stacy have relatively decent arcs tho. Run 7th Safeguard. Run Numina and the Eden Trial. (Score TF Commander Accolade) If you didn't run Moonfire and Hess before, do them now. Do the first two arcs from Levantera in RWZ. The good benefit to this level range tho is you can now start joining ITF's.
Levels 41-45. Run 8th Safeguard. Run Tina McIntrye's arc. Run Serpent Drummers arc. Team and use ITF to get to 45
Levels 46-50. Run final Safeguard. Run Maria Jenkin's arc. (*note, I came across an issue a while back where blazing through Maria's arc and defeating Tyrant too far before level 50 can keep you from getting the badge...so you might want save Maria for later) Run Gaussian and Dark Watchers arc. Run LGTF and Statesman TF. Recommend running Unai Kemen as well.
This is very task force heavy of course, but it gets you to 50 pretty quickly, and by the time you hit 50 as long as you do a little extra badge hunting you can have all 4 major accolades by the time you hit level 50. You also wont have to worry about hunting up those safeguard badges you missed.
This is just a suggestion, take it or leave it. It works quite well for me tho.