Hopes for Incarnate Story

Now, I know the story with the current incarnate stuff is that we're taking the fight to Praetoria and booting demigod boot to back-end. There are two loose-ends I'd like to be tied up in future story arcs however. (Unless I missed something)

1. Trapdoor, his survival, or the consequences of killing him

2. The incarnate artifact we receive. Will it do anything, or is it just some nebulous representation of our awesomeness? (Turns out, this is already cleared up. MY BAD)

Any expectations or hopes from you guys?

I thought that at the end of Ramiel's arc it said the artifact dissolves and becomes part of your power or something?

Excuse me while I check the wiki...

Yep, you were right. It's the clue for picking up the incarnate shard. My bad

This storyline could not be saved with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

CPR has an absolutely abysmal success rate, so that's not saying much.

I doubt we fight the Well at all. I think we'll probably end up becoming the new champions of the well after successful completion of trials and do the coming storm thing.

This story could end with purple carp melee monkeys and I don't think it could get any worse. Hard to even care where it is going.

Those who don't like the story the devs are telling---why not?

Rich

Is this a question?

• There is no "story" to speak of. There are some weak themes in the 1-20 Praetorian content but they're dealt with in a clumsy ham-handed fashion. The Incarnate content itself is wrapped in a slightly glorified version of "go. hunt. kill skulls".
• The arc that introduces the player to the Incarnate system does so by casting the player as a 1976-vintage D&D munchkin: the kind of player that will do anything to get more power for his character regardless of the implications or consequences.
• The conclusion of the arc essentially commits the character to a Faustian bargain, accepting power at the potential cost of his individuality or soul. No sane, ethical person would have anything to do with the Well as portrayed, but our characters will catch the Idiot Ball and run with it.
• The actual tasks available in the Incarnate trials are far less impressive than ones undertaken in pre-Incarnate content. Pre-Incarnate heroes stop Lord Recluse from stealing all the powers of all the supers in the world and stand in front of a Rikti portal to stop a world-ending invasion. Incarnates...stop a prison breakout and trash a fort.
• The player is not engaged in the Incarnate trials. Some guy who calls himself a god (titan, whatever) just shows up and tells you where to go and what to do. The trials are just jobs. No reason is proferred as to why the character should particularly care about them, a problem particularly notable for villains.
• The central characters of the Incarnate/Praetorian content are goatee universe evil twins, rather than actual characters in their own right.