No, Really! Go Back and Roll a Toon in Mercy Island... It *IS* Different!
I find the themepark nature of mercy worse than the old mercy. The old one had it's problems, they were honestly geographic and layout based more than mission based though. Now you still go through the same mess of strangely laid out buildings, but as a foreigner in what should be your own lands, doing a straight series of quests and then being kicked out to port oakes without seeing 90% of the zone.
Games go on a scale from sandbox to themepark, the way I view it, and mercy just went several more notches towards themepark. Good for a lot of players, not so much for me. I did enjoy the missions, but mercy has more to offer than that. And then they ruin it even more with those stupid F-troop arcs (on both sides).
I like the new missions, but I can see where you are coming from Samuel. Sometimes as a lowbie villain I feel a bit pushed around. But then I exact revenge at a higher level mwah hah ahah
What I have to wonder is how "New Mercy" hasn't bumped up the age rating of the game.
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Well, you did knowingly work for Dr. Graves. If you're going for the dignified route, street sweep to level 5 and go work for Mr. Bocor as your first contact.
@craggy see me on Union for TFs, SFs (please!) or just some good ol fashioned teaming.
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@Golden Girl
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Here's two salt shakers. One's so you can take a grain with Sam's complaints, and the other is for you to pour into your eyes so I can laugh at you.
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Actually, hell, new sig.
Here's two salt shakers. One's so you can take a grain with Sam's complaints, and the other is for you to pour into your eyes so I can laugh at you.
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@Golden Girl
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I've gone back to Mercy Island with a few lowbie villains that have been parked for ages, and I'm enjoying the revamp very much. At the very least, the sameness of "Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?" is over, and new opportunities for villainy abound.
The use of phased missions is particularly nice with the Arachnos vs. Longbow events. They're certainly preferable to sending new players on standard Kill 10 Rats or Talk to Mans, and I enjoy them more than instanced "behind the door" missions. Here's hoping that Fort Darwin won't be overwhelmed when the F2Pers arrive (today's patch will go some distance to avoiding that).
Someone in the last UStream chat suggested that the lack of snakes now might be connected to the new snakeskin outfits the CoT are wearing
@Golden Girl
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I've been enjoying the new arcs quite a bit. Definitely more fun that the old stuff. The tutorial arcs make me feel like a new criminal, just starting out, like they should.