Exploring the Haunted House

I've loved Halloween since I was a wee tyke, so I love the haunted house in the Dr. Kane trial so very, very much -- but unfortunately, every time I've gone through the trial, everyone has rocketed through much too quickly for me to take in the decor the way I wanted to.

Will the set pieces here be added to the Mission Architect at some point? It'd be great to get to explore it more slowly at some point, or even to set a few new spooky missions there...

After you finish, you don't have to leave. You can go back and explore again.

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yah, just don't exit the mission, you can backtrack easy The only minor hitch is that all friendly NPCs will disappear and/or collapse. The front will be empty except for the dog, but otherwise everything is explorable

I know the first couple of times I tried it with just one friend, the others on the team would zip through it.

On time four or five a new person asked if we wanted to get Black Whip. Since the whole Dr. Kane thing is new, I said sure. I didn't even know what the Black Whip was at the time.

Now I always ask if someone hasn't done the trial before, so we can go slowly and explore the whole thing.

They did such great work on this map. I really wish it had been duplicated as a Halloween zone, like the ski chalet. Then we could all wander around it at our leisure, chat with the NPCs, and generally have fun with it. It's far too fabulous to be locked behind a mission.

Yeah, it is a very beautiful map. I'm pretty sure I recognized the basement from Manticore's mansion though.

You all realise I want the wolf/dog as a pet now! He's so cute! (sorry doglover here!) Could this mean we get animals and an animal trainer/ beastmaster MM? ;-)

Off Topic, I just happened to see this thread.

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I found the bored people but never the person that starts the easter egg. I had a nice, patient stranger join our trio but after a few minutes of searching I started feeling bad for him and we went on into the mansion.

Reading this thread makes me so glad I've gotten to know some people who are regular teammates. My first couple of runs through the haunted house, we took our time, enjoyed the sights, spoke with all the click-able NPCs (there are several), explored the graveyards outside the house, found the side mission, heck we even stopped to talk about the creepy art hanging on the walls. When the Abomination came, we all had each others backs, worked together as a team, and got the badge.

My third run through was on a random PUG. Good grief, these guys were acting like they had ants in their pants! They were in such a rush to get to the end, they simply ran past most of the zombies throughout the house. I felt sure this was because they'd done the haunted house many times, but nope--when asked, it was the first time for two of them! Later on, it dawned on me that this is probably the way most people play City of Heroes: missing 90 percent of the game in their mad rush to "experience" the game. When the Abomination came, it was everyone for themselves. When I lay defeated on the ground, unable to put holds on the GM or defend my team, someone actually typed, "Don't worry, I can solo this." The GM then proceeded to stomp him flat. Over and over. Needless to say, the PUG did not get the badge.

Anyway, for my fourth run through the haunted house, I waited until a few of my regular teammates were back around.