Issue 22 Preview is up!

Some of the new arcs have missions where they suggest you might want to bring help - and the mobs are pretty rough, especially with their debuffs - so they appear to be going with the "soloable for some, not all" idea behind things like the Mender Ramiel arc.

This is the first issue in ages that interests me, and oh my, there's a lot of deliciousness here. Missions in which I can bust Fifth Column heads? Yes, a million times yes. Solo/small team Incarnate stuff? Huzzah! At last! And Beast Mastery is in the pipeline? All this on top of Staff Fighting and those lovely upcoming costume sets.

Darn you, CoH, you are making me love you again.

So now we officially have Eldrich Abominations in game.

Well, why not? We can all do with a bit more Cthulhu.

When I first saw that Beast Master screenshot, I thought it was just an elaborate photoshop job. Now that I know it isn't, I think I'm more excited about that set than anything else, even though I know it won't launch right away.

Between the vanity pet, the transformation travel power, the tendrilly Dark Wolf, and now an entire animal summoning set, they're really putting that four-legged rig to good use.

Also, I like the new Big Bug enemies. I'm surprised it's taken them this long to re-use the Arachnos Tarantula rig (if that is indeed what it is) for a new insectoid monster.

Ugh. I really can't believe we get more Nazis. Such a lame, tired group and is somewhat offensive to many.

ANyway, other than those new arcs, I am liking the issue. It seems like a solid issue. It seems like Praetoria may not be involved in this issue so another big win. This might come close to i12 (best issue IMO) but we will have to wait and see! I might actually log in for the first time in almost a month....if i22 comes out soon enough I may even continue my sub!

Looks good. I don't know why Diabolique's new costume has been getting such hate, though. I like it, especially the fiery horn-hat. I myself created a demon summoner a while ago that was going for a similar Evil-Lyn sort of look that Diabolique seems to be sporting now. It'd be cool to have some of those costume pieces, especially the hat.

Those Tyranid/Zerg things also look interesting.

Again, I support the bear for the 3rd tier beast mastery pet.

Did I miss something, or did I just pay more attention than most?

Why's everyone assuming the lady who'd fit on a Heavy Metal cover is Diabolique? More likely she's an incarnation of Mot. I think that's more likely than Diabolique suddenly becoming twice as tall, losing her translucensy and most of her clothing JUST so she can take control of Mot's new sand-box.

As for i22, I'm downloading the beta now so I can play a role in helping to make sure the new material's not BoA*. Looking forward to it, too. Particularly the Stalker and Gravity changes, but also the new Dark Powersets.

Attacking the Darkness,
~Raven

*Bugged on Arrival, like recent material's been noticeably moreso in recent months, hence why I'm going to spend all weekend downloading it - likely, since my connection's slooooow - just so I can at least say I helped on this one.

Plus, new Dark Powersets.

YAR.