Returning player...Incarnate *tips?* question...

No no, the Alpha shift applies to -everything-, where you're in Atlas Park or Peregrine Island or Dark Astoria. It's only the shifts from lore and Destiny that only apply to Incarnate content.

And yes, Sister Solaris' arc is considered part of the Dark Astoria arc, you'll earn rewards as you would on any Dark Astoria mission and at the end you'll be given another contact that will finish the zone's story.

Thanks Agent White. I will continue in Cim then. Great to know the +1 continues to apply throughout.

I was able to unlock the Interface slot as well and slot it with the tier 2 Reactive. I absolutely love how all this incarnate goodness has changed my character. He was always one of my favorites, but now he's far and away my go-to toon.

I'm sure this has been brought up before, but I really believe that something should be done in-game to help make ALL this new stuff a little more user-friendly. Without very helpful people (you all as well as @Pericles) I would have given up on the whole incarnate thing...and wouldn't have known what I was missing out on!! Even Paragonwiki is confusing and overwhelming. It's like telling a normal person to figure out a complex mathematical problem by just saying, "Here, look in this book"....and of course the book is full of jargon that person doesn't understand.

I guess if people want it badly enough, they'll FIND the help (like I did), but I can see why people would just move on.

That said, time to go Incarnate it up!

Gameboy1234 and ClawsAndEffect, I appreciate both of your responses.

ClawsandEffect ...I wanted to let you know that I did continue the DA arcs by going to the contact in Cimerora that my contact in DA gave me when I finished their arc. I can't remember the Cimerora contact's name...I want to say it's Sister Solaris or something like that, but I finished her arc and received Incarnate XP and Incarnate drops throughout. (Her missions were INCREDIBLE, by the way...a little buggy, however...). All her missions were in Cimerora, but you got on boats for each mission and went to islands to fight massive mobs of bosses (playing on +0 X8 was FUN), and even one mission out in the middle of the ocean to fight off the Kraken. After finishing her arc she gave me Doctor Dream (I believe that's his name) back in DA so I'll be continuing there tomorrow.

Thanks for the tips on the iTrials, Gameboy1234. I noticed a bit more action today, was on ANOTHER unsuccessful DD trial, but the servers going down at 6pst put an end to my play session. I generally play from about 4:30-8:30ish on weekdays and most of the day on weekends. (Pacific Standard Time). I think you're exactly right about more leaders being needed. There are often people asking, "Any iTrials forming?" but those questions (mine included) go unresponded to often. Eventually someone will jump on and broadcast that they are putting one together and they fill pretty quickly. Being rather new at this still (5 year VIP, but just returning from a 3 year absence remember) so I don't feel comfortable yet forming one myself. Each time I join one I carefully watch what the leader does, how he/she communicates, with the ultimate goal being able to lead them myself. At this point I don't even know who the contacts are to start them. I'll get there...in time. I've always got DA, right?

I'm about to unlock my Lore slot and thus we arrive at the question I've come to. Most of my info I've gotten through the aforementioned ways, but for this Lore/Pet slot I haven't been able to get as much info as I want in order to make the best decision for my character. I see that the list for Lore pets is long, so is there somewhere that breaks down each pet and what it does? I've looked at Paragonwiki (here: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Lore_Slot ), but that info wasn't terribly helpful in breaking down each of the pets and their abilities. Do any of you know where I can find some good info on these?

Thanks again everyone...

*Edit* Whoops, missed a part. ClawsAndEffect...I was heavily leaning towards Agility early on when I initially started looking at the Alpha slot. I decided against it because with my character's 2 end return PBAOE's (used in every battle), his endurance rarely falls below even 80ish%. The +recharge was nice, but I wanted to get that recharge along with the heal so that when I fire off Siphon Life, it will heal me that much more. Also, energize isn't slotted up much, so that extra % heal means more survivability for him. So, I feel like Agility would have been helpful for the recharge, but completely useless in terms of the end mod. Now if this was my Spines/Dark Scrapper, I can definitely see going the end mod route!! Appreciate your input.

Let me know about those Lore pets when any of you get a chance. Really curious about them and want to make sure the one I choose is the one I will be happy with.

Each lore pet on a different tier is a different pet even if it shows up on a lower tier.

Now if you go from Lore Slot to Lore Abilities (linked at the bottom), you will get a nice chart with checkmarks and such listing what you get and with what bonuses if any.

Click the title (Ally, Core Ally, etc) and it will take you to a more detailed listing such as this one for the Carnival Partial Core Improved Ally

Ah....thank you RAjani. 4 more % and it's unlocked!

I am also a returning player like Justice29 and I left right before "Going Rogue" was released for that "other hero" game.

I've been reading up the last few days on Paragon wiki and browsing the boards to find posts like this. I'm in a similar situation with a bunch of lvl 50's on Champion server that I have to respec.

Thanks for all the info and it's great to see the community is still supportive of new and old players!

Don't be afraid to start your own threads if you think it's warranted.

I play on Champion and if you need help or a question send me a tell @gameboy1234.

There's also 'Champions United' and 'BMT of Champion' global channels if you aren't already on those. Off the top of my head, @Force and @SCyberTaz can get you an invite. Sorry I don't recall all the channel operators, I know there's more of you guys out there.

Welcome back!