SSA #2 Episode 2 SPOILERS

I love the first mission because it's a clever inversion on the standard CoH mission because you play the role of the mission Boss.

Think about it: The NPCs on the map are allied with you against a singular intruder.

You arrive after Professor Echo has taken out some Longbow and triggered an alarm.
This is his mission and you are the ambush.

And after he's unable to defeat you after multiple attempts, he returns with Summon Shivan.

Brilliant!



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Agreed...that was a nice twist.

I also enjoyed the mission with the Warriors: rather than static spawns (besides the one story boss), the entire map was filled with patrol mobs. It was actually kind of crazy and frantic....and a real pain on my AoE-lovin' Archery Blaster. I'd try to engage a few Warriors in a RoA alpha as they moved around, and the next thing I knew I had guys wanding into the fight left and right, behind me, etc.... At +2/4, it felt kind of like a horde-mode version of CoH. Nice change of pace using the existing gameplay. Funny what a difference mob placement/behavior can make....