Dark Ether

That thread has nothing but a link to a post by another player with the start time. I have yet to see anything official outside the GMOTD, which says it's going.

Can't find their post in the digests regarding this. Do you know where it was? I'm wanting to find if it's noon for sure in which time zone.

I'm assuming you're talking about the three with Rom in that last mission. There are a couple ways to take them out.

First, you can ignore them, focus on Rom, and when he dies he will rez by "absorbing" one of the essences. So you can defeat him 4x and never have to hit the essence one time. (note that when you defeat Rom and he rezzes, you'll be stunned if you're in line of sight).

Second, you can ignore Rom and get a max range, and have everyone attack one of the essences. Don't use AoEs for this or you'll mess it up and have to run off and wait for them to reset. You can take out the essences one at a time in this fashion, then do Rom at the end with no essences to contend with.

Third, you can, with the right team, hold Rom in a FF bubble and have everyone focus on attacking one essence at a time, and take them out, then deal with Rom.


Edit: Forgot the other method. If you gather on the roof behind Rom and pull him up there, if you do it right, the essences will be stuck under the overhangs of the roof and can't get up there to be a trouble to you.

His arc starting without you having to ask about missions is annoying. Worse is Mercedes Sheldon in the Midnight Club, who's arc appeared without even ever talking to her, even to say "leave me alone".

Just did some brief testing on a character in PI. Entered a mission, and checked usage, did a /reloadgfx and re-checked. Not much change. After the mission, exited and did the same check/reloadgfx. What had increased from the mission had gone back down to a more normal usage. Entered the base and checked usage - up a bit - then ported to Talos. Usage back down after entering the new zone. Flew towards WW's and checked when you get the sudden lag zone near WW's = up a bit, /reloadgfx had no change. Entered WW's and clicked to open the interface window. Usage went up around 0.2 Gb or so. Closed window, checked and no change, and /reload had little if any effect. Zoned into base, usage went up about another 0.1 Gb, exited, and /reloadgfx had no effect. The increase usage from WWs and the other base load after that had not gone back down. Back to Talos, and the zone reset had no effect - usage still up.

For me it's happened several times, both on heroes and villains. I'll normally dump stuff at WW's before doing a TF or joining a team for some missions, so that may well be adding to it. I've DCed both while in a tf and while in a mission, in different zones. Some times when things are going full tilt combat in a mission, and a few times not - once while clicking a contact, once while just flying.

I haven't found a common link, other than the fact that I usually hit WW's and stores frequently to sell/stash stuff.

Yep, I got to see the last of the Hollows and the tie breaker sewer festivities. It looked like fun - nice event, Pyro.

That's why I said "You're nearly half way through your character, in terms of levels."

Not them, but I have already talked to my Talos/IP ones to intro me up to new contacts. And they haven't moved to inactive yet, either. I doubt the Kings Row level 5-10 contacts have much for my level 30-something that the more current ones in Talos/IP/Bricks/FF didn't already give me.

Many, if not most, of the characters I've played are painful below SO's level (and stamina). After that, you're getting your attack chain going, it's slotted well, your defenses are going, and so forth.

It's similar for Kheldians, although there are certain moments prior to that that kick in the awesome factor for me. The first is being able to use a travel power in the tutorial. Another one is unlocking the nova form. You finally have a mobile assault platform to use while other ATs are deciding on whether to get combat jumping, hover, or what. Then you get your dwarf form, and you can take some damage as well as dishing it out.

As is the case with other ATs, these won't really shine brightly until well slotted, but the foundation is there. I'm not saying they don't need some tweaking wither, because most everyone who plays Khelds will agree they do need some rework.

I'd strongly recommend sticking it out unitl you slot with SO's and play a few levels and see what you think at that point. Another thing that might help is to find some fellow Kheldian players out there and get on a team. We have an all-Khled SG on Infinity and play in all-Kheld teams on Thursday nights, and it's normally a real blast. You can see what a well slotted and experienced Kheld can be and what they can do. Then you might learn to love it.