Dr_Darkspeed

Is the new GM mentioned a Giant Tapeworm that lives in the Sewers?

That was the last question, i think

That was a weird answer, since there's the suggestions forum and people can just pm them ideas and questions anyhow.

So, i fully expect a Loyalist to end up a hero or to be able to have a villainous Resistance member.

Yes, same with Dual pistols and Demon Summoning.

*shrugs* because they wanted to freshen up the starting experience with all the new shineys to help attract new subscribers. (which they will be hoping to get with the new boxes on shelves) And wanted to flesh out and tell the stories of the praetorians. And because of the amount of alting done in this game, the content most people have repeated is the first 20 levels or so, so adding new zones to those gives new levelling options, which prevents altitis burnout. (and therefore better subscriber retention). Probably some of those reasons.

But, like i said, I'm expecting something different from GR than it seems you are. Hopefully we'll get a bunch of new concrete info soon (theres that PAX thing soon right? end of next week or somesuch). And then GR beta will be upon us too.

Is it? Again, I never had the impression that the side switching stuff for Heroes and Villains happened entirely (or indeed, at all) in Praetoria. Maybe I missed where they said that, or something.

Um... thats not really the impression I got from the info I have heard/seen. A hero going rogue has nothing to do with joining any oragnisation, its more about moral choices. There will be a bunch of new missions that can change your alignment, based on morality. If a hero does enough vigilante/baddy missions then they get the chance to become a vigilante, then if they do more they can declare themselves a villain. (same with villains). Paretoria is a new starting area for 1-20 that has its own seperate storyline that ends with ther pratorian people picking an alignment and coming to our earth.

from the website:
So, all this Loyalist/Resistance stuff has little to do with Hero or Villain. You can have heroic Loyalists who are just trying to save people and Villainous Resistance folks who just want to watch the world burn. And Heroes who don't care one jot about Paretoria, but who might just be tempted by a bribe... or maybe they get tired of seeing the same badguys let out of jail time after time and decide to try out a more permanent solution.

Thats certainly what i am hoping for anyway, from everything I heard/read about the system. It will remain to be seen exactly how well written the moral mission are. (I have high hopes for them though)

At Hero-con, they said they were going to do this.


Also, Praetoria has got CHUDs!

Generally, PLing (the kind that some people dislike) is the kind that expressly targets getting maximum xp without all the characters getting that xp participating. Padding, bridging, just having characters wait by the door, targetting enemies who give the most xp with little risk etc...

I'd call just playing through a bunch of short missions/TFs with friends/PuGs is just called levelling (or possibly, playing the game). Whilst I do like to read the story most of the time, sometimes you just want to enjoy the actual gameplay of being a team (or being solo) and fighting some stuff. And theres nothing run with that, its a fun game.

But that doesn't include the pre-purchase access to the powersets. So how much is it if you want that, plus everything included in the 'Complete' collection (including the months gametime)?