Eva Destruction

It was a required escort set to Rogue alignment, with no guards. It immediately became hostile when "rescued."

Can you make an escort betray as soon as they're rescued? Or do you have to complete the escort objective first? Or perhaps you can chain another objective off the escort rescue, one that is easily completed such as the release of an unguarded captive, then have the escort's betrayal chain off that.

So what with getting free server transfers every month, I'm planning to reroll my MA/Regen Scrapper once i21 goes live. The question is, Shields or Super Reflexes?

Advantages of Shields: +damage, another AoE, taunt aura, +HP

Advantages of /SR: Far more flexible build that will be easier to make exemp-friendly, can hit the "new softcap" without really gimping myself if I feel like doing that.

I'm sticking with Martial Arts as my primary and price is not a concern. So....suggestions?

You forgot:

It shouldn't take longer to find a group for it than it would to outlevel it by streetsweeping.

Yeah, it needs some work....*cracks knuckles.* Ok, here goes:

This arc does look dated. It's very bare-bones, which we could get away with back then, but now, not so much for a lot of people. Uneven level ranges spread cooties and may contribute to global warming. I suggest replacing the high level Banished Pantheon with your garden variety low-level Banished Pantheon and making the whole arc 20-30. Story-wise it fits that range, and Tsoo at those levels aren't full of *$!?# Blue Inks, and are more fun to fight. I wouldn't use the "custom critters" tag for it either, since I counted a grand total of one custom critter. Using the "magic" tag might be a good idea though.

The story itself progresses fairly logically, although there are a few rather jarring jumps that could be smoothed over...more on that later. At some point it's also mentioned that the CoT bound the Sleeper....did they? I think that's wrong, might wanna double-check.

The contact needs a bio. He doesn't really have much in the way of personality either, he's just kinda the "do this" guy....if that's his sole purpose that's fine, but at least tell us who he is.

There's a bit of tone dissonance throughout as well, in that it's a fairly serious "stop the bad guys from doing bad stuff" story but you threw in a bunch of puns and "why don't bad guys ever conduct rituals on sunny beaches?" jokes seemingly for the heck of it. The two don't really mesh. I'd also watch the "you think"-type dialogues.

Now, mission by mission, what could be improved:
Mission 1: The Inventory blinky would work better chained off the empty crate, I think. Also, to make the mission more interesting, you could throw in a few patrols with dialogue, some captive workers, or some artifacts that were left unstolen, to further emphasize the Tsoo's interest in this particular artifact.

Mission 2: I walk in and get "investigate Circle presence" in my nav bar...one guy doesn't make for much of a Circle presence. Perhaps throw in a few CoT/Tsoo battles and have the contact mention that the CoT have been seen in the area, so your character knows to look for them. Appolonix could stand to be more arrogant. Xob Laim *says something that sounds like a chant* doesn't ring right. Some actual arcane-sounding fake words would work better.

Mission 3: "If you can get that artifact, even a piece away from either side...." sounds awkward and should be reworded. Again, the nav bar says "4 bodies" but how is the character to know they're looking for bodies? Also, when you have multiples of a blinky, the clue drops from the first one. The way the bodies clue is worded would work if it dropped from the last one, but not the first. I think you need to tweak the collections....perhaps make only one required body, put it in the back, and put a bunch of optional bodies up front, leaving them off the nav bar? The Artifact spawned up front for me, although with the clue suggesting I've already found the bodies it should be in the back, so I will find the bodies first. There's also a mention that the final piece was found before Xob Laim disappeared...huh? That needs to be cleared up a bit.

Mission 4: The first jarring jump in the story. Out of nowhere my contact gets a phone call from Tou Vue who is suddenly willing to work with outsiders to take care of an internal Tsoo problem. Maybe you could add Tou Vue as a captive in mission 3. That way the player is directly involved in brokering a truce instead of having it happen off-screen, and it would be a nice excuse to add some Tsoo patrols set to Rogue as well, to directly show a Tsoo vs Tsoo conflict. Xob is all sneaky sneak now...nice touch. Very Banished Pantheonesque. And....OMFG WE'RE ALL DOOOOOMED! The whole thing kinda goes from "Tsoo artifact-stealing plot" to 11 in about five seconds. If waking up the Sleeper was that easy, why haven't they done it yet? I think the immediate consequences if Xob succeeds might need to be dialed back a little bit, with waking up the sleeper as more of a long-term goal.

Mission 5: I'm told that Tou Vue was snatched, but he was right behind me a minute ago....It's jarring because the intent seems to be to go straight from mission 4 to mission 5. To that end, I'd suggest switching to one of the newer Banished Pantheon mausoleum maps. The Artifact still has its default description. I'd also suggest adding a few more objectives, maybe some ritual-conducting guys I need to defeat or something, just to make the mission a little more interesting and climactic.

Looking back over this post, it's very critical....on the plus side though, I do think you should revise your arc. I didn't actually rate it in game, since you seem to be planning to improve it.

I really wish they'd just tell us what level range the new zone covers already. I've had months to save up snarky responses for when they say it's going to be level 20-30, and I'd like to either get them out of the way, or be pleasantly surprised.

In the first Signature arc you will be helping the Vanguard in their ongoing mission to keep our dimension safe.

The hero arc will involve Fusionette, chloroform, duct tape and a bunker. Vanguard will do much better job of saving the world without that dead weight dragging them down, and it's the only way you can really save her and keep her safe.

The villain arc will involve Fusionette, chloroform, duct tape and a bunker full of Rikti Restructurists. Vanguard will do a much better job of saving the world for you without that dead weight dragging them down, and with Fus'net infecting the Rikti psychic network....they're done.

This is what I hope they do:

Stop adding badges past 84 months. Let those of us who haven't been playing since release start catching up.

Separate the Vet Badges from the Vet Rewards. That is, keep awarding the badges automatically for time subscribed, and make the rewards that go with them purchasable with Paragon Points or Paragon Tokens or Paragon Radial Freem-and-Bacon Pie or whatever new currency they come up with. The Vet badges, in my mind, are badges you earn for being a loyal and subscribed customer for X months, let's keep it that way. I want the /auctionhouse vet reward, but I don't want a badge that says I've been playing for 84 months when I haven't been. I don't agree with buying badges unless they are and always have been badges specifically granted for buying something. Sell VIP? Heck yeah. Sell the 84-month vet badge to 60-month vets? No.