Mr_Morbid

Inquisitor. Because my global is @Inquisitor and I can brag about having my own badge.

How is a task force that can be run at 35 high level content?

Recluse's orders in the strike force are specifically for you to kidnap, not kill, Ms. Liberty.

I like Faultline the most of the story zones. It has a cohesive storyline with an actual ending (the other zones either just sort of fizzle out at the end or the single player arcs end by sending you to a taskforce contact in order to continue the story) that makes you feel like you've really accomplished something. While the story is self contained, it also fits in with the larger conflict with Arachnos. It introduces you to characters you'll be seeing again at higher levels (Penelope Yin, Fusionette, and Faultline.)

First Ward is probably my second favorite but with a two and a half major problems with it. The design and art in the zone (freakin' sharks in the freakin' water.) The zone largely stands alone, but does fit in with the overall Praetorian story. The storyline is interesting with some unique villians groups. The unique villian groups are also the half problem I mentioned in that they are significantly more difficult opponents than what you'd be fighting elsewhere at that level. Some people (like me) like having more of a challenge without just adding more mobs, but I know that some people find some of the groups (especially the awakened to be too much of a challenge.) One of the major problems is there is a LOT of just reading blocks of text or watching two NPC's talking to each other. This isn't a problem for a single player on the first time through, but running in a group or taking another character through it's a major slow-down to the pacing. A subset of this problem is that you are offered a number of morality choices during missions, but they make absolutely no difference on the storyline. The other (and biggest) problem is the zone doesn't have an ending. After the last arc I was left thinking, "That's it? You don't have another contact for me?" It may be intended that the MoM trial is the real ending for the First Ward story, but that's a long way off from the character's point of view. As it is you enter FW and the place is a crap hole. When you leave, it's still a crap hole.

I'll spare you from detailed thoughts on the other zones, just a few notes on the problems with the other the other story zones:

Striga : The single player arcs tend to have a lot of filler and they end by sending you off to taskforces to learn the rest of the story.

Croatoa: Taken in isolation the zone is pretty interesting and well designed. The problem is that it MUST be taken in isolation as the events there are totally unrelated to anything taking part in the wider world. Also, most of the individual missions are pure filler.

The Hollows: It looks great, but you end up without really accomplishing much. Frostfire is a HUGE jump in difficulty from any fights a character is likely to have had up till that point and players going after him without knowing what to expect are going to feel like they've been hit by a freight train. And I still don't know just what the Igneous are or what they want.

Dominatrix should get in a fight with Silver Mantis. They'd both love it.

There are two main mistakes I just can't seem to get over:

1) Switching from Super Jump to Combat Jumping when I enter a mission, then wondering a few minutes in why my endurance is dropping so fast.

2) Hoarding inspirations. Earlier MMO's had driven into me the idea that consumables are expensive and/or fairly rare. i KNOW this isn't the case in CoH, but I just can't break the habit of holding on to them until I 'really need them.'

I'd like some better looking (and more variety of) faces, but the more detailed ones that came with the steampunk and gunfighter sets are just plain creepy.

I just want the arsonist to explode for decent AOE damage when he dies. Since he does it a lot.