Roderick

It doesn't make sense, because it doesn't work the way you are saying it does.

In your example, Person B can't choose to complete the final mission of the arc, because it won't even ask him. It will do so, and the whole team will get credit for the missions up to that last one. But since completion is based on choices that the Mission Owner has to make - choices that could alter how later story arcs play out - each player has to run their own mission to end the story arc.

There is no soloing needed. the team just needs to run the final mission (and ONLY the final mission) once for each player on the team.

And if the whole team is on the same side, you can just go start in in TF mode via Ouroboros or a base, and not have to worry about repeating the last mission, everything will reward to the whole team at the end, just like a normal TF.

Just to clarify this point, it's not enough to have access to the Rogue Isles; you must be an evil alignment - Villain or Rogue. Vigilantes cannot speak to Arbiter Rein to start the Patron Arc.

It takes 10 Alignment tips and one Morality tip to make ONE alignment shift. Furthermore, Alignment tips are capped at 5 per day. If you find a way to do more than 5 (typically by joining a team), you still will not get credit for more than 5 at a time. The Morality tip is not affected by the cooldown period. This means that it takes at least 2 days to shift one alignment.

Assuming that you start as a Hero, you need to do 10 tips (selecting the Vigilante option) and one Vigilante Morality mission (pay close attention to this! If you fill both the Hero and Vigilante bars, either type can drop! If you do the wrong one, it empties BOTH bars, and you have to start over the next day).

Once you become a Vigilante, you need to go to the Rogue Isles. You can cross over via the shared zones: Pocket D, Rikti War Zone, and The Midnighter's Club. You can also use the submarine located in Indeppendence Port and Sharkhead. You can't use Ouroboros (it's technically two different zones, and you only have access to one at a time), nor can you use PVP Zones (Vigilantes are still Heroes, and Rogues are Villains. Approaching the other side's base will get you attacked).

If you stay in Hero Zones, only Hero/Vigilante tips will drop. You'll be able to switch between those two alignments, but not progress towards Villain. Once you're in a Villain Zone, Villain tips will start dropping. Complete 10 of those, plus a Villain Morality mission to become a Villain.

Once you're a Villain or Rogue, and level 35 or higher, you can speak to Arbiter Daos. If he doesn't show up on your contact list, go to Grandville, and walk up to the tower that's behind the giant Recluse statue. Arbiter Rein is just outside the door to the tower. He'll give you a mission to learn about the Patrons, and then will let you choose one. This is a permanent choice! Once you pick a Patron, you can NOT get access to the other three by ANY means! Fortunately, all that your Patron determines is which badge you get, and what missions you run - completing the first arc from any one of them unlocks the powers from all four. Once they're unlocked, they stay unlocked forever.

After you've become a Villain, you do more tips, this time selecting Rogue, to switch to that alignment. You can do this before, after, or during your unlocking of the Patron; as long as you're an evil alignment, you can work on any Villain contact.

Once you've unlocked a Patron and switched to Rogue, head back to a Hero zone and start doing Hero tips to switch back to a Hero alignment. DO NOT do this until you've unlocked your patron powers! You don't need any in your build; you just need the badge that unlocks them. When you go back to Hero, you'll lose access to your Villain contacts. If you haven't finished the arc, you'll be locked out of it until you go all the way around again.

Now that you're a Hero again, if you plan on earning Hero Merits, you'll need to re-affirm your Hero alignment. You do this by simply doing 10 more Hero tips and a Hero Morality mission when you're already a Hero. If you don't collect Hero Merits, this step is optional.

Total time (minimum values):
Hero > Vigilante: 2 days
Vigilante > Villian: 2 days
Complete Patron arc: A few hours (5-10 missions)
Villain > Rogue: 2 days
Rogue > Hero: 2 days
Reaffirm Hero (optional): 2 days
Total: 8-10 days, assuming maximum progress is made each day.

One additional thing of note: If you are already collecting Hero Merits, spend them before you start your trip! If a Hero switches to Vigilante or a Villain switches to Rogue, then all of your Hero/Villain Merits will be DELETED. They WILL NOT come back when you return to your original alignment; they will be lost forever.

Hopefully that answered all your questions about side-switching and Patron Unlocks. If not, feel free to ask, and I'll try to help more.

I doubt it. When you talk to him in-game, he just gives you a list of the arcs you haven't done yet.

I suspect that he just holds a "1" or "0" for each, and when all 6 are set to "1" he gives you the merits the next time you talk to him. Then at the appropriate time next week, he resets them all to "0".

And yet, when you're done, you come home and sit in front of a computer to play with your digital dollies, just like the rest of us.

You can't use Street Justice, or Titan Weapons, or Staff Melee, or Darkness Control or ay other new set for any pre-existing character either. Buying a new powerset unlocks the powerset for creating new characters, not for modifying existing ones. This has always been the case.

I think you're confusing powersets (like Beast Mastery, and those I listed above) with inherent powers (like the Flying Disc, and Beast Run, and so on).

Unless you've got something on your character select screen that I don't, you've had to go into the character creator to check name availability ever since Freedom's release.

The change was not made (just did that mission on live this morning), but the note was still included in the Patch Notes. Dr. Aeon owes a quarter to the Fibber Jar!

Actually, it's 4 days to get the powers, and 4 days to go back to Hero alignment. And no, I don't agree; it's a price I happily pay on any Hero that wants Patron Powers.

I'll take that bet.

No. I switch sides and earn Alignment Merits whenever I want on my Premium account.

If you check the store, you'll notice that there's a System Purchase of the Alignment System - That would be useless for anyone other than Premiums, since VIPs get it for free.

Scooped by a Mids' dev by almost 5 hours... :P