I5 is Live

[Llava]

Huh? 

No seriously, I'm really confused now.

Just assume the dudes you see being robbed work for MAGI and were asked to transfer a relic.  Why they didn't get an armored car is one of those questions you just don't ask.  Then again, it is Pragon City- all the armored cars are probably busy shipping in new purses to Atlas Park.

[Alkiera]

Huh? 

No seriously, I'm really confused now.

Just assume the dudes you see being robbed work for MAGI and were asked to transfer a relic.  Why they didn't get an armored car is one of those questions you just don't ask.  Then again, it is Pragon City- all the armored cars are probably busy shipping in new purses to Atlas Park.

Yeah.  If you actually defeat the Tsoo in question, the guy will come and say something to the effect of "Thank you!  If the Tsoo had gotten hold of this artifact, there would be no limit to their power!"

Alkiera

[Shockeye]

So I get the game all updated and get into things.

Cars and NPCs in the game move a little, stutter, move a little more, stutter, etc.

Is this normal now?

[Llava]

Sounds like server trouble.  Experiencing a lot of lag?

[Signe]

I played earlier today and had no problems on Victory.  I do know that, after the update, Victory went down and stayed down longer than the other servers.  Hopefully it'll be resolved soon.  I have such little patience with these sorts of things these days.

[Llava]

Infinity died last night, but was back up in about 5-10 minutes, haven't had any problems since.

[ClydeJr]

So I respecced my 48 invul/mace tanker last night and see how bad the DOOOOOOM was.

It really wasn't.

I had to take some of the slots away from my attacks and slot them into new defenses. I picked up Tough to max out my S/L resists. In a team of 2 controllers, 1 defender, 1 blaster, and me (tank), we did quite well. I was the highest on the team so we mainly ran my missions. The Heroic difficulty setting was way too easy. I cranked it up to Invincible and we were fighting +3/+4 to me and we did great. A few deaths here and there but nothing too bad. No full wipes. I died twice only because those Malta sappers drained my endurance and all my defenses dropped. I think I'm actually doing better now against the Malta because my defense is higher, meaning less end drains. I did pick up the medicine pool and took Aid Others and Aid Self since I sometimes solo or duo with my wife (blaster) and I'll need a way to heal myself when we fight stuff with elemental and energy attacks.

The only other character that I've tried in I5 was my 25 MA/regen scrapper. Since he isn't high enough to get Instant Healing yet, the I5 changes didn't really affect him. I am trying to get one of my contacts to introduce me to the first Croatoa contact, but so far they're being antisocial jerks.

[Glazius]

I am trying to get one of my contacts to introduce me to the first Croatoa contact, but so far they're being antisocial jerks.

I'm not sure whether you can get an introduction or not. If you want to skip it just zone into Croatoa, head east to the Winthrop University campus, and talk to the guy under the tree in front of the sculpture. He's the mayor and he'll start you off.

Be careful of trees and PE majors.

--GF

[Shockeye]

I logged into Victory this morning and the stuttering is gone.

[Xanthippe]

What level is Croatoa?

[Signe]

25 to 35.  I fiddled there a bit with a level 30 scrapper on the test server.  If I remember correctly, go to the University and near a sculpture there is a contact that will start you on the missions.

[Llava]

Yeah.  Look for people with green names.  Gordon Bower is the first one you talk with.  He's easy to find, just look for the police drones within the city (there's also a store near him).

[Alkiera]

As a side note, I seem to get more exp per mob when set to Heroic, now, than I did when set to Unyielding, before.  I don't know if I kept all the data I used before when playing on test and Live where I did the comparison, but I seem to recall it was something like a 30% increase.

Alkiera