Weekend Recap

Ryu Tatsu
I put the demon wings on him. They look great, make him look much more impressive (to my mind), and definitely make people go "dragon!". I might eventually want a pair of the Invention: Dragon Wings, but I'm having a hard enough time affording IOs and SOs, let alone spending infamy on costume pieces.

Silver Mantis Strike Force was a pretty fun SF... right 'til the very end. That last mission was a miserable pain in the butt. I don't plan to ever run that one again on any character. There was no room to breathe, no place to pause, and too many powerful guns with insane range. Not to mention the sheer number of times I was getting "TARGET BLOCKED" from something or someone that was shooting me. Sky Raiders are annoying in general, but their base...

Ryu has hit 24 and is now packing Assault and Tactics. I noticed the damage increase immediately with Assault. I didn't notice the boost from Tactics. Maybe the others did. I hope they did. Accuracy boosts are almost always welcome, so we'll see if I wasted my time or not. Will Ryu get Vengeance? Well, if Bomber stays suicidal, it might be worth taking, even though I consider the power morbid. I've got other things that'll be cropping up, though. Like Ryu's pet demon... >:-)

Cpt. William Piett
Will hit 20 and got Stamina. Oh, it was such a relief. A noticeable difference even slotted with just 1 DO. The set-up was getting to the point where I had to pause or pop a blue in order to get the pets all set up between summons, shields, and upgrades. Just like with Ryu, now I can look forward to getting the powers I want to get instead of the ones I need to get.

Will's got some issues he's keeping hidden from Fyre at the moment. Most of those will come exploding out when the Rikti re-invade. He finally told her some of his background, but he glossed over a few things. I think the player got more out of what Will said than Fyre did, but once a few more things come out, it'll come closer to home on Fyre.

Future
As soon as I10 hits live, it's going to be chaotic. I know I want to start playing with the new content, especially with Vagz, but I also know everyone else will, too. There'll probably end up being 5-6 instances of the Rikti War Zone, each one laggier than the last. The contacts will be crowded, and Broadcast will be useless. The number of PL requests in the mid- to late-20s will probably explode.

But still, I'm looking forward to this issue. The stuff being added in sounds really enjoyable, and it'll make some of the plots more interesting as well as giving us something new to play with. I can't wait to see what'll happen.