I finished off the new levels in the first N+ pack tonight. Again, most were fairly easy, but a few did give me a bit of trouble. Especially “Dances With Rockets” — I am apparently not good at being chased by large missiles. Hopefully it won’t be long before the other packs arrive.

I also spent a bit more time in Hellgate: London again, though this time I was looking for something specific. My drone has been using the same weapon for ages now, and the amount of damage it does isn’t really all that great. The drone’s job is mainly to tank though, and I deal all the real damage, so I thought it would be better for it to have a ‘utility’ weapon instead. I’m already hitting enemies with the Ignite effect with my weapon, but it would be useful to have the Phased effect as well, so I’ve been looking for a good weapon to do phased damage, with a strong phase attack rating.

After a bit of searching, I tried a couple, and I think for now I’m going to try using a ‘phase cannon’ grenade-launcher style weapon on my drone. The range is a bit short, but it has a very high phase attack strength and splash damage. The main problem now is fitting it into the rest of the drone’s equipment; after adding a couple skill points and some free stat points to the drone, I was able to squeeze it into its existing equipment, but the stat feed requirements are supposed to be overhauled in the (hopefully) upcoming 2.0 patch, so I may have to rearrange the equipment yet again. Fortunately, the patch will add a stat retrainer that will reset the drone’s stats too, so I can respend its stat points and avoid wasting any on unnecessary stats.

If 2.0 ever arrives…