There was a nice little patch today for the Champions Online open beta — it fixed several of the bugged quests in the Canada zone. With this, a few more of my fears are assuaged.

Also, I’ve done a bit of running around some of the zones — Canada especially. These zones, after the beginner version, are for a wide range of levels… though the map doesn’t do a good job of breaking these ranges out and they’re quite close to one another — it was easy to run from level 8 mobs into level 26 ones. That’s not very nice. It does mean that we’ll be spending a lot of time in these three zones, however, so be prepared for it.

Apart from running around I gave Gadgeteering a whirl, enjoying it a lot. Currently (level 12) my character has the energy builder with an advantage that allows it to do a cone of damage, a chainsaw that does a ton of damage, field drones that heal me and others,  munitions bots that deal ranged cone damage, and a reactive heal — you apply the power and when you take damage you get healed. The pets for the gadgeteers are really nice — once summoned you can activate them again for different effects. The field drones have an overcharged ability that increases the healing they do and munitions bots can transform into stationary turrets that deliver vastly increased damage. The only problem I’m having with the build is the pet AI — it doesn’t always work that well, in fact the field drones don’t work most of the time. When they do work it’s pretty amazing. Lots of tanking and damage potential.

I’m going to try out a melee heavy build next, it seems melee attacks do a lot more damage than ranged. If the wrist chainsaw and bullet ballet powers are anything to go by.