It's been a few months since I played regularly, so obviously I've been away while some changes have been made to the game (the Raft being revamped, new Tips displayed every 0.1 nanoseconds, cosmic trial moved to hub interface, etc). I figured I would start leveling one of the few heroes I don't have at level cap and geared out, got Electra to 20 and rolled a legendary quest to clear the subway in story mode and kill Shocker.
Imagine my surprise when I use the hub interface to get there and clear out the subway, only to find a barred gate blocking my way. No door, no switch, no way to get to where Shocker is. I even tried coming in the back way, via Club Rose, but that portal wasn't there either. This isn't a bug report; I guessed correctly that I had to go through every bit of story up to that point in order to access Shocker.
Rather, this is a complaint that I had to do that in the first place, to go through story mode that I've already seen too many times to count just to complete a legendary quest. I'm sure someone thought putting restrictions in place in order to force a player through story mode was a good idea, at least as far as new players go. But for the love of Stan Lee why am I forced to go through story mode more than once?
I don't care that it's a new hero I'm leveling up, I'm still the same player and I've already experienced this part of the game. I shouldn't be forced to trudge through that content for the literally 50th time if I'm just wanting to complete a legendary quest. To those who can't wait to say it, obviously I can reroll such legendary quests, and believe me, I will from now on. The fact that this situation came up in the first place is just irritating though and makes me want to log off.
Add to that the game's ever-persistent "tips". I switch heroes, I get told to hit "R" to travel back to a hub. SWEET CHRISTMAS thank you for the reminder, I'd already forgotten from being told a minute ago when I previously switched heroes. WHY WHY WHY is there no option to turn these tips OFF? Same with the ones that constantly pop up in the Raft? Yeah, I get it, they're for new players--I'M NOT A NEW PLAYER, I KNOW WHAT ORBS DO, STOP MAKING ME CLICK AN ANNOYING WINDOW OFF MY SCREEN EVERY FIVE SECONDS. Same goes for dialogue boxes that I've seen a million times, yes Professor Xavier I know you're at the X-Mansion I'll get to you when I damn well feel like it. PLEASE give me an option to disable these annoyances. New players can still look at them all they want to, but don't force me to.
Sorry for the rant but I needed to get this off my chest. I know you guys are busy cranking out costumes for the in-game store because that's how you make your money, but I can't justify throwing money at you when there's still aspects of this game that should've been improved/changed a long time ago.