Issue 22 News from the ongoing panel

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Solo Incarnate path and revamped Dark Astoria.  Looks like DA is the incarnate zone, and they said you can run mission arc to get your salvage, Ixp and everything else needed while fighting incarnate level villains.  There will be more info on this later tonight.

Titan Weapons Dec 6
Staff Melee officially announced.  Turns out the leaked video is actually the official announcement video.  Wonder how anyone got their hands on that thing so early?
Darkness Control announced.  Will be free to VIPs.
More Proliferation.  I would be shocked not to see Dark Assault to go with DC.
T9 VIP Fire and Ice powersets.

This is still ongoing, so I'll update it later.

UPDATE 1
The New Dark Astoria will be co-op and will feature revamped Tso and Banished Pantheon.  The zone will now be the lair of an evil dark god who heroes are trying to banish and villains are trying to gain power from.

UPDATE 2
You will be able to get nearly everything from DA arcs that you can now through trials--threads, Isalvage, and both types of merits.  Even street sweeping will yield threads and Isalvage.  No mention of Ixp though, you may have to convert threads to make it, which isn't bad if the drop rate is high enough.  Very bad otherwise.
Also every update will now include 1 new powerset, which VIPs will be getting for free.
Stalker's tweaked further.  I'll just quote one of the devs here.

We're testing three improvements to stalkers in i22:
-Assassin's Strike: using Assassin's Strike outside of hide will be an uninterruptible attack with no windup time, dealing Superior damage. This will allow Stalkers to do very competitive dps.
-All Stalker attacks that are not Assassin's Strike will build stacks of a buff called Assassin's Focus. Assassin's Focus increases your chance to critically strike with the out-of-hide Assassin's Strike.
-Stalker Buffed Max HP will be increased by about 400. This should allow them to fully benefit from powers like dull pain, hoarfrost, etc.
-These changes to Stalkers should make them very competitive top-end damage dealers, and help them with their early attack chain since they can use Assassin's Strike mid-combat.

UPDATE 3
Apparently, the new DA will make heavy use of moral choices in the arcs.  Heroes and Villains will start off with the same arc, but they will take different directions as the arc progresses and will apparently end up with radically different missions towards the end.
Also Incarnate Shifts will work in all missions and outdoors, so you can be a +3 anytime in Dark Astoria.
Both the Tso and BP will get brand new tougher members.  Some of the old ones will be bumped down a level, so bosses will become Leutenants and so forth.  This will only apply to DA.