What to do first in Control Resonant and where to go after the Artist boss fight will depend on your earliest priorities, but while there's multiple options (bosses to fight, Faults to uncover, side quests to pursue), there's a clear pattern of ascending difficulty and a best order in which to do these things. I'll explain where to go first and what to do in Control Resonant, explaining why and what you should do when you get there.
What to do first in Control Resonant
After speaking to Zoe in the Watchtower and passing through the underground tunnel into Central, here's the best order to take the quests and side quests that Control Resonant gives you.
- Welcome to Manhattan. After leaving the tunnel, you'll be given an indicator to obtain one of the Control Resonant Clearance Keycards. Grab that before doing anything else, as it'll introduce you to the main FBC Field Office, a useful hub zone. You should also trigger the Fast Travel Door that's here.
- Central World Feats. At this point I recommend you explore Central and do some of the appearing World Feats that appear, as you'll want to level up a little before moving on.
- Jesse Sighting: West Incursion Zone. Head to the West Incursion Zone and West from the House of Mirrors hub area to find a Fault in the Parking Garage. This'll give you the power to use Gravity Anomalies, one of the most useful Abilities and powers in Control Resonant.
- West Incursion Zone Resonant. Afterwards, progress to the North section of the West Incursion Zone to the Theater Hall to battle the Dancer, another Resonant.
- Jesse Sighting: Evacuation Zone. Afterwards, head to the Evacuation Zone and head North to the Dense Patterning to experience another Fault, that will give you the Reach power.
- Main Story: Evacuation Procedures. Still in the same area, head to the Evac Building to meet with Arish and continue the main plot.
- Central Resonant. Back in the Central Zone, head to the Patterned Factory in Control Resonant to fight the boss within, the Deserter, and gain your choice of fire powers.
- The Park Resonant. Finally, head to The Park in the Northeast of Central to encounter an area overrun by Mold. A quest triggers in the centre marked "new Mold Strains?" that leads you eventually to an encounter with a boss called The Collective.
You should absolutely feel free to do other quests and side activities along the way, as otherwise you risk becoming underpowered, but the advantage of the general order presented above is that it's escalating difficulty, with some advantages gained by doing it in this order. For example, the Factory Central Resonant gives Dylan pyrokinetic abilities, which are extra effective against the Mold enemies which appear at The Park.
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