American_Angel

There's a good point...they should warn us ahead of time on the hard drive space increases. I have three different Superhero MMOs installed right now (one in beta) and my space is running out. Too poor to buy a bigger hard drvie, so eventually I'll have to uninstall something!

I think they should just remove AE from the game. When it first came out I came up with a bunch of arcs...real epic type of stuff.

But with all the exploits I got tired of fixing the broken arcs when they nerfed the exploits. I NEVER design new stuff now. Waste of time.

While that certainly played a role, the real reason was pathing. Since introducing the new pathing system (which I love), Base Raids became impossible. Entire rooms can now be closed off...make it impossible for invading forces to win.

As mentioned above, they do not go everywhere. You clearly play on red side...where the number of zones are limited. On Blue side, Ouro Portals are widely used, but they do not go everywhere. For example, if you wanted to go to...um...Boomtown using the Boros portal, you would have to zone 3-4 times to get there...and would have a bit of running to do as well.

A base will take you there instantly.

I addition, Ouroboros is only accessable from level 25 on...which means bases are even more useful for toons below that level.

Boros also has a vender, which is a plus. This is why bases should have venders added.

The same could be said of Steel Canyon, which has WW and a University near each other.

However, you do not have the same resourses as in a base. As someone that uses the invention system constantly, and I am also able to make billions per week in WW, my storage in the market window is usually full. A base helps fix that.

Still, adding a Market Interface to bases would be a good addition.

I have long been suggesting a Danger Room interface for bases. It would be much like the MA/AE interface, but would have randomly generated missions...with group-type threats.

Much like the Radio or Paper system for heroes and villains, this system could say something like:

"A villain group called Devils Minions is rumored to be planning an invasion of a local radio station..."

The system could offer tickets that can be used for buffs through a buff vender in the base...or some other reward.

I am a big time soloist in the game, but I can see your point about the lack of team-based development affecting the game.

I play on Freedom, and I have always been a good team player, although I prefer solo overall. Yet it is still hard to find groups at times even when the server is red.

Clearly, more team content is needed, and making it SG/VG/Base-related will give it staying power...unlike all of the stuff released in the last 2 years that become boring over short periods of time.

This is not entirely true. Certainly Defensive rooms work, but there are other rooms as well. The large workroom, control rooms, power rooms...etc. I think even a TP room (but not sure). All of these have limited defensive abilities, but they do hold slow fields to some extent.

** Ah, Forbin beat me to it! **

It's got nothing to do with justifying ones self. They are merely updating us to the progress. That's what family does...they share information.

I have a small update in my "Dear Devs" thread as well, regarding my experiences thus far.

And don't forget, they did not start this thread.

I thank this person for the honesty, of course.

It seems the Studio people have no control over what the Developers themselves do...which is odd. I bolded a couple key points in the response.

/signed

From what I understand, the 3 of you got together, talked a little, and decided to try this. It's a good idea...there was a group of designers years ago that tried it as well...back when Cryptic was here.

However, it will do zero good. I hope you prove me wrong though. I've been with the game since beta, and a base designer since they were launched. I've been on these boards, mostly in the base forum, since.

And in all that time, I could count the number of responses from the devs on two hands, and still have fingers left. The most I've seen is a new red name stating she would "like" to get attention for hte base builders, but nothing came of it.

I would suggest I be a part of the commitee, but I'm simply too peeved at the devs to maintain a quite profile.

On the other hand, I've been speaking with one recently on other matters and she seemed very nice. I even briefly mentioned bases getting attention, and the response was "nothing planned in the near future."

Frankly, I'm considering leaving the game soon because of the lack of attention to bases. It is frustrating when they don't even read the Base Forums any more.

That was 6 months ago. Where are these changes? Have the devs even said anything since? Nope.

That's not exactly what the announcement says. It says that players will be able to access the Preatoria portion of Going Rogue.

On a personal note:
I finally get to get my Storage SG back from my inactive account! WOOT!