Pyroguy

The biggest flaw i find in tf's is the defeat the boss missions, mostly because it becomes a everybody get in, wait at the door, tp'er goes to the end room, tp's everyone, kill, repeat. which is fine imo if you've done the tf several times and aren't trying to level anything, but really becomes boring and not terribly fun the third or fourth tf you do.

So what if we had "the base has been alerted to your presence missions?" instead. Example: team goes in mish door, somehow or another theyre told that the base/group they've gone in there to defeat has been alerted of their presence, and *most* of the mobs on that map, rush the door? not too many bosses and not too much of a difficult matter to deal with, mind you, we dont want a "garunteed team wipe mission." and cutscenes, showing the boss/av/eb/whatever shouting attack! or "Get those pathetic heroes!" or something like that would play in nicely

In fact, i might just start a new thread about this and other new types of missions..... but i think tf's would be a great way to start, test, and ultimately, include them in the regular game

Uh oh, its becoming a Plz Give us Statues! thread

as someone stated earlier, my original idea was just for something...."more" than we already have. Yeah it is cool that if you stand in the same spot for a few minutes, npc's will comment on your accomplishments, and they say "thanks" if you save them from an enemy mob, that is all well and good.

My point is that we are super heroes in game, which has its own sort of celebrity factor with it. People should be cheering us on when we happen to drop in next to them, or saying omg lets get the hell out of here when a particularly fearsome villain comes there way. Im not asking for anything complicated, just a bit more than we already have. Tie in an emote with the random comment of "I heard pyroguy beat up some freakshow dude"

Or you could do this: the code already lies in place for npc's to respond to certain characters they encounter, ie when Bob the npc runs across warrior slasher he cowers and eventually runs away. Well, reverse it. Bob the npc is walking along when all the sudden pyroguy drops his flight toggle and lands near him. Bob heard that pyroguy did this great deed (perhaps linked to his current badge title? excluding exploration and wentworths, etc) and runs up to him and says, cheering "way to go taking out praetorian earth, can i have your autograph?"

again im not saying we need groupies but a little more on the public recognition side would be a great QOL improvement in my opinion. We carry badge titles around like "saved the world" and "synapses cohort" around so why not have people on the street recognize it

Come to think of it, tying in npc comments to your badge title would be pretty cool...

ok, so statues are out (i didn't think anyone would go for that )

Im not suggesting a crowd of people surround you or we bog the servers down with a crapload of npc's swarming you at a moment of triumph, But something a little more than occasionally getting a comment about "I heard pyroguy defeated a bunch of malta!" would be nice, imho

For an example: i recently played spiderman:web of shadows, and enjoyed it. In this game when our red suited hero roams the streets, people who pass by him cheer him on. Switch to the black suit, the npc's are a little more apprehensive, backing away cautiously. Something like that would be wonderful

I'm not suggesting a /summon groupie flock veteran power, and i certainly didn't mean to suggest that we should have atlas sized statues of everyone who completes a tf But we get badge titles like "Saved the World" because we've done something truly difficult and something that should matter at least a little to the vast hordes of citizens aimlessly wandering the streets

OK i searched and searched, and didn't come up with anything, so here goes

So lately as im playing a 50 or, hell, any of my characters, i get the feeling that im not very "super"

To illustrate: Hypothetically you are one of those guys/ladies walking along *anystreet in paragon city. Also hypothetically this Shield/Elec Melee tanker walks up in front of you and Solo's an entire base of malta's who happening to be fighting the some Circle of Thorns, and, for the sake of being hypothetical, a few knives of artemis are there too. He is set to "Be perceived as Equal to 8 heroes" and uh....all his enhancement slots are empty...i dunno.

Anyways he pulls it off! saves 10 people from evils clutches and......exits the mission door and stands there

Now, i realize that the above example is ludicrous, but, when we finish a particularly difficult arc or take on some daunting task, or even finish a tf/sf, you'd think the local populace would be a little more appreciative. I mean, go thru galaxy city or atlas and there are plenty of statues of heroes that have accomplished monumental tasks...And they have statues built after them!

So my question/idea is, would it be possible to show a little outward recognition to us heroes or villains out there? can we get npc's cheering for us or cowering from us in the streets? Can we have people asking for our autographs? can we have...dare i say it...statues of our presently greatest heroes or some other form of public recognition?

This is a daunting task, and maybe its not even possible, and i admit, im not really sure the extent of what im suggesting here. but i for one would like to feel a little less average when im in paragon city fighting crime, and a little more like my character matters

Anyone else share my sentiments?