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  1. Strawberrycocoa
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Eva Destruction View Post
    They reduce xp based on the amount of damage they do. A minion will be squished easily, which would be rather immersion-breaking if he's supposed to be the narrator. A Lieutenant with a defensive secondary will be more survivable, or better still, a boss with a control primary and a defensive secondary will survive pretty well but not kill-steal too much.
    So, a tag-along NPC can have any power selections I want without reducing XP directly, but the more damage they do to a mob the less XP that particular mob gives?
  2. Strawberrycocoa
    I am working on a story arc using custom mobs, but I have been away from COH for awhile and trying to get all the new custom group restrictions straight in my head. So, I just wanna run my own understanding by someone.

    I want to make a custom group-based story arc, but I do not want people to avoid it because it gives low or zero XP. So, to ensure my custom groups give regular XP (100%, full XP with no reductions) I believe I need the following things:

    1. At least 1 Minion, Lieutenant, and Boss in the custom group.

    2. All powersets at Hard or Extreme.

    Is there anything I am missing, especially regarding customized power selections? I have a custom group I made with customized power choices, and when playtesting they gave zero XP. Trying to avoid that. Also, do escort/assisting NPCs negate XP gains entirely or just reduce it, and is there a way to have a non-person status NPC tag along without affecting the XP? (I want to use an NPC character who acts as the story's narrator but I think the idea of having him tag along without doing any fighting would look strange. I am planning to give him a Minion status with just a single low-level power choice from each set).

    Thanks for reading the text wall.
  3. Strawberrycocoa
    [ QUOTE ]
    I can’t tell you how excited I am for our game’s future, and although we have some major announcements yet to be made, one of the things I can talk about is a feature that we are planning. Similar in concept to our character creator, it allows you, the players, to create missions and story arcs for your characters and others to participate in. You’ll be able to pick the map, villain group, and objectives, as well as write the dialog and any clues needed for the missions. When you are satisfied with it, you can upload it and have other players across all servers play it and rate it. Fame will come to the players whose stories rate the best overall.

    [/ QUOTE ]

    I would do nothing but this all day. ALL. DAY.
  4. Strawberrycocoa
    Man, I just got into beta, and my Dominator is only L3.

    Still, I will lend a hand, er, brain! Psionics AWAY!