Please have the MA buildings removed
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Ad Astra,
Posted on: 2009-04-15 11:40 in Suggestions and Ideas
And your reasoning is?
I like them there.
ummm NO.
I like them there.
would also destroy the idea that you should be able to lvl from 1-50 via MA alone if you like.
What the hell is up with all these suggestions to destroy the MA just after it being released not even a solid week yet?
Are people high or something?
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No.
These buildings are WONDERFUL.
Keep the buildings.
And then add a terminal to the D! I wanna do cross-faction teaming at level one, darnit!
-Rachel-
There's just something so right about being in Atlas and seeing, in broadcast, "Level 50 [AT here] looking for team!" It balances out the PI broadcast.
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The only reasoning I can see for this is that Atlas and Mercy AE Buildings are too crowded. But... it's not like removing them will make the crowds suddenly disappear. They'll just move somewhere ELSE. Which really isn't fixing the problem at all.
Besides, having an AE in the starting zones makes it a lot easier for the people who want to level from 1-50 entirely on MA missions.
And I haven't noticed any zone-wide lag due to the crowds. Maybe when you're in the building itself, but... yeah. See above. 
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And I haven't noticed any zone-wide lag due to the crowds. Maybe when you're in the building itself, but... yeah. See above.
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I've seen some when heading to the building, worse than visiting the Talos Wentworth's right after a Hamidon raid.
How about, instead of removing the buildings, making them a different zone?
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would also destroy the idea that you should be able to lvl from 1-50 via MA alone if you like.
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Not really. My MA only SG plays from 1-50 in Steel Canyon. Picked the zone because it has the full assortment of facilities, Vault, University, Market, Tailor. Getting around is not difficult even at level 1.
Even so, I'm not in favor of removing buildings from zones unless they're markedly inappropriate (like Sharkhead). Mercy works because of the fortress and the high town, and Atlas works because it's the heart of the city.
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
Regarding lag, MA is still a very new, less than two weeks old, feature. It's too early to know if MA use in Atlas and Mercy will stay at the same levels, go down, or go up. Let's see what 'normal' looks like before yanking any buildings.
Look, there's no WW in IP. There doesn't need to be an AE in Atlas Park. Let the one in Galaxy City carry the full load.
Hey, what a great idea! A dead zone suddenly has a reason for being!
Sorry, the Devs' version of "Load Balancing" astonishes me sometimes. That's the reason for my drooling sarcasm.
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I avoid the AE lag the same way I avoid the WW lag.
Use the one in Kings Row.
QR
I'm reminded of a joke someone made a while ago; "Peregrine Island sucks and Atlas Park blows. That's why Talos is so windy."
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I'm reminded of a joke someone made a while ago; "Peregrine Island sucks and Atlas Park blows. That's why Talos is so windy."
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Edit: I once started a thread asking which zone sucked worse(because of the broadcast crap), and that was my favorite answer.
Add me to the "NO" crowd.
It's even more incentive to try to get a lowbie arc I like made.
Personally I like the new buildings...they lend to the feeling that the city is constantly growing and changing.
As for lowbie arcs, Bill, let me shamelessly plug my arc 55669, "Tales of the PPD: One Hell of a Deal", designed for levels 1-5. Doesn't get much lower than that. I have a few more specifically low-level arcs in the works, hero and villain, which I'll rotate out until I can free up the MA slots.
Arc 55669 - Tales of the PPD: One Hell of a Deal (video trailer)
Arc 64511 - The Wrecking Ball
Arc 1745 - The Trouble With Trimbles
Arc 302901 - HappyCorpse
I've been browsing the forums, and scanning the published arcs, to find arcs in the 1-15 range. I've found a few (58363; Nuclear 90, 68054; Out of the gutters, 4197; Identity Crisis) ranging from Heroic to Villainous to Neutral. And I've kept the numbers and names for personal re-play. These three are the best ones I've found, and am just going to plug them there. It is a PAIN to find low level arcs, because people who are posting their arcs, aren't putting the levels it's intended for (or can naturally be played in), which makes it hard to find enjoyable content (at least for me).
A lot of people gravitate towards the most powerful/challenging/sexy enemies, and MA naturally serves as a wellspring of L50 content, so overall arcs are going to be top-heavy, at least at first. I think it's important to tell worthwhile stories at all levels and not focus solely on the save-the-universe level stuff.
Arc 55669 - Tales of the PPD: One Hell of a Deal (video trailer)
Arc 64511 - The Wrecking Ball
Arc 1745 - The Trouble With Trimbles
Arc 302901 - HappyCorpse
If you don't like the AE in one zone, go somewhere else. Heroes have 2 noob zones, villains only have the one. But you can go to Galaxy City, Kings Row or Port Oakes just as easily.
FYI I have not even logged on a Hero since I14, but at the most Port Oakes I have seen 4 people in AE 
And of those 4 only 1 other person uses Studio B.
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Add a terminal to the D!
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Would like to see this happen.. as waiting 35 levels so you can team with the opposite faction, you know.. kinda sucks.
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Devs, please remove the MA buildings from Atlas park & Mercy Island.
That is all
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This explaination is revolutionary. It's ground-breaking. It's, it's.... why this suggestion is so ingenious there doesn't even to be an explaination!
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I avoid the AE lag the same way I avoid the WW lag.
Use the one in Kings Row.
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Shhhh!
I vote no on removing the buildings.
An interesting note, the OP gave no reason, NOHING, and it spawned this many responses :P
-C.A
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I vote no on removing the buildings.
An interesting note, the OP gave no reason, NOHING, and it spawned this many responses :P
-C.A
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People like to argue... even if it is about nothing.
Devs, please remove the MA buildings from Atlas park & Mercy Island.
That is all