New Co-op Newbie Zone: Northcliff Peninsula
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Alphane,
Posted on: 2008-07-17 17:58 in Suggestions and Ideas
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All that we are missing is a nice GM and some zone events.
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I was going to do that, but then I remembered that none of the existing newbie zones have events/GMs so I didn't - I figure the Devs don't want new players getting mown down while they're still new at the game.
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That's not quite true - the Kraken is in Perez Park.
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All that we are missing is a nice GM and some zone events.
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I was going to do that, but then I remembered that none of the existing newbie zones have events/GMs so I didn't - I figure the Devs don't want new players getting mown down while they're still new at the game.
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That's not quite true - the Kraken is in Perez Park.
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Paladins in KR would be nearer to newbie zone level - the mobs in Perez will likely get the newbies before they stumble across the Kraken.
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There is The Kraken in Perez Park?
Oh, and I really like the idea
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I like the Shoot Out option. Sounds like a nice new event type.
(Please do make a Dark Astoria rewrite)
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I was going to do that, but then I remembered that none of the existing newbie zones have events/GMs so I didn't - I figure the Devs don't want new players getting mown down while they're still new at the game.
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That's not quite true - the Kraken is in Perez Park.
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True, it is a hazard zone though, so I discounted it as a newbie zone (by which I meant "starting" zone - nobody starts in Perez - I doubt many new players even go there). The Paladin thing in King's Row I totally forgot about, though - at least that has a nice build-up before the GM is unleashed. Really I'd rather see more inventive zone events than just a big sack of hit points standing around waiting to be defeated (like most GMs basically are, e.g. Kraken, Adamastor, Jurassik, Deathsurge, etc.). At least Paladin, the Grandville Flyer and even Ghost of Scrapyard differ from the norm with their spawning and/or patrol routes.
As for Dark Astoria, I'm thinking about it, but work is getting kinda heavy this week - also I'm somewhat lacking motivation because it would be using an existing zone rather than inventing from scratch (which is what I find fun). Tbh I can list in one paragraph everything I want to see in DA: 1) make it co-op (I'd like to see ALL hazard zones go co-op), 2) add 4+ contacts with a linked series of mission arcs (just like Faultline/Striga/Croatoa/RWZ have), 3) add a couple of TFs, maybe one at the zone level range and another at 35-50 like the ITF/LGTF (I like TFs that scale to L50 because I hate losing powers when I exemp down). Other than that I don't want the spawns or zone layout changed in DA because I love them as is.
I'm also put off doing a DA suggestion post by how fast things have fallen down this forum lately. So many ideas are getting re-posted that we've seen hundreds of times before (just because the poster couldn't be bothered to use "search") that I'm not even sure my zone suggestions got seen by many people, not considering all the effort/time I put into them. I am very grateful for the feedback I got from you guys, but I didn't do these posts for forum plaudits, I did them because they showcased a few ideas I'd really like to see in the game (notably: a co-op newbie zone, competitive PvE, international mission locations accessible from an airport, moving the city rebuilding storyline forwards, etc.) that I was hoping a Dev would get to see (or a Mod pass it on to them) and maybe take inspiration from it.
I'm pretty sure at several people have done 'notify moderator' on your posts just to flag them up. I guess the other thing you could do is take a printout to the next con and grab War Witch (gently).
I love this idea so much! I've always wanted a new zone to play in!
/signed! =D
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I'm pretty sure at several people have done 'notify moderator' on your posts just to flag them up. I guess the other thing you could do is take a printout to the next con and grab War Witch (gently).
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I thought "notify moderator" was just for reporting posts that break the forum rules? Not so sure I'd like to advocate anyone doing that. And it's somewhat unlikely I'll go to any CoH/V cons 
Fantastic original ideas. Great attention to detail.
Someone should be expecting a call from NCSoft Soon(tm)... 
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Fantastic original ideas. Great attention to detail.
Someone should be expecting a call from NCSoft Soon(tm)...
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Heh thanks - both for the praise and for bringing this post back to the top. Topics slip down this forum category so quickly and I'm not crass enough to outrageously bump my own ideas.
By the way, have you read my airport zone idea? <nudge nudge, hint hint>
Well if Valk's not going to go to any cons, someone who is needs to print this out and accost WW with it.
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Well if Valk's not going to go to any cons, someone who is needs to print this out and accost WW with it.
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I won't say it's impossible, but it is rather unlikely.
Though if someone wants to bring this and my airport idea (linked in the OP) to WW's attention then obviously I'm fine with that
Yes I was thinking it might suit a higher level as well but am dfinitely of the opinion that we need more from GMs than just - its a big monster - lets gather a lot of people together and beat it up.
Mind of Gaia lvl 50 Defiant's first Mind/Storm 'troller.
Deadly Doc 50 Dark/Dark Corr
and lots more on Pinnacle,Union and Defiant