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Remove 'required contact' missions

Archie Gremlin

By Archie Gremlin,
Posted on: 2009-01-19 16:30 in Suggestions and Ideas

 

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Just what it says in the title: Remove the 'required contact' missions.

That being:
lvl5: Hollows
lvl15: Faultline
lvl20: Striga
lvl25: Croatoa

It's rather annoying to having to go see them without a choice beyond radio missions.

And while we're at it, make the "talk to PvP zone representative" missions optional or remove them as well.

I've found it rather annoying when I started to lvl a newish alt and at lvl 15 I was sent to Faultline, come back to the contact, and be sent to the bottom of Skyway to talk to the PvP rep, and back to the contact with no contact progress.

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Hell yes.

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I approve of this suggestion. <(^_^)b

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/signed

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I approve of this suggestion. <(^_^)b

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I don't think the need to be removed completly, just have the contact offer that mission or an alternative.

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I think they should be replaced with the new-style "Contact X in zone Y would like to see you" popups, like those presented in respect of Montague Castanella.

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What Fluffy said.

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Both sets of developers seem reluctant to remove the requirement for these, and I've never quite seen why. It's not like they can't have heard the complaints before. At this point, I can only imagine it's apathy, along with 'it ain't broke, don't fix it.'

As fluffy says above me, there is a perfectly good alternative there now.

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Remove and replace with the new system.

Fully signed here.

 

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/Signed

I really don't like those missions, last thing I want to do is have to zone into 3 or 4 different zones just to get a few lines of dialogue from some obscure npc that really doesn't add a darn thing to the current story arc I'm on....oh wait this <generic item> I'm carrying needs to be seen by such 'n' such.....

When did my toon become a Fed Ex delivery boy?

I thought he was a super powered hero...

I would prefer it if your arc contact would just say something like "I don't belief it you got the <generic item> ! ....< generic npc > should see this as soon as possible....I will get this to her but something else has cropped up that could use your.....talents...* wink wink* "

 

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I think they should be replaced with the new-style "Contact X in zone Y would like to see you" popups, like those presented in respect of Montague Castanella.

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I think they should be replaced with the new-style "Contact X in zone Y would like to see you" popups, like those presented in respect of Montague Castanella.

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I think they should be replaced with the new-style "Contact X in zone Y would like to see you" popups, like those presented in respect of Montague Castanella.

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This ^

These days when rolling and playing new characters, I save the drop-mission ability for these go-visit 'missions'.

 

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Also bear in mind you can talk to these contacts any time after getting the requisite level - you don't need an introduction so if you pass them you can get it out of the way before being sent traipsing from one end of Paragon to the other.

Getting rid of the zonal hunt mishes where the lowest level the mobs spawn is +4/5 to the lowest level you can get the mish wouldn't go amiss either.

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Oh, so /signed.

The new pop-up system is perfect for correcting this issue.

Please devs! Please!

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Agreed the popup would be good.

As for the Hero Corp/PvP contacts why not juts have the contact say, hey I've got XXXX on the phone for you and then have the text pop up that the contact would have said, no XP no travel no hassle. Then back to the contact for a real mission.

 

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That sounds like a good compromise between not bugging old players and ensuring that new players see stuff that the devs think is important.

 

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Agreed

/signed

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I would like to add my voice to the remove the damn things crowd. They are top of my list of mission annoyances, but only just above go to the far end of IP tham come back. Next mission in the same door. Then back to the contact then back to IP then back to... AAAAARRGGGHHHHHHHHHH!

Or give the ability to slap the contacts very, very hard.

 

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Preferably with a dried cod.

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The hero's cape mission is like that. All the way to the end of IP. There's no exit or train or even a ferry at that end so you have to go all the way back again for the next bit. The villians cape mission has far less travelling. Also, on the villians side you can call your contact for the missions rather than having to go all the way to Atlas to click on the city rep twice (and again for the aura). Maybe we should have a collection for her, get her a mobile!

 

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I think they should be replaced with the new-style "Contact X in zone Y would like to see you" popups, like those presented in respect of Montague Castanella.

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I also like this idea but I don't think it will be a high priority as it only takes a minute or two to run to the new contact and back.

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