Valentines 2010 - Villains


Arctic_Princess

 

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[u]”Valentine Massacre”[u]

WARNING! Some of these suggestions may not be suitable for minors and/or people with more than two brain cells to rub together…


[u]Villain Contact[u] (Port Oakes Hospital): Nurse Joy (possible copyright infringement, I know, but I could think of nothing else!)

Villains: “Hey there, good looking, watcha got…. Oh never mind. Listen, Arachnos have sniffed out the scent of an old treasure buried somewhere between the Rogue Isles and that hotbed of virtue, Paragon City. As usual, Longbow have been sighted close to where the secret bounty is and, well, those boys and girls can be mighty mean when it comes to going tete-a-tete with the Spiders. Why don’tcha head on over to the site and see what you can find? There’ll be more than just kisses from me if you succeed…”

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Mission One: Investigate the Site for Lost Treasure – Instanced Ship map – there are no enemies on deck: Longbow Eagles patrol the skies around the ship, which is covered in a thick fog.
Inside, the mobs are
[u]scaled Ghost Pirates.[u]

Objectives: Defeat Captain Cod
Find clues

Mission Complete: “Well, that was certainly a turn up for the books: Those flying angels sound nasty. It’s a shame the good captain and his crew weren’t put through the same torture again before they were set at peace but you can’t have your cake and eat it all the time. Unless you’re me of course! And no treasure at this site, huh? Perhaps the angles took it somewhere else? So, your next port of call will be Independence Port – rather you than me. Make sure you remind The Family that a certain somebody’s ‘executive stress relief’ bill needs paying. Ta ta!

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Clue 1: You found a pile of bones covered in tiny feathers. Either the sailors on this ship were attacked by a giant bird or they liked to perform tar-and-feathering en masse…

Clue 2: A hastily message scratched into the wall reads: “Port in City next. Taste flesh!!! Mmm!!!”

On defeating Captain Cod: “Thank you, stranger, for letting an old salt be at rest. Our death was a terrible one – flying angels with teeth and that awful buzzing noise! Hah! They said, as they chewed off my foot, that they’d be heading for Independence Port. That was two score and ten years ago, mark my words. A swarm of the little buggers flew through here the other day chattering about much the same thing. But it’s off to the shipyard in the sky for me. I can taste the rum now - and I ain’t even got no taste buds!”

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Mission Two: Prevent the ‘Angels’ from escaping with the treasure – Instanced Underground Base map (sans Longbow banners)

Objectives: Rescue Captive – Vernon Von Grun
Defeat Erosclepterus, his hive

Mission Complete: You have eradicated this small holding of Lovebugs but still no treasure! However, Vernon has been working on using Lovebug DNA and thinks you may yet put it to good use. Of course, a final testing phase is required…

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On rescuing Vernon: “Ah, just the person I wanted to see. Well, not the exact person but you’ll do at any rate. These Lovebugs are fascinating! – Such an interesting distortion of Nature with so much potential in the field of Mad Science!! I managed to acquire a sample of their DNA. It’s lucky I had my portable lab kit with me too. I just need some more field samples and my tests will be complete. That leader of theirs that you squished into a greeny-yellow blob is just a warrior in the big hive. The big prize is a power-mad insect by the name of Herbie. I just know Dr Aeon will take me on as his apprentice if I can pull off my experiment! For Mad Science!! And oh, yes, I might just let you reap the rewards of my success too!”

Erosclepterus uses the Lovebug Warrior Boss model, with associated powers.

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Mission Three: Defeat Herbie. Get the DNA samples –Instanced Outdoor map – (Shadowhunter again!)

Objectives: Defeat all enemies

Mission Complete: The stink of all those squashed bugs will never leave you but, hey, you can rest easy in the knowledge that you’ve just committed genocide on a race of bizarre bugs!

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Rewards etc are the same. I was going to consider suggesting a set of Valentine-specific IO sets but that would require more effort.

Needless to say that Vernon’s attempts to recreate the bugs as a weapon for Arachnos ended in lots of sticky, smelly piles of greeny-yellow goo on the floor.

Lastly I wanted to suggest a couple of either purchasable temp powers or rewards for both sides:

Vernon’s Love Cannon – Assault Rifle that fires a beam of energy that causes minor smashing damage paired with a high chance to confuse the opponent.

Bug Spray – could be available to both sides. Not sure how the animation would work – perhaps using the Hellion spray-paint emote and firing a cone attack that specifically hurts Lovebugs?

Love Potion #27469-A – available from the Hero contact. Works just like the Midnighter disguise temp power, granting 5 or 10 minutes total of ‘invisibility’ to the user against all foes. The potion uses pheromones that disguise you.