Villain Strike-Forces
There are a few of the Hero TFs that are kinda...not so good
Form what I've heard, Villains have fewer SFs, but they also have fewer not so good ones
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This came up not all that long ago not sure if the thread still exists tho after the threads were cleaned out
Conclusion of that thread:
yes it would be nice
no it wont happen
some reasons:
They want to focus on Co-Op stuff
Not enough players doing Red Side
Red Side got less but much better TF's
For more see the thread.
Well it would help if the Silver Mantis strike force was made available without the need for one of the participants to have access to a SG mission computer, making it as readily available as other regular task forces (perhaps as a means of repurposing the mission computer it could allow access to any task force without needing to visit the contact, instead communicating with them through the computer).
Villains also have a gap in the 30-35 range, as well as not having anything available as early as the heroes 10-15 Positron task force, so if it is only co-op task forces from here on out, one each for those two ranges should probably be covered first.
@Hakeswell
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thats cos theres not as much to do as heroes besides dam paper mishs n contacts.
villains need! more sf's not co-ops (yes there nice and welcome) but villains do need them

Giving a tf to each patron would be the best way to go... it would balance some.
Only prob is that the patrons are standing in GV... and a low level tf given by a patron would be hard to reach.
But it is really needed.
One of the easiest ways to level on hero side is from lvl 10 go and do every tf after each other.. They are even numbered for easy use and check what you have done! Talk about being given on a platter. The villain tf's have contacts you need paragonwiki for just to find them!
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as well as not having anything available as early as the heroes 10-15 Positron task force
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Seriously, IMO early (below lvl 15) taskforces are pointless as the powers available to you are very limited, especially if you took a travel power at 14. I can safely say that I have only done Positron TF for a) the badge or b) A solo challenge. Wouldn't consider doing it for merits alone, as it's pretty painful... what with all the travelling, not too mention overpowered Vahzilok. A villain one to mirror this, would be pointless IMO.
I do agree that a villain SF is needed in the 30-35 lvl range though.
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as well as not having anything available as early as the heroes 10-15 Positron task force
[/ QUOTE ]And this would be a good thing????
Seriously, IMO early (below lvl 15) taskforces are pointless as the powers available to you are very limited, especially if you took a travel power at 14. I can safely say that I have only done Positron TF for a) the badge or b) A solo challenge. Wouldn't consider doing it for merits alone, as it's pretty painful... what with all the travelling, not too mention overpowered Vahzilok. A villain one to mirror this, would be pointless IMO.
I do agree that a villain SF is needed in the 30-35 lvl range though.
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My thought here, if it was to be a co-op task force, is that it would a) give villains access to task forces from the same level as heroes and b) give heroes access to a less painful task force at that same level - everyone wins! In times gone by it would also have given villains access to the lower level TF recipe rewards, but that isn't so much an issue with merits.
Of course as an alternative to co-op task forces, there could simply be 'mirrored' task forces, allowing the same assets and basic story elements to be used (cutting down on dev time) but each tailored to the appropriate faction.
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@Hakeswell
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Yes the few villain SF's are good but there are few of them.
No dont expect more to come, the spandex crowd would all burst out crying if the devs gave content to vill side only.
I wouldn't
It's impossible to please everybody, release co-op content, people will whine. Release hero only content, people will whine. release villain only content, people will whine.
You can't wn the battle against the whiners, they're on every side.
Well what with the changes to the way patron powers work the story lines that accompany them are pretty meaningless
so instead they could convert the 4 opening story arcs into SF (the ones where you perform a task for the patron) they could even have the SF for 1 to 8 players so that soloists or those that cant commit a chunk of time can still do the missions.
course that would only really create a lvl 40 - 50 SF unless they changed the lvl range which i suppose they could do but you wouldn't want to put it to low.
The blue side have twice as many TFs/SFs than the red side. You should add some more Strike Forces for the villains!
Maybe the contacts could be the four patrons since blue side TF contacts are mostly the heroes.
Anyway you should really add some more for the villains