Buy the biggest plot size - if you haven't already - then try and work out how to fill it 
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Haha, well I've checked out loads of cool things people have done with their bases, so I'm going to take ideas from that, can't wait to build my steaming swimming pool 
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Buy the biggest plot size - if you haven't already - then try and work out how to fill it
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On a sidenote, the cost in Prestige for 12x16, 16x16, 16x20 and 20x20 is the same for Hidden or the equivalent Secure plot.
The main difference is that the Secure version allows for 2 Power and 2 Control entities.
Hence a Secure plot would allow to place i.e. 2 Ley Taps/Turbine Generators for a total of 10,000 Energy instead of 5,000 as for a Hidden plot, excluding any Aux items here since they don't add much.
You can always upgrade a Hidden plot with a Secure plot of the same size without rebuilding anything.
Done that, and I've added second energy and control pieces. Also I tried building a 2 story room, going okay so far but it's taken me about 5 hours 
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For 2 storey rooms, use the Floor Tile (Room Details) to put stuff on.
Floor Safe (4 units high, same as 1 floor level) or
Counters (3 units high)
work as for a base to raise the floor tile.
You can self-stack the safe or counters once you have placed it, just move it on itself.
If you need height levels other than multiples of 3 or 4, you can use Large Accent Lamp, than slowly drag the floor tile up along the lamp. (Camera pitched down about 45°)
The good thing about the floor tile is you can delete your base stack of counters or safes after putting it.
Most items in a stack can't be deleted once there's something on top of it. Floor tile is an exception here.
Yeah I used that method, but only made them 3 safes high! Doh xD. Also, I used over 700 counters making the floor as the floor tiles were awful. Still loads to go as Im making small rooms on the counters out of...counters! Bit dull cause they're all the same colour. Ah well, might roll a villain too 
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700 lol .. reminds me of this one:
Apartments
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700 lol .. reminds me of this one:
Apartments
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WOW, simply wow...
Thats good, mines awful :P. Tempted to delete it, but 5 hours..ugh
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700 lol .. reminds me of this one:
Apartments
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It's great, but two questions;
1 : What does the designer of that room do with the 10 minutes they have each day that AREN'T spent on designing a CoH base room ?
and 2 : Why on earth is there a photocopier by a pool? Health and safety anyone?!
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It's great, but two questions;
1 : What does the designer of that room do with the 10 minutes they have each day that AREN'T spent on designing a CoH base room ?
and 2 : Why on earth is there a photocopier by a pool? Health and safety anyone?!
Fahie
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Hmm ..
1: Playtesting a CoH base room of course!
2: Rare fetish for photocopiers.
The hero probably has to hug it before taking a swim.
Or maybe sit on it after swimming and doing a photocopy
Hmm or it's not a photocopier at all? You heard of the limitations of placeable items in the base editor.
It's probably a barbeque grill or solarium.
Whatever it's doing there, it looks off. A palm tree or yukka or 3000 year old bonsai would look better.
Oh ehm Bruce, hope you didn't scrap your 700 desks.
Would make me feel bad.
It's mostly the many small lamps that make the apartments room look great. Proper lighting can make huge difference.
Wow that base pic is amazing. I can see how you would do most of it, but may have to puzzle out a few sections. I am assuming the pic has been tweeked a little though, as there is reflection on the water, and as far as I know there is no way to recreate it in game. If there is though I'd love to know how as I have a swimming pool in our base.
You can put that shimmering on by floating a Slow Field defence Item.
Aah nice.
Err, why don't you just build a jungle . You can put trees inside each other so you can fill it up ^^.
Haha I like the idea, and I thought of something like that! Taken a base building break though
Hey guys,
I'll still be finish off my 3rd teleporter room, and 2nd energy room, and then my 2nd control room, but what should I build after? I'd like to make something decorative, I've already built a nice stage for contests, but what else can I build?
After coming back from a long break, I noticed that CoX decided to lower prices and I was refunded about 8million prestige. Anyways I've still got 7.5 Million Prestige in the kitty and I've already built a nice base
If you've got any ideas, please try and link them to pictures from other bases (things that have already been built would be a bonus!).
I once saw a picture of a bowling alley, which I tried to recreate, but I had trouble floating certain objects :/.
Anyways,
Thanks in advance!