Ways to Perk Up Pocket D
By
Golden Girl,
Posted on: 2009-08-03 15:31 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
My usual resonse to seeing a SteelClaw post is "Oh no..." followed immediately by a clicking sound as I just ...have...to...open...it...
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Yeah... end user surveys I've taken in the past seem to indicate I appeal to masochists... go figure.
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Originally Posted by jwbullfrog
My usual resonse to seeing a SteelClaw post is "Oh no..." followed immediately by a clicking sound as I just ...have...to...open...it...
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My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
Ya know on Virtue we're trying to tone the D down some, not perk it up. Between the DJs, costume contests,dark-corner-drama, SG parties, and random invasions (you still don't fit in the bathroom Kronos Titan), you just never really have a dull moment.
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What are the thoughts on the viability of cross-server PVP and social zones in this game? Could it ever happen?
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I'd certainly like to see the AE building from the RWZ moved to pocket D instead - it makes way more sense to locate it in an entertainment area rather than a war zone 
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So DJ Zero approached me the other day with a complaint that his club just wasnt seeing the player numbers that he wanted. He asked what he could do to make Pocket D more exciting and a greater draw for the off-duty hero or villain.
I came up with a list of possibilities feel free to add your own.
Teleporter Malfunction: That teleportation suppression system he has on the club? Let it malfunction every so often. Randomly sending people to a whole host of different places; the Shadow Shard, Psychic Clockwork world, the DMV, a world made of nothing but candy maybe even Hell itself oh wait.. I already SAID the DMV.
Privacy Rooms: Hey, this is supposed to be a singles club, right? How are heroes and villains who hook up supposed to have some intimacy time together? They cant very well say lets go to my place oops.. thats right youre not ALLOWED in my place.. I suppose they could go to a PvP zone because nothing sets the mood like knowing your nookie time may be interrupted by an enemy bent on blasting you to bits.
Gratis Gravity: The whole building floats in a void so we know theres artificial gravity. Every so often shut it off. And let the rules of momentum rule! If you REALLY want to have some fun set all the walls with Repel so everyone in the club is ricocheting around like pinballs.
Punishment Night!: Every other week or so invite in one of the most annoying characters in the game (Fusionette, Nemesis, Crimson, etc) and put them in a dunk tank. 10 influence a ball for water, 100 influence a ball for boiling water, 1,000,000 influence a ball for acid. The proceeds could even go to charity! Its a win-win situation all around!
Nude Hamidon Wrestling!: Sort of like Jell-O Wrestling but inside Hamidon because Hami is sort of like Jell-O kinda aside from the digesting thing and the sentience umm never mind.
Dancing Contest!: We have costume contests, so why not dance contests? One person plays leader and stands on the stage in front of every one else. They select a dance emote and everyone has to match that emote within 5 seconds or be eliminated. This continues until the last person remains. They are awarded the White Leisure Suit and Heavy Gold Chains costume sets.
Life-Like Bar Effects: Let us drink at the bars! Give us a drink emote where we take a slug off some liquid or another. Drinking however puts you under a cumulative debuff that penalizes accuracy and also slows you down. In addition it causes your character to stumble around like they were under the stun effect. Ready to go out and fight some more and dont want the debuff on you? No problem! Just do the Vomit emote and youll be as right as rain.
Monkey Madness!: The monkeys got loose from the fighting cage! The only problem? Theyre EBs and AVs whose primary attack is Fling Poo. Oh, and anyone caught NOT helping catch them has to help clean up the club after the battle.
Karaoke Night: Rig up the system so those with microphones on their computers can sing and have everyone else hear them over the net The best part is you can always claim its your character who sounds like a wounded animal being put backwards through a meat grinder not you!
Restrooms: How about making the restroom doors actually open? I mean seriously Zero who wants to go to a drinking club where they know the restroom never works? Those people arent dancing from foot to foot because they like the music.
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw