Dynamic Story Arc & TF SG Base Trophies

Dynamic Story Arc & TF SG Base Trophies

So I was talking with a friend of mine in-game about the decorative trophies you can place in SG bases, and he says ‘remember when you were complaining about those?’ (I’d complained that you shouldn’t get to place trophies you haven’t actually earned in play) ‘well, I’ve got souvenirs for all of those, I’ve earned every one of them now’.

Cool, I say. *Someone* should have to. Then an idea strikes me.

What if completing Story Arcs and Task Forces did actually give you some concrete trophy at the end. That’d be pretty wicked. I see it going something like this. Bear in mind, I’ve given this *some* thought, but it’s not like I’ve got a charted & diagramed business proposal or anything here.

At the end of a TF or story arc, you receive a special recipe. You can get these even if your recipes are full, because these are special recipes. These are trophy recipes. Story arc recipes would be bigger and grander than story arc trophies, because those *can* be done solo, while a good TF might involve a good number of your own SG members (and even if you’re the only one on the TF from your SG, it’s a friggin’ TF, and takes multiple people).

Trophy recipes require no salvage because, you did the friggin’ arc/TF, you’ve already put in the effort and the time.

Examples:

STORY ARC:

Short Arc:

“I Lost My Daddy!”
Souvenir: Yin's market super-saver card
Trophy Recipe Possibilities: Creates a small picture frame that can be placed on the wall that holds your Yin’s market super-saver card. Or perhaps one of Penelope’s little clockwork friends that can be placed on a table (inanimate).

Major Arc:

“The Vahzilok Plague” (I presume this is a major arc)
Souvenir: Hypodermic needle
Trophy Recipe Possibilities: The hypodermic needle, suspended atop a podium. Floor placed. Or perhaps the Tome of Telos open atop a podium bookstand.

TASK FORCE:

“The Rule of Three”
Souvenir: Dam piece
Trophy Recipe Possibilities: That freaking Dam piece! Should be a fair size, at least as big as a coffee table’s footprint.

“The Fall of the Clockwork King”
Souvenir: Clockwork part
Trophy Recipe Possibilities: Part heck, I say give us an inanimate Clockwork Duke statue.

“Clamor and Destruction”
Souvenir: Sonic bomb fragment
Trophy Recipe Possibilities: A defused Sonic bomb. However the actual glowie in the mission looks, the bomb should be large & impressive. Possibly with blinking lights for effect.

“Citadel’s Children”
Souvenir: (Paragonwiki says: Souvenirs are no longer awards for Trials and Task Forces, but this is the text from the souvenir for this task force that was previously awarded.
Computer chip
You recovered this computer chip from a defeated Council Mekman.”)
Trophy Recipe Possibilities: I say give us an inanimate Mekman statue.

You get the idea. Thoughts, feedback, additions, oversights, what have you?

I like it. Gives you more ways to customize your base with actual accomplishments.

/signed.

Hmm, I thought that an idea like this would get more comments than just one person, although I'm glad to see that the one comment was positive.

/signed!
Especially if this means the World Wide Red arcs trophy is the Kronos Class Titan, at least Hercules Titan.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.

/signed, especially if as an Author of an AE story-arc, I'd get to choose a souvenir icon and a souvenir trophy to accompany the souvenir text I already get to include in my story-arc.