CROSS-POSTED FROM SUGGESTIONS FORUM -- I thought this would interest the Base Building mini-community (mini as in sub-set of the larger CoH community of course), so I'm cross-posting it here too. Sorry if I'm over-stepping posting etiquette.
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? (Id complained that you shouldnt get to place trophies you havent actually earned in play) well, Ive got souvenirs for all of those, Ive 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. Thatd be pretty wicked. I see it going something like this. Bear in mind, Ive given this *some* thought, but its not like Ive 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 youre the only one on the TF from your SG, its a friggin TF, and takes multiple people).
Trophy recipes require no salvage because, you did the friggin arc/TF, youve 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 Yins market super-saver card. Or perhaps one of Penelopes 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 tables 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.
Citadels 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?
CROSS-POSTED FROM SUGGESTIONS FORUM -- I thought this would interest the Base Building mini-community (mini as in sub-set of the larger CoH community of course), so I'm cross-posting it here too. Sorry if I'm over-stepping posting etiquette.
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? (Id complained that you shouldnt get to place trophies you havent actually earned in play) well, Ive got souvenirs for all of those, Ive 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. Thatd be pretty wicked. I see it going something like this. Bear in mind, Ive given this *some* thought, but its not like Ive 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 youre the only one on the TF from your SG, its a friggin TF, and takes multiple people).
Trophy recipes require no salvage because, you did the friggin arc/TF, youve 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 Yins market super-saver card. Or perhaps one of Penelopes 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 tables 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.
Citadels 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?