interesting idea, honestly the "layout of the city" thing is pretty much a non-issue since *only* hazard zones can't be accessed via trains/ferries these days.
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The City Map is useless when the trains can take you from one end to the other with nothing in between. There's never been a 'which direction do I take to Steel Canyon' moment, so I wouldn't mind putting in some functionality.
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: Yeesssss!
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I would definately support this change!
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Neat idea. Perhaps then more people see how ridiculously perma-present some of the normal GMs are. 
(and while at it, said map could used a less totally washed out look with higher resolution too)
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It's rare for me to see an idea where I just smack myself on the forehead and say to myself "Why didn't I think of that?!?" but this is one of them. This. Is. Brilliant! I love it! That takes all the guesswork and channel-monitoring out of trying to find out events you want to take part in. I have a tab devoted specifically to event messages, and even so I still miss them a lot of the time. Having a "dot on the map," as it were, about an event happening in a specific zone is a marvellous idea.|
Originally Posted by MartyRallner
Open up the Map tab and take a look. There's something there that many probably have never noticed: Two tabs labelled "Zone" and "City". The Zone map is an essential part of gameplay everyone uses on a constant basis. The City map is not nearly as useful, especially since most people learn the layout of Paragon and the Isles fairly quickly.
Here's an idea on how to change that: tweak things so that the City map actively displays where zone events are taking place. It's really aggravating to miss a rikti/zombie/banner event going on in a nearby zone because you logged in a minute after it started and missed the Event Notice in the chat panel. And don't just limit it to the three happens-anywhere events, you could also have it indicate GMs and other events too. Turn something useless into something at least halfway-useful. |
I love this!
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This is a great Idea!!
I use the City Map occasionally blueside, as there's too many zones for me to keep straight, so I disagree with your initial statement that it's useless. I like the idea of putting zone events on there though.
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I also agree with the sentiment. If city maps looked more like the map on the police scanner, with APBs popping up in different zones for Troll raids, GM alerts, etc., it would be more informative, and just plain cool
You could also do the same for the CoV map, for flier patrols, Deathsurge, etc.
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Actually when the game first launched you had to "switch trains" at each stop based on your starting point and your destination. So if you were in Kings Row and wanted to get to Skyway and the train traveled clockwise you would be forced to exit and re-enter the train at Galaxy City, Steel Canyon and Atlas Park before arriving in Skyway. Very time consuming and silly. What they should have come up with was a superhero transit system made up of high tech shuttles that traveled through underground pneumatic tubes. Effectively the same as what we have now without feeling like you needed to carry a bus pass next to your hero ID. Mass transit isn't very heroic.|
Originally Posted by Sigium
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The City Map is useless when the trains can take you from one end to the other with nothing in between. There's never been a 'which direction do I take to Steel Canyon' moment, so I wouldn't mind putting in some functionality. |
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There. Now that said, if it's technically possible, sure. It'd be rather nice.
Open up the Map tab and take a look. There's something there that many probably have never noticed: Two tabs labelled "Zone" and "City". The Zone map is an essential part of gameplay everyone uses on a constant basis. The City map is not nearly as useful, especially since most people learn the layout of Paragon and the Isles fairly quickly.
Here's an idea on how to change that: tweak things so that the City map actively displays where zone events are taking place. It's really aggravating to miss a rikti/zombie/banner event going on in a nearby zone because you logged in a minute after it started and missed the Event Notice in the chat panel. And don't just limit it to the three happens-anywhere events, you could also have it indicate GMs and other events too. Turn something useless into something at least halfway-useful.
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