New Vet badge to unlock Accolade
By
Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2009-11-21 18:34 in Suggestions and Ideas
I'm always up for hunting down a new accolade, but having to wait for a vet badge? I can see some being pretty impatient lol.
Well, if there's another way to make only lvl 50's unlock the power, that'd be fine, too.
The idea here is to create a little something to advance the concept of player characters being as relevant in Paragon City as the signature characters - that they're well-known and respected/feared. And we have these little things called "inspirations," so I put two and two together. 
I figure it's something that's only appropriate for 50's - but, even then, not ALL 50's, so tying it in with a vet badge seemed appropriate, also. Accolades are the only way I know of to make that happen.
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What about (Hero of the City + Master of Statesman's Task Force + Master of the 5th Column Task Force + Master of the Imperious Task Force) for Heroes, and (Made + Master of Lord Recluse's Strike Force + Master of the 5th Column Strike Force + Master of the Imperious Task Force) for Villains? That's level 50 and the three "Master of ... Task/Strike Force" badges currently available.
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I like that. I don't think accolades (especially ones with powers) should be tied to veteran rewards but I like the idea of an accolade for acquiring some of the more challenging badges.|
Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
What about (Hero of the City + Master of Statesman's Task Force + Master of the 5th Column Task Force + Master of the Imperious Task Force) for Heroes, and (Made + Master of Lord Recluse's Strike Force + Master of the 5th Column Strike Force + Master of the Imperious Task Force) for Villains? That's level 50 and the three "Master of ... Task/Strike Force" badges currently available.
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I can see your intent of an accolade power that represents the character being particularly inspirational/intimidating but I don't like the idea of it generating inspirations. Instead how about making it a PBAoE buff that applies a damage buff equivalent in power/duration to a red inspiration?
If you want to mix it up a bit you have the applied inspiration be based on the AT of the character but realistically Red and Purple inspirations are the most consistently useful. Greens and Blues wouldn't be particularly appropriate for the power since their instantly used. Oranges are ok, but just to weak compared to Purples (this is more of a problem with inspirtations than anything else). Break Frees and Wakies are of course very situational and rarely useful as a team buff.
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This for gaining the Accolade.|
Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
What about (Hero of the City + Master of Statesman's Task Force + Master of the 5th Column Task Force + Master of the Imperious Task Force) for Heroes, and (Made + Master of Lord Recluse's Strike Force + Master of the 5th Column Strike Force + Master of the Imperious Task Force) for Villains? That's level 50 and the three "Master of ... Task/Strike Force" badges currently available.
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As for the OP, I like the idea. I say maybe lengthen the recharge a bit to maybe 15 minutes? 10 minutes seems still a bit overpowered to me.
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Heh - I first suggested this to my SG, to get their feedback, with a 30 minute recharge. The consensus there was, "Inspirations drop like candy in this game anyway, so that'd be pretty pointless. It should be like 10 minutes to be useful at all."|
Originally Posted by ReclusesPhantom
This for gaining the Accolade.
As for the OP, I like the idea. I say maybe lengthen the recharge a bit to maybe 15 minutes? 10 minutes seems still a bit overpowered to me. |
So, I'm sure opinions will vary on exactly how long the recharge should be, and all kinds of other particulars (some will probably say you ought to be able to drop tier 3's, for example) - none of that really matters to me, tell ya the truth. I'm sure the devs could work out what the proper power level should be - and, for that matter, what the best means to unlock the Accolade would be (I'm not married to the idea of it being a Vet reward - just seemed like a good combo, with Hero of the City, for the concept of an Inspiring hero).
Just for the record - this isn't even something (in the form I suggested) that my main hero would be able to use. Silver Streak is parked at 49 - I've never trained him to 50, for RP reasons (Statesman doesn't like him, and refuses to issue the Hero of the City badge to him
). So, I'm not just trying to get something I can exploit, or anything like that - I just think it would be appropriate and make CoH characters able to resemble comic-book characters just a little bit more. In other words, it seems something that would be appropriate for characters like Superman, Batman, Captain America, Dr. Doom, etc (veteran/legendary characters in their own universes).
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Hmmm - does anyone know if there's a way to change the title of a thread?
I figured, since, so far all the feedback has been, the "Inspiring Presence" Accolade power sounds cool, but people didn't like the idea of it being tied to a Vet reward, that I'd change to thread title to just: "Inspiring Presence" Accolade power. After all, that's the REAL suggestion - exactly what a player has to do to unlock it, I'm sure the devs can come up with a cool, flavorful idea for that, if not a vet reward + Hero of the City.
Anyway, I've only been able to change post titles, not thread titles. Is there a way?
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A New Veteran badge (call it "Tenacious," maybe?). By itself, it does nothing, but is one prerequisite (the other being Hero of the City/Made badge) to grant an accolade badge called, Inspirational.
I think this would be evocative of the comic-book setting of CoH, and could be enjoyed by role-players and power-gamers alike.
The Inspirational badge grants the power, Inspiring Presence, which allows a character to drop tier 2 inspirations on friendly targets. My suggestion would be that this is a single target click power, with a long enough recharge that it wouldn't be deemed overpowered - 10 minutes, perhaps. Another way to limit the effectiveness of the power would be to make the drop random.
The flavor text of the accolade/power could be something like, "Your deeds (exploits) are so legendary in Paragon City (The Rogue Isles), that your very presence inspires newer heroes (villains) to perform great feats of their own."
Some may balk at the idea of a vet badge that only grants something to lvl 50 characters, but at this point, it would have to be 69 months or longer - accounts that old should have at least one lvl 50.
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