Ability to Change Detectives/Brokers, in response to Petitions

The GMs are currently unable to change Broker or Detective contacts in response to a petition. The reason for petition is a [Bug] or [Unfriendly Gameplay] that disables cooperative mission completes as each mayhem mission is considered to be a different mission from all other missions and unique to each Broker or Detective.

So, I'm playing in a duo with my wife and we find that completing my bank robbery doesn't complete hers. We assume its' a bug. Do another set of bank robberies. Find out that it isn't a bug. Its' intentional. We petition support to have our brokers set to the same one, so that we can cooperatively complete the missions and not have to run them twice in a row just to keep the characters in sync. And they reply back that they don't have the power to make this change.

Either give us the ability to pick our Broker/Detective, or give the GMs the ability to change the Broker/Detective in response to a petition.

There is no way this can be abused (that I can think of).

Or...just run the other mission anyway? Thats twice the exp?

I...really fail to see a problem here. Sorry *shrug*
Either that or, are you Level Pacted? If so, then it shouldnt matter anyway...

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

1) Cuz after 5 levels you'll have new brokers and the old ones won't talk to you anymore, and only the lvl 50 one will ultimately matter.

2) Cuz then peeps would ask for GMs to assign them Contacts they haven't unlocked by claiming they chose the wrong one from the list and they really wanted [insert name here]. *This would actually be the exploitable part of your suggestion and the main reason why it may never happen.*

3) Cuz this may actually be a major undertaking for the Devs to implement in terms of time and $.

4) Cuz it is not guaranteed that if you shared a broker that that broker would offer you both the same options for new contacts. Then see #2.

I could probably go on thinking of other reasons but I think that this could be exploitable would be reason enough for it not to happen.

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I don't know that having them able to change the broker/detective, in this case, is as desirable as just making sure that mayhems are - regardless of which you take - able to be completed cooperatively if you have the same one. Newspapers aren't story arcs, but a series of random missions (and IIRC count towards everyone's "mayhem bar" anyway.)

Of course, the other option would be to just start hers, hop out and go on about your business while letting it fail, since you'd both have the badge/power/etc. anyway, I'd assume, but unless you're running a newspaper right away (or a quick AE arc or something) you're "out of sync" again.

See my Guides and Tutorials

I'd be fine with selectable brokers, Oro Mayhems/Safeguards, or Simul-complete on mayhems/safeguards given by different brokers. Petitioning to change brokers or contacts? No.

-Rachel-

What Bill said. Just make Mayhems and Safeguards function for autocomplete regardless of your Broker/Detective. The same should apply to the heroside contacts which give the same mission. Autocomplete shouldn't care who gave out the mission, only what the mission is.

Unless you're doing the mayhem mish for a new contact...why not have one of you just say "no thanks" when you go to the broker? Then you won't have to do the mayhem twice.