Tip missions on the other side

After becoming a Vigilante on one of my characters, I decided that I would hop over to the other side to see what was on offer. Whilst I was doing radio missions I acquired some Tips - I decided to see what the Tips would offer me.

One choice: Villainy.

After that I decided to just go back to Paragon City because I can at least act as a Vigilante in Paragon City - despite the Rogue Isles needing vigilante-types more. The jump between turning from a Vigilante into a Villain (and Rogue into Hero) is too severe in my opinion.

I know that right now Vigilante and Rogue are just stepping stones between Hero and Villain. That being said, Going Rogue is all about the directions in which one takes their superheroes/villains so suddenly not having that choice takes away from this somewhat. I am probably not the only person who would like to eventually see content on the Rogue Isles for Vigilantes and in Paragon City for Rogues through Tip missions that give you a choice between Vigilante/Villain or Hero/Rogue and alignment-specific contacts. The latter is probably a bit too much to ask for at this point in time but I am surprised that the former was not done from the beginning.

Perhaps Vigilante Tips in the Rogue Isles could have a darker side to them than the ones in Paragon City - instead of defeating villains who are in the process of committing villainous acts you instead turn to hunting down villains just because they exist. Likewise, Tips for Rogues in Paragon City could be less selfish - instead of stealing for your own personal gain you begin to give some of your acquisitions away or become a sort of spy who is not afraid to bend the laws slightly in order to steal incriminating evidence from a less than suspicious source.

I realise that there are a number of issues with this, but I think they could be overcome if separate lists for Vigilantes on the Isles and Rogues within the City were to be created. This way there would be a smoother transition from light into dark and vice versa.

Please forgive me if this has been raised before, but one extra voice never hurts.

Yes it would be nice to be a vigilante in the Isles. I believe right now the Tips system is basically tied into the loot system. So for right now villain mods will drop only the Villain/Rouge Tips and hero mobs the Hero/Vigilante Tips. Because you can not pick Rouge while Vigilante that leaves you with only the Villain option. Hopefully they will change this at some point.

Pro tip: You can take a Tip you found in any zone and take it to any other zone. When you Investigate the Tip it them builds the mission in the zone you are currently in. I might be wrong as I have not tested this but you should be able to take your unused Hero/Vigilante Tips to the Isles then investigate them and run the Vigilante missions there.

Commented on during Beta, hope it does get changed at some point. At least for my chars it isnt so bad.

WS - Going full Villain
Fire Blaster - Either vigilante in the city or going Full Villain
Scrapper - Just doing it for access

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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.

Also note that if you use a tip to start a mission, then use Pocket D as a shortcut to the zone that the mission is in, you'll get there and find the mission has disappeared, although you still have the tip.