If you could make a new zone, what would it be?
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AnElfCalledMack,
Posted on: 2010-10-11 05:16 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
The Train. The Train should be an actual zone or mini-map where things happen. When was the last time you saw superheroes in movies or comics take the train to get to the scene of a crime? Never. But when was the last time you saw superheroes doing cool stuff ON a train? Batman Begins, Spider-Man 2, Hellboy, HEROES Season 1, etc.
The Train as a convenience for traveling between zones makes sense in a modern MMO setting, but it falls very short of feeling like the superhero genre it is being used in. Give me the chance to do something on that train, instead of having it be just a door with multiple destinations.
The same can apply to ferries, arachnos flyers, blimps and the shuttle that would take you to various destinations within the four Shadow Shard zones if it existed.
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Originally Posted by Radmind
Hmmmm I'd rather see the old COH/V zones updated first, then go with new Zones.
I'd like to see a lvl 40-50 zone in Praetoria thats actually outside the sonic barriers. Seeing how the world has been ravaged by DE, and maybe seeing some Human/DE mutations that you'd have to fight. Then you'd have your Praetorian Hami nearby for a Trial/TF. Then just for kicks I'd love to see an Ancient Asian type zone kind of like Cimerora, fighting Shogun/Samurais and maybe even some ninjas. Then save the zone from a giant Dragon! YAY! |
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It has two fairly short TFs and an uninteresting arc. I guess that qualifies as "some" to some people. I'd personally describe it as "a bit" or "it's a start."
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Have you tried I19 yet? It has some good stuff for 50s in it.
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move Firebase Alpha to a moonbase, Space or other dimensions, pick your direction. The moonbase could be the battleground front for the war against the Rikti (we finally pushed them back far enough. Portal Corp would have a safer environment for the gates and breakouts could be a zone event.
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A Micro and a Macro zone. Superheroes being shrunk is a common staple of comic book lore. I'd like to see a zone where your hero gets shrunk to the size of a subatomic particle, and the zone is a whole new world--with new subatomic enemies to battle and subatomic friends to protect. Similarly, maybe our own universe is just an atom in some bigger universe, and your hero could be "gianted" to participate in events in that huge universe, helping to defend the little speck of a universe we call home.
The developers could play all kinds of tricks with gravity and physics. Instead of a sun and a moon, you could have electrons flying around in the sky. Tons of possibilities for enemies, too. Ooh, and the stories! What if our own universe is but an atom in a larger universe--an atom that is scheduled to be split as part of their nuclear testing!
We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
(If you love this game as much as I do, please read that post.)
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Originally Posted by Ironik
Moon Zone with moonbase, complete with 1/6th gravity. But you have to be able to go outside and fight on the nearly-airless face of the moon.
If I could make 2 zones, I'd also make the space station we use on the way there. |
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My suggestions :
1) Rickti Mothership - There is a big UFO sitting there in Rickti War Zone. I want to enter into it. Make it slanted like fighting in an angle since the ship is slanted.
2) Tunnels - Revamp this zone. No one ever goes in there for the exception of the silly trial. I forget name of trial. It is the one in which 8 people click on 8 different glowies at same time.
3) The Future - Some people suggested the past like old western. How about the future with flying cars or bridges on the 50th floor between buildings. Maybe something similar to the Jetsons.
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Originally Posted by TonyV
A Micro and a Macro zone. Superheroes being shrunk is a common staple of comic book lore. I'd like to see a zone where your hero gets shrunk to the size of a subatomic particle, and the zone is a whole new world--with new subatomic enemies to battle and subatomic friends to protect. Similarly, maybe our own universe is just an atom in some bigger universe, and your hero could be "gianted" to participate in events in that huge universe, helping to defend the little speck of a universe we call home.
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Was thinking about the subway tunnels myself. We can visit them in Praetoria, but it would be neat to also visit them in primal earth as well, complete with a train hazard |
Originally Posted by Crazy1van
The Train. The Train should be an actual zone or mini-map where things happen. When was the last time you saw superheroes in movies or comics take the train to get to the scene of a crime? Never. But when was the last time you saw superheroes doing cool stuff ON a train? Batman Begins, Spider-Man 2, Hellboy, HEROES Season 1, etc.
The Train as a convenience for traveling between zones makes sense in a modern MMO setting, but it falls very short of feeling like the superhero genre it is being used in. Give me the chance to do something on that train, instead of having it be just a door with multiple destinations. The same can apply to ferries, arachnos flyers, blimps and the shuttle that would take you to various destinations within the four Shadow Shard zones if it existed. |
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2. Dark Astoria
3. Boomtown
4. Eden
5. Creys Folly
Revamps; making old stuff new for everyone.
Specificaly
Co-op Faultline with PvP by invite only or a event red vs blue bank mission faultline mission that is naturaly an OPTION.
Option to ignore PvP invites upon zoneing into Faultline if it is made PvP active.
Use the Arachnos base for red side enty wether PvP or E.
Create an instance of the that uses a 2nd instance of the interior dam map as a PVP zone alternatively. PvE centric Villians/Rogues use the underground tunnels to bypass the dam interior or skip PvP dam interior if they wish to enter Fault city section proper for missions/TF (see below).
Make a Fault Bank for both side... Make a PVP challenge OPTION (note I said option) for this bank where upon red side can try to Rob the bank while Heroes attempt to stop it. Allow side missions for both but remove longbow ambushes unless heroes get hit with a simular Arachnos STRIKE TEAM counterpart. Alow this bank and it's temp power reward to be repeatable.
Change the zone critters to event grade foes so minions are white, lt's yellow and bosses orangy no matter what level you are. Either that or Ex everyone that enters to a suitable level. It's not like you can go into other folks missions super high anymore to nigh auto complete for them. (the only exception being a mission that's gone deep grey... and what fun are those?)
Give the zone a Vaz MONSTER. Yes, I said a Vazhilok (hope its spelled right) monster or suped up GM style Doc Vaz....
Give the zone a TF that both sides can co-op for involving the suped up Doc Vaz and some plot to improve humanity... in gorey ways only doc Vaz would think of...
Auto Exemp them to mid 20's to do it.
Give level 50's a 4 shard option upon completion to compensate for time spent with lowbies adventurin'.
That's some stuff I would do.
Underwater and Moon stuff would be nice...
Not holding my breath though. (chuckles and waits for the "terrible pun" remarks)
Whatever it is make sure it's usable by darn near everybody.