Why is Atlas Park always the target?
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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2011-04-18 24:47 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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It's not necessary to go to the extreme of bulldozing the neighborhood to make something as uninviting as the D.C. mall. A combination of improving the sightlines and breaking up the streets' grid pattern would go a long way to improving the flow of Galaxy City's central area. It could also use some kind of visible landmark to anchor the zone, the way the Empire State Building does in midtown Manhattan. Perhaps the arena's neighborhood could be remodelled to fulfill that role. (Galaxy Girl's statue could be a candidate, although many players apparently like the way it's somewhat secluded.)|
Originally Posted by Zamuel
One of the things I like about Galaxy is the fact that there's breathing room between its main attractions. I will say that knocking down a few of the non-descript buildings and perhaps either raising or tweaking others would help.
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In any case, there's evidently nothing in Galaxy City that says to an aspiring supervillain or ambitious giant monster conquer this or destroy that. No wonder it's the emptiest non-hazard blueside zone.
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This. Screw Atlas.
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Originally Posted by Ssyrie
Oh hell no. I've started every hero of mine for the last 6 years in Galaxy City because it's quieter. And I generally try to avoid Atlas Park whenever possible. Just too much useless chatter in there.
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Well he's already bent over...
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Originally Posted by Kelenar
Screw Atlas.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.
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Simple numbers really. Striking at AP would take out a huge amount of low levels begging for PL. Inflicting the most amount of damage/casaulty in the shortest amount of time is the most efficient method of carrying out search & destroy missions.
You see the Atlas globe? That thing has the perfect size as a target for a ballistic missile. It's big enough that it's possible to target it, yet small enough for it to be a challenge and it has a big symbolic value. The perfect target, in other words.
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don't forget the Mayor's office is secretly inside of it, along with the map to Statesman's lost gold.
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Originally Posted by McNum
You see the Atlas globe? That thing has the perfect size as a target for a ballistic missile. It's big enough that it's possible to target it, yet small enough for it to be a challenge and it has a big symbolic value. The perfect target, in other words.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.
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They should add another floor to City Hall, so we could actually see and go inside the mayor's office.
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You answered your own question here; City Hall, the seat of government.|
Originally Posted by Impervious Fist
Let me start off by saying I am not in any way talking about why players are always there. I'm talking about why are villains always trying to strike there. Recluse's map on his meeting table has crosshairs on it, Neuron's portal shows it, it's the first mayhem mission, why?
Atlas has the City Hall, that's about it... yet it has graffiti, a couple of Longbow, ruins, a ton of Hellions, and is more trashy... |
Now, one might ask, why the hubbub over the smallest state in the US? (Paragon City is in Rhode Island)
Kinda like marching a twenty foot pink dragon down the Strip in Las Vegas: they've already seen stranger and he passed without comment.
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