No activating the device does not actually start a Rikti Invasion event. Although I think it does trigger an ambush in the mission.
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it does not, and no there should not.|
Originally Posted by Yogi_Bare
Does activating the device actually start a Rikti zone event? (If not, it should -and there should be more missions with that kind of impact).
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Tying zone events to mission complete objectives can cause multiple possible problems. A good case in point is found in the Malta storyline. Players have used the Khronos titan spawn to grief low level zones, leading to the in-game modification where the Titan can only be spawned in specific zones. Another good case in point is Synapse task force. Create player groups can spawn Babbage in zones other than Skyway.
Nor is such abusive behavior a thing of the past. In recent times players have used the event spawns from the Lady Grey Task Force and the Halloween Salvage to grief zones during Numina Weekly Strike Target periods which requires street hunts through multiple zones.
Creating more zone events, or more triggers for more zone events, that are bound to commonly attainable missions, would also require more work to limit those zone events as to not impede existing content.
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The fact remains that there are player triggerable events (whether it's the big Holiday Events or smaller ones tied to their specific zones (ie. PvP missions).|
Originally Posted by je_saist
it does not, and no there should not.
Tying zone events to mission complete objectives can cause multiple possible problems. A good case in point is found in the Malta storyline. Players have used the Khronos titan spawn to grief low level zones, leading to the in-game modification where the Titan can only be spawned in specific zones. Another good case in point is Synapse task force. Create player groups can spawn Babbage in zones other than Skyway. Nor is such abusive behavior a thing of the past. In recent times players have used the event spawns from the Lady Grey Task Force and the Halloween Salvage to grief zones during Numina Weekly Strike Target periods which requires street hunts through multiple zones. Creating more zone events, or more triggers for more zone events, that are bound to commonly attainable missions, would also require more work to limit those zone events as to not impede existing content. |
Griefing is kind of an irrelevant issue being that it can be done independent of any events. Foresight becomes the keyword... If code needs to be done to keep things zone specific and/or level appropriate; I personally don't see a problem with it. Likewise if code needs to be put in so that streetsweeping portions of a given TF doesn't allow for its participants to grief people trying to enjoy their non-TF activities; so be it.
And as it stands; the stated mission would be zone specific; to Peregrine Island.
Apparently, I play "City of Shakespeare"
*Arc #95278-Gathering the Four Winds -3 step arc; challenging - 5 Ratings/3 Stars (still working out the kinks)
*Arc #177826-Lights, Camera, Scream! - 3 step arc, camp horror; try out in 1st person POV - 35 Ratings/4 Stars
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A nasty ambush at /x6
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Originally Posted by DMystic
No activating the device does not actually start a Rikti Invasion event. Although I think it does trigger an ambush in the mission.
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Apparently, I play "City of Shakespeare"
*Arc #95278-Gathering the Four Winds -3 step arc; challenging - 5 Ratings/3 Stars (still working out the kinks)
*Arc #177826-Lights, Camera, Scream! - 3 step arc, camp horror; try out in 1st person POV - 35 Ratings/4 Stars
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And I can just imagine a group of people who would get a bunch of these together just so there were 10 or 20 Rikti Invasions in a row in PI.|
Originally Posted by Yogi_Bare
And as it stands; the stated mission would be zone specific; to Peregrine Island.
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I'm sad to say it because CoH is overall a friendly community...but since it is the internet, there's the standard percentage of complete jerks.
Does activating the device actually start a Rikti zone event? (If not, it should -and there should be more missions with that kind of impact).
Apparently, I play "City of Shakespeare"
*Arc #95278-Gathering the Four Winds -3 step arc; challenging - 5 Ratings/3 Stars (still working out the kinks)
*Arc #177826-Lights, Camera, Scream! - 3 step arc, camp horror; try out in 1st person POV - 35 Ratings/4 Stars