A new thought on fleshing out Origins...
By
BrandX,
Posted on: 2011-05-18 18:11 in Suggestions and Ideas
It would be nice if they had the time (and inclination) to add it to old contacts. But heroside at least why not have them get some origin related contacts throught the origin offices at city hall? I don't know what we would do anywhere else, though.
Wanted: Origin centric story arcs.
If you've only played an AT once (one set combo) and "hate" it - don't give up. Roll a different combo. It may just be those sets not clicking for you.
They've done a bit of this with Praetoria. I wouldn't mind seeing more. 
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Several people on this board have brought up how insignificant origins are. This is true - the only things that origins do is dictate your starting bonus temp power, and restrict what DOs and SOs you can slot. (Okay, heroes also get their starting contact dictated by their Origin... if anyone even does those anymore...)
Mechanically, this was a smart move. If Origins actually translated to advantages or disadvantages in game play, it would make for a mechanics nightmare. Best to leave it as a mostly cosmetic aspect of our characters.
But that does lead to the Origins - something that is supposed to be a very important aspect of the game in general - feeling very flat and useless.
Then I remember playing Dean MacArthur's arc recently, and noting that he really did say something completely different to female characters than to male characters. And that is what I realized Origins needed.
Have some contacts seem reluctant to work with Mutants. Or refer to Technology characters as playing with toys. Have them seem in awe (or fearful) or Magic characters, or be extremely impressed by the Natural. All people have bias (more than we like to thing) and this is exactly the kind of place that Origin can have an impact without having a major game play change.
Of course, adding this to old contacts would likely never happen, but these little touches could go a long way to making Origins feel important.
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