Preparing for Freedom Version 2

So we, the illustrious blessed beings known as VIPs, will be getting access to Freedom (v 1.0) before it is opened to everyone and anyone who has a computer and an internet connection (v 2.0).

It occurs to me that perhaps we should prepare ourselves for the sudden wave of unwashed heath... er... new free-to-play players. Follows is a list of things you may want to consider getting done in preparation for the f2p invasion.

* Get a finely crafted, supple leather saddle with custom engravings and sized-to-your-hiney dimensions... just in case the Devs take our advice on the "Ride-a-Freebie" Travel Power.

* Pester the Devs for a new base item... an animatronic old man in a rocking chair to put just outside your base entrance with motion sensors and an audio track that broadcasts "Get the hell off my lawn!" at high volume.

* An identification program that will transform any Free-to-Play player's costume just slightly so you can tell who is one and who isn't... all F2P characters will now have a beach towel cape secured with a safety pin.

* Go to the Market and buy as many Computer Virus salvage as you can carry. Give them to new players as they enter Atlas or Mercy... convince them it's a problem that will infect their real life computer without the appropriate patch... When they are at an acceptable level of panic... give them a Daemon Program to "fix the problem"

* Set up macros for local chat to spam the message "I am your first contact; please approach and speak to me for your first mission assignment!" Have a list of outrageous requests and missions ready for anyone who approaches you which you can send them in private tell. Stand within range of the tutorial drop-off point in Mercy or Atlas.

* Prepare a list of "In my day..." items you can crank out in broadcast as you sit under the Atlas Statue. "In MY day City Hall only had ONE floor... guess those politicians got so fulla hot air it just inflated..."

* Get some Vets with twisted senses of humor together to organize a Snipe Hunting Zone Event. Spread out over Atlas Park and start talking in Broadcast about the event. Say the Snipe is loose in Atlas Park... it's not a strong creature and can be defeated by just six hits regardless of the power or level of the character hitting it. The trick is that it teleports the instant it takes a hit and can reappear anywhere in Atlas. So... the naughty Vets spread out and begin yelling things like "First hit! I got first hit on it!", "I see it... at my location and headed East FAST!", "It's on top of the Atlas Statue! Hurry!" and so on. Sprinkled liberally with "The one who delivers the last blow gets a badge, reward merits and enough xp to raise a first level character to 10th!" comments. See how many Newbs you can get to "play".

Back in my day you used to farm by jumping in a dumpster with a full map of enemies and set it on fire!

Make a warshade, has innate teleport.

Might as well make it a Hide and Seek game no? First newbie
to find it and open a trade window gets some stuff. Next teleport, and clue.

Remember to put search hide on.


As for me, I think I'm going to farm some influence, make a BOTLER-like toon and distribute it to the newbies.
Assuming that we even have an influx of new players...

Well I was a vet until my ex wife decided to destroy my account by changing all the contact info and passwords. SO i had to start a new account but oh well I will still be a VIP. Anyhow "When I was a new player you couldn't choose were to go on the tram you had to take the right color line" and I'm still mad the Devs stole my perma Unstoppable.

OMG I remember having to get off of each stop that was so freaking annoying i had purged it out of my mind Hell i Remember When 40 was the original level cap.

1) Grab a high level character with Fly and a ranged attack, preferably AoE.
2) Fly around Atlas Park, wiping out spawns that have civilian hostages. Because the hostages cannot reach you to say thanks, they will trail after you.
3) Flashmob Ms. Liberty.