Helping Out a Citizen In Need
By
Captain_Photon,
Posted on: 2011-10-09 20:24 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
What's the glitch? The Bone Daddy being an NPC type or something? I don't see it >.>
Obviously, the video camera targeting reticle is the glitch.
uh... no wait, that's not it. It's the fact you're supposed to "Confront the Skull leader in the office complex", but when you get there, without defeating him... "get out of the office". AND he has no level information, AND he's conning friendly.
Well confronted, dude, well confronted. 
/other than those two... dunno. Gimme a hint.
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That mission doesn't actually involve any player characters directly. You "drive" an NPC (the woman in the brown jacket) to a meeting with another NPC (the Bone Daddy). Supposedly you're watching her do the meeting through a hidden camera, hence the "REC" graphic.|
Originally Posted by SenseiBlur
What's the glitch?
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Presumably the way the game does this is by covering up your character with a temporary "disguise costume" power that looks like the NPC you're ostensibly watching, then locking out all your actual powers, the same way the Hellion disguise in the new 1-5 hero story arc works. The reporter's not supposed to be you, so she doesn't have any of your powers, not even Sprint (note the greyed-out power trays in the lower right)...
... except when I got in there, Rocket Board still worked.
Silliness ensued.
I've done this mission recently so I can name the glitch. ^_^
In the mission, it has you playing a CIVILIAN. The Video Camera reticle is suppose to represent your hero watching the civilian, through a camera planted in her shirt, to make sure nothing happens. During this time, your hero' powers aren't suppose to work since your not even your hero in disguise, just a civilian your hero is keeping an eye on.
The glitch is that while you're controlling the reporter, you shouldn't be able to have any powers activated/toggled and yet the Hover Board somehow avoided the auto toggle off that the mission normally does to a hero's powers.
EDIT: Photon beat me to it. XD
(Put this on the tech/bugs board originally, since I'm reasonably sure it is a glitch... but it's also a fun pair of screenshots, so here.)
"Scarlet Stranger, I'm worried. I'm supposed to go and meet with a Skull leader in my capacity as an investigative journalist, but what if he tumbles to my real purpose for meeting him and things get hostile? I'm just a civilian, not a superhero like you. What if I need to make a quick getaway?"
"No problem, Deborah. I'll lend you my rocket board! If anything goes wrong you can be out of there lickety-split."
"You can do that?!"
"Sure, hop on. It's easy!"
"Holy cow, this is awesome! Thanks, Scarlet Stranger!"
"Just be careful in there!"
soon...
"Hey, lady, where'd you get that rocket board?"
"Found it. Look, are we going to do a deal about these food supplies or not? I've got places to be."
I'm pretty sure this wasn't supposed to be possible? But it sure was funny.