Who *don't* you want to die?
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Agent White,
Posted on: 2011-11-14 18:39 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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It would still be mano-a-mano (hand to hand) or more precisely, mente-a-mente.
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Originally Posted by Redlynne
I *really* don't want Sister Psyche to die ... because I *really* want to see her in a Brain Cells Grudge Match, Woman(o)-a-Woman(o), against Mother Mayhem. That battle would be so totally awesome!
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Honestly, I'm not attached to any of them. They could kill them all off and I'd hardly notice.
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
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!There's no one I don't want to not die.
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Originally Posted by Tenzhi
Honestly, I'm not attached to any of them. They could kill them all off and I'd hardly notice.
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Thought for the day:
"Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment."
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I want to change my answer:
Let all of the Freedom Phalanx die. (Because of US!)
Let all of Recluse's Henchmen and Recluse die. (Because of US!)
Let US be the heroes/villains of the story in the end-game.
Let US become the new Freedom Phalanx. Let US take over Longbow.
Let US be the new big bad. Let US take over Arachnos. (After we do so, the lift in Grandville tower can take us to our own meeting room with our own lieutenants.)
Use the phase technology to make all this happen. (Replace all the dead people in game with longbow/arachnos npcs - they could have slightly different dialogue to reflect that you now own their ***.) Tie this in with the storylines of the finale incarnate unlocks.
Let US be the ones that defeat the Battalion after The Freedom Phalanx and Recluse et al have fallen.
Use Desdemona/Maelstrom as our player character's right-hand from a storyline perspective. As we take over Arachnos / reform the Freedom Phalanx - they can be the ones helping us to do so. These two characters would be essential as they have grown with player characters from the start.
Introduce NPC "party members" that are basically our lieutenants (villains) / new members of the freedom phalanx (heroes). These party members would be recruited in the incarnate endgame solo path and would join us on missions. They would have side-stories about themselves, but would not be the focus.
And keep the engame trials as something that is a MASSIVE interplanetary threat. Now that we are either Superman or Dr. Doom we have to get involved.
Boom. Badass storyline.
Basically what I'm suggesting here is to make the end game focus on shifting the player characters from a supporting role into a main role. Killing off all the Freedom Phalanx/Arachnos topdogs is a good way to handle this, and bringing in our own supporting cast would also do this.
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In an unrelated tweest, it is revealed that YOU are Desdemona in disguise!
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Originally Posted by Xanatos
Use Desdemona/Maelstrom as our player character's right-hand from a storyline perspective.
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Thought for the day:
"Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment."
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Which of us do they write the further content about, then?
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
Well, you know what they say ... the squeakiest oil gets the most wheels. 
It's the end. But the moment has been prepared for ...
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The player character.
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Originally Posted by Mr_Grey
Which of us do they write the further content about, then?
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Originally Posted by Xanatos
The player character.
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There is still TONS of content that's about the player character. There are plenty of stories where YOU are the star, not any of them.
What you proposed would put our characters on the forefront. It would put our names in front of everybody. But then their names would be in front of ours... And then other names in front of theirs...
What you believe would be a special experience would wind up becoming a trite and pointless exercise in the ludicrous. What's the point in making my tanker the new Statesman? How would that system even work!? I don't know who these other seven PCs are and there's no guarantee I'm going to team with these folks again on these characters. Regardless of that, oh look, here comes ANOTHER batch of PCs about to do THE SAME TASK that will turn them into the new Freedom Phalanx...
Yeah. It's a real special moment for the first team that does it... Not so much when fifty or so have. Even less when it's just being ground out to hack off a couple more levels or get some more Incarnate Salvage.
Or what was it that Syndrome said? "When everybody's super... No one will be..."
What you demand is impractical.
My Stories
Look at that. A full-grown woman pulling off pigtails. Her crazy is off the charts.
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And now that they're all grown up and I'm in charge, I'm going to send them to Praetoria to deal with the Praetorian problem. Right before I send in the tac-nukes.|
Originally Posted by Xanatos
Use Desdemona/Maelstrom as our player character's right-hand from a storyline perspective. As we take over Arachnos / reform the Freedom Phalanx - they can be the ones helping us to do so. These two characters would be essential as they have grown with player characters from the start.
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I'd rather have Ghost Widow or Crimson or...just about anybody as my right hand than Captain Hotpants and Mr. But My Mom Thinks I'm Cool.
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| Introduce NPC "party members" that are basically our lieutenants (villains) / new members of the freedom phalanx (heroes). These party members would be recruited in the incarnate endgame solo path and would join us on missions. They would have side-stories about themselves, but would not be the focus. |
Sidekicks would make better contacts than allies. In-mission allies are usually the opposite of helpful.
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I specifically want Ms. Liberty to live. |
Originally Posted by Agent White
Is there any particular hero you don't want to see bite it?
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I want her to live the rest of her natural life knowing that I beat her. I want her to remember, every morning, that she lost, and that neither she nor her beloved granddad could stop me. I want her to live every single day in fear of my return, knowing that the only reason that she is still alive is that I denied her a dignified and honorable death. I want her to live a long and natural and shameful life until she dies of old age as a scared and fragile old woman.
Am I not merciful?
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"I became Archvillain before Statesman nerfed himself!"
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Originally Posted by Bright
I'd be very
 if they picked Synapse... I'm fond of that goofball. |
I want BaB, Synapse, Psyche and Manti to survive. Anyone else is fair game in my book.
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