Silence Vanguard Security Officers
By
AkuTenshiiZero,
Posted on: 2011-12-10 14:32 in Suggestions and Ideas
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i usually end up just ignoring them 99% of the time or the 1% i do notice i just chuckle at how bad of placement it is lol
Maybe instead of shutting up, they could say something useful or informative? Indicate to new/returning players who don't already know what this "Vanguard DPO" thing on their map is... well, what it actually is?
"It's a War Zone in there, $name."
"We're looking for heroes like you to help repel the rikti, $name. Head inside if you're up to the challenge."
"Levantera's been asking about you, $name. You oughtta talk to her sometime."
(Could something like the last one be flagged to only happen when the character is level 35+? Kind of like the NPC dialogue around the portal to Recluse's Victory?)
FUN FACT: That burst of light when you level up is actually the effectiveness escaping from your enhancements all at once.
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For these to work (particularly the middle one), the doorman would have to have some way of telling whether you're arriving or leaving; otherwise, as is currently the case, you've got him blurting out stuff that makes no sense at all to people who've just left the building. That could probably be achieved, but just removing their dialogue is a lot easier for the programmers. |
Originally Posted by Doctor Roswell
Maybe instead of shutting up, they could say something useful or informative? Indicate to new/returning players who don't already know what this "Vanguard DPO" thing on their map is... well, what it actually is?
"It's a War Zone in there, $name." "We're looking for heroes like you to help repel the rikti, $name. Head inside if you're up to the challenge." "Levantera's been asking about you, $name. You oughtta talk to her sometime." |
The Vanguard Doormen need to be entirely updated. If you click on them, they still tell you you have to be level 35 in order to enter, which hasn't been true for years.
Personally, I'd like to get rid of all NPCs who yell our names and demand to speak with us, not just the Vanguard doormouse. For instance, every time I go to speak with Vernon Von Gurn or Operative Grillo, that shrill Recluse's Victory technician demands that I be briefed about the situation in Recluse's Victory. Dude! I've been there, like, once in my life and I'm never going back. Leave me alone! Or that Rikti Ship Raid guy who insist on telling me how to raid the Rikti Shuttle even though I never want to raid the Rikti Shuttle to begin with.
Although by saying our names in chat, they do bring attention to some of the more bizarre names out there. "Hey, Walks Like a Duck! Come speak with me!"
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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Originally Posted by AkuTenshiiZero
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Originally Posted by AkuTenshiiZero
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Personally, I'd like to have that one dying Vanguard officer in the last mission of the Lady Grey Trial silenced. Or at least, silenced in the rest of the map. It's like he's dying into a PA system--no matter where you go, you can hear his moaning and groaning. Yeesh. Just shut up and die already.
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I've noticed that kind of thing happening in tip missions a lot, particularly the kind where you're supposed to rescue somebody. You've just entered the mission, you're standing in the lobby with nobody around, and from somewhere comes the dialogue the hostage and captor are, from context, obviously supposed to say when they see you. That needs fixed.
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Originally Posted by Robotech_Master
Personally, I'd like to have that one dying Vanguard officer in the last mission of the Lady Grey Trial silenced. Or at least, silenced in the rest of the map. It's like he's dying into a PA system--no matter where you go, you can hear his moaning and groaning. Yeesh. Just shut up and die already.
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I wonder whether it might be intentional, to try to make sure that people in a mission don't miss the NPC dialogue even if someone else ran ahead of the group and triggered it.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
I've noticed that kind of thing happening in tip missions a lot, particularly the kind where you're supposed to rescue somebody. You've just entered the mission, you're standing in the lobby with nobody around, and from somewhere comes the dialogue the hostage and captor are, from context, obviously supposed to say when they see you. That needs fixed.
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The dialogue of the Vanguard DPO doormen has never made a ton of sense, particularly when you happen to be leaving the building ("No further without proper clearance," dude? Really? I'm entering Atlas Park), but now that access to the War Zone isn't level-restricted either, it's completely pointless and a bit annoying. It's about time they piped down.