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Originally Posted by MisterD
Ok, this is just stupid. Started doing some of the V day tips. As a villain toon, that has NEVER been anything other than a villain.
And I get a tip from Crimson, with the option to send it to Indigo, or Jenny Adair. Whichever option I pick, it sends me to PARAGON. You know, the side I cant get to? What a load of crap. Considering other tips send you to a warehouse, with the Contact in it, why can't there at least be ONE option you can get to, regardless of alignment? Also..solo credit only? In an event that is meant to promote relationships and teaming? Yeah, makes sense. |
A person I was talking too this morning also noted that we both had gotten a couple of letters to deliver to Praetoria, and wondered how this would play out for non-vips.
But to be honest, it wasn't that bad to just dismiss that tip and try to get another to drop.
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Originally Posted by The_Masque
A person I was talking too this morning also noted that we both had gotten a couple of letters to deliver to Praetoria, and wondered how this would play out for non-vips.
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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It is not..'bad' as such. Just annoying. Those badges already require at least 14 different tips, and then this happens? Basically killed my desire to bother with the event on other alts.
And another thing..almost 50% of the tips I was getting on a Villain toon, HAD to be dismissed, because they were pointing hero side. Also had the exact same tip drop 3 times in a row..and had to ditch it each time. What fun.
Wow, sounds like they're giving more reasons to be vigilante or rogue alignment.
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Doing more tips, as a Rogue this time. Woot, I can do the hero side ones now!
Oh wait..I got a tip from Percy, to the Can of Trash (which is NOT Trashcan, in the crucible, stupid). Guess where it wants me to go? Fort Trident...a HERO only area. SO even as a rogue, you get bent. Awesome work.
Yes, this was pointed out in Beta. A redname said they were going to let this stand since the Tips are easily dismissed and reacquired.
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Of course it is easier to let it stand! Than to, you know..FIX it. Sorta like how the base pvp bug was left to stand..not that I am saying they are of comparable levels of Stupid.
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Originally Posted by MisterD
Of course it is easier to let it stand! Than to, you know..FIX it.
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Ok, fine, it isnt broken, its just stupid. Change stupid into something LESS stupid.
DJ Zero doesn't even offer me the mission to collect valentine's even though I have the Snaptooth mission unlocked.
I thought finally something new for the spring fling event would be neat, but if it's just fed-ex missions (like resurrecting the Red Widow mostly is) then that's pretty lame. I tried grinding the trash in the snap mission for some tips and I just get the usual lot of tips, so whatever.
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Originally Posted by Iannis
DJ Zero doesn't even offer me the mission to collect valentine's even though I have the Snaptooth mission unlocked.
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Originally Posted by BrandX
Wow, sounds like they're giving more reasons to be vigilante or rogue alignment.
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I consider this one more minor concession for not being able to get Alignment merits.
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Yep, WAI.... and really just not well thought out.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Yes, this was pointed out in Beta. A redname said they were going to let this stand since the Tips are easily dismissed and reacquired.
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I like this. It does give a reason to be a villager or rouge. It points out that the rest of the game is there. For many people it may tell them of contacts and characters they have never heard of.
As long as you can easily drop the tip and get another, there is no harm in it.
I wish it was at least tilted towards your alignment; I played for a few hours last night on a villain and got only one non-heroic V-tip.
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Originally Posted by Obscure Blade
I wish it was at least tilted towards your alignment; I played for a few hours last night on a villain and got only one non-heroic V-tip.
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Or a villager in rouge. From... Marykayville I suppose.
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Originally Posted by dugfromthearth
I like this. It does give a reason to be a villager or rouge.
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No need to fix what isn't broken. This is how they decided it should work. Just because YOU don't like it does not mean that it's 'broken'.
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I mean, ultimately, stuff like how abandoning missions and dismissing contacts work isn't well documented in game - you can play the entire game and never need to ever use it or even know that you can do that, until this event which can load you up with things you can't clear. We all know how to get past that because we use the forums - and I know that's generally the place I look for info if I derp on something in game. But requiring metagame knowledge to proceed is bad design.
It's cute to actually take stuff to people in their in-game locations, but it's a bad idea if they can't restrict you to only getting v-tip combinations you can deliver. There's no sense getting too worked up about it now of course, but I would be shocked if this wasn't altered for next year.
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... villager or rouge ...
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No, seriously.
How the heck, man?!
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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I don't mind the tips themselves and the awkward places they send me, it's just annoying that you have to do FOURTEEN of them to get both badges.
14 missions that only cost travel time. I just racked up 3 tips I could do and then just hit teleport/tram. heck one time I got 2 to Positron, made it even easier. Then just back to wiping out crowds til another 3 drop.
Just to beat the horse a little more..seems very unbalanced in the amount of tips that are side specific. Doing it on villain toons, about half the tips I got had to be ditched, while I only saw one or 2 tips I could not get to, as a hero.
Ok, this is just stupid. Started doing some of the V day tips. As a villain toon, that has NEVER been anything other than a villain.
And I get a tip from Crimson, with the option to send it to Indigo, or Jenny Adair. Whichever option I pick, it sends me to PARAGON. You know, the side I cant get to? What a load of crap. Considering other tips send you to a warehouse, with the Contact in it, why can't there at least be ONE option you can get to, regardless of alignment?
Also..solo credit only? In an event that is meant to promote relationships and teaming? Yeah, makes sense.