Make Your Case (Plummit)

Kings Row used to be the non-hazard zone bridge between Atlas/Galaxy and Steel/Skyway - but with leveling now fatser than before, plus DFB, they might need to extend the level range of KR a bit to make it more relevant to the modern game - like 5-15 would be a perfect bridge between Atlas and Fautline.

Flames will be incoming for this but...

Revamp the AE system.
It would be a "zone revamp" for everyone everywhere.

Why?
1) Any level toon of any alignment can use it, so it's "co-op".
2) It's a system currently sitting darn near broken, which is just embarrassing for the game.
4) Most likely, it would be easier than (re)building a zone from scratch (such as DA).

How?

1) You start by giving us stronger search parameters.
2) You change the voting system.
3) You change (meaning buff, essentially) the rewards, at least for Dev Choice arcs to avoid obvious farming, to draw players back. More Dev Choice arcs would be a part of this too, to keep it from getting too "samey" too quickly.
4) You rework the buildings to fit better into the zones they're in (possibly cut down down the number of AE buildings as well).
5) You also change the interiors of each one to be unique and to fit its new building as well - maybe one's laid out more like an office, another more like one of the enhancement stores, etc.

Chances of me holding my breath for this: 0%

...AE is not a zone it is a system.

Shadow Shard.

Boomtown.

Eden.

Steel Canyon.

Yeah, they're giving everyone at the Pummit a 3 minute window to make their case. Coming to the panel and going on about AE for 3 minutes would just get a lot of eye rolls.

You may as well go to the create a costume panel and jabber on about PvP. it'll do about as good.

And honestly Arcanaville I thought you were making some pun on the Lost enemy group. >>;

Yes! It's also extremely easy to stutter and pause with 'uh' several times without even noticing it. Presenting your case clearly and succinctly will give you the best chance of being listened to (Again, unless you're doing something silly like trying to nag them about some non-zone revamp aspect of the game).

Or worst case, -write it down-. No one is going to fault you for just reading off from a piece of paper (Well, unless it's boring).

This whole thread has made me think about the issue is sides. Personally I can't see the justification for keeping heroes and villains from travelling to Paragon City or the Rogue Isles. Its not like a villain can't travel incognito or in a cargo crate or whatever.

I would add an airport to Talos Island and Cap and allow unlimited travel between the two.
There is also the IP to Shark submarine.

Then I would flag all the mission contacts in the game as either Blue, Red or Purple. Doing a blue arc gets you hero alignment, a red arc gets you villain alignment and a purple arc for vigilantes/rogues. Add purple merits so the neutrals don't get shafted on rewards.

Add hero contacts to all the Rogue Isles zones for some undercover work and villain contacts to all the hero zones for some smash n grab skullduggery ect.

Merge Oroboros for travel purposes.

Everyone get the best of both worlds and all the squabbling about my side needs a revamp falls away.

A lot of great ideas in here. I especially like the Clockwork Palace in Boomtown, and the idea of redesigning certain parts of villain zones to make them less scummy.

As much as I'd like to see more villain content, I think it's true that the blueside needs it more. The zones are old, and the content, for the most part, is boring. Too much redundancy among contacts, and too many hunt missions. (Found one in Steel not long ago who ONLY gave out hunt missions. That was an unpleasant surprise.)

I think Steel is the best choice for a redesign--add some shiny buildings, add some new 10-15 contacts, streamline and update the old ones.

As for which zone I WANT to update...Brickstown. MOAR ZIG PLZ.

For those who do intend to get up and make a case here's an idea for a suggested 3 bullet format:

• The zone you would like to see revamped.
• How a revamp of this zone will benefit current players but would also help attract/entice new players.
• How does this particular zone revamp fit into the overall arc of the current CoH story?

OMG VG your avatar it's it's sooo scary *runs and hides*