If you were a dev...

I'm fairly certain the player base already has a BURNING HATE for me (and I've damn well earned it! ), so I wouldn't need to do anything!


But, where's the fun in that? Lets make 'em suffer MORE!


1.) Super {girl,boy,lobster}friends!
All the classic supers have them! Superman has Lois Lane, Spiderman has Mary Jane, Batman has Robin, and The Monarch has Dr. Girlfriend! So why can't we have this staple of comic culture? Well, now you can! You'll be able to start on 'dating' at around level 20 or so. There'll be various character you can start a relationship with, and they can be kidnapped/brainwashed/etc, and you'll have to go out and save them.

The exact path you go down should be randomized with a large number of branching possibilities. If they ever implement the Nemesis system (HAIL LORD NEMESIS! - er not that Nemesis!), the super significant-others will make great kidnap victims.

Participation will be optional... but, after level 20, each level you gain with being in good standing with a significant other, you'll be hit with more and more severe debuffs (-regen, -res, -def, -recharge, -damage, and -hp... irresistible).


2.) Moar -tohit debuffs.
Autohit, of course. You think we nerved accuracy before? Well, just imagine how bad it'll be when we actually do! You'll be failing at a level 1 on your 50+3 Incarnate, and whiffing every single time.

3.) Make heroes fight Longbow / PPD
They already do a little bit, and BOY have people complained about how hard they were! Bluesiders obviously need toughing up, so "rogue" PPD/Longbow will randomly ambush people in any mission in Paragon. The rule that prevents enemies from using multiple location based debuffs will also be loosened, allowing them to stack their various debuffs (imagine being hit with a half dozen glue grenades at once!).

Villains will get cake.

4.) Give Stalkers Titan Weapons and Shields
This will only piss off... okay, well, no one. I'll probably be praised for this one, damn it!

5.) Continue being a complete *** on the forums
No need for explanation for this one!

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

I'd add another Cape/Aura-like set of soloable missions to those who have achieved Level 50+3, this would unlock an in-game store that sells the recipes for all IOs below purple.

I would then make a random purple IO drop on completion of each DA arc and any more solo Incarnate arcs after. I would also add a random purple or PvP IO drop to the completion of the harder or higher tier Incarnate Trials.

Alignment and Reward merit costs of recipes and salvage would be halved, at least, where possible.

I would add an ingame browser for the forums to increase traffic and let the community have more accessability to one another. This includes F2P accounts.

The use of X more than once in a row will be an invalid name.

Trolling/trying to ruin RP and in-zone PvP duels would be punishable with an account-wide chat ban for 6-12 hours. If it continues, a 24 hour account lock would be in effect.

I would hold back on any post purchase sbe nerf until a system was in place to refund anyone and everyone unsatisfied with the new version; if not cash at least a points credit. If that means those crying about pay 2 win (in this highly, highly competitive mostly pvp game) cry harder and for longer, than so be it; that would be infinitely better than ripping off customers shamelessly.

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Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel C'mon, Batman and superman wipe the floor with huge mobs all the time. So does Spider-man, and when they're not taking on huge mobs, they're soloing AVs and even multiple AVs at once. The whole point of the Super-Hero genre is to be up to the task

Fix in bold

This post is a good example of some of what I was talking about in my last post. The things I have bolded I think would actually drive people away. I know they are things that would make me feel far less super.

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Originally Posted by Emberly Oh boy, oh boy. Convert all KB into KD. Allow players to slot KB enhancements to convert KD back into KB. Add significant damage to KB effects so that knocking enemies into walls and such actually causes damage.

I would praise your name to the high heavens.

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[*]Alter the defense and resistance cap system. Nobody would be able to reach soft- or hard-caps without external buffs. Non-melee ATs would selfcap at 20% defense/30% resist. Scrappers/stalkers would selfcap at 30% defense/50% resist, brutes would selfcap at 35% defense/60% resist, and tankers would selfcap at 40% defense/75% resist. This would include all IO set bonuses and self-inspiration use.[*]Cap all defense related IO set bonuses at 5% to any value. [*]Cap all global recharge at +75%. This would include IO set bonuses, Hasten and all other sources.

I think a large portion of the player base would leave over these changes.

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[*]Add a 50% chance for friendly fire to all AoEs. Player characters in a detrimental AoE effect would have a 50% chance of suffering the effect themselves.

This could be kinda cool with lower percentages. It also was a power disadvantage in almost all of the Superhero RPGs.

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[*]Create failure conditions for all task/strike forces. Oh, you let Dr. Todd die? Moonfire TF failed. Add a 20 hour cooldown for rerunning a failed TF.

I actually like this.

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[*]Eliminate all external buff/debuff stacking. Weaker effects shall be overwritten by stronger effects.

Combined with what I bolded above, the game would not feel like a super game to me.

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[*]Disallow the creation of characters with names in all caps or all lowercase.[/list]

This one is just funny.

Hmm. How evil can I be?

* Every Malta, Knives, Talon, Roman, and IDF lieutenant on up now grants Vengeance on death. I'll be kind and make an exception for titans, cyclops, and minotaurs.

* You have to get Penny, Glacia, and Infernia to the mission door, otherwise the TF fails. Go back to start, do not pass Go, do not collect 200 reward merits.

I foresee the possibility that this list will be used AGAINST us sometime in the future.

I would:

* Remove Mission TP, Team Tp, Assemble the team, Pocket D tp, Ouro TP and restore the tram lines to the old 'Green line, yellow line' model.
* Up debt by 100%
* Nerf most powersets a LOT
* Scrap AE
* Give more love to bases
* Completely remove PVP
* Either remove the 5th Column or the Council
* Buff most enemies, especially GM's
* Powers will cause property damage or colatteral damage depending on accuracy and damage type. Toons will be fined on the amount of the damage caused. ie. no fireballs in populated areas.
* A lot more day jobs
* Remove a load of badges, then replace them with one that are very similar, but you have to earn them again. Ie. remove 'defeat 100 fake nemeisis' and add 'Defeat 100 fake nemesis whilst in a green costume'
* Make civillians and villains insult your costume
* Give Carnies 'Wild Magic' - a power that mixes all your enhancments around, randomises all of your costumes, turns you in to a rikti monkey or removes your powers from the power tray and refills them with stones temporary powers

I would make Golden Girl a forum mod.

This would likely only affect the altoholics such as myself, but here we go...

Roll a new character. Make that costume nice and pretty. You like it? Good, you can have it at level 10.

All new characters would have a certain set of costumes available. They would appear handmade or mass produced, like a starting hero or villain might actually have. No, you don't get to appear as a hulking mountain of death and metal from the start... You get to be a dude in football pads and a motorcycle helmet. Prove your worth, and THEN you get the backing for the shinies.

Before you roll out, of course, you'll get a chance to adjust some things. Make sure your character stays yours... But, no, you have to undergo the rites of passage before you become awesome.

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New enemy group - Sleepers: all they do is spam auto-hit sleeps, holds, and disorients that halt regen and do -1 damage. The mag on each attack is 50. They also have +10,000 stealth, capped def, rez, regen, mez protection.

My redname would be Lord Nemesis.

First, I too would either cut down the +Def bonuses from IOs, or set a cap on how much you can get from them. This is killing Def based characters/power sets, because the Devs are having to account for people running around at the soft cap.

Second, I would put in some IO sets that carry penalties. Example: A standard set of 5 normal IOs with normal bonuses. The bonus for slotting the sixth would be something huge, but the sixth IO is a Unique proc that does nasty things to the player. Bonus: +10 Max End. Proc: -15% global recharge.

Third: Domination mode only refills your End if you're not in Domination mode when it activates.

Fourth: Bases. Doesn't matter if I do anything with them or not, someone will hate me for it. Still, there has to be some way to add new items to them, much like the vet reward decorations were added.

Fifth: I would remove the recharge on Snipes, and up the range. If you can see it, you should be able to snipe it. Once you fire, you're already in position, take aim and fire off another round, if you think you have time.

Alternate Fifth: Taking a snipe power would give you a second power, Sniper's Positioning. This would be a toggle that drops you into a sniper's pose and immobilizes you, but ups the range of the snipe and either removes the recharge or ups the damage.

Sixth: Add the occasional cat or dog to the city streets. This also includes giving groups like the PPD some Police Dogs.

Finally: Remove EXP and INF from the AE rewards. Add the "Experienced" power to the list of things you can buy with Tickets, and reduce the recharge on it greatly.

Oh this is easy:

Trolling Deterrence System: Every time you're caught trolling, apply 1 hour of power suppression account wide.

I'm pretty sure that would inspire endless rage.

Require 10 badges per level to use trainer.

"Ms Liberty! I've done it, I have the experience to get to level 2 now!"

"Well done hero. But I see you're still a badge short of 20. Come back when you find another badge."

Or (maybe -also-?): Require an hour in-game per level.

Imagine the badge hunting leagues and "dancing the time away" parties!