Why are there portals now all over in Paragon
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Posted on: 2012-06-01 07:36 in Player Questions
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Originally Posted by Gemini_2099
City, and they are not being fought over by the criminal elements? Hmm?
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So.. Talos has: The new 'Tunnel', Train station, Ferry, TP to Imp City Underground AND a base portal, and most of these have access to pretty much the same zones...... >.<
Wasn't it easier to take advantage of the new Hacked Telepad, and add Praetorian, FW, NW, Shadow Shard, Red and Blue zones to all bases?
If you are not allowed to go to a specific zone, just give them the same pop up that RWZ had back in the day when it was level restricted.
Isn't more obvious to make BASES the central transportation hub instead of 3 to 6 different ways in one zone?
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Originally Posted by Dark Energon
Isn't more obvious to make BASES the central transportation hub instead of 3 to 6 different ways in one zone?
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Well, for starters, free players can't create bases, so I think that makes it pretty obvious that bases would be a poor idea actually. Transportation systems intended to be used by everybody have to be accessible to everybody, and bases aren't.
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Free players can join supergroups, where someone else can make bases.
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Originally Posted by gameboy1234
Well, for starters, free players can't create bases, so I think that makes it pretty obvious that bases would be a poor idea actually. Transportation systems intended to be used by everybody have to be accessible to everybody, and bases aren't.
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That's still not accessible, if you have to beg someone to let you in.
Even so, they could still give us the option to use our bases. I'm fine with the tunnel system, but I wouldn't mind using my base teleporters either.
My confusion in all this is why they chose to add yet another method of travel instead of consolidating the others? I can kinda see why they haven't modified the SG porters, but that would have been nice as well.
Kind of seems redundant to place them so close to Trams.
Also loving how they're just random portals sitting in random spots, with a few guards standing around it. At least do something that looks less half *** and lazy. Like have Portal Corp/Aeon Corp branching out and putting small Portal Corp/Aeon Corp buildings in each of these zones as they try to streamline interdimensional travel for heroes/villains/etc.
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Originally Posted by WanderingAries
My confusion in all this is why they chose to add yet another method of travel instead of consolidating the others?
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The immersion in the world, the way things make sense, is most important.
So it may not make much sense to us given all the other options, but the TUNNEL system is actually supposed to be an evacuation route from Praetoria, according to the story, before Emperor Cole nukes it. It just happens to also facilitate travel to the many zones it is evacuating people to and from.
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There is always the other explanation that this game likes to use: "These are not the droids you are looking for." /handwave
City, and they are not being fought over by the criminal elements? Hmm?