Radio Missions Zone Level to 50

I'd go for this.

Hero/Villain tip missions can be picked up in any zone, and this tends to encourage teaming across the level spectrum in pick up groups.

I used to run my 50 hero tips in Atlas Park, and have a combination of other 50s, new characters tagging along for the ride and anyone else who happened to be there. That was good for game diversity and giving new players a good alternative to sewer runs.

I've seen people advertise for members of hero tip teams in Steel and Talos too, just because they're populated zones, and Peregrine remains a litle bit off the beaten track.

I'd be happy to extend this to radio missions.

The reason I am against this is simple. Teams especially pugs ime seem to do nothing but grinding out Radios. If you allow them to do that from 1-50 in Atlas Park then coh will become even more of a grindfest simply because its that much easier to do. I dont think thats a particularly good direction to be going in.

*Edit*

It occurred to me after I'd posted this that if this suggestion were brought in and there were Radios available in Atlas, you could play the entire game by just visiting three zones: Atlas Park, Dark Astoria and Ouroboros. Obviously this doesn't include Task Forces, but is this REALLY the place we want the game to be?

Can't go wrong expanding old game systems, I'd say. Personally, I don't care for paper/radio missions because they don't really tie into anything. Expanding the lvl range is only covering up the problem with different scenery but hey I can see how that'd be desirable.

If I were adding, though, just expand the levels of the hazard zones to higher lvls. Or maybe add a temp power for going for the lower zones that basically auto 'defeats' all npcs in range signifying that you have a measure of control of the zone. The npcs won't give xp (they'd be grey anyway) but count for defeat badges. You'd also have to reaquire the temp every few days.

Meh, I dunno, I don't care enough about radios. I would like a reason to care though.

I think it is a fine idea.

IMO, anyone that is against it is simply trying to make others play 'their way' and they can go right ahead and...disagree. Adding this as an option in no way stops them from getting radios where they prefer, IMO.

There are several zones I enjoy hanging out in that because of level, the character I am playing cannot get radio missions. This would be awesome.

If there are stupid players that don't realize that there is more to the game than Atlas, oh well, the developers are under no obligation IMO to fix stupid people.

How about this, then: why not make the police radio/newspaper give missions that are actually in other zones rather than being confined to one? It's a little odd that police radios only work in the surrounding zone in the first place: is it because the war walls block transmissions between city wards or something else? I imagine the PPD are a united force rather than only working within the boundaries of their "cities" within Paragon.

We haven't to date seen anything like "we've been chasing a super-powered bank robber but lost him through the Perez Park gate" or "all available units converge on King's Row to hold off the swarm of clockwork until heroes arrive" or similar. I'd like to be able to be in a place like Steel Canyon and get something like that, and have to rush over in order to assist.

Along the lines of the second example, I'd like (and this is a small wish if it isn't already done) to have, on the very rare occasion, radio missions that cause a zone event to occur... try to make some things like the burning buildings, Troll Raves, etc. have relevance again.

I like the idea of exemplaring down in order to do radio missions in lower zones: that gets my support. But at the very least, if that isn't possible, change the wording of the notice you get when you're too high of a level and "need to move on".


Or, as a last resort... we need to find a way to merge the tips and radio bulletins into a gestalt system.

EDIT: Also, a "keep listening" button to refresh the list of choices of what missions you can pick might be an interesting addition IMO.

I disagree with the poster this is a bad idea as it defeats the purpose of the zones. The idea is that on the way to the missions you have to deal with mobs of your level possibly attacking.

On the Hero side mobs are mostly pretty easy to avoid. But Red side it is a different story. Grandville in particular can be very tricky at times unless you have stealth powers since half the mobs there use immobilize.

The game isn't supposed to be about standing in one place and having money thrown at you. You are supposed to be a hero who goes where they are most needed, not a bully who spends the entire game smaking Hellions around and cowering in Atlas.

There is no good reason for this change other than laziness. The game has enough gimics for getting around fairly quickly that it isn't that onerous a task.

Now I might agree with you if you had said that all Tip missions should be in the level appropriate zone like Radio/Newpaper missions are. The constant zone to zone thing can get old but since you only do 5 a day it's hard to get too worked up about it.