Challenge Mode - Any ideas?

[Troo]

COX is super replay-able. I'm just wondering if there are additional ways we could challenge our characters or teams.

 

Some games have challenge modes. So does this one. We can set missions to have higher difficulties and add timers, travel power usage, number of deaths, etc. They are mostly related to missions already in the game. However the game doesn't cover all the kinds of challenge modes.

 

Troo idea #1

Infinite mode. One thing we don't have is infinite enemies.

 

Troo idea #2

Boss mode. Same is above but with a progression of final bosses, heroes, and arch villains.

 

Troo idea #3

Leader boards.

 

Troo idea #4

Leader board mode. Similar to boss mode but this time, we take on copies of the characters on top of the current leader boards.

 

What other ideas are out there?

 

[VileTerror]

There actually were leaderboards, back in the day.  The Kisoks around Paragon City had such stats as All-Time/Weekly/Daily Defeats per Enemy Group.  Been a long while . . . what's the ParagonWiki have to say about the good ol' kiosks of yesterdecade:

 

https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Kiosk_(Slash_Command)

 

... wow.  Is that really it?  Maybe my Search-Fu is just weak.  There's gotta be something else . . . 

 

Or not?  Everything else I can find on the Wiki is just about the Gladiators and the Arena Kiosk.  Did the info kiosks have a different name that I'm just not remembering?  

[boggo2300]

19 minutes ago, VileTerror said:

There actually were leaderboards, back in the day.  The Kisoks around Paragon City had such stats as All-Time/Weekly/Daily Defeats per Enemy Group.  Been a long while . . . what's the ParagonWiki have to say about the good ol' kiosks of yesterdecade:

 

https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Kiosk_(Slash_Command)

 

... wow.  Is that really it?  Maybe my Search-Fu is just weak.  There's gotta be something else . . . 

 

Or not?  Everything else I can find on the Wiki is just about the Gladiators and the Arena Kiosk.  Did the info kiosks have a different name that I'm just not remembering?  

yeah thats it, it never got fully to the stage it was advertised to be, and spent most of the games run pretty badly broken

[Troo]

So leader board might be possible. And we already fight player-character-copies in a popular task force.

 

 

Edited February 29, 2020 by Troo

[Redlynne]

22 hours ago, Troo said:

I'm just wondering if there are additional ways we could challenge our characters or teams.

Pillar of Ice and Flame ... do Flashbacks and enable the challenge modes.

No enhancements to powers

No Inspiration use

Empowered enemies

 

The options are there.

Go use them.

[Menelruin]

BOSS RUSH MODE!

 

And/or maybe a mode where all minions are replaced with Bosses?  Turn every skul gravedigger into a gargantuan warwork?

[Troo]

5 hours ago, Redlynne said:

The options are there.

Go use them.

Yep yep. I gave a nod to these and I do use them. I was just wonder if anyone had any ideas on other interesting challenge modes.

[boggo2300]

4 hours ago, Menelruin said:

BOSS RUSH MODE!

 

And/or maybe a mode where all minions are replaced with Bosses?  Turn every skul gravedigger into a gargantuan warwork?

meh, half measures, the REAL challenge mode

 

Replace every Minion, LT and Boss with a GM

 

Mwahahaha

 

etc

[VileTerror]

The Real Challenge lies in Bosses only providing Minion-level Experience.  Let's see how many people complete THAT Task Force.

[boggo2300]

11 minutes ago, VileTerror said:

The Real Challenge lies in Bosses only providing Minion-level Experience.  Let's see how many people complete THAT Task Force.

can we run bets on it 😄 I can see easy inf in that 😄

[Galaxy Brain]

Maybe the real challenge was the friends we met along the way?

[Menelruin]

5 hours ago, Galaxy Brain said:

Maybe the real challenge was the friends we met along the way?

How much XP and INF do we get for defeating those?  Any interesting drops?

[Alchemystic]

I think you can run Task Forces/Trials with different challenge moderators right?

Edited January 11, 2020 by Tyrannical

[Troo]

yes with lots of options.

 

[Alchemystic]

51 minutes ago, Troo said:

yes with lots of options.

 

Then I would propose adding more options to this, maybe stuff like;

 

- Players do not have natural regeneration (except Rest or with buffs)

 

- Enemies are all promoted (minions to lieutenants, lieutenants to bosses, etc)

 

- Incarnate powers are disabled.

 

- Enemy mez magnitude is higher.

 

- Friendly fire is enabled.

[VileTerror]

- Periodic unresistable Confuse is applied to players at random.

[Troo]

@VileTerror the three stooges picture that popped into my head: teammates suddenly whacking each other and not knowing why.

 

@Tyrannical "Friendly fire is enabled." That would definately make AoE, cones, and PBAoE very interesting.

 

Edited January 11, 2020 by Troo

[Galaxy Brain]

Do these settings actually increase rewards?

[Chronicler J]

Play my AE mission Progression Raid. It's challenge mode.

[Brawlin]

whats the arc ID for your raid?

[Chronicler J]

Just now, Wolvel said:

whats the arc ID for your raid?

Arc ID 19796

 

Be sure to bring a full team with a good composition. 

[Troo]

9 hours ago, Galaxy Brain said:

Do these settings actually increase rewards?

There are some badges. I don't believe there are any increases.

[Galaxy Brain]

10 hours ago, Troo said:

There are some badges. I don't believe there are any increases.

I think this is part of the issue right here. What incentive is there to run these hard modes if running the easier stuff is just as if not more lucrative?

[Lines]

20 hours ago, Tyrannical said:

- Friendly fire is enabled.

I want this so much for all the wrong reasons.

[Grouchybeast]

2 hours ago, Galaxy Brain said:

I think this is part of the issue right here. What incentive is there to run these hard modes if running the easier stuff is just as if not more lucrative?

I guess if depends on whether the problem we're trying to solve is 'people want more challenging content because more challenge is fun' or 'people want more challenging content because they want better rewards and that's traditionally the only way to get rewards buffed'.