wjrasmussen Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Get some old fashion run around touring zone call box quest? I went to Ouroboros all i got was this lousy secret! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanden Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Some kind of head injury on the dev team, I imagine 5 A Cheat Sheet for efficient Endurance Recovery slotting Invention Set Designer Tool Spreadsheet with every Ancillary Power Pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greycat Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 The call boxes *are* underutilized. Outside of a TF or two, they're used about as much as bus stops in Paragon. Primarily on Everlasting. Squid afficionado. Former creator of Copypastas. General smartalec. I tried to combine Circle and DE, but all I got were garden variety evil mages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtjunkie Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 See Agent Watkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZemX Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 9 hours ago, Greycat said: The call boxes *are* underutilized. Can you really under-utilize something nobody wants to utilize at all? I would rather see more use of open-world glowies like you have in a few Praetoria missions. Have them spawn ambushes or result in quick "side" missions like stopping a pawn shop robbery or a jail break. This would make for a more interesting "patrol the city" kind of objective than just running around clicking call boxes for no apparent reason. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwitchFade Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 I'd buy that for a dollar! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolnerd Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 It would be kind of nice for the "overworld" -- you know, the actual city -- to have more of a point, instead of just being the stuff you speed past as fast as possible on your way to the mission door when your teleporters are all on cooldown. I don't know if "go there and click that thing, then go over there and click that other thing" is the best way to do it, but it's something. 1 Formerly of Virtue, now on Excelsior: Ace of Spades | Adamant Eve | Arch-Rival | The Bee | Blackbelt | Citizen Arcane | Core | Ctrl Alt Defeat | Daddy Longlegs | Diamant | Freak Accident | Galactrix | Great White Shark Heavy Machinery | Highway Star | The Howl | Inter-Galactica | Ion Maiden | Knockout Artist | Krakatoa | Night's Templar | The Pact | Paroled McDonald | Virtual Boy | Volcaniac | White Widow | Yucatan And my most recent 50, Cyber-Security (Shield Defense/Street Justice tanker, 16 March 2024) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biostem Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 21 minutes ago, Mjolnerd said: I don't know if "go there and click that thing, then go over there and click that other thing" is the best way to do it, but it's something. It's certainly not "something" I'd want to see implemented, though. Games that do utilize the open world more tend to have things like waiting for a named NPC to respawn so you can complete your mission, or placing glowies spread far apart to just waste your time as you go around clicking stuff. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 20 minutes ago, Mjolnerd said: It would be kind of nice for the "overworld" -- you know, the actual city -- to have more of a point, instead of just being the stuff you speed past as fast as possible on your way to the mission door when your teleporters are all on cooldown. I don't know if "go there and click that thing, then go over there and click that other thing" is the best way to do it, but it's something. Maybe instead of running to call boxes we add a bit of a look to the city and instead we run to the word-on-the-street guys? Joe standing in front of his pizza parlor, Madge taking a smoke outside her hair salon, Ol' Ben the chess player sitting at a park chess table, that sort of thing. (Though, Ol' Ben gotta be mighty tough to just hang out in the parks these days.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High_Beam Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Synapse still demands their use! Obey Synapse! The fastest man in Paragon City wants you to run around and check call boxes! Obey! 3 Girls of Nukem High - Excelsior - Tempus Fabulous, Flattery, Jennifer Chilly, Betty Beatdown, Totally Cali, Two Gun Trixie Babes of War - Excelsior - Di Di Guns, Runeslinger, Munitions Mistress, Tideway, Hard Melody, Blue Aria Several alts and of course my original from live on Freedom, OG High Beam (someone else has her non OG name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biostem Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Champions Online implemented something which, while sounding good on paper, was not terribly utilized - sometimes while wandering in a zone, (mainly the main hub zone, Millennium City), you'll get a popup that you see a crime in progress or something out of the ordinary, and can accept a related mission. The problem is that they are neither rewarding nor interesting enough to be any sort of reliable source of content. I much prefer the general reliability and accessibility of CoH's radio/newspaper contacts. Those could stand a bit of customization and enhancement, though - like choosing the enemy group(s) you want to fight, excluding hostage/escort missions, and so on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clave Dark 5 Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 7 hours ago, biostem said: Those could stand a bit of customization and enhancement, though - like choosing the enemy group(s) you want to fight, excluding hostage/escort missions, and so on... So there'd be a box you could check off that just reads "Council Missions Only" right? 1 ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Peak Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 The player could click the call box to call for help from any of the generic heroes to spawn in on a short timer to help street sweep. Street sweeping used to be all the rage, it was great xp and fun to explore. That's how I fell in love with Crey's Folly and Eden. 1 Pocket D Zone Tour Best Post Ever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjrasmussen Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 6/12/2023 at 6:01 PM, biostem said: It's certainly not "something" I'd want to see implemented, though. Games that do utilize the open world more tend to have things like waiting for a named NPC to respawn so you can complete your mission, or placing glowies spread far apart to just waste your time as you go around clicking stuff. It was part of the game at release. I went to Ouroboros all i got was this lousy secret! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic_Flea Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 The only thing I want from call boxes would be to "hear" Ascendant talking to Saul Rubenstein. https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Ascendant-O's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLVRIZR Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 6/12/2023 at 1:13 PM, SwitchFade said: I'd buy that for a dollar! ...driving off in the SUX2000, maybe? (RoboCop references, of course) Reunion - JAWBRKR (Inv/SJ Tank), Lich-ilicious (Necro/Dark MM) Torchbearer - Will Power-Flame (WP/Fire Tank), Frostee-Freeze (Ice/Emp Troller), DARKNESSREIGNS (Inv/DM Tank), BALLBUSTR (Inv/SS Tank) Indomitable - PLVRIZR (Stone/SS Tank), The Atomic Warden (Rad/Rad Defender), FACESMSHR (EM/EA Brute) Excelsior - NUTCRCKR (Inv/SS Tank) - VL500+, DRKSTNITE (DA/DM Tank), Nosfera-too (Kin/Dark Defender), FIREBLLR (FIre/Therm Corr), THUGSRUS (Thugs/Dark MM), Marshal Mayhem (Fire/MA Tank), SLICRDICR (DB/WP Scrap), NECROTANK (SD/DM Tank), FRMRBRWN (Spines/Fire Brute), AVLANCH (Ice/Stone Tank), SWMPTHNG (Bio/Rad Tank), FREEZRBRN (Fire/Ice Tank), ZZAAPP (Elec/Elec Brute), Voltaic Thunderbolt (Elec/Elec Tank) Lemme Axe You Somethin (Rad/Axe Tank), PWDRKEG (Fire/FIre/Pyre Tank), ATMSMSHR (Rad/SS Tank), Morphology of Flame (Bio/Fire Tank) Everlasting - MISSADVENTUR (Inv/SS Tank), Mace to the Face (SD/WM Tank) Retail 2004 (pre-I1) - 2012 lights out; Feb. 2020 - present Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperstrike Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 On 6/12/2023 at 12:35 AM, wjrasmussen said: Get some old fashion run around touring zone call box quest? A lot of the call box runs tend to happen at mid level ranges. 20-30. Usually by then, rapid transit and travel powers have set in. So these "Tour" missions peter out. Several of the arcs in Skyway and early in IP have these. If you want to be godlike, pick anything. If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperstrike Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 7 hours ago, Bionic_Flea said: The only thing I want from call boxes would be to "hear" Ascendant talking to Saul Rubenstein. https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Ascendant-O's We do have access to the audio. We also have a video I made off it. 1 If you want to be godlike, pick anything. If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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