Kallisti Wharf is not in Paragon City for the purpose of alignment tips

[mechahamham]

 

I hopped over to KW to try to get the badge for PEACE Keeper and decided that, while my character was a hair underlevel for the zone, it'd be fun to see some of the new mission doors. I tried to take a tip mission, only for the

 

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 Now is not a good time to investigate this tip. Wait until you are within the streets of Paragon City before you attempt any investigation.

 

message to pop up.

 

I was able to investigate the same tip in Peregrine Island, which is arguably further out from Paragon City than Kallisti.

 

So... yeah.

[Rudra]

It is a co-op zone. You can't accept alignment tips from the RWZ either. Co-op zones, PvP zones, and hazard zones all prevent you from accepting alignment tip missions.

[Forager]

5 minutes ago, Rudra said:

It is a co-op zone. You can't accept alignment tips from the RWZ either. Co-op zones, PvP zones, and hazard zones all prevent you from accepting alignment tip missions.

 

Oh you poor thing. This thread is about the humorous wording of the message. OP is commenting on the message used to indicate the mechanic that you are describing.

 

It's interesting because it says you're not in Paragon City, but maybe you are... or maybe Kallisti Wharf is actually NOT in Paragon City... there's all kinds of interesting ways the conversation could go. Maybe the message should be changed! Maybe there should be different messages depending on where you are!

 

 

Edit: But it is very cool that you know this thing about the game!

Edited June 29 by Forager

[Rudra]

5 minutes ago, Forager said:

 

Oh you poor thing. This thread is about the humorous wording of the message. OP is commenting on the message used to indicate the mechanic that you are describing.

 

It's interesting because it says you're not in Paragon City, but maybe you are... or maybe Kallisti Wharf is actually NOT in Paragon City... there's all kinds of interesting ways the conversation could go. Maybe the message should be changed! Maybe there should be different messages depending on where you are!

 

 

Edit: But it is very cool that you know this thing about the game!

It says the exact same thing when you try to access an alignment tip mission in Perez Park or Terra Volta. Which are very much part of Paragon City.

 

Edit: If you are in a co-op zone, a PvP zone, or a hazard zone, then you are not considered to be in Paragon City or the Rogue Isles for the purposes of accepting alignment tip missions.

 

Edited June 29 by Rudra

[Forager]

1 minute ago, Rudra said:

It says the exact same thing when you try to access an alignment tip mission in Perez Park or Terra Volta. Which are very much part of Paragon City.

 

Right! Very good! That's more like it. This message is kind of inaccurate then maybe, right? What do you think about the message saying you're not in Paragon City when you are?

[Rikmach]

Maybe it could be made clearer.  "Trial, Hazard, PvP and Co-OP zones are not safe to run tip missions in, wait until you're back in a city zone to follow these tips." might be something still relatively sensible in-universe while making it clearer what the problem is?

[Rudra]

51 minutes ago, Forager said:

 

Right! Very good! That's more like it. This message is kind of inaccurate then maybe, right? What do you think about the message saying you're not in Paragon City when you are?

 

33 minutes ago, Rikmach said:

Maybe it could be made clearer.  "Trial, Hazard, PvP and Co-OP zones are not safe to run tip missions in, wait until you're back in a city zone to follow these tips." might be something still relatively sensible in-universe while making it clearer what the problem is?

Then make a suggestion on the Suggestions and Feedback board to get the text changed. Because the message is not a bug. Neither is the inability to accept alignment tips in a co-op zone.

[Rikmach]

45 minutes ago, Rudra said:

 

Then make a suggestion on the Suggestions and Feedback board to get the text changed. Because the message is not a bug. Neither is the inability to accept alignment tips in a co-op zone.

...Right.  Something I planned on doing, after it was discussed here.  I brought up the idea to see if anyone had any better phrasing.

[Rudra]

12 minutes ago, Rikmach said:

...Right.  Something I planned on doing, after it was discussed here.  I brought up the idea to see if anyone had any better phrasing.

You will get ample discussion there.

[Forager]

 

10 hours ago, Rudra said:

Neither is the inability to accept alignment tips in a co-op zone.

 

Uh oh! Another whoopsie! Nobody is discussing that. It is a little confusing, because it seems related. This thread is not about whether you can accept alignment tips in co-op zones, but again it is very cool that you know this thing about the game.

[Forager]

But anyway... the message is definitely a funny little bug. 

 

11 hours ago, Rikmach said:

"Trial, Hazard, PvP and Co-OP zones are not safe to run tip missions in, wait until you're back in a city zone to follow these tips."

 

That's pretty good. Maybe break up that run-on.

 

Edited June 29 by Forager