Rith
18-08-04, 09:56
Personally I absolutely hate the current epic system - it simply encourages faction hoping with absolutely no rense of RP or faction play.
I'd much rather see the current raft of epic "rewards" plus those coming in NC2 made into faction bought items (i.e. only sold by a faction NPC). That way we can trade for them and get the gear we need - hell if they are balanced right it might even make things a little more interesting (e.g. Tangent is the only place to go to for high end rifle/pistol weps, Biotech for implants etc etc - trade skill clans?)
Make the epic run something really epic and the reward? You get to found a clan... make it such that no one who hasn't done the relevant epic can be rank 15 in a clan.
The reward should be an RP item like a faction rank, not an essential in game item... for example - the City Merc epic should result in the CM soldiers calling you "sir" as opposed to bastard :). The faction rewards could build on this, the epic being the first step on the ladder, the reward lifting you higher into the factions hierarchy.
This way we get around the bitch whining for the wipe - you just buy back the gear in NC2. Anyone who wishes to do an EPIC now does so for their own RP purposes or because they wish to found a clan. If the faction council concept comes into play in NC2 then also make the EPIC mandatory for that... this way people who just want to shoot shit can do... people who want to RP can do. No tripping over each other.
Lastly, I'd make it so that if you change faction, you lose your EPIC status for the old faction, with no possibility of regaining it.
R
I'd much rather see the current raft of epic "rewards" plus those coming in NC2 made into faction bought items (i.e. only sold by a faction NPC). That way we can trade for them and get the gear we need - hell if they are balanced right it might even make things a little more interesting (e.g. Tangent is the only place to go to for high end rifle/pistol weps, Biotech for implants etc etc - trade skill clans?)
Make the epic run something really epic and the reward? You get to found a clan... make it such that no one who hasn't done the relevant epic can be rank 15 in a clan.
The reward should be an RP item like a faction rank, not an essential in game item... for example - the City Merc epic should result in the CM soldiers calling you "sir" as opposed to bastard :). The faction rewards could build on this, the epic being the first step on the ladder, the reward lifting you higher into the factions hierarchy.
This way we get around the bitch whining for the wipe - you just buy back the gear in NC2. Anyone who wishes to do an EPIC now does so for their own RP purposes or because they wish to found a clan. If the faction council concept comes into play in NC2 then also make the EPIC mandatory for that... this way people who just want to shoot shit can do... people who want to RP can do. No tripping over each other.
Lastly, I'd make it so that if you change faction, you lose your EPIC status for the old faction, with no possibility of regaining it.
R