Originally Posted by
Indra Echo
Yep OP--this is a game still worth saving but they're too busy focusing on changes for meaningless reasons and trying to act like it's content, adding content that is a re-hash of current content, and singularly lacking in imagination.
As I said in the grenade-gate thread, if the key is to give people reasons to grind for scrip, use real money for things, create some more diverse gameplay with more of an RPG feel even, create content that would appeal to getting to higher EGO levels, encourage fan participation and excitement, there are ways to do that. And they would not require made up reasons for doing so.
My example was this:
Create some new areas (or instances if you like)-maybe underground trade zones or even like small cities. Charge some scrip to get "transportation" to them---maybe, the use of a high speed elevator costs scrip. They could even be faction zones or some such.
Set up vendors in those areas--they don't have to be huge places-could be like coop bunkers in size (but make them look cooler). The vendors sell things either for scrip or for trade. And these things might include weapons, upgrades to weapons (not only mods but maybe things like a new random bonus roll or even a bonus reroll or a nano change or a synergy change), vehicle upgrades--larger turbo boost tank, or higher "octane" turbo boost tank, or skins, spoilers, whatever. Outfits and even appearance changes-change your hair style, get a tatoo. They could even offer things that you can get 3 different ways-scrip, trade, or even real money--bits.
I'd include the option for the AI to accept or reject the trade. I'd also include one area that is a player trading house. Maybe you have to use scrip to enter there as well, again for transportation.
These places might also randomly be taken over by different foes--kind of like emergencies but for specific objectives. So, you might go there by yourself or be on a shopping trip with friends in your group and find it's taken over by Raiders who are stealing scrip. Defeat them and you get the scrip they took along with a reward item.
And make it so some of the areas are only accessible to certain EGO levels. You could even have VIP areas for the chance at good stuff (for maybe a bit more scrip or for higher EGOs).
This is a suggestion of how I think some actual new things could be added-maybe not the best, but it's one idea.
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