Can we get rid of the city plots now?

There was a post a few months ago talking about how much work the cities needed in order to be ready for the new engine so this has been put on hold. Guess I should look for that post huh?
Cities can change hands too, but for credits :) Ahhhhhh, how the rich get richer, real estate!!


http://forums.anarchy-online.com/sho...d.php?t=602774

There it is! See City Section.

Please do not bring the outdoor cities back, they ruin the sense of exploration for new players and were a blot on the landscape.

Try to do something more constructive with the areas, content in both PvM and PvP would be nice to see, developed over time. Maybe new outdoor raids, maybe a king of the hill or capture the flag (sorry, whompa) style of PvP gameplay. I dunno, just ideas, but something with greater play content and fluidity than what they once were would be very nice to see.

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Originally Posted by Ilaliya

This is more-or-less the reason. There was no way to migrate the cities, and if the outdoor plots were open then there would have been an extremely unfair rush while everything else was being settled. Also, outdoor cities in general are an awesome idea but I think the way they operate in AO could use some improvement (and this is my personal opinion -- to tie them somehow to PvP so they can change hands). However, any real improvement to the outdoor cities would require a wipe anyway. So the most practical solution was to turn them off for the migration, and then evaluate options for improvements before bringing them back. This also allows people to get settled so there isn't an insane land rush dominated by who can get through the post-migration login queue fastest.

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tie them somehow to PvP so they can change hands

excellent !

This is a great chance for the game, to have something really cool.

When I was new to the game it was fun running around exploring. Finding the players cities was just as fun. They where new and I did not know what they where about. I quickly learned the whompahs was great way to loose the chasing panthers I would pick up going to and from missions in distant dungeons.

:P Imagine the epic pvp if cities are to be taken. Make it 8 hour long pvp or something like that. Epic long fight, unlike towers.

or make it so friendly fire fills up CT and opposing fire depletes CT :D huhu.!

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Originally Posted by Ilaliya

... to tie them somehow to PvP so they can change hands.

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I can't imagine paying a huge amount of credits to buy and maintain the old type of outdoor city, just to lose everything to the opposite faction -- especially with instanced cities being so available. However, I could see something like small city outposts in key spots in the wilderness that include a transport area (and maybe a few other benefits), with two-way travel to/from the grid, but only available to the faction that currently controls it.

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Originally Posted by Georgesmith

Make it 8 hour long pvp or something like that. Epic long fight, unlike towers.

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uhm, like no, towers used to be like that, they get boring since they've been ingame for ~10 years.


Rover Rover send giant big blob right over? no thanks.

Fc needs to send Notum Wars over the Overhaulin and leave unrelated to nw's booster content separate from Ai expansion content.

UNLESS, you meant like the bases in Tabula Rasa

Personally, I would like to see the outdoor cities done away with, and make the landscape look natural again. Maybe add some content in COP and COT. I am sure they can plant some whompas where some of the cities were with some cool places around them for us to go to for content. When was the last time content was added to Rubika to give paid and froobs more things to do in game?