Well I notice allot of folks are suggesting ideas for adding hero zones to villians ect ect so I'll try to derail with a suggestion on what I think would be an awesome new Villian Zone :
I call it : Gangland (Alternate Title : The Hollows Except for Villians, but maybe thats too long....)
An early level Hazard Zone for Villians (between 10-20 perhaps)
Background : Gangland was once a thriving tourist city in the 1950's. It was once called New Hollywood, when because of the similiar arid conditions like that of California, was popularly used to film movies when an exotic local was needed or merely somewhere that American Authorities had no sway. The most popular movie of 1953 Gangland (Note there is probably a movie named gangland already irl and it probably wasn't filmed in 1953) was filmed here. The city which sprang up around the film industry was known for it's hedonistic tendacies, infact many of the more popular actors of this era choose to retire on the island, living like Kings on their wealth and fame.
During the Rikti War, an apparent Superweapon was detonated on the Island. It is unknown exactly if the defending humans or attacking Rikti detonated the weapon, but the result was the death of every animal (intelligent or otherwise) in the city. Apart from the damage from the war itself, this superweapon left the city intact, errie sets from unfinished movies remain as they were all those years ago.
Since the end of the Rikti War, attempts to reclaim the city have been foiled by a mysterious destructive force which comes and goes unexpectedly (a Giant Monster perhaps? You could just toss in Babbage easy enough). Further to complicate matters, several of the most viscious gangs of Paragon City have moved into the city, intent on finding the hidden treasure stashes of the buried moviestar estates lost in the Rikti war. Immediately the gangs began fighting for control, making the entire thing a boiling mess. The locals call it Gangland now, after that old classic movie.
Until now, Lord Recluse has been happy enough to forget about Gangland, having more important things to worry about (Statesman's favorite movie had been filmed there....grrrr....stupid hero) but rumours that the original force which depopulated the island might still exist has reached his ears. Perhaps it's time to reopen the roads and let the Destined Ones see what they can stomp up.....
Okay thanks for reading that grammatical nightmare. Here's just a few reasons why Gangland (or a hypothetically similiar zone) could work well for CoV.
Paragon Badges, like the Trolls, Outcast, Warriors ect could be more easily obtained. The game Designers do seem to have allot of experience making Destroyed City scapes, so making the zone would be nothing too new to them. This add some needed content to the early game, and gives the Villians a Hazard zone to reach for. We could even see some cameo's by neat folks like Atta or Frostfire in Villians.
As an added "oh wouldn't this be neat" idea, the story arcs could involve the villians joining each gang, then beating their way to the top of all the factions (Along with a badge for each gang you join maybe) then at the final storyline arc you are literally the King (or Queen) of Gangland, uniting the gangs into a force to reckon with, ready to find that ultimate weapon......then everything falls apart and everyone goes back to fighting on the last mission.
oh that tangled web we weave......
anyhow, I think that would be an awesome zone, thanks for reading.
