Kelenar

Originally Posted by Manofmanychars

If it takes over an hour without using a web utility, you're either playing Palladium or you're playing a bad game (and the line between the two is fairly blurry). Or you're pulling from a lot of sourcebooks at once, like, so many that you'd pretty much HAVE to be playing D&D for there to be that many books to begin with.

Originally Posted by CBeet

The Zig, hazard and PvP zone, miles of hallways and secret areas/air ducts/tunnels from cell to cell. Half the Zig has been sectioned off, one half in riots as prisoners are trying to make their escape, the other half being attacked by Arachnos and their superpowered criminals trying to free more of their own, either for Project Destiny or to bolster their numbers to fight off Praetorians on the Rogue Isles.

The Hazard Zone (level 30-45) would have a Back Alley Brawler and Blue Steel trial. Back Alley Brawler's (30-35) deals with regaining order with the levels above ground, eventually leading to the defeat of Frostfire, Dr Vahzilok and Clamor who collaborated their efforts to start the riot, failable as they try to make their way through the winding corridoors of the Zig to try and escape once under 50% health.

Blue Steel's (40-45) deals with the lower levels of the Zig where the real supervillains are kept. Your team and Blue Steel work together, with the team leader choosing their team's path mid-mission using a similar interface to the Praetorian morality missions, with Blue Steel heading in the other direction. One mission, timed to 3 hours, with each path you take leading to different AVs. Featuring: Dreck, Bile, Arakhn, Archon Burkholder, Nocturne, Captain Castillo then, at the very end, Nemesis? inside a tunnel being dug by a Nemesis Mole Machine which temporarily broke down. Nemesis? is waiting outside with a sizeable force, when he reaches 75% hp an ambush comes consisting of Blue Steel as an ally who will help to take Nemesis? down.

The PvP zone (32-42) works like Warburg with Heroes and Villains fighting over NPC prisoners who will follow like the Warburg scientists. Villains have to get them to a safe Arachnos controlled area to be taken away by Arachnos Flier, Heroes have to take the prisoner to a safe area where the cells are being kept in lockdown. Due to the Zig being difficult to navigate with many secret areas and shortcuts, it could make the strategy of fights very interesting.

For extra incentive, there would also be wounded SWAT dotted around that you can escort to a locked armoury. Villains taking them there to force them to open it, Heroes taking them so they can arm themselves and recover in a safe spot. By unlocking one, you receive a riot/PPD themed temp power; Beanbags, tasers, riot shields ect. plus maybe a chance for a PvP IO.

That would be what I'd do, my zone to contribute.

Originally Posted by Mr_Grey

I would have some new "Rogue Isles," ones that aren't under the yoke of Arachnos and have their own stories to tell. You could find secret labs and ancient ruins, plundering them for their valuables. Enemy groups that sort of show up and fart (I'm looking at YOU Spetznaz and Goldbrickers) could expand and grow. Last, but not least, it wouldn't have to be a story that would revolve around making Arachnos better or making things easier for Arachnos (sorry, Hardcase, but some of my villains would like to watch the Howlers tear the Giza apart).

City of Villains still has amazing room to expand. We're getting arcs where we feel proactive now... Let's stomp around on territory that isn't claimed by somebody else!