Dark Astoria: next zone for revamp

I think it's safe to say that Dark Astoria has seen more hero activity since I18 went live than it has before. It's a good place to find large spawns of grey-conning but over level 20 mobs with bosses that most level 50s can 2-shot. As such, it works well for tip hunters.

This increase of interest in the zone should be reflected somehow in future issues of the game. Perhaps the increased fighting of mobs in DA uncovers some secret there that could be worked into a fresh story arc line. The hordes of Banished Pantheon could be more actively controlled. It should become more than an out of the way place to occasionally put villain lairs in for task forces or story arcs.

It should be partially revamped, without losing its uniqueness.

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"At what point do we say, 'You're mucking with our myths'?" - Harlan Ellison

Give it a zone plot, field base (hospital, trainer, store, diff contact) and contacts?
/Signed. Very much so. No need to change the zone art, its perfect the way it is. Just give us something to DO there for pete sakes.

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

IMPO, all the "Hazard Zones" could use some serious retooling to give them more functionality and versatility, whether that means:

• making some of them cross-faction (like the RWZ and the Shard zones proposals suggested by many players)
• adding zone events (RWZ)
• adding story arcs to the zones (Faultline and RWZ)
• revamping zone look and geometry (Faultline and RWZ)
• a combination of any of the above
• new tech I haven't even thought of (construction wars in Brickstown, for example)

You know what would be awesome?

If, like previously suggested, DA hd its own story arc. But it's a magic-only arc, (not to say that only magic origins can do it, but that it's all magic-oriented enemies like COT, Legacy, BP and Tsoo) and the contacts are all mages of some sort that have established small warding rings to push back the fog. Small bubbles of clarity (to make them easier to find f the revamp happened) about the diameter of the Apocalypse Banners. That would be awesome.

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Originally Posted by Deus_Otiosus This entire post should receive some kind of award for being both hysterical and fantastic. Well done.