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Hobsnob

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Boomtown

I was playing last night, and got a mission that sent me into Boomtown to kill a few clockwork. I neglected it for a while, i didn't know how difficult it was there, but ended up going there of curiousity. When there, I couldn't see any clockwork so I said "Hi, can anybody tell me where I can find some clockwork?", into the broadcast channel.
No reply.
So i looked into the team member search function, selected Boomtown. Up came the list of toons. "The Brigadier". I was the only one.

While you can't move for people in The Hollows, Boomtown, although maybe a couple of levels harder, was deserted.

This was on the British server Defiant. Are zones neclected like this on the American servers?

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09/09/05 16:12

Demonico

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Re: Boomtown

at least on the guardian server, its pretty dead there and faultline as well. i dont care for it myself, i only go in there for the badges and plaques for badges. now that i dont have fly anymore, i found it pretty difficult to get around with 6 slot hurdle and ss. lol i was telling a friend about it and she came to fly and port me to the places i needed to go.

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09/09/05 16:38

Red_Scout

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Re: Boomtown

It seems there are a lot of zone neglected. Boomtown for one, Faultline another... Don't see much people in the Hazard zones also. I haven't seen many people in Rikti Crash Site when I had a couple of missions in there.

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09/09/05 17:00

Death_Conqueror

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Re: Boomtown

On Victory, anyway, Boomtown, Faultline, Eden, the Hive (except for when there's a raid), Dark Astoria, Rikti Crash Site, Firebase Zulu, Cascade, Chantry, and the Storm Palace are almost always empty. Of course, don't forget the Paragon Dance Party zone. I remember checking all the sites one day, just to see how many people were in those 11 zones. i think i came up with a total of 3 people!

the Devs need to find someway of creating more interest in these zones. i know that i listed some places where monsters form, but if no one's in the zone, then the monsters aren't really doing their jobs of attracting attention, now are they?

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09/09/05 17:09

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Re: Boomtown

I hear that Faultline originally had an uber TF that was created for SGs. I was told that it was intended for groups of around 30 or 40. Supposedly, 2 or 3 "teams" actually completed it, but this was long before badges. Unfortunately, the Devs didn't really plan it well, so it was removed even before Issue 2 was released. Adding a trial or TF to a zone definitely increases the amount of traffic that will go through it.

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09/09/05 17:40

Neuronia

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Re: Boomtown

Boomtown and Faultline on Champion are both dead...

I mean...Boomtown's nuclear wasteland appearance alone is a selling point ;)

Seriously though, they are quite out of the way and not the least visually appealing...so people tend to avoid them.

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09/09/05 17:45

thejeni

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Re: Boomtown

the other reason these zones are neglected by players is b/c they are so difficult to get around... unless you have fly faultline is horrid, and it seems boomtown isn't so great either... another problem is there are no stores or trainers there, so when you want to lvl or need to sell then you have to travel even longer so people don't use those places much to street sweep... i know that boomtown is AWSOME for street sweeps, the groups are big, they spawn quickly so a small team can just run up and down one spot and get mega xp (if you are into that sort of thing)... long ago i spent a bit of time in boomtown... never really spent any time in faultline other than for badges and to look around at the new zone that opened up to me.... never really had any reason to go there (anyone ever get missions in fault?)... and right now i know that firebase zulu is a good place for hunting for my lvl, but it is so difficult to get a team to go around there that i have only been 2 times since i got high enough to get in......now the hive... well that zone really has a problem w/ the spawns... you have a lot of lvl rangers in the huge groups so it makes it hard to kill them unless you are a higher lvl then it just isn't worth it.....

and i could go on about each of the problems w/ the zones that aren't used and what could be done to fix them, but i figured this is enough for now

one last thing (i promise) the devs are aware of hte problem and have stated in the past (please don't ask for a link) that they plan on making these zones more appealing to players... w/ i5 a few of these changes took place: the rikti crash site can now be reached by a portal in PI... in fire base zulu they now have arrows of the directions of where those launch spots will take you.

09/09/05 20:22

Neuronia

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Re: Boomtown

I am new to much of the content thejeni...

What is Firebase Zulu?

Is it the Portal Headquarters building on Peregrine Island?

09/09/05 20:33

thejeni

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Re: Boomtown

QUOTE

I am new to much of the content thejeni...

What is Firebase Zulu?

Is it the Portal Headquarters building on Peregrine Island?

firebase zulu, Cascade Archipelago, chantry, and storm palace are the zones for the higher lvl characters.. you have to be at least lvl 41 to enter the 1st 2, lvl 44 for the last 2.....

firebase zulu is one of the purtties zones i've ver seen... i've take a TON of screenies of the place some can be found here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

09/09/05 20:47

Red_Scout

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Re: Boomtown

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(anyone ever get missions in fault?)...

I had ONE mission in Faultline, and it sucked mightily! I had to hunt CoT in it. Don't try to do it on your own, even if you are a Tanker. The groups were to big for me to handle on my own, but once I out leveled the place... I got my revenge during the Winter Lord Event, I SHOWED YOU DIDN'T I COT!!!!

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09/09/05 21:14

Malicious_Intent_2001

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Re: Boomtown

They also added gate indications for all of the different portals to the different sections of FB Zulu. This helps out a lot when it comes to getting to the Cascade.

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09/09/05 22:00

Demonico

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Re: Boomtown

with fbz there are quite a few TF's you can do inthe various zones, BUT i hear there are 1 or 2 that dont reward you with anything at all, and another where the glowies are invisible, you have to hunt them by sound. I would like to do a few of these myself, the ones with badges n such, but havent found a time where ppl are actually there to do them. i heard a few ppl talkin on the guardian channel about finishing a bunch of them, in 8 HOURS lol. I would personally want to make sure i do the ones with a reward/badge. and save the others until the dev's fix the problems with them. Not being a big fan of the zone, especially since i lost fly, i wouldnt want to do another TF there to claim a reward that was fixed later on.

09/09/05 23:29

RonJ73

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Re: Boomtown

Boomtown vs The Hollows.

The Hollows is extremely close to Atlas Park.
Boomtown is WAY up north in Steel Canyon and you have to pass baddies in SC that are higher than the baddies in Boomtown.

Your second contact ALWAYS sends you to the Hollows.
Aside from an occasional hunt or door mission, NO contacts send you to Boomtown.

The Hollows has a pretty cool story arc with the whole Wincott/Flux/Julius contacts and the missions involved in it result in a good amount of experience.
There isn't a Taskforce/Trial/Story Arc in Boomtown.

Boomtown needs to be changed in a future (hopefully soon) issue. It needs to be changed to a new "start" zone. Make Atlas Park, Galaxy City and Baumton start zones. Give Baumton it's own townhall-like building. Have lowbie council guys, clocks and vahz as baddies wandering the streets. Make a series of contacts, like AP or GC. Give it some personality.

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09/09/05 23:54

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Re: Boomtown

yea i play on freedom and most of those zones are almost ALWAYS empty. i wanna like hold a costume contest in one. how sweet would a first person to find me gets X influence somewhere in DA?

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09/10/05 00:03

RonJ73

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Re: Boomtown

I think you'd be very comfortably sitting there for a LONG time in DA. :)

Although a hide and seek contest, if it's worth a LOT, might be interesting there. The only downside is that the people that REALLY need 1,000,000 influence are the ones that are WELL below the level for Dark Astoria.

09/10/05 10:27

sportgenius

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Re: Boomtown

ya true. maybe someday when i decide to stop playing CoH (long long time lol) ill put all my influence on 1 toon and do it.

09/10/05 10:54

gec72

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Re: Boomtown

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and another where the glowies are invisible, you have to hunt them by sound

Is this by design then? I had a mission last night (time portal pieces, Ubelmann arc) where this was the case and I bugged it. Not the first time I've encountered this though. If it is by design, isn't it incredibly rude to those players who are hearing impared? I'm assuming there must be some.

Oh, and as someone who solos 90% of the time, unless I HAVE to go to a zone like Boomtown, Faultline, Perez...I don't. Absolutely no reason too (outside of badges). Zones that you can't get around, have huge mobs, and are ugly as sin. Oh, add TV to that too. Yeah, sign me up for that...

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09/10/05 22:59

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Re: Boomtown

Right there with you gec. The only time I generally go to those zones is when I have a Hunt mission for something simple like "Defeat 30 Council". I'll sometimes hit the green line, go to Boomtown and clear it really quickly with a few AOEs so I can move on to the next one.

09/11/05 00:18

thejeni

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Re: Boomtown

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and another where the glowies are invisible, you have to hunt them by sound

i'm assuming they are bugged... invisible glowies seem like an impossible task to find (even w/ the noise)

09/11/05 10:34

Falzure

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Re: Boomtown

Well, there IS one other reason to go to Boomtown. There's a lot of badges and plaques there. I usually go there once with each toon to hit them all, then leave and never look back.

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