Alternative Way Of Getting Missions

Creamy_Goodness · 2014-06-09T18:52:32.000Z

[quote=“Kevin Granade, post:16, topic:6415”]I kind of assume whoever brings the tower back online would just reconfigure it.
and also put up billboards or something with a number to call… hrm, sounding interesting now.[/quote]

yes, Yes… YES! Please kevin this must happen now its too awesome not to

Pthalocy · 2014-06-10T02:07:29.000Z

Only if contacting the station in person is occasionally rewarded with a radio recording booth full of zambos.

AseaHeru · 2014-06-10T12:06:41.000Z

Yes. That is needed.

Pandupaz · 2014-06-11T13:53:05.000Z

-the emergency terminal in shelters could begin with a mission when you start(some are broken and you need to repair them)

-survivor notes could have coordinates for stashes and LMOE shelters

-terminals could (depending on your computer skill and some USB software) be connected to survivor/science/military networks and occasionally generate missions

-radios that get amplified by a long-range antenna from radio stations(that you need to repair/build) can also give missions

-dead military squads and scientists could sometimes have orders that lead you somewhere(infested areas/portal expeditions)

-heist plans: found in a basement where someone planned how to break into a bank/doctors office/police station/jewelry

-antique stores and cathedrals could have ancient tablets that lead you into a deep mine or a portal in search of an artifact

-visions/dreams - when infected by fungus, blob, or wielding an artifact, during feverish dreams, something commands you to destroy another artifact, clear a triffid grove or remove/deactivate some gadget left by scientists that hurts the “faction”

Paquito · 2014-06-11T16:14:00.000Z

++ this thread.

Creamy_Goodness · 2014-06-12T19:48:41.000Z

Pandupaz:

-antique stores and cathedrals could have ancient tablets that lead you into a deep mine or a portal in search of an artifact

Museums too

Hague · 2014-06-15T17:54:27.000Z

Well now that’s interesting…

If a player say, repairs a broken console in a home and then hacks it using computer skill, it should give them useful information, like filling in a random section of the map, locating survivor NPCs, stashes, important event locations, etc.

Edit: Specifically, we need to add more stuff for computer skill. Seems like having the ability to acquire special knowledge about the whereabouts of certain things. Maybe computers could be combined with GPS usage to find geocaches with actual supply caches around the map?

esran · 2014-06-15T18:34:16.000Z

Doing a mission for the military and having them airdrop you supplies is probably the best idea here. You could get the mission at the terminal in your starting shelter. This would be cool as it woulc show two things. That the military do have some kind of a presence, and that they are desperate enough to need random survivors to help them. THe missions shouldn’t be easy, as neither plane fuel nor supplies are cheap for the military. In fact, many of the missions shouldn’t have a supply drop reward at all, instead rewarding you with free things, like information and software. The first mission might be to kill 200 zombies, and it would reward you with a map of the local area, and a valuable E-book of your choice that you can read of the terminal.

Murphy · 2014-06-16T04:56:43.000Z

Yup the military idea is the best one. Shall we start brainstorming for interesting difficult missions now?

esran · 2014-06-16T07:30:03.000Z

How about a mission to kill actual cannibal shia lebuff?

Creamy_Goodness · 2014-06-16T19:47:48.000Z

esran:

How about a mission to kill actual cannibal shia lebuff?

This needs to become a reality

Pthalocy · 2014-06-16T21:13:10.000Z

Only if it’s rarity is in direct proportion to it’s jokeyness.

FunsizeNinja123 · 2014-06-16T21:23:49.000Z

Pthalocy:

Only if it’s rarity is in direct proportion to it’s jokeyness.

Arek_PL · 2014-06-16T21:40:26.000Z

that canibal is real it drop few knifes and axe

Pthalocy · 2014-06-17T00:36:34.000Z

It’s a real joke. We uh. Have a number of those. But yeh, a kill mission besides “my zombie mom” and “THE FUCKING JABBERWOCK GOOD LUCK LOL” would be fantastic.

Hague · 2014-06-17T01:08:38.000Z

Well, I always did like the silly random encounters in the Fallout series of games.

There definitely needs to be a few more basement layouts. I can think of several different archetypes: Basement infested with giant roaches. A room filled with junkfood, fantasy novels, comic books, empty wrappers and bottles, a broken console and a fat zombies.

esran · 2014-06-17T02:48:51.000Z

Now that we have hordes, a mission to eliminate a horde could be cool. Or a mission to get data from the bottom of a lab. Or a mission to find a valuable book and scan it into the terminal. Any of these missions could be gotten and rewarded through the terminal, with no NPC interaction required. SImply allow books to be stored and read on the terminal(possibly with the help of a scanner to scan them in, and a printer to print them out) and have the military reward you with various maps and valuable books, locations of stashes, and the rare airdropped supply.

KA101 · 2014-06-17T03:17:58.000Z

Arek_PL:

that canibal is real it drop few knifes and axe

And it’s rare enough that without a scripted spawn as part of the mission, you’re not likely to encounter one.

Pthalocy · 2014-06-17T07:54:16.000Z

Case in point, I’ve only ever seen one when suffering the Hallucinating effect!

kevin.granade · 2014-06-17T16:15:34.000Z

just FYI, getting rewards from ‘military airdrop’ isn’t happening unless there’s a faction system robust enough to have such a faction. They can reward you plenty with information, such as telling you about a cache or pre-existing airdrop, or the location of an overrun bunker.