Originally Posted by
Rubeus
Another problem is that you can never seem to catch enemy messengers who are delivering supplies to a beastmen fortified area. My suggestion is more people go through and "Like" some more and maybe tag a developer to provoke a response, or link this thread to Camate/Okipuit/Whoever. Maybe link it into the Japanese forum? They seem to get back to them quicker, less translating to do. Also I like pretty much all the suggestions for campaign; I remember a time when the enemies were so weak and the NPCs so strong we owned everything, and I also remember a time when we didn't even own Bastok Markets anymore and it took 100+ people to try to defend it. While I -NEVER- want to see that happen again, it doesn't seem like it'd be much programming to make the NPCs stronger again or the enemies weaker. I'd rather be able to do fiat lux and be lucky to get 1 or 2 hits in before the battle ends because the NPCs killed everything, like in the old days.
Also, my suggestion is that we're given fireworks or something similar that would 'distract' the beastmen supply runners and slow them down to be able to catch and fight them. I think if people were able to get XP/AN and prevent beastmen-controlled areas from receiving fortification buffs, even a small number of dedicated players would be able to (slowly) regain control of a zone for their nation. This obviously seems possible, as Reives and Colonization have received very similar updates recently as to the amount of colonization obtained per reive and the decay at which it becomes wild again.
The point is, Campaign USED to be all allied-controlled, and since we have now beaten WotG and even voidwatch, and "Historically" we DID win the crystal war, it only makes sense that the allied nations should be in a much better position.
Maybe add a system where if you've beaten WotG and all 3 nations quest-lines you get a special Ammo slot item similar to Glory Crown that would automatically make a certain type of Ops go to 5 stars after 1 success? So for example we could call it Atomos' Chronograph, it would look like a book (like the SCH ammo) and it's effect would be "once per day, the first OP of that day done in a given category will automatically raise all of that category to 5 stars." So even if you did Aegis Scream I, I-V would all be capped for that day.
Or maybe add a usable item that would be a "Theatre of War", a map-like looking item that when used would add a group of NPCs to the area you're currently using tags in; it could be a temp item and it would summon something like Bastok's 4th Division (Who don't have NPCs, just us). These new NPCs would all be lvl 99 so not as easily defeatable, and similar to Primeval Brew you really can't obtain it until you've beaten WotG. This would give us an outlet for all those AN we have sitting around.
anyway that's my 2 cents.