So, I am completely and enthusiastically on board with the direction Marvel Heroes is taking and eager to test out the new changes as they come and help to shape them into something truly epic.
That having been said, other than those who just don't like change and want everything to always stay the same for a variety of reasons, the biggest voice against the current changes has to do with content. They want more. They want different and they want it first.
When it comes to first, it's not going to happen. This massive Juggernaut of a revamp is not going to be stopping now to accommodate that wish. And I'm of the camp that thinks they are prioritizing this correctly. as is. That being said, I think everyone: Dedicated Player, Casual Players and Devs can agree that the other two parts of what they want is desperately needed: More content and different.
I'd like to redirect the energies of the Content focused fan base into making suggestions and coming up with awesome idea (brainstorming) what that content should be and the future of where we want to see the game heading, once the other changes are done. We are going to have roughly 60 awesome, mostly well balanced heroes when all is said and done with these awesome changes: What do we want to do with them?
This is the perfect time to offer feedback and suggestions on this issue if we want to enact real change. The idea seeds we plant here will have time to grow and influence the devs, so when we get to the next step or two after the big three currently in the works, what we do here now can really matter for the future of the game.
I, personally, break the game into the following Catagories:
- Hub Life: Crafting, Socializing, Trade, Gear sorting, and mission getting, etc.
- Story Missions: What do you like, what do you dislike, what function would you like this to serve in the game?
- One shots: Do they work as they are? What could fix them? What others would you like to see?
- Terminals: Should this exist? Should there be new or better rewards? Any other suggestions?
- Patrols: Are these the meat and potatoes of what most people will play? Do we want them to be? Alternatives?
- Raids: Are the Raids broken as they are? What would fix them? How should these work? What new ones would you like to see?
- Event Missions: This should almost be a seperate post but it's content so it's here. Do they work for you as they are? What new ones would you like to see, what would you like fixed with the existing ones?
- Special missions: Not sure what else to call this. X Defense, Holo Sim and Danger room. Do they work? Are they broken? Why? And better yet how do we fix them? Any new ones you'd like to see?
- Miscellaneous: Some things don't fit neatly into cagagories or I may have missed a catagory, dump those here.
I'll be adding my own feedback and suggestions to this after I have a chance to percolate ideas and when I have more time to post. I look forward to hearing what anyone else has to say about this.