Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

#11500003132 01/30/2006 08:14:43 Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

Is it just me or do you feel a little underwhelmed when you get to the end of a critical mission, you get your face time with a main personality,
you get your 'Atta Boy!' speech and then,
as a token of their esteem,
to show that you are truly a mover and a shaker,
an irreplaceable operative for the cause,
someone who gets things done,
a veritable hero of the faction,

They give you a Magenta 5% AntiViral Catsuit.
Or an enhanced rifle that you got for the first time like 5 levels ago.
Or some opposite-gender shoes with 4% Damage Reduction.

"Gee thanks, Niobe! I really appreciate the purple catsuit. I decomped like 5 of them so far but yours is EXTRA special. I really look forward to using the 2 Bit1s, 3 Bit2s and 1 Bit4 I'll get from it to make some Tactics Boosters as soon as I leave this meeting and get to a hardline..."

How about something with a little more meat to it. I understand that you don't want the market flooded with cool items but jeez, I pull better loot off a single 3-chevron Orange Mob...

It's Monday morning and yes, I feel better now.

#11500003133 01/30/2006 08:24:25 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

Niobe must not really like you.

#11500003134 01/30/2006 08:31:03 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

Well when I finally managed to complete that last of this current set of crits (took freaking hours due to the mission constantly crashing >_< SMILEY

I wound up with several nice enhanced guns (that's a good 125,000 info right there) and decent enhanced clothing - RCT +9 Gi this time =D. It's just random. If you get the guns and don't want them, don't sweat it. Just sell them at a vendor.

Message Edited by Chuui on 01-31-200612:31 AM

#11500003135 01/30/2006 08:53:12 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

weaselgrrl wrote:
Is it just me or do you feel a little underwhelmed when you get to the end of a critical mission, you get your face time with a main personality,
you get your 'Atta Boy!' speech and then,
as a token of their esteem,
to show that you are truly a mover and a shaker,
an irreplaceable operative for the cause,
someone who gets things done,
a veritable hero of the faction,

They give you a Magenta 5% AntiViral Catsuit.
Or an enhanced rifle that you got for the first time like 5 levels ago.
Or some opposite-gender shoes with 4% Damage Reduction.

"Gee thanks, Niobe! I really appreciate the purple catsuit. I decomped like 5 of them so far but yours is EXTRA special. I really look forward to using the 2 Bit1s, 3 Bit2s and 1 Bit4 I'll get from it to make some Tactics Boosters as soon as I leave this meeting and get to a hardline..."

How about something with a little more meat to it. I understand that you don't want the market flooded with cool items but jeez, I pull better loot off a single 3-chevron Orange Mob...

It's Monday morning and yes, I feel better now.

ROFL. :smileyvery-happy: And i agree 110%!

#11500003136 01/30/2006 09:30:09 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

Weird. She gave me a Sakura bandana

#11500003137 01/30/2006 09:41:44 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

She always liked you best.... /weep

But seriously, I know that the gifts they give can be a nice cash or XP bump when sold/decomped. I am just saying that choosing normal run-of-the-mill items is a little blah to me. The only lasting thing I take away from the criticals is a few screenshots. And since the characters keep wandering around, it is a pain. But that is a complaint for another day...

#11500003138 01/30/2006 09:58:05 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

/agreed with you totally.. need somethin a little more spicey with these criticals, make things a little more interesting, maybe a bit more interaction (even with NPC fights not jus "get this artefact.. take it to such and such - end of critical)

#11500003139 01/30/2006 13:31:17 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

weaselgrrl wrote:
She always liked you best.... /weep

But seriously, I know that the gifts they give can be a nice cash or XP bump when sold/decomped. I am just saying that choosing normal run-of-the-mill items is a little blah to me. The only lasting thing I take away from the criticals is a few screenshots. And since the characters keep wandering around, it is a pain. But that is a complaint for another day...

How about a T shirt saying

'I did all the 4.1 critical missions and all I got was this stupid T shirt'

That would be wickid cool..... maybe If I pm'd walrus he'd make me one......

#11500003140 01/30/2006 14:25:32 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

LOL!

Or an "I met Niobe" TShirt. It would be so much better than all those happy/sad face tshirts.

heheh

Some unique clothing thing owuld actually be a good idea. Or whenever they add new things, like those Emerald Pravea Sunglasses, you can only get them through the critical missions and you can't decomp them.

#11500003141 01/30/2006 15:27:29 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

weaselgrrl wrote:
LOL!

Or an "I met Niobe" TShirt. It would be so much better than all those happy/sad face tshirts.

heheh

Some unique clothing thing owuld actually be a good idea. Or whenever they add new things, like those Emerald Pravea Sunglasses, you can only get them through the critical missions and you can't decomp them.

'I fought an agent and died....' on the front

'Quickly' on the back :p

#11500003142 01/30/2006 15:37:23 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

Ntrails wrote:

'I fought an agent and died....' on the front
'Quickly' on the back :p

"I fought Tengu for a week and all I got was this T-shirt"

TekMon, The New Order

#11500003143 01/30/2006 12:06:45 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

The loot of the critical missions is disappointing after
you get beyond a certain level. Now I don't mind when I
get something that I don't have in my recipe list, although
I would prefer an enhanced item that I do not have. Most times
I get something that I already have. Maybe some code to make sure
that the clothing is for the char's gender and something that they
do not have.

Formally of Algorithm then Method and now on Recursion
Last of The Guardians

#11500003144 01/30/2006 12:28:03 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

I thought the last bit of criticals were really fun. Fighting next to an Agent really brought back some awesome past-times when my character was a Machinist (He's a Zionite now). I still need to do my last one, heh, but so far they've been very good at rewarding me with more knowledge of the storyline and some impressive screenshots, at least.

Loot, though, could use a major overhaul; I agree.

Message Edited by Sykin on 01-30-200612:32 PM

#11500003145 01/30/2006 12:39:46 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

I got a cool "Audio Recording" from a scientist that reveals EVERTHING you've ever wanted to know about where to find Neo.....uh.....nevermind....

#11500003146 01/30/2006 20:42:17 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

AmbrielSyntax wrote:
I got a cool "Audio Recording" from a scientist that reveals EVERTHING you've ever wanted to know about where to find Neo.....uh.....nevermind....

oh you mean this?

CLICK TO LISTEN (MP3)

#11500003149 01/31/2006 07:42 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

Markie,

You were definitely one of the lucky ones. I always seem to get something that I had long since decompiled or something that I would have used if I was 5 levels lower. I mean, at Level 39 and at Hard, I should get something better for my troubles than a shielded catsuit. For regular missions, OK. For storyline criticals, no. I also think that the local contact missions should give you something unique when you complete their arc.

Just talkin...

Message Edited by weaselgrrl on 01-31-200610:43 AM

#11500003151 01/31/2006 09:44 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

Good point.

All Zion gets is to hang out in a cave and jump up and down.
And there are no caves in MegaCity except for the Ethereal Dungeons

#11500003154 01/31/2006 11:20 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

Yah. The only tokens that were handed out were there by mistake.

I am waiting for the next bunch of criticals.
Maybe that will resolve the question of why Niobe has a flat-top and we will get Cabbie Caps as mission rewards.

#11500003156 02/01/2006 12:07 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

I am really liking the Tshirt idea more and more. They can be unbuffed but each one is a different color scheme and represents the Series of Criticals you are in.

Hmmmm Maybe if they used Tshirts instead of 'Completion Tokens' at the end of the series I would be happy. Better than some diskette thing that only the owner can see. Why not make it a Tshirt that you can show off?

Pity that petitions are considered 'spam' heheh

#11500003158 02/01/2006 15:03 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

Merchandising is everything! Tshirts, Caps and Collectible Figurines... Yogurt from Spaceballs would be proud!

#11500003160 02/02/2006 07:15 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

Well, it could be a TShirt that says "Tell your boobs to stop staring at my eyes!" SMILEY

I'm still trying to figure out where the Zion guy is at that can turn this reward disk into the enhanced stake, silver bullets, and holy water. A friggin waypoint would have been nice.

#11500003165 02/02/2006 18:30 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

I actually LIKE the Awakening Glasses! I like the way they look. As for other loot, it is all about the Rings of Spell Turning....

#11500003186 02/06/2006 14:16 Re: Critical Mission Rewards less than impressive?

DontEatRawHagis wrote:
I have Merovingian BOon in Vector but I dont on Syntax. WHy is this? Also have you noticed that in your first Meet the Org Leader missions there is a wall safe that you cant open.

There is a way to open them SMILEY

But nothing special inside really