Zion Outpost Areas - Honest Opinion?

3 posts · 2006-09-02 03:32:00 to 2006-09-14 11:06:00

#36300039078 09/02/2006 03:32 Re:Zion Outpost Areas - Honest Opinion?

I believe you can sell it back for 10 mill.  If you can find the right area, there is a really nice, well nice comparing to the rest of zion's area, stage in one of the mission areas.  It has a balcany looking over it which would be quite nice for meetings.  The only trouble is you have to find it. 
It would be nice if we had some cleaner areas.  The dojo's look really nice and it is nice that we have the red pill extraction point type rooms, but yeah overall it just looks like a bunch of Richland/Westview mission areas crammed into one + a couple of dojos.

 On a positive note...
I really like the org areas, can't wait to explore the mero and mech ones SMILEY

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#36300041949 09/05/2006 13:44 Re:Zion Outpost Areas - Honest Opinion?

I really have to disagree with the line of thinking that suggests that since Zion is forced to live in caves in the real world, they don't care at all about appearances in the Matrix.  Every dingy Zion operative that jacks into the Matrix sports an RSI that is sharply and stylishly dressed.  Their new looks are serious upgrades from even their days as a bluepill.  The "if you look good, you feel good" philosophy comes into play here.  It applies to the player as well.. we all probably enjoy our character more when we get them in clothing that "looks cool".  We probably play them better too.

Just because Zion is forced to live in poor conditions in the real world doesn't mean they choose to live that way in the Matrix.  Every time Zion creates a construct, whether it's a training simulation or a functional command and control room, it's always an area that looks technically cool or sports a hint of culture.  I really can't picture Niobe entering one of the existing Zion org areas without saying "someone clean up this dump" in disgust.  Zion has more pride than that.  They are a very proud people, and the Zion org. areas in their current form do not scream "pride".

#36300049085 09/14/2006 11:06 Re:Zion Outpost Areas - Honest Opinion?

I'm not sure why people keep insisting that Zion doesn't care about appearances, and all things classy and stylish fit only with the realm of the Merovingian faction.  I can't remember a single Zion character in the movies that didn't dress to impress once they jacked into the Matrix.  Any time they were presented with a visual choice they could influence, they always went with the coolest looks they could imagine up.  As these are people no longer in hiding, why would they choose a run down building as their location of choice to gather?

And, frankly, at least half of the visual examples of the Merovingian lifestyle involved underground leather and bondage looks.  Yes, the Merovingian himself had a beautiful chateau, but that's not the environment the Merovingian drones were often seen packed into.  I don't see the Merovingian as the type of fellow who'd be content with allowing his underlings to sport homes that rivaled his own in beauty.  If anyone should be raving in dark basement around a bunch of burning barrels, well..