Write your Own Missions

[Maeve]

Ok, I know there isn't much interest in City of Heroes/Villains these days, but I found this to be quite intriguing.

At San Diego Comic-Con I was given a peek at what Issue #13 will bring to MMO fanatics aside from the standard set of fixes and updates. First of all, it's free. It's one of three free content packages that players get to download every year and Issue #13 is the last one for 2008. In it heroes or villains will discover the ability to create user-generated missions to further extend the life of one of today's most popular MMOs.

What does this mean exactly? Essentially, players will get to craft their own storylines, complete with custom dialogue and characters that can include other non-AI-controlled players in the universe. While your adversaries will always need to be a set number of baddies from the standard stable of foes, what they're doing, what you do to stop them, who you work with and the impact that has on the world around you is entirely up to your design

I could have fun with that.

[Qhoren]

That is a really nifty feature. I wonder whether people will be able to do other people's missions, though.

If they can, then I can see people creating a mission that would go along smoothly and then have the group involved get swamped by such a large number of mobs that they'd inevitably wipe.

Not that I would design a mission like that... or anything...

[Winin]

Awesome! User content is the next gen thing in MMO's. They need a way to rate missions, like YouTube, so you can find good ones, ones by the same maker, etc.