Event: Save Paragon base building contest! Anyone can help!

[DrakeGrimm]

Liberty Manor, the base of the Vanguard of Liberty on Virtue Server, is technically open to the public. It's just a matter of finding a member to lead you in. I'm available for requests to tour it, if anyone wishes.

[Liz_Bathory]

While we're at it, in line with the "in game advertisements" thread, I suggest somebody looking for inspiration create a "retail store" in their base to show off the potential of already-extant modeling stuff. Obviously, if you can do as well as I am sure some of you can with that, a few purpose-designed "retail store" items would make it not just easy but fun and attractive for, say, Amazon Book Store or a Target Online Store (as examples).

Also, as just a personal dare to see if the fans can do it: a movie theater.

I also have access to/build/own...

- a book store
- a victorian mansion

[VyoletRose]

I agree that CoH has a strong foundation in creativity and customization - better than any MMO out there. One of my personal draws to the game is base building. My husband Vynsint and I cherish our supergroup base, Section Eight (Infinity), which has taken us over 5 years to construct.

Other than our friends and our toons, our base we consider a most prized possession. Its like a our heart - its why we continue to run in SG mode at level 50 (must... have... more prestige!) - and it will really hurt to have it torn from us in November.   But you'll bet you tookus that I'll be base editing all the way to the end! I still have 2 rooms to finish and I'll be damned if they remain empty by the time the sun sets. 

I'm glad there's a way to demorecord the base (still have to try it) and we've been taking lots of screenshots.

I finally posted some base pix on the CoH forums on the base construction thread:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=126358&page=81

But yes, in the end we are hurting in the marketing department. It's odd to see commercials for WoW, and other games. I've yet to see anything promoting for our beloved game prior to it being cast in a dying light. We can't just coast on our previous awards or word-of-mouth anymore. This game still has so much to offer!

I wonder sometimes... If they just would've let the Devs release i24 - it seemed like it had much to give to all levels of play... I'm sure we would've seen participation numbers go up - making it more profitable. People were already extending their subs and buying extra points in anticipation to i24! Consider the sales pitch - to offer up the game, right after releasing a major issue - therefore guaranteeing a strong customer base for the next owner for at least the next 2 sales quarters. - It baffles me...

But lets try anyway, and get some more of the creative types out there that are looking for a quality MMO that you can build not only your base, or your own missions, or costumes and characters... but build strong communities and lasting friendships.

Thank you Obs for this thread. Vyn and I would like to offer Section Eight for the promotional purpose of attracting more players to saving our City of Heroes. If anyone would like to take a tour and record some footage, feel free to poke us on Infinity - @Vynsint and @Vyolit. We're weekend warriors, but we'll be watching this thread too.

Thanks all!

[TimtheEnchanter]

I'm in a VG and an SG that both have pretty impressive bases. Particularly my favorite is the indoor park of my SG's base, which only just got completed in the past couple of weeks.

[Nyghtshade]

The SG and VG TimtheEnchanter is referring to are the Dauntless Reverie, around since the beginning, and its players "redside" VG Anathema, formed after the release of City of Villains.  Both bases are the result of years of hard work by a number of base-builders, sharing a vision and enormous creativity.  We'd be very glad to give base-tours to anyone who'd like to demorecord and add our bases (The Place) for the Dauntless Reverie, and "The Warrens" for Anathema, to this movie.  You can contact the officers at:  @Rhianwen (Nyght-shade),  @MDanger (Velvet Soul), and/or @Wei Yau (Kassai).

I also have a "personal" RP base, a small and cozy home apartment for Nyght-shade, which is an interior reflection of one of the brownstone buildings overlooking the Boardwalk in Talos, and would be glad to show that off as well.

[Burnt Toast]

I will gladly take the time to finish some of my base this weekend. Here is a pic of my TP room which sadly is the only thing I have finished atm.

[GargoyleKDR]

We have a couple of rooms in our base (bases if you count red/blue side) that are decent candidates to include.  Both are on Virtue.

@Bayne
The Defenders of Paragon

[Burnt Toast]

Forgot to add....I have zero ability when it comes to creating videos so if on October 12, 2012 someone who does have some vid skills wants to tour whatever I have finished and take video of it... just lemme know.

[Mr. Wentworth]

I just saw this suggestion and would be happy to help, too. I can share the Wentworth Country Club (blueside, Infinity). I can be contacted in game or via email.

@Mr. Wentworth
alexander (at) wentworthsonline (dot) com

[DrakeGrimm]

I just saw this suggestion and would be happy to help, too. I can share the Wentworth Country Club (blueside, Infinity). I can be contacted in game or via email.

@Mr. Wentworth
alexander (at) wentworthsonline (dot) com

FOR THE LOVE OF $DEITY TAKE HIM UP ON HIS OFFER! DO IT! DO IT NOW! <.<

[TimtheEnchanter]

OP hasn't been back to this thread. I wonder if this is still going on?

[Quinch]

I've got all the decorating sense of a Vogon prostetnic, BUT - I do have a private supergroup with around ten million prestige banked that I'm willing to volunteer to anyone who wants to use the base to showcase their talents and CoH's basebuilding potential. Throw me a tell to @Quinch if you're interested.

-is now oddly reminded of parelels between CoH bases and Minecraft-

[Aquashock]

OP hasn't been back to this thread. I wonder if this is still going on?

If the OP doesn't return, we can still do this. I can help get it going and such.

[P51mus]

A friend of mine pointed this out to me, so... Here my first post here on Titan Network!

My base has, literally been a WIP for years, but has only recently started to come together (being a one-person SG for so long, the Prestige gain was slow. x.x Thank god for the friends I made that started helping me on the project...) I'm not sure if it will be finished before November 30th
I don't consider myself an expert, by any stretch of the imagination, but I am proud of what I have built, and would love to show it off to anyone that would like to see it.

Edit: Oh yeah... Might help if you knew how to contact me in-game... @Naomi Shinjo on Virtue. Drop me a mail anytime, and I'll get back to you.

Any idea how much prestige you need to finish?  I have an absurd amount of inf banked up that could be burnt for prestige.  Would like to see what you have so far first though.  My schedule is fairly open, just figure out a time we can meet.

It's also possible that some other marketeers might be able to give up some billions in the name of helping people finish up awesome bases.  So for anyone else reading, if you have a partially built base and still need more prestige to finish, post something.

[Aquashock]

I know of at least one base that could use funding -- I've been donating my purples to help get it done but I have a finite number of those laying around.  >.>

[P51mus]

I just checked and I have 14 billion inf on my marketeer/inf storage characters, which I think translates into 28 million prestige?  I don't know how much base building power that is.

I am willing to burn my entire fortune for a bit of extra game saving help, though.

[Aquashock]

A lot. That's... a lot.

[Leandro]

Angelus Animi's base has an awesome aquarium: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/37952257/AABase.cohdemo



There are some cool rooms in this base: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/37952257/SABase.cohdemo

By the way, my crowd script works with bases, so you can use it for custom posing or camera movement.

I can do video editing work if nobody else steps up to the task.

[NeutronPixie]

I inherited a pretty good villian base.. Wraith Enterprises - a base disguised as an oddities shop... I'd be happy to share that one.. additionally there are a couple of great night clubs on the Virtue server that I have access to... Let me know

-Sheri
@twylite

[Flying Code Monkey]

The one thing I've never understood about base-building ... how do you end up with floating items?  I eventually learned simple stacking with desks and such, but the editor wouldn't let me remove the support item, so I couldn't even create a two-level ramp without having a silly collection of desks underneath the upper row.

That caveat prevented me from achieving some of the arrangements I wanted in my Monster Hunters base.