This whole Scavenger Hunt gave me a lot of time to THINK
Weaponsmiths are getting all these cool new schematics for special weapons. Armorsmiths have RIS.
What if Master Politicians could do quests to get special schematics for faction based gardens, or decorations.
For example,take the TIEFigther decoration. It could be a faction item that a Master Politicianwho was also anImperial Colonelcould buy from a recruiter for 35,000 FP. The schematic would then recquire a whole ton of super odd and rare resources and components from Droid Engineers, Architects, and Artisan. The politician would need to use his leadership skills to organize the creation of the decoration.
There could be other decoration/garden schematics, ones from Jabba, Nym, and others.
The escape pod for example could be from some a Jawa quest on tatooine, and could be a relatively easier quest to achieve.
The quest mechanics would basically be to accomplish a variety of missions (create, deliver, or destroy something) and would all require that the Politican use his number one skill, leadership, to gather the help of citizens to finish these quests. The Jawa quest could involve slaying a Krayt Dragon, or the delivery of a special droid (created by a DE).
Implementing this idea does not require a huge expenditure in resources for SOE:
1. All art resources allready exist in the game
2. Game mechanics forquests allready exist(ie: any NPC quest, RIS quest)
3. Add Master Politician ability "Place Special Garden" and "Place Special Decoration/Fountain"
The trick is designing the content of the quests so it is uniquely geared towards Politicians.
Nowimagine being theMaster Politicanwho is:
Overseeing the creation of unique and impressive civic structures and gardens
Creating a truly Star Warsy fealing to your GCW based town by placing factional decorations and banners
Gathering large combat groups to defeat challenging obstacles (AT-AT spawning in your city)
Sounds cool to me.
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