Alerts With Unique Scenarios

[-Basic-]

Hoenstly right now alerts are just about as interesting as a normal mission, which is to say not any more interesting at all. So to spice things up with an alert I propose this:

Make alerts have either special rules for the level or a unique boss

What I mean by this it along the lines of an ice level or something. Maybe al the enemies in this level are faster than you, or only grineer melee units spawn and they are all tougher than normal requiring a susbstantial amount of blowing to snuff out rather than a sneeze.

And if it's an assassination mission I don't want to fight something I can fight normally- I want to fight an alert only boss. Maybe like a giant moa that has a rhino stomp like effect, sending everyone into the air (retaining mobility and shooting power though) while it tries to shoot aerial rockets at you?

Just something that would make ANY alert more appealing for the chance of unique enemies and situations occuring.

Edited February 21, 2013 by BearlyHuman

[RawGritz]

I want to fight a computer controlled Rogue Tenno. This could actually lead to a new frame. Once he's defeated the new frame becomes available for crafting.

[XArchAngel]

I think they said this is one of the things they are working on is alert missions and making them more inviting.

which could mean a load of different things because they never tells us WHAT they are doing just that they are doing something.

So here is my 2cents

Like the mobile defense mission they just placed in they could easly make the objectives a little more inviting. instead of doing the regualer objectives we do make them a little different like for a rescue mission when you get to the cell and open it and BAM it was a TWAP its a boss inside that was waiting for you. or say you are on assasination mission and you fight a boss and there is new loot like a blueprint for an epic MOD something we have never seen before that would both get us excited and have something new to look towards.

They should really put a reward for all alert missions I think doesnt need to be something awesome everytime but they could go with ammo packs, blueprints, MOD reward, artifacts, XP bonus that you can apply to your weapons or a warframe, extra credits (and I dont mean like 100 credits I mean like 2k credits something worth running it for.) and im sure I could come up with more but these are just small ideas off the top of my head I came up with.

[CapricaSix]

I agree, alerts should be more like dynamic events rather than some routine grindfest. Guild Wars 2 comes to mind, but I have no idea how that sort of thing could be implemented properly in a game like Warframe. I do think it needs a lot more than just a boss fight or more level specific "conditions" though.

Maybe new unique mission types specially made for the alerts. Some stealth {the base is a little too "packed" with the enemies and everytime you're spotted, you get "wave" based attacks and then continue if you survive} or battlezone {all 3 factions fighting each other with you in the middle} or even some actual escort mission {where the "hostage" dude actually fights and you're supposed to support him to finish his task and evacuate rather than hold his hand through the map and escape}

Not saying I've got it perfect but.. just some ideas.

Edited February 21, 2013 by CapricaSix

[XArchAngel]

I want to fight a computer controlled Rogue Tenno. This could actually lead to a new frame. Once he's defeated the new frame becomes available for crafting.

I def like this idea or instead you fight a boss that gives you navigational directions to a planet that is not on the tennos radar in the solor system that is cloaked in some way. We have a whole set of new levels to go through that lead up to this Cyborge Tenno. This might be later in the beta or after it is a released as a big update but I think these things are def things DE should be thinking about if they havent yet.

[Strat]

Maybe like a giant moa that has a rhino stomp like effect, sending everyone into the air (retaining mobility and shooting power though) while it tries to shoot aerial rockets at you?

You just described the Hyena.

[-Basic-]

You just described the Hyena.

I meant like, knocking you up vertically, not away from it, so it could airshot you with rockets. But you have to didge those rockets as you're trying to land or something.